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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-08

DIAMOND CUT DIAMoNp.-A certain Evans-vil-
lian, few evenings since, boasted to a young Ia
dy, that by examining any head he could tell pro-
c1ioities and faculties Without saying a word
she went out, and brought him cabbage heao;
Saying that's fine head for you to dis play your
knowledge upon" Not at all disconcerteo' ne
told her its intellectual faculties were ike those
of many young ladies, as also was Its native pro-
nensties. If an opportunity offered, he had no
doubt If would greatly increase its species 1t was
naturally more noted for its verdancy than any
thing else; and in short, was better suited for the
kitchen than the parlor. Which had the best Of
the Joke, we leave for the reader to decide-Dai-
ly Pocket .@'ss-5a.s'F-ss7
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-08

EMBALMING THE DEAD.-A chemical process
for embalmihg dead bodies has recently been dis
covered by DIR. Thomas Holms, who was physi-
clan to the coroners for many years. The medi-
cal gentleman has been engaged a long time in
trying series of experiment, to perfect the OBJ
ject sought to be obtained by skilful chemists in
various parts of the country. In the store of Ed
ward A. Senior, in carmine street, may be seen
the body of child embalmed by DIR. Holmes pro-
cess, which has remained several months without
decompostion.or any alteration of the features.
IN. Y. Dus. Post. teis,ssE sz,z - 5.s.s - ~
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-08
SINGULAR RACE ior HUMAN BrIras.- There

SINGULAR. RACE loF HUMAN BEInGs.-Ther,
are nowin London two very singular human be
tings, of which has hitherto been very littl
known to the civilized world. They came from
South Africa, where they are called Eartbmea
They are totally distinct from all other known
African races-as much so es if they had dropped
upon this earth from smother planet They are
diminutive in size-mere pygmies- and unac-
lqlainted even with the art of building huts.
They shelter themselves in caves and crevices of
the earth; when these are wanting they make ar
tifcial scoopings On the surface, which they line
with leaves and cover with branches. The Hot
entots and Bushmen are the avowed enemies of
the Earthmen, and when they meet them will
shoot them down like yermin. The poor little
defenceless Earthmen have no refuge but in holes,
trees, or thickets, and sthe to
extinction. They are poor weak people--one of
Natures freaks and destined not to perpetuate
their race. Few colonists have seen them, and
although it is known that few st II linger in the
mountains, these are rapidly dying away, and will
soon become traditionsof an elvish afrite race of
old. - -,zz. s---.,,z.g--r3,, re-, .sI75- s,.s,s
!, The two individuals above mentioned were car
ried to England from the Cape of Good Hope two
or three years ago, and have now become domes-
ticated in an English family. The Morning
Chronicle from which we take the particulars. de-
scribes these little Earthmen as boy and girl,
the former fourteen and the latter sixteen years of
age, and "complete little faries'' in appearance
The boy is three feet three and halt inches in
height the girl a triie taller. Their skin is of
the brightest and mosttransparent bronze, and as
smooth and polished as marble. In form the lit
tie creatures are perfect--their delicate limbs
standing out in the most graceful symmetry, and
every motion instinct with the untaught ease aof
nature. The faces, although decidedly African
in feature, are full of sweetness and good humor,
with n expression of archness and intelligence.
They are named Martins and Flora. In their
savage state they fed on locusts, and ant-eggs,
and such small game as they could take. Till
they were carried to England they had no ideas of
God or Of any supreme power. At.present they
have been taught some of the customs Of civilized
life, and are able to speak little English words,
sing little English popular airs, and--the first of
Earthmen-to play little airs on a piano. +.
+ Few sights are more interesting to5aS thinking
person than that of the last of a race of human
beings on the point of being blotted out from the
face of the EARTH. The individuals in question
seem to constitute one of the most anomalous
forms of our species that have ever yet been
brought to the notice or the naturalist of the eth
nologists It is to be hoped that further Light
will be thrown on their history by scientific re-
searches.-Boston Courier. 49, ,s@z.s,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-08
FOILING A RIVAL.
nj THE OLD 'gs.

s 'hs erittsr loves me! know she loves me.''
esid Icnafhan Donbikns, as he sat upon the corn
&eld fsace, meditating on the course of his true
love, skst was ruaniug just as Shakespeare always
sGid Il rather roughly. 'sIf Sukey Peabody
hiss taken shine 70 dat gawky, long -sbanked,
s4ennsrn, shY rister Gnsset, just cause he's
city fellnr, she amt the gal took her for-thats7
sartin-No. its the old foIks-hang their ugly
sictures. Old Miss Peabody was alters dread
nj high faIatin critter, fuH ofbig notions, and
ths old mans regular softhead, driven about by
as wife jest as our old one-eyed rooster is drove
esbout by our rantankerous fve-toed Dorkin' hen.5
Hat Il don't spilc his fun, my name amt iona
than. Tn goin' down the city BY the railroad
nezt week Ind nhenI come back, wake snakes!
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The shove eoiijoasy may serve to give the read
= some slight idea ofthe lay ofsthe land in the
f1essant rustic village where the speaker resided.
MIR. Jonath IN Doubikins was young farmer,
wsll-to-do IN lie world. and looking out for a
wife. aud had been paying his addresses to Miss
&nssn Psabody. ef that ilk, with a fair prospect
ofsuecess, when city acquaintance of the Pea
hody Z, ane Mr.. Cornelius Gusset, who kept a
retail dry goods shop in Hanover Street, Boston,
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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-08
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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-08

apa," !" said little seven-year old fellow, 81
guess our man Ralph is good Christian. - =
elbow SO. my boyl' queried the parent aWhy'
pa, | read in the Bible that the wicked shall not
live out half their days, and Ralph says he has
leved out ever since he was little boy"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-08
o. Mrs. Partington wants to know when the
race, SO much talked Of, is to come

Seeing man is more happy who hath nothing
to lose, than he who Ioseth that which he hath,
we should neither hope for riches nor fear pow
erty. r +=-
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-08

OF A Yankee pedler recommending sale
SAID that one Of the same kind of scythes was SO
sharp, that the hung it on a tree in Kentucky and
its shadow cut a mans leg of. fzs @s
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-08

There is pork and lard shop out west that
has sign stuck up inside, of"No whistling al
lowed while sausages are lying on the table,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16
[PvpLlc Acr-No, II

AN ACT granting the right Of way to
the ST Louis and Iron Mountain Rail
road Company, and for other pur'
poses.
Bc it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United of \
merica in Congress assembled, That the
right Of way, sixty feet in width, through
the lands in which the St Louis Arsen.
al, the St Louis Marine Hospital and
jefferson Barracks, are situated, in the
State of Missouri, be, ard the same Is
hereby, granted to the St. Louis and
Iron Mountain Railroad Company, for
the construction of railroad from the
city of St Louis through raid lands
Provided That the locat on of said road
through the lands aforesaid shall be made
subject to the approval of the Secretary
of War Provided, further, That said
location can be mado without injury 10
the public interest in the opinion of the
said Secretary OF War
See 2. And bo it further enacted,
That the right Of way be, and the same
is hereby, granted TO the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh Railroad Company, aud also
the right ofway to the Cleveland Paines-
VILE, and Ash,abula Railroad Company
across the hospital grounds, SO called be-
longing to the United States, in the city
of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio the
width of each of said roads across said
hospital grounds not exceed sixty feet
where said roads are now respectively 10
Gated Provided, That said conveyance'
can, in the opinion Of the Secretary o
tho 4 reasury, be made without detr.
ment 10 the interests Of the CniteC
States And provided, further Tha
the said grant shall be, and ia hereby
made subject to such conditions as th'
said Secretary of the shall impose o.
the said companies, respectively, for tn
protection and security of the ground
fr,m abrasious by the waters Of LAX
Erie And provided, fus,her, That when
ever tho said roads shaQ b discontinue
or abandoned or the conditions cf til
! grant shall be yislated, all rights urda
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16

AN ACT for the relief Of the town OF
Bcllcview aud the cities Of Burlington
and Dubuque. in the State of Iowa.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled, That
there shall be and hereby is granted to
the town Of Belloview, in Iowa, the laud
bordering on the Mississippi river, in front
of said town, reserved BY the act of sec
ond July, eighteen hundred and thirty
six, for public uses; together with the
accretions which may have formed there
to. or in front thereof to be disposed OF
in such manner as the corporate authori-
ties Of said town may direct. The grant
made by this act shall operate as u re
linquishment only of the right Of the
United States in and to said premises
and shall in no manner affect the rights
Of third persons therein, or TO the use
thereof, but shall the subject to the
same; and on application by Il duly au-
thorizcd agent Of the corporate author!-
ties Of said town to the Commissioner Of
of the General Land Office. a patent Of
reliuquishmeut in accordance with the
provisions Of this act shall be issued
therefor, as in other cases
See : Aud be it further enacted.
That there shall be and hereby is grant
ed to the cities of Burlington and Du.
buaue. ia Iowa the land bordering on
the Mississippi river, in front Of said
cities. reserved by the act of second Ju.
ly, eighteen hundred aud thirty-six, for
a public highway. and for other public
uses together with the accretions which
may have formed thereto. or in front
thereof to be disposed of in such uah.
ner as the corporate authorities Of said
cities may direct.
See. 3. And be it further enacted.
That the grant made by this act shall
operate as REIMBURSEMENT only of the
right Of the United States in and to said
premises. and shall in no manner affect
the rights of third persons therein, or to
the use thereof, but shall be subject to
the same and on application by duly
authorized agent OF the corporate author
tiles of said cities to the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, patent OF
REIMBURSEMENT. in Accordance with the
provisions Of this act, shall be issued
therefor, as in other cases.
Sec A Aud be it further enacted
That the lot or parcel Of land in the
city of Dubuque heretofore set apart
and used by the authorities Of said city
as a cemetery or burying ground, ander
the act of Congress Of the second July
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled
An act for the laying off the towns o.
Fort Madison and Burlington. in tie
county Of Des Moines, and the towns o
Bellevicw, Dubuque. and Peru, in The
county of Dubuque Territory Of Wis
consin, and for other purposes" and the
act of the third of March, eighteen hun
dred and thirty-seven, amendatory there
of, be aud the same hereby is granted t.
the Common Council of the said city o.
Dubuque TO make such disposition Of th,
said land included in said cemetery ol
or burying ground as that Common
Council may deem proper.
Approved February II, 1898
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16

A PuzzLe.-The following sum or
problem was given to boy by gentle
man, who offered him $50 If he would do
it within 6 months, at the same time as
suring him that it could be done, and
there was no trick or catch about it.
Take nine figures, digits l294567s9,
and also the 0, and add them together so
that they amount to just 100 using
them once and but once. Thus, for in
stance take and the 0, and they make
10, and then to the 20, add all the rest
of the figures, rot used IN making O.
We have made 80, which is the nearest
we have come TO it. If any one will let
us know how it is done we will inform
our readers.
The problem would perhaps be better
expressed thus Use all the ten numera
characters, l.2 3456Ts9 9, but each only
once, to form numbers which, added to
gcther, shall amount to just 100. This
can be done without resorting to any un
natural or improper expression of thu
numbers, and is problem we'll wortl
the attention of the young ariihmeti
cians.-HarerhW Gazette.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16

LoNG-WINDED.-A good story is
told of a preacher who delighted in
long sermons, and who once exchang-
ed with a brother preacher who always
delivered short ones. At the usual
hour for closing the services, the peo-
pie became uneasy, and being inspired
with the love of warm dinners rather
than long sermons, went quietly out
one by one, till the preacher was left
with the sexton. Still he continued TO
blaze away. That functionary, seeing
no prospect of close, walked delibe-
rately up the pulpit stairs, and hand
ing him the key, requested he would
lock up when he got through, and
leave the key at his house as he went
along
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16

A THRILLING ADyENTURE.-A mer-
chant, wishing to celebrate his daugh-
ter's wedding, collected party Of her
young companions; they circlcd around
her, wishing much hapl illness to the
youthful bride and her chosen one.
Her father gazed proudly Oh his love-
ly child, and hoped that as bright
prospects for the future might open
Tor the rest of his children, who were
playing around among the guests.
Passing through the hall of the base
mcnt he met a servant who was carry
ing lighted candle in her hand, with
out a candlestick. lie blamed her for
such conduct, and went into the kitch.
en- to see about the supper. The girl
soon returned, but without tie candle.
The merchant Immediately reco)lected
that several barrels of gunpowder had
been placed in the cellar during the
day, and that one had been opened.
!" Where is your candle 2" he in
quired, in the utmost alarm.
f" couldn't bring it up with me,
for my arms we're full of wood," said
the girl.
Where did you put tt"
Well, I'd no candlestick, so ]
stuck it in some black sand that's in
the small barrel"
Her master dashed down the stairs
the passage was long and dark, biz
knees threatened to give way under
him, his breath was choked, his fiesl
seemed dry and parched, as if he al
ready felt the sufocating blast 0
death. At the end of the cellar, un
der the very room where his children
and their friends we're reyclling in fe
licity, he saw the open barrel, full t
the top the candle stuck loosely il
the grains, with a long red snuff Q
burnt wick this sight seemed to witt
er all his powers the laughter Of tn
company struck upon his car like
knell the music commenced above
the feet Of the dancers responding wit
viyacity. He fancied the candle mo'
ed-was falling with desperate enel
gy he sprang forward-but how to n
+ move it! the slightest touch woul
cause the red-hot wick to fall into tn
powder. With unequalled presence {
! mind he placed hand on each side I
the candle pointed towards the obje'
of hi care, which, as his hands me
was secured in the clasping of his fin.
ers and safely moved away from j
dangerous position. When he reacl
ed the head Of the stairs he smiled
his previous alarm, but the reactiC
was too powerful, and he was conycye
to his bed senseless, and many weel
elapsed ere his nerves recovered So
!, ficien,ly to allow him to resume his bu
mess. a''fH1. .3l igftr rNa
/ .|..a .|a ..|f
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16
T e r M s d.
JUsTUS COBB, Publisher,
By whom all kinds of Book and job Print
iIg will be done on favorable terms.
Law of NeWspapers.

I. Subscribers who do not give express no.
ticc to the contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscription.
II. If subscribers order the discontinuance
of their papers, the publisher may continue to
send them till all thati is due be paid.
Ill If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the Office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled their bills and ordered their pa
pcrs discontinued.
". If subscribers move to other places,
without informing the publisher, and the pa
per is sent to the former direction, they are
held responsible.
V. The courts have decided that refusing
to take paper from the Office, or removing
and leaving it uncalled for, is prima iace evil
dcncc of intentional fraud.
VI. A Postmaster ncglecting to inform a
publisher when his paper is not taken from
the office, makes himself liable for his sub
cription price.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16

JUSTICE IN Nlw JERSEY. The
" Jersey Blues" will never recover
from the imputation Of distinct SOW
ereignty. A Dutch Judge in that
State recently sentenced prisoner.
On looking around for him, he discov-
cred him playing chcqueis with his
custodian, while the foreman Of the
jury was fast asleep. Replcnishing
the ample judicial chair with his broad,
cast carcass, he thus addressed the
jury 3
Misdcr vorcman and t'oder jury
mans: Der prisoner, Hans Vlecktcr,
is vinished his game init der sheriff,
and has peat him, but 1 shall dake
gare he doesn't peat me. Hans has
pecn dried for murder before you, and
you must pring in der vardick, but it
must pc cording to der law. De man
he kilt vecl very zartin is alife to
dish tay, at all, as it was proved he is
in der Jail at Morristown for sheep
stealing. Put dat ish no madder
Der law says when dere ish tout you
give 'em to der prisoner put here
dere ish no tout so you see der pris-
oner ish guilty. Pesidcs, he is great
loafer. haf know'd him vifty year,
and he hashn't done s'ditch of work
in all dat times und derc ish no use
to no body. | kink it would pc goot
plans hang him Cor de example. /
dink, Mr.. voremans, dat he peter pc
hung next Fourt o July, as der mill
tia is goin' to drain in another county,
und dere would pc no vur. goin' on
here ut should be added, to the
credit of the jury, that in spite of this
learned and Impartial CHARGE they
acquitted the brisoner,' finding him
Not guilty if he would leave the
State
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16

CLAIMING AT ScHooL.--There was
beaming beauty about the boy Chan.
ming; his eyes brilliant, his checks
glowing, his.ligbt brown hair falling in
curls.upon his shoulders. III the DANES
school, where he received the first ele-
ments of bis education, he was distin-
guished for his goodness. ~ wish III
my heart" said his mistress to an m-
ruly companion, ''you were like VIII
liam Channing." "Oh.' exclaimed
the poor child, IL can't be like him, it
is not half so hard for him to be good
as it is for me"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16

A FAMILY SoENE.-A gentleman
deeply engaged in study, and lady,
pretending to knit, is perplexing him
with her questions. Lady Gin the
drawing, ,affectionate style)-Ma deah!
correctly speaking, what is a dentist :?
Gentleman (short, sharp, and rather
cross)-Dcntist is derived from dent,
French for tooth. Dentist is a man
who pulls teeth out. Lady CATER
knitting once round, in order to give
the gentleman time to become miners
ed in his book again)-Ma deah you
said this morning that Professor Musty
was a great linguist, Is not linguist
derived from the Latin ingua, a
tongue : Gentleman (tartly)-Yes.-
Lady-Wcll, then, is linguist man
who pulls tongues out Gentleman
(yery decidedly)-No, madam, but
l wish to heaven he did exit lady
in huff
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-03-16
THE MAINE LAw.-The newspapers

LIE MAIN n LAW. uc newspapers
tell US of many expedients that have
been adopted by individuals to evade
the inhibitions of this law in the States
that have adopted it, some of which
appear to be attended with a fair degree
of success. If. indeed, tho tenor of
many of the articles we read upon tho
subject may be taken as an exposition
of popular sentiment, to defeat the
intent contemplated in any legal en-
actment is one of the most praise
worthy of all possible manifestations of
high-toned spirit and sagacious adroit-
ness. But we do not concur in this
view of the matter. Though we are
not of those who regard all change as
and all innovations as
reform, but, on the contrary, are rath-
er prone to adhere with decp-rooted
tcnacity to the well-tried and approved
usages of the world, yet, when we once
realize the fact that a law exists by
virtue of the legal and authoritative
power Of the community, we are ac-
quainted with no line of conduct COM
patiblc With the duty of a good citizen
but that of implicit, respectful obedi-
ence and any toleration Of a contrary
course is, in our humble judgment,
among the most portentous signs of a
decadence in the wise and patriotic
sentiments of the American People.
1t is true that the constitutionalty
of the law in question is doubted by
many intelligent and worthy citizens.
But, until it is pronounced to be un-
constitutional by the competent judi
cial tribunals Of the country, he can
not, in our estimation, be good citi-
zen who will cause it to be disregard
ed.-Ndtional Mtelhgencer.
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NUMBER ~.
Ms act shall cease and deternino.

this act shall cease and determine.
See. And be it further enacted,
That the right of way shall be. and here
by is. granted to the Allegheny Valley
Railroad Company for the road Of the
said company over aud across the grounds
Of the United States, at and near the
Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania
Provided, Tlot the route Of the said
railroad across the said grounds shall bo
approved by the Secretary Of War before
the same is entered upon for the pur
pose of constructing said railroad. And
provided, further, That the same can be
granted without detriheut to the public
interest, in the opinion of the Secretary
of War.
Approved February Ia, 1853.