Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-03-09
THU RORTIiGB sEA1INfL,
NY SAMUEL d.. HARRIS, Jr.s
seSsa - From Arthnr's Home Gazette
!. WAS HE BENEVOLENT :

Ssaz ~ tgss8s From Arhhr's Home .Gazetts
WAS HE BENEVOLENTs
BY A LADY OF BALTIMORE. =
Janes,s said Mrs. Somervil1e to herhusband
as hearose from the tea-table, sslet me have five
dollars tonight before you go out. e sfs'ss
; hat do you want with FIVE dollars to-nigh
particularly, Mary .'' era a'ii' 'ss gs%s .77fe
want it for Miss Marten.' 9ff ~ -
s' For Miss Marten ~ he repeated with astonish.
meht; sswhy she. has not given Ellen over three
iessons-surely she does not demand her pay al
ready ~ .s s&5z s -;
she does not demand it, neither did she ask
for.it; but as found out that the family was in
trouble, told her to call this evening" and would
let her have some Y s42 SO ss4
at must be ia grievous amount Of trouble in
deed, If Eve dollars Wiifreieve it, said Mr.. Som
eryille - : 3 50 $780, ss.' ssazs.f -
sThe facts are these, James; when she came to
give Ellen her lesson, this morning, | knew by
her looks that something allied her. 1t was some
time before Il could tout of her, hut Hast
etoldsme that her mother owed twenty-five dol
lars house rent, and the landlord had threatened
if it wereno paid before twelve tomorrow, to
turn them out of the house, / had but twenty
dollars by me, orI would have given tito her at
once. She has good deal coming in, in the course
of mouth, but she did not ike. to ask for it be-
fore il was. due" !"
g on win have enough to do, MARY, if you un-
srtake TO relieve every case Of distress you hear
of However, you know Inaver pay beforehand,
and no one can say Fever kept them waiting a
day for tieir money! 81 fs ~ t'7'A''
Lend f to me them, said Mrs. Somerville.
81 have nothing less than ten with me; but
don't botberimea any more about it forI have a
meeting 70 attend, ,anditis timed was there,noW''
A less ilnporsnnate spifit than Mrs. S2mervlle
would have said no more, but her sympathies
were aroused in behalf Of the young girl, who
yves so nobly, striving to support widowed and
invalid mother, and she. was not disposed to give
s,lp IS long as there was any chance Of success.
.siiye. me ten then,' said She, s.and I'll give
you:fiYes''''a ...s..ss s s. ). z..
Here then,.s' answered her husband, throwing
"a ten doilar gold piece on the table, as he spoke,
aaa return . fve-dollar bank bill-..you
women are determined to have your. own way, 50
YOU might as well have it first as last; but if YOU
lose that, blame no one but yourself; suppose
BOW can go to my meeting. -, e.sz
The meeting about which Mr.. Sonerville, seem
ad,so alxious. was ward meeting Tor the relief
Of Tic. .loag. On such occasions he was always
known as q benevolent man. Soon after the or
eanizatibnsof the meeting, he wasscaled upon to
make speech Most eloquently did tfhe portray
thessnffefiHe condition Of thep during thesin
clement season of the yeer; and them with in
ercasing feFvor, showed that It was not only du-
tysbnt blessed privilege Of those who Were bles'
sedwifh; an abundanceo Of this. worlA's goods, to
rninister to their wants and necessities Long and
aslydid he. speak, and then closed by making q
tsonatioa Of. five hundred dollars, 4 mufmur Of
appreciation ran through the pl LICE. ysza .ss.s
a.gsslashat a beneFolent man z said one .l7sa,
SAY indeed, ',.remarked another, .ftg there's
not asfew more like him. = 5 i. 3ss s ,ssE5ze
aIndeed it is replied the first speaker 2sa..fIe
always seems at home in this work.
as: and he tloesrl't do things BY halves either.
WHY It vas only yesterday heard that he had
owen d thousand ua dollars tu some benevolent OBJ
iect. while Steward, the lumber merchant, gave
only tive hundred forsthei same purnose,''Il' y -
ssI don't think SteWardgis as rich: as he is, !,
thotsahs ''ssaesisAs 81 1t 4 Hsfa 7saasqs
ooh! no; but he could have given more than
that if he had been,disposed," .;z9 s.gr @.s4
ANOTHER speaker was now on the floor, and the
conversation drqPpeed, i,a.5ss.5s sg4 aas ..t..,.
81 declare. SomervilIe," sid friend to him as
they were going home that night, 81 should. not
wonder If your donation would be more than ali
the rest 81 the ward put together 81 go
7s.sT Should be very sorry if It weulds was the
reply. sSureiy ward like ours oug to raise at
least two thousand dollars.n 8sssS s5aa
EFF allswere as liberal as you, itmight be very
easilysdone;g but you know there are some pretty
tight chaps amongst us. There's Steward, for in,
stance-by the way, he was telling me this after after
noon that the Far.lsrr's 5 Bank, Of -, was not
id avery safe condition" 80 !,
lhlteuss s.s,sss,ep s. gss,3s Es - s
have you any 81 its notes 10 @ y, '.'', Z
ths amount 'o of hundred Idol dollars ns BE- @
heVes.ss7 tfssist as.Iss a.iS ..s..{{ ---s5s !
aAh !! You will be apt to lose them. Steward
saws it would only pass for eighty cents in dol
lar this afternoon; and it was thought it would be
worse to morrow ''zsest q .s5s ,s4ss 1913 -
-aWeii, suppose Ican bear the loss better than.
some others; SO must not grumble.'' 34=
Here the friends; parted, Although Mr. somer-
Vile thus spoke, he was by no means SO well sat
isfied as he wished to appear. The idea Of losing
a hundred dollars. or any part thereof, worried
him considerably. and he had already several
hal-formed plans in his mind for getting rid Of it
without much loss. Whilst thinking over the
matter, it suddenly flashed upon his mind that the
note he had taken from his wife in the early part