Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-01-04
ADDRESS OF The CARRIER
THE PORTAGE SENTINEL.
RAvrssA, JASuARY 1st, 1854

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Once more the oAaa1En Boy attends o'E g aE5'i
with aHAPPY NEw-YEAR'' for his friends, -
And many thanks to those whose praise.1r -a s3ai
sIIoIhrough the long Year, 50 well rcpays ht-g
4sa His ardnous toll with sympathy, - fs,s,'.
That cheers him from day to day,
As on through rain and sIeet he comes, atlE sS19a
sd 70 drop the SENTINEL at their homes. #az
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vi Since last his annual tribute paid.,essg ase4 s
How. goes the world? In the hearts cell,
Through the year gone, has an been weiIs' 7sss2
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zsiotFeF to- Your portion through the past, ~
4saa Marking the. moments that are gone
As those you love to think upon?@
,ncesthe old year commenced his tread, 80
Are no friends numbered with the deadH
Ii there casket of the hearth
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ses And kind friends watch ger thee with cars' rs 81
l,sss Al the board is there no Uaeant char as
Ednyo no fond hopes, no prospect dear,
Been blighted in the passing yearf
Do no regrets, words of love, 55tszsss = =
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For mis-spent time, and acts that must be
Answered .for III eternity, 3i1 a.lEs 1t1i '9 fTa
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Are friends old still warm and truef
Does some fond dispel the gloom, + & ~1I
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Console your griefs from day to day,
And cheer you lites troubled way, 6 *;t+5s -
H Calm youf sick hours TO soft reposessn sIaas
&aasAnd share alike your joys and woes! 81 1s,sissz
ei4Iave yesfrom our abundant store 4 ssl.s
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- Scattering the wealth that God has given
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May save the starving one from crime,
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nsglIaye ye within the year tlat,s, gone ss adj lsagl
spoke gently 20 the ,errng one t,k. sd fa,s-4sa
And by your aid and kindly smilo
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And made him feel he had, once more, =: a., -
Something in life worth living for2
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Then is it well; Then may you sing,
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sxa That lsasessn no sorrow and no tear; ..5,4 :.
Still bid the cycles swiftly move
That bring but happiness and love, tsE'iEkap5 80
And often think of ssFlFry- -THREE''
As bright spot IN memory -
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f{aIt is a sayipg pld and true ne l...tgess - 49,
Tint every day brings something new,
winch the passing time wiH rage s21
The wonder OF this humbug age;z9g. sft.sss
There's P. B.. Smith, the Negro Singers,
HiasThe Blakeiegs5 aud the Peak Bell-rlngors, Z
1.-THE Wilson's, Welch, and Mr.. Carly, 81, es4t
se4F Francons and the : Fusion party - =. f..,s,
laAnds sRoweirs grand Theasre lsh. III nEsit) bH.
.4aldr.. Cassie, and Annie White ted = -tse.
An ere the end is hardly through
- Are crowded on bs 4ssonething newer 1t5faa.
#ffRac for quarter, for, YOU knows ygu - a13.
.tThey'r all after tie dmes that's so!" 4-,i
And wants, who all this humbug follows,
goft .;Sfr rife rithsEtythonsend doliars''% sf 80
since lection, humbug has declined, .ts53a2f :
e,Ea ssFasion,, has vanished like the wind, r-
With naEght remaining but Star, 10
That ,feeBis wrinkles from afar;a ssSz .si3 aIs -
And drunkenness is sin your eye,''
2 FOR, since the .tordnahcc,'' yoAi car, buy ~
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Thanks to the Council and Mayor
IL Hast 1s5ssEd q afi ssa - fisdt191Gsl0) - -
Since the election's and gone .; z8 s,s.
Our Banking friends have changed their tone;
tsssts sInjanctonss Taxes 4nofy's the lcrg,s8gs IN
Well have. .sseighteen per cent. or die.'' e -
Since Election, too, the ministry - -. -
aao Btdinp more Tor sobrietya s5z - b5'}asS2571
sas ADdcease to preach, egiye many ihanks)I 4g (;
tBelieye, repent, and saye,'-tAs BaHks. e
The Ladies,.teo whose sweet address ...,-g, .A--
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Whose winning smiles and gentle air s<sltsS- p. y
Make them the tsfairest of the fair,''
Deserve the Carriers warmest praise, -..v,.y
With s Harry NEw YEARs'' all their days, :, r. So.
And he hopes ere four dees, ss
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lie sAdieu. kind Patrons, tall Is sFell, $50 !a2 5
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And still through rain and sleet he'll come ;5.r
And drop the SENTIaEL at your home. =
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