The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-11-17

rived" he said, and opened the door Of the
receiving-room. Wonderful wonderful
what an assembly,! There we're congrega.
ted the crippled, the MANNED, and the blind
the palsied, and the extreme aged. A group
Of children from the alms.house were also
there, who regarded the lady, some with
mouths wide open, others with both hands
thrust into their hair, while others peerec
out from behind the furniture. to the covert
of which they had retreated from her daz,
zling presence At first she was petrifed
with astonishment, then a 6ispleasufe cross.
her face, till, having run her eyes over the
grotesque assembly, she met the comically
grave expression of her husbands eoante,
nance, wren she burst into violent fit oI
laughter, during the paroxysms Of which
the bursting of her corset luces could be
distinctly heard by the company. st
"Maryp said her husband sternly. She
suppressed her mirth, stammered an excuse,
aud added,
"You will forgive me, and believe your
selves quite welcome." sat a.rt
"That is we'll done," whispered Mr.. w
-------; then, turning to the company, he
said: ,ea..u ...
"My friends, as my wife is not ucquaint-
ed with you, will now make few presen.
tations"
Then leading her towards an emaciated
creature, whose distorted limbs were unable
to support his body, he said: "This gen.
tleman, Mary, is the Rev. Mr.. Brown, who,
in his youth, travelled much, and endured
much, in the cause of our common Master.
A violent rheumatism, induced bycolds con-
tracted among the new settlements Of the
West, where he was engaged in preaching
the Gospel to the poor, hos reduced him to
the present condition. This lady, his wife
has piously sustained him, and by her own
labor procured maintainance for herself and
him. Bnt she is old and feeble as you now
see." .a5 F5a .r. F.r. $3.50 r
Then, turning to group Of silver locks
and threadbare coats, he continued: "These
are soldiers of the Revolution. They were
all sons of rich men. They went out in
their young strength to defend their oppres-
sed country.
"They endured hardships, tolls, and suf-
ferings and such us we hardly deem it pos
sible for men to endure and live. They re-
turned home at the close OF war, manned in
their limbs, and with broken constitutions.
to find their patrimonies destroyed by fire or
the chances Of war, Ur their property 9TH
erM Use wrested from them. And these men
live in poverty in neglect in the land for
the prosperity Of which they sacrifice their
all. These venerable ladies are wives of
these patriots, and widows of others who
have gone to their reward. They could
tell tales that would thrill your heart, and
make it Better" ....
Then turning to another, he said: "Tbs
is the learned and celebrated DR.. NJ, who
saved hundreds of lives during the spotted
epidemic; but his great success reused the
of his medical brethren, who sue
ceeded in running his practice; and, when
blindness came upon him, he was forgotten
by those whom he had delivered from death.
This lovely creature is his only child, and
she is motherless. She leads him daily BY
the hand, and earns the food she sets before
him. Yet her learning and accomplish
ments are wonderful. She is the author of
those exquisite poems which appear in the
Magazine. s aa'
"These children said he, turning TO the
group Of Juveniles who had gathered at the
other end Of the room, were orphaned in
their infancy by the Asiatc cholera; and
their hearts have seldom been cheered by a
smile, or their palates regaled by delicious
food. Now, dry your eyes. love, and lead
on to the dining-room. aa
She obcyed, and notwithstanding her e.
motions. the humping of course shoes, and
the rafting Of canes, ,crutches and wooden
legs, behind her we'll nigh drew her into an
other laugh.
To divert her attention she glanced over
the table. There stood the dishes for which
her husband had stipulated, in the shape Of
two monstrous, homely- y-looking meat pies,
and two enormous platters of baked meats
and vegetables, looking like mighty noun
tains among the delicate viands which she
had prepared for the refined company which
she had expected. She took hetplace, and
prepared to do the table honors; but her
husband, after a. short thanksgiving to a
bountiful God. addressed the company with
"Now, brethern, help yourselves and one am
other, to such as you deem preferable. |
will wait upon the children"
"A hearty and joyal meal was made, the
minister setting the example; and as the
hearts Of the old soldiers were warmed with
wine, they became garrnlous, and each re-
counted some wonderful Or thrilling adven-
ture Of the Revolutionary war; and the old
ladies told their tales Of .privation and suff-
ering, interviewer with the histories Of faith
ers, brothers. or, lovers. who died for liber-
ty.' iai i9s'g "
Mrs. W-------wds sobbing convulsively
when her husband came ropud. He observ.