The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-01-03
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UIf man wishes to become rich, he
must appear rich.
.ss0sr Half what passes among men for tai
.entn nothing bat vigorous health
:.s,sse<r Christianity Is not a theory TO be
criticised 50 much as a life to be copied.
ye05 Many sman is sn.ass for half cen
tory Without discovering that braying is not
.eI69denee,
:.sss6r Beautiful is the love, and sweet the
aissof sister, but II you haVn't sister
handy, Try your cousin-it isn't much worse.
ko01r 1tis the little troubles that wear the
heart out. 1t is easier to throw bomb.
shell a mile, than feather-even with ar
Stiliery. aifi
~ FEKT LKKLV.-It is coniectured that
che term "grass" widows, arises from the
fact that their husbands are sroving blades.
- or When you hear man ostentacious-
sly iamen,ing his defective education, it's a
sign he thinks himself devil OF fellow
for all that. "JIITf
SaO@F A slave has but one moster-the am
bilious man has as many masters as there
are persons whose aid may contribute his
sadvancement.
or The phrase live on nothing and find
yourself, is now translated into exist upon
the apex Of nonenity, and discover your
whereabouts e....z-zs ,IEdEJ.s
,s.OS.r Madame Jenny Ina Goldscmidt has
been. compelled again to contradict rumors
tofdomestic infelcties. She represents her
husband to be a"model of conjugal attach.
ment and affection"
JControl your thoughts while in retire.
ment, and your tongue while in company.
GTThe Library Society is now in full
blast, Question for discussion :-"If man
builds a corncrib, does that give him right
to crib corn!'' ..-. .s.s.-.t
,7slThere are few persons to be found who
are notmor concerned for the reputation ol
wit and sence, than for honesty and virtue.
"ss or Do you wish to be rich! 1t is per-
'fectiy Be as mean as dirt. Cheat ev-
seybody you can, friend or foe, father and
mother, sister and brother.
.0F A Dutchman being called upon fol
a Toast, said: "Here ish to de heroes who
fight, pied and died NIT the pattles of Pun
oker Hill, of who me ish vone."
s0ETIf you would be we'll with gren
mind, leave him with favorable impress
ion of you; if with little mind, leave him
with favorable opinion Of himself.
So or If there be class of human beings
on earth who may properly be denomina
ted low, it is that class who spend without
earning, consume without producing, ant
.dissipate on the earnings of their relatives
ORA man will be what his most cher
ished feelings are. If he nurse bitter ant
-envenomed thoughts, his own spirit will alb
sorb the poison, and he will crawl anon!
men as an adder whose life is mischief, an
whose errand is death. .
-ol or Moss will grow upon grave stones
the ivy will cling to the mouldering pile
the mistletoe springs from the dying branch
and God be praised, something green, some
thing fair to the sight, and grateful to tn
heart, will yeti around and grow ou
or The seams and cracks of the desolat
temple of the human heart.
or Ship building in New York is abou
at an end for the season. According to thu
Journal of Commerce, the tonnage launch
ed during the year amounts TO s9,l30 tuns
representing SS vessels of all descriptions
and embracing 26 full-sized ships, and foul
steamships. Money invested, $5,2oo,0Oo
Last year the tonnage launched was only
46,423.
-Or "Boys," said village pedagogue the
other day, "what is the meaning Of all that
noise in the SCHOOL," "Why, sir, it is
Bill Skies, who is all the time initiating q
locomotive" "Come up here Bill Skies, il
yea have turned into locomotive, it is Q
high time you are switched off,"
--0FDeaeon s. Spear, of Randolph, ex'
hIbits piece OF the cake made for his wed
ding which took place 40 years ago last Sept
Through all this long period of married life
the partner of his joys and sorrows has care.
fully preserved fragment of the bridal loaf;
and one can we'll imagine the influence this
simple relic exerts in calling up the varied
associations of the past, with which it is SC
indissolubly linked in the memory Of the
aged couple.
GA Rather Singular Marriage con
tract was few days since entered into il
Tennessee. The wife is worth cool fifty
thousand. The husband is the rightful own
er Of a magnificent goatee. The contrac
was as follows: Art. Ist The husband il
TO have no interest in the wife's estate
Art. I'd. He is not to collect any debts o
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