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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-11-13
That Dam Roaring.

A young buck went 10 see the daugh-
ter of a Presbyterian elder, lately, whose
house was near mill.dam. 1t being in the
spring Of the year, the waters made con-
siderable of q roar as they tumbled over the
dam. The modest young gentleman tapped
lightly at the door at first, and received no
answer. Again and again he repeated his
knock, and still he was unhesred. Mus.
tering up courage he proceeded to infict
some severe thumps on the door, which
brought the old gentleman out.
81 suppose" said the yougster, who had
by this time become slightly savage, from
being compelled to wait so long; II sup
pose you could not hear me knocking for
that dam roaring"
"The dam roaring! What do you mean,
sir! How dare you speak in that Nay!"
faid the divine, somewhat angered at hearing
the young man swear in his presence.
81 mean to say sir, that l suppose you
could not hear my knocking on account
of the dam roaring"
"Dam roaring again You young scoun.
drel Have you the impudence to insult
me with repetition of those words! Be-
gone, sir !"
"My dear sir" Cuoth the now bew wilder.
ed youth, 81 intended to say that presume
could not be heard on account of the DAM
roaring" laying particular emphasis on the
last two words.
"Insult upon insult !" shouted the inruri-
ated man, and he rushed at the fellow with
the evident intention of eiecting him, but
was restrained by his daughter exclaiming:
Papa, | suppose, the young man in
tended to say that he could not be heard on
account of the roaring of the dam"
ooh, l beg your pardon, sir-I beg
your pardon--walk in, reully-ah, we'll
| declare! That dam roaring! Capital
Come in, come in. That is really too
rich !''
1t is needless to soy that the youngster
went in, and in the excellent society of
the young lady, soon forgot the "dam roar
ing"
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Darkey Logic.

A colored preacher, recently, in address
ing, q negro audience at the South, said:
ri 'spect dat de reason de Lor made us
brack men was cause he use all the white
men up, fore he got to de brack man, an he
had to make him brack. sf
But dat don't make no odds, my bredren,
de Lor look arter de brack man, too. DON'T
de scripter say dat two sparrer hawks am
sold. for farden, an dat no one OBJ. EN-
shall fall 'pon de ground without ,lere farder?
Well, den, my bredren, If your hebenly
farder care so much for sparrer hawk.
when you can buy two ob 'em for furden,
how berry much he care for you, dat is worth
six or seben hundred dollars apiece r. s'
y ifthat argument ain't colored non ssouii.
ter, then are we much at loss what term
to apply to. It. il
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A nistoricas Landmark Gone.

The bright light which lit up the heavens.
SO brilliantly on Friday night, denoted the
burning, in Jefersonville, of perhaps the on
ly building Of historical interest in this vi-
cinity. 1t was the house in which General
William H.. Harrison lived when he was
Governor Of the North Western Territory.
In the old frame tenement, with it's Brick
ba ement and weather-stained front, and
crumbling time-eaten roof, resided for sever
al years the great Indian conqueror, whose,
name, became household word throughout
the Union. There he ruled that vast portion
of our confederacy known as the States OF
Indiana. Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the,
Territory of Minnesota. Thence he issued
his orders--there lie he received the legisla-
tors, and there dispensed that famous latch
string out hospitality which, in 1870, became
SO celebrated. Louisville Courier.
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Female DelIcacy.

Above other features which adorn the fe.
male character, delicacy stands foremost
within the province of good taste. Not that
delicacywhich is perpetually in quest Of
something to be ashamed of, which makes
merit Of blush, and shippers at the false
construction its own ingenuity has put upon
an innocent remark; this spurious kind o
delicacy is far removed, from good sense;
but the high minded delicacy which maintains
its pure and Underwriting walk alike amongst
women7and in the society of men--which
ishrinks from no necessary duty, and can
speak when required, with seriousness and
kindness of things at which it would be
ashamed to smile or blush--that delicacy
which knows how to confer,a benefit with
out wounding the feelings ofanother, which
can give aims without assumption, and which
pains not the most susceptible being in Gre.
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81 have called curses from heaven, and
fires from hell to ayenge this objectionable
wrong-for what has this pale and tender
dove done to win such un injuryl But when
| saw her thin, pale cheeks, and heard her
moaning, and saw her wasted babe on the
half starved breast of the woman | adored, |
stilled my soul, shed no tears; heard her
utter cry Ofjoy and pain, and then the thin
helpless hand wandering over my head, as
laid it kneeling by her side in that horrible
hole, upon her breast beside my child.
"To lose pareat to lose a mother one
loves-to lose friend one is devoted to-to
lose dog that has been your companion for
long years, is all painful; what was it to
this! Was it for this that | sought heri-
Was it thus my parents had shown their
love! Was it to see her die, that had
moved the heavens and earth to discover
her!
"Take my head in your arms, dear George,
said she faintly. Take my child in your
arms too. Kiss me--kiss the baby. You
love us--dC you not! God bless you! Do
not separate US. Do not forget US. | have
borne much--but loved you SO dearly, and
| forgive every one as hope to be forgiven.
The rough soldiers turned away and one
or two wiped their eyes.
"'Little ALICE said |, { are you going
without mel!
"I am only going before you,' she sOid
aud felt that she spoke the truth, Il am 90
ing before you; ciasp me closer; let me
feel your lips; lit my head; put my baby's
mouth to mi net and she died! Aud for one
hour after held her baby in my bosom, till
| felt it was cold. 1t was dead too" ..
There was deep impressive pauSe--und
he again went on:
"That made MY heart desolste, wretched,
and void; said l. |, in turn, desolated their
household and wrecked their peace forever
as they had two passions to feed and foster
the most boundless love for me, their only
cAid, and pride which God gave them.
they had also given me, and the latter being
the greater, they sacrificed me to that pride.
Well, | tramP!ed on their pride. They knelt
to me i'll the Gust and ashes Of their humility,
and Gcorned them.
"Thcy offered me bride, the fairest in
the land, and | only laughed at them. They
could not give me little Alice, and had
nothing else to ask for. had a grand fu-
neral from that work. house for my wife and
child, put my name on her coffin lid, and
after that day forgot that had name OF
parents, and felt that had reveDged Alice,
for their house i3 house Of mourning, and
the world is to them as to me--a scpulchre.
"And this is the reason that don't care
what comes or goes, what happens, or does
not happen; | want to he dead. want to
sleep and never wake up.
Let me sleep, and don't disturb me; am
going to dream Of my Alice and her child
again."
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Qotrg
From Chambers Journal.
Summer aud Winter.

Ahi those were very pleasant days,
The days we spent together,
Come back through memory's golden haze,
On cloudless Summer weather!
That may deem I've saved at least
Some fragments from life's scattered feast.
We wandered past the shallow stream
And through the new -mown hay;
Each hour was like some golden dream
From Paradise nstray;
The scent VI roses on the air
Seemed part Of life, which was so fair.
We foamed amid the thick, green wood
Through the cool, pleasant trees;
APd, ahl this world seemed very good
With all its memories;
! never saw the moon so bright
As through the boughs that Summer night.
And now hear The bitter rain
Sweep from the angry Heaven,
As blindy 'gainst the window-pane
The withered leaves are driven;
Then faint and lorn the moon appears
All dim, like one who smiles through tears.
That ghostly moons uncertain light
Flung over the gaunt, bare trees
The starless sorrow of the night
The wailing of the breeze;
All! me, it was another earth,
Where Summer reigncd III light aud mirlh.
And love, so pleasant, though so brief,
Wns made for Summer days,
Departing ere the filling leaf,
And AutaGn's mellow rays;
Nor does il s5em so very strange
That we, like all things else, should change.
Our dream has vanished as it came;
, Some hours Of care it snatched;
Perehance we played dangerous game,
But well the players matched.
Without reproacl in either heart,
We clasp cold hands and 50 We part
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Color OF IeaTsIEe.--The color Of
lightning is .variously, orange, white and
blue, verging toyiolet. Its hue appears to
depend on the intensity Of electricity. and
height in the atmosphere. !. The more elec-
tricity there is passing through the air in,
given time, the whittier and more dazzling is,
the light. Violet and blue colered Light,
'nings are observed to be discharged from.
storm clouds high in the atmosphere, whers
the air is rari6ed.
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or There's man in Tifin with so out.
landish a name, that 1t takes two French
men and 9 big Indian to pronounce it. II
has never yet been spelled, but ! machine
e about 70 be imported for that PURPOSE.
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b Pompey, why 10 4 journey round dis
world like cats tail!''-aW Well, Idoesh't
3adzactly see'any semblance 'twixt the ftwol
cases. ."-"Well, denI spec I'll have iOself
you--bekase 1t am fur to de end OBJ i. .stia
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Or An honest dame standing beside he
corpse Of her deceased husband, bevailing
in piteous tones his tuntimely departure. pb-
served rs pity he's dead. for bic teptR
sare good % ever they wers,s ~.
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mark on the age" do 80 because they can't
writes aits' asas 'f ss9 si. e,
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Smyrna times., 1856-07-23
Strap5--Uarittp.

HE ABOLIrI0NIsrs.- 1t was but tho otbor
day, that Remond, who supports Fremont g..
President, called George Washjnrton . sco,','
drei, because he was slaveboider In ~
same spirit, Garrison, on the 4th of Julv said
" TO me, the path is plain. To-day idjso,yn
the American flag as the symbol of uneousj
hypocrisy and transcendant opEfession. and
castlng 1t INTO the bread Atlantic. defy ali tho
Waters thereof to wash ont its bloody stajn
to-day | renew my accusation arainst the
American Constitution, that it is "a covenant with
death ana an agreement with hell, which ongbt
10 be annulled now and forever. TO dav
pronounce the American Union a leapue of
desPotIsm, to perpctnate which is a crime
against our common humanity, and sin against
Hod. 10 day ! affirm the Iipher Law, n
DC tIe r'ghtul and paramount law of the land.
10 ihe suOFersIOh OF every statute, agreement
ana cohPr0mis', nlmlcal to human freednn
Let US not be drawn off by anv side
issue IN regard to Kansas nor be delnied bv
the cry ct Liberty national, Slaperp SectionoT
seeing 1t Is the existence of slavery in the
south which ls the root of all our tronbIes the
cause OF all our dagger, the source Of all our
Periis. Away, then, with all nostrums. con.
ceSSiohs' compromises, cXpedients, truces. and
me Ike! but one course is tu be- pursued-nne
""JcC' "liiicQ at--ohe blow struck The NOrib
must separate from tie South, and organize
her own institutions ON sure basis''
In nominating by sectional party, upon
sectional Dasis, New York President, and a
New Jersey e-President, Mr.. Garrison has
his work pretty well begun for him.
In me spIrt OF Rcmond, Garrison and the
Republican leader, the Republicans ofNorwav.
IN Maine, have boldly thrown TO the breeze the
banner of disunion. They have raised fag
bearing upon its front but sixteen stars TO
designate the sixteen free States, thus strking
out from the GLORIOUS galaxy of the 81 States.
9, one ana SeparaoIe, now and forever the Is
Southern states.
These treasonable men Of Norway have only
shown little more courage then their feIlo,y
Are the people prepared 10 adon,
this flag, and to endorse the party of disunjop |
Or will they 90 fol" our whole .countrv- md
nothing but our country"
Smyrna times., 1856-07-23

open only tor three months in the year, are
compelled to charge extravagantly, vet in the
boarding houses and private families, accommo-
ua'lohs can be had on reasonable terms In
the height of thee" season" every available
place is In demand-cots laid on the floor being
gladly used for beds. The large hotels have
Oeen known each to board out some 800 or 400
guests.
Nature has been very prolific with the
springs, there being dozen of them in this
immediate vicinity. Some of these are used in
one class OF disease and some in other classes.
Ihey are different in their components and
thelr effects. The "Congress'' is the best.
however; Its waters are bottled and sent as far
as China. The Empire" is fast rivallng it.
and Is considered better for pulmonary diseases.
But little is now talked of but politics.; and
one thing must be owned: each party has cho-
sen It's best man. In case the election is car.
ried 70 the house, think Mr.. Fillmore's chan
ceS are the best, as a compromise candidate.
ont' as Father Ritchie says, nous uerronS, and
ahd until that time of light shall come, the God
vi our Fathers will protect his favored land.
was fortunate in securing my present lodg-
lugS' | am staying with DR.. Sylvester S.
strong. lie was a prominent preacher of the
N. \. East Conference, but his health fail:nr
"e turned his attention to medicine, and, after
unusual preparation and with hirh sense of
Inc responsibility resting upon his profession.
ne has opened Remedial Institute. for snccial
attention to Female Complaints and Diseases
OF Lungs, Heart and Throat. | thinkita rood
sIgn that SO many prominent physicians are
certain classes of diseases and civinr
mem their special attention. DR.. S. S. Stronr
las met with much success, and many are now
blessing him for his attention and skill. He i
10 quack, but thoroughbred and skilful pbv-
'cIan- One reason why more of our southern
PATIENTS are not healed is, they have to battle
against an enervating climate. Here thew a
iced no tonic but that which nature supplies in +
he air and in the waters. For boarder or q g
'atlent, know of no place in Saratago or else ;
where pIeasanter than the "RemediaI Inst.
ute Here they can have all that skill can !
AVE. and, in addition, Christian fellowship and +
christian sympathy.
Yours, respectfully, q
HENRY L. JOHNS t
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Srlttt Sflisttllanp.
States not on the Man.
UuIs, respectfully,
HENRY L. JOINS.

J
1t IS generally supposed at present that if we
take one trouble with another there is nothing
more grleVous or vexatious than those States
which are not States, but soon to be such-tbe
prospective States of Kansas and Nebraska
over which loom in dark recedinp distance ,boso
OF Utah, Washington and New Mexico. Be-
yond question these are sources of great sorrow.
But there are certain other States of which
but little is said, yet which are really CAUSING
quite as much trouble as any of the confederacv
past present or future. They are states which
require no admisFion-they come unadmitted,
nnannounced, voting themselves on the free list
OF federation and running themselves in. in
manner which far from agreeing with the con.
srItutIon, is diametrically opposed to it and its
every requirement.
The first of these states is known os tho State
ol suspense. There are few indeed who have
not at one time or another inhabited it. wander.
ed weaTlly along its misty roads, and there are
fewer still who would ever care TO revisit II
Just at present it is, however, more tbicklv
populated than it has been for wears before. ow.
ing 10 the coming election. 1t is true that
nearly all the politicians utterly disown and de.
ny all knowledge of this state DECLARING that
they are not and never were in SUSPENSE at ALI
that on the contrary they dwell in the de-
llgbtful State of Certainty, where their natura.
llzat'on tickets were taken out long ago. and
offer to prove their residence by heavy bets and
incredible odds on their favorite candidates.
Yet, despite all this, they are not the less regu-
lar denlzens in .Suspense-s state which too
many OF them will be obliged to change NEXT
fall for the quite as unattrac:iye State iof De-
spondency' which lies on the other side of Salt
River. ''R
Not far from this is the celebrated m State NJ
Mind" of which most public men, includine all
OF our contemporaries, claim to be residents, and
In which, if we are to believe their assertions.
they have dwelt from youth up. Fortunately
for their veracity, this state is of such extent,
and embraces such variety of districts that we
are quite willing to admit the justice of their
assertions. We can point out for instance.
state of Absence of Mind, which is sometimes
supposed to belong to the former yet which
really has nothing to do with it, and which is
wonderfully well peopled with folks we wot
Of Then there is the state of Evil Mind
edness. which is so full during certain conven-
tions and sessions, that one might imagine that
it's boundaries were Of India rubber, and caPa-
bic of infinite extension. This is the worst of
all the. states in question, and il it could only
be reduced to "a desert, there can be no question
that the objectionable states woeld soon lose
much OF their ierrors TO settlers aast .ses sa
.There are emany other ofthese states against
which much can be said for insiap:e, the State
Of Iutoxieation, the State Of Democracy, tie
Smyrna times., 1856-07-23
Bar Room Politicians,

Ihere are a set of and-sharks, who subsist
upon politics as trade. You can find them
upon every street-corner, in every group 6Dob
the sidewalk, in bar-rooms, discussing politics
and defending the acts Of partisans, no matte,
how contrary they may be right. They never
hesitate at anything done by their party leaders
or organs. Their political faith consists Of the
last party manifesto put forth, no matter how
violently it contrndcts what that party has done
or said before. They are. to be found at the
best hotels, drink the choicest liquors. smoke
the finest favored cigars, dress a Ia mode and
drive fast Horses. When they chance to be out
Of Office, which is as seldom as they can posi-.
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bly help, they are canvassing eagerly to get a
party nomination
But be they in or out, they always contrive
TO live handsomely and spend money freely
How comes this What sources of revenue
have they! Are they ever placed upon COM
hittees to raise money during political canvass
eS' 10 they not secure comfortable berths
upon the disbursement of party funds? If so,
nave their party ever noticed how rapidly their
iuhds disappear Have they ever noticed thn
extraordinary posters that are printed. the
masses OF tickets which are struck. the bands of
""e omnibuSses, the hacks which are
"'tcd TO look at their vouchers of expense,
one would think they were gifted with omai.
presence They pass for wonderfully active
ie''o"S' energetic, untiring men. People call
them excellent wire-workers. and ,ejspyy so,,
'"eY understand the ropes" If they under
Sland The ropes, they also understand to won
uerIul degree the means of replenishinr their
finances at the expense of their party. That
party never finds out how many posters. adyer.
usements and tickets which it has ma id for wara
never printed. 1t never discovers how much
omnibus and band hire is pretended to be pai,,
which is squlety slipped into the pockets oftbcse
political interopers.
You can tell them by hearing them talk
I"ey ooast OF how intimate they are with the
non hezcklah Snggirs In wonderful conf
1ehce they relate how they induced him to vote
Tor tins bill, and how they got him TO AXE tb.,
'Peech' NO one has as much influence in their
wards as they. They can get fifty, hundred
''' hundred votes more than anybody else for
'hy liVing Candidate. Their scale of influence
'Il"rs with every man they talk to.
lhe'r Importance is exaggerated in their own
'S''nation' by the staggering declara tions that
hey viii be elected members of the next conn.
H. Many hold that it would be undirni6ed ON
"elr part to accept of anything lower than the .
Nayoraily OF the city. Others round their NO.
lods by swearing that they will have seats in
ne next legislature, and by way of coniirmipg
he impression offer to bet ppon it. :
These men really have influence in their q
arty IN an inverse ratio to their boasts. Thew :
re the pirates of political life. They despse d
nc honest earnings Of industry and live upon !
"e'r Wis 1t any men can ctIGctualy break c
own party by causing it to lose ills hold upon /
"Oiic confidence, it is this class of treasury. ?
ockers. They deserve the contempt of all :,
onest men, aud should be kicked ont of eve,v =
@F'y That desires power.-PAiIa Tunes. .
Smyrna times., 1856-07-23

INDIA RUBBER buttons "A stvle of b,ttoa
for overcoats and general business clothin,r haa
been introduced within the last two Sears
winch grows more shiny with age and xenr
and IN It's every quality seems to be an pdn,;r,
able button. 1t Is made FROM one of the Good.
year varieties OF prepared rubber. and a mann.
lacto.y Is now IN operelion in New Brunswick
when gives employment to some two hundred
hands, male and female. The buttons have.
nntii TINS season, been held at 80 high price
as 70 q great extent to prohibit their introduce
tion, out @ material reduction has, we learn.
been iately made, which bids fair 10 render
them the standardstyle for the class Of clothine
described. .sqel ss..,, ~. -.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-23
Communication.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. Julv 1e ,aze
Correspondence Of the Smyrna Times

-. at- SARATOGA SPRINGS, july I6. 1s56
Mr. Editor Here am at far.famed Sar,-
t0ga springs the focus of fashion and gaietv.
independent of the springs, it is an attractive
p'ace-one of the most beautiful of New Yort
ViIlages-for village it is yet called, notwitb-
standing it has 5000 inhabitants, 6 churches.
gas and other cOnveniences of large citv.-
Ireat attention is here paid to shade trees and
sn'uooery. SO that one may walk for hours inha-
''ng The odor Of flowers, without experiencing
ane effects of the suns scorching rays. There
Is out one blemish in the beauty of the place
'ae appearance OF its bricks. The clay is of
poor material, and the bricks are left un-
painted. .,i s'ta~a 9.a.G ...H ts..-.a
About four miles from town is a beautiful
'aAe' furnishing a most attractive ride. The
surrounding country is mostly level and sandy.
nls village does not depend entirely upon the
'pfia "a ior its prosperity II is one of the most
ue'ishtial places for private residence that
eah De imagined, and though seemingly on the
VO'uer IS truly central. A Baptist clergyman
nas established a Female Seminary here, which
IRON ls locality, can hardly fail of success. e.I
Norn''gs aud evenings are very lively in
saratoga. Webavethr bands that discourse
s"ee' music il public places. These bands
'e 2 Tue ie employ Of the three prominent hotels
-. .t''fi" mat can Accommodate I,000 guests
: "' s"a only charge $s45D per day for board,
.,'"s % 70 sl2 per oottl, for wine, and l2I
cts f@r segar 'es..'s.s-.4 sa 't3 fa ~
~
" "i'lslindlnS the large hotels keeping