The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-06-26
FACT AND FANCY.

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OT a mother once cured her little boy
of swearing By washing out his mouth with
soap-suds every time he had profane words
in it.
o. Dear young Bride: Your gallant hus-
band now thinks you one of the loveliest
and gentlest of beings. Destroy not the il.
| lusion.
OT Seven sharks were caught day or
two since, with hook and line, close by the
wharves in Charlestown, s. C. 81
0T The great secreet of avoiding disap-
pointment is not to expect too much. Des-
pair follows mmoderate hope, as things fall
hardest to the ground that have been nearest
to the sky.
" The deepest waterg are the most ST.
lent; empty vessels make the greatest sound,
and tinkling cymbas the worst music. They
who think least, commonly speak most.
0Hr True joy is serene and sober emo.
ton; and they are miserably out, that take
laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is with
in, and there is no cheerfulness like the re-
fection of brave mind.
o. Nobility and greatness 60 hand in
hand, and when 7 see young gentleman
kind to his mother, and gentle and forbear-
ing to his brothers and sisters, think he has
noble heart. n
o. One of,the Emperors of Japan is said
to have killed himself with immoderate
laughing on being told that Americans were
governed without king. trs
~ Sir Walter Scott and Daniel O'Con-
NELL at late period ortheir lives, ascribed
their success in the world principally to their
wives. Were the truth known, theirs is the
history of thousands. '.+ +t
o. The Methodist General Conferences
has established the Kansas Conference, en-
bracing Kansas and Nebraska, and all that
part of Utah aud New Mexico lying East Of
the Rocky Mountains. ~,
Or Cattle and horses are said to be.dy-
ing by hundreds on the American bottoms of
Illinois, either from some virnlent disease
which has become epidemic, or from some
poisonous herbs growing there. The symp-
toms in all cases have been found similar,
Or Said u large ship owner Ga Whig)
on hearing of the nomination Of Buchanan:
"That makes my shipping worth dollarsa
ton more" He felt that it would givea
new impulse to the business interests of tho
country, ry,--Eastera Argus. n
Or "What Cannon is that !'' asked a
person who heard the hundred guns OF MINI
joy, on account Of the nomination.
" BE cannon, OF course" was the response.
"Well, it has the right ring to.it."
6TWords are little things, but they strike
hard. We WELD them SO easily that we are
apt to forget their hidden power. Fifty spo-
ken, they fall like the Sunshine, the dew fer
lizfng rain, but when unftly, like the frost,
he hail, and desolating tempest. .
or During a thunder storm few days
lgo. the lightning came down upon pas
ure of Charles ritcomb, OF Eensington, N. s.
L., descending perpendicularly into the
,arth for about thirty feet, SO esto form u
rood well of water. The hole is as big as
| barrel, and it was formed. like the holes
If the chipmunk, without throwing out any
,arth.
or The Rector Of Trinity Church, says
New York paper, estimates the whole pro-
'crty in its possession at $lo,o0o,ooo.-
udge Jay shows it to be double that amount.
There is no ecclesiastical corporation In
'ngland that has so much wealthsinsits pos
ession, and 1t is questionable if another
imilar church organization ia the worldpes-
ssses SO great an amount or monied means.
or James Buchanan Is d graduate of
dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa, and wassa
ember Of the Union Philosophical socie-
]; whose sixty seventh anniversary will be
'lebrated the sth OF July next This 30.
ety, and this time-honored institution. may
,int with patriotic devotion 10 their distin-
iished son, and his alma mater may proud
designate him q the brightest Jewel la
i crown Of gloFyy.