The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-01-05


| Or In woman an ounce Of heart is worth
pound of brains. @
0rHow to make tall man short-ask
him to lend you one hundred dollars.
! 0rThe toothache may be cured by holds
ing in the hand a certain root-that of the
tooth. p 34i
6T The militia power Of the United
States numbers about 100000 meIi.-T
Something of an army. sgts
GrIn Europe, people take off their hats
to great men In America, great men take
off their hats to the people. eEs34
A LUCKY FELLow.-An editor out west
boasts that he had talk with woman and
got the last word ~ 4#t
| Crit is good to laugh, at any rate, says
4 Dryden, and il a straw can tickel man II
is an instrument ofhappiness. Irss
FWe must in, this world, gain relish
for truth and virtue, if we would be able to'
taste that knowledge and perfection which
are to make Us happy in the next. . aaf
0T fyou want to find the way to the
Penitentiary follow the man who swears
the "World owes him living" You'll get
there and have your leader for company. ss
The most Insignificant people are the
most apt to sneer at others. They are safe
from reprisals, and having no hope of rising
in their own esteem but by lowering thsif
neighbors. s
OF Texas, which in the year 1864 had
$4,000 voters, has in 1855 upwards Of 45,-
900, thus indicating total population Of
half million. sss
or Nobility and gentleness go hand in.
hand. and when | see young gentlenarts
kind to his mother, and gentle and forebears@
| ing to his brothers and sisters, think he
has noble heart. IN = =
CooL!-swiggett, of the Connersvills'
Telegraph, says: s 4a
five have offended any man in the short
but brilliant course Of our public career, leta
that man send us new hat, and say notHings
about it. q vs~
SrcKE Our IN MRErIS'.-L Little boya.sMa,
will that woman go to Heaven any sooner
than you, cause she's gotta pew oil to hsrss
self" a
MYTHOLOGY ExpLAINEp.-Venus,s tours
was drawn by pigeons, inferring thereby 4
that in love there should be no kicking over
the traces. a NV. 4. .
or The Cleveland and Columbus Rail- 3
road Company has declared q dividend for
the six months up to Jan. I, 1856. Of 8 peE
cent, payable in cash. 49, y
0TThe Lake Shore road declared semi
annual dividend Of s per cent, cash, and
have reserved 10 per cent. or 100000, to
bule an extra track between Erie and
CIeveland. & e a Z
i or The Secretary Of the Interior has de-
cided that the volunteers who Fave engaged
in the removal Of THE Cherokee Indians are
entitled to bounty lands. M
| Or The Boston Post assures its readers
that the aisles in nll the public bnildingss
and the sidewalks on the highways, are to bss
widened, to admit the passage OF ladies with
their new-fashioned skirts. Several gentle
men have moved out of the city to allow
| their wives and daughters room toturn fonndss
| Or Whatever children hear read Or1spcs
ken Of IN terms of aPprobation will give u
lstrong bias to their minds. Hence the me-
cessity Of guarding conversation in families
as well asexcluding books and companions
that hrve q tendency to vitiate the heart.
O. In England. coke isused exclusively
Il as fuel ii the locomotives. 4 i destined a
come into Use ID this country ere long %
wood viii aooH become TOO ssaree nna aeaF
on the Principal routes.
a. An Irishmap. desesibins ito rAdinI
EPowers of tie genuine Yantss. ssiI ~:
dad ! { he wac caets AWAY II ! deselsis + +
land, he'd get Up next morning zud ep tpu11
IssiIina maps III Stht ibilabit4n