The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-02

. on, A.rAEE OF vincrrlA lhlsrOcnlcr.
An Incident Related BY Gopsrnor Floyd al IA
bad .y,o.-,s "Whh House" 10,

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| An Incident Related bE Governor FToud al Tie
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Hall si,,Ie IN ,eeo,,bt Of the ioIdeu time
iayinS the scene thereof In England. France.
Snain. or .nv of the o,a eountri.ssto ma A..
seciated with so tnneh romance Ind gorgeous
Stsbasue, IN whieh there would bs a slen.
teous sprinkiine Of tSras and ladies, priests
and INNS m,onjl;csni hslaces. hspntea cas-. :.
ttIes, ,snd gloomy moassteties. /, woold be far
more aeceotnble 10 'ths yreat masses chan n
the scene wins laid here ia this land Of BlSa.
.dihu Ysnk ees, RaiIroads mannfactories,.t q IAN ana
cotton snecnla,ions. nevertheles. + will on.
deayor 10 sc;n : warn. which. hv IN. w.y Il
not altogether a warn. but fac,s apd uuyar.
nished truths. ID % 5t5.9 adl
bad the pleasure Of spending a few d,ys,
recently. continued Governor r., with a
DISTINGUISHED friend Of mine in Richmond,
and while there, heard the following con.
versation between the wife and daughter Of
nv host: 80 s....,,-'. v,sgs = iss-i
!. ala. me, what impertineuse," exclaimed
Lizzie X. a, she scSn nned beautiful colored
note handed her by a servant. - 'ts2 !.
"What occasions vour surprise. nv deart,'
euuuired the mether. Ioa,15,e,s.s. ,lii.
aRa,her suv ipdlopationl mother. beins
asked. and even urged, TO to take tea this
evening" at Mrs. Downer's, the tanners
wife,; nsssr fe-s. f4s. 7aa!mat bs,a
| "And why should you. not, my dear!" q
"Think you it would be proper, mother,
! for me, the daughter Of Judge K, one Of the
weallhiest and ihost distinguished 'theh oil
the city to associate with such low bred me
chanicsl" nv aoif.t tHonq I. - #'a
"lndeed, my daughter, II they are mechan.
les, they are people well to, do in the world
/ respectable, pious, agreeable, and every way
worthy your acquaintance ,u1 90 y.a9
"Realiy, mother continued the young
lady, as she tossed her pretty head, "I'm dis.
posed to think differently, so far from
encoarag agine,4 prefer being removed as fut
as possible from the laborirg clusses. Be.
sides, how is il expected that should en-
sey aiyself in converse with such people,
whose only talk would be about the stocks,
the aaraset, and their own private concerns
Quite n'h intellectual TIE ttte would it be-
mother dear!" .... Ill i..'f N
!. "Oh fie, Lizzie !! bu,f am to blame 70,
this. I've shown YOU too much indulgence
YOU are spoilt: sol must even now set q bou
| repairing my garden, and pluck out the
weeds and tares ere il s too late. .y. -.
."Come. cit down b side me Lizzie. md
will Give YOU your first lesson of worldly
wisdom, from my great s,ors of experience
BY relating to ydt story, which | rus,
will lower your, pride and m4ke yuu bet.
ter woman. A woman with no pride, m,
daughter, is but droning, creature: but on,
with too much, is naughty, niggardly ans
selfish; both the extremes ire contem ptiblt
and mean. Be then. neither too fusl ION
ably dressed, nor too siovcniy, too devou
nor too worldly. A mere butterfly in The
world of fashion and pleasure ,mukinr, bu
small pretc,msons to religion, is a character
/ bad enough, but worse to my thinking is tn,
I fery aealot, on the other hand, who has 10,
many rigid yirtues, who is continually reyil
4 ing against the world, displeased at any
thing like social enjoyment, and shocked a
the least thetsiment, dancing. playing or any
amssemeat that the heart in lis fullness ant
! gludness, prompts the young and sprightly
to oindulge.1 So, then, avoid extremes efey,
cry description. u efaatl '1T"at % isFt
But to the srory. 4. ''1'' .a1 II;
i Sixteen years ago, Salem, in Virginia, ,wul
one of the most pleasant villages imagina
BILE; situated in the heart Of the great valie,
of virgisia, yet commanding magnifcen
view o. the bold outlines ofthe AlIegahnie'
and the Blue Ridge. The village contain
ed no baildngs of note save two; one o
\ them, magnificent tenement, the princeI,
+ residence of one of The cold Virginia aris
4 tocracy:" the other, the only Inn, small
1 aunint, vet pleasant house nestled in sh
center of the town. The proprietor Of th
one was wealthy planter and distinguish
!, officer Of State; the other poor widow
whose only living depended on the profit
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