The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-06-04


fast, threw myself into Howard street stage
aud in about q quarter of an hour found my
self at the Post Office window. In another
minute the letter was in my hands. 'oa.".
I opened il; and to my aston:shment read
as follows: .J .is. .....5r -. .r., i
a.tAccoMEcK c.H., Va, Dec "a, 1856.
DEAR SiR:-We regret to inform you ofl
the demise Of your respected aunt, Miss Mar.
garet Clutterwell. BY her will, now in our
possession, you are appointed sole heir to
property, amounting in real estate and per-
sonal property, to $4,000 per annum.
Hoping to see you Immediately, we re-
main, e'---." ,.-'y 81 o. e''1 7
'a,s, Yours, very respectfully, ---4
t'G 't'tia.a p ~ @'h FLETCHER g. Co.
HTo Jonathan Clutterweli, Esq, M. D..
Baltimore, Md" .'. -. ri. pr.
Poor Aunt Margaret was dead, then! In
spite of the wealth she left me, really felt
sorryi she was such a kind, good old lady;
but ! recollected, we cannot expect to live
forever, and eighty is, after all, good age.
I then Thought Of the wealth she had left,
and the new comforts it would bring us
how high we could hold our headst Thsn we
could get a carriage as handsome as DR..
BIS, a house as fine as DR.. C---'s, and
library large as Dr.. D-'s. "a
By the time oil these things had passed
through my mind, had reached home. ~, ~.
"Joy, Joy, joy" exclaimed. as I opened
the door-my wife was sitting at the break.
fast table awaiting my return-"we are rich,
we ure independent" '''s. s.. g '',.,i ',.
"What do you mean, my dear! You must
be going crazy" returned my wife. sa
In reply l threw her the letter. I could
perceive the dear girls eyes brighten as she
read, for after all she was but human.
sob, how nice?'' she exclaimed, when she
had perused it. "Now Jonathan, dear, what
shall we do!" At' 'E 4'' H~ ai
SWELL" returned, 81 suppose in the first
place, l must give up Practice. 14.. a.-
"Certainly, throw physic to the dogs" re.
turned Jane. (My wife's name is Jane" -
"We will then make tour Of the United
States," added. .f--,.. ..ysy ..l...,...
"No, no, said Jane, "we will go at once
to Pari,." ,.aa "' 80 gui a4' Ds- t't
"Paris!' 7 replied, "nonsense! / don't
want to 60 and live on Fropch kickshaws.--
Wen go to Niagara" ..f j.a. u'--
81 say no." returned my wife in a loud
voice, and at the same time stirring her cof-
fee with SO much energy that she threw the
cup over; and Broke it all to pieces. It was
one of our best set, too. swell 60 to
Paris" .... -..... ....,.. .....t
| "Paris--be bothered" + eplied; "it shall
be Niagara" .,..a3 Ht' 3'7aa ..' '5E
"Paris!" ~ "'..3 q ..'''I"1. ..' .s-
"Ningarq!" ..r ,..r.,.o, ..., d.
II say firss:" .. .fErga.a' -.1.,G .,af =
II say it shall be Niagara!" 'l5 a-tg
Igrew very angry, and with my last words
in my rage, kicked over the break fast table
scattering the coffee, cups, plates ana every
thing else on the table in every direction, oI
course breaking them all: s,a'.a 9a' 81. b
When / saw the disorder had occasion.
ed, became ashamed Of myself. My poor
little wife burst into tears. ss a5'2 ssara
1T was the first quarrel we ever ,hud!: :.
"Never mind, my darling,"' exclaimed
appr oaching my wife, and Kissing .hsr1-3"yot
| shall have your way, we will go to Paris"
Jane smiled through her tears, returned
my embrace, and we were good friends
again. $50 ,.e.yi nag5 saa ,neg@4 Bs.aa
started the same day for Accomack U
H., and in week was IN fuTl possession o
my property. In three more days we were
in New York, on the fourth on the Arago
! and on, the fifth out of sight OF land. HN ,.i
,Ishull not attempt to describe the mis-
cries Of that voyage. TIE reader can real
ize it, when ! tell him that was sea sicl
from the day we started to the day we land
ed! 8 Oh, how cursed the sea, Paris, ant
our recent fortune! How Heartily I wished
| was back ia good old Baltimore attending
my putien.s! I begged; Prnyedi. implOret
somebody to throw me overheard, but the
. savages only laughed at me. My wife, or
the. other hand, was not sick at all, but seem
ed to enjoy herself, thoroughly, while. / lay
rocking in my berth. could Eeaf her laugh
ing and joking with the rest of the passen
gers The sound was hateful to, me, and
! upbraided her for it. She retaliated; higl
words ensued, aud, another desperate quar-
rel. 1t was some time before we made thi
one Up. fhis quarrel was succeeded BY
others; in fact they became now Of almos
daily occurrence, and I plainly saw we wer'
growing to hate eacHpther. u .4f =
4 We landed at Haryre at last. After VI
had been on shore few hours. | began L
feel better and could look around, me. Th.
i first thing / noticed was young Frenchman
paying, us thought, too much attention t
/ my wife. p eS413e5e G,'tsf 'on'j+@ s'aa2 y
I n scrowledarhim. Esq aHlaiaH is'l
i He advanced to me with the most pleas
ant air in the world and said: a.gl.5 sl..a
4 l.Monsieur has been very sick.adI hop
i Monsiear feels better." ji'''e iietI S''a a'''
i aIdo," / growled. II t,9ps .ga'i eFsa iy1,l
]. sa.Who is The fellows" I whispered to To- M !!
1wife.a sal ai9i1iss4 i8iy 81 gg,v ~ geiE.d
f "Oh, that's Monsieur Letoux, our fellow