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Nearly COHnered.


When Deacon P. got into bad position,
he was very expert in crawling out Of it,
Though too quick tempered, he was one OF
the best deacons in the world. He would
not, in sober MON ent, utter an oath, or
anything like one, for bis weight in cider.
At the close of rainy day, he was milk
ing upon knoll in his barn yard on one side
ofwhch was dirty slough, and ON the 9TH
er was an old buck, that, in consideration Of
his usually quiet disposition, was allowed to
run with the cows. The deacon was pious.
ly humming "Old Hundred" and had JUST
finished the line ending with "exalted high,
when The ram, obeying sudden impulse to
be aggressive, gave him blow from be-
hind that sent him up short distance, only
to fall directly into the slough, where the
dirty water was deep enough to give him q
thorough immersing. 's'
As he crawled out, and before he rose
from his hands and knees, he looked over his
shoulder at the ram, and then vociferated--
"You devilish old cuss!" but on looking
round and seeing one Of his neighbors at the
bars looking at him, he added in the same
breath--"if may be allowed the expre..
sion!' 't'
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-01-01

English travellers represent the Ameri-
cans as debilitated, degenerate, and sick
ly race, and the nonsense is reiterated in
this country by those who ought to know
bette 1t is little singular that such, an
enfeebled race should have accomplished
more physical labor in subduing an entire
continent in less than two centuries then
al the nations Of Europe have effected for
their own countries in the same tine
Physically. morally, and mentally there is
no more vigorous race thrn the Americana
on the face ofthe globe. They live as long.
are as hardy and we'll developed, can endure
as great an amount of fatigue, and accom-
plish as much labor. mentally and physical-
|ly, as any other people. They have peoPlea
eontinea, and cultivated ittillit produced
abundance, have traversed it with railroads
and telegraphs. built up q commercial ma
rins equal to the largest, and established the
best constitutional government ever devised
by man. Wewant no better evidences than
these, fthe vigor Of their physical OF Of the
activity and strsngth, Of their mental con- l
stitutlon. lia sa8 ars5 s5ste s.ttt7y stg't
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u 'f&Hg -2EN 4fG E-'---tyst Bs,r
.,n A pupil Of the Able Sicard gave the fol-
lowing extraordinary answers;
'"What is gratitude!"
"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."'
''What is hope!" ' '1F 5'"5
'.Hope is the blossom Of happiness. +"
!, "What is the difference between hope
and desire!" '1 ''a:t' '41
"Desire is tree in leaf, hope Is tree in
flower; and enjoyment is a tree in fruit"
"What is stefnity?"sm.i eys ~7a.
e"A day without yesterday or tomorrow
time that has no ends" ggs~ ,.gf
aWhat 10 timeI' aa.Es q 1855 & .i1.:
"a line that has two ends; path which
begins in the cradle and ends in the tomb, !
3."What isoG Godi,' siaei ysa,.. ts.ss i
q"The necessary being, the sun Of eternity,
the machinist of nature, the, eye Of justice,
the matchmaker Of the universe"
D HDoas God reasonl'' ,.I,aq. H.. t.,. Il
"Man reasons because be doubts; be de-
liberates; he decides; God is omniscient;
he knows all things; he never doubts; he
therefore never reasons"
Il 4
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GFA good story Is told of sheriff who

6TA good story Is told of a sheriff who
came nearly being out-done by q person,
whom it was in the line Of his duty to hang.
"Sir," said the gentleman, as the sheriff was
carefully adjusting the rope. '.really your at
tentions deserve, my thanks. n fact. !, do
not know OF onesI should rather have hang
me-" "Indeed." said the sheriff, "you are
pleased to be complimentary. Il do not
know of another individual it would give mo
SO much pleasure to hang. gf.y
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1 OFRev. Jonathan French, of South An.
dover, was to be supplied with wood by his
parishioners, according to the terms Of his
settlement. Winter was coming on, bu, no
wood had been furnished, Mr.. French watt
ed until the Governors proclamation for
Thanksgiving came, when, after reading il
to his people, he said, with great apparent
simplicity, "My brethren, you perceive that
his Excellency has appointed next Thurs
day as day Of Thanksgiving. and. accord-
ing to custom, Il is my Intentional prepare
two discourses for that occasion provided I
can ,0rite them pithoaf . FIRE" The hint
took, and on the next day allof his winters
wood was Ia his wood yard. Il tsg ai4
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Charity.


Night kissed the young rose, and It bent
so:tly to sleep. Stars shOne, aud pure dew
drops hung upon it, bosom, and watched its
sweet slumbers. Morning came with its
dancing breezss, and they whispered to the
young rose, and it swOks joyous and smil-
ing. Lightly itswung to and fro in all the
loveiiness Of health and youthful innocence.
Then came the ardent sun god, sweeping
from the Fest, and smote the young rose with
It's scorching rays, and it tainted, Deserted
and almost heart. broken, it dropped to the
dust in its loyehness and despair. Now the
gentle breeze, which had been gamboling
over the sea. pushing on the home bound
bark, sweeping over hill and dale--by the
neat cottage and still brook--tuTning the old
mill. tanning the brow Of disease, and fisk-
ing the curls of innocent childhood! !csme
tripping along on her errand Of mercy md
love; and when she saw the young rose she
fastened to kiss it, and fondly bathed its head
in cool, refreshing showers, and the young
rose revived, and looked and smiled in graft.
tude to the kind breezs, but she hurried
quickly away, for she soon perceived that
delicious fragrance had been poured upon
her wings by the grateful rose; and the kind
breeze vas glad in heart, and went away
singing through the trees. Thus charity,
like the breeze, gathers fragrance from the
dropping flowers it refreshes, and uucon.
sciously reaps reward in the performance
Of its Office Of kindness which steals on the
heart like rich perfume, to bless and to
cheer, aa.. .. ..f,..-... ..g- r..,.
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GT"Give me a bid, gentlemen,
one start the csrt-do give us bid. 1fyou
please--anything to start the cart" cried an
excited auctioneer, who stood in the cart he
was endeavoripg to sell, oanything you
please to START it,
"lf that's ell you want, I'll start il fox
you." exclaimed 9 broad backed country
man, applying his shoulder to the whesl, and
giving tho cart sudden push forward, tum-
bling the auctioneer over the. side. BY the
time the fallen auctionser regained his feet,
the countryman had started too, -
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WHOLE NUMBER g7g,
A Yaalxse Macbeth.


The Boston carpsf Bag relates ,hc ibl.
lowing lsuehabls anscdois, IA which Char
IOtts cushuau and . low eonsdisn uknsd
Adams, figured together:
One night Charlotte cushnth was To play
Lady Macbeth, and "distinguished comedi-
an" was to come "Mrs Macbeth" The
flaming hand-bills were posted. and great
things promised. As the hour fonths per-
fOrmance to begin approached, the. n avs
came that Mr. Macbeth was taken ekly
very i'll. The managers stOnped al -
tet-Charlotte was alarmed aud a COZ q
failure seemed inevitable. But a fellow
named Adams who had done the Yankee
for the estab lishment, and who had good
mspory, and had read Macbeth, volunteered
70 become the hero Of Dunsinanc. The
play commenced--Miss Cushman was do
ing up the tragic in her best style-Mr..
Adams succeeded beyond the most sanguine
expectations Ofthe manager until the ban
quet scene came on board, when poor Adams
was utterly at fault. He reeollected the
sentiments, but the wording Of the poetry
he had entirely forgotten. He ought to
have said:
"Avaunsand quit my sighti Let earth h,de thesl
Thy bones are marrowless-thy blood cold
Thou hast no speculation in those eyes, 4as ,e
Which thou dost so glare WITH" sfs t-s *.
Instead Of this, the immortal Adams burst
forth in his richest sty ley ecu git eout /.
Go hide yourself! You haiht got no marrer
in your bones; your blood's colder'n thunder
Yer haint got no speculation in yer eyes
Yeou git out 70 't'a-.a ss sa
The house, stage, and all, yelled with
laughter, and after il had in measure cub.
sided, Charlotte advanced to the front of the
stage, as the writer says, looking as sour az
picked crab apples, and said in the words
of the book: s-
"Think of this, good peers, a l
But as thing custom; 'tis no other, .
Only 1t tspoils the pleasure Of the time.''
Mr.. Adams felt that he had "sold' him,
self, and ever after, when asked if he will
undertake tragedy, grins q ghastly emile
and says, "Yeou git eout."
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Tha ege rite ia overt & H5-g 2H
Ard ,hongh I turned aside, ~. 2 d, ~..r
r. reen the euests from seeing ,.e s,
Ths ,.ars could not hide .
w,eatbed-my face in smiles, ~,
scAnd lad INV little brother
srI 80, NV father,s cbosep--
pn,I could not call her mother.
~. al. voune creature, 70 ''7l .5-
o.v 49,. -, .o,, anJ Se,tla dir 7-
80, 49, o,,a. soft and loving. ras-. ..'
a". M ond .anny hair. b.
r.,hor n,ve. bsr q -..t :. &
~ ho.e .no,her.f ~.
49, ,.o.o5 On ANGEL ,.....-. ..-.. ,.,.,.r
~ ~t.o,,I hor U,o,na, .. -.
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. !. .9flIstellaneous.,
My First Temptation.
I Story FOR Young MEN.

AT in early age lost my father, and
az he left us with little~of this worlds
goods. It became necessary that should
seek some employment, I was then tllir.
teen years Of age, and not very stout or
strong, but yet with will to DO something
that would be found for me to do. AT
length my mother made an arrangement
with carpenter by the name Of Morris, and
s / was takea into his shop as an apprentice.
With him / remainedtwo years, but at that
time became so worn down BY hard work
imposed upon me, that my mother resolved
that should stay there no longer. My sis
ter, Lucy, who was two years older than
myself, had long detected my failing strength.
and it was mainly through her influence that
] was removed from the place, for ] should
never have complained. '@ "t* f59
] was now fifteen--tall. slim and pale,
and knew that / could not stand any sort
: Of work which taxed my physical strength
to any great extent. A Mr.. Johnson Ever
, ed, who kept a dry goods store near BY, was
In want Of salesman, and through my
sisters influence, l obtained the place
MIR. Evered had daughter, Julia, about my
ownsage, who was very intimate with Lucy,
and It was by her intercession with her fa.
ther that Lucy gained her point.
Twas duly installed In my place, and was
soon happy and contented, for my employer
!. was kind. and an intimacy sprung up between
j tnyscN and Julia, which afforded me purer
bliss than I ever before experienced. Thus
matters passed on for . year, and at the
end Of that time my health was restored.
/ had 90 far gained upon the confidence
Of Mr.. Eyered. that be trusted me with
some. Of his most important business.--
Only one thing troubled me. ] was not
7 receiving such wages as5I faneied my ser.
/ svices entitled me to. In fact lwas in debt.
II purchassa asnit Of clothes Of . tailor in
the neighhorhood. and was owing him for
i Them. The tailor wanted his meney at a
!. ,certain time, but that time came and passed,
and I could not pay him. He threatensl
and / promised anew, How many times !
wished / had never bought those clothes.--
/ could have got along withoutthem. and
resolyed that never again. would buy any
thing which / could notpay for on the spot
But that did notshelP the case:
"A 80 4.
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ASTONISHING, IF TRuEe--"This, gentle.
men," said an tinerant Snowman, sis the
Royal African Hyena, measuring fourtesn
feet from the tip of his nose to the end of his
tail, and the same distance back again, maxi
ing ia all twenty-eightfeet. He cries in the
woods in the night season like human be-
ing in, distress. and then devours all that
come to his assistadce--a sad instance Of
the depravity of human nature" 80, y
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"No man will ever hear that have com
mitted another trsnsgfsssion Of the law - n,
replied promptly and firmly. % t3lrr5Ta
"Shall this be sOl" said In an Imprsssiy,
and emphatic manner, bending sharp glance
upon him. ,a5ss sjt " sJssl I'D !
at shall." sis,rr ON sst ..,.
/ could but assure him that what could be
done to effect his release, should be done
and returned to my office.
80
The day Of trial came. The prisoner was
arraigned at the. bar, and ''plead not guilty.
a jury was empanneled and the case opened
on the purt Of the prosecution. - q
The youthful appearance and benignant
countenance of the boy excited universal
| sympathy in the court room. Intense in.
terest was manifested, as, taking up the in.
tdctment in my hand, l rose to nv feet, p,
The specrTtOrs knew, as well as ], thai
the reputation Of one who might become a
useful man and an ornament to sociely, was
at stake. Let the balance turn one way,
and he was won back to honor; the other,
and who may predict the serious conse-
quencesl 7iJ s.i To ,.s.r.., ,.t..
f. "May it please your Honor: Although it
is not in strict conformity with the rules and
practice of this court, at this stage of the
proceedings, yet to spare the county the ex-
pense Of prosecuting this cause, here move
to quash this indictment on the ground OF
fatal variance" aaH
The iudqe-a mon Of profound learning
and eminent ability-listened with that
close attention becoming /, man in his si,uo.
ton: the district attorney frowned and look.
ed surprised, alternately, while a general
murmur of spprobation ran around the circle
of sDectators a-.l s,f bsg,,.r., s...,s ..
saProceed >, sa;d the ;udoe "and mint ,o,t
the defect" ..., -,i,.,.', .
Gas it appesrs TO IA n the proceedings
had before the magistrate. ON the arres, and
commitment Of the prisoper. he vas arrested.
tried and remanded to prison. for grand lar.
cenv., for stealing a gold chain. valued ot
fftv dollars. The Indictment is fonnd sim.
DIV for the stealing of a chain. This, vour
Honor will readily perceive. is a fatal vari.
ance; and move to have the indictment
quashed." |.''' "s.'t 'a e'.g ~2l 3
The district attorney spranp to his feet
prasped the instrument upon which deuend-
ed the life of mother and the freedom Of a
son, read rapidly, and said, in an aSiiated
tone, at Is So" As 'e aa" .a,a -. ~ 4,
NV motion was granted, of course, and
the boy accompanied me to nv Office, where
he met his agonized parent. ov u. 81 p
To faithfully depict the meeting between
them, requires an abler pen than mine, and
submit the circumstances to the imagina.
tive reader. sas. h,s.ttr
The joy Of both was excessive; and tears
of JOY flowed copiously. s.. .......
; After cautioning the boy to remember well
the pledge he had made to me, and on his
promising to do so, they returned home.
For some time after their return, heard
from them occasionally-that he adhered to
his vow, and was prospering finely. .'
Gradually lost sight of him, and more
than fifteen years elapsed ere | again heard
nvIv dIun 0E m II a SXy1o ma hop
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! OsE OF THE, Know NorHrres s---"W Who
did you vote for" said an, inauisitive stranger
to- Hens.za asiisiaa IS stsasea a4 ,g,s .n.4
sitsI voted for FILLMORE; who you 'apect
yote,for ven mine fadder drank lager biei
init Washington, and wac killed more q tswi
btimys init derrsEolption in Dc battle Of Bran
dy nit Vine, ehigga s,.,a u ,ss,ts.s N.
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0TLouis Napoleon has nuzxlsd every
press 10 his empire but one. viz: Ths En-.
press. ' isl 1sl.ssss
Now we think Of Il. thsrs's snoshsr hs
hasn't muzzled, namely. ths siAe-pfsss; but
he guzzlss the vine. ssse 90 'tsu'S
sss As iess 4 sso asei svsa - seltar1s
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6eT-A biography Of Robespisrre H in an
Irish paper concludes thus: .This extraor-
dinAry man left no children behind him ex-
csps 4 brother, who was killed q the same
times, 'l siila sa! asss i1.s
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"a ssFs asSaass2 s1aI as 4 sep 80
ssl gfsF has salsad ssal4 4 .ssa0 u "a
ssSsesa hgsf " yss q 4 n " ~.
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PERPLExED IeNoRAEcE.--Ft Adolescence,
what art thou doingl" said . philosopher to
small boy who was fishing. ssAftsthou en-,
deavoring to entice the finny tribe to engsf
into their denticulsted mouths ahasbaa hook
upon whose point thou hast 6xeda dsiasy al-
lurement.''
"No, or. !" said the boy 81 an Ashing."
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Since 1 did list that evening prayer, ind what
May be the fate OF him who lowly bent I'd q, .goi
The knee within that garden bower know
Not, nor may ever know; yet can ne'er
Forget that child--his look--his voice or words,
And often 1hen Igrow weary of s.t..
Tho world'sdeceit, and vain, religious pomp, !,
Remembrance brings that quiet, happy scene
OF other days; and l. do bless the fate 'i"
Whichsb bid me hear that "Evening Prayer"
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"NO man will ever hear that I have com.
mirted another trsnsgfsssion Of the law !" he
replied promptly and firmly. i7l'elta &
"shall this be sol" said In an impressive
and emphatic manner, bending asharp glance
upon him. aiss sia " slssl .hr.s .i
III shail."" sie,'g 90 aGG e4p- 1s.t n
I could but assure him that what could be
done to effect his release, should be done,
and returned to my office. .
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5a.pasfltal..
Thc I1ventng Prayer.

How uWeet W near IfOlp lHthnh hps -rg rT.-rrf
The holy words OF earnest, heart felt prayer!
Ali who % ft % hold eommunlon with ~.
sour Fathsr,l as the child, whose heart Is niled
with the truthful innpcenee-unbhbedN ''
The weight gf sin cares q older life - '.''
One ~ sumner. day, esa WI r o. ars.
At eventIde, beneath my window knsl. aws8 ra
A h,,le boy, upon the green, soft turf,iadf --,E-
o,erhupg with clustering SiDss. Scarce six yeaas old
And vet upon the bonded knee he knelt, .s,t
In prayerfdl attitude. His tiny hands -, "a,
Were folded on his Breast bis dark eyes axed
Upon the stahl sky, while through bis sofs
Brown hair the evening breezes sOftly played,
Or nestIed,'mIa the foliage above ,,,.,.s s. 90
Silent 1listesed, while III accents low ,habHt' n.
There fell upon my ear sweet toiissso pure, I'D
So soft, as though Of heaven botn melody, saY
Breathed BY angel voice. Chld'liks he prayed, sal
simple pray yer4lhis words not great npE WISE.
But yet, more ftly chosen tban'l have heard u lr
Pronouuced-by men inured in wisdom's ways, -,,.
'auiiuiI adf nj sa.s.ts..-., a.. 49,
The "EYeniug Prayer2 was done, and said the low
WAmen;,t Rnd then nethought that il was heard =
In Heayon--tbat- heavenly hosts responded long
And loud, 'Amen;" that blessings feilupon '
That infant child which would remain through all
His after life. ..t UT N
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