The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-09
Home; sweeiimoaic.

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b Though Abe tri,e old cong aHome. Sweet
Hons has been sung yithin the house.
hold. yet how few. persons pfo sll-who have
beard its swset strains, know who was the,
author Of the beautiful words--s,.,.,,i 80
''Nid pleasures and palaces, though We may roam,
I Ben ever % behabIe, hefsS no place IKE home. =
Ithas perhaps never 6eearred to the mind
'of dhyl0ne ae4upinted' with the circumstsn.
es.that the writer q q song which has
+fodnd an echofin 20 many heifts, could be
other'thab one who had experienced al the
pleasures OF afharPy home; obue sad as e.
the reflection, n ais 6eseftheless true, that
John Howard Payne, the aathor cf iEHOme,
sweet Home, ,"'ih0ugh he Has contributed to
the hspPiRess Of many homes, never had
home 6f his o1n. in9ssrq9r aAi Eegs bgsgs
rWeTclip the articier below, suggesting
that monument be erected to the memory
Of Psyne; from the Bolton OH5ue Branea,
| and give IL place ID. oAt eelumns, bsIievy
| idg shat.it~ wilt faa RESPONSE III the hearts
6Fsodr readers. ltIs3 40 S3as f5a sai o
TaEAurHoR oF1"SwRsr Hong. p--As 4
sit in tny saret here in Washington. watch4
\ Ing tie course Of great me6,and the destiny
ofipasty, I lheer oftea with sRangs contra
dictions in1thiseventful lifeT The most re-
markable wns that Of John Howard Payne,
uuthor of"Sweet Home. ."ia Ikhew him per.
soBaily.q He occupied the rooms sunder me
forsome time, and his conversation was 60
captivating that I oitehss spent whole days in
his apartments. Hewasb an iapplichn. for
Office at the time-consul at Tunis-from
which he had been, repoyeds What sad
1 thing il was to see the poet subjected 70 all
the humiliation Of office seeking! OF an
evening we would walk along the, street,
Opee,in willis he would see some family
circle 80 happy, and forming so beautiful q
group, that be would stop, and then pasa
suddenly ons hagaa GkeHEB 1Hy
On such, occasions he would give a histo.
ry Of his wanderihgs, his trials, and, all his
cares incident to his sensitive nature ant
poverty. elbow often," said he once, havs
been in the heart Of Paris, Berlin, and
London, or some other city, and heard per
; sons singing, or the hand organ playing
"Sweet Home" without 2, shilling TO bay
the next meal. or q place to lay my head
The world literally sung my song, unit
every heart is familiar with its melody. Yei
y have been ! wanderer from boyhoOd, Ny
: country has turned me ruthless from office
and in old age i have to submit 10 humilia
tioh for bread" Thus he would complain Q
: bis 6apless lot His, only wish was 10 di
in foreign land, 70 be buried by strangers
aud, sleep in obscurity. .f-..-g.,..-.I.,,
mel him one day looking unusually sad
"Heye you got your consulate!" asked
t".Yfes, and leave in a week for Tunis! h
shall never return" ..,.....,.,.-,
The last expression was not a politica
faitH. Far from il. Poor Payne! his wis
was realized; he died at Tunis. Whethe
: his remains have been brought to this coun
try, know not. They should be; and j
none Others would DO il, let the homeless
: throughout the world give penny for
o hoRuinent to Payne; ! knew him and vii
give my penny for :, an Inscription like th
following: A., -, -. ,...'...s...t.1 =