The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-08-20
PORTAGE SENTINEL
LOCAL AND Personal.

LOCAL AND PEltSONAL.
WAxrEp.-An active, intelligent lad, de-
sirous Of learning the printing business, will
be taken as an apprentice in this Office, il
application be made in person Immediately.
"THE OLD WoMAN."-Such was the Ian
guage used by young man in our hearing
to-day, in designating his MOTHER. He was
dressed in the height of fashion, and pre-
tends to be one OF the most accomplished
gentlemen ofthe village. But he lacks an
important and essential part of every gentle
man or honorable man-love for his mother.
You don't know, sir, how your your careless
and contemptuous language betrays your
want of affection. One would think the
very fountains of your heart werc sealed up
against every kindly sympathy, every holy
emotion. True, your mother is an old wo.
man. Her step is feeble, her eye is dim,
her voice is tremulUus. But she has grown
gray in watching over You. Q, how tender
ly and anxiously she has done it. Many
and many time has she cooled your. tongue
when it was parched with fever, soothed you
when you were restless, sat by your couch
during the long night, and counted the mo-
ments by the very beating of your pulse
She taught you to lisp the first word yol
ever uttered. She guided your tottering
steps when you first lie armed to walk. Da!
after day and year after year she has beer
your guardian angel, watching over you will
The most tender solicitude-with constun
and uncomplaining care.
Now that you have grown to mans estate
you would cast aside your trembling gra.
haired mother, as though she were of n
more account than an old worn out garment
She wears an old fashioned dress, her man
ners are homely and plain, and because Q
this, you are almost ashamed of her an
consider her as burthen. How unworth
you are of the deep and earnest afectio
which has been lavished upon you.
COMMENCEMENT OF ScEooLs.-The Put
lie Schools of Ravenns, began their ia
session, on Monday. There was, we undel
stand, large attendance of pupils. MI
J. A. DRAKE, late of Kingsvile Acadamy,
the Superintendent. There is fair pros
pect of a valua5le session. The summer
Utmost gone and the fall season is rapid
approaching. The time to 60 to school
here. Let every parent and guardian see t
it that his children or wards are in constar
attendance, and if there is a single child
the village without home or guardian, Il
the Board of Education take him BY the han
and place him where he will receive instrut
tion. The blessing of free schools cam,
be too highly appreciated, and now that "
have them let us avail ourselves of the ric
advantage. Sow good seed now, and by or
by, an abundant harvest will be gathered
useful and honorable men and women, az
fully prepared to assume the high and 8
cred responsibilities of society and gover
ment, will rise up and take their place ups
the stage of action. ..
--4-+as.'
: CAofcE APPLEs.-A friend, who has place
Us undsr obligations for basket of fine a
pies, can imagine us with smiling face al
hat in hand, making our best bow for Il
same. They are caHad Red Ast-achah
which we think is lie bes! species 5f tpr!,
grown in thi IS country. We haye offs
wondered that our farmers, instead OF Gun
bering their farms and culivatng trees Of Q
inferior quality of fruit, do not turn the
attention to the propagation of the .bett
class of fruit trees. We understand that
A. DONALDSON, and II. Y. BEEBE, Esq,
have gratis of the Red Astrachans, and u
would advise those who wish good quail
of apples to lose no lime in procuring ther
FAST MowING.--A week or two sine
PoMERoY REED, Esq, of Rootstown, wi
one of Balls Mowers, cut down eighte'
scres and five rods of grass in one day. b
tween sunrise and sunset! This is the Ia
gest days work, of the kind, we have ev
known. At this rate, it would take but o.
day. TO do the moving for common farm.
BARN BURNT.-Tha barn Of Mr.. PHI
WITHERA1L, in the north part of Charlie
town, was struck by lightning on Frid
evening last and burned to the ground.
About ten tons of hay, all his farming il
plssnents, and a considerable quantity
wheat, were in it, which were all destroys
The property was partly insured.
-&
CoSsr1TUTtor AmENDMENrs.-We ho
been publishing for several months, the p
posed amendments to the Constellation.
careful reading Of the same will, we thil
condemn them in the estimation Of eve
candid, thinking man. We shall vote agai
l.