The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-01-22


GTPussed off Pleusantly--The cotilli0n
party at Days Hail. on Friday evening.
6TIn Canada West, they are manufac.
turing excellent wine from wild grapes.
6TOn its Feet aguin-The Chillicothe
Advertiser. Wish you success, Eshleman.
0T-The reason why egotists find the world
SO ugly, is because they only see themselves
in it.
FThere were one hundred and eight
steamboats, built in Pittsburg during the past
year. .... ....s.
GTDead-Rev William Gregg, a cele-
bruted Congregational minister, of Andover,
Maine. .....
TProf. R. B. Hind says that the reap.
pearance of the great comet of 1856 is near
at hand. a..... .. ..r ... .I.. ..
0TThe drawing Of the prizes of the Co.'S
mopolitan Art Association comes off on tn G
28th inst. "H r.u
JOne Of the cotton mills of Law renee,
Mass, yielded nett profit Of 1920, 900 du.
ring last year.
OyThe printers of Cleveland celebrated
the anniversary Of Frunklia's birth in ap.
propriate style. .F"
0TThe man who couldn't stand it any
longer, has taken seat and now feels pref.
ty comfortable.
0TThe medical department of the Uni
versiiy of Louisville was destroyed by fire
on the sOth ult.
OF Religious rcvivals are in progress in
many of the Methodist churches in the vi
cinity of Newark. ..-..u
OF The secoDd of the series of cotillion
parties will be held at Days Hall, this even.
ing. "Pitch in." .s4
GFCan't be Beat-Staffer and Co.'s Am
brotypes. Go and look at them yourself, if
you don't believe US.
@Jenkins says his wife is the most even
tempered woman in the world, for she is al
aoays mad about something.
NT"I love the silent watches of the
night" as the nocturnal thief said when
robbing the jewelry shop. .....
0TTwenty millions of dollars worth of
coal has been extracted from the mines Of
Pennsylvania during the past year. .... ...
0TThe Universaists have raised five
hundred thousand dollars for educational |
purposes during the past five years.
OFThe Columbus CITY Fact wishes to
have the State Fairs permanently located,
and suggests Columbus as the place.
HTf exercise promotes health, those who
collect old bills from "hard cases." should
be the longest lived people on earth. ''
GThe amount ofcoal delivered in Cleve.
land by the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad
averages one thousand tons per week.
TAn ordinance has been published a,
Wurtzburg, Germany, prohibiting dancing
at the weddings of widows and widowers.
@Huntington's work at Sing Sing is
sawing and planning boards. His first days
dinner was taken next to a negro convict.
0TMrs. Johnson, residing in Delaware,
Ohio, put an end to her life, one day last
week, by taking poison. Cause-jealousy.
GBellona Arsenal, fourteen miles above
Richmond, Va, which cost the United States
$l75 900, was recently sold for 81, $780,
Cause of selling-unheal,hiIess.
6TA chemiet in New York has just in.
vented a substitute for tobacco. 1t is made
of guano and will doubtless soon supersede
the weed, as it is just as nasty and good
deal cheaper. f.. p.
6TNot Particular--An old lady, purchas.
ing cups aRd saacers not thousand miles
from here, was asked what color she prefer
red. "Ob, | amt particular" said she,
"any color that won't show dirt" a.1
TWe learn that there is a Woman's.
Dress reform Convention now in session at
Cannesota, N. r., one object of which is
stated to be ''to put dopn low.necked dtes.
ses." Some folks think they are too low
already. ! gti ,eegsa wa 81
0bJenkins recently attended an evening
party at which Hiawatha was read during
the supper. On beipg asked next day what
ne thought Of the reunion the night before,
said. at was very savage time-a regular
Indian meal affair." " "
GFThe Cincinnati Enquirer, GAINESVILLE
Aurora, and several other Of our Democratic
exchanges have been putting on "new dres.
ses." Hold your horses, gentlemen; when
one of our bachelor uncles dies and leaves
us million or two, we'll show you paper
as is paper. r i'a
6TT The following conversation between
two colored scamps was recently overheard
'PomP, was You eber 10 business." ain
course, was" "Whatl" "De sugar
"When was dat, my culled
trend" "When buried dat sweetheart Oh
mine. Yah! Yah.