The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-29
PORTAGE SENTINEL
LOCAL AND Personal.

EUn1 AUE DEN 4lNED.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
wASrEp.--A large number Of our sub
scribers have desired and made engagements
to bring US wood, apples, potatoes, turniFs,
etc., in payment for their subscriptions
Very many, however. have failed entirely
(there are some exceptions) to comply with
their agreements We are willing to take
almost anything that will answer for fuel,
meat, drink or clothing; but we want these
articles noto, and must have them. IL they
are not furnished by subscribers, then sub.
scribers must furnish the money wherewith
to purchase them.
We would also suggest to those who are
indebted to us for advertising or job work,
as well as subscription, the propriety Of i'm
medlately liquidating their respective ac-
counts. The present state Of the financial
world is very severe on newspaper publish.
ers; their expenses are not q particle re
duced, while their receipts are SO meugre
that they are continually embarrassed to
sustain themselves and their papers. AS a
consequence, many are obliged to suspend
mlilthe money market becomes easier. We
do not spprehend that such will be the case
with us; but we do want our just rights that
we may be enabled to meet our engagements
as they become due. At the present time,
we are actually in want Of every dime due
us.
ExTRAvAGAKcE.-Nom man, at all CONVEX
sunt with the affairs OF the world, can doubt
that one of the causes which has cohtribu-
ted, more than any other, to hasten the
fearful monetary crisis, In Which we now
find ourselves, is the, enormous extrava-
gance of our people for several years past.
Men have built houses for private rcsiden-
'ces that vie in magnifteIce ,With the Ipala-
ces OF Europe; thousands IF dollars have
been spent in feasts and entertainments;
fondness for show and dress has grown with
an alarming rapidity; and each one of u,
seem desirous of excelling our neighbor in
those things which serve more as means
of making display than for any substan'
tial purpose. The fault of such conduct
does not lie solely with any one class, OF
,sex-but persons of every class, every sex
and every condition of life, come in for o
full share Of the responsibility of the evils
entailed upon us by the foolish extrava.
gance of the people of this country. The
rich tfy to surf pass each other, and the poor
seek TO- initiate the rich; the women sport
'fne silks aud satins, and the men drink cost
ly wines, smoke choice cigars and drive fast
horses. 1t is true that the statistics Of i'm.
ports show large amount of money paif
to foreign countries in the purchase Of fine
dresses for our wives and daughters, but
they also show thai costly vines, AND thou
sands of other things tha, minister to the
extravaganza Of men, are bought. paid for,
and brought into this country to be consum.
ed. We have all been living entirely toe
fast, aud we are now reaping the fruits o
It. ,t,..
Our people should learn wholesome les
son from the misfortunes and trouble which
now surround them. They should ende0v'
OR to return to the simplicity which was the
pride of the GoGttry a few years ago
Ecvnomize in every thing-in building, ir
dress, in food, and in all things else. Men
in the United States, are n t expected tt
live in palaces, or to indulge in feasts which
equal those Of princes; nor are their wlyc:
and daughters any better of by out;strlp
ping Miss Flora McFIimsey in the number
and costlness of their dresses. Economy
can also be practced in a thousand other
smaller particulars, which, in the aggregate
would amount 10 no inconsideruble savin!
in the course of year. Heads of families
housekeepers, sons ard daughters, all hav
it in their power to do something toward
bringing the people back to more sihp
mode of living, tnan that which has had sucl
q visible effect upon the financia! condition
of the country. The attempt, certainly, j
laudable one, and we hope each and eve
ry one Of our readers may derive some pro
fit from our hastily thrown together re
marks.
FRAzER's HARDWARE EsTABLrsHMENr.-
Colonel FRAZER has removed his hardwar
store from the old stand to the rooms fol
mery occupied by o. L. suTLIFF, as
Merchant Tailoring establishment, Th
Col. has gone east for the purpose Of pun
chasing new and extensive supply of e'
cry thing belonging to, and usually sold
. hardware store. The goods will ssrive
a few days. The long and well earned r'
putation Of the proprietor Of the store, as
faithful and straight forward man of, bus
ness, will insure an extensive trade at II
new stand.
SUGAR CANE MoLAssEs.-Our thanks al
due to WILLIAM GARDNER, I'd, Esq, OF Ere
dom, for gallon of molasses made fro
Chinese Sugar Cane. 1t is of most exec
ent quality, and in our Judgment, much 81
perior to that WHICH is brought from cul
and the southern States.