The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-01-08
SENTINEL
LooAI ANb PERsoNAL.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
sEOuRrEsy As A HABrr OF BUsIsEss.-.-
Genuine esuftssy cannot be too highly sPsl
preciated BY men Of business. In selecting!
. partner, clerk, or On apprentice, il p snI
Indispensable quality. l. ,,-sas5 = 'e' !
A merchant may possess great acomen,
foresight and kp0wleSge5 he may calculate
with precision the rise and fall Of the mar
kst and shape bis plans accordingly; he may
be- skillful buyer Of goods, careful mana
ger and most economical in his expenditures,
but II he be stern, moross and unaccomme.
dating, he will never be eminently success
full In business, nor will he be esteemed %
valuable member Of society. In the fam'i
ily, the Ichool-room, the counting Toem, the
workshop, anywhere and everywhere where
men are thrown together in the social or
business relations Of life, true Politeness from
every one, is demanded The observance Of
the small, sweet courtesies Of life," makes
many friend, warns many heart, and
brings business and success TO your door. @
By courtesy, We do not mean those hol.
low forms which are too often made the stan
dard OF etiquette. We repudiate those as
ths slave repudiates Tire yoke Of his master,
but we mean that constant flow Of kind words
and the reody performances Of kind deeds
which always marks warm and generous
heart True goodness is The Foundation Of
true poliiensss. II is as easy "for the came
to go through the eye ofaneedle," as for o
cold narrow. hearted, selfish man to be really
polite. His manners may be finished accord
ing to The strictest rule, but the SOULS want
ing. raar-a, ..sI ',,s r.s .',oa y, ~. {.
RUNAWAY AND SMASH UP.-As rAUsTla
s. BEEcHER and his little son, q boy four
or FIVE years of age, together with RoBsRr
THOMPSON, an employee Of Dir. Beecher, were
riding in twe;horse carriages on Thursday
evening last, a short distance iiils side Of
Shaiersvifie, the horses became frightened
and ran. The carriage was immediatelly
upset. Robert Thompson was thrown SO
violently upon the ground as to render him
utterly insensible. Ho was taken up tor
Dead Mr.. aBeecher received some injuries.
His son escaped entirely unframed, although
both were dragged under the carriage for
some distance. The horses, took course
northward and, we are assured, made pretty
fast time. "A span Of horses belonging to
JOEL Smith, also became frightened and ran,
making complete rnir Of a carriage to which
thcy were attached. Another buggy was
also damaged, and horse belonging to JU-
Illus CARTER somewhat, but not seriously
injured. Take il oil together, it wns about
q as savage runaway as has been reported
in some time. The injuries to Mr. Thomp
son are very serious; but with care he will
.recoycr. No blame in any manner attach.
es to Mr.. Beecher OF any other person fpI
the accident. ..s .,.a.Ia. .ls. p
LECTURE BEFORE THE YoUNG MEMS LIZ
cEUM The young men composing the
Lyceum huve made definite arrangements
for series OF lectures to last during the
winter. The first lecture well be delivered
J.B. HAcEMEx, principal Of the Tnppan Fee
male Seminary, at Town Hall, on TUESDAY y
EVENING Jan. I3,h, 1857. jec,--"Ths
Philosop ply Of Social Lille" The topic is I
good one, and Mr. Hagemen isa gentleman
ofsypcrior nttainments and a. fine orator.
We confidently believe that The course q
lectures prepared by the Young Mems Ly
cehm, will be highly interesting and proh'a
ble to our whole community. The lectures
are free. and all parties and classes Of per
sons are cordially welcome. a.".'. .f''
will not the citizens Of Ravenna, whit
have not only IN interest in their OWN, bu
the advancement OF society, tender their sup
port to the enterprise! The second lecture
will be delivered by Rev. JoHN C. HART. oi
Friday evening, January 90, 1857: .,., . y.
-a.i t.fs Bias -azzz If". H
., JUSTICES OF THE PEAcK.- Believing !
would be interesting and highly profitable Il
many of our readers, we have gathered from
the records of the Clerks office, the name
of the Justices Of the Peace in the sewers
townships in Portage county. The tabl
here gwen may be erroneous in some partic
ulars, on account Of resignations and othe
changes, which we cannot in every instanc
gather from the books before US. II thi
should Le the case, our friends win pleas
correct us: .ya<I s4aka EjIr TTg
AuRoRA.-Samuel Granger, A. Y, Jew
ett.1aaa eas ,r,e't, @gr IS -'.'.s '"',s..,'is
STREETsBoRo'.--John Thompson, Victe
M. Cannon. 'a. trs .-.. = .3' 5i,l.....t i.-sS 81.
FRAsxtaS.-Dahiel Dpnburi John b!
.ner, Ransom Bradley sAa rec T.. e..c., ~.
n BRiMFlEID. "A. II. Lampheafc, Ebenezt
Rawson. ,g,..,4f ~ "a. .I s4.s, .... L.. 5aa
SuFFiELD.- Charles Norris, William Ps.
ius. Y ,>,.5s rai st"r 4aa,4 &. ..2t ...,..
-RAkpoLpn.-Robert NJ. Hamilton, Jamt
Collins. " .ss., IN, 81,
RoorsTowx.-R Ransom H. Clark, A,
-EhaPman- A3l& gyls q. ag s4lIn r;t
RAvEsnA,-P, B, CqnaDi, Ira W. 'Epo
f-ss-G1s o,t1 - :, !, s.I 49,, =, la .4l,s T,