The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-16
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The world will scarcely believe ahati.
lisite4: 9isiOn, or near s;ghtedness, lnfLs q
man for any society whatever. Yet such Z
the facti l know it, for Lrhuve experienced
it, un{ now stay at home altogetheE.a on
ny first emerging into manhood, l.. soon
found had. no friends-eVery. one shurned
me-nnd why! Simply becarse I.pOssed my
lacquaRtqinces with supposed, contempt. j.
did not see them. soon reqo.ged to speak
70 every oHe-I passed. ""und ,tAens" thought
!, in the fOndness Of my imagination, "thene,
will, Aenc misteke!" put t.,uv pasOlssiOn "a:
4oAce in practice, and for while things went
swiT.uingly on! tut atlengtha TIE SANG re-i
suit was the, consequence, l.r ID ,inm
"Tr'he rearOn is, simply" "faii OaeI gazing
urQ4nd to see that no one observed, hin
speaking 50 psoscr;Sed a,being as T,t'tbat
people gre not willing 20 meet on terms of
sociabilitY ana equality q. man who claims
the acquaintaRce oEeVery loafer, male crrfe-
male, he may chance to meet AT Trinity
church, last Sunday, you offered Vcur am.
to negro, wench land you we've yesterday
observed bya party Of ladies in the act Of
making a profound bow to three of the most
notorious courtezans in town.
"Cood heavens" exclaimed IE"ia it ,poa-
| sible!". - Gu
These were not the only bad effects Of nay
politeness IA great six,foot ,whislcrunds
charged me with the heinous crime Of in.
sulting bis sister, by speaking to her without
the previous formalty, Of IN introduction
and it was, with the g-eu.ast dKiculty that !
could Perauade the, fellow to refrain from
horse. whipping mesa thing which he hat
fully resolved ppan, and which nothing bui
my humble apologies and laborcd texpana.
tions, Joined by the entreaties Of one or two
of my persopalfriendsa deferred kira iron
putting into practice. II -h,,u d IL,
"Huppier," thought 7, "far hspPie-, had
/ been born blind, for then 4 phoola,as leas
have avoided the tissue of blunders into w,,,ic
I haze, heurB stumbled, Eynlife haaibeel
one continued seriessof getting into 0orape
the worst way, and getting out Of lher, th
4 best way + could. Why am coy pl3d.mit
such destiny! am one OF the ger:lass o II
most inphensivc Of mar kind, ant rat tbs sui
kiest blac.:gu,rd about town encounters no
cne ha,E&he difficulties which da,l Aov m
hot" i .,
Such -were my musings, when on the fol
lowing day, Jrdined with a friend al one c
aAe most fashionable hctels in the city.
was, fora while, as Il thought, extremel
lGcky.haTins asiyet made but one faun pa
which Was merely the taking of glass Z
hrandJ- fo-as much wina--a ;mistake, byth
yaay, which might yhave ecesrredto aImo:
cny one. A tremendously ctsut gentletaal
from Miseisssippt, was seated on nay loh.-
This individual had jusa,cleared lis plate
\ large quantity of roast beefl ana was er
5 gagged in gazing ominously et q lobster, hi
slut right hand in the meantime resting o
the table. Unfortunately for aaysel \ ,raa Chi
particular, iuncture, happened to stand
1eed ofa pieceiof bread; and .elsingny,eye
| in, searched the necessary articles tlmistoo
his clenched,f fist for a,,1oaf. Taking Up m
fcrk very deliberately, Ihhitchedrup tn
, aleese, of my coat, and plunged the shar
steel instrument into the fesbt apGst of sE
man 3 hand .s& ith O. noiseabetween>a'r
> ard a 'Growh the ui-tir jumped tyol his>fee
hRocking dcma the gentleman vic sst vel
to hjg:l, and upsettiug waiter WHO was Au1
rying aiengsvith a large supply of 'Crskagds
!, Of course, jumped upa too, frightened, ,
nay well be Supposed alnost to DEATH CT
attempted TO explain matters; but scarce
had, ] opencdmy mouth when / was Goore
by, a tremendous blow from he'woundt
limb, directly in mv face, Mo- sooner hi
the ayenger knocked me. down, than he vi
shsathed a huge, 'glittering, bowie knite, az
. advanced to annibilate me Altogether
e Words cannot tetrsy the korrcrlof ny,ers
lions. 7 had seen the fe How cerve pig
A. few momentslbefore, and bad myself admire
his dexterity of the proceedmgxy .,D.n
Q Ehe coa7pany, howeyeH interfered b
a tween .the' Mississippiun and mytaestYtctio
Nv friends gede knovnltlse i1tperfection
: my ,viaioGs and, the man ofihe Tar West b
came satisfied. | was9oTre sc Sed near
} senselesG, and have not yet re; ove.ed fro
) tho effects of that adventarer, alsacush n
: physician is oie.of the most learned aEd ef
t tieat in .hs oitY,, ~He is en- TnglisnEan, al
Yhen'E rela!e!t'to' him he Occurrence,
sAao': biz aesa. sayings <
J, "TsrEitle 70 .cEars, taese fellows from Mi
D siseipgi, 'cri5le ieiass.. Wonder he didu
r gut ycus 'ei off hail together!"
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