The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-06-29
VOLUME VI.---NUMBER Il.
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But there is also a misuse of high flown or
too learned phraseologv, as illustrated in the
story told of Gov. Barbour. of Virginia. The
new invention of horizontal ploughmg was
introduced into the State about the same time
as the ruta baga turmip. and the Governor,
meeting one of bis constituents Cd the road, a
plain farmer. said: s as-- z-a lr
We'll, sir have you yet adopted the mod
erp method of snbverting your soil at angles of
equal departure p -=sa-e.sal... sz
Il s'pose you mean ruta bagas, replied the
man; yes, + sowed some last month. - =
But it seems that high flown language an
swers well in the pulpit A learned divine,
writing from Carolina 10 the Richmond Ad-
vocate: thus describes one of the most success
fnl of the. Southern preachers: zg<E :.
fs. He encompasses himself with rainbows, and
meteors, and earthquakes. and cataraets, and
hurricanes and water,spouts, and showers of
gems, and torrents of fire. and beundless con-
and .marshalled PHILOSOPHERS, and
trooping seraphim, and the stnpendous wheels
Of Providence, and the silver Ginning of the
spheres, and the weltering chaos of demolished
worlds, .sss 81 rsgl.. .5 asq
g They say!' /" They Say" -S.~zz- II
I AS to:ling slaves mankind are governed.
more than many are willing to confess, by the
silent self lfqueries, what will people think, ,'and
what will people say Think of it, reader if
these be not among your own perpetual in
ward questionings. Is it not every day, per-
chance, that you halt in some purpose or
pursuit, and suffer the imagined verdict of the
outside world-of your friends, acquaintances,
the community Do you venture new
fashion, or dare execute novel idea, without
running this gauntlet Then you are the man,
or woman, the like of whom we seldom see.
Bold ones there are, doubtless, who think and
act for themselves, but he sure that all such
are branded as eccentric or 'odd.' Show us
the woman who has no compunctions, when
she puts on a new style of-whatever garment
that is to be seen, as to what her friends, and
even strangers. will think of it, and we will
show you a woman who will dare to scrub her
own windows and carry her own parcels in
the streets. There are thousands who fancy
themselves as independent if we may use the
phrase, as hogs on ce.' who are daily and
hourly servitors of those tyrant queres:-
What will people think-What will they say
Never mind what they'll think or say. so long
as you outrage no duty or decency, but only
do what your own Judgment dictat es as best
-as right and proper for yourself. This is
the kind of independence that will sooner OF
later command respect. "a r
We'll Answered
The following is amusing, but it is. charac
teristic-pe have seen the same, only we never
shut up shop-though the authoritative stor
my paper would give us to understand that
we had better
81 There are some persons SO essentially ego
tistic as TO imagine themselves the sole impell
ers of the wheel of trade. The baker will
whom they DEAL the butcher, too, the grocer
the tailor, The shoemaker, even the owner o
the house they dwell in, would all be Whelmed
into universal bankruptcy were it not for us
1.-The said us being, as matter of course
our egotistic gentry, whose dealings with th'
said baker, butcher, grocer, tailor, and shoe
maker, are in ridiculously poor proportion
with the dealings of the boaster's more mod
est neighbors. Of one of our large Tin pre-
tence) friends we remember humorous men
tion. Ensign Smith had been in the habit q
4 having his boots made at a certain place.
frhither he called on particular day, the las
tof an interval, during which the military her
had taken offence with the son of ST. Crispin
Il shall have no more boots. made by you
no Send in my BILL and I'll pay it ! Th
ltradesman's response was characteristic. =
: joint he called, addressing one of his worf
men, John, make out the bill of Ensig
Smith. and then shut up shop; as we mus
Isuspend business, since Smith will no longt
!, deal with u.s. s.,..-4 = h.
t A Beautiful Passage. hsa @ as5 -
In Que of the Roger de CoverlV' papers
!. Addison, occurs the following beautiful pa
!, sage: 4.......5 .-s.-.s...a r..tss.e -
/ AT a little distance from Sir Rogers hous
D among the ruins of an old abbey, there is
D Hong walk of aged elms; which are shot up
r very high, that when one passes under ther
il the rocks and crows that sit upon the tops
IS them seem to be cawing in another region.
e am very much delighted with this sortaof moi;
S which consider as sort Of natural prayer
: that Being who supplies the wants of his who
st creation. and who in the beautiful language
e the Psalms, feedeth the young ravens that c
IN upon Him. gas. :" E4-'s a
Home.
How touchingly beautiful are the relatio
e, of home there each is bound by an eclect
- chain that seems to pass to all hearts in I
I'd family group; so that one cannot enjoy ples
in ure unless all partake in it,, If one heart
in oppressed, all sympathize.; if one is ezalt
r. all must share the happiness. It is in i
n home where the aching heart is seothed, VIII
1t the oppressed are relieved, the outcast recla
TO-. ed, the sick healed, or failing, the tear of t.
N. love drops from the mourners eyes, when
ID, dear ones are gathered to their long home.
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1t may seem strange that you cannot
your face in pane of beautiful stained 81
:. when everybody admits that it is a e.
- looking glass. @ 81
,,vv. Shakespeare says there is a divinity wi
-. shapes our ends,' but unfortunately the sh,