The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-12-07
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EILTAI AFFECTIONS
DAY hIoRNING-
The print oc"ring this utle represent, scene in
font OF farmers homestead, and in the distance,
viewed through the open gate, us church; while on
the road between, are groups obviously tending
thherward. The party in the foreground are cDgag.
cd in preparations for departure towards the same
heavcn-ponting spire; and Il beautiful girl of about
seventeen summers waits, Bible in hand by the gar
den gate, holding it oven for the egrcss of the family
and smiling on the infant The mother, still hand
some, attends on the aged grandfather, adjusting with
atfcconate care Gcrchet to protect him from cold;
whilo he, seated upon donkey, supp2rts the young
est child in front OF him. Three other children are
occupied, Ia sport with dog, and the older ones
in receiving instruction from the farmer himself, who
Is seated BY the doorsteld. An agcl oak spreads its
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The ulurNct cart returned from the town, bear
ing rich freight of purchases to the delighted young
people, who r.ceiving them with easerness--
The farmers wife, not Yet descended, has, with one
hand, passed gay new blnnet from the open band
box on her lap to the miss in her teens, whose ecsta-
sy OF u m,ratipn is unmistakuOe. Ihs other she ex'
tends, with bright new rattle, to the youngest dari-
ing, who, with joy, seems ready TO spriIg from tho
rms of its fOndllng grandmother. The old Ethtte'
man, seated on the piazza, is in the act OF adjusting
his spectacles for the immediate pcruaa of the resn
ue spaptr spread his knee; while the small boy
and his sister are dYiug into the stories of the bas.
ket of crockery, and other household gear, tor
ginScrnuts aHd other delcctable condiments. The
farmer Is seen carrlin beuv! basket up the steps OF
the porch. In the sh dow which it throws we see
coming events, for there pussy sealthily moves down
on brood of chickens SO young as to be still very
| like cggs.
| Around are all the concomit ants of farm. The
doves COO the caves the turkeys and other poultry
are about ald there, too, is 'the iron-bound bucket
that hangs in the wr, while through the house door
we see into the comf,rabIe and wet! supplied kitch-
| en-. This mansion cOiOnnadc presents strong re-
scmblancg to Mount Vernon, with Washington sit-
| ting on the piazza, reading the paper.
This is Easy mode OF "Gtainlng two beautifu Gu
IRA ings worth So, aud the ECLECrlC MACHINE,
which is cnnfe,Scdy the best mag glzna Published, aud
tho most ,autituiiy embellissod every month. II
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