The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-02
vol so.---No 4e.--WHoIE No 1857 slaD'ssasaA.a,

viii be read with interest: S'Daniel Webster
was one of the FIRST persons whom remember
to have known in my childhood. He was &
friend ofmy fathef aud mother He was still
our friend when he died. If we had heen in
any trouble or want, and bad gone to him
and told him of il, he would have instantly
put bis hand into bis pocket and given me the
last money he had--and, may be have said
with an agitated voice. You do well to come
to me. Lucy never trouble stranger while
an old friend can help you .s4aH
THE last time saw him at Marsb6eld, and
not very long before bis death, was walking
with him over and around Cherry Hill. which
is beautiful shady place, with winding paths
among the trees and here and there an arbor.
He gathered leaves for me from different rare
trees, and some of the loyeliest flowers for my
mother. fspoke Of the beauty Of the, place.
and he said in zfeply:f About fifteen years
ego this hill was only shifting sand. The
wind blew it all over the house and the
grounds, My mother came down to see me.
and she said, DANIEL, can't you do something
to keep the sand out Of the house! and said,
: Mother. Iutry.' So planted the sand thick
with turnips. which left TO decay there. The
next year planted it with n think potatoes;
after that the grass seed, and then the trees !
$50 IL had come. from a shifting sand, to
be wooded bill the delight. and the wonder
of all who beheld it so near the sea- L-sE-s
We well remember an arecdote of Daniel
Webster, related to us by a lady who passed
away in!the bloom of life. which disproves the
very common superstition that the manner Of
Mr. Webster was cold and repulsive. When
a child Of eleven years of age, she was trav-
cling in stage to ooncord, N III. This was
before the Railroad extended to that place
and when it was a tedious days journey to
Boston. Among the passengers was Daniel
Websterswho was on his way to Concord to
deliver an oration. The young girl knew not
of his fame as an orator, which bad then reach
ed it's meridian height. There was nothing
about him to inspire awe, and she was soon
on the best of terms with the great statesman.
He chatted with her. told her stories. joked
with ber, got out at the wayside taverns to
procrre for her water, and when she was tired,
Destled her to sleep in his arms. Occasionally
he would seem abstracted. His lips moved,
and be was probably coming over bis Grafton
for the morrow. But word from his young
companion, who was but waif on the sea OF
travel would again light up his face with q
smile. Thus they journeyed upon the best OF
terms until they reached Concord, when the
guns spoke welcome, and the stage was qui
5ckly surrounded BY a crowd eager to catch q
glimpse of the opponent of Hayne, aid the
statesman whose praise was upon every tongue
The girl shrunk hack afrighted, and timidly
inquired of Mr.. Webster what the noise was
about. .. It is to welcome you to Concord
replied Mr. Webster, gaily, as he lifted hes
from The stage and bore her through the crowd
TO the steps of the hotel. He then turned to
respond to the cheers and congratulations Of
friends. s9es y eI-fs;s s. -2af,. gists.a 4 s5aI
The young girl never saw Mr.. Webster
again. But she cherished the memory of his
features with pleasure. She remembered his
dark cavsrBous eyes, his massive brow, and
his dark features; but they we're remembered
as possessing geniality and brightness that
was. never reproduced in any picture or bust
which she afterwards saw. 1t is perhaps no
ticeable, as coincidence, that while the belll
were tolling in Boston for,the funeral ceremo
niesI of Webster. and the procession of sor
rowing thousands was passing. through the
streets, the spirit Of this young girl, then {
wife and mother. took its departure, to re
bews perhaps l.. bright world, the acquain
tance of day which had been to her SC
pleasant. Z - I-stft5 IS ss,s1z
The Doom OF the World.
i The North British Review, discoursing OF
the doom of the world, has the following re
marks; 'Wbat this change is we dare mo-
even conjecture, but we see in the .heaven
themselves some traces of destructive elements
and some indications of their power - th'
fragments OF broken plapets-the descent o
meteoric stones upon our. globe-the whirlin,
comets welding their loose material at tn
solar surface. ~ the volcanic eruption in on
own satelite-the appearances of new star
and the disappearancc sof Sothers, are all fore
shadowslof that impending convnIsion t.
/ which the world is doomed. Thus placed OF
q planet (which is1to be burned up and unde
heavens which arete pass away; thus residing
as it were, on the cemeteries and dwelling up
! on the mausolems of1forner. worlds, let o
5learn the lesson Of humility and wisdom, if W
Ihave not already been taughtYin theschool Q
revelation >. .....,-,..,.-,s
A Shot into the Flock .,zs so Ea.t=aes s.si sss
Il The following Paixham ashotl from th
: Notes from the Plymouth Pulpit, BY Henr
Ward Beecher, will probably hit in almo:
every congregation: sThere are sitting bs
fore me IN this congregation now two hundre
: men, who stuff their Sundays full of whs
kthey call religion,and then go out on Monday
to catch their brothers by the throat, sayin,
i Pay me what thou owest, because it is Mo-
day now, and you need not think that becaus
! we sat crying together yesterday, over OF
1Sayioufs sufierings and love, am going ,
let you off from that debt, if it does ruin ye
to pay it now" - - - ,. q :: ''..L -
Servant Girls e 71,te,s54. e. +. - 1s5fs .f.. -
: 1t appears that the servant girls in Ne
Haven, Connecticut are little particula
u about the terms Of service and the charact
Of those who employ them-and they have
. perfect right, too. The New Haven Pallat
: am publisheszthe following advertisements:
e TAINTED to Hire.-A lady, having plea
liant home, no incumbrances, but a husbar
I, and child, wishes to place herself at the di
lposal of some servant who can come well re
n Qmmended -fros,, hoie .lac& s,la.a1.-L