The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-12-21

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EILIAL. -AEEECTISN--SUN-
DAY MORNING.
The print gearing this title represent, scene in
front OF farmers homestead, and in the distance,
viewed throasb the open gate,ls church; while on
the road between, are groups obviously tending
thitherward. The party in the foreground are engag
ed in preparations for departure towards the same
heaven pointing sre; and beautiful girl of about
seventeen summers, waits, Bible in hand, by the gar
den gate holding il open for the egress of the family,
and smiling on the infant. Tho mother, still hand
some attends the aged grandfather, adjusting with
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while he, seated upon donkey, supports the young
est child in front OF him. Three other children are
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is seated BY the doOrstead. An aged oak spreads its
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The market cart has returned from the Town, bear
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The farmers wife, not YET descended, has, with one
hand, passed gay new bonnet from the open band
box her lap, the miss in her teehs whose ecsta-
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the porch. In the shadow which it throws VIC see
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on brood of chickens SO young as to be still very
like eggs.
Around are all tho concomt tnts of farm. The
doves coo on the caves the turkeys and other poultry
are about, and there, too, Is the ironbound bucket
that hangs in the wrl while through the house door
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en-. This mansion co!onnade presents u strong re"
! semblaucg to Mount Vernon, with Washington sit
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December 7, 1850. No. Beekmsn st., Ny.