The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09

,erare less you have the less You will have to take

less you have the less you will have to take
care OF, you know le-4sr as5a ss.i 579le -.
= Yes, we could not get much furniture.
insisted upon William taking the money which
my grandfather left me to pay off few hun
dred dollars which he owed for the place in
order to make us begin even inithe world. We
have both such a horror of debt that we are
determined never 10 incur any if we can help
it.. See what nice press for bed clothes this
is sfsd5o hla ss7ss 6l5s T5s75g~-s9-' ssI7lTaI
why, what quantity of bed and table
linen ! it is really nice too. You have more
than my Maria had. declare 1 --...,.-f Il
Yes, always want an abundance of such;
things. This drawer is filled with towels, this
is for my ironing sheets and blankets, and this
closet contains my Tin and wooden ware
Il declare. Eliza, you are strange, thought
ful child g. 1 -must tell you one thing about
Maria. that made US have good hearty laugh.
The Monday morning after she was married,
the girl came 10 ask her where the tubs were,
and don't you think the child bad actually for,
gotten to buy tub, a clothes line or pins:!-
She said it had never popped into her head.
But ah ! itwasn't strange she had never been
used TO any thing of the kind ~ iaa !.7z19d
Il believe. aunt have showed sou all now.
We will go if you yIease. ] hope you will
not let my brown dress or Williams brown
hands ffighten-y you away this evening" $500
Oh, no But as must take the stage for
Maria's early in the morning, you must allow
me to retire early ,a-.gtf ~ s5s6.,,
AF4z 5,*mrl ~ *5ale Cd > -ao
What fellows these Yankees are for com.
bining elegance and usefulness said a south
ern gentleman to himself, as he stood on the
piazza of the hotel in the town Of. Sir,
said be-, addressing himself to a venerable
looking man near him. can you tell me who
resides in That elegant cottage where the
grounds are laid out with SO much taste p
sOh !thatis Squire Bill Thorndike's. You
must be stranger in these parts, not to know
him. srs-5 -a,...7 s=-e .57sr .s.z
| Lam, sir; since he seems such a prominent
member of society, should like to know
something of his history Z . ... 4. -. ..-''
'Oh there. is nothing remarkable in it, at
all. sir. His father was man of great learn
| ing, but he nearly run through a fortune try
ing to live in style. He died and left three
boys. Their mother, who went from. this
place, was woman of strong sense. She sold
the property, paid off all the debts and had
fenough left to buy that little house to the left.
1t has but two rooms and there is garden at
tached to it. Here she puts her boys out to
trades One to mason, one to a wheelwright
Bill staid, however. He married the widow
Perrys daughter She was smart as q steel
trap. She was a right good scholar, and she
made an excellent wife. They have got alops
wonderfully. Every body wondered how il
was. He did not make better wages than 9th
er men, but somehow the money increased. =
1t was no mystery 10 me, though, for watched
them pretty sharp. ta1d 1st iaa gsi9 rie l3
I sYou never saw any display of fnery sucl
as laces, fiounces and furbelows; you never saw
him, before he kept a horse, riding much fo
! pleasure, Mo- they both pulled one way, ,ant
took their pleasure in being sober, industriou
and useful, and now they reaptheir reward ii
being universally respected. Why there aim
a man that has SO much money to let as Squire
Thorpdike, and he is never hard and screvinl
about it as some are. rs, He has taken the tw,
children of one Lawyer Willis to bring upant
he does as well by them as be does by his own
r Lawyer Willis wife was a kind of cousin t,
Squire Thorndike's wife,. She was aIdashy
snowy gal.s You'd have thought the riches
: folks upon earth were married when they sha,
the knot tied. Poor fellow, he had har,
time, notwithstanding, to support his lady wifi
; in style, He took TO drink and died. hav
heard say that she turned up her nose at he
cousins match, but she little thought her boy
would be glad to go to that same cousin for
/, home, while she would be glad to take up wit
Z the. little house that Squire Thorndikes moth
er lived in.s6seaar2 0g I.55 / tr5 .tsicaa
Il .Ah, SIR continued the old mans this is
changing world: but to my mind, if peopl
e would be more prudent and industrious, an
y give up hankering after things beyond thei
e means. there would be more real good done j
e the world and fewer changes 10 'e,7'.. 7.a-..'
NJ - . Z
}. -. J. B. Giddtngs and John Brown. !, 7ss
had a conversation to-day with the Hor
: Joshua R. Giddings. in the course Of whic
alluded to his alleged implication in -ol
! Browns scheme for iiberating the slaves. II
J. laughed at the charge. Treason sits lightly 0
: his, venerable shoulders He says he neve
: met old Brown, to his distinct recollection, e,
ceptipg on one occasion only. That was moi
:. than year ago Gf rightly remember,l an
at public lecture in Ashtabula county, ,whic
: old Brown, be said delivered there. n Aft,
= the lecture d contribution was taken up, an
: Mr.. Giddings. publicly gaSeathe sum Of thre
= dollars. That was the first, last and onl
= money he ever contributed TO the Captain
:, :. In that lecture the Captain spoke Of the dui
) of the North to the slaves, and stated that h
Z, intended to devote his life and his energies
: their cause. This was shortly after one of h
81 Kansas exploits. Captain Brown went hon
- with him and other gentlemen, and took te
. at his house. Conversation turned exclusive
u lily on the Kansas troubles and the recer
: iOberlin Rescue case. Captain Brown WI
y = Suddenly called away, and be has never gee
y him, nor heard, directly or personally, .fror
y him, from that time till now. He never hear
Capt. Brown speak of any prospect of forci
T. BILE emancipation ,for9of melting insurrection
= on the contrary he understood him to inten
x to con6pe his operations to the q. g. R. R.
m 9tNt " su"F.,