The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-11-28


Mary was thrown into conyulsi6bs, nom
which nothing could save her. sla Il lhtse
hours the haplesss little being swas feken
home 70 heaven 10 ~
The two boys, Arthur and William, stood
aloof from the aecursed baneoftheif parsntss
lives-bu at last William, The yonbeef sot
the habit OF tasting occasionallyt sonf of eu.
rlosity, ne said, when troubled By lie ex.
pcstulations sof his brother. Blythe mercy
oi DIVINE Previdsnce, Arthur WIS enabled
to resist the faseinstioDs Of the cpp.; but
WIiliam went on, and on-reV u unto Death,
~ 3.es. 9 ten. slle1Ill 3 seafe ipa
tsoie-tne insepefaoles 4ejnhet OF stone
ur'nk-he was STABBED Dy2a comrade In
l'lh ufuok zen orawl. a.4 ~
10 tue aeauened faculties of the father
anu motner' tnis c'rcumstapce was not hffiic-
eion-theyl scarcely looked upon it as any.
tn'ng lor which they should grieve and
When Standing together oVerthe silentcofiD
of mat oead oody' the cup was thereto com
'ort them' Ihey went to that beverage
Whlch mas not been inaptiy termed the
ur'nK OF neir ior the comfoft whfcais heav.
ea oofn' ana 'hat cometh from God.
theH handsome property was long since
sqnahoered 'heir elegant house and furni.
lure passed under the hammer OF the auc-
uoheef ana loWiy hovel received the
orunKen couple ana their wretched son.
oh' tne feVoltihg scenes OF horror which the
eyes OF that son were forced to witness -
A father--his manhood prostitu,ed to vile
appetite his Intellect ruined; his soul wan.
derng in the shades OF infdelity cast out
from the Vrtuous--condemne to the com.
paLy Of sinners! A molher-- her gentle
love turned to indifference her nature
wrought upon and transformed to the foul
viper she had taken to her bosom her
whole life but series Of oltercations with
him. who nj Gods holy altar she had sworn
10 love ana honor her child no longer re-
garded with that most hallowed of all earth
~ sen'lmentS--a moI1er'S Ious--his heart no
longer g'aoueneo WIN her smlies--h feet
ho 'hore taueNt oy tHe lis6t OF her Christian
cou"sei 10 turn 'hto tue ways OF right and
'fo'o' worse 'hon orphaned! The of.
spFl"s o. sh~"9 ana seofn FoFm, II you
''"' 'n 'uSa u MS ''e =: MSh may cry out
'@''Os' 'no use o. strong language IN speak
'os OF thi' demen which yearly lays its
'houSahas-ln me grave hut think you that
WIG '"''u VI '''oSe "'se'aole parents would
."'' "Ny e"P'ess'O"' 'pP'Ieo 70 'ne vice OF
'"'''''po' '"so '0o s'ions NO d 'noutaha
''"es no h1"goase Is "cak' impoteht
anu 'na0eqo4'e 10 convey 10 you 'he loath'
'"s, Tue ,a'Fet' 'nS u'tsF oe'eS'O''on "nlch
oou oo'e III us SOUL 'of lh'0&'ca
Jug "''"" on' "ou'a t"at every mSn.
"o"i'n anu 'nn0' 'h'ooSnou' me 'ehsth ana
0'''0'' u you universe 'e't 'ne same !
But to return. Five ye1rs passed away
during which gaunt poverty es'ab ished him
self at the hTeside OF John Wood. Starva.
ton often paused at the door, and want was
an every day guest. Brois and domestic
STRIFE began at sunrise, and ceased not at the
going down OF day Oh, tits black, black
memory to Arthur Wood ! At last, in a fit
of drunken frenzy, the furious husband
struck down his wife with the fragment of
chair which had previously fallen sacrifice
to his rOge. Sobered by the sight, John
Wood stopped over the body OF her who was
once dsaFer to him than the whole world,
and sought by the long. elected endear-
ment OF their early love to call her back to
In vain ! she Icy there be-
lore him, still and whlte' dark stream OF
oIood gushing from her temple, and clottipg
inc long, DARK hair which leIi IN neglected
moss over her shoulders. She '0aS dead, and
murdered 6y @er o'c" husband
stung by remorse and fenr, as he saw the
colo paiior OF death freezing her features
into everlasting silence, the wretched man
Se'zed razor and drawing 1t across his
throat be fell bleeding upon the floor beside
the corpse OF his victim There was only
brief strusgie--a little calling out for
mercy--and John Wood had gone to his &C.
count And over the dead bodies OF his
parents Arthur wood took solemn oath
Neuer so long as The spark Of 'Je burned IN
hss breast to s'oa0o~ one drop Of sntortcdting
liquor