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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-04-21
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS.
r. II. EDDY,
SOIL CITOR OF PATENTS,
Late Agent of L. S. Patent Office Washington,
(under the Act Of lS3T.)
10 State Street, oppo.ite KiIby Street.
r. II. EDDY,

So LlClTOR o PATENTS,
Late Agent Of L. S. Patent Office, Washington
(under the Act Of 1851
10 State Street, opposite KiIby Street,
BOSTON.
A FTER An EXTENSIVE PRACTICE OF UP
IA wards Of twenty years, continues Patents in
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men and all Papers Drawings for Patents executed
liberal terms, and with despatch Researches made into
American Foreign works TO determine the validity u
ty Of Patents Inyentonsand legal other advice
dere in all touching the same Copies Of claims
Of any Patent furnished by remittng One Dollar Assign
ments recorded at Washington.
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These besides his extensive library of legal mechan
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ycntOrs.
TgsrINoYIALs.
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Commissioner of Patents.
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Office EDMUND BURKE,
Late Commissioner of Patents.
"BosroS, February S, 1855.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-04-21
THE ECONOMIST COOKING STOVE
THE GREAT STOVE OF THE DAY.

FIRST PREMIUMS AWARDED AS FOLLOWS
Az the Ohio State Fair. held Sept, 1855.
AT the Albany County Fair, held Sept. D s.
At the N. York State Fair. held Oct, 1858.
At the Granville County Fair in Canada.
Al the International Fair at OadensburgIs.
Ny.
Al the Gcncscc County Fair. Michigan.
Nos. 7, 8, 9 and Hotel Size No. 10.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
UnaMi;tbiG Women iM KsnElrOad
Cars.

The Hartford Courant is exceedingly in.
dignant at some of the women passengers
on the railroad lines. He says on their
Connecticut roads
Almost every woman claims two seats
one for her precious self, and one, to use o
Virginia expression, "to tote her punder." :"
1t makes no matter how many men are
standing up, the fair creatures must have
room, Some times some beAounced wo.
man, Eve never use the word lady in such
conuection,) } spreads herself and her traps
over four seats. She pays for but one. The
conductors, amable men as they are, never
interfere to give every traveller his equal
rights. They probably are too much hen
De cked at home to make the women do jus.
tice abroad. . ...
There is nothing that so strongly exhibits
the utterly unamiable character Of woman
as this cold, naughty contempt of the rights
and comforts Of others. A man who is ii
love with girl should, before he declares
himself, witness how she conducts herself
in crowded car. 1t is good criterion o
her selfishness. She will never make
good wife or mother.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
Almost Home.


This s one OF the most joyous expressions
in the English language. The heart of the
long absent husband, father, or son, not only
homeward' bound, but almost arrived, fills
with rspturous joy, as he is on the point OF
receiving the embraces and greetings OF the
dear ones at home. So is it with the nged
Christian, as, in the far advance of his pill
grimage, he feels that he approaches the
boundary line, and will soon cross over tc
the land of promise. Many OF bis best friends
have crossed over before him, and they have
long been beckoning him upward and on
ward. They await his arrival with the Joy
full welcome of holy ones. And as tokens
multiply on either hand, that the land o'
Beulah is near, he feels that be 's almost
home. The ripe fruit Of long Christian
life is about to be gathered into a heavenly
garner. Few sights on earth are morespleas'
ing than aged. faithful Christians strong 'n
,he lord. almost home. We have some
such among US, revered and beloved, whose
uravers bring down blessings on our heads,
Tbev sneak of many friends. most OF whom
have preceded them-but the reunion will
soon come. Blessings be upon the fathers
and mothers in Zion. And may their man'
ties fall on 90 - Morning Star.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
RAVENNA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1860.

prairie, and when left In the Spring the
early flowers were already springing upon
his grave. The old man rests sweetly under
the wide shadow OF the old oak.
I carried the lockes to its destination.-
The sister clutehed il eOgetly, and thanked
me, though her heart almost broke under
the stroke. rembined in New York
though the Summer, and in the Autumn the
sister returned with me to -- Prairie, and
we built our cabin within sight Of the broth.
er's grave. The OAK is now dead and splin'
tered and the spot where he died densely
covered with on underground, whose vines
shut out the light Of day, and guard it ever
from the football of man or beast. Las
week our dog brought out skull, with th
wide cash of an axe hit through the top
Quietly, and without the knowledge of m
wife, went and tossed the memento int
the thickest growth Of the placc.-Dail
Wisconsin.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
An Infant BabOOn.

The following curious account Of bsss
boon family is translated from recent
French work by NJ. Botard, for Goodrich's
Illustrated Natural History:
There have been and still are in the
menagerie OF the Garden OF Plants, Paris. q
number of baboons, and four years ago, q fe.
male who had young one, furnished Of the
most amusing ard singular spectacles ever.
witnessed. She was placed with it in cage,
nesr the one she formerly occupied, with
several other animals OF the same Species,
The infant baboon was hideously ugly.
but she Iavished upon it the most tendee
csresses. When it was eight days old, the,
door of communication was opened, and the.
male entered. The mother, seated in the.
middle of the cage, held the young heir In,
her arms, precisely as nurse would under
similar circumstances. The happy father
spprosched, and embraced his mate, with
French gallaptry, under each side OF the
face he then kissed the little one, and sat
opposite TO the mother, SO that their knees,
touched each other. They then both. began
to move their lips with rapidity, taking the
Young one from each others arms, as II they
were having most animlted conversation
concerning it. ~t srs
The door was again opened, and the "a.
boon's friends,entered one:a fter another. each
t embracing the mother, who, however, would
8 not allow them to touch the young ONE
d They seated themselves in circle, moved
i their lips as if ieicitating the. happy couple
e on the arrival of the son and heir, and per-
o hans finding in it marvellous resemblance
's to either the futher or mother. This scene
9 was very much like that which often taxes
J. Mace in the human family on similar occa'
= sions. except that we suspect the felicita-
g tions w ere more heartfelt and genuine on
" the part Of the brutes. than on that OF tneir
u more favored prototypess
n All the baboons wished to caress the
Young one but no sooner did one OF thsm
}" nut forward his hand than goodssIap nom
u the mother warned him of bis indisceeicn'---1
e Those who were placed behind her, stretch.
g cd their hand out slyly, hid II under her aEms
), and.succeeded, to their great joy, ~ touch"
n ino the little ono, without the mother per
Il ce;vop it. particularly when she was engsg.
. al IN conversation. But,a smartseorreetion
! sooo taught them that their indscEstion vas
observed. and they quickly rstrsated, y
was, evident that the monkey mother,
| thoroughly acquainted with the tequirepehss
J Of her position. knew perfectlysveli how %
divide. her attentions between her guest.
and her infant charge,
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
A Story as is A Story.

We are not much given 10 sensation or.
ticles, but occasionally a remarkable thing
will come under our notice, which would be
a, sin to Keep from the public. We cannot
Vouch for the truth Of the following story.
told us this morning by on old sucker, but
venture to say such things have been heard
Of before, lin the Arabian Nights Enter.
IainmentsJ: .... =,
"It ia just twenty years ago yesterday,
said our narrator, 'that party Of fellers
went over 10 Cakokia Creek on a skstinR
match. The day was colder than ten ice.
bergs stuck together, but the ice was smooth
as glass, and VIC made up our minds to have
heap Of fun. Bill Berry was the leader Of
the crowd. He was tall six .footer, full Of
pluck, and the best skater in all creation.---.
Give Bill Berry good pair of skates. and
good sailing, and he'd make the trip to Bsf.
fms Bay and back ia twenty-four hours,
only stopping long enough at Halifax to take
a drink. Well we got to the creek and
fastened our skates on; and, after taking q
good horn from Joe Turner'S flask, started
of in good style, Bill Berry in the lead. Az
was telIin' ye, it was dogonned cold day,
and go we had to skate fast to keep the blood
) up. There was little breathe holes in the
ice, and every nosp and then we would come
near gon' into 'em. My skates got loose,
and stopped to fasten them. Just as had
finished bucklng the straps heard noise.
looked up and saw something shooting
i along the ice like lightnin'. 1t was Bill
Berry'S head. He had been goin' it like
creased electricity, and before he knew it he
was in one of them cussed holes. The force
IS was so great as to cut his head off against
70 the ice. "It's all day with Bill Berry," said
I. "And all night too," said Joe Turner
+ Just as he got these words out Of his mouth.
n' | looked at Bill's head, which had been goiR
$ it on the ice, and all at once it dropped into
," another hole. We run TO it, and I heard
a. Bill Berry say, "for Gods sake, boys, pull
'' me ont" | looked into the hole, and there
1y as true ss I'm sinner, was Bill Berry,
'c' body, which had shooted along under the ice
lo- and met the head at tho new hole. It va
It's so thunderin' cold that the head had froxel
''n fast to the body, and we pulled Billy out q
'e' good as new. He felt little numb at Grs
but after skating awhile he was as brisk q
o. the rest of US, and Iaug ghed over the joke
~ We went home about dark, all satisfied wit
HI the duy's sport. About 9 O'Clock in Il
d" evening, somebody knocked at my door al
"7 said was wanted over to Bill Berry's.
Wv put on my coat and went over. There i
Wv" his body in one place and his head in ano,
u ''S er. His wife said that after he came hol
''"s from skating he sat down to warm himse
A''' and while blowing his nose he threw
e.O- head into the fireplace.
WF The coroner was called that night, Q
'u"' the verdict of the jury was that "Bill Bel
'He' came to his death by skating too fast
ed Louis Herald.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
A Confirmed TOPPER.

The following scene is taken from real
life, having occurred at North Cambridge,
at the hotel occupied by Old Zach Por.
ter -
Joe, the man of all work about the hotel,
was fond of good liquor, or indeed liquor
of any kind and being generally short of
funds, was in the habit of seizing on all
remnants of liquor left.by practitioners at the
bar. Thus matters progressed for some
years, keeping Joe pretty we'll soaked,
when Porter having occasion to make mix.
ture for curing a diseased hoof, had need OF
some nitric acid, or gquaiortis, that article
being one of the ingredients of the lotion
Taking common bar tumbler, and pouring
sufficient quantity Of acid into it he went
out, leaving the tumbler on the counter, and
drover the sole occupant of the bar room.
He had no sooner passed the door than in
came Joe, and seeing, as he thought, q
tumbler, as usual, with some liquor too good
TO be wasted, Immediately looked through
the bottom, "as was the usual CUSTOM" ant
quickly threw himself outside of said liquor.
He then went to chopping wood, smacking
his lips at the unusual strength of the spr it
Shortly after, Old Zach coming in, pick
ed up the tumbler to 90 on with his medica
preparation, but was very much surprised OF
finding it empty. Inquiring of the traveller
he was informed that short, chunky ma
Y describing Joe) had drank it. With an cx
!, csmation of surprise, and CONSERVATION de
q picted on his countenance, he rushed out
0 the room in search of Joe, expecting to fin
e. his dead body not many yards off. He pps
o ed around the house, and in the back yal
: found Joe doing extra execution on the log
working as he generally did when he hi
d on an extra amount of steam. After gettir
d over his astonishment, this conversatic
y ensued:
Old Zach-"Joe, did you drink that stu
:. on the counter !''
1t Joe-"Why-yeas-I thought it hadr
ID ought to be wasted, you know. All rigI
| 'epose -
ID Zach-"I don't know. How do you ii
it how do you feel after it 2"
as Joe-"Fee! feel furst.rate-live
nd as cricket
he Zich-"Well, Joe, but haven'tsyou !
he ticed anything out of the way-nothi
ey wrong about you 7"
mt Joe-"Anything wrong! Well, no,
much fust.rate liquor takes good ho
.rd goes further than common There is Of
III one thing queer about it which | can't
the hang OF, (here he drew his shirt sle
tie, under his nose,) ,Oheneuer l aOips my snout
wv, Jurn a hole in my shirt :"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
Sflnftllaneo1rs.
DeOtll-What 10 1t :!

The article on "Dea,h," in the Cyelopedio,
has the following
"As life approaches extinction, inseneibil.
ity intervenes-a numbness and disposition
TO repose, which do not admit Of the idea Of
suffering. Even in those cases where the
activity Of the mind remains to the last, and
where nervous eensibility would seem to
continue, it is surprising how often there has
been observed happy feeling on the sp
proaCh Of death. If had strength enough
to hold pen ! would write how easy ane
delightful it is to de- were the last wordI
ofthe celebrated William Hunter during BIZ
last moments.
"Montsigue, in one OF his essays, des
cribes an accident which left him 80 sense
less, that he was taken up for dead. Or
being restored, however, he says: Me
thought my life only hung upon my lips
and shut my eyes to help thrust it out, an
took a pleasure in languishing and lettin
myself CO. A writer in the Quarterly RI
view records that gentleman who had bee
rescued from drowning declared that he ha
not experienced the slightest feeling Of su
location. The stream was transparent, III
dsy brilliant, and as he stood upright
could see the sun shining through the waite
with dreamy consciousness that bis eye
were about to be cloaed on It forever. Y,
he neither feared bis fate nor wished to ave
it. "A sleepy sensation which soothed an
grati6ed him, made luxurious bed of a W,
terry grave.'
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
Gentle Words.

A.young rose in the summer time,
Is beautiful to me,
And glorious tho many stars
That glimmer on the sea;
But gentle words and loving hearts,
And hands to clasp my own,
Arc better than the brightest flowers,
Or stars that ever shone!
The sun may warm the grass to life,
The dew the dropping flower,
And eyes grow bright and watch the light
OF autumn's.opening hour;
But words that breathe of tenderness,
And smiles we know are trros
Are warmer than the summer time,
Are brighter than the dew.
II Is not much the world can give
With all its subtle art,
And gold or gems are not the things
To satisfy the heart;
But oh; If those who cluster round
The altar and the hearth,
Have gentle words and loving smiles,
How beautiful is esrth7
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
Sensation Sermon.

What shall we say of Welsh divine al
Shrewsbury who, in preaching funeral ser.
mon for the late Rev. John Angel james, oI
Birmingham, took for text the following
fragments of Scripture: "Fhere was mar
sent from Ged whose name was John. ~
And / saw an Angel fly in the midst ol
heaven, &c. y James, the servant o
God, &c." The sermon is said to have been
"excellent. " - Oswsstry Advertiser.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25
DotetifL, !,
Deborah Lee.

We for one, would really be glad to know the au
thor Of aDeborah Lee." The poem, profeSsedy
parody upon Poe's celebrated refrain, excelS the orig
inal in many respects; r.
rTis dozen or 80 Of years ago,
Somewhere in the West eountree,
That nice girl lived, as 70 Boosters knew,
BY the name Of Deborah Lee;
Hbf lister was loved by Edgar Poe,
But Deborah by me. y
Now was green, and she was green,
As summers squash might be, =
And we loved as warmly as other folks,
and my Deborah Leo
with . love that the lasses Of HooSiefdom
Coveted her and me.
Bu. somehow It happened long ago,
In the agueish West countree,
That chill March morning gave the SHAKES
To my beautiful Deborah Lee; .
And The grim steam doctor Course him) came
And tore her away from me-
The doctor and death, old partners they,
In the agueish West countree.
The angels wanted her up In Heaven,
(But they never asked for MEO
And that Is the reason, rather guess,
That the cold March wind and the doctor and deau
Took OF my Deborah Lee
NV beautiful Deborah Lee
From the warm sunshine and the opening noWer'
And took her away from me. .
Oar love was as strong as Eix horse team,
Or she love Of folks older than we,
And possibly wiser than we,
Rut death, with the aid of doctor and steam,
Was rather too many for me;
He closed the peppers and sllenced the breath
or nv sweetheart Deborah Lee
And her form lies cold in the prairie mold,
silent and cold-ah, mel
The foot of the hunter shall press her grave;
And the prairie's sweet, wild flowers,
In their odorous beauty around her Wave,
Through all the sunny hours
Tho still, bright summer hours;
And birds shalt sing in the tufted grsss,
And the newly-aden bee,
with his dreamy hum, on his gauze wings pass
She wakes no more to me;
Ahi nevermoTe to me!
Tboueh the wild birds sing and the wild flowers spri
Sho wakes no more TO me.
Va, Oft in the hush of the dim, sill night,
A vision of beauty soc,
Gliding soft to my bedside-a phantom Of light
Dear, beautiful Deborah Lee-
My bride that was to be;
And wake 10 mourn that tie doctor and death,
And the cold March wind, should stop the breath
OF my darling Deborah Lee
Adorable Deborah Lee;
That angels should want her up in Heaven,
Before they wanted ME-
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25

er"Sir," said burly fellow of no envi-
able character, 81 have the largest neck Of
any man in the city," "Very likely" said
his neighbor sand saw yesterday the lar.
gest rope in the cisy-Put that and that to-
gNhaE,"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25

GT"WhO is he I" said passer by to a
policemen. who was endeavoripg to raise en-
intoxicated Individual who had fallen into
the gutter. "Can't say, sir.'' replied the
policeman, "he cant give an account ot
himself" "Of course not,'' said the other,
chow can you expect an account Of man
Who has lost kis balance 2" sas 4
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25

Az RIsHADvERT1sEMEKT,-Ifthe gentle
man who keeps shoe shop with red heao'
will returdS the umbrella Of a young lady
with an ivory handle,.he will near o. s0ms'
thing to her advantage.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-01-25

ora lady describing an ill.natured man,
says, she never smiles but he feels ashamed
Of t." .sae ss.aTa@,tT. r. st' g
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-09-28
Sqzaafter Sovereignty.

Judge Douglas and his friends and ad-
vocates are assaulted by every Breckenridge
orator in the State, from the perfect gen.
tlemen fighting for principle. and observ-
ing all the courtesics of life, to the aban-
doned cross-road orator, destitute of any
principle, and devoid of either ideas in pol
itics or politeness in private life-for enter
tanning the opinion that the numerical pow
er Of a Territory-the majority of its peo-
pie, when Territorial Legislature repre-
sents it-have the right to determine vheth-
er or not slavery shall exist in that Terri
tory. Whilst Judge Douglas and soine Of
his friends may entertain the opinion that
the people of Territory, when its Legis-
lature assemblies, have the right to deter
mine this question, Judge Douglas and
those agreeing with him in this regard still
assert that they, right or wrong in their
views on this question, will submit to the
decision Of the judiciary of the United
States. Ihe platform which Judge Doug
las stands upon, was constructed at Cincin-
natl by the best intellects of the nation land
in consonance with the views of such men
as R. NJ. I. Hunter, James NJ. Mason Orr,
Of South Carolina, Davis, of Mississippi,
Benjamin. of Louisiana, Breckenridge, o.
Kentucky, Lane, of Oregon, and host of
the best Democrats in the Union.
Breckenridge stands upon the platform of
Notification reared by VIM. L Yancey, of
Alabama, and supported by Rhett, OF South
Carolina, Walker, of Alabama, Buchanan,
Of the District Of Columbia, and Caleb Cush-
ing, of Massachusetts. Freemen of Vir-
ginia choose ye between the law loving,
law-abiding Stephen A. Douglas, and J. G.
Breckenridge, bolstered up by the friends
Of Congressional Intervention.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-09-28
COME ONE, COME ALL (!
DEMOCRATIC RALLysl

Hon. VIM. L. YANCEY, of Alabama.
the fearless champion of Southern Rights,
the firm upholder Of the UNION UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION, and eloquent advocate OF
the election of BRECKINRTDGE AND
LANE. will address the people of Augusta,
AT STANTON, on Wednesday, the 3rd 0,
October, at o'clock, a. NJ
Come, men of Augusta, and hear this
distinguished SoUrHENER, who has been
said, even BY political opponent, to be 80
man whom 40 one can hear for FIVE minutes,
without desire to hear him for five hours p
Come and hear his eloquent exposition Of
the issues of this momcntous canvass
MANY DEMOCRATS.
Sept, %. 1850.