Portage Sentinel in Ravenna, Ohio

Fragmented Tales and Robber Hillside Plot in Old Chronicle

A dense, fragmented page blends poetry, historical sketch, and sensational narrative. It recounts Sir John Cochranes’ capture and near execution, Grizel Cochranes heroism, a Berwick mail robbery, prison scenes with a loving daughter, and a later moral anecdote about a maniac and a compassionate child. It also includes a long civic report on Ravenix Portage County Agricultural Society events in 1841 with premiums for cattle, horses, and livestock, and misc. anecdotes about religion, debt, and a New Hampshire prison anecdote.