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Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
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4 splendid Description.

One Paul Denton. Methodist preacher in
Texas. advertised barbecue. With better IL
quor than usually furnished When the peo-
pie we're assembled, desperate in the crowd
cried out, Mr.. Paul Denton, your rivereace
has lied. You promised US not only a good
barbecue but better liquor. Where's the Il
quor 2"
aThere!1 answered the missionary, IN tones
of thunder. and pointing his motionless finger
at the matchless double spring, gushing up IN
two strong columns, with sound like shout
of Joy from the bosom of the earth sTheFe!'
he repeated, with look terrible as the lighf-
ming, while his enemy actually trsmbled On
his feet: there in the liquor which God. the
Eternal, brews for all his childrenl
Not in the simmering stills, over smoky fres
choked with poisinous gases, and surrounded
with the stencil of sickening odors and rank
corruption, doth your Fatherin heaven pre-
pare the precious essence of life, the pure cold
water But in the green glade and grassy
dell, where the green deer wanders, and the
child loves to play, there God brews II and
down low down, in the deepest vallies where
the fountain murmurs and the rills sing; and
high upon the tall mountain tops, where the
naked granite glitters like gold in the sun,
where the storm-cloud broods and the thunder
storms crash, and away far out on the vide
wild where the hurricane howls music. and the
big waves roar the chorus, sweeping the march
of God-there He brews it that beverage Of
| life, health-giving water. And every where
it is a thing Of beauty. cleaning ia the
dew-drop; singing in the Summer rains
shining in the ice-gem, till the trees al seem
turned to living jewels, spreading golden vel
over the setting sun, or white gauze around
the midnight moon; sporting in the cataract;
sleeping in the glacier; dancing in the hail
shower, folding its bright snow cuEtsins softly
about The wintry world: nnd weaving the
many colored iris, that sersph's zone Of the
sky, whose wrap is the rain-drop Of earth.
whose roof is the sunbeam of heayen, al
checked over with celestial flowers. BY the
mystic hand of refraction It always beau
tiful-that blessed lfe-water, no poison biib-
bles on its brink, its foam brings not madness
and murder; no blood stains its liquid glass;
| pale widows and starving orphans weep not
burning tears in its depths, no drunkardis
shrieking ghost from the grave curses il in
words of eternal despair Speak outrny friends
would you exchange it for demon drink, aleo-
hol?'
A shout ike the roar Of tempest answer
ed-@No!"
L
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
The African verdict.

Alexander of Macedonia once arrived into
neighboriug and wealthy province Of Africa;
the inhabitants came forth to meet him, and
brought him their robes filled with golden
apples and fruits Eat this fruit among your
selves y said Alexander-@I am not come e
see your wealth but learn your customs"
They then conducted him to the market
where the king administered justice A eiti-
zen Just then came before the king and said
@I have bought of this man, oh king q sack
full of chat, and have found It secret trea-
sure The cllaf is mine and not the gold:
and this man will not take il again. Command
him oh king, that he receive il, for It is bin
own"
And his antagonist, q citizen also Of the
place answered:
''Thou fearest to retain anything unjustlys
and should / not also fear to receive anything
from thee? / have sold thee the sack with al
that was in it. Keepit for It Is thine. Com-
mand him oh. King.
The king inquired of the first one, if he had
son. He answered 4Yess He inquired Of
the other if he had daughter. and the same
answer. sYes' was returned.
@Well, then, said the king. ''You are both
lust men; marry your children to each other
and give them the discovered treasure as 3
marriage portion This is my verdict"
Alexandar was astonshed when he heard
the verdict.
Have / Judged uniustly, said the king Of
this remote country, 'that you ar thus astonish-
ed? ?"
"Not at al, {" answered Alexander @but IN
our country they would have judged far other
wise 81.
"And how then wonId they have judged ?'
inquired the African king.
aBoth parties would have lost their heads 2
answered Alexander, "and their treasure
i would have fallen into the hands Of the hing. =
Then the king elapsed his hands together.
and said adoes the sun shine npon you And
do the heavens still shower their ram upon
YOU ?" Alexander replied Yes
at mus { then be-" continued the king. afor
the sake Of innocent beasst which i've in your
country; for upon such men no sun should
shine and no rain should faH"
From the Germar.
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
A very Important Letter from Mrs.
PartinGtOn.

Her Dangerous IlLs,ess- Causes g. Remedy
Convalescence-1r Troubles 6R Congress
Clay We6ster-D Dissolution of the Union
Moses Sojounrin9 IN the WILDERNESS
Cuba Business-R Rochester Knoekings dc.
I'd writ you afore, but was tux six. and like
ter died with the die-a-rear and disiaterestin
complaint
I'd bean out walkin with the Rev. Mr.. Stig-
gins, obsarvin the stars in the fundament, and
the hagrant oder of the honey suckers, sweet
SPRINGS. Polly Anthuscs and Mary Goods,
with the shiney coudishm of the moon, KEEP US
up too late; necks day went out in the hot
suns rase, without my parashute, and like ter
perdused Information in my brain
l sent fer Doktor Squills, and he sed my
elementary canawl was outen fx, and my abom-
inable canawl was in abominable bad order,
and so he gin me camomile till il perdused
salvation, then Bring deaths Pills and the
Grave 'umbug's Company's medsins, and
wound up with all-killen mixters and sodger
water, until he Pronounced me effervescent,
[Query-convalescent ?-ED. and this is my
apoplex fer not writin afore
Oh, myi I'm in sich fdget about Con-
gress; the Union will be dissolute, / no.
Theirs that Absolom man, Benton, bent on
havin his own weigh, wich Mr. Stiggins ses
is nigh onto two hundred and fifty, they call
him old Bullion, cause he's alters bullyin some
one
And then that lie of Cubebs bisnis. and
Ime affearsd the stripes and stars-our sweet
hag-is in calumus condishun.
l smell gunpowder in every blow and breeze
and we shall have disorderly Sargeants beatir
drums and trumpets about the streets agin
don't like ftin, and new-fashionrd Pisco-
tartan Parsons that wear Cossacks, and has
orbicular confessions, may preach about Moses
sodgerin forty years in the wilderness, but
don't believe it's cordin to christianity to have
"Wiskey'd Panders and their Ioud Huzzars.''
rampagin up and down the country, and cut
tin up rusticks
Moses didn't do no ftin arter all onless be
fit the tigers in the Wilderness, fer the Red
Sea made rise on Pharo and swept him
clean.
Mr. Stiggins ses Clay and Webster is the
two pliers of Libbety, but always thought the
pillers of Libbety was stuffed with the fetherI
of the Egle OF Freedom, that Mr.. Claton sen
to Cubebs to purtect the Woman's Island
prisners. Them lie of Cubebs fellers hat
best let Womau's Island alone.
want to come down and see Mr.. Grizzle'
pair of Rochester knockers, as soon as I'm
efficiently efferYescent They say they'r
Fishes, and has got Fish bean, and an oil
she Fox for champeron.
Respectfully yours,
| SALE An PARTINeToN.
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
tndge Neod-Eres Demeeraey.

The Locofocos Of this county succeeded m
indnc ing a considerable portion of Free Sollers
to believe that they had been soundIy coa-
verted to Free Soil principles. and had cut
loose from all connection with their old party.
Under such allurments they carried the county
last fall. This spring the same appliances
were exerted successfully to secure the election
of Mr.. Humphreville to seat N constitutional
Convention. At the time of bis nomination
he was called upon TO define his position. de
announced his determination to oppose Judge
Wood, unless he came out publicly and de
clared in favor of the Wilmot ProTiso. In the
late Old bunker Locofoco State Contention,
we find that Mr. Humphreville was delegate
pledoing himself by a resolution Of that Con-
vention, 10 support Judge Wood and the pro
slavery bunker nominee Of the same party for
member of the Board of Public works--
Elected BY the people as Free Democrat.
he has turned the "cold shoulder" to the real
free soiler who voted for him. and pledged
himself to oppose their candidates! Hereafter
we suppose we may set him down as regn-
lar Old Hunker. We observe, also that j.
w. TAYLOR Of Erie county, and Lucian Svlis
Of Summit, both elected as Free Soil men,
participated in the Old Hunkee COM entioh.--
There is a time coming, He trust when these
p pscudo- Free Suilets vii be understood.
Am evil saul. producing holy witness
Is like vilIaiu with smilsng chseks
A goodly apple fotieh the heart
o what 0oodly ontsds felsehood hsth.n
AfediEa Nhig.
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
foms of Ohio.
[PubIished by ARthOrity.l
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LAWS OF A LOCAL CHARACTER
nv ACT


To lay out and establish Fee Turnpike Road
from the Maumee and Western Reserve Road
to the Toledo and Woodviie Road.
Sec l. Be Il enacted By the General AS-
sena6Iy of the state of Ohio, That Daniel Bla-
den of Wood county, and Sanford Baker of
Sandusky county, be, and they are hereby ap-
pointed commissioners to lay out and construct
a free turnpike road, to commence at the Maui
NEE and Western Reserve road on the line be-
tween Wood and Sandueky counties. and
thence run north to the Wood county line, or
as near thereto as practicable. to the Toledo
and Woodville road.
Sec. 2. Said commissioners and their sue
cessors in office, shall be body corporate by
the name and style of the 'county line road, /"
and shall have authority TO lay out and con-
struct free turnpike road on, or near as prac-
ticable to the line above described in the filst
section of this act and shall be governed in
their duties by the provisions of the act for
laying out and establishing free turnpike roads
passed March II, 1s45, and the acts amend
atory thereto, except where the same may be
changed by this act
Sec 8. For the purpose of creating fund
for the construction of said road, the taxes ap-
propriated by the provisions of the last named
act, shall be set apart and applied to the con-
struction of said road until the same is paid
for and that an additional special tax of ten
cents on each acre annually for four years is
hereby authorized to be levied on all taxable
lands within one-half mile on each side of said
road, except the Maumee and Western Re-
serve tract that may be within said half mile
limits; il is hereby made the duty of the
county auditors of Wood, Sandusky and OF
tawa counties, to annually, when making out
the grand duplicates of taxes, to compute said
taxes upon SO much of said lands as may lie
in their respective counties, upon the duph-
cate to be collected as other taxes for state
and county purposes. The county auditors
and the county treasurers of Wood, Sandusky
and Ottawa counties shall be governed in their
duties under this act by the provisions of the
said act entitled an act to lay out and con-
struct free turnpike roads, and said commits
sioners shall certify for work done on said road
to the several auditors of Wood, Sandusky and
Ottawa counties, for the amount of funds in
each county arising under the operation of this
act The bonds 10 be given by said commits
sioners to be approved by the county commits
sioners of Wood county, and fled with the au-
ditor of Wood county.
Sec. A. The special taxes as provided for in
this bill, shall be levied, collected and paid
over to the person entitled to receive the same,
the same as other taxes on lands are collected
and paid over.
BENJAMIN F. LETTER,
Speaker House Reps.
CHARLES G. CONYERS,
Speaker of Senate.
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
AN ACT.
March 19,I95O.

To incorporate the Sulphur Spring PIank-ROad
Company.
Sec. l. Be 1t enacted by tie General Assem-
bly, Of the State Of Ohio, That John Moore,
Daniel H. Dana, Lucius B. Otis, Jacob A. Lem
on, Jesse S. Olmsted and James Valette, O:
Sandusky county. and Josiah Hedges, of Sen
eca county, and all others who may become
associated with them by subscribing to the
capital stock Of the company, be, and they are
hereby declared body polite and corporate;
by the name and title of the Sulphur Spring
Plank Road Company, with capital stock of
fifteen thousand dollars, divided into shares of
fifty dollars each. for the purpose of construct
ing plank road from Fremont, in Sandusky
county, by the way of Samuel Works and
John More's mill, to the village of Sulphur
Spring, or to Hedges MILL in Seneca county,
and for such purpose the provisions of the act
to incorporate the Milan and Richland plank
road company, passed January thirty first, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-fEe, SO far
as the same are applicable to such purpose,
are hereby extended to the company hereby
incorporated, and said company shall be sub
ect to the provisions Of said act as far as prsc'
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
A GreenhOrn's First Racs-A swipdIe

Most people are inclined to receive the mo-
tices of "green ones'' which they see in the
papers, as drafts at sight on the fertile imag
nations of the Editors; but this morning VIC
witnessed specimen ofverdancy which would
have made the most skeptial come DOWN
The Queen City Niagara, and Ohio were all
Just pushing off from Stockley pier, the Queen
being clear of the dock by length when
slim specimen of humanity came rushing
down the bank in that state of body so happily
described by Neal as being 'monstrous warm
and running makes it moususser,-an in a
state of mind bordering on mixity.
The race however was not in the swift, this
time, and legs stood no chance with steam
Greeny stood aghast, but rallied as he sung
out-'Hello! Capting, I'm left:-I want to go
aboardr Capt Titus answered the order on
" with smile full of coincidence for the left
individual-the boat was started and the ball
was bound to go on. Again the passenger
shouted-'Capting, oh, Captain! give her a
turn back; I've paid to Toledo and A
steam hiss cut the appeal short, and forty
miles from home, with nary friend, the ira
weller was left on an unknown shore.
The bystanders discovering that there was
something green about began to inquire the
strangers history, ,aud were told that 'he didn't
'zactly know what state he was FROM but be-
licved it was the State of Chataque. He was
bound for Chicago and had taken passage foI
Toledo.which he tho't was somewhere 'up west
but of its particular location he had not the
romorest idea. On board some gentleman
had swindled the poor fellow out Of $50, re-
ceiving that amount in good money, and Civ
ing him in return what looked like $50 but
was the card of Boston Boot Store.
[Cleveland Herald.
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
AN ACT

To incorporate the Bucyrus and Toledo Railroad
Company.
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the General Assens-
big of the state of Ohio, That George Quimby,
Jabez B. Larwill, John Anderson, Andrew Tai
Ter, Henry Converse, John A. Gormley, Zal-
man Rouse. and George Bender, Of Crawford
county; w. P Noble, w. H. Gibson, and R.
w Shawhan, of Seneca county; Ralph P.
Buckland, John r. Pease, and John Bell, of
Sanducky county, and James Myers, Hezekiah
D. Mason, Dcnison Steele, Charles R. Miller,
John E. Hunt Samuel NJ. Young, and Daniel
F. Cook, of Lucas county, and Erasmus D.
Peck and John c. Sphinx, of Wood county, are
hereby created body corporate, with perpet-
ual session, by the name of the Bucyrus, Tifin
and Toledo railroad company, with power to
construct railroad from Toledo in Lucas
county, by the way Of Maumee city, in Lucas
county, Perrysburgh, in Wood county, Fre-
mont in Sandusky county, and Tifin, in Sene-
ca county, to Bucyrus in Crawford county, and
thence to any point said company may select,
to intersect the Cleveland and Columbus rail
road: provided, that If a majority of the di-
rectors shall think it impracticable to locate
said road by the way of Maumee city, in Lu-
cas- county, or Perrysburgh in Wood county,
nothing in this act shall be so construed as to
compel them to locate said road through said
towns.
Sec O. The capital stock of said company
may be any amount necessary to construct
said road
Sec 8. Said company shall have the powers,
and be subject to all the restrictions and pro-
visions of the act regulating railroad compa-
nies, passed February eleventh, one thousand
eight hundred and forty eight.
BENJAMIN T. LETTER,
Speaker House Reps.
CHARLES g. CONVERS,
Speaker of Senate.
March %. 1850.
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
AN ACT.
March Z, 1850.

To incorporate the Sandusky and Ottawa Plank
Road company.
See. /. Bet enacted By the General ASSEM-
5ly of the State of Ohio, That John Bell and
Peter Burgoon, of Sandusky county, and
George W. Luckey, Levi Palmer, Adolphus
Kraemer and Charles Fepperlen, of the coun-
ty Of Ottawa, be and are hereby created a body
corporate under the name and style of the Of
tawa Plank Road Company, for the purpose OF
constructing plank-road from point on the
Western Reserve and Maumee turnpike, about
one mile west of Fremont, in Sandusky coun-
ty, to Hartford, in Ottawa county, and thence
in westerly direction, to intersect the Wood
vile and Toledo plank-road at or near the res
idence of Harvey L. Warmer, in Ottawa
County.
Sec. The capital stock of said company
shall consist of twenty thousand dollars, to BIT
divided into shares of twenty five dollars each
and said company may enlarge the same, il
the directors see fit, to any sum not exceeding
fifty thousand dollars.
Sec. 8. The provisions of an act to incorpo
rate the Toledo and Woodville plank-roac
company, passed March 9th, l849, SO far a
the same are applicable to such purposes, are
hereby extended to the company hereby in
corporated, and said company shall be subjec
to the provisions Of said act, as far as practi
cable, which provisions are hereby made (
part of this act; and the said company may
establish ferry across the Portage river, un
der the same rules and regulations as apply
to the ferry across the Maumee river at TO
ledo
Sec. 4. At any time after twenty year
from the time tolls may be collected on saic
road, the Legislature may regulate the rate
of tolls, and the counties through which sale
road may pass shall have right after sucl
time to purchase said road in such manner a
may be provided by law; said company shal
be subject to the provisions of any genera
law hereafter enacted, regulating the mode Q
assessing damages for materials taken, or tn
right of way; the capital stock and propert
of said company shall be subject to such tax a
may be hereafter prescribed for.
BENJAMIN F. LETTER,
Speaker House Reps.
CHARLES G. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.
March 10, 1850.
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
March %, 1850.
AN ACT

To incorporate the Sandusky and Wood county
Plank Road company.
Sec l. Be ii enacted By the General ASSEM-
BIZ of tie State of Ohio, That James Moore,
Charles G. Greene, Jesse Chance and Martin
Wright, of Sandusky county, and William
Chapman, of Wood county, and all persons
who may be associated with them by sub
scribing to the capital stock of the company,
be, and they are hereby declared body pol
tic and corporate, by the name and style of the
"Sandusky and Wood county Plank Road com
pany," with capital stock of fifty thousand
dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars
each, for the purpose of constructing plank
road from James Moore's mill, Sandusky eoun-
ty, thence west on the State road through
Greensburgh, Scott township, thence due west
through Sandusky county, thence due west
until it intersects the road leading from Roll
ersville to Freeport, thence on said road to
Freeport, thence westwardly to the McCutch-
enville road; and for such purposes the pro-
visions of the act Incorporating the Milan and
and Richland Plank Road company, passed
January thirty-one, one thousand eight hun
dred and forty five and the amendments there
to, passed March eleventh, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-fve, SO far as the same are
applicable to such purpose, are hereby exend-
ed to this company, and this company is here
by subjected to the provisions of said act
Provided, that this company shall be subject
to any general law which may hereafter be
passed, regulating the basis and mode of as
sessing damages for materials taken, or for the
right of way.
Sec. 2. Nothing in this act contained shall
be construed as depriving the General Assem-
bly, of the power of taxation over the compa'
ny hereby created, whensoever it may choose
to exercise the same.
BENJAMIN F. LETTER,
Speaker House Reps.
CHARLES c. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.
March 8. 1850
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
AN ACT.
March %, 1850.

To amend the act entitled "an act 10 incorporate
the Lower Sandusky and RolleSsville Plank
Road Company.
SEC. l. Be it enacted By the General assem-
Jly of the State Of Ohio, That the act enti-
tied "An act to incorporate the Lower San
dusky and Rollersville Plank Road Company
passed March 18th, A D. 1s49, be-, and the
same is hereby amended, SO as to authorize
the president and directors of said company
to extend said plank-road to the McCutchen-
vile State Road, in Montgomery township
Wood county, by way of Freeport, in said
county.
Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said com.
pany be, and the same is hereby increased tc
the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
BENJAMIN F. LETTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
CHARLES C. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.
March z. 1850.
Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-10
March 10, 1850.
AN ACT.


To amend an act entitled "an actt0 incorporate the
Lower Sandusky, Tifin and Fort Ball Plank
Road Company" passed March %. Is49.
Sec. /. Be IL enacted By the General As
sena6iy of the State of Ohio, That the act en-
titled San act to incorporate the Perrysburg
and Findlay Plank Road Company" passed
March 22, lS49, excepting therefrom so much
of said act as conflicts with the provisions of the
act to which this is an amendment, shall be
construed and taken to be a part and parcel
of the act entitled an act to incorporate the
Lower Sandusky, Tifin and Fort Ball Plank
Road company, passed March %, 1919; pro-
vided, that the provisions of this act shall not
be construed to authorize any subscription by
township to any plank road company in the
county Seneca.
Sec 2. At any time after twenty years
from the time tolls may be collected on said
road the legislature may change the rate of
tolls, and the counties through which said road
may pass shall have right after such time to
purchase said road in such manner as may be
prescribed by law. Said company shall be
subject to the provisions of any general law
hereafter enacted, regulating the mode of as
sessing damages for materials taken, or the
right Of way. The capital stock and proper
ty of said road shall be subject to such tax as
may be hereafter provided for.
BENJAMIN F. LETTER,
Speaker House Reps.
CHARLES c. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.