Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-10-01

| = fBarnam's bearded Lady
In looking over French scientific wctt On
the subieutof beurds, day or two since, we
stumbled ona curious chapter cf collected
facts as to The women OF different epocha.who
have CHANGED TO be bearded and the opening
question OF The writer-'ahdf ,coDssa b DIS
sNksritsd cf bard 70 az eternity y'--ibads b.
fancy that a translatiou Of The hisi0ficel part
Of it might be interesting;
| Hppocrates cites ap instance ola ycmsn Of
Abderu, named Phetusa, whose Husband Py-
thias was long kept in exile, and who wsksd
one morning, with beard which had grown
in the night
Queen Marguerite. Of the Pays Bas bad .
face covered with long and strong beard
There was Swedish woman. enlisted .,
mong the grenadiers, Of Charles XII, who
had a beard, foot aud half long. She wss
made prisoner at the battle Of Pultows.
and carried to St Petersburg. where she was
presen.edto the Czar 10 1924. az
In the Cabinet Of Curiosities at Stutgsrd.
is to be seen the portrait of woman named
Bariel GraeGe, whose chin is daEkened with en-
outrageous beard.
In 1925, the Cardinal at Venice was ~.
matkable for dancer Of the frst-sin ser who
astonish ed the gay world no less by her re-
markable grace than by the black and profuss
beard upon her chin.
1t is recorded in the Pogonias, that the woe
men Of Athens wore artificial boards, which
they arranged with most iIlusory effect upon
their checks, from their own hair, and which
enabled them to figure upon the ramparts ss
soldiers -
The women at Lombardy, at one time. form.
ed themselves into military companies and
wore artificial boards; but continued the fash
ion Of boards long after they had given up fife
and drum, and ceased wishing 70 repel or be
formidable.
Cicero records law sgainst the acties Of
some secret by which the roman women wsts
at that time, enabled to produce beard.
police report. Of France, in 1886, men,
tious a witness. who, on being summoned %
the stand as Madame Leforh showed beard
ed face above the crown. The magistrate re-
minded the sheriff that it was a lady who
was called, not cenfieman--but the subss-
euent appearance Of the shoulders and chest
corrected his misapprehension, though the
court was silent for some seconds, with astea.
ishment at the beard. , ~
AT the Sandwich Islands, last year. there
we're three deaths to oae birth, aud the pop
ulation which does not exceed $4,000, was at
the last dates being thined out by the rayagea
of the small pox.
An old maid who hates be male sex most
vehemently, cut a female acquaintance who
compmeuted her on the buoyancy Of hsr
spirits.
Ideas hang together in the mind by nums-
rous hooks, aud the more ideas man has. tbs
more be can hitch on.
Ma said ple;ra .ious youth to his mater
nal progenitor, the other day. isn't thai mau'
courtin' our Sarah in the slrng time Of life?'
why, my son !? inquired The anxious motk-
er. l11
Cos. ma, h. looks SO confoundsdly green
Sarah didn': faint notwithstanding she
overheard the confab. s
wei, should have as little TO do with politics
as possible. Remember this aud stay with
your wifc--if you have one.
al have turned many wcman's head
boasted young noblemanof france. "Yes,'
replied Taleyrand. "away from you" ~
If you are about to leave neighborss
house, don't stand stammering. and fum5l;ns,
and saying--"WeA guess mus; be goiag.'
When you are ready, go at once. -.
The man who "fell into rap,ures" withgsa
pretty girl, was taken out with considerable
difficulty. = u.e sl5 .5
There is a stalk of corn in Hagerssowa
containing ono hundred ears. 49, as
Alocomotive ON the Southern Michigan
all Dad recently ran into herd Of wild deer.
in the night killing several OF them-
There is an invalid in the Cincinnati Dis.
pensary who whistles continually in bis sleep,
Queen Victoria has prohibited tho polka
being danced in her presence.
1t is said that aiasfy miles Of cotton cl.,h
are daily manufactured in Manchester. n II.
The amount Of capital stock Of all the Bes,
ton banks is 27.oeo0oo.
The Erie Railroad. with It's equ pu,ents.
cost twenty -fxe millions of dollars and era.
ploys two hundred locomotives!
"Wha. are you writing such big hand
for, Pat?" "Why, You see, my grandnnott.
er's dafe. snd I'm writing a loud ie,hes Ia
herl" sapc .|4 stas.'st r. e
Ex-senator TRuaAs SMITH has published
the analysis Of the matrix. or rock that sur
rounds the conner ore of Lake Sunari.,s ahd