Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-09-15


Yet e'en this cheerless mansion shall protid6
More hearts repose than all the world besidat
The Loss OF WIRE. --Iu comparison
with the loss Of wife, all other befeaye.
ments are trihing. The wife she who fIls
so large space in the domestic heaven;
che who busted herself so unweariedly for
the precious ones around her; bitter, bitter
is the tear that falls on her cold clay! You
stand beside her coffin and think Of the
past. 1t seems an amber colored pathway,
where the sun shone upon beautiful Cow
ers, or tbe stars hung git,ering overhead.
-Fain would the soul linger iherel No
thorns are remembered save those your
hands may unwillingly have planted. Her
noble, tender heart lies open to your in
most sight. You think Of her now as OF
gentleness, all beauty, and all purity. But
she is dead The dear head that Law upon
your bosom, rests in the still darkness, upon
pillow of clay. The hands that have
ministered so uniiringly, are folded. white
and cold, beneath the gloomy portal. The
heart whose every beat measured an eter-
nifty of love, lies under your feet. The
flowers she bent over with smiles bend now
above her in tears, shaking the dew from
petals that the verdue around her NAV be
kept green and beautiful.
There is no white arm over your shoul-
der; no speaking TO look up into the eye
of love; no trembling lips murmer, "ob. i.
is SO sad"
There is SO strange hush in every room.
no light footsiep passing around. No Smile
to greet you al nightfall And the old
clock ticks and strikes, ard ticks-it was
such music when she could hear i'll Now
1t seems knell on the hours through
which you watched the shadows Of death
gathering upon her sweet face.
And every day the clock repeats that old
story. Many another tale it teleth too--of
beautiful words and deeds that are regis
tered above. You feel-Oh, how often
that the grave cannot keep her
Our DraWer
ONE GLASS OF WrNE.-A very interest
ing story of the birth, patronage, and rise
to power of the Emperor of France, is Civ
en- in Harper's Magazine Included in
that article. we also find the history of one
glass of wine as follows:
AbO DuhC VI OilCduS tuo clutob oOU VI
King Louis Philippe, was the inheri,or of
whatever rights the royal family could
transmit He was noble young man
physically and Intellectually noble. One
morning he invited few companions vi ith
him as he was about to take his departure
for Paris to Join his regiment. In the con.
vviality of the hour he drank little too
much wine. He did not become intoxica.
ted; be was not in any respect dissipated
man. His character was lofty and noble.
But 10 that joyous hour he drank glass
too nush. He slightly los: the balance of
his body and of his mind Bidding adieu
to his companions he entered his carriage.
But for that extra glass Of wine he would
have kept his seat He leaped from the
carriage But for that extra glass of wino
he would have alighted on his feet His
head struck the pavement. Sensless and
bleeding he was taken into beer shop and
died That extra glass OF wine overthrow
the Orleans dynasty con6scated their prop.
erty of one hundred millions Of dollars, and
sent :he whole family into exile.
FANNY FERN SoLD.-That amiable sub
acid. Fanny Fern, in writing for the Trib-
une an account Of the difficulty she had on
a certain morning, to obtain "that part of
my breakfast contained in the New York
Tribune" twas it mackerel y relates how
she at length rushed into the street and
found man at peanut stand with the
coveted Tribune by his side.
all give you three cents for it," said 1.
"a shake of the head
"Sir cents?
! (Another shake.)
"a shilling?" Il was getting excited.l
ats no use ma'am." said the persistent
old fellow. "It's the only number / could
get, and tell you that nobody shall have
that Tribune till have read it myself
You should have seen. Mr.. Editor. the
shapeless hat, the mosaic coat, the tattered
vest, and the extraordinary PAIR Of trow-
sers tina. were educated up to that Tr;buae
it was picturel
We need not tell our readers that this
man with the "ertraordinory trowsers" was
Mr.. Greeley himself
Two German Jews were arrested in New
York for attempting to smuggle diamonds 10
the value Of $l5. 900 ashore from the steam
ship Washington. One of the prisoners
had buckskin belt around his person in
which were secreted the brilliants. In the
vest pocket of one Of the prisoners were
found four costly gold watches and a mum
Der Of diamonds. Under his clothes was
a belt made of cotton cloth very similar in
form TO life preserver. and which was till-
ed with all descriptions Of the most yaua-
BILE watches, diamond. ruby and enaneled
rings, and about 800 carets weight Of unset
diamonds. On searching his companion q
large amount Of jewelry was taken from
the legs of his boots.
ARrEsIAN WELL-The deepest artesian
well in the world has been sunk at the
sugar refinery Of Mr.. Belcher. at ST. Louis
II is at present 2.2Oo feet 10 depth. and
, workbench are still engaged in sinking il
deeper. At the depth Of TOO feet. vein
Of salt was struck; and at 1900 feet an
immense vein Of sulphur water burst forth
, which has been running ever since. in a
large stream, from the mouth OF the well