Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-04-20

Tax HoosAc TGxSxL-This great !un-
mel for the Boston and Troy railroad
through Hoosac mountain is We learn,
bound TO be made. Il Is four miles and
half through mica slate fock. The contract
ors reside in New York. and are now pre-
pared for operation. They eonlract 70 do
the work for 100000 n four years.
Their calculations are msds on hand drill
ing although they are now engaged IN per-
fec,ing machinery 10 supsrcede il Their
plan is to set one set Of hands on an entry
Of six feet in diameter. To follow them
another set TO take of sin more. and so on
until they get an entry Of "a fset diameter.
This to be done at both ends and at two
shafts. Il is estimated that the Iunnsl and
road viii be completed for s3,50O,0O09-
Bosienians have subscribed 100000, The
State $2.000.000. conditionRllY. and ths
balance is expected to be made up By towns
along the line.
The s4ItoR's LAST LHTTER.--The Barn.
stable Patriot says that about ten days agos
Mr.. David Kelley of CentrsviIls, found q
bottle in that barber, at low water marks
which contained paper on which was writ
ten the following;
Here / am on the wreck Of the Esther
Swift Expecting every minute 10 90 dowu
l throw this box into the sea. so that if any
one finds it, they will please send il to
Alexander Osborn, New Haven. Good
bye to the world, and good bye dear fath-
and mother, and dear sister. From your
son and brother. Wm. H Osborn.
Good bye forever, pray ! may meet
you in heaven if not on earth"
The Esther Swift belonged in New Ha-
ven and has been engaged in freighsing 10
the West Indies.
UxBrR rHE SEow.-At lhe time Of the
snow STERN Of the Sd Of FEBRUARY lass, two
sheep on the farm Of Nathaniel B. Williams
Esq. of Lahesboro. stayed away ahd we're
given up by their owner for lost, being COW
cred up in snow drift which fled ditch
behind a fence to the depth Of II feet
On the 9th, weeks and 8 days after their
disappearance, Mr.. ". discovered s small
hole in the snow. and on enlarging it the
sheep were discovered in q little cavern in
the snow of some feet IN size. On being
released they scampefed Of brisky TO the
barn, apparently uninjdred BY their fast
Berkshire Eagle. g
Iow4.-The people Of lows gained an
important victory over the Slave Dsmccra'
cy Of that State last fall. The Legisls.ure
passed stringent liquor law, and the peo-
pie 81 the ballot boz have just indorsed and
sustained it by large majority. Al the
same time. the people voted for Z CCmuis-
.sioner Of Public Works. and Supsfinten-
dent of Schools, and the Wing candidates
we're elected BY larger majority thsn vas
given for the Wing ticket last fall. These
are favorable signs. They are the utteranes
of sober secpud thoughts, after mature re-
Election. t,zF- 7,
EE The Brantford Courier states that
a MIR. Bstchelder of Waukegan. Illinois,
has recovered $4,000 from the Buffalo &
BraDtford Railroad Company, for fhs loss
of one OF bis legs, and the severe Injury Of
the other, by an accident on that road
This is an eFectual way to ensure care on
the part Of the railway managers, and IS
a passenger in train is utterly helpless,
and at the mercy Of the attendants on the
road. it is but right that all earlessness'
should be heavily punished. snabs
The Christians character. should sapor
Of holiness. The promise is. I lOiH Be- as
TIE dsa5 unto Isr0e1; and how sWess1the
fragrance of the flower, after the gentle
falling of the dew--sO must the true be-
lever be, under the soft distillments e the
droopings of heaven on his heartHo9
Reason gives its suffrage to the truths
which revelation has discovered. But !. is
our mistake to think, that because reason
confirms them to US, thatowe had the 6rst
certain knowledge of them from thence.
and idSthaG clear evid ence wherein We now
dossess them.-Afr. Loeks. @ &@he
The man hooaugAta glympse from the
eve Of beauty says. that il slipped through
| his 61geTs, and went right through hiE
! heart inAicting dangeroHa wound.