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Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-11-13
James MIthchciI,s estate.

Sale Of Real Estate by Order Of Court.
ON the 9th day Of December at o'clock In the after
bnoon a the door of the Court House Fremont SAM
husky Co.. Ohio, will he offered for sale TO the highest
bidder the following Real Estate, towit; In'lot Num-
ber Two Hundred and Seventy Seven, in the Village OF
Fremont including the and elegant two story brick
store building thereon II may be sold for 80 50o being
less than one-half its appraised value.
TERMS OF SALE.--One-third down; one-third in
twelve months and onethird In eighteen months,
curedby mortgage on the premises.
II. p. BUCKLAND,l
ISAAC Y. WEST, (
Administrators Of James Mitchell, dec.
Fremont. Nor. g, 1857. 41w5
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-11-13

W. J. MILLER, Clyde, and by Druggists and Merchant
generally.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-11-13
The Kansas Frauds.

14677O 1900 24276 1eO5eS l59O6j
Van Trump polled o263 votes.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-11-13

From A wELL.KNOwN STEAMBOAT CLERK.


DEAR noCToR: Send me half dnzen boxes of your
Pills care Of H. c. Curd Il Co., get them next trip.
Six weeks nothing could have convinced me that n
If Pills could have relieved my obsti
nate chronic constipation, witls attending evils. told
YOU when bonrht them hut am bound to that
Pills "ll the contract" Why, have taken many
as six (6) OF --'s and other mixers, sometimes
with too much ecct but have trouble with yours
they are just what want.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
Great Thoughts.

Everybody has heard of that great Go
thic temple Of old oak in California, whose
green crowns grow dim al d misty, as
You look up, and see heaven just little
way beyond.
Some villain whowonld have rolled away
the stone of the sacred sepulchre, for
barn sill, if he could, laid the axe at tho
base of the grandest Of these forest mon
archs, and girdled it with cruel wound.
This naneless deed was committed
years ago, and the tree did not die. The
next Spring and the next, its leaves grew
green again, and burned like the Bash
upon tho Mount, with the lingering suns
good night! So vast was it, that it could
not die at once, and life still crept along
its wonted channels, and Autumn still hung
it round about with glory. And, just as
if the shadow of the evil day was flung be-
fore, stout, young oak grew thrifty at
its foot sprung from the grand, old
stock.
Great thoughts and true, are like that
oak. They take an age to die in. Woun--
ded and worn, they still live on, and the
red hand raised against them, makes loan
wherein the kindred thong and truth.
may grow, and still for thcm.-B. 4.
Taylor.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

The Koran was written abont A. ID.
61O. Its general aim was to unite tho.
profession of Idolatry and tho Jews and
Christians in the worship of one God
whose unite was the chief poiut inculca-.
ted-undcr certain laws and ceremonies,
cxacting obedience to Mahomet rs tho
prophet. 1t was written in the Koreish
Arabic, and this language which certainly
possessed every fins quality, was said to
be that of paradise. Mahomet asserted
that the Koran was revealed to him, du-
ring period of twenty-three years by
the Angel Gabriel. The style Of the vol
ume is beautiful fluent and concise; and
where the majesty, and attributes Of God
are de seribcd, it is sublime and magnif-
icent. Mahomet admitted the divine mis-
sion both of Moses and of Jesus Christ.
According to Giddon, the leading article
Of faith which Mahomet preached is COM
pounded of an eternal truth and a fiction
namely, that there is only one God, and
that Mahomot is the apostle of Cod
The Koran was translated into Latin 143
and into English mi other European
languages apout 1863. 1t is rhapsody
of 1000 verses, divided into ia sections.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

There's one popularity upon which we
must touch, as showing the German feel
ing for their dead. Twelve hours after
death the hearso rolls up to the door of
the dead, and be he noble Or peasant, his
time is come. Removed from the house
Of the living, he is taken to an enclosure
near the cemetery, and there left to await
tho hour of burial. The mobiles ropose in
a room hung around with more of the
"sad trappings Of Woe" but otherwise no
distinction is made. AS we approached
the building, we felt strange desire to
make ourselves acquainted with its dark
secrets. Ending, upon inquiry, that no
bodies were then within, We easily obtain
ed admittance, and a Waterman took MS
first to the room where the bodies are d.-
posted. A long row of biers stood against
one side of the wall, and from the wall
hung many strings with rings attached to
their ends. These, we are informed, were
placed in such manner upon the fingers
Of the corpse, that the slightest motion
indicative of life made the bell strike an
alarm clock which was in the Office of the
watchman. In case the signal is heard,
the keeper goes at once to the room, and
the body is removed to another, where
everything is in readiness for immediate
use. Large bathing tubs, means of heat
ing water, sponges, brushes lanccts,
shelves of snowy linen, and cases of medi-
cine. Nothing that could be needed is
forgotten.
"Haye you ever had occasion for en-
ploying these means Of rosuscitation T. We
asked.
"Never, never" answered the man sor-
rowfully; call dead; but if they should
be alive, you know it is better far to be
sure"
This arrangement to those who have a
fear of premature burial, must be a source
of much comfort. To lis it was pleasant,
as indicative of the care and affection
which dies not with the life of its object
of that warm German heart which carries
it's fidelity even into the dark valley and
shadow Of DEATH" and causes thai leso-
late spot Of earth, our burial place, tc
spring up and blossom rs rose.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
MAIDEN ROCK.

A correspondent of the Chicago Jour
nal, thus relates the legend of Maiden
Rock.
We passed one legcndcl promontory,
however, called "Maiden Rock" SO call
ed, because maiden once tumbled from
it,and this we cannot leave without brief
mention. For to this rock, incongruous
as the fact may seem, ''there hangs a tale,
a short and most graceful tale, in truth.
Listen. In this vicinity, SO says the le-
gend, once dwelt a maiden, an Indian,
exceedingly fair to view, j. e., compare
lively speaking. 1t seems that the poor
girl, like the generality Of girls in their
teens, possessed a very sensitive heart,
and this imprudent little heart went wan
dering from its owner and took Judgment
with young brave. He, however, did
not rightly appreciate the compliment and
offered neither heart nor hand in return,
Alas, for the poor maiden! For months
" She never told her love
But let concealment like worm in the bud,
Prey OH her damaged check
(The quotation is wholly Shakspearean.)
And tho worm not CONTEXT with proving
on her cheek, preyed on her appetite, and
the consequence was that tho maiden soon
grew ''thin as shad"-to use poetieal
sinile We'll at last to solve her doubts,
the maiden sent the warrior pine chip,
whereon was painted an eye, which, freely
translated into spoken language, would
read, | piue. But the wretch instead Of
sending her "pine knot" merely told
her in his rough Indian dialect, to ''pine
on, And she by precipitatieg herself
from the precipice gave tourists prolific
theme. We'll, what of til Twas fear
full leap indeed, but then it was leap year
and the lady of course had carte blanche
to do as she pleased. The above is the
romantic version. But few inidels deny
its truth and tell the story thus; A Dutch
damsel was rowing with her .'lovyer" one
moonlit eve and their steps took this di-
rection. He leased her for kiss, but she
refused and archly spoke of tho marriage
ceremony, saying, 'you may den," and
"May den Rock" it has been called to this
day.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
German SIeep-osOphy.

The Germans, it appears, lie still (when
once in bed), and prefer to sleep single
or rather, if two occupy the same room,
to do it in two single beds. Some Curl
Gus information, as to this point is given
by r. Storrs Willis in the course of some
"reminiscences of his life in Germany
'sOn the third floor, two stories above
His Aristocracy, the Schimmel, was my
bedroom; contiguous to it, in front, being
the parlor and other apartments of the
family. Habitual twilight reigned in this
room, from the contiguity of other build
ings. But it was good to sleep in. Sleep
cool and dark is the rule. The first con-
dition I very literally complied with
during many months of my early residence
in Germamy-for could not keep the
bed-clothes on.
'erhe Germans rightly call bed-clothes,
bed-cloths, (Bett Tucher. ! once drew
upon myself the almost expiring laughter
of some German ladies, for literally trans
lating, in the course of conversation, our
term bed-clothes, Bett- X leider: as though
bed could not wear clothes, ike hui
man-the term being to them associ-
ated with no other ideas than coat and
trousers, or petticoats aud pantalets; which
latter they would as soon have thought Of
putting upon the the legs of bed, as to
| talk of bed-clothes.
"Bed-cloths is the word: and rightly,
| for they are nothing bat cloths. Cut te
the precise size of the narrow bed, they
are laid over as close fit. Of course
when human body is interiected be
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
Observation-Disclosures the
Victim

She is before you the express image,
superscription and embodiment of health,
beauty and loneliness; full of hope and
joy; in all the dalliance and revelries Of
connubial felicity; her vivid buoyant fancy
catching occasional CLEANS of delight from.
the broad, glowing prospective of future
bliss.
The scene is changed. A few years
have passed, and you look in upon her
through tho mean lattice on winter mid
night. You see her SILVER by those dy-
ing embors, hor skeleton form dissolving
pieee-meal with cold, want and anguish.
As she embraces and presses, with hor
bony hands and wire-edged lips, tho
pledges of affection Of other days, now and
then starting wildly at the supposed sound
of tho footsteps of the brute for whom
she gave up all when he was man, how
her electric imagination darts backward
to the bridal scenes, then in prophetic
lightning, shoots forward through tho
coming years, traycrsing the historic pan
Drama among the transformed images Of
those moro than orphan little ones, who
sleep unconoious upon her breast-con-
juling from tho vast depths Of future
sorrow the CHASTITY concomitants ofpover-
ty, wickedness and shane-the prison
and the gallows! Is it any wonder that
her dilated eyes flash unearthly fires, and
that her desperate, hysteric soul rallies
with superhuman energy, as if to hurl the
impending fate from her innocent head
and innocent offspring! !!
O.! what created ntellect-human or
angelic-shall compute, what revolving
geometric scale shall describe the length
and breadth, the he ght and depth, the
blackness and circean composition of her
wo! Bat see Those finely wrought
features, chiselled with the skillful figures
of Divinity, and that rich heart which Vi
brated with the Almighty's breath arc
dust and ashes -Gaiva UatcAman.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

We have some great juries in this coun-
try. The other day jury was empan-
nelled to try case, upon q note amount
ing to $3.50, and after some sharp shoot
ing from the counsel on both sides, they
were placed in charge Of Sheriff Cross,
and locked in a room, in the second story
Of a building, with Instructions to agree
somehow-and they did, They worked
it right to get the Sheriff down stairs then
removed part of a board partition and
.'sloped."
After tea the jury concluded to 60 back
to their quarters and agree. This jury,
whom it is no sin to worship, as they were
..hke unto nothing in the heavens or the
earth or the waters under the earth
s.hung OUT three and two. After being
out some time, some person looked at
them through the window and found
three playing "cut-throat" euchre, fourth
looking on smoking, and fifth was
sound asleep. If any one wants impair
tial justice done them, here is tho place te
get it. Verify, Sparta is great town
and her juries are ''son.e p.tmpks~s."--
! Nonroe Fresmsn.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

tween them they are much less fit: and
the proximity of the person to the air is
exceedingly close and confidential. Act
ual contact indeed-in my own case
being for long time the fact of the mat
ter.
"A certain equivalent for this is fur
ni,hed II the down-bed (for the opnlent)
which / ests upon the top of the cloths, OF
the heavier teather-bed, for the INDECENT.
But my feather-bed was awkward to man
age. say manage: meaning to balance.
On the top of me, for instance, was sin
gle bed cloth, on which rested the feather
bed Now | have the popularity, that |
cannot lie on my back all night without
stirring; nor on my stomarch: nor on my
side. But the moment rashly esseyed
to turn over, pop went my feather-bed off
upon the floor, dragging the "cloth" along
with it.
"And yet it can be done-by practice
this sleeping German; first, by walking
about all day and getting SO tired that
you have no desire to stir; or otherwise
maintaining bed-balancing consciousness
all the time you are sleeping, and then
giving an artful squirm = the trick of
which you will soon get-when you wish
to turn over.
"The married people, Of plain life,
with which | am chiefly conversant,)
sleep in two single beds, each being a
''sweet little isle" of its own-while the
two are atfectionately contiguous. The
connubial neighbors can respectfully shake
hands and wish goodnight and good
morning. But the territory Of each is
distinct: the cloths are cut. soperate; each
bed is complete per Sc and there is no
continuousness of bolster or implied COM
munality Of pillow"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
nH- To everything beneath the ST

Eg To everything beneath the sun
there comes a last day. Let the sanguino
then take warning, and the disheartened
take courage; for every JOY and every sor-
row, to every hope and to every fear
there will come last day; and man
ought so to live by foresight, that whilo
he learns in overy state to be content, he
shall in each be prepared for another,
whatever that other may be. If We see
an acorn we expect that it will produce an
oak; when we plant a vine, We calculate
upon gathering grapes; but when we lay
plan for years to come, we may wish,
and we can do no more. except pray that
it may be accomplished, for We know not
what tomorrow may bring forth. All
that we do know beforehand Of anything
is, that to everything beneath the sun
there comes last day.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
River Falls, Wisconsin,
And sent to single subscribers by mail or eal
rier for
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR,
Invariably in advance.
RATES OF ADVERTISING:
JOE PRINTING.

The Journal Office is furnished with an on
tirely new and complete assortment Of Job
Type, Material, and Stock; and is prepared to
execute Book, Pamphlet, Card, Circular, Bill
Head, Handful. Label. and all other kinds of
plain and fancy Letter Press Printing in as
good style and at az reasonable rates as any
Office in the Northwest
Orders. from a distance, for printing, &C.
sompanied by cash, will be promptly attended
to, and work Immediately sent by express or
mail IA desired.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

re- Charles Lamb hit the hydropa-
thists when he said :-"Water Is as old as
the deluge, only that the first great appli-
cation happened to kill more than 1t cur
ed.r
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
POETRY.
THE SONG OF THE BELL.
By ]. HOWARD WAINWRIGHT.

Hark to the merry bells,
As in yon tall tower they ring;
This is the tale their music tells,
This is the song they sing
Knell Knell Knell
List to the song of the bell,
Whoe'er thou art
OF breaking heart
And blighted hopes We tell.
Enter in at the porch,
The Joy bells seem to shout.
'Tis All auction-roOm, and not church
Though no red flag hangs out.
Sold Sold Sold
The tale has been often told
Body and heart,
Like a slave at the mart,
Battered away for gold.
In bridal garb arrayed.
Though the rose from her check has fed.
AT the altar-foot stands lovely maid,
And wishes she were dead
Tears! Tears Tears
Heart tears, though the lids are dry:
There's hell in the heart of that maiden fir
On her pallid lips a lie.
With eyes all CLASSY and dull,
BY her side gray-beard old.
OF figures his head like ledger full,
His heart like a lump of gold.
oh, man. with sister dear,
oh. man. with mother and wife,
IT'S not bridal you witness here.
But the death of a fair young life,
He who had won her heart.
In happy days gone by, IL
Now standeth in the gloom apart.
All sad and mournfully.
Crushed Crushed Crushed
For little golden dust,
His joys all fled.
His hopes all dead.
A noble spirit lost.
Sold is that fair young thing
ii not her heart, her hand;
Alas what power could she bring
Against sires command
Battered away and sold,
Body and heart for gold
Battered away.
To that dotard grey,
For the damning greed of gold,
There side by side they stand,
Repeating the vows by turas;
He places ring on that marble hand.
And the hoop, like fire, burns.
Love Honor Obey
Say the lips but the heart is dumb
She Eain would weep. she strives to pray,
But nor prayers nor tears viii come.
Behind the altar -ail.
In accents sweet and clear.
Binding for aye that cursed sale,
Stands the reverend auctioncer.
Goingi Going Gone -
The deed Is quickly done;
BY that plain gold ring,
inter and Spring
For life, are joined in one.
PRAYED is the last short prayer,
Ambiguous sight to 500
The minister blessing the happy pair.
Pockets his golden fee.
Sold Sold Sold
Let the bells be sadly tolled.
Better 10 tell
OF funeral,
Than barter of hearts for gold.
Gone is the bridal train.
But the bells, with their silver tone,
Still echo through the sacred Zane
AS stand there alone.
knen! Knell Knell
This seems the song of the bell
Some bridals are made
In heaven, It's said, s-s
>Rnt thi. was forged in hen.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

The greatest English philosopher was
Bacon, ono Of the finest Scottish poets
Hoeg; and one of tho pleasansest British
essayists, Lamb,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-04-02
Fruit Prospects.

We learn from good authority among
our horticulturalists, that the fruit
prospects are not so bad as might be
anticipated. The syren zephyrs OF
February had, indeed, tempted the
sap to enter the fruit buds, and had
started them from their dormant state
of Information, aud then the tempera-
ture ofzoro, in the early part ofMarch,
made sad havoc ofthe promising con-
dition they had preserved during the
rigors of January. But, after all, We
now find, upon thorough Investigation,
that providpnt nature has kept back a
corps de yeSeyUe for our enjoyment
Some varieties of Peaches are en-
tircly killed /; not a flower bud is left
alive upon a tree others have asmall
number in good, sound condition,
which responded to the genial infu-
ofthc warm shower OF Monday,
and are bursting into bloom, so that a
crop may be expected, if the
trosts do not effect them. Che,.
rieS promise abundantly. Pears have
escaped, except some OF the sorts that
had protrudcd their buds in February.
Apples, our standard fruit, are load
ed with healthy flower buds,-Cia
Commercial.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-04-02

called of all nations the house of
prayer, but We have made il den of
thieves" should he, we say, enter, as
in the days of his incarnation, one of
our modern temples, he would say as
he then said, stake these things
hence" down with these political en-
signs, and raise in the room thereof
the ensign Of the gospel of God, and
where now your party colorS float in
the gentle breeze of heaven, unfurl the
glorious banner Of Christ, and bid the
.tceming millions of earth in moral
slavery, despotism and death, "see,
read and hope"
These, sir, are briefly my reasons
for silence on the subject Of Ameri-
can slavery. considered them iusti-
fable reasons, friend Mr.. Matlock's
views TO the contrary, notwithstand-
ing, But won't he, oh won't he re-
serve one sad decision2 lie denoun-
ccs me as well as the whole class Of
silent prophets on this point, as a
"moral coward, only worthy a place
among tho prophets Of Baal. The
will please refer to q part Of
their history: Kings, 18th chapter.
Thes prophets of Baal were very bad
men; undoubtedly very great hypo-
crites-"those who steal the livery of
heaven to serve the devil in" hope
| am not quite so bad. If so, come
over, thou modern Elijah, and build
up your political alter, place your sac
ritice thereon, andp0ur tie acater on
It, then call upon your God who
smiles on your political course, and
fine hears you, and sends fire out of
and consumes your sacrifice
md alter 100, we may possibly be con-
and there may yet be hope in
our case. j. IL. BARGER.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-04-02
The Emigration TO Kansas.

Says the Cincinnati Commercial, is
multitudinous. That territory has for
a couple Of years been the best adrsr.
tiSca portion OF the globe. All par.
ties and papers and persons are agreed
that it is about the greatest spot Of
this great country, and have been anx-
ious to give public expression with
emphasis to their opinion. Crowds
~ofpeoplc are hurrying along all the
lines o~ftravel from the North in the
course Of the star Of Empire--the cars
running westward along the Lake
shore are burdened with Kansas pill.
grims from the Northeast. The rich
prairies, in the iatness of which the
farmers see fortunes ready to develop
for them, after the seed-time and the
harvest, while spectators discover
gorgeous realization following fast
on investments, are the inducements.
The political aspect ofthe territory is,
to a majority of the emigrantS, at pres.
ent of secondary Importance. The
Chicago Democratic Press, ofthe 18th,
had the day previous met Mr.. Brown,
editor of the Herald of Freedom, and
says of information derived from him.:
The influx Of emigration he repre-
sonts as extraordinary, ranging from
three to five thousand per week, and
the persons composing it are almost
exclusively from the Eastern States
The boats ascending the Missouri from
St. Louis are loaded down with them,
aud ont Of hundreds who came under
the notice Of Mr.. B. as he came down,
not a single Southerner was to be
seen. There is no remnant of the
embargo of last year; nobody lies in
wait to intercept "a%bolitionistS :" but,
on the contrary, the emigrants are
treated with marked courtesy"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-04-02

THE MExIoAN AND SPANISH Dir
F1oULTY.--The Washington cores
pondent of the Baltimore San thus
writes:
The Hispan-M Mexican question is
soon to command the attention of the
Government and people Of the coun-
try. 1t may be involved with the Gu
ban question, producing q state Of
things in which the Ostend policy
may be brought into practical opera
ton. There are rumors in connec-
ton with this topic concerning the
diplomatic appointments to be made
for Spain and France. Another at
temptto purchase Cuba will, no doubt,
in any event, be made before long,
and in anticipation of the threatened
Spanish invasion Of Mexico.