Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-02-25

blocks, aud every green spot walled in, so
that we shall have to go several miles to
get out into the shady woods. But before
the engines of public enterprise the forest
kings are fast disappearing A fine old tree
which grow on the hillside back Of our
house was felled to the earth the other day
It came crashing down, with its lofty crown
and toppling branches, and heard reigh-
Dor exelaiin in angry energy, 81 would give
a half dollar out Of my own pocket rather
than have that tree cut down. half doll
lar as if we could measure the value Of Il
tree, century old, perhaps, in dollars and
cents II is worth more than that TO the
birds, and how much more to those who
love green leaves and whispering branches,
and who, when faint with the summer heat,
look up TO the young, unweary birds IN their
cool retreat and sigh for wings ITO soar
away and be at rest" Oh, these grand
oil trees! had they tongues to speak they
would give us the eloquent lore Of history,
poetry aud philosophy; but as they fall 10
their glory their unwritten lore dies with
them; and so the old tree will no longer
battle with the tempest, or "rock the little
wood-bird in its nest" when softer brcczes
blow.
There is one popularity about western
life which is noticeable. We have, as you
know, conglomeratcd population. New
Englanders, Southcrners, New Workers, &c.
and all these people bring their peculari-
tics of manner and speech with them
These provncialisms are amusing enough
Inquire Of ono person how his family is, and
he will tell you 'thcy are all tolcrablc :
the roads are tolcroblc bad tolyrable mud
dy, and so on. Another person upon be
ing interrogated as to his health, says
"Right smart with him, things are "righ
sensible" and "right pleasant" Country
men come into the stores and ask, "Hav,
You any more of them good moIasses 7" anC
MiSsourians, meaning that they want tc
get rid of any thing, say, al would like t.
get shut Of it," You hear this kind of Ian
guage more or less every day, but the NOR,
refined and cultivated portion ofsociety is, o
course, less provincial; although even among
the best educated circles which are alway
assimilated in good manners and polit
speech, if they are aniipodal in other re
spects, there exist homo peculiarities c
language, which will make themselves mar
ifcst. A young Virginian was out skatin
on the Kansas one day, and called out I
!, some, "Hoah, come this wa ice is thi
: thah ifI had kno' how thin tha ice wa
wouldn't have come heah.' He had live
" so long among the "darkies" that he ha
fallen into their modes of speech, and a
an old Scotch divine used to say, their "proc
, noouciashun.'
| City customs prevail here, somewhat, a
= ready. There is, as there always is in ever
town of any size, the usual amount Of snol
bing and pretension, two or three familic
f endeavoring to make the multitude boliey
1 they are Mt the summit of aristocratic elev;
: ton, but it is of little account after all, an
l know of no place of its size where the S,
+ ciety is more genial, cultivated and agrees
+ bic than hat of Wyandott
IS Fremont, think, is tho most democra
$ ic town that | know Of, as all are on Il
J. same footing there, aud one is not mo-
1t thought Of or looked up to, because he
/ she has a handsome house, or supports
); handsome style of living. 1t argues We
o for the general intelligence and indepen
ent character Of the people to ignore sty
@ and pretension, and to measure men al
y women by their social qualities, their intc
E lect and their moral worth.
d But my letter fgossip and newsmonge
It ing, you will be glad to hear is drawing
a close. As we live so far away from yo
is in the border-country over against the Ian
r where slavery exists, and as any lette
n from Kansas are always read with eager
terest by some, l cannot but hope that n
le letter will not be altogether urwelcome, al
rs to friendly eyes, therefore, commend
ir and remain your friend aud occasion
er correspondent" G. NJ. D.