Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-01-21

nereplled altef taklhg long brcatn, w ny u
damn it, would tumble the Rocky Noun
tains over on to them" need scarcely
say that his opponent has not been heard
of since. But see, Mr.. Editor that am
getting away from where I started, which
was dull times, &c.
Well, we have method up hero in York,
Of relieving tho monotony Of dull times,
especially about this season of the year. 1t
not unfrequcntly happens that you will find
assembled dozen or two of the solid far
mcrs with their wives, at the house Of some
one of them, by invitation, say in tho after
noon, which is to be added to the evening
to talk over hard times, good times, present
times, and past times. Well such time
happened at the house Of II. r. ADAMS,
on the 2eth inst, midway between "Christ-
mas" and ''New Year." and before forget
it. lot me say that botter host or hostess
than this same Mr.. ADAMS and wife, or
more amiable and intelligent family of
"youug folks" could hardly be found on this
green earth. Had you been there, Mr. Ed |
itor, on the occasion referred to, it would |
have formed period in your history. Just
think of shaking hands with dozen not
'small listed farmers" but hard fsied ones,
and with their wives also, than whom a
handsomer more vrtuous moral or intelli-
gent company of wives were l presume,
never seen together Some Of them could
not only have told you the news of the
/ day. but could have named any King or
Queen that ever sat on the throne of Great
Britain from Egbert to Victoria, and fixed
the date of their reign; could travel with
you to Athens Greece, Rome, Babylon, Min
eyeh to Egypt and from Thebes with her
hundred gates, to the pyramids; from thence
to the Acropolis, TO the Coliseum, tho Krem-
lin, to the Alhambra, to the exhumed cities
of the old and new world; that could tell
ou of Homer, Milton, Shakespeare, Pope,
Byron, Burns, Willis, Bryant, or Mrs. He
mans; or take you to their home and show
you all about cutting and making a suit for
yourself or wife, can weave fancy carpet,
make fancy quilt, cmbroid0r fancy col
lar, show you the yollowest butter, the
richest cheese. the best mince or pumpkin"
pies, the incest cake, the sweetest honey,
the most luscious fruit, the lightcst biscuit,
or the best roast turkey you ever saw or
tasted. Such, thank Heaven, are some of
) the wives and mothers of our land, may
God bless them and increase their number.
But Mr.. Editor, l am not going to tell
about that table that We sat down to, and
how if you had been there, how you would
have regretted somo things and been glad
of others. Glad that you had lived to see
that very day, to find yourself in that very
company, and to sit down at that very table.
But sorry that you had not been there be-
fore, sorry that your storage for good things
was not moro capacious sorry that you had
not bigger pockets, and sure as you live,
> Mr. Editor; had you have set down to that
table without a tolerable good command
over your appetite your wife would have
been made widow, and your children or
phans before the rising of another SUM-
But must close, lest your devils take ven
geance on me, so about o o'clock l saw the
pile Of hats begin to diminish, and "sound
policy" as Mr.. Buchanan says, dictated that
! had better select mine before the pile
grew less, which was accordingly done,
when l took my rib and drove off. One
thing should have mentioned in its prop
er place, for the benefit of those ladies, that
it was found or inquiry, that not one of all
those husbands chewed or smoked tobacco,
which will not appear so strange, when we
reflect upon the intelligence of those who
selected said husbands. GONE ON EN-"
York, December so, 1859.
We arc ourselves, pretty wei. posted on
the good qualifications, attainments, intelli-
gence and hospitality Of these Same "hard
fistod," "solid farmers of York Township
, Several of them we have had on our list Of
personal friends for many years. OF theil
, wives we believe there are none to exec
+ them, unless We except our own wife and
mother The hospitality of some of then
o we have shared, and if our life is spared
hope to do so again. May the line of 'soliG
A Farmers" Of York never degenerate may
| their sons be noble representatives of wor-
f thy sires; and their daughters like their
, mothers, qualified to grace any station in
the households over which they may be
! selected to preside.
, AS an evidence OF their intelligence, we
would remark, that upwards of seventy
fee copies of the JOURNAL arc weekly cir
culsted and read among them, and it would
? not hurt our feelings particle it every man
of them was a subscriber to the FREMoNr
Journal, which costs only $3.50 per year,
in advance. The new volume commences
next week.-ED. JOURNAL.