Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-04-13
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| present here n short extract from an
old record in our town, the first Of the kind:
II certify, that on the first day Of JaEua-
ry, instant, joined in the bands Of matri-
mony Jesse S. Olmsted and Zuba Ferguson,
Of lawful age. Given under my hand and
seal at Sandusky, this eth day Of January,
1921"
Forty years faithful loving married
pair. For forty years the same familiar
step upon the threshold Of home, to meet
warm comforts and loving Welcome
Forty years, hand in hand, along life's road,
eye to eye, reading the iumost thoughts,
and loving more and more. Faithful, true
confding, with heart to heart, through all
the trials and changes of this mortal life,
from youth to age. Surely such are blest.
have been an inmate of that home, and
claim the right to say there is not in cur
town a more interesting and beautiful social
spectacle, than the everyday life Of this
aged pair.
AVERY LYNcHED.
A man by the name of Avery, sometime
during the year 1920, stole an axe. He
was arrested, and there being no Jail to con-
fine him in till he could be tried, the citi-
zens decided to take him down to locust
tree, about where the F. q /. R. R. Engine
house now stands, aud give him sound
thrashing. They tied him up to the tree,
and gave him 100 lashes, well laid on.--
After being released, he swan the river,
and never came back.
i ELISHA W. ROWLAND,
Was one of the early settlers in our town.
He was a man Of good sense, sound judg-
ment, independent, skeptical, of strong in
tellect, and pithy expression. Many Of his
centre-shot witticisms, and eccentric speech
es, are well remembered, one or two of
which will give an idea of the man.
About the year 1888, our town contained
two young and aspiring politicians, by the
names of Bishop Eddy and Homer Everett.
They were Democrats, and for some time
had been very active in every canvass, or
ganizing the party, controlling nominations
and advocating the necessity Of voting the
regular unscratched ticket. Their efforts
were attended with some success, and they
became quite conspicuous, and got some
offices filled with men who were not fit for
the place. Judge Rowland, as he was called,
hated the Democratic party, and all belong
ing to it. About this time, a young man
named Harmon, also Democrat, purchas-
ed, and brought TO our town, one of those
long-eared animals, known as cousin to the
horse and father of mules,-such an animal
as Frank Leslie would have us believe is
the high priest Of the mysterious order of
: the Sons of Malta. Harmon considered
: this animal speculation, and being the
first in our town, it attracted considerable
attention. One morning he went to the
stable; the halter was in the stall, but the
jack had stepped out. The door was open,
and Harmon supposed his favorite was sto-
!. len. The news of the loss soon spread
: over the town, scouts were sent out in every
6 direction, and every body was inquiring and
narrating the event, and speculation was
rife as to where the chattel had gone.-
> About IL o'clock, A. NJ, loud braying in
the loft of the stable announced that the
missing property had been raised to an ele-
vation above that commonly assigned it.
Harmon heard the musical note, and has
tened with eagerness to assure himself that
the sound had not deceived him. Upon
approaching the stable, the head and ears
projecting from an upper opening of the
stable assured him all was safe. But how
did he get there that was the question:
There were no stairs, nor ladder, and how
could such creature climb on pegs driven
into the wall? He must have been eleva-
ted to the hagmow by human aid, and ,Oho
had done it became the great question:
J, Whoever had perpetrated this sell on Har-
: mon might expect to suffer. Just then
: Rowland and some others had been dis
!, cussing politics in a bar-room, and Eddy and
= Everett had just undergone some of the
: Judges handling, especially in regard to the
! bad officers they had been instrumental in
= fosting into place, when in came Harmon,
saying excitedly, he would give twenty dol
i lars to know who put his jack up loft, and
: left his stable door open. Rowland quietly
J replied, 81 can tell who it was"
= = 'Well, who was it?"
= "Homer Everett and Bish Eddy p
u "Why Judge, what makes you think SO r.
"Because its their trade, and has been
ever since they took hold of tho Democratic
=. party. They have been engaged in elevat-
ing Jackasses for the last three years r.
Il During his last sickness, and while con-
n COuuu0u W MS iOOlu1 no oSub Ms iohhiOAhg
- Qra Smith, Esqr) one evening about z
q o'clock for bottle of medicine, with direc-
" tions to hurry. Smith was detained till
e about 10 o'clock, when he arrived at the
Il door of the Judges room and found IL fast.
;, He had been little alarmed for fear the
n Judge might die suddenly and alone. He
II raped, and no reply came; raped again
y louder and longer, waited moment or SC
4 and no sound, Hewas troubled, and began
70 to fear the Judge had locked himself in
II and became speechess perhaps dead. He
ns took hold of the door-handle, and raped
= and shook it as if he would tear it down
:, As quick as the rattle of the door subsidized
~ we'll known powerful voice, hot with an
3 ger, rcared out, 'Tye been dead these two
y, hours, 90 away and don't bother me"
n There was some contention about tho 10
49, cation of the Cleveland and Toledo r. r
y through our town. Judge Howland's opin
~ - ion was that it should cross the river north
!, of town; others contended that it should Sc
- though on the south side, and the latter
~ was finally chosen as the route. This line,
ak Rellayua. ran near a distillerY, and al