Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-04-08
For the Journal.
LETTER FROM CLYDE.

CLYDE, April :, lsb4-
Forth last time at the home freside-wth the fami
ly circe-the kind sympathy and smiling faces offrends
surrounding methe cheering words of friendship and
love resting the brain like angel voices sit down
to indite few parting lines to hold few moments in
sweet converse with you the welcome visitor the
family circle of the true, loyal sons of our loved home
Many and varied emotions, thrill my soul as l cast a
retrospective view the past few weeks They are
hours to be forgotten by me-tbe happiest still
the saddest of my life
From almost every the kind word has been ready
the hearty greeting been given, the friendly hand
ed Everything has been done to make stay pleas
ant that patriotic impulse and generous hearts could
1t makes the soldiers heart leap with JOY thrills his soul
with pde to be thus met and greeted by those he
not for so long, 1t grates his pride to the i'm
provements made in his native place. and the evidence
ofincreased prospery every where, Notwithstanding
the hard times the evidences of this prosperity Wis
ble New streets added to village, buildings
erected each in higher and more pleasing style of arch
tecture than predecessor indicate renemenn taste
Manufactures springing up. thus drawing large
amount of trade which heretofore has been given to 9TH
places.
One looksaround his home and sees the eorrodng in
uence of time upon ofthe halowed spets of YOUTH
and wishes for the days when these places in the
summer of their existence. Yet while Of the old
familiar are fading away to be o the past
others being renovated by possessed of the
gy and will to repair and beautfy Only to-day passed
my old hOme where the happiest moments Of life
whiled away under the influence of slowing and
winning smiles; the home round which thousand pleas
ing recolectons cluster, which engraven upon the
tablets ofmy heart to fade out-and gazed up
on 1t and noted the changes made by the stranger be-
came lost to the present and lived the past thOt
of all the happy hours enjoyed there-thOse bright gm
merng stars in the night of my exisence-and lOnged
for those times again. and wondered if the future would
ever bring to my yearning heart as happy hours.
Eyerythingis changing. The old passing away and
the young sprnging up to fill their places. Even
the two short years of my absence have wrought great
changes. miss the venerable faces the grey locks the
falteung voice and toterng step of with whom
loved to counsel remember their words of admOniton
well; but they gone, gone ready to go, but still
grettng they could not live to the glorious hag the
emblem OF American Liberty once more floating over
every foot of the territory oftheir loved country
But must not forget to tell you about the entertain
ment of last Wednesday evening hOping, however that
do SO by request shall not create another A. T. NJ
Some of the old and middle aged ladies and gentlemen
OF Clyde and vicinity gave real old fashOned tea party
for the benefit of the soldiers and and whoever else might
attend 1t exhibition of how things done in
the days of 70 and in later days For fear of creating
jealousies will mention no Names but will merely say
that it exceed in point of moral WORTH although requr
ing less literary ability all the entertainments gotten
since we have been at home have not the time to
meTate the different seenes-''Russia, "0de On Science
and 0ld Hundred sung during the evening. Just
the stage and the sold Folks ate their supper, and
passed the pickles, baked beans, pumpkin pie johnny
cake and dOughnuts quite freely among the audience
wish had section of it tn send you, it reminds
of the days when his grandmother alive.
As sat in the church that evening and witnessed the
and heard those good old tunes sung by those
old and honored people, my memory carried me back
Through of the history of my country Long may
the actors live reproduce at each returning spring
"The Continental Tea Party HARDWOOD.