The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-09-06
FREMONT SANDTSKY COUNTY, OHIO; FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1857

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and felt there beneath the skin something
like hard foreign substance.
"I seized my large pocket clasp-knife.-
made me cruel, yet not more SO
than if 1 had left my victim to die a slow
and lingering death. l cut of his head, and
then with trembling hand, ripped open his
body and explored the protuberance MY
knife grated against something hard, and
yes, caught the glitter Of some shining
substancel Imagine my feelings when, with
a beating heart and trembling hand, l drew
FORTH
"The ring, uncle?" breathlessly inquired
Nellie.
"No, my dear. Only a piece OF green
glassI'
The general CONSERVATION and indignation
may be imagined.
HOW THE GERMANS MAKE LOVE-
Oh! you American lovers, rejoicing in
your secret walks, your lonely rides, your
escorts from evening prayer meetings, those
well-established rendezvous for lovers; you
who can indulge in secret sighs, billets -doux
and poetry, little do you realize the lncon-
venience with which modern German court
shin is carried On. There are no secret in-
terviews and smuggled letters to inspire the
heart of an amOrous German. If he has any
thing to say he says it before anybody and
everybody who happens to be in the room.
If be calls upon the mistress of his affection,
he beholds her quietly knitting a stocking
in the midst of the family circle; and with
all this array of spectators must he be un-
bosoming his heart and WOO his bride. By
unbosoming his heart don mean proposing
Unless he can watcbIa second behind a
door in a ball room. or elude for an instant
the watchful care of the young lady's guar
dian, that momentous question, i'll you
have me7" and the delicious answer, Yes
dearest" will never be whispered between
them at all. He must 60 to pGrter fdnltIas
or some married friend whose affections are
doubtless as withered as her features, anc
make them the meditatOrs. When all IS ar
ranged, the engagement announced, and the
romance entirely over, then he can see th'
lady alone, take her occasionally To the the
atre, (when he wishes 10 do this before tbs
engagement he must invite also the mothe
or the afore mentioned withered relation,
and indulge in walk once week.
This extreme reserve seems at first glanct
the more unnatural, from the fact that The
Germans are essentially romautice and po
etical people; their literature, their love 0
music and worship of art show this, no les
than the romantic attempts at chivalry
among the students, the tenderness and kind
ness one meets with every where, their polite
ness, rough though it sometimes is, and tn
interest, almost curiosity, which is taken Il
your affairs.
But Germans have 10 look beyond msr
iirtations and love-making. They are usu
ally poor, aud must choose wife as th
Vicar of Wakefield did, ''for veal"
fiashy, brilliant girl who lacked the usus
domestic instruction would never do 10
them; and lady who should throw off he
reserve and openly accept the attentions 9
! a gentleman, would, if she succeeded |
keeping her character, never win HUSBAND
German men are not easily caught by 81
pearauces There are some sad stories cor
nected with German engagements, owing
the excessive poverty of the men, and tn
necessity for Almost every one to work b
way from the bottom of the ladder. Fra
DIR. s. told me, with tears in her eyes, OF a
elderly lady living near her who had bee
engaged fifty years. At no time has ht
lover earned enough to marry upon, an
now both are gray-haired and approachir
!, their graves, and though their hopes OF ma
4 liage in this life are over they keep the
\ VOWS sacred for another world. There a
7, many such cases doubtless, where who
d lifetime is one continuous struggle betwet
hope and despair struggle only endt
: with desth.-LeipSic Correspondent Of I
u Boston Gazette.