The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-05-03

story of my Emily's brief life, will yol
not let me go my way in peace, eyel
unto the end of my appointed days
know what love may be, but it is no
for me; l have outlived it My imper
ious will has, humbly trust bowed t.
my Makers at last and l have founC
Ipeace.
But, the old feeling is not dead yet
and look forward to distant, COLDER
day, when my Emily's little ones, now
two thousand miles away, will leave
father and stepmother to see Aunt
Susan once more, and l have learned to
wait. ELM.
Oakley Spreads Himself.
The Albany Evening Post gives the
following humorous report of speech
John Oakley represents the county
of Kings in the Assembly. He is the
"Artemas Ward" of the House, man
overflowing with wit, humor and good
uatured geniality. Oakley never speaks
without saying something He sell
dom says anything without giving the
lovers of fun all the merriment they
can desire. Mr.. Oakley, on Wednes-
day evening last, "went it strong" on
the new Capitol bill. We give his
speech verbatim, as taken down by four
stenographers and sixteen leadpencils
Mr.. Chairman intend to favor this
bill and yet l should not. When l
recollect that the Goldfish aristocracy of
Albany is not worthy of decent red
herring, 1 am tempted to say-"Oakley
do not make an ass of yourself by yo-
ting for the New Capitol BILL" and yet
l will 1 will vote for the bill, not be-
cause ! like Albany, but because love
the state.
Mr.. Chairman-I once thought that
to be a member of the Assembly was
to be high cockolorum at a worlds
poultry show. l have lived to see nv
mistake. An Assembly man is some
punkins in New York. He is looked
upon as a Cicero in Dutchess County,
and a Lycurgus in Schoharie. But it
is not SO in Albany. In this city of
sturgeon and stuck ups, Legislators are
small potatoes and few to the hill The
first day after l reached Albany, I
hunted round, With shot gun and a
pointer, to find boarding house. /
found one kept by French nightcap,
and mammoth waterfall, the widow
of dsfunct gentleman in heavy West
India goods. l asked the widow of
said defunet if she desired another
boarder. She replied, ''That depends
on circumstance / informed her 1
was member of the Legislature. She
became as cold as an iceberg, and in
formed me that respectable boarding
houses did not desire patronage from
AssembIymen or colOred people. /
sought another lady. She was more
complacent, and she did not mind
boarding one or two Assemblymen,
provided they would give security. Is
this the way, Mr.. Speaker, to treat the
successors of Solonl l fancy not. But
while l am down on the people of All
bany as q community, l have found
some individual exceptions, who de-
serve the highest marks of my esteem.
A few weeks ago, gentleman, loud in
the praise of the New Capitol, says to
me, quite in a friendly way, Oakley,
let's 60 to Peck's and get some oysters" 7"
Oakley said in reply, "Nothiug would
afford me more pleasure" We ordered
oysters, venison steaks, greenseal and
all that sort Of thing. Ny friend left
the room to obtain some cigars-ffty
cents apiece. He did not come back
He has not come back yet. He left
Oakley to pay the bill-$17 and so
cents!! You may laugh, gentleman,
but that is not the worst of it. He got
four fifty cent cigars and bad them
charged to me also.
Last week l gave eight shirts out to
be washed. They came back in the
shape of five collars, four ''dickies" and
one corded skirt. Now what do / want
with corded skirt I am not an old
granny, ike my friend over there who
believes the Erie Canal has injured the
state, nor am l female brother ike
Susan Anthony, or those other speci1
mems of unfeathered poultry who cack-
lie at Hen Conventions. do not want
skirt,
A short time ago, l visited the Bah
tist church, one Of the great washing
machines of the city. An elderly gen
tleman addressed the Sabbath School
childred, and, pointing at this building,
said-''My young friends, that's the
Lunatic Asylum, to which one hundred
and twenty-eight crazy men are sent
every year, to make laws for four mil
lions of gulls." could stand no more.
| seized my hat and left the edi6ce. l
don't suppose ] could have carried it
along if l had tried, but l did not try.
As | said before, left the edi6ce. But
while / cannot and will not go much on
the red herring aristocracy of Albany,
l must be allowed to say that have re-
ceived nothing but kindness from the
representatives of Albany on this floor.
Robson never smokes cigar without
asking me to ''smell its favor" while
Smith never sips a glass of Mederia
without saying "Oakley, chew the
corkscrew." Robinson and Smith are
clever fellows so are Smith and Rob
inson. They are both clever fellows,
especially Smith and more particularly
Robinson.
There is an unknown gentleman,
who resides in the Bowery, to whom l
am also under obligations. To every
chicken dispute and fight which has
come off in that part of the city, this un-
known friend of New Capitol has sent
me no less than twelve free passes, one
for myself, three for Dan Wood, four
for Parker, and the other four for re-
porters of leading and influential pa
pers, like the New York Tribune and
Independent
But l will not detaln the House any
longer, have endeavored to do no
injustice to all concerned, especially to
the unknown bird fancier in the Bow
cry. Having done this, ! again say |
am in favor of the New Capitol Bill,