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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

WEDDING PREsEETs.-It is hard to
say bitter things, however a sense Of
Justice and depleted pOcket-book may
impel us. But we do think it rather
hard that the newly married Matilda
Jane should rejoice in the possession Of
three castors, ten salt cellars, and six
butter knives, while her cousins, who
we're married ten years ago and have
plenty of olive branches around their
tables to provide for, have pinched
themselves to give to her what they
would not think of affording for them
selves. 1t is hard that Mrs. Smith mas
give two dollars for napkin rings fol
Miss Jones and her future Brown, wher
her poor old rheumatic neighbor across
the way, whom she would much rather
help, is suffering for warm fannels.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17
8oIitital.
The Klux KIans.


A secret organization exists ia the
Southern States called The Ku KluK
Klsu, composed ofrebeIs. 1t is said to
number four hundred thousand mem
bers, and to extend throughout the en-
tire South. 1t flourishes in Virgins,
Maryland and even Washington City.
The object of the order is the murder
of Union men, white and black, IN the
lately revolted States, and ultimately
the control of the United States Sow
ernment. 1t is becoming more evident
every day that the safety of the Re-
public depends upon the conviction and
removal of Andrew johnson. THIS
opinion is entertained by the best in
formed men at the Capitol. Happily,
that event is near at hand. II, how
ever, that should fail, we may expect TO
hear of the Ku Klux Klans being or
ganized among the Copperhead portion
of the Democratic party in the North.
Of course there are Democrats, and
many of them, let us hope, who would
not sanction such an organization; but
unfortunately there are large numbers
who would be restrained by no scruples
of honesty or promptiDgs of patriotism.
A friend writes us from Washington,
enclosing extracts from rebel paper
copied below, and concludes his letter
as follows: 81 am no alarmist; but it
would be folly to shut our eyes to the
signs of the times. Every true friend
of Republican institutions ought to be
'7igilant and prepared for the approach
ing crisis" In this connection it is
well enough to state that prominent Re-
publicans in Washington = Senator
Wade, Gen. Butler, Mr.. Bingham and
others-have received threatening let
ters purporting to come from the Ku
Klux Klan, intended to intimidste them; I;
but these threats of assassination will
have the contrary elfectto that intended
by their authors.
The following are the extracts refer
red to:
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17
Not NV Baby.

. Last evening the door-bell of a Pearl
street dealer, who resides in the West
End, was rung, and on the servant
going to the door a basket was found,
with a sweet little babe some two
months old in it. Accompanying was
the following neatly-written note:
APRIL lst, 1868.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17
HOW il seems 10 be Robbed.


Rev. Bradford Z. Pierce, chaplain of
the house of refuge on RandalTs Island,
gives the following account of night
robbery of which he was the victim !;
The sensation of being robbed, like
dying, is much worse to think of than
to experience. 1t is however, somewhat
peculiar. Mrs. B. suddenly opened her
eyes and was confronted by three men
standing upon the threshold of the
door and striking a match. Upon
noticing her opened eyes, the leader
advanced with long knife, and inquir-
ed IF she saw that !" He seemed to
be entirely satisfied with silence as an
answer. The movement in the room
awakened me, and rising up demand
ed "what all this meant9" The very
peremptory and rough answer of a
stout well-formed villain, as he advanc-
ed and covered the head of the speaker
with the muzzls of his revolver was,
I" Not word p The proposition was
Immediately accepted. There was nc
lsense of endangered life and no great
lagitation, as the imagination had nc
flood to feed upon. The mind acted
very rapidly. What was to be done
To spring at the ruflian would have ex
posed another life besides ones own,
and here were three to one. If one
had been SO foolish as to sleep with
pistol under his pillow, and had nc
compunctions about shooting, he couic
not have moved his hand to take it, a.
the cooked pistol awaited such posi-
ble movement. The only thing which
seemed then and now best to be done
was to remain quiet and await you
hour. While this emphatic pistol hold
er remained at his post, two others
masked, moved rapidly about the room
gathering UP the valuables. The sen
sation became somewhat mixed as from
6 the mosquito netting the gentleman
shirt was drawn down, the studs anC
, sleeve buttons cleaning in the light g
, the candle. Then, thought the minister
! / if he had eschewed, as the discipline
! suggests, ornaments of gold, he woul
! have been spared the chagrin of thi
: sight. Over their arms went the mini;
. lter's outer garments, with keys in ther
that would open to something else,
the uueeremonious gentlemen had tim
: to make a further examination. Thl
: made the mind of the silent observer
= work even more rapidly. 1t was not
= pleasant sound to hear the gathering u
y of the valuable watches hanging at th
y head of the bed.
All this exhausted hardly momel
: Of time, yet, withall the other thought
i l had time enough to be conscious OF
lively sense of pity for the unhapP
wretches who had chosen so dangero'
: and miserable a profession. | eve
~ debated an instant whether | shouI
- - utter my feelings in this regard, but I'll
= sight of the pistol and Of the glidir
!, robbers was fascinating, and the pu
! pose died unfulfilled. Out from Il
- :. room they slipped, slamming the doc
: locking it, and shouting "Stay there
Tn the shadow Of stone walls and tire
Sey got clear with their plunder.-
u - Herald.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17
DREAM 6 MRGGDE0N
Patent Metallic
White Wire Clothes-Lines I!

This is an entirely new quality Of Wire, and pos.
the following remGkable advantages over al
others:
FIRsr-It has a coating which prevents it from
ever eorroding or turning from its white color.
sEcoSD-It need never be taken in.
TaIRD-It will last efty esrs.
FouKrH-You cannot load it heaTy enough with
clothes &c break 1t.
FfFTH-It does not discolor the clothes.
sI1rH-Clothes do not freeze to it.
sEvExTH-It is cheaper than any other line.
This excellent clothes-line cost but THREE
CENTS FOOT.
The uudersgoe1is the general agent for The sale o
II In this locality. Buy Of him when he calls on you
isfF H.G. OvERhIER.
Fremont, Feb Z, 1865, em2
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

The reading of this note was the
cause of one of those domestic scenes
not easily described, the husband on
his knees protesting his innocence, and
calling on all the saints in the calendar
to bear witness that he told the truth,
while his wife as vehemently declared
that she knew it was his child, and ne
need not try to deny it, as she was
certain of the fact. 1t is impossible to
tell how the scene might have ended,
had not the faithful Benedict at thi:
moment for the first time cast his eye tc
the cradle and found it vacant. Like 9
flash the truth burst upon him, and he
acknowledged himself sold, and that he
was the daddy of the child. The trick
OF the wife was complete, and to-day
she reigns supreme in that little man
sion. The husband says that hereafter
he will not refuse to own any little one
that may be sent him.-Cin. Times.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

A Yankee has invented new and
cheap plan for boarding. One of hs
u Ieers mesmerizes the rest, and then
:. oats a hearty meal-the mesmerized
be;n,x satisfied from sympathy.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17


y PERsuApER. THE Kilkenny
III passed into proserh. Even
cats nave almost matched by one
that tale Is VI hen which went to
more recent .t Mt hens nest, in which
lay IN a new Pa., vgh trap door, and
so deceiyes biddy t. :, hen went on
laying. This particuli ANTON is call.
the perspader, as the inv ,ga;n The
ed. and never came off at n;gbt-
owner visited the persuader +,nnd :
In the upper compartment he I ~ and
handful Of feathers, few toe nails ~ 49,
a bill. In the lower compartment W. .
three dozen and eleven eggs. In
delicate constitution of the hen had
been unequal to the effort; and, fired
by young ambition, she had laid her.
self away.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17
SOMETHING nIfsTERiOUs.

The Memphis AvaIdnche says: The fol-
lowing declaration found its way % our
sanctum at late hour last night, and ispub-
lished for the benefit or amusement OF those
whom it may concern. 1t sounds more like
business than some of the mysterious orders
which have been floating around, and may
possibly emsnate from one of the numerous
self-protecting organizations which are re-
ported TO exist in various parts Of the State;
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

SIR: Herewith you will find the babe
which am unable to support without
your assistance, and as you are as near
ly related to it as / am, feel that you
will aid me, and give the little one a
good education, and treat 1t as well as
your other children. From what L can
learn OF your good-hearted wife, she
will be kind to this dear little one fol
your sake, if not for her own. May
you prosper, is the wish of your
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

IT don't injare the ssia, materials e)st nothing.
will make you look fresh, young and brlsht l. Makes
fhs ekin transparent Eld clear; beanhiea the con-
p;sxioa from childhood 70 old age. Send with stamp
10 Lock Boz l2s, Toledo, Ohio, All
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

ioOHs y "Ee DsO0ey 17VJJ1''
SHORT WORK!
Carpet Bags, Beware.
We WILL ALL DIE.
The good die first, the bad must lUllOw. A
black monument 10 departed greatness
ss IN order
Ne more concessions Revenge is sweet,
1t mus. come -
Build tho monument-the ghost Of depart
ed Klans will nerve you.
The spirit of the living will assist.
Yrs on coffin,
X. X. KLhN Sr.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

That one of the Grand Depu-
ties and Chief Organizer Of the Ku Klux
Klaus, will arrive on the fourth Monday Of
tho fab Death of the Moon
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

He cuts i'l the most style keeps the best
goods Ind never fails to make nestssnd sfy lsn gar
mer't.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

G'Ve him call at h.s new establishment
en- RuSSelPS Block.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

Nr.H.heeslesye to say to the citizens OF Fremont
and vicinity that having for many years been largely
engaged IN the Musical Instrument trade IN the
Greaf West with headquarters at Cleveland having
able netruments and would be pleased to hear from
the musical public In this locality, and takes gooo
plsssurein In referring to MesErs. WILCOX GREENE Of
the JOrrHal. -,-tsu-
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

Where he has a splendid stock of arst-elsAs goods
Confident that be can suit his old customers and al
new ones with
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17
Business Directory.
rJOHN M. LENNON,

A TToRNEYlAT LAW and Notary Public. Also
a authorized agent for collection Of all kinds o
Hilitary, Bounty, and Pension Claims, 44yl
CLYDE, OHIO.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17
K. X. x.
MYSTERIOUS

The following mysterious c1mWunicaton
was received through mail yesterday. We
know nothing of its origin or object, but We
are satisfied that it is not an idle, empty call,
gotten up to "scare somebody"
While we are not in any way connected
with it, YET there is too much importance at
tached 10 the organization by the leading
journals of the day for it 10 be mere scars
crou. Where there is much smoke there
must be some FIRE:
Den No. 36-Graue Yard No. b
SHROUp Fl,
March 10, 1865.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17
THE
BRADBURY PIANO

lisa favorits with MS, and having dealt largely N
thts hssutiful instrument for many years, vs. take
great pleasure in recommending it to our patrons,
and With an assortment from over 20 other gooo
New York and Boston makers, we have unequAleo
advantages in the west.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

ons Of The Bloody Dagyer, PrepaTel
SHORT WORK!
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-17

Hook once said to a man at whose
table publisher got very tiPsy, why,
you appear to have emptied your wine-
cellar into your bookseller
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-24

Valley.
24ol From Munoy, by Morsland, Lairdsyills and
UnityyilIe, to Polkville, "a miles and
back, twice 0 week.
leave Mqpoy Wednesday and Saturday ct
BAN.
Arrive at Polkville by 4 p N.
Leave Polkville Tuesday and Friday at
an.
Arrive At Munsy by 4pm.
2i0S From Watsryille 10 Haneyville, miles and
back, once q week.
Leave Watsrville Thursday at II m.
Arrive at Haneyville by m.
Leave Haneyviile Thursday at 8 . IN.
Arrive at Waterville BY loan.
2tO6 From Jersey Shore, by Phelps Mill. 10
Haneyvills, 10 miles and back, once q
week.
Leave Jersey Shore Thursday at Gam.
Arrive ct Haneyvills by IL IN.
Leave Haneyvillo Thursday at p m.
Arrive at Jersey Shore by 0pm,
3407 From Willlamsport, by Warsnsyills, Loyal
Sock, Barbour's Mills, Hill's Grove, Forks.
vile, and Millview to Dushors, 30 miles
and back, once . week.
| Leave Williamsport Friday at 10 q m.
Arrive At Dushore Saturday by 9 p m.
| Leave Dushors Thursday at q q IN.
| Arrive at Williamsport Friday BY q IN.
35os From Willismsport to Monturesvills, 8.
miles and back, dx times week.
Leave Williamsport daily except Sunday
| atTpm.
Arrive at Mouturssville BY SPIN.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-24

Arrive at GrsenviIIc by $3.50 p m.
Leave arsonviile Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at s.a N
Arrive at Utica by s:sop m.
24s1 From seneca, Ten Mile Bottom, to
Fortig's, 10 mics and back, once . week.
Leave Seneca Wednesday at Gam.
Arrive at FertIg's by IL IN.
Leave Fertig's Wednesday at p IN.
| Arrive at Seneca by 4 pm.
24'2 From Laytonis, by Seneca, Cranberry.
Rockiand, Pittsviiio. Portsr6sld and AZ.
news Mills, to Emlsnton, ~ miles and
back, three timess week.
Leave Lsytonia Tuesday Thursday and
Saturday at 0 an.
Arrive at Emlenton BY pm.
Leave Emlsnton Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 2 pm.
Arrive at Lsytonia by Q p m.
24S3 From Utica, by Canal, 6oopsrstown, sua.
vile and Wallaceville, to Plum, 20 miles
and back, six times a week 10 Coopsrs-
town, and twice week the residue.
Leave Utica daily szssp, Sunday, at 4pu.
Arrive at Coopsrstown By pm.
Leave coopsrstown daily, except Sunday.
Arrive at Utica By 8 pm.
Leave Cooperstown Tuesday and Saturday
nt6a
Arrive at Plum BY Gam.
Leave Plum Tuesday and Saturday ats
Am.
Arrive at coopsr,town BY IL m.
2i6l From Franklin TO Dempseytowp, . miles
and back, twios . week.
Leave Franklin Tuesday and Saturday At
Jpn.
Arrive at Dempseytown BY 4pm.
Leave Dempseytown Txssdsy and Satur.
day at 8 . m.
Arrive at Franklin by 11.3o N.
2i65 From Tionests, by Newtown Mills, 10. o.
to Forburgb, 10. o. 20 miles and back,
once q week.
Leave Tionesta Wednesday at Tam.
Arrive at PoIbursh BY S m.
Leave Foxburgh Thursday at Tam.
Arrive at Tionesta by 8 m.
Proposals for extending route to Sheffield,
increasing distance elk miles, invited.
1856 From Petroleum Centre to Cherry Tree,
~ miles and back, six times week
Leave Petroleum Centre daily, except Sun.
day, at IL m.
Arrive at Cherry Tree by pm.
Leave Cherry Tree daily, except Sunday,
at 10. 80 o m.
Arrive at Petroleum Centre BY 1880 N.
24o7 From West Hickory to East Hickory, .
miles and back three timss . week.
Leave West Hickory Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday at s. 80 p m.
Arrive at East Hickory by I 80 pm.
Middletown transcript., 1868-02-08
The Chinese I'm California.

The yellow man, generally Chinese,
often a Malay, sometimes Dyak, has
been drawn into the Pacific States from
Asia, and from the Eastern Archipelago
by the hot demand for labor; any kind of
which comes to him as boon. From
digging in mine to cooking an omelette
or ironing shirt, he is equal to every
thing by which dollars can be gained. OF
these yellow people there are now sixty
thousand in California, Utah and Mon
tana; they come and go; but many more
of them come than go. AS yet these harm
less people are weak and useful. Hop
Chang keeps laundry; Chilli goes out as
a cook; Cum-Thing is maid of all work.
They are in no mans way, and they labor
for crust of bread, carrying the hod when
Pat has run away to the diggings, and
scrubbing the floors when Biddy has made
some man happy. Supple and patient,
these yellow men, though far from strong,
are eager for any kind of work: but they
prefer the employments of women to those
of men; delighting in an engagement to
on guests. They make good buttlcrs and
chamber-maids. Loo Sing, jolly girl in
pig-tail, washes your shirts, starching and
ironing them very neatly, excepting that
you cannot persuade him to refrain from
splitting on your cuffs and fronts. 10 him,
splitting on linen is the same as dampening
it with drops of water; and the habits Of
his life prevent him--even though you
should catch him by the pig-tail and rub
his tiny bit of a nose on the burning iron,
from seeing that it is not the same to you.
To-day these yellow men number sixty
thousand in few years they may be six
hundred thousand. They will ask for
votes; they will hold the balance of par
ties. In some districts they will make a
majority; selecting the judges, forming
juries, interpreting the laws. Those yell
low men are Budhists, protesting polyg-
amy, practicing infanticide. Next year
is not more sure to come in its season,
than great society of Asaiatics to dwell
on the Pacifcslopes. A Buddhists church,
fronting the Buddhist churches in China
and Ccylon, will rise in California, Oregon
and Nevada. More than all, war of la
Dor will commence between the races which
feed on beef and the races which feed on
rice one of those wars in which the victo-
ry is not necessarily with the strong The
Ncw american.
Middletown transcript., 1868-02-08
How to Prepare skins.

A correspondent informs cotemporary
that January, February, and March, are
the fur gathering months; and also offers
some suggestions how to cure them
Mink skins are quite valuable but these
little 90 varmints," which sometimes will
kill dozens of fowls in a night, are hard
to catch or shoot, SO that many farm. yards
suffer heavily, before they are destroyed.
A steel trap set near their haunts, baited
with fresh piece of fowl; or a . live,
box-trap," with a hanging iron gate, OPEN
ing only inward, and baited with live
chicken, will generally take them alive.
When caught (never fay an animal till
it is caught) commence to skin from the
tail downwards; strip the bone also from
the tail, leaving all that hairy caudal Or
nament, attached to the skin, (Which is
not to be slit open at the belly, as the Gus
tom of some is, and then stretch over "a
shingle, thinned on the edges, fur side
next to the wood, and fastened there by
tacks at the root of the tail and at the op-
posite side in the middle of the shingle.
If no shingle is ut hand, an inch board
to 4 inches wide and Is long and thinned
Mt the edges, like knife-back, will ans
wer the purpose. A few days drying in
cool dry place, and the tacks may be
drawn, the board struck upon stone,
point downwards, when the skin will drop
off ready for market. The same general
directions apply to the skinning and cur
ing the muskrat, with this difference, the
mink tail must be retained, while the rat
tails are to be thrown away; though they
used to bring premium at the Schuyl-
kill Navigation Collectors offices, and pos
sibly do still; but the hatters, who buy
the skins, want them free from the tails.
Skins while curing must be kept out of
reach of mice, and always sold before the
1st of May, as the shipping season closes
about that time, and the moth soon after
eats the fur, and destroys all their fur.
The injuries to mill-dams, meadow bitches
and canal banks, by those little sappers
and miners, the musk-rats, are very heavy,
and although farmers are anxious to have
them destroyed, still no means yet en-
ployed seems to have lesscned their num-
Der from year to year. .-
Middletown transcript., 1868-02-08
A Beautiful Sentiment.

Life bears us on as a stream or a mighty
river. Our boat at first glides down the
narrow channel-through the playful mur-
murings of the little brook and the wind
ings of its grassy borders. The trees shed
their blossoms over our young heads, the
flowers seem. to offer themselves to the
young hands; we are happy in hope and
we grasp eagerly at the beauty around
us; but the stream hurries on, and still
our hands are empty, Our course in youth
and manhood is along wider and deeper
food, amid objects more striking and mag
nifcent. We are animated at the moving
pictures and enjoyments, and industry
around us; we are excited at some short
lived disappointment. The stream hur-
ries us on, and our joys and our eriefs are
alike left behind us. We may be ship
wrecked, but we cannot be delayed; wheth-
er rough or smooth the river hastcns to it's
home, till the roar of the ocean is in our
ears, and the tossing of the waves is be-
meath our feet, and the land lessons from
our eyes, and the foods are lifted up
around us, and we take our leave of earth
and its inhabitants, until of our future
voyage there is no witness save the Inf
uite and the Eternal.