The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-01-03
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AN OLD TREE.-A tree has lately
been cut in Ohio, which is declared by
experts to be 1913 wears old.

AN OLD TREE.-A tree has lately
been cut in Ohio, which is declared by
experts to be 1913 years old.
IEABILITY TO SLEEP-Take a grain
OF two of camphor at bedtime. This
lis a surer and safer remedy than opium
or laudanum. t. In. a5sgl
AN OLD SUBsCRrBER.-Tbe London
Times has subscriber 100 years old,
who has read that paper since it was
first started.
A Coop PLAE.-The New York and
New Haven cars are now heated by hot
water circulating through pipes placed
under the seats.
GooD.-A young man, found drunk
on the street in Toledo, was picked up
by policeman and fined $40. To be
reveuged for his loss, he secured the
arrest of the saloon keeper, who was
fined about an equal amount for selling
him the liquor.
| PRECEPT AND PRAcrIcE.-Beggar wo-
man: "Please, sir, give me a penny to
keep me from starving" Gent; "Can't
stop-in great hurry; I've got to make
a speech at the Society for the Relief
of the Destitute.
ADULTERATIoN OF LARD.-Lsrd is
largely adulterated in this country with
water, terra alba, parafne, and other
substances. A practical chemist states
that he has examined specimens in the
hands Of dealers, adulterated to the
extent of thirty per cent. Some West
ern specimens held from ten TO twenty
per cent of water.
SAGACIoUs Doc. - For some days
past dog, the property of gentleman
in Erie, has visited regularly twice 9
day the Office of a physician in The
Dispatch building. for the purpose Of
having treatment on a wound. The
dog was shot in the log, and the wound
being first dressed by the physician in
question, the animal has since been a
most attentive and obedient patient
ORIGIN OF PHRAsE.-It is supposed
that the phrase Brother Johnathan
originated with General Washington.
When he teok command of the army
in Massachusetts, there was a great
scarcity Of ammunition, etc. At con-
sultation of officers, where means were
to be devised TO get them, he said,
We must consult Brother Jonathan on
the subject referring to Jonathan
Trumbull, the elder, Governor of Con-
Inecticut.
A RELIc.-The Cincinnati Gazette
has TIE following, under the head of
"a relic: When the first pioneers
landed here in December, 1918, they
made small hut from the the boards
and timbers of their boat. After few
years the hut was torn down, and the
same stuff used to erect house not far
from the corner OF Ludlow and Front
streets. This, in turn, a few years since
was demolished, and the lumber used
in house still standing on Cutter
street. north of ourt.
Power OF IMAGINATIoN.-A we'll
known merchant, of Warren, Massa-
chusetts, wears false teeth, as is his in
aliensble right He missed his pearls
one morning last week, and shortly per-
susded himself that he had swallowed
them in bis sleep. The disaster preyed
upon his mind so much that he began
to experience violent pains in the neigh
borhood where the teeth were supposed
to be, and finally consulted a physician
for relief Two or three days passing
without relief, he made up bis mind to
die, and actually prepared his last testa-
ment before he found his teeth in the
pocket of discarded pair of pabtaloons.
The merchant himself, his physician
and all his neighbors, firmly believe he
would have died from bypochondria if
the teeth had not been found, and re-
gard the case as a new and curious IL
lustration of the power of imagination.
How INDIANS CAToH DUcKs.-A
scribbler, who is rambling around in
Minnesota, writes 10 the Pittsburg
Chronicle the following description of
the manner in which the Indians in
that section catch ducks: Get a large
sized pumpkin, cut hole iu one side,
disembowel it, then stick the hunters
head into it, being careful to have eye
let holes to see out Of; then take bag,
wade out into the lake 80 that nothing
appears above the surface of the water
except the pumpkin; stand stiH; soon
the ducks gather round the pumpkin,
and they peck; slyly take them by the
legs, pull them under and bag them.
The bag full, make your way TO shore.
Some may laugh and think this smacks
of hoax. Slightly mistaken, my
friend. 1t only exemplifies the cunning
of the Indian, and the Stiffness of the
ducks.