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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31
Tie prunkardls Cura.

Some months ago gentlemsn advertised
that he had discovered a sure specific for
the cure of drunkenness. He would not
divulge the secret of what compounds he
used, but furnished the medicine at SO much
per bottle. He did not have so many ap-
Plicants for cure as hs expected considering
the extent of the disease. In fact the more
malignant cases did not seem anxious for
relief They rather appeared to enjoy the
malady. A few, however, placed them
selves under treatment. and some were
cured-whesher by taking the medicine or
by not taking any strong drinks we are not
prepared to say. One of the cured ones had
faith in the medicine, rigidly carried out the
directions of the DOCTOR, and now has not
the least taste for intoxicating drinks,
whereas, one year ago, be was an ineOriate,
and could not get along with less than pint
to quart of whiskey per day.
He said that he had, at some trouble and
expense, procured the receipt for the prepar-
alton of the medicine, which he had pub
lished for the benefit of suffering humanity.
1t is as follows: Sulphate of Iron five grains;
peppermint water eleven dracbms; spirit of
nu utmeg. one drachm; twice a day. This
preparation acts as a tonic and stimulant,
and so partially supplies the place of the
accustomed liquor and prevents that abso-
lutte physical and moral prostration that
follows sudden breaking off from the use
of stimulating drinks. 1t Is to be taken in
quantities equal to an ordinary dram, and
as often as the desire for a dram returns.
Any druggist can prepare the prescription.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31
The HeadIess Roastar.

The headless rooster humbug is exploded.
The New York Star probes it after the fol :
lowing fashion: elbow much smoke a little
fire kindleth"-how much discussion lit
tie rooster prOduceth, especially if his head
be covered over. That ''headiess rooster
on Broadway has set dozen scientific gen
tlemen scribblipg, in which they have ex-
planned the iInpossibility of animal existence
after the vertebra had been severed. Ten
der-hearted ladies aud humane gentlemen
held up their hands with horror as they
gazed upon the transparency representing a
rooster 'divested of his head, and blood
streaming from the neck. Then came the
great humane Bergh, boiling over with in
diguatipn at the monstrous cruelty of the
shOwmen. His rOOstership was compelled
to an examination, when lol his little bright
eyes were found twinkliDg beneath coUer
ingeniously fitted over the head of the bird.
This may be called foul play" Mr..
Bergh is satisfied.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

The term "Carpet-Bagger" has al
ready come into general use, and is be-
ing applied to all unsettled and settling
persons. The Democracy apply it to
Northern men who have located in the
South since the war. The New York
Post says it was first applied to the
fellows sent by JEFF. Davis several years
ago, with carpet-bags filed with com
bustible materials, to burn New York.
The Democracy, with its usual poverty
of invention, has gone to the Republi-
cans for term. The party, however,
has never succeeded in turning the
phrase "Copperhead" upon its oppO-
nents, nor shaking It of. 1t originated
about the time of the secession OF
Florida, when some rebels in that State
enclosed two living coPperheads 10 a
mailbag, which was sent to Washing
ton, and the reptiles, still alive and
wriggling, were turned out upon the
floor of the postOfice. Both phrases
tius originated in the efforts of good
Democrats to destroy Jheir opponents,
in the one instance by fire and in the
o.hsr by poison.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31
The London Times and its Advertisers.


A London correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Ledger, in giving an inside view of the
London Times establishment, gives the
following information in relation to its adj
yertising business:
To conduct this establishment q large
force is, of course, required. 1t prints every
day from seventeen hundred to three thou
sand advertisements, and on extraordinary
occasions even more. 1t also prints twenty
to thirty columns of reading matter. To
perform the mechanical part of the work
four hundred persons are employed at
Printing House Square, while probably as
many more are attached to the paper in
literary positions. With reference to ad-
vertisements, as the paper is always receiV-
ing more than 1t can print, it promises early
insertions to none but the poor people who
want places, and few other urgent classes.
No one who comes after 70 o'clock on any
day with his advertisement can hope for an
insertion in the next day s paper, while gen.
orally the advertisers do not see their sd-
vertisements printed for two or three days.
or sometimes as many Eeek9 after they are
handed over the counter. They have to
wait their turn, and such is their anxiety to
get them in the Times, that the English
public submit patiently to delays that the
American public would never tolerate. The
lowest charge is for wants, in WHICH case
each advertiser is allowed three lines for
half crown, about sixty cents, gold. For
all others The regular rate is shilling
line, twenty -four eente, gold, but no sdVer-
tisement is taken for less than four shillings,
while long advertisements are charged more
in proportion, the rate after the first fifty
liens being two shillings a line. The
cheapest rates are allowed TO public charities
and similar classes, but nothing extra is
charged for favorite positions in the paper.
In the mornings, when the people flock to
the Times Office TO hand in their advertise
ments Printing-hOuse Square is a place of
the greatest hustle and activity but IN the
afternoons it is comparatively deserted.
The advertising pages are made up in a
regular order, beginning with the births on
the first column of the first page, and the
Sagonies," as personals" are called, on the
second column, and closing with the auction
notices, of which alone in the paper of last
Saturday, June 6, there were twenty-five
columns. There are no headings to the ad
vertisipg columns, each department coming
unannounced on the heels of its predecessor,
and this course BY bringing washing taken
in" Immediately ahead of the aristocratic
"tutoEs," am told, has caused great COM
plant among that class of the English COM
munity, as they regard their characters as
soiled by the juxtapostion. The Office for
the receipt of advertisements ia conducted |
by eleven persons, and is devoted to that
business exclusively, the publication Office
being q separate building,
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

At Akron a few days ago, two per-
sons of spiritual faith married them
selves, with little aid from the Mayor,
by repeating the following formula: :
''In the presence of our spirit and
earth friends, 1 take thee Electa A..
Sanford, whom | hold by the right
hand, to be my lawful wife, hoping BY
kindness and affection to be to her a
faithful and loving husband, whi7e IN
the earth FORM" The lady then re-
peated: "In the presence of our spirit
and earth friends, 1 take Abel Under
wood, whom 1 hold by the right hand,
to be my lawful husband, hoping by
kindness and affection to be to him a
loving and faithful wife whils in the
earth FORM" The Mayor then said t:
"Having pledged your marital VOWS in
presence of these witnesses and of the
world l now by the authority of the
State of Ohio, pronounce you husband
and wife" The Beacon says they
would have no form of ceremony in
which the word death occurred.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31
and Blair !!

The passage by Congress of joint
resolution, empowering General sher-
man to restore to the Navajo Indians
some four thousand women and children
held in bondage by citizens of New
Mexico, is a measure of simple justice
which will be universally approved
outside the Confederate Democratic
party. The breaking up Of the peonage
system of New Mexico removes the last
vestige of slavery on the continent. It
is for the people to say at the polls next
November whether they will maintain
this condition of things, the result of
the triumph of Republican principles,
in the suppression of rebellion and the
succeeding measures of reconstruction,
or whether they will permit a return to
pewer of partisans in sympathy with
the old system of African bondage.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31
FRANZ P. BLAIR.
BY whom He was Nominated and
Whose Candidate He is.

BY whom He was Nominated and
Whose Candidate He is.
From the Record of the New York Convention
Il now have the privilege of nominating
as a candidate for the Vice Presidency of the
United states, General Francis P. Blair, Of
Missouri" [Applause. 1.-THE rebel Gen.
Preston of Kentucky.
"Mr. President, North Carolina makes no
nomination for Vice President, but in order
to show the people of the United States that
we have no prejudide against gallant SOL
dier who fought for his section of the coun-
try, we desire to second the nomination OF
Gen. Francis P. Blair" fApplause IA
rebel delegate from North Carolina
The State Of South Carolina snswels her
call, not by her chairman, but by her best
beloved son, soldier, who knows better
than l how to interchange the eoutesies
which belong to enemies in war, and friends
in peace. l have the honor to introduce to
this Convention Mr.. Wade Hampton. !"
loud cheers Judge Campbell, of South
Carolina, one of the Rebel Peace Commits.
sioners at Fortress Monroe
'It is due to that Convention which so
cordially approved your platform; 1t is due
to the South, and l, for my State, most
heartily and cordially second the nomina-
tion." The rebel General Wade Hampton,
of South Carolina
''As a rebel soldier of Alabama, take
pleasure in casting her vote for the gallant
Union soldier Frank P. Blair. - A dele
gate from Alabama.
GAS a son of the old Commonwealth of
Virginia, I am instructed to strike hands
with the soldiers Of the army of the North,
in the name of Virginia, to accept and ratify
as token of the perpetuity of this Union,
the nomination of Major General Francis P.
Blair of Missouri. ~ The rebel General
Keeper, of Virginia
81 have the pleasure, sir, to cast the vote
of Tennessee for General Blair. And / here
wish to take this occasion to thank the dele
gates here for the kind and uniformly cour-
teOus treatment that the Southern delegates
have received at this Convention. TGreat
cheering. 1.-THE rebel General N. b. For
rest, of Fort Pillow memory.
"Mr. President, 1 esteem it an honor that
have been requested by the chairman of
the Texas delegation and members of that
delegation on this OCCASION, to cast six votes
Of the State of Texas for Major General
Frank P. Blair. II The rebel General Ash
bel Smith, Of Texas.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

The Democratic Congressional Con-
vention of the Ninth District will meet
at Monroeville, August 9TH. The can
didates are Abner AZ. jackson, of Craw-
ford, Watson Hubbard, of Erie, and
Warren P. Noble, of Seneca. The
sandusky Register says that 'Jackson
is marsbaling his forces with great en-
ergy, and is entirely confident of a
nomination, while the friends of the
other two gentlemen named are not
understood to be actively canvassing
the matter. The rotation" rule will
probably defeat Noble, as both his
county and himself have recently had
the nomination. Besides, Seneca will
not be a unit in his favor in the Con-
vention. On the other hand, Crawford,
which gives. the bulk of the Democratic
vote in the district, aud is probably
good for l4OO COpperhead majority
next fall, will urge her claims with the
utmost vehemence, and present her
beautiful Abner, saying, as did the Ro-
man mother, 'these are my jewels"
We believe it was the general under
standing two years ago that if Jackson
gave way for Finefrock then, his own
claims should be unquestiOned in 1868.
We do not learn that Finefrock will
come before the convention this year!
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31
The Rats Of the LOwer LeveIs.

The Rats of the Lower Levels.
A miner of the Imperial Mine, of
Gold Hill, Nevada, publishes in paper
of that locality the following rat story,
which belongs legitimately to the {" i'm
portant if true" kind. He says
1t is not generally known, except in
mining localities, that rats inhabit the
mines, but such, however, is the fact.
From the top ground down to the low
est levels, they are to be found in our.
mines. Some time since the Imperial
Company stopped work at the lowest
level for several days to repair the shaft
just above it. After resuming work,
the car-man, who was the first to 90
below, went down alone to run out the
ore from the chutes, and as soon as the
rats heard the old familiar sound of the
car rumbling along the track, they
rushed out from behind the timbers to
welcome the presence of man once
more. They ran up to the carman in
squads, climbed all over him, then
down to the station floor again, and
scampered and gamboled around in
ecstacies of unmistakable delight.
When he started for the chute again
with the car, they ran following and
playing around him, and when he had
filled his car with ore and started back
again for the shaft, they (the rats)
sprang upon the car and ran all over it,
and jumped and leaped as if mad.
The carman sat down a moment to see
what they would do, when they all
huddled around and ran over him with
out the slightest apparent fear and with
out offering to bite him. He did not
hurt any of them, as he said if they
could live in such place he felt in
duty bound to let them have the 'free-
dom of the city"
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31
What to Stamp.

All notes and evidences of debt, five cents
on each 800; if under 800, five cents; If
over 800, five cents on each additional 800
or part thereof, All receipts for any amount
without limit over 800, two cents; if $40 or
under, nothiOg. A deeds and deeds of trust,
fifty cents on each $500 in value Of the prop
erty conveyed of the amount secured; when
deed of trust is fully stamped the note Sc
cured must not be, but they should be en-
dorsed to show the reason why. Mortgage
bonds need not be stamped if stamps are
affixed to the mortgage. All appraisements
estates or estrsys, five cents on. each sheet or
piece of paper. Affidavits of every descrip-
tion are exempt from stamp duties. Ac-
acknowledgements 10 deeds, ETC., are not ex-
empt Contracts end agreements, five cents
excerpt for rents; when for rent, fifty cents
for each $40G of rent or less, if over $500;
fifty cents for 5000 or over $500. Any per-
son interested can afix and cancel stamps.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31
Singular Friendship of a Child
and a Rat.

A few days ago (says the Louisville
JournaL) the attention of the matron of
the Protestant Orphan Asylum, situated
on Fifth street, was directed to her little
boy, child four or five years of age,
who was seated in the yard gaily and
busily feeding a large rat that had
climbed upon his shoulder, while both
parties appeared to be on the most
friendly and familiar terms possible.
Upon inquiry, she learned that this
singular acquaintance had commenced
nearly six weeks ago, and that frequent
meetings had since occurred between
them. About midnight on Saturday
last the lady was awakened by the
child, and informed by it that "there
was rat in bed" AS may be readily
believed, she sprang hastily out, and,
Lighting the gas, found the rat snugIy
ensconced in the arms of her darling
Of course the animal was quickly put
tosfight, and since that time no new
developments in this strange attachment
have occurred. That this little boy
should be singled out from a group of
forty or fifty children as the object of
this animals affection seems strange.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

IT has been over three weeks since
the New York Convention nominated
Seymour for President yet he has not
written his letter of acceptance. 1t
may be that he purposes withdrawing.
1t is said his physicians are peremptOry
in declining that he should remain out
of the canvass. The Democracy of the
West and Northwest are, secretly, max
ing great efforts % get him off the
track. Should they succeed, the Demo
cratic ticket will read: "For President,
-and Blair" On election day
each Democratic voter may insert the
name of his fayorite candidate. 'Rah
for--and Blairl
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

Mr.. Ashley's chances of nomination
in the Toledo District are not of the
most promising kind, Judging from the
course of the Toledo papers. The Blade,
which has hitherto stuck by him
through thick and thin, now absndons
him as not being able to command the
full strength of the party, and unites
with the Commercial in the support of
Mr.. James C. Hall.
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Fremont, O., May q. 1855.


The Heated Term August is invariably an
enhealthy month, and the dog-days are universally
quoted as an unhealthy season. Diseases more fire.
quently terminate fatally at this time than any
other, owing to the relaxation Of the system This
is, therefore, the proper time to use remedy that
will recuperate the strength and fortify the system
against the attacks of disease Experience has de-
monstrated the fact that HOSTETTER'S STOM-
ACH BITTERs is the best medicine used to accom-
psh this desirable object By its use the appetite
is increased, digestion promoted, all feelings of de-
preston removed, and the vital functions restored
The afflicted should avoid all pernicious alcoholic
preparations purporting to be tonics and restora-
tives as they only afford temporary exhiliration,
and eventually entail dangerous, if not fatal, re
suits. This IS never the case with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. They afford permanent benefit
and soOthe the nerves without reaction following
their use. The weak and debilitated, by its aid,
awake to sense of the enjoyments of life, and they
are enabled once more to take their accustomed
positions in society. Hostetter's Bitters are now
considered the standard remedy for all diseases
arising from an impurity Of the blood They are
manufactured in great quantities. and there is scar
cely city or hamlet on the habitable globe where
they may not be found.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

1t is q significant fact that several young
men, who were formerly prominent in the
Democratic councils here, have been unable
to ego" the nomination of Seymour and
Blair, and have expressed their Idetermina
tion to vote against that ticket.-Springtield,
(MdSS.) Republican.
What the Republican asserts of the young
men of Springfield is true of the old and
young alike ofeYery city and town in the free
States. The writer of this article can name
over twenty Democrats among his acquaint-
ances who have decided since Thursday, July
9th, to vote for Grant and Colfax. Every Re-
publican has doubles had a similar expert
ence. so where you vii, one encounters this
Disappointment and disgust at the Tammany
nOminations.-N Y Com. Advertiser.
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As You Like It.

Ihose who "Pay their money" to the
Democracy can "have their choice" of prin-
ciples, as witness the following:
Down WITH "NIeeER.' UP WITH 'NIGGER"
Instead of restoring the The WorIinpnen's
Union, it the Republican Seymour Club, MOSTLY
party has so far as in its CoLoRED paraded the
power, dissolved it, ndlstreets tonight with
subjected ten States in CARTS draws and bon-fires
time ofprOfound peace to mounted on them. The
military despotism and procession was nearly a
Negro osupremaev.-Tam-l mile in nlength-AIemDhis
many Platform. Telegram, July %,
"MOstly colrred!" Aheml Then we are
to understand that this "Seymour Cub"
comes under the head of visible admixture. I"
A Democratic procession "nearly a mile in
length, " and, "mostly cOloredl" Well, well
what next2
By-the-bye, can some Democrat of acute
OlfaetOries and praetieed in the business, tell
US wherein consists the natural difference
between a Seymour negro aud a Grant
negro, whereby the one is so much more fra
grant TO Democratic sense than the other?
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

The Senate, last week, rejected for
the third time, the nomination of John
A. McClernand as minister to Mexico,
and laid on the table the nomination Of
Gen. Rosecrans as minister to Spain.
There is no vacancy in the Spanish
Mission, John P. Hale filing the post.
Monday the President sent in Rosecran's
name as minister 10 Mexico, and he
was promptly confirmed.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

The ameDdatory bankrupt bill, Just
put through the Senate, was passed by
the House some months ago, and will
be a law as soon as signed by the
President Its principal provision is
one extending the fifty per cent clause
of the present law to the first of next
January.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

THE STATzs.-A subscriber asks us
what is the number of the United States,
aud which are the last three admitted.
The number is thirty-seven. The last
three admitted are: Nebraska in 1857 {;
Nevada IN 1854, aud West Virginia,
December, 1868; or to make up the
last three of States formed out of new
territory, Oregon in 1859.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31

The President vetoed the bill discon-
tinuing the Freedman's Bureau, but
Congress passed it over his head at
once. The bill closes the Bureau in
all the Southern States on the first of
January next, but the educational work
is continued until Congress takes further
action.
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The Fourteenth Amendment Ratified
Hrits against Gen. RntIer.

Writs from the Superior Court of Balti-
more city in two suits, were served on Gen.
Butler as he passed through Baltimore. ORe
is for false imprisonment, by @. W. WOoley,
of Cincinnati, who lays damages at 500 600,
another by Kimberly Bros, of Baltimore,
to recover SI3, 600, alleged TO have been ex-
torted from them by Gen. Butler when he
vas in command at Fortress Monroe,
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COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Republican Convention in thi,
County, to nominate candidates for
county Offices, will be held about
the 18th of August. The Executive
Committee are in correspondence with
several speakers, with the object Of
having a mass meeting on the day Of
the Convention. As soon as they can
announce the names of the speakers,
the time of the meeting will be pub
lished.