The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-04-24
A Little Nonsense.

Used up-when it rains --an umbrella.
A late celebrated Paris physician said
that smoking half dozen cigars day
will take five yeafs from the life Of a
man.
Mother, the book tells about the
angry waves of the ocean, now what
makes the ocean get angry" "Be-
cause it has been crossed so often, my
son." h7'r
A native of India has woven a piece
Of lace ten yards long and one wide,
which weighs but a trife more than
two ounces, and can easily be passed
through small fnger-ring.
A little boy returning from Sabbath
School said to his mother, Saint there
a kitty-chism for little boysa this cute
chism is too hard"
The Hudson Gazette tells of little
four year old girl, who, while repeat
ing the catechism at her mothers knee,
replied, in answer to the question,
"What did God createl' The Earth,
the Sun, the Moon, the Stars--aad the
Stripes" ea 17y5 sbiH s
A certain cockney bluebeard, over
come by his sensibilities, tainted at the
grave of bis fourth spouse. "What
can we do with him." asked a perplex-
ed friend of his. "Let him alone"
said waggish bystander, "he'll soon
revive"
Recent experiments prove, so
Havana paper says, that the leaf OF a
potato is perfect substitute for tobacco.
Then we shall soon have cigars Of
"Mereer filler," and "Pmkeye wrapper"
"The Chicago Bible" new edition
of the Scriptures, is announced rs forth
coming. The advertisement says that
a new feature of the edition will be
family record suited to the wants Of
the day. In addition to the pages
ordinarily devoted to births, marriages,
and deaths, several leaves will be added
for divorces.
"Dar are" said sable orator, ad-
dressing his brethren, "wO roads tro'
dis world. De one am a broad road
dat leads to predition, and de odder a
narrow road dat leads to destruction"
/" If dat am de case" said one of his
sable hearers, "Gis cullud Individual
takes to de woods"
The Schleswig- Holstein affair gave
occasion to the only good mot ever re-
corded of Earl Russell. He said
"Only two men ever did understand
this question--another gentleman and
|. The other gentleman is dead. lie
explained it to me. but have forgotten
all about it."
An Irish newspaper tells of young
woman desirous Of being married, but
was prevented by the fact that neither
she nor her accepted lover had the
necessary fee. In this emergency she
went to an old sweetheart whom she
had once rejected, and asked him to
loan her the sum, not stating her OBJ
.ect in borrowing, and limiting that
she had experienced a change of heart
and mind in his favor. The money
was lent and duly spent in uniting the
two lovers. The swindled swain is
represented as going about like raging
lion, seeking whom he may wollop.
Up in Genesee County, a thrifty
citizen lately brought suit against a
young man for +" lights and fuel" on
the ground, as he alleged, that the |
young man had been coming to my
house three nights a-week a-sparkin'
his gal, who is a-hving with me, and
stayed up late, and burnt my wood and
candles, and ought to pay for them, as
it's been hard winter The trial at
tracted much attention, especially among
the "sparking" community. The court
room was thronged, and great was the
Joy of the "sparkers when the case
was decided in favor Of the ".youpg
man." , ( .