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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-24
Mist&lIaneo1s Selections
The Namss of DAYS.

SUKDAY.-So called because this day
was anciently sacred to the worship Of
the sun. The Sabians, or adorers Of
the heavenly bodies, existed in very
early times in the East, Chaldea, &c.
From these countries, this form Of idol
airy was carried into Europe, and
adopted by our Saxon. forefathers who
adhered to Sabianism until they en-
braced Christianity. In retaining the
heather name their Pagan worship is
still memorized by us their Christian
descendants, The word does not occur
either in the Old or New Testament.
As Christ arose from the dead on this
day, it has been observed az the Sab
bath of rest by His followers, with few
exceptions, from the early Christian
times.
MoNDAY.-The day dedicated to the
moon. The worship of, this planet was
very popular among the ancients. 1t
was generally adored as a goddess, but
in Syria and Armenia as god. The
Egyptians called tbeiidol represeHtiDgit
Isis the Greeks, Diana, Hecate, Venus,
DC. In some countries the forms. OBJ
served were extremely cruel, and
Strabo and Lucian state that human
sacrifices were offered. Even The He
brews presented oblations, though of a
far more innocent character, to the
moon, which they adored as Meni.
jeremiah describes her55worship as one
which embraced all the members Of q
fsmily-ip which the children gathered
the wood, the fathers kindled the fire,
and the women kneaded the dough "to
make cakes to the queen of heayeu.h
TuEsDAY.-From Tna. This diety
among the ancient Saxons, was the god
of strife, and presided over wars aud
litigatious. Formerly, and probably
for this reason, the opening day of the
assize always fell on Tuesday. TfS
correspondent to the Greciap Mars,
WEpNEsBIY.-FFom z W6BEE3T an
other Saxon god. He is thought to be
synonymous with Mercury, one of the
twelve principal deities, or mobiles deos,
as Ovid calls them, who formed the
great central system of ancient idolatfy.
TArRsDAY.-rHoR's day, or the day
dedicated to Thor. Among the North
ern Pagans this diety was the god Of
thunder; and be corresponds to the
Jovs or Jupiter of the Greeks and ,Ro-
mans. By our rude forefathers, who
trembled when they heard the awful
voice of Thor, he was the most honored
of the gods, and they offered the most
costly sacrifices at his shrine.
FRIDAY.-The day which was sacred
to FR1eeA. This goddess was the /
Venus of the Saxons.
SATURDAY.-The Sabbath of. the
Jews, and also of the Seventh-Day
Baptists, Some of the early Christians
continued to observe this, instead Of the
First, or Lord's-Day; but BY our Pagan
it was consecrated to Saturn,
thence its present name, one of the
elder gods; the son of C@lus, (heayen,)
and of Terra, learth, and the father
of Jupiter fara 'st
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-24
Foreign Gossip.

The city of Paris contains about two
millions of inhabitants, living in fifty
thousand houses. London has three
millions of people and about three hun
dred thousand houses-the proportion
5of people to house being FIVE times
larger in Paris than in the English
capital. The London average is eight
and the Paris average forty to each
dwelling.
NAPoLEon Ill has ordered his copy
of the London Times to be stopped.
His newspaper reading, which formerly
used to be quite extensive, is now con-
fined to few of the Partisan dailies,
in which his private secretaries, Cont
and Pietri, mark with red pencils such
passages as they think will be of special
interest to the Emperor. His Majesty
reads great many more novels than
he used to do.
An American firm in Havana recent
ly received $4,000 in dime pieces of
this years coinage. But as they had no
stars on them no one would receive
them, as there had been a good many
eounterfeits in circulation lately. In
this emergency the American Consul
lelegraphed to the Secretary of the
Treasury, and received a reply indors-
ing the money as lawful coin of the
United States, the dimes of 1858 being
"without a star"
DR. SIMsoN, the President of North
German Parliament, says that he never
met a man with more iron strength of
will than Count Bismark. "Think of
it, gentlemen" be said the other day
to several members of the Parliament,
sat 8 recent parade / saw, to my sur
prise, Count Bismsrk, in full uniform,
on horseback. knew that he was very
sick, and when he saw me and rode
up to me, l could not help expressing
my astonishment and regret'at seeing
him there. Yes, Doctor he replied,
4 am sick, so sick that l do not know
how / got on my horse, and how am
to get down from it. But then / want
ed TO be present, and my will made me
overcome all obstacles
The journal des De5ats gives some
details of the state of healh of the
Princess Carlotta. 1t seems that at
times she is perfectly sane, but she has
had so many relspses that there are
grave doubts about her absolute recov-
cry. If that end be ever attained, it
will be by perfect quiet, such as she
now enjoys at Laeken. She is quite
aware Of all that happened in Mexico,
and has sent 0,00Oh. as her subscrip-
ton towards the monument which the
city of Trieste is about to erect to the
memory of the Emperor Maximilian.
She has also just had a crown made in
Brussels, which she has sent to Vienna,
to be paced on the tomb in which lie
bis remains, -re
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-24
who made ihe war neht,

]
The greatest lie in the world is th,
charge made by the Democracy repeat
ed the ten thousandth time, that the
Republicans made the war debt. BY i
they but magnify their own sins. Every
dollar is Democratic legacy. Every
tax a Democratic gift. Every Govern,
ment stamp De-; 2c;;9oratic ci sticking Il pias
ter. Every person in the United States
drinks Democracy in his tea, his coffee
and his whiskey, and in the sugar
wherewith he sWeetens them. Each
ingredient pays its quota for the cost
of Democracy to the country. The
smoker inhales Democrcy. The sick
man is physicked with Democracy. The
laboring man gives about one hours
labor every day to pay for Democracy.
The capitalist pays one-tenth of his in
come for the cost of the Democratic
party. Every transfer of property is
saddled with the Democratic burden.
Before he is begotten the child is sub
Iject to the Democratic tax. From the
cradle to the grave he is never free
from it. The funeral mourning must
first pay the penalty of Democratic
rule, and a portion of that which is
left behind must go into this Democrat
ic vortex. Generation after genera
alton must carry this Democratic bur
den from birth to death. Like the
original divine curse, it will be felt in
the sweat of the brow of the laborer
and in the travail of women, and in
swallowing up a portion of the earth's
productions for all time! If any hu-
man action can deserve it, the hounds
of hell ought to hunt their souls
through all eternity. a.
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Hartz'SLatest Trick and How
IL Ii nnnn


One Of the best tricks of Hartz, the
iIlusionist, is the basket trick, which is
thus described and explained;
a large wicker basket about five
feet long and four deep is placed on
the stage, being supported by legs
which elevate it foot or more above
the floor, thus efeetually precluding the
use Of trap doors. A young lady
dressed iR black is conducted to the
basket, and blindfolded with hand.
kerchief borrowed from some one in
the audience, While the illusionist is
talking, she escapes from him and runs
behind the curtain, as if to evade the
awful fate awaiting her. He pursues
and brings her back; this fight is re-
peated three or four times. Finally,
he succeeds in having her 20 into the
basket The lid Is then closed, and be
takes a sword and, thrusts It through
the sides of the basket. Screams
ensue, but he mercilessly repeats the
actseveral times, though his sword is
dripping with blood. He lifts the
cover, and a hand is thrust upward,
while the shrieks grow fainter. He
shuts down the lid again, gives another
stab, and the shFieks cease. Now,
carefully opening the basket and tip
ping it toward the audience, he exposes
the interior to view; but it is empty !
At this instant the young lady enters
the hall by the main entrance opposite
the stage and walks up the sage, Is
the astOnishmept of every one present.
And, as proof Of her identity, she has
the veritible handkerchief. The fol-
lowing is the explanation: After the
lady is blindfolded, it will be remem-
bered, she tries to escape by disappear
ing behind the curtain, Instead of
her returning, apother lady dressed
precisely in the same way, and blind
folded so that the features are conceal
ed, is led out and conducted to the
inside of the basket. She Immediate
ly lies down in the bottom of it. and
false lids fall over her, which have
been caught up at the ends inside the
basket. When Mr.. Hartz thrusts in
the sword, he never pierces the lower
part because the lady is there. The
blood is some colored LIQUID which she
puts on The blade. When'he lifts up
the cover Of course this false bottom is
over her, and though the basket is
tipped forward so as to give all chance
to see that it is empty, yet the time is
SO short that the eye is not able to see
the difference between the distance Of
the H%..:1 ...:cl5 aud inside. The real young
lady, in the meantime, has gone around
to the entrance of the hall, and the
other remains concealed in the basket.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-24
The Vocabulary Of a shOeu
: -.-.- making Town.

A Lynn correspondent of the Provi-
dence lR. y Journals facetious. He
says: h0ne must reside in Lynn more
than a day to understand fully all that
is said Of him. hence my inability to do
Justice to the place. 1 find that a whole
souled fellow, means one whose boots
have never been in the hands Of cob
bier; and when my attention was called
to the last factory, I wss not to under
stand that 1t was the latest structure
erected for manufacturing purposes.
The best footing here means something
more than hemlock sides, and lasting
ties are not always bonds Of affection.
A promise to give one your all would
probably be misunderstood, and before
you were prepared for any demonstra-
ton you might find yourself treed.
A shabby fellow is no better than split
leather; pegged out here means a
broken constitution, and an invalid is
one who needs Ieyamping. At noon a
hungry man goes home for some lining
and to their credit be it said, few of
them ever welt their wives. In Lynn
a shaver is not necessarily barber, nor
a paster a poster, any more than
heeler is a doctor. Slips are not mis-
haps, l find, no. is crimping looked up
on as unbecOmiDg in any one. But
what boots it! The vocabulary of these
industrious people is very extensive,
and when one gets his foot in he takes
to il as readily as those to the manner
borD.p sr I afs
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Cow Seymour and the NOmi-
nation, -

The New York Post, in treating o
Gov. Seymour's position in persistently
refusing to be candidate, gives ths
distinguished gentleman credit for sin
cerity in his repeated declipations, aud
THAT the fact is within the knowledge o
THAT paper, that GOV. Seymour has de.
clared it was impossible for him to en-
tertsiu the thought of the Presidency,
and the reason, when demanded, has
been given by him, to-wit: an hefedi-
tary tendency to insanity; which threat
ems him also, and which he can only
to escape by avoiding excitement.
Gov. Seymour, during the National
! Convention, whenever HE name was
discussed as a compromise candidate,
invaribly put stop to the suggestion,
and he frankly gave the reason there
for.
The Post then adds that it had been
arranged between Gov. Seymour and
his New York friends that after a few
more ballots, the Chairman himself
should present the name of Chief Justice
Chase; the New York delegation was
unanimously, to second the nomination,
followed at once by all the States that
could be trusted to join IN the move
ment. oyot 4af y
1t was anticipated that an enthusiast
tic nomination of Mr.. Chase would fol-
low. But the plot leaked out and the
Ohio delegates, out of temper at the
defeat of PendletOn and bitterly op-
posed to Mr.. Chase, resolved upon
aanking the movement and did thwart
the well-laid plan BY using the CON
spirator's own petard to hoist the plot.
Mr.. Seymour still declined, and insisted
upon his right and his duty to decline,
but those pressing him were prepared
to prevent it, by physical force if neces-
sary, and they succeeded in convincing
Governor Seymour that it was neces-
sary forithe very existence of the party
that he should be the standard bearer.
The Post concludes as follows:
These facts ought not to- Be con
'cealed; the Democratic masses them
selves ought to know exactly what their
ticket mesns-it means Blair as Pres
'ident No ordinary motive could in.
'duce-the Evening Post to touch upon
the sacred fears and private misfortunes
of respectable citizen; but when the
American people are asked to make
that citizen their ruler, his private in-
'irmities become public dangers, the
solemn terrors of his closet become the
peril ofthe nation Cleveland Herald
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-24
sInking Hia Own shirt. i.

The Blairs were raised in Washington
City, and the boys then, as ever since,
had enlarged ideas of the consequence
of the ''Blair family" They were big,
strapping fellows, and smaller chaps
always avoided them for the wantonness
with which they imposed on those too
weak to defend themselves.
Thirty Or thirty-hTe years ago, the
canal which now serves Washington
City as a sewer was not the mud-hole
it has become Of late years. It was a
fsvorite bathing place for boys, partic-
ulsrly the smaller ones, who did not
venture to go to the river. On one Of
these occasions, when Frank and one or
two others of the Blairs were present,
a little fellow in advance of the others
picked up a shirt from the pile of cloth
ing and began to dress. AS the boy
was a very little one the opportunity to
show the power of Blair was too good
to be lost; Frank snstched the shirt
from the boy and threw it overheard.
The outcry at so mean an act, he an
swered with laughter, for his big broth
ers stood by him. The shirt not sink
ing so fast as be wished, he threw
chunks Of mud and stones upon it, un-
til the over-freighted garment went
down. Frank laughed long and loud
the little boy cried; whereupon Frank.
as a punishment for not accepting as an
honor the notice taken by the BlaiFs,
threw additional weight upon the al
ready sunken shirt, which would now
almost need dredging machine to re-
cover it
By this time all except the Blairs had
dressed themselves and the pile of
unclaimed clothes was reduced to those
belonging to them and the lad selected
as a victim. The Blairs had enjoyed
their past-time, dancing in aboriginal
costume, but turned now to their own
clothes. One of their shirts was mis-
sing. The supposed victim had found
his own garment and escaped to a safe
distance. Terrible was the profanity
and wild the wrath when the truth be.
came apparent that Frank Blair had
thrown bis own shirt over board and
had sunk it tirrevocably.
Frank Blair has attempted statesman
ship and generalship and a variety of
other things, but with characteristic
disregard Of the rights Of others, and
reckless attempts to gain his own ends,
he usually winds up BY sinking his own
shirt
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TaE springfeld (Mass.l Repu6lic,o

TIE Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says:
at is significant fact that several
"young men, who were formerly promi-
''nent in the Democratic councils of this
"city, have teep unable to tgo' the nomi-
''nation of SEYMOUR and BLAIR, and have
expressed their determination to vote
"against that ticket"
That's just where the Democratic
party is going to lOse-with the young
men. Few, save fossils who have had
rebel Democracy burned into their
yitals, will vote for SEYMOUR, man
who opposed the war from first to last,
or for BLAIR, who brazenly announces
that he favors re-inaugurating that war.
Young men will not-as class-touch
that ticket
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-24

A MosT EXCELLENT LINIMENT.--
Take the whites of two eggs, beaten to
froth, a wineglass of vinegar, wine
glass of spirits of turpentine, and a
wiueglass of alcohol, beating it all the
time. This liniment must be put to-
gether in the order mentioned above,
or it will not be thoroughly incorpora-
ted. Very superior in all cases of
sprsins, bruises, DC, on man and beast.
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The Buffalo Express wickedly re-
marks: The COpperhead platform de.
clareS "Thst our sailors and soldiers
who carried the Aag,Of our country to
victory against gallant and determined
foe, must ever be gratfully remember.
ed" Inasmuch as the Convention was
about half Northern Copperheads and
half Southern Rebels, the inquiry nat
urally suggests itself, aOhick soldiers and
sailors are to be remembered, and
'Ohich flag did they carryf The word
our is ambiguous in this case.
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postrlag,.' y, :
aMATcH HIM.p


Grant, the hero's on the course,
Match him, match him, '- ll1F-l.
Democrats from any.sOurce; -...
Match him if you can.
You are sure to meet the wall, a.- ....t :
In the vote the coming fall
Grant is bound to beat you all, "H 1a
'H Match him if you can t.s -......-.
eSee, the conquering hero comes" i4 Do.
Match him, match him; r. r
Sound your trumpets, beat your drums,
Match if you can. -s'sf
Unpretending, full revealed.
Firm as on the battlefield 't
Forward, boys, we will never yieldR s.4
Match him if you can.
"Peaeep surrounds our candidate, .-a.,5
Match him, match him;
''HOpe" is knocking at the gate,
Match him if you can; q '9~f- ra-d a...
Choose from Democratic ''stars'
Heroes of the triple bars .il t.iFf
We present the ''SOn of Mars ....-
Match him if you can,
"Boys in BIue'l the Challange fling,
Match him, match him;
Echo makes the welkin ring, . ~ ...-t
Match him if you can"
Crippled by the rebels hate, - ta
Taunted in a Northern State, -. B. l-.-
They present candidate,
Match him if you can.
Grants the man to eight it out"
Match him, match him; 'l. '.t.
He will put the foe to rOut, .l w.
Match him if you can.
Grant is On a mission bent s- f.i
To the White House from the tent
Grant shall be our President, -l'f-'
f. Match hun If YOU can. ..t ~ .as .H
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Gov. Vance, on his way home from
the Democratic Convention, made a
speech in Richmond, in which he ex-
pressed his confidence that what the
COnfederacy fought for would be won
by the election of Seymour and Blair.
We heartily agree with him 80 far; but
the people who beat the Confederacy
on the field are not TO be beaten by It
at the polls. Ii Lee could not whip
Grant, we don't believe HoratiO sey-
mour can do it
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The Democratic papers insist that
the Freedmen's Bureau cost $40, ,OOO,-
900. General Howard says it cost but
50, 100000. The difference between
the two is but mere cipher.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-24

In old times we had "Barn-burners"
in American politics. We suggest that
the Seymourites style themselves "0r-
phan-Asylum. burners" The title is
unique and truthful.
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The GAINESVILLE Courier offers one
cent reward for any Democrat in Mus
kingum County who has been known
to give a hearty hurrah for the Tam
many nominations.
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OK the occasion of the arrival o.
Governor SEYMOUR at Utica, the Other
day, the Mayor of that city announced
to the crowd that telegram had been
received from the Democratic head
quarters at Albany, asking the Utica
Democrats not to allow Governor S. to
make a speech. That was very sensi.
bic, and if the. party could only recall
some of the speeches his candidate has
heretofore made, his chances for election
would increase, H t.r
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Hon. JOHN H. BINGHAM, who was re-
nominated for Congress in the Sixteenth
District, by acelamation, has been re-
nominated seven times, and has served
longer in the House than any other
Ohio member now sitting.
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The Chicago Journal says that
though the Democracy saw pretty
bad defeat at the last Presidential elec-
ton, they will Seymour of the same sort
at the next. q
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The campaign against General Grant
has thus far been conducted by saying
that he smokes, and that his name is
Hiram.
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The Columbus Crisis says "Gover-
nor SEYMOUR is a man of high honor. ,
Governor SEYMOUR himself said he would
be 'dishonored man" if he accepted
the nomination, and he forthwith ac-
'cepted it. Which ought to be the best
authority as to SEYMoUR's "honorp
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SEYMOUR has faculty of running
behind his ticket" said Seward when
he heard of the New York nominations.
Seward is right as the following figures
show:
In 1860 the whole Democratic State
ticket was elected in New York by an
average majority Of 5000, except Sey.
mour, who was beaten by Washington
Hunt for Governor. The vote for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
stood:
DemOcrRtic Whig.
Gov; Seymour. 2Id,S53 Hunt; .,...2iasI4
1t. Gov. Church. 2ls,oO9 Cornell.... 2lO,P5
In 1852 Seymour was elected, but
again ran behind his ticket, as the vote
shows: ea#E
Democratic Wing.
Gov Seymour. .254, ,l2l Hunt. ..2I1, ,525
It. Gov. Church .2e5, III Kent ......... .24o,274
In 1854 there were four tickets in
the field, Seymour was beaten by Clark
800 votes, and was in a minority of the
whole vote of more than 10000.
Four years ago, 1864, Seymour was
again at the foot of his ticket Fenton
best him for Governor s,293, while
Lincoln's majority was only 6,749.
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FRANK BLAIR has been banished to
the Rocky Mountains with instructions
to keep his mouth shut and throw away
his pen, lest he repeat the blunders of
his pre-nomination letter and his post
nomination speeches. VALLANDIGHAM
and MONTGOMERY BLAIR are to manage
his political business IN his absence.
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FREMONT, 1SANDUSKY COUNTY, OHIO; /
QoGttaI.

"LET us have peace" wrote General
Grant. my voice is still for war;"
cries Frank P. Blair, Jr.
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A YOUNG widow in Nsshus, N. H.,
advertised for a husband, and was
speedily successful in obtaining one Just
to her fancy, from Indiana. She con-
Verted her property into cash, and
started with her eonsoler for his mythic-
al Western home, only to lose both
husband and money at way station
where the train stopped five minutes
for refreshments.