The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-08-28
A CURL Cut off with an Axe,

the old man to me.
'"Yes but what Of It? 1t is l sup
pose the curl from the head of deal
& child, long since gone to heaven"
Il ''lt is not; tits a curl Of my owl
ihsir, and it is now seventy years since
lit was cut from this head" '.''.'
o 'But why do you prize a lock o
your own hair SO much ?2i lliw afaa
a 1t has a story belonging to-it and &
strange one. | keep it thus with care
because it speaks to me OF God and
his especial care more than anything ]
possess" o l.sr ra 55om e3no 5tal /.
b ifrt4 was little child of four year;
lold, with long curly locks, which ii
sun, rain, or wind hung down my
tcheeks uncovered. One day, my fathel
! went into the woods to cut up log
+ and I went with him. 1 was stand
ing q little way behind, or rather a
his side, watching with interest th'
strokes Of the heavy axe, as it went VI
and came down upon the wood, send
ling of splintefs with every stroke il
q all directions. oh 7fe.a a feru
%Some of the splinters fell at my
!, feet and eagerly stopped to 7picl
them up. In doing so, |. stumbled
forward, aud in moment my curl
head lay upon log. 1 had fallen JUS
? at the moment when the axe wa
coming down with all its force. a,e
at was too late to stop the blow
Down came the axe. [ screamed, anC
my father fell to the ground in terror
He could not stay the stroke; and il
the blindness which the sudden hOrro
caused, he thought he had killed hi'
boy. eoep bal...f4.-..-,a.,,,,.
I'VE soon recoyered-I from my
. fright and he from his terror. He
caught me in his arms, and looked al
me from head to foot, to find out the
deadly wound he was sure he hsd
inflicted.
mot dlop of blood or scar wa,
Ito be'seen.
ale knelt upon the grass and gave
thanks. SO r.ef a,# If
Having done so, he took up his axe
and found few hairs upon its edge
He turned the log he had been split
ting, and there was single curl of the
boys hair, sharply cut through and
laid upon the wood. o-n
'How great the escape!
at was as if an angel had turned
aside the edge at the moment when I
, was descending on my head. With
renewed thanks upon his lips, he tool
up the curl aud went home with. me
in his arms. -...., .;.a
"That lock he kept all his days as a
memorial of great good fortune. That
lock he left me on his death-bed."
Il i--.ld -.--4A--al.l.4ld -4L-4-lA
Horses. OF SCENT
writer-iu Tsits Magazine passes a
high enconium on the aeuteness Of scent
possessed by the horse by which the
!, animal is enabled to make, his way over
the toughest road during the profound
est darkness of night. In view Of this
tfact he says: "Never check your
horse at night but give him free head,
and you may rest assufed that he will
never get Of tie road, and will carry
you expeditiodsly and safe. 'tThe
nsceutp part is all right butthe expedi-
tious progress depends upon circuHl-
stances. As an instance: An eccen-
trio man residing in the backwoods
some miles south of Erie, Pa, left that
) IRillage, now city, on horseback at about
4 ten O'Clock of very dark night Get
ting fairly upon the road, the horse
was given his head, and, to make the
ltime seem as short as possible, tho
party thought he would close bis eyes
and recite The Bride of Abydos, as a
means Of Willing away the time, which,
with many other pieces he knew per
fectly well. 1t was his impression that
1.-THE piece would occupy. most Of the
ttime necessary to reach home. He
tcIosed his ewes accordingly and com
menced aloud the recitatian. He felt
1.-THE motion Of the horse for time, but,
warming with his subject, all else was
forgotten till the piece was concluded.
He then opened his eyes, which were
l'hot of much use owing to the profound
darkness; nevertheless; blythe aid Of
these and his other organs, he discoy-
lered that the horse had come to halt
by the road side and was quietly feed
ing from a cock of hay which lay with
in reach over low fence! Instead of
the kesuIseeptof the horse serving to
aid in his homeward course, it detected
1.-THE hay as well as the road, and, as ap-
petite preferred the former, the conse-
lqueuce was that not aainiIe had been
gained towards homeawhile the "Bnde
lOf Abydos" was being expended on the
desert air In this case a 'tfree head"
to the horse was not synonyOus with
progress because the scent Of hay was
more inviting than. that Of the road
lhomeWard. o,.,.e. 80.