The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-01-03
From Old Friends.
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Drc. 26ih, 1867.

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Drc. 26'h, 1867.
En-. JoURSAL:-We have Just rsturned from
Railroad excursion, a small party of us
consisting principally of the Branches and
| .Fzputs pf oIs family, spd Al the root and
! trthk Il the rar6 beloogs d Fremont, il
nd-urslif occas . us tbst sohss Of sou will
vill feef Interested 10 know what we are do
ing this 26th Of December and how we are
doing it. The weather is magnificent, the
air balmy as day in May, the sunshine
cyer ail the broad prairies is SO warm, 80 full
of inspiration that if we were fairies we
might, you know, lie down and putting our
esrs to the ground hear tbes grass 'grownsi
We have had no wintef In Kansas; the rivers
are open, and Jack Frost touches US gently
more gently than Time, alssl
9 'Tbe 6entrssf Btshach Of the Union Pacific
Railroad is one Of the three great divisions
Of the Union Pacific Railroad, the greatest
civilizer Of the age; wherever it stretches It's
iron limbs there follows empire and progress
All along this Railway are little towns and
hsmlets just started, only a few months old
but showing evidences Of prosperity and en-
terprise. The towns Of course belong to the
Railroad Company, some Of thsir names, are
Modroyia, Efingham, Muscetah, Netawska,
oentrsiia, Wetmore and Frankfort the lat
ter eighty miles from Atchison. We stop
ped at Frankfort, the cars running no farther
at present. Next week the Road will be
flushed one hundred miles, sl,.s I,adsr
We started out on foot at Frankfort in
search of relics, but our utmost efforts were
fruitless 70 fnd any trace ofihe Aborigipes.
1 founda huge old shoe With dilapidaaed
sole and q small circular hole cut out with a
knife as if somebody's great toe was incon-
veniehtly accommodated and wanted more
room. This evidence Of civilization which
discovered out on tseppen prairie / took up
tenderiy, lifted With care and presented to
the Land Commissioned, of Atchison, and
Major Gum, the accomplished Chief En-
gineer of tAs A;chison d Pixies Peak r. r.,
40 relse Of the time that tried mems soIes.. >
What do the benighted farmers of Ohio
xmas about farmsi Here the soil just tickled
By A'naing implements laughs with fat har-
vests Senator Pomeroy,s celebrsted farm
is on the line of this Rsilroad;r here are the
famous Cashmere Goats which cost thou
sand dollars each The farm consists of thou
sand acres, three hundred of which are un-
der fence. Here too stretch the broad lands
Of the Kickspoo Reserve sold by the Railroad
Company to actual settlers at 81 so an acre,
which is the lowest price; 81 90, however.
beiug considered, 1 believe, the average
price. There are over I52 900 acres thus Of
fered for sale. The terms are such that no
man can afford to be without farm, the
time for payment being heightened out to
ten years in many cases. Buy your farm on
time. put your ready-money into stock and
farm buildings, and in ten years time laugh
at the worldf ht asiairsr +4'isi {
The Christmas dinner Of yesterday was
demoralizing, but to-day these fresh fields
and pastures new with splendid lunch on
the cars gives us new Joy in life. forgot
to say in the Beginning that a special car
was added to the regular train for the use
and pleasure of our party, in which Wyan-
dotte, AtchiDson and Fremont were rep,e-
seuted. "-''7HfHi' a7"+ MD.
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