The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-07-09

L Rather shabby treatment Of 50 promising
and important village mean the neglect
ful notice bestOKsd-5y me sP6a that Town
ofI1mber and slaves Elmors, Beautiful in
name if not in scenery
/ Nc, It was not because. Of the unsettled Sc
count betwSen me and dthesKc6llsateo engineer
that laid-oat ths- FhaE would b
fine way % liauidaieEa dsbt-chargs il up
against the inhabitants, and take it out in
severely letting them slone-Worss than
visiting the indiscretions Of the father upon
his great-grand-cbildFeb Or setting teeth On
edge bscause tbsir oWnSf ancestor aia wild
grapes. doubt not the Elm0ritss lie that
the proper derivstive2) have fully paid thsig
debts for purchase money, Nay, it is strange
if some of them have net twice paid for their
homes. WoHderif some sHfsRd Isad-oEner
has not oceasiOuaily- sold a ivillags-lOt, at its
full value, giyipg deed lEish his OEn sig.
nature alone, leaving Yen-to-dO widow to
make dower-claim, ia after years, Fhsn
the property had advanced from few dol
lars to several hundred fd vaI6s-ehe : Or,
some sharp fellow sold his place 70 an
uususPeeting neighboE for c4sh, e faI fg-
uTes, aud after putting the proceeds in safe
keeping, and the purchaser in possession,
ehdskled % see the latter opsn his eyes in
Iastonishmeuta sad drop his head ia bitter
disaPPointment aud despair, on finding an
uusatis6ed mechanics lieu hanging o7er his
new purchass7 I ssy,I wonder. I would
not hurt the feelings Of such land-pirstsa, Il
they have any, but know Of similar bill
liant busines Transactions IN q locality sons-
thing less than thousand miles frem El-
more. 1t is all right, I suppose ignoraDcs
is no excuse for such verdaney The pur-
chaser should know that the owner nay
give warranty deed although conscious
that a mortgage, or lieu or judgment o. tag
title eaeumbsrs the premises. Yes, Be must
make his warranty good, bassupPOss ne has
put his remaining real estate "0ut Of his
hands" what then7 He may have ton Of
money, but you cannot End it, or If you
can, how viii you prove it is his? The fact
is the law protects those who need defense
almost as wellssa . sieve holds water. The
legal sword is tWO-sdged and cuts both
ways, but all the time for The shTsWd man
and The rogue. You may take any law you
please. Here is an example Ohio has =
law (sud probably every other ssdte( that
renders any evidence OF Oirindsbtedoeal, void
after a certain term Of years, varying accoE6-
ing to the sort Of evidence from an account
to proGissOry note A wealthy man in
Cleveland engaged surveyor to run out =
piece Of land in another county. The sur
yeyOr rendered his account, and the owner
paid five dollars on, il LATER be paid 6Vs
more then he ignored The remaiDdsr, some
$50. The chief wrong vas in taxing the
surveyors time and not comipehsating hin,
and the injustice was aggravated by the faet
that he bOlTded himself paid the necessary
livery bill and remunerated, from his own
slender purse his assistants. The surveTor
almost concluded to go to Cleveland apd sue
the rich man who declined paying him, but
then he thought Of the poEsrof wealth to
defeat justice. Suddenly ths millionaire
died, aud his affairs fell into the hands ofan
administrator. The surveyor wrote. TIE let
ter, inclOsing his account aud after .. tine
received the reply, sMy lawyer tells me 1
would not be warranted IN, paying your
claim. The wealthy heirs did not dsigu TO
answer his letter 70 them. The consequence
is the account remains unpaid 70 this day.
Now, had the Surveyor owed the land-hold-
sr, the latter would have collected tie debt,
to the extent of distraining the formers
property, Or II he had let it run beyond The
limit, the surveyor, not know
ing the provision Of Law 70 which I refer
would have paid it at his. earliest Opportuai-
ty, even years after the,lav had annUllsd tie
account .-...
But though tha law IS pOVsrlsss to defend
honesty, TOguery is punished, aud ia sons
instances with oterribls aud camuIstiys
severity, by public records. Take the man
who executes a warranty deed viahout his
wife conveying her dover. That deed l.
recorded the record is read by hundreds
yearly from them to the latest period Of
time !; and each who reads, knows The grant
or defrauded the grantee ths consideration
in a later deed from the grasPing widow lslls
how much she wrung out Of lhe. purchaser
through the knsveFy Of her husband. Their
children read the damuing evidence OF ths
ialher's guilt and the mothers participation
in it aud while shame nantes thsir broas,
disrespect for aud indignation towards both
mother and father fll their hearts.
But how have digressed, and to What
purpose Well, nobody can prove that 1
did not thorough " trace that van. s.o1
This brings me TO Just where I commenc.
ed. The traffic in lumber and slaves At Eis
more is important and yearly increasing.
A heavy dealer in Toledo " the future
Of the lWest, - buys millions Of
slaves there, and doubt not the locality
supplies other dealers in other cities; and
yet to the passing traveller, only a sliphtin-
road upon the surrounding forests seems 10
have been made. ] expect 70 see this new
place the capital Of Ottawa county, and it il
to be hoped that repetition Of the school,
boy, petty pickering between PerrysburR
and Bowling Green, will not OCCUR when the
change transpires. ViVs IA FL
more. FoGT.
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