The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-02-26
Letter from Lower sandu,ky,
Correspondence steubenviIle Herald.I
Fremont. Sanduskv Co Nov. 1863


Fremont, Sandusky Co., Nov. 1868.
| Mr.. ALLISON If my memory serves
me, it was sometime last winter that
wrote for the Herald some account of
Imy first trip to Lower Sandusky, now
Fremont, in March, 1924 now send
you some account of it may be, my last
"trip to that place.
1t is now but a light and sbort-ike
"trip of 100 miles by rail. We leave
lSteubenville, at the lower depot at Z 40
land past on by Wellsville and Alliance
Ito Cleveland, where we arrived at 80,
land where passengers have 40 minutes
tallowed them to dine-up. stairs at 81
or down stairs at 81 cents. The cars
Ileft Cleveland at 2: 80 and arrived at
Fremont at 6:32. 1t is fifteen years
Isince / last visited Fremont and this
Ipart of Ohio, aud great change, I
notice has taken place since then.
| There is a great amount of business
done in Fremont, in the purchase of
grain of all sorts, and other products, of
various kinds, suitable for the New York
market. Apples, although not full
crop, have been much sought after,
both green and dried, and are being
shipped off by rail to Philadelphia and
New York markets. Apples at Fremont
were laid in, as to price, at So to $3.50
per barrel, ready for shipment. Apples
in Sandusky county, as in many other
northern counties of the State, were not
over abundant the past season, owing to
frosts and frosty winds in May last. 1
notice that apple trees do not thrive in
some parts Of Saudusky county IS in
the more southern parts of Ohio. Some
persons are Of the opinion that the land
in some parts of the county contains
substance which proves injurious to the
growth of apple trees.
The corn crop in Saudusky county, |
the present season, proved much better
than with us in Jefferson, owing to the
fact that the land in Sandusky county |
is more damp and sandy than with US,
and the land more fresh, aud vigorous,
and, in most cases, is well cultivated. |
Corn and cats are not at so good price
as with us, they being each, at Fremont, |
40 cents a bushel. Further South
found corn worth sixty cents bushel,
owning, perhaps, to less corn being |
raised, and the land being more of
clay soil and being better calculated for
wheat. Corn, near Fremont, is husked
at five cents a bushel, not double meas
ure, but three half bushels of ears for
a bushel of shelled corn, not very re-
liable way of measuring corn with any
degree of exactness. With US it is more
common TO have corn husked by the
shock at 10 cents a shock of 100 hills, in
both cases the e'persOn husking finds his
own food.
To give some idea of the business
at the port of Fremont the
taken from one of the papers,
may suffice: "The port of Fremont
presented quite lively appearance last
week, November 7tb, and reminded one
of old times in our port. Eigth vessels
entered and discharged their eargoes
and cleared for their respective destina-
ions, loaded with lumber, grain, &C.,
With the exception of the schooners, B. /
!. Wade and J. R. Pelton, that are de- >
aimed here by the wind blowing from :
he Southwest and blowing the water
'ut of the river, leaving them hard on,
Until the water sets back, Monday morn .
ng, enought to float them. There was d
hipped from this port, during the week, L l
1000 bushels of wheat 1000 bushels :
f corn, 10, 500 bushels of oats, making Il
total of 1900 bushels of grain, 1885, =,
90 feet of lumber, aud n barrels of ! !
alt Received during the week, 100 q
oFds of shingle wood, 125 tuns of stone y
Gal, and 200 barrels Of water lime" y
ROBERT A. SHERRARD. =, -