The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-11
written for the Framont JOuInsi.

M rather uerhaps his EotOriety eclip8ss t1as
Of any Of his countrymsD, % that bis siIui-
renee casts others into The densess sAsds.
The f.ult Of our Gsnoess- Hill RsTsE bs lnsa
Bscility, and Il their village does not sYsnt-
ually rank among The foremost Of cities, tAs
ALLURE must be chsrgsabls elsewhere. -
6rst glance there wss doubtless Httle 70 IN
duce ons TO invest his means here. ] taTs
no extended information on the subject. and
the unembeglished truth may tumble he
castle of theory which have st some Paina
erected, into the dust Of mortified pride. I
reason thus But forthe construction of the
O. { 7. R. r. through This point, The hrst
tree had not yet been fsllcd 70 cause The
q bowling wilderness to bud and blosaom ss
the rose The necessity for wood and Eatsr
made a station 9 some one must tend :
it he must have q home there could be no
home without some one to sew on his buttons
and pick up" after him she must have
other society the locality vas unattractigs
but land could be hsd almost for q song"
laborsrs were needed 70 keep the road IN re-.
pair, and thus more families were indnoed 10
settle here. But these few uDambitious and
uuenterprising people vould never found
thrifty village, excsp, in respect to supply
ing numbers men Of resources and cen.
prehsusivs dsaign-msn whose aggTsasivs
aspirations would lead them to wage s1isa-
sive war against The giants Of the forest, sub
ject them to useful ends and carpet the
ground they had 50 long and TO so little uss
mopopclized, with nsturs's yielding emerald
--such men were needed. They cane bua
all ambition is not equally brave and psE.
sistent-ah itrequires pure heroiam % bat.
tie with the wilderness /; the inst consn
were driven away BY unforseen obstacles
il farmers, they were Prepa.sd to live in los
houses and to ebdurs the fsVefs sugsndsFsd
through freshly decaying vegetation, bad
drainage and drinking surface water, but
they had not thought Of ths impsDstrabls
and unfruitful mass Of limestone lying %
near the surface and even in places cropping
out in grey ridges fringed with vsrdani,
Velgety moss; clearing away the timber and
undergowth revealed this insurmountsbls
difficulty the newcomers turned sHsy
with ssddened faces, loaded their houss-hold
goods and divinities and went to more IN
Yiting localities. Who then would reclaim
this barren fsld or waste, rzfhsr9 Some
burner Of or dealer il lime Glanced that
way, saw the hidden Ito bis pEsdecsnos)
mine of wealth and Independence and fore
tboughtfully Cif that be an slloWabls V0Eil
invested his means in portion Of he rsskT
wild. This was the hopeful beginning, and
new more than one proprietor Of line kilns
is far on ths royal highway to success. Is
staggers ones belief, but the fact E, ths
lims-landz at Geaoa are worth almost &c
much per scre as the sandy suburbs Of TOls-
do, or any other as young first class city.
Speaking Of these suburban lEnds, I have
often thought Of the change in valuation
produced By circumstances. Let me instance
tract west Of and chiefly without the city.
Were it five miles further away, it would bs
considered much like sssH-rightsous1ess-ihs
more one has, the poorer he is-bsinz but
an alienation Of arid ridges and sour
svamps, among whose Stuntsd bushes he
fox and grOund-AOg dig their places Of re-
treat, or from out whose flags and poplar
thickets, partly submerged, comes the eroak.
ing chorus Of frogs. And yet, little overs
year sgo the $50 acres were purchased fof
$4,000, and nov the whole is Plastsa iuis
more than 500 lots held on an aVeTsze Ct
s2O0 per lot This is material and utili.
tartan age almost every body is absorbed
IN speculations fer money making; some
have sacrificed all the luzusiss, yea, c0nEoftl
Of home and sought distant 81 Dcrados and
others are bending every ezsrtiOn 10 ineFszsa
thsir profits in business at houe, al fret and
rspine at tbs hard times many persiss IA
reckless sxtravagauce despite The sTy Il
breakers ahead r. the nation seems on the
verge of bankruptcy gold Is our god bus
gold is not always yellow ils color yarias,
and in Genoa It's hue IN the ore is gFsy-fs-
fined, 1t is white.
Next The whistle soandsd our app1oaoh 70
the town of lumber and slaves Eluols h
Ottawa county, For an inland placs, ia
growth has been rapid. The writer well r..
members when It vas laid out and plaitsa
by an engineer Who was as much celebrated
for an innocent disregard Of al ps0miaEy
claims brought against him, as for skin aBd
thOroughnsss in his vocation. The monu-
mshts planted By him win be found exactly
to correspond with The fsld-notss iOcatine
them, unless some Of his successor not bsv.
ing the fear Of the curse for removing q kla
Deighbor's landmark" before hissyez, hsVa
misplaced them. Ny recolleOtiou Of this
Surveyor win not appear 50 wonderful, when
I state that be was formerly ny employer,
and when be went to the far West cthsrs
vas slight differences Of a hundred dollars
between the brand Or. sides Of eur account,
in whose hVOr it does not msttsT, 5ut neither
Of Us has been able TO collect il There ID
nothing like the three magic eabaliatic lat
tsrs, o o, or the reverse, to strsnkthsa
ones memory.
Taking on sddidonal feed for our iroa-
horse, whose capacity Of consumption u
equalsd only By his power Of dlgsstion,--and
look into his flaming bowels solves ths
query IS to his strength and spssk,-Ea
were soon shooting along BY shanties, hrm.
houses, fields, clsarings and woods, ike
some vsngsfal monster stealing rapidly near
enough to pounes upon his unsuspsctinR
prey. Now and then, as We glided under
. Look out for the Engine. the uOuosony
Of the scene was relieved BY the aapearancs
Of 3 team drawing a loaded wagon. or Z
lighter vehicle and the frantic pIubeos Of
the restiVs horses unused TO such sight or
angry because anything can beat-thsm in
speed. were not an uuWsleoms variation. A
downright runaway would have been very
grateful to the eye, if the mind could have
perceived no consequent daDesr. But What
can suFpass in tiresOme sameusss quist
winter scene, with no human being and
neither beast nor fovliu view There would
be pleasing Variety-stumpE, trees, ALLEN
logs fences, iee-fettered streams, straw
stacks and buildings, all in bold rslisf-but
covering Of snow lies On everything Ost-
doOrss softsning the sharp angles and eon-
vertiBg the whole into an extensive and dis
agreeable waste. To my mind it sugzssts
mouFnfnl thOughts-I seem 70 be rushing
through great cemetery It appears as il
ali the separate objects have mentioned
had, in the midst Of happy life, been sud
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