The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-11-25


state have passed Whatever may he the i'm
mediate result, one thing is certain, the CRIME
committed by these men, is reacting against
them and their party with Tremendous force
and will hasten the time of their inevitable
overthrow.
Negro Suffrage has many friends here
which it did not have before the election.
The next contest will be between the owners
OF property and business men, both American
and French; the men who ara determined to
build up the materisl interests of the state,
united with tho colored people on one side and
the low white trash and few demsgogues
who lead them on the other. The result will
be that the half starved miserable wretches
will be driven from the state and the lands
! occupied and cultivated by better people.
From all that has occurred and from what
We know of the causes of the late disturbance,
I am satisfied that it is perfectly safe for nor
thern man to settle here. During the entire
time, we with our families, have felt perfectly
secure and have come and gone, day and
night, as we did before anything had hap
pened. would advise any person seeking
southern home and intending to engage in
agricu'ture, either as land owner or laborer TO
come to this section of country. They will
find hearty welcome from good and true
men. who desire nothing for the state so much
as III, .-.troduction into it of northern skill,
industry, capital and enterprise.
1 have Just returned from a visit to the plan
tation purchased last spring By Joe Jefferson,
the Grip Van Winkle" of the stage. 1t has
upon it a beautiful island, known before the
purchase as "Dupes Island" This island as it
is called, though it is not surrounded by
water, consists of about five hundred acres of
land elevated about sixty feet above the level
of the surrounding prairie land on one side
and lake Peguiner on the other. 1t slopes
gradually upon the lower side, but the other
side iuts out into the lake forming a bold pro-
mentory. The island is covered with a fine
growth of TIMBER which has been beautifed
by art. An orange orchard of twelve hundred
trees has been planted upon the ridge which
iuts out into the water. Oranges need water
and woods to protect them from winds and
frost These trees are filed with fine yellow
fruit of which We ate freely and carried home
an abundant supply at - per hundred, the
price few weeks later will be 70 cents per
hundred or 80 a barrel This place, which is
to be the future home Of the great actor, is one
of thu most lovely imaginable. 1t commands
an extensive view OF rich prairie on one side,
on the other lake Peguiner covering about ten
square miles, while far in the distance can be
seen, upon a clear day, the waters Of the gulf
from which come almost perpetual sea breezes
to temper the heat in summer and the cold Of
winter. Prom the front door of Jefersons
residence can be seen Avery's Salt Island
about ten miles distant looming up almost like
a mountain. This iland, having evidence of
volcanic formation, has upon it a mine of rock
salt from which thousands Of tons are taken
and still the supply seems to DO inexhaustab.e.
Of this island 1 will write you at another time.
Sugar making has commenced in earnest
and all over the country can be seen day and
night the smoke and steam rising from the
manufactures Of the sweet which contributes
so much to the comfort of domestic life. I'm
til yesterday the weather has been hot, to-day
we are having cold winds from the north.
J. <. HoRD.