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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-01-21
CURIOSITY Rewarded.

A well known citizen of Hartford,
Conn, a few days ago had taken a
seat in the afternoon train for Provi-
dence, when a small, weazen-faced,
elderly gentleman, having the appear
ance or a well-to-do farmer came into
the car looking for a seat. The gen
tleman good naturedly made room
for him by his side, and the old man
looked him over from head to foot.
"Going to Providence| he said
at length.
mo sir" the stranger answered,
politely; I,stop at Andover."
81 want to know! / belong out
that way myself Expect to stay
long?"
"Only over night, SIR
A short pause.
"Did you caPlate to put up at the
tavern?"
mo, sir; expect to stop withMr
Skinner"
"What, Job SINNERS? Deacon
Job-lives in little brown house on
the old pike? Or mebbe it's his brot-
hers? Was it TimSkinner's-Squar6
Tim's-where you was goin'?'
Yes" said the gentleman, smil
ing: at was squire Tins.
"Dew tell if you are goin' there tc
ston ovar niOhtl Anv connection Ot
his'n?"
mo, sir"
"Well, now, that's curis! The ole
man amt got into any trouble mol
nothin' has hei' lowering his voice
saint goin' to serve writ onto hin
be YEP
"Oh no, nothing of the kind.
"Glad ont. No harm in askin' ]
'spose. I reckon HISS Skinner:
some connection of yours|
NO" said the gentleman. Ther
seeing the amused expression on thC
faces of two or three acquaintance:
in the neigeboring seats, he added
lin a confidential tone:
Il am going to seeSquireSkinner'
daughter.
Law sakesr said the old man hi:
face quivering with curiosity. That
it, is it? I want to know Going tC
see Miranda Skinner, be We! Well
Miranda is nice gal-kinder homb
lly, and long favored, but smart t.
work they say, and you're about tn,
right age for her too. Keep compa
my together longY
81 never saw her in my life, sir
"How youtalkl Somebody gin he
a reccomend I suppose, and you'e
goin' out there to take a squint a
her. Wa'al I must say. there's a
likely gals in Andover as Mirand
Skinner I've got family or grow
ed up darters myself. Never wa
married afore, was ye? Don't Sc
Ino weed on your hat"
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-01-21
HOW Pones are Chosen.

An English work on "The eonsti-
tuition of Papal Conclaves" gives
some curious information as to the
mode in which the Cardinals elect a
Pope. Upon the death of a Pope,
one of the Cardinals, whose duty it
is to represent supreme authority
during the interregnum, proceeds
with a guilt mallet to knock at the
Pope's door, and then to tap the
forehead of the deceased with u sill
yer mallet. The great bell of the
capital is then tolled, to summon the
conclave, bnt nine days must pass
before the actual meeting, to give all
time to arrive. On the ninth day
the Cardinals meet in the Church of
St Sylvester, and walk in procession
to the Quirinal palace, where they
are, three hours after sunset, closely
locked up until an election is made.
Each Cardinal has his cell, and is
supposed to fix his choice in perfect
solitude, free from all external infu-
ences. But their eminences are not
shut up alone. Each Cardinal may
have with him two conclavists, or
confidential private secretaries; and
these have sometimes been able to
play an important part in the papal
elections, their practice having been
more than once as adrOit and success
ful as those of our own "log-rollers"
Besides the conclavists, there is a
population of cOnfessors, .physisians,
DC, down to BARRIERS, carpenters and
sweepers. These being locked and
barred in, the Cardinals vote each
day until an election is accomplished.
\ simple ballot is taken in the fore
noon, and if no election is made a
second is taken in the afternoon,
but only to transfer votes to either
of the names voted for the morning.
If there is still no election, the
ballots are thrown upon the fire in
the chapel, and the smoke from the
chimney announces to the people
that the church is still without a
head. The strictest precautions are
used to prevent fraud, but not al
ways with success. Even Cardinals
have been known to resort to tricks.
Betting on a papal election was pro
hibited by bull of Plus ", yet
even Cardinals would send out by
the turning wheel used to introduce
/, their meals instructions for putting
numbers into the lottery,
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AnOwI story.

On the OXmead road. about two
and half miles from Burlington, n.
J., bordering upon the farm of George
D. Parrish, Esq, who was 'tO the
mannOr born,' grandson of the orig
inal proprietor father of the lateDr.
Parrish, Of Philadelphia, for many
years celebrated as a medical prac-
titioner), stands a famous, timeWorn
old sycamore tree. which has cast its
shade for many long years across
the road. 1t is of stately growth,
hollow at the top. Since the year
1907 this old sycamore has been the
home and nest of an owl family,
having withstood the rude assaults
of mischevious boys and more wick
ed men, who have at various times,
endeayOred to dislOdge them, as
saulting their habitation, and even
attempting to burn them out; but
these harmless birds have always
found firm protector in the propri-
etOr of Oxmead farm, until it is
finally conceded that the tree be-
longs by the right of possession to
this owl family, and of late they are
unmoIested. At dusk of evening it
is the habit of this owl to pay 2
nightly visit to its benefactor. where
perching itself in one of the trees
about the house, as 1 have often
heard it, it gives forth its notes of
thanksgiving as if in praise of him
who has been its protector. Some
times it takes a turn, coming across
the road to my place, perches itself
in one of my trees, giving us a cheer
ful salutatiOn.
There may be a moral drawn from
this marked instinct of a bird in
its seeming recognition of the kind
ness of its benefactor that I leave
your readers to apply.
The curious fact is, that for sixty
one years this family of owls have
lbeen known to inhabit that old
sycamore tree. 1t is a study for the
ornithologist-Netg York Ersatag
Post,
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Anecdote Of l.ouis NannIeon.


During the winter of 1898 or 1929,
while on visit to his aunt. thegrand
Duchess Stephanie of Baden, Louis
Napoleon was walking along the
banks Of the Rhine with his two
cousins, the Princesses Josephine
and Marie of Baden, accompanied by
several persons of the grand ducal
court. The conversation turned on
the French gallantry of olden times.
The Princess Mary, in her piquant
and original style lauded the days Of
chivalry. She extOled above mes-
sure the gallants whose device was
"Dieu, mon yoj, ct ma danea-"God,
my king and my lady fair" and who
faithfully carried it out through al
sorts of perils and sacrifices. With
this picture of bygOne virtues shs
contrasted the vices and the selfish
ness Of modern times. Louis Napo-
leon took up the debate with the
warmth and spirit natural to his age.
He maintained that, in respect to
courage and gallantry the French had
not degenerated a whit At that
moment they arrived at the spot
where the Necker makes its junction
with the Rhine. In winter the scene
is most picturesque, offering the as
pect Of a stormy sea, and it was in
fact, the object of their Walk.-As
they fingered on the causeway dyke
which skirts the Nacker, a gust Of
wind carried off a flower from the
Princess AIarie's hair and blew it in
to the rushing waters. Look thereP
said the thoughtless girl, with a
laugh, and pointing to the flower
hurried away by the current. That
would have been an excellent oppor-
tunity for a cavalier of the Olden
time" "Aha, cousinr' exclaimed
Louis Napoleon. That's a chaTlen-
ye. Very well; I accept it, and he
Immediately plunged, dressed as he
was, into the rapid stream. We can
conceive the fiutter and the fright Of
the Grand Duchess, the court ladies,
and the rest. The Princess Marie
loudly bewailed her folly; the others
shouted for help, or utter
ed feminine cries Of despair. Mean
while the prince swan bravely, ,strugg
ing with the violence of the waves.
He disappeared, reappeared, and then
disappeared and reappeared again,
md finally reaching the bank safe
md sound, but shivering, with the
lower Ofmischiefi in his hand. Here
t is, take it, cousin" ," he said But
or heavens sake" laughing, and
pointing to his dripping garments
never more talk to me of your ca
7aliers of the olden time"
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Origin of the Term s.Gcrrymandering. 3

Origin of the Term ''Gerrymandering.'
Most politicians, one would sup
pose, know the origin of the term
"gerrymandering." Yet we find
Governor Ashley, of Montana Terri
tory, in a recent message, writing a.
bout 'gerrymandering," with an in
itial instead of a G, thus entirely
misrepresenting the derivation of the
word. Some sixty years ago El-
bridge Gerry, the grandfather of our
distinguished felOw-citizens and
lawyer, Elbridge T. Gerry, Esq,
counsel for the SIM in John Russell
Young's libel suit, and for Daniel
McFarlandin the approaching trial
for murder, was the leader of the old
Democratic party in Massachusetts.
To perpetuate the power the party
in the State, Mr.. Gerry, and, his as
sociates in the Legislature rearrang-
ed and divided theState into districts
so as-to insure as far as possible Dem
ocratic majorities in the election dis
tricts, and in so doing had little res
pect to the symmetry geographical
boundaries. A colOred map, show
ing these new districts, was hung on
the wall of Mr.. Gerry's office, and at
a distance portion of the State ac-
cidentally presented the image of a
sprawIing lizard. One day a stanch
Federalist came in, and espying this
map, exclaimed, 'Why, what sort of
an animals that therey "Oh, that
is a Salamander," said Mr.. Gerry,
good humoredly. "A salamander!m
replied his friend, who in the mean-
while had examined the map more
closely, and from his knowledge of
local politics had seen what the effect
of the redistributing would be; "you
had better say a GeITy-mander." The
witticism was repeated by Mr.. Gerry
and thus it came to pass that gerry
Wandering" with the G hardy be-
came a slang expression for the po-
litical device practiced by Mr.. Gerry
and his friends.-New York SIN.
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for either boys or men. y If you nev-
er drink a drop Of Intoxicating L.
quor, you will never be a drunkard.
If you depart from this rule, no man
can say to how low a depth of wretch
edness and degradation you may see
The worst drunkard in the land was
once a pure and innocent boy"
"Pn never swallow even q ealfr'
exclaimed George, starting up and
speaking with great earnestness.
"Touch not, taste not, handle not
the unclean thing" said Aunt Katy,
"and all will be well with you. But
indulge over so little in drinking as
you grow to manhood, and none can
tell into what a great depth Of hors'
less ruin you may fall"
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-01-21
The Oldest City in the World

| Damascus is the oldest city in the
world. Tyre and SidOn have crum-
bled On the shore; Baalbee is a ruin.
Palmyra is buried in a desert; Nine
veh and Babylon have disappeared
] from the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Damascus remains what it was be-
fore the days of Abraham center
Of travel-an island of verdure in
the desert; "a presidential capital, :"
with martial and sacred association
extending through thirty centuries.
1t was near Damascus that Saul Of
Tarsus saw the light above the
brightness of the Sun; the street
which is called strait, in which it was
said che prazeth" still runs through
the city. The caravan comes and
goes as it did a thousand years ago,
there is still the sherk, the ass, and
the waterwheel, the merchants of the
Euphrates and the Mediterranean
still ''occupy" these "with the null
titude of their wares" The city
which Mahomet surveyed from a
neighboring height. and was afraid
to enter "because it was given to
man to have but one paradise, and
for his part, he was resolved not to
have it in this world" is to day what
Julian called the "eye of the East, -
as it was in the time of Isaiah, ''the
head of Syria
From Damascus came the damson
our blue plums, and the delicious ap-
ricOt of Portugal, called damascO,
damask, our beautiful fabric of cot
ton and silk, with vines and flowers
raised upon smooth, bright ground |
the damask rose, introduced into
England in the time Of Henry Will, !
the Damascus blade, so famous the |
world over for its keen edge, and
elasticity, the secret of |
whose manufacture was lost when |
ramerlane carried the artist into
Persia. and that beautiful art of in
aging wood and steel with gold |
and silver, a kind of mosaic engrav-
ing and scul lpture united-ealled |
lamaskeeing-with which boxes, |
swords, are ornamented. 1t |
IS still a city of flowers and bright |
the streams of Lebanon and |
lhe "silk of gold" still murmur and !
sparkle in the wilderness of the Syr-
an gardens.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-01-21
The Decay ofEnglish Personal Courage.

The Decay Of English Personal Courage.
The Pail Mall Gazette brings a
charge that a want of personal cour-
age, pluck, or nerve, is becoming a
marked characteristic with the Eng
lish people. Cases of murder have
been heard Of late, in which listeners
and spectators have retired to their
rooms and bolted their doors, OF
stood paralyzed, or followed at a safe
distance. If a fellow is hammering
or kicking q man or more often q
woman, or trailing about her half
dead body on the high road, nobody
seems braves enough to knock the
villain down. Take few instances
out Of many; A gang ofrufTians set
on a solitary policeman and nearly
killed him; not one Of the bystand-
ers lent the unfortunate constable a
helping hand. Not long since either
one or two persons were drowned;
there had been a fight, and they were
either upset or thrown into the river
they might have been easily rescued
but the spectators on the banks con-
tented themselves with jeering and
non-interference.
In the colonies a man beat his
wife most brutally; her screams were
awful, and many Of the neighbors
heard them and knew what was 90
ing on: but they also knew him to be
a dangerous man; )" and what he had
threatened 3" to do for any one who
interfered." In the morning the bo
dy of a woman was found still warm
and palpitating. The case Of a
man who is now under sentence of
death for killing the woman with
whom he lived, and the man who
he had good reason to believe hsd
been intimate with her is a erowning
illustration. Here several persons,
including several strong "navies,"
saw him dragging the poor creature
over stiles in the field, while she was
screaming for life, and saw HIM after
he had got the gun in his hand, and
none interfered. They said they
''did not think it would have been
safe" 1t is evidently the general
impression in England that it is not
advisable to interfere between man
and wife even to prevent murder.
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9oetrg
THE LAST CONQUERER.

Victorious men of earth no more,
Proclaim how wide your empires are;
Though you bind in every shore,
And your triumphs reach as far
As night or day,
Yet you proud monachs, must obey
And mingle with forgotten ashes, when
Death calls ye to the crowd of common
men.
Devouring Famine, Plague, and War,
Each able to undo mankind,
Deaths servile emissaries are;
Nor to these alone confined,
He hath at will
More quaint and subtle ways to kill;
a smile or kiss, as he will use the art,
Shall have the cunning skill to break
heart.
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Il have been married fifteen years
sir. 1 have a wife and five children.
And then, as the long strained mirth
of the listeners to this dialogue burst
forth of the old mans open-mouthed
astonishment, he hastened to explain,
Il am a docter, my friend, andSqueir
Skinner called into my office this
morning to request my professional
services for his sick daughter"
"Wa'al now" And the bore wad-
died off into the next ear.-Harpey's
MORthlV.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-01-21

F C. NJ. DILLON believing his
store to be the best place to buy Hard
ware, Stoves, Tinwsre, Agricultural I'M
plements, &c., &c, respectfully asks all
the people to demonstrate the facts
bove set forth, by severe practical tests,
in their Shops, on their Farms, in theil
Parlors and their Kitchens, to discus
examine, investigate, and see and know
9or themselves, the opportunity now
fered, to do them good and invest theil
money pre- ftably.
To the old customers of Mess
Roberts & Sheldon l would say that
every thing will be done in the
future as in the past, tomake il
their interest to still favor the estab
Iishment with their patronage. Tc
the people in general I extend q
ordial invitation, to call and examine
my stock, and they will find, that l O6el
good goods, sell them at fair prices,
commodste as far as possible and try tc
make the store pleasant and agreeable
for all Yours
C. III. DILLON,
Successor to Roberts & Sheldon.
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Fremont, Ohio
Fabing's Block,

Medicines Peumerie Fine Soaps of all kinds We
fuges Cough Basams Preparations for the Hair Esenses Sae
Cream Tsy.; Soda, the puret white Coal Oil in the
market Lamps of all sizes. Chimnies.
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PURE WHITE I

Lnseed Oil raw boed vanshe all kinds Brushes Of every desep
dO Backing Oil NeaOO OIL Cod Liver Oil Toilet Bottles OamphOr
Rnew Cream Poemones Daries Pock-
Books Combs Clothes Tooth aud Nail Brushes Honey Soap Soothing Syrup
Powders Sal Soda Pills kind Borax indigo Sulphur
LogwOOd Synges T Pure Bandie Why and Wines for medicinal
purposes Bronchial Toche and many other articles to
mention
articles medicines
the
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EAvEs TROUGH,
EAVEs TROUGH

Special pains will te taken TO furnish
good article of Trough'ng. and to put it up in
a satisfactory manner. We don't claim to
compete with travelling tinkers or irresponsi-
bic parties but we do say that we can and
will furnish an article that will convince the
most skeptical that our mechanics ase first
class and do superior work. We employ the
Patent Fastener in all cases unless otherwise
specified.
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WAR CLAIM AGENTS.
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

ZANE E. CLARKE, Administrator, Of the estate
- of Horace E. Clarke, deceased, has hled her ae-
counts for final settlement of said estate said
accounts will be for hearing, january 3lst 1870 at
10 o'clock, A. n. ]. L. GREENE, Jr.
Probate Judge
Fremont, Jan. llth, 1870. %
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AdmInistratOr Motto

AumI nl8IEUIOT NUIECts
THE undersigned has been duly appointed ad-
1ninistrator Of the Estate of John Warren, late
Of Sandusky county, Ohio, deceased.
JOHN L. GREENE,
Ttsmopt, Dec, s1nd, 1859, s2.2
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dstamlrAdHrdangani lob Wat made QuriHlI
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J. R. LYTLE
J. r. BARTLETT.
ad1DTCAL,

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DHYSICIAN SURGEON. Ofice with DR..
i Kelley, in BirehRrd Block,
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-12-13
Local Briefs.

The Teachers Institute of this county
will meet in this borough on the Goth inst.
We are sorry to say that the Altoona
Daily Sun has suspended. The weekly
will be continued as usual
On Friday night last, large stable at
tached to the Cumberland Valley Hotel
was burned-supposed to be the work of
an incendiary.
The Harrisburg STATE Journal says roses
were in bloom in the yards in that city last
week.
One night last week the barn belonging
to the ork county poor-house, was burn
ed, with large amount of vegetables,
hay, live stock, &c.
A. j. HarGzel, of Newport, has been
missing since The 22nd of November. His
friends are much alarmed about him. Any
person knowing anything of his wherea-
bouts, will confer favor, by addressing
NJ. l.. Haltzel, Newport.
On Wednesday morning last Mr.. VIM.
Grier, of this borough, was slightly injured
while helping to raise small building on
his premises, by piece of timber falling,
the end hitting him on the cheek bone.
On the last day of November or the first
of December, a bottle of Chloroform con-
tanning nearly half a pound, was stolen
from the Office of Dr. Ard, in this borough.
Rather queer thing to steal, unless the
chief had some very particular operation in
view.
On Saturday, the 10th inst, Lewis Potter,
general agent OF the Pennsylvania Cattle
Insurance Co., paid G. w. Taylor & Bro,
of Millerstown, Pa, $152 for mule, in
sured by said Company which was killed
by the cars at the Millerstown station, on
the 18th Of Oct. last. This company in
sures Horses, Mules, and Cattle against loss
by theft, death, or accident, at low rates
Robert White is now canvassing Perry Co.,
to whom application ca II be made for insu.
rance.