The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-02-10

aiCer lie many are CaugnJ 20 recOg-
| nize each day as bringing, regularly,
| distinct duties ;--labors to be per-
formed and pleasures to be enjoyed,
that are not to be repeated for seven
ldays. Yet with the majority Of pee-
Iple, the most of the days ofthe week
Iprobably pass with continuous
sameness /; to whom the days, in
themselves. irrespective of occasion
al incidents, may be said to be simi-
lar in their employments and enjoy
ments, with the exception of two,
and that exception is practically
made, with more or less emphasis,
wherever the week and Christianity
are known.
Sunday, by Divine appointment q
day of rest and peace and Saturday
which has distinctive features be-
cause fits proximity to the other.
/ Sunday TIN ows a certain tinge over
Saturday, that often cheers the toll
worn coantenance with the thoughts
ofrest; and is gratefully perceived
by the weary laborer, both In the
field and at the students desk. To-
morrow is Sunday, and with the
CONSCIOUSNESS comes a feeling of re
tlief and comfort, and the few remain
ling hours of hebdomadal toll are
leheeFed and lightened. It is the
real pleasure OF anticipation, like
that of the parched and weary trav-
erlers of Saraha, who spies, not far
distant, the fountain teeming oasis,
and perchance detects a scent from
Its fruit-laden shades, so that his
eye brightens and his step quickens,
and he is oblivions of the burning
rays above and the hot sands be
meath. So, as the average twelve
hours of Saturday sunlight, are sue
cessively severed from the future and
placed in the past, the sense of the
burdens of the day fades away, and
the spirits are heightened inversely
to use q term of which wire Drained
mathematicians are extremely fond
with the elimination of Saturday S
dimensions.
Saturday night comes now, and
all who have earned right to enjoy
the Seventh day are cheerfully pre-
lparing for its rest. Each one who
has passed six days of genuine ex-
listsnce-who has had 9 life purpose
and has performed, or honestly at.
tempted to perform, part of it, ar
ranges in his own way for the vel
Ecome respite. Numberless little,
weekly usages and customs are oh
Iserved. Many things are done, in
Eexeess of the ordinary routine, in
Iconseuuence of the refreshing
Thought 'this is Saturday night
The farmer, instead of leaving tue
upright in the sod, at the end of a
prospective furrow, as he did at the
conclusion of yesterdays lsbors, di-
rects it to the farm yard, where he
deposits it sale from both sun and
rain. In another field, the sulky
lad who, II not directly appointed, Is
at least de facto Overseer of his fel-
lows, reminds than Of the unusual
occasion by,-~Seeing it's SATURDAY.
might, boys, we'll take up the hoes"
and they thereupon shoulder those
honorable implements, and march
lhome with all the irregularity, and
a large portion of the alserity, of q
SQUAD of FFanc-tireurs charging
with their backs to the Prussians.
And the counting house clerk, if
an old man, wipes his pen with un-
wonted care; if a young man. he
forgets to wipe it at all. But in
either case, upon dismounting from
his seat at the desk of calculation,
he pays willing homage to Saturla,
might by q, perhaps unconscious,
consignment OF figures and items t,,
Monday morning. The merchant
receives visitors at his place Of busi-
ness to later hour than usual, out.
of fdeference to the day, snd then
with. the absence ofthe uncomforta
BILE, efy.day air, betakes himselft
his welcoming fireside. On all sides
there is a sIackening Of the rapid,
high pressure machinery of society,"
The bustling steam motion of the
world seems to cease its harsh.
grinding for a time, and the hurry
ing attendants stop to breathe.
Bless thee, old Saturn! Though
as a god thou hast ''had thy day."
yet thy day is still a sort of popular
deity, and each recurrence in a SEN
might is hailed with a mild but.
universal saturnalia. Who can num-
Der the thousands of gentle, happy
carniYals held in Christendom of a
Saturday night2 All! father Saturn,
thou mayst claim a portion of this
thonor, rendered to thy day; and
thou shonldst be prouder of such a.
place among the domestic peRdteS of
Christian hearth-stones, than of thy
| Psychological dignity.
Saturday eve is an excellent intro
ductory and preparatiye for the sa-
cred morrow. At her numerous lit
tie shrines appear the majority of
mankind, to receive absolution from
week day cares How many plt as
ant gatherings upon this eve, conse
Grated to family enjoyment Every
happy home is made happier by her
arrival; and neglected work-fretted
homes are often made pleasant, by
her genial power, which is felt by all
and enjoyed by all except doctors
and sinners.
Saturday night is the most iovial,
and at the same time the most ten
der and sympatizing, of all the
daughters of the week. Ifhuman-
Iity will be reasonably diIigent, in
the performance Of mundane duties,
she viii drive along in Times cara
van, in season to rescue men of all
trades from the rigorous clutches of
her six toiling brethren, And this
done, she refreshes their wearied
limbs, cheers their spirits, and pu /
rifles their hearts, in order to pre-
sent them properly to her ecclesias- !
teal brother at sunrise. And, as a
rule. humanity appreciates and is
grateful for these kind attentions:
and many learn to rely upon them,
and to look forward to them like su-
pcrsnuated sailors to a hospital.
1t is one Of the rewards of industry;
satisfaction never experienced by
drOnes. But to those who have