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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-09-01
The king and the Countryman

In the days Of the good King
henry ~. of France, there lived an
honest countryman, who said one
evening, on returning from his days
"orK' We'll, good wife, 1 hear our
goOa king is coming tomorrow to
hunt In the forest of Fontsinbleau.
The distance is great I know but
if you will get ready nv best coat
and hat, am resolved to trv and
see him" His wife soon made
ready his best clothes, and, at day-
break, she gathered basket of her
best strawberries, and tied up one Of
her choicest cheeses, as a present to
the good king, and Pierre set of
with eager step and joyful heart.
He walked on in the fresh morning
air, but when he reached the forest,
being overcome by fatigue, he sat
down to rest a while. Now, it
CHANGED that during the hunt the
king lost sight of his companions,
and happened to be passing by:
"Can you tell me-" said Pierre, eff
our good King Henry is in the forest
to-dayP
eyes" said the king, she is here"
Il have walked some distance to
see him. Can you tell me, sir, in
what part of the forest shall find
himY'
'If you will mount behind me l
can take you to the very spot"
Thereupon, with many thanks,
Pierre seated himself, right glad, be-
hind the king. They rode along,
chatting very pleasantly.
What have you in your basket,
my friend?"
"Some strawberries, which my
good wife sent with this cheese"
"Let me see the strawberries"
Pierre handed him the basket, and
watched him anxiously eating one
after another, fearing there would be
none left. However he said moth
ing.
"How shall 1 know the king from
his courtiersp'
"Oh, very easily; they viii all
take of their hats, but the king will
keep his head covered"
Very soon they came to four cross
roads, where very large company
ofgentlemen we're gathered together
awaiting the king. As soon as he
appeared, they all took off their
hats, and Pierre asked eagerly which
was the king.
"Did l not tell you he wonld keep
his hat onY'
swell, then, either you or I must
be king, since all the rest are bare
headed, little suspecting how close
he was to his majesty.
"'Tis even so; and l am Henry
" of France.
In great astonishment Pierry hast
ily dismounted, wondering how he
could have been riding and talking
with him in so friendly a manner.
The king smiled, and told him to 90
to the palace for some refreshment
and rest; and that he wished to see
him the next morning. Meanwhile
the king ordered a beautiful COW to
be tied up in the yard; and the next
day he told Pierre to drive her home
to his wife, for the refreshing basket
OF Strawberries and the cheese which
she had sent him.
Pierre's joy was great when he
told his wife his adventure in the
forest; and hers was no less, when
she beheld the beautiful COW which
the good king had sent to her.
OliUer Optics Magazine.
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NE1GHBoR AND I.
BY LUCY LAMB.

Over the way lives neighbor Brown,
In a-mansion large and fair;
I He is rich and proud as an heir to a crown;
What do 1 care?
1 live in a cottage, low and small;
A vine creeps over the old brown wall:
Above the gable is hickory tall;
Shade in the Summer and fruit in the Fall;
Through the long Winter enough for us all
1t gives TO me and my children small.
Little 1 care
For the wealth and grandeur over the way;
They have bolts and bars over there
Pm as secure in the night as the day.
They've an army of servants over the way,
Many servants and much of care;
Horses and carriages gaudy and gay;
What do 1 care?
1 am Bridget, Kate, Dinah, all rolled into one
1 rise in the morning as soon IS the sun;
I make my own bread, plain wholesome an'
sweet;
1 serve my own table, and roast my own meat
From the chamber aloft to the kitchen so nea
Whatever's to do by my own hand is done.
Little 1 care
For the ease and the idleness over the way.
They have locks and keys over there
1 have little to lose, either night or day.
They have music and dancing over there,
In the parlors brilliant and gay;
Silks and laces and jewels rare;
What do 1 care?
I have visitors. too, Moses, David and Paul,
Bunvan, Shakespeare and Milton (more noble
than all,
The Hght-footed guests in my neighbor
Browns hal),
Burns, II tompson and Young, and the wise OF
our time.
Dickens, Bryant and Longfellow, masters OF
rhyme,
With Burritt and Mitchell, in science sublime.
Little care
For the frivolous gayety over the way;
They have wine and mirth over there;
1 have health, pure water, and song every day!
Poor, rich Mrs. Brown, just over the way
In her mansion stately and fair,
With her Jewels and laces and silks SO gay
Is harrased with care.
I've never jewetl worry about
To lock up at night, OF display going out;
My wardrobe, tho scanty, is tidy and stout,
And wouldn't change places with the rich
Mrs. Brown,
Were she ten times more wealthy, and heir to
crown;
For airs of contempt when on me she looks
down
Little care.
I'm richer than Mrs. Brown over the way,
For Pm treasu-ing up, in a city fair,
Pure gold and silver that cannot decay!
My wealthy neighbor over the way,
From his dwelling large and fair,
Must go to a narrow house of clay
Allgo there
Rich and poor alike must die,
o1u IN fba dust all homes 7nust lie
When the angel comes down to see,
Will he know my neighbor Brown from me?
Angels look not on sculptured stones,
Else would he know my neighbor's bones.
Little care
Whether my grave be marked or no.
There's a register up there,
And a name is written that 1 shall know,
When reach the city to which go.
~ 7. Tribune.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-09-01

The inundation of 1771, which
swept away a great part Of the old
Tyne Bridge, Newcastle, was long
remembered and alluded to with en-
phasis as ''the food" On one occa-
sion Mr.. Adam Thompson was put
into the witness-box at the assizes.
The counsel, asking his name, re-
ceived for answer, "Adam, sir
Adam Thompson" "Where do you
liver" "At Paradise, sir" Para
disc is a village abount a mile and
a half west of Newcastle. "And how
long have you dwelt in ParadiseT
continued the barrister. "EVer since
the food" was the reply, made in
all simplicity, and with no intention
to raise a laugh. It is needless to
say that the judge asked for an ex-
PLANTATION.
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is one Of them. But they can be
made to furnish a seat to every pas
senger who purchases a ticket OF
pays his fare. If a passenger sees a
vacant seat it is his right to take it,
and if is only matter Of courtesy
between man and man that requires
him to relinquish it to a companion
of the one he sits beside. The eour-
tesy cannot be forced on any one.
If he is determined to keep the seat
he has obtained, he canlt0t be forced
out oft so long as he behaves him
self. The only remedy is to force
railways to attach cars enough to
accommodate all their patrons.
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One of the importunate juveniles
who solicit pennies was ASKED
"Where is your mother" Sne an,
swered diaidently, "She is dead" F"
"Have you no father?' "Yes, sir,
bnt he is sick" "What ails himP'
continued the questioner. "He has
got a sore finger, sir" Indeed. "
ayes, sir" "Then why don't he cut
| it Off" "Please, sir, responded the
little maid, che han't got any money
to buy a knife"
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FREMONT SANDUSKY COUNTY OHIO; FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1871

thick and fast, sometimes scattering
dirt and disaster over the party,
while their loud whizzing, mingled
with the fury of the distant affray,
rendered the scene one of danger
and terror. But scarcely had they
proceeded so far as to be out of dan
ger from the balls, when to their un-
utterable agony they discovered that,
in the confusion and hurry of de-
parture, an infant had been left be-
hind. To leave the child alone in
his danger was impossible, and to
return for him was an attempt Of
imminent peril. Mr.. Gibbes was
suffering under an infrmity that
made his movements exceedingly
slow and painful, and, therefore, it
was impracticable for him to re-
turn. The frightened and chatter
ing servants stood trembling around,
looking from one to the other in be-
wildering despair. OF all the rest
of the party, saving Mrs. Gibbes,
who was severely indisposed, none
were above the age of childhood.
While thus undecided, Miss Mary
Anne Gibbes, but thirteen years
of age, sprang forward, and offered
to go for the lad, who was a son of
Mrs. FenWick, Mrs. Gibbes' sister
in-law. The night was dark and
stormy, the distance considerable,
and the whole space swept away by
the cannon of the assailant. But
without fear she retraced her way,
and reached the house without in
jury, where the scene was one Of
unmingled terror. Undismayed by |
the laundering of the cannon, the
crashing of the balls, the shrieks, |
shouts and imprecations of the COM
batants, she sprang to the door,
with the intention of entering, when
she was brutally refused by the
sentinel. But tears, entreaties, and
the natural eloqnence prompted by
her heroism, overcame his opposi- !
tion, and she was permitted to enter.
With rapid steps she assembled to
the third story, and, finding the
child there in safety, she clasped it
to her bosom, and hastened to over
take her retreating family, and Of
ten the ploughing balls would scat
ter clouds of dust over her person.
Uninjured her perilous journey was
performed, and when she reached
her friends she was welcomed by
shouts of enthusiasm and admira-
tion.
This intrepid action, worthy of an
adult, and all glorious in a child, bor-
rows a fair share Of romance by the
reflection that the child thus saved
afterward, became Lieutenant-C Colo
mel Fenwi,k, so highly distinguished
by his services in the last war with
Great Britain.
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HERoIslf 81 a YoUNG GIRL.

Robert Gibbes, a gentleman
earnestly devoted to the patriotic
cause, was the owner Of a planta-
ton on the Stono, a few miles from
Charleston, on which, on certain
occasion, a Hessian battalion en-
camped, compelling the family to
surrender to their use the lower part
of the mansion, and to confine them
selves in the upper story. While
here. on one dark and stormy even
ing, two gallies appeared, ascending
the river, which forthwith began a
most destructive fire upon the Hes
sian encampment. The house
seemed particularly exposed, al
though the vessel had been COM
manded to avoid firing upon it, and
to confine their attack to the ene-
my's encampment. OF this Mr..
Gibbes was not aware, and, with
the permission of the English com
mander, he set out, although suffer
ing acutely from an infrmity, and,
with his numerous family, hastened
to the protection Of a neighboring
plantation. The balls were falling
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-09-01

An honest country parsOn who, in
the time of a great drouth, was de-
sired to pray for rain, said: sFn
willingly do it to oblige you, but it
is to no purpose while the wind is
in this quarteT,A
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A LOVE EPISODE.

tic incidents from the work entitled
the "Romance Of the Revolution:"
A LOVE EPISODE.
In the British station at George
town, S. c., was an English adjutant
by the name Of Crookshanks-not a
poetical name, certainly, but, as will
be seen, his name did not prevent
him from being placed in a very ro-
mantle situation, and which only
ought to have happened few cen
turies ago to have secured for all
the parties concerned a lasting fame
in poetry, and made them the envied
of all romantic wOrshippers.
There lived in Georgetown a fair
daughter of rebel publican, whose
bright eyes proved strong attraction
to tile English officers, who crowded
her fathers inn, and rivalled each
other in their effort to win the smiles
of the rebel maid. But to one alone
did she incline, and it soon became
noted how the happy adjutant fire.
quented the presence of his mistress,
and with what delight he sought
out her society. Love sprang up
between them, and after time they
were solemnly afianced. But their fu-
ture was unpromising; the war
gave no promise OF a rapid
end, and their opposition in
principle, which the prejudice
of their education could not
remove, threatened them continually
with a painful separation. In the
peaceful enjoyment, however, of the
present, they drowned all dread Of
evil in the future.
One night the adjutant and sever
of his comrads slept under the rebe.
innkeeper's roof. 1t CHANGED to be
the very occasion when Georgetown
was surprised by the Wings. AT
early morn the young lady was sud
denly awakened by the reports ol
muskets, the clashing of swords, and
the shouts Of the combatants, among
which she recognized her lovers
voice. In the greatest alarm, she
sprang from her bed, and rushed
half dressed, out upon the piazza
where, to her terror, she saw hel
lover surrounded by body
of her countrymen, whose
swords already hung suspended
above his head, amp threatening hin
with instant destruction. With a
quick cry she sprang forward, rush
ed before the swords Of his assai
lIants, and threw herself upon his
neck, exclaimig, go, save, save Ma
lior Crookshanksp' The sudden ap
Ipearance of such a protector
coupled with admiration of her hero
Iism, completely disarmed his oppo
lnents. He was taken prisoner, but
released on his parole, and suffered
to remain with his betrothed. The
The possession of so brave and true
hearted woman, and the remem
brance of this signal deliverance, nc
doubt contributed in after years o
the worthy adjutant's happiness.
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A woman may be surrounded by
all the luxuries that money can buy,
and have the fawuing friendship Of
people whose smiles only live in
prosperity; but if she feels herself
nnloved and alone in her heart, the
crown jewel in her diadem Of hap
piness is lost, things lose their val
ne, and life becomes insufersbly
monotonous. The honest, tender
love of two brave hearts who have
started out, and are struggling to get
a home for their little ones, and
money enough TO feed, cloth and ed
ucate them, makes life a thousand
times more attractive and inspiring.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-09-01

A clergyman, meeting a little boy
of his acquaintance, said: "This is
quite stormy day, my sonp' 'Yes,
sir" said the boy, "this is quite a
wet rain" The clergyman, thinking
to rcbuke such a hyperbole, asked
the boy if he knew of any other than
wet rain. 81 never knew personally
of any other" said the boy, shut 1
have read in a certain book Of time
when it rained fire and birthstone,
and 1 guess that wasn't wet rain
not much it WASH t"
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coMbTIssIoN MERCHANTS.

L. Q. RawsOn, Jas. Moore, Joseph L. Rawson
i'll. RAWSON & CO.,
CTORAGE, FORWARDING & COMMISSION
- Merchants, Dealers IN Coarse Salt, Fine Salt
Dairy Salt, Land Plaster, Caleined Plaster, Water
Lime, etc. Having purchased the entire property
known as the Fremont Warehouse and Steam Ele-
vatOrs, at the head Of navigation on the Sanduzky
River, We are prepared to receive, store and ship
Grain, Lumber, Merchandise and other produce.
Office, at Fremont Elevators.
FREMONT. IL
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EXCHANGE HOTEL,
DELLEvUE, o. John Ford, Proprietor BE.
ID Gently re6tted and furnished.
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HOTELS

KEsSLER HOUSE,
TT B .BELDING, Proprietor. Passengers carried
ID. TO and from the House free of charge. Situ-
q ted corner Of Front and State Sts.,
FREMONT
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Misr&llaneuns Selections.
STORIES OF THE REVOLUTION

We extract the following roman
tic incidents from the work entitled
the "Romance Of the Revolutions"
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EEEDT0AL,
b. H. BRINKERHoFF. M. {
h. f. BosWoRTH. N. D.
DIrTrIsTRX,
VETERINARY.

DR.. GEO. 0. HARLAN,
VETERINARY SERGEON, Fremont Ohio,
\ office at Buekland & sons Drug Store. Is a
graddate Of the Philadelphia Veterinary College,
and is prepared to treat all animals intelligentiy
and humanely. 15yl
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TERMS oFTHE JOURNAL:
One year, in advance, s7'0o s'0o
Six months, 20
Three months,
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R. P. BUoKIAND. 4. EVERETT. JAS q. FowLEl
nrr1.1zr An EuEREI-I, 4. EOWLER

BUCkLAND, EN NEhEIIo o FOW LEh,
A TFORNEYS q COUNsELLORs AT Law
"A and Solieitorsin Chancsrys VIII attend to pro-
fessional business in SandHsky and adjoining couD'
ties. Office second story, Buekland' 'sNeW Block
FREMONT.
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SCHOOL BOOKS. STATIONERY, BLANK

Books Papers, Periodicals. constantly hand Fine Chomos
Fixtures Come and
sy ExCELLED QUALITY, OR UNDERsOLD.,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-22
A Distressed Tourist.

A gentleman travelling through Penn
sylvania had the same bad luck that Mark
Twain met with from the vender of rail-
road literature. He gives his experience
AS soon as / stepped from the cars at
Gettysburg, boy put a card in my hand,
informing me where 1 could purchase
relics of the great battle. Walking up the
principal street toward the court house,
stopped to look at picture of the Soldiers
Monument suspended from a post, from
which were also suspended a number of
soiled and tattered battle-hags.
A door opened, and young man an
nounced in a declamatory tone of voice
"Here is the place to buy your relics of the
great battle of Gettysburg, fought on the
1st, 2d and Sd days of July, 1863, between
the Union forces, under Meade, and the
rebel cohorts, under Lee, Longstreet and
Early! Walk in and purchase your
relics.p
A glance at the place revealed the win
dows full of cannon balls, fragments of
shells, sections of cannon, battered mimic
balls, pieces of tlag-statts, soldiers buttons,
old knapsacks, battered canteens, land other
reminders of war
Have a few relics >" asked the declama-
tory young man. "All warranted genuine,
and sold cheap. Here are genuine rebel
bullets fired at the old flag, with a certif-
cate from the old flag, itself, if you wish.
Cannon balls cut out of solid oak trees on
the battlefield. Show you the trees, if
you say so. Here is photograph of the
Soldiers Monument on Cemetery Hill,
which rises Immediately south of the
town, the centre and apex of the Union
line, and from its elevation commanding q
view of the entire rebel line, from Long
streets extreme right, on the Emmetts-
burg road, to the rebel batteries north and
northeast of the town. Can't 1 sell you
one Only two dollars and a half, sent
by express to any part of the country, ele-
gantly .and appropriately framed in oak
leaves, acorns, mimic balls canteen corks,
and soldier buttons, carefully culled from
the battlefield by an experiment 'cully,'
and everything genuine"
1t required some time to convince him
that l could get along without one of the
monument pictures. Then he came at me
with maps of the battlefield and descrip-
ton books of the battle. He spread out
one of the maps, showed me just where
every individual man was during the en-
gagement and fought the three days bat
tie all over again. He killed Major Gen
eral Reynolds, severely wounded General
Barlow, cut off General Sickles' leg with q
shell wounded Hancock, pushed theUnion-
lists here, drove the rebels there, abandoned
one position and shelled another, retreated
down this road and valorously held that,
until we were both of us in a profuse per-
spiration, and it seemed as though the heft
of the great battle of Gettysburg had some
how fallen on us. Unable to endure any
| longer, / bought all his books, several
photographs, and large share of the rel
les, and retreated to my hotel. If l visit
any more battle-towns, L shall be very
careful how ! venture into relic-shop
again.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-22
THOSE FEES, AGAIN,

On last Wednesday the judiciary Com
mittee of the House of Representatives
adopted report accopanied by the follow
ing resolution which we find i'm the Nash
vile Banner of Thursday, concerning the
fees claimed by the attorneys for the State
in the matter of the delinquent railroads:
"That the Attorney General and Reporter
for the State be and he is hereby instructed to
sue said parties without delay for the recovery
cf said bonds, or the par value thereof for the
use and benefit of the State, or to take such
other steps as be necessary for the protection
of the State interest.
The resolution was postponed and amild-
er one adopted, instructing that officer, to
"fiIe exceptions to thereport ofthe Clerk and
Master of the Chancery Court in regard to
the fees of the counsel, and use every eff
fort to prevent its confirmation by the
Court.u ..Hrt
The main report of the judiciary Com
mittee use still palmer language, which we
extract, as follows
"Your committee can find no law authorizing
the payment of S72, 600 of the peoples money to
the Hon. Il. II. Ewing, VIM. Il. Cooper and
w, B. Reese as attorneys, or of -, 900 to each
of the commissioners as fees for services rem
dered to the State, Certainly it is not found in
attorney at $1,000, and each commissioner at
$1,000 and which is the only law upon the sub
iect The disparity between the amount allow
ed by law and the amount paid or about to be
paid to the attorneys referred to, and which may
be paid to a portion of the commissioners is alb
solutely shocking, and however pure and inge-
nuous their motives may have been, your COM
mittee cannot hesitate to condemn the transac-
ton as one not warranted by the law, and wholly
unparalleled by any known instance of profess
sional overcharging." H
Mr.. Gordon, the member who offered
the ironical resolution on Monday, was not
in favor of concealing the truth or show
ing any favor to the gentlemen in ques-
ton. He considered this exorbitant charge
on the part of the counsel as the greatest
outrage on the State that had been perpe-
trated since the war The outrageous eX-
tortiOn, for such it must be called, was a
disgrace to the legal profession aud blot
on the fair fame of the State. He would
vote for the resolution, but would cast his
vote with still greater pleasure if the Ian
guage had been stronger"
But after considerable discussion, it was
decided to proceed with caution and take
no action, until the matter was fully in
vestigated! Some of the plain dealing
members could not see the necessity OF
hesitation when the question was so plain,
and was narrowed down to whether the
fees paid should be those prescribed by law
| or the outrageous demand of the attorneys
| for twelve times that amount. But they
| are influential gentlemen and their feel
ings must not be hurt by direct refusal
The matter was disposed of for the time
by the adoption of Mr.. McGhee's resolu-
ton to file exceptions, and so it now re-
mains.