The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-11-22

hAu Her suspicious as to where the
gift came from.
The gentleman said nothing; but
as she went on talking with his wife
on other subjects, he thought over
the events Of the last two weeks, and
came to the just conclusion that what
ne had learned from Mrs. Lawson
was far more valuable than ANYTHING
that money could bestow; and in
his heart he resolved that the better
motto of "Help one another should.
In future, take the place of his aTake
care Of No. l."
81 wish to introduce a bill for the
destruction of worms as the wood
pecker said in stump speech.
If any person has doubts whether
advertisements are read or not. let
him put something he doesn't wish
seen in an obscure part of the paper
Why is coal the most contradieto-
ry article known to eommeree?- Be-
cause when purchased, instead Of 90
ing to the buyer,it goes to the cellar.
Said baekwoods orator in replv
to sophomorical graduate, envy oD-
ponent has roamed with Romulus.
ripped with Euripides and socked
with Socrates, but what does he know
of the laws Of Indiana?
A few days ago SO head of woke
oxen were shipped from Aurora.
Portage county, to Eastern markets,
that weighed in the aggregate 1880
lbs. The largest OK weighed $3.50
lbs, and the average weight of the
lot was 2,049 lbs.
Here we have a good example Of
French wit: "a doctor, like eyery-
body else at this season, went out
for days sport, and complained Of
having killed nothing. That's the
consequence of having neglected
your business observed his wife"
"If all the cities in the world were
reduced to ashes, you'd have a new
set OF millionaires In couple of years
or so, out Of the trade in potash .
says the philosopher Oliver Wendell
Holmes in his just published ssPoet
at the Breakfast table" Boston car
now take home such consolation as
is contained in this sage remark of
one Of Its literary idols.
The "epizootic" has not spared
even the animals in the New York
Central Park. Lions and tigers were
taken with the same symptoms as
the horses, and the keepers were puz-
zIed In what manner to treat them.
Bengal tigers and royal African lions
with bad coughs and inhamed nos
trils were in no amiable mood, and
would have soon vented their dis
pleasure on the keepers. At last it
was suggested to subject them to a
vapor bath. A gentle perspiration
broke out upon them, and they were
soothed and quieted, and at last ae-
counts much improved, taking their
raw with appetite.-Cincinnati
Commercial
The suit of Lord Wentworth, the
grandson of Lord Byron, for divorce
from his wife, is looming up in the
immediate future, and promises to
fill again the newspapers with mise
rable gossip. At first the.notice in
serted by Lord Wentworth in the pa
pers announcing that Lady Went
worth had left him, and that he
would not be responsible for her
debts, was looked upon as an out
break of irritation characteristic of
the Byron family, and a number of
friends ofthe parties started forward
with the hope Of effecting a recon
cilliation. But the affairs turn out
to be more serious. Lady Went
worth is charged with marital inf
deity, and two correspondents will
probably appear in the case Captain
and a Spanish gentleman
named Senior de Argyas, with both
Of whom she is charged with having
been on terms of undue Familiarity.
It is understood that the charges are
vehemently denied and will be siren
uously resisted.
The Toledo Commercial says: To
say that Great Events develop Great
Men would be a truism, yet truisms
sometimes need facts to make them
forcible. TheChicago fire developed
new traits Of irmness, courage and
sagacity in General Sheridan; also,
in the same connection, certain asin-
inc peculiarities of John NJ. Palmer.
Other points of character in persons
and things were brought to light
The Boston FIRE is not behind in the
same considerations, and one of the
most astounding results is the full
flment Of certain predictions of
certain prophet, named Bird. Bird
entered into particulars. A year ago
10, 1S7l-he published in
the Boston AdUertiseT an article on
Mansard roofs, saying that those
monstrosities might seem beautiful
when looked upon by those who did
not know their danger, but, said he,
''When that dozen lumber yards on
the roof is once well on fire it viii
be taken, not by little sparks only,
but by cords, into and upon every
building within half q mile Every
window on the line of the gale viii
be broken into by the fiery brands,
every place where there is wood for
fire to catch upon, and fires viii soon
be rushing from fifty of those win
dows or roaring from the exposed
wood. Such a FIRE land they viii
surely occur) will stop just when
there is no more wood to burn. The
earnest men Of the fire department,
with their apparatus, would be as In
efficient as would the writer with one
of his ten dollar machines. Then
would come the story so lately told
of Chicago: Awful conhagration!
Boston in ruinst Thousand Of houses
aud the business portion Of the city