The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-03-15
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| AuJO song. ne udu diIedoY QOb
through the first tWo-bars, when q
policeman came up and bit him with
a stsYe.
| A New Orleans paper says that
| young widow in that city, who
writes well, sis training herself for
an editor" Who is the editor she
is training for2
| The youth Of Henry Moore, ofAl-
bany, was, indeed, a youth of prom
ise. He promised Celinda Ryder
that her only he would wed, but mar
ried some one else. Five thousand
dollars and costs.
Every tree is subject to disease"
said a speaker in Fruit Growers
! Convention. "What ailment can
you find on an oak?" asked the
chairman. "a corn" was the tri-
umphant reply.
A Bay City man paid heavy ex-
| press charges on q box labeled "An
Australian moeking bird; handle
with care;" and found it contained,
as he profanely remarked, "only an
old turkey gobbler."
A lady wished a seat. A portly,
handsome gentleman brought one
and seated the lady.
"Oh, you're jewell" said she.
"Oh no." replied he, "Pm a jewell
Ter; have just set the jewel"
$50 you are going to keep a
schoolY' said a young lady to her
maiden aunt. swell, for my part,
sooner than do that would marry
a widower with nine children" II
would prefer that myself" was the
quiet reply, "but where's the Wild
owerY
''Martha, my dear" said loving
husband to his spouse, who was Sc
veral years his junior, "Whqt dc you
say to moving to the far west2"
"Oh! Pm delighted with the ideal
You recollect when Mr.. Morgan
moved out there, he was as poor as
we are; and in three years he died,
leaving his widow worth s hundred
| thousand dollars"
| Grace Greenwood, in her lecture
on 'The Heroic in Common Life"
tells story of the wife of a member
of the Arizona Legislature, whose
house when her husband was absent
on his legislative duties was attacked
by Indians. She shot six, and the
next day wrote to her husband: /:
''Dear John, the Apaches attacked
the rancho. I have won the fight.
You need not come yourself, but
send some more ammunition.
Jonathan and Paddy were riding
together, when they came in sight
of what is very unusual in any civ
ilized State nowadays, an old gal.
lows or gibhit. This suggested to
the American, the idea of being wit
ty at the expense Of his Irish COM
panion. 'You see that, Iealculatsp
said he, pointing to the object first
mentioned. @And now, where would
you be, if the gallows had its dueP'
"Riding alone" eoollE. replied
Paddy
Corners have always been popu.
lar. The chimney-corner, for in
stance, is endeared to the heart
from the earliest to the latest hour
of existence. The eorner-cupbosrd;
what stores of sweet things has it
contained for us in our youth
with what luxuries its shelves have
groaned for manhood! A snug cor
ner in a will; who ever objected to
such a thing? A corner in a wo-
mans heart; once get there, and you
may soon command the entire do
main. A corner in the Temple Of
Fame; arrive at that, and you be-
come immortal
Horace Greeley says that ruta.
bagas are not indigenous to West
ern farms. A Durham pig can root
a baga in about two minutes. They
grow best on a sandy loan, especial
| ly the red d-haired ruta, which is SC
customed to seaweed and intense
| cold. In mountainous countries
they grow fast, and are principally
used to fatten peafoWls and domes-
tic quadrumana. In planting, q
| Singer sewing machine is as good as
any, though an iron toothed rake
will be found serviceable. Plant in
rows and prune once a month with a
broad-ax. Be careful that you don't
make mistake and get turnip seed.
Every beautiful reality that has
blessed our vision in this world,
shall re-appear in the eoloring of the
glory to come; every feeling that
has thrilled our hearts to-day, shall
revive, il it be true, AID enter into
the rayishing ecstacies that shall be
gathered and given back to US, alto
| gather, at the last day. We are only
celebrating fragrance, throwing out
color after color; stsrting slumber-
ing aspirations, to be gathered into
the life of the fullness Of the perfect
man, fragrant as Eden, ravishing as
harmonies in the music Of God,
grand and stately as conceptions Of
angels.
The Racine journal says: Thurs
day about noon, a rosy checked girl
might have been seen standing near
Elkin's jewelry store in expectant
mood, and to all appearance anxious
ly awaiting some one; nor had she
long to wait-for up came a stalwart
youth, and when near enough she
threw her arms about his neck, and
then followed a sound as Of drawing
a horses foot out of the mud. Dis
engaging himself tenderly from the
belted white embrace, he drew from
his pocket handful of peanuts which
he presented the fair one. There is
not young man in the city to-day
that has not at least a quart of pea
nuts in his pocket, ready for the
emergency.
We can't help wishing that peo-
pie might feel the same obligation
to speak and believe the good Of the
living that they do of the dying.
We are all dying for that matter;
and the heart that would soften and
be ashamed to spread a shameful re-
port about a man who was to die
next week, might it not be softened