The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-11-14

buildings prevent the contact of air
and moisture. Ifthe whole fence can
not be painted, the heads, at least,
of the naile should be touched there
with.
The English of to-day are most
severely, prosaically practical and
commonplace. General Schenck,
our Minister to England, having had
rs a fellow passenger on the outward
steamer a son of Ben Holiday, OF
overland stage fame, thought to
make a joke on gentleman named
| Christmas, whom he met soon after
landing in England. Said the Gen
eral: 81 think / met a relative of
yours on the steamer, judging from
his name-a Mr.. Holiday" "Ahr'
said Mr.. Christmas, meditatively,
Il think not. IneYer heard of a rel
ative of that name" Afterward, Mr..
Schenck told the story at dinner
table, and the guests eacf- glared at
his neighbor, and no one saw the
joke. At last, out of very civility,
the host, noble lord, feebly laughed
and said, "Ah! yes; very good, Gen
eral, All, were they, ah-related,yo
knoW?"
A Detroit man recently forwarded
the following letter to the insurance
company in which his wife's life was
insured: "Dear sir-I take my pen
iu hand to let you know that l am
well, but that my dear wife, insured
for $4,000 in your company, is no
more. She died to-day. Her poll
cy is No.. l can truly say that
she was fond wife and a good
mother. 1 have the doctors certifi-
cate so there will be no trouble
about the policy. She was only sick |
a short time. but suffered much. Do |
you give check in advance or must |
l wait sixty days for the money?
Yours, DC
At a recent examination of candi-
dates for admission to the high school |
at GAINESVILLE, two colored boys pass
ed creditably and proved themselves
to be fully eligible. But the board
of education refused to admit them,
and, then, to release itself from the
difficulties of the situation, employ
ed a teacher for the sole benefit and |
behoof Of those two young negroes,
and set apart room for the pur-
pose. Thus the prejudices Of the
proud Buckeye Caucasian were re-
spected at an expense to the school
fund of bout $4,000 per year, and
thus the members of the board ex-
posed what unspeakable idiots they
are.
The President has directed the is
sue of an order that all soldiers who
have deserted their colors, and who
shall, on or before the first day of
January, 1874, surrender themselves
at any military station, shall receive
a full pardon, only forfeiting the
pay and allowances due them
at the time of their desertion; and
shall be restored TO duty without
trial or punishment on the condition
that they faithfully serve through the
term of their enlistment.
"Arrab, Pat and why did l marry
ye? Jist tell me that; for it is my
self that's had to maintain We iver
since the blissed day that Father
O'Flanigan sint me hum to yer :
house" "Swate jewel," replied Pat,
not relishing the charge, "an' it's me-
self that hopes may 1--we to see the
day you're.a a vida waping over the
cowld sod that kivers me-thin, by
st. Patrick I'll see how ye git along
without me, honey"
The Order ofthe Grange is steadi- |
ly making its way South. The Of
ficers are assured of their ability to
keep it out Of politics. The eco
nomic advantages of the order are
being constantly y extended, among
the latest being movement looking
to the Inauguration of self, or mu-
tual system of insurance covering
crops, buildings, and lives.
Dudley WAdams, Master of the :
National Grange, thinks that it
would be impossible for the Gran
gers to become political party, as
The questions of free trade and pro-
lection would divide them at once:
could be more unwise than Z
,he formation of a political party {
seeking to unite one class in opposi.
ion to others.
An Irishman was once taken to see
he wonders of Niagara Falls; he did I
,ot seem to think it tremendous aft
,r all. His friend asked him-"Don't :
,ou think it is a wonderful thing?n 6
'Whyis it wonderful thing?" asked
he Irishman. "Don't you see," said
he friend, "that immense body of
water rolling down this precipice" |
saws he-"What's to hinder in?"
.qt is very strange" said an old I