The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-12-26

The first appearance Of devotion on the
part Of a Franklin street family, Thanksgiv
ing day, says the Dan5'Ty Meas, was getting
down on their knees to the parlor stove. TIL,
lady being a devoted and industrious 7Eif,
makes the kitchen fire. This morning sh,
came out of the bedroom as usual, with prei
ty much all her clothing in her arms, and shot
through the cold hall to the sitting room
shaking with the cold and indulging thC
tremor TO make the warmth Of the bass buraeI
all the more acceptable The moment she
stspped into the sitting room she uttered 6
little scream, dropped her clothes, snatehed
them up again, and gallopsd back tc the he'd
room, and dsrted into bed, planting her
chilled feet into the middle of her husbands
back, and causing that gentleman . howl
most dismally. The baseburnsr had gone ont.
It loomed up aseold and eheeFleVs a. g charity
sermon. The temperature Of the sitting room
was as biting as that in the nall, and the lit
tie lady put her head under the clothes in
cheer fright at the frosted windows. Finally
she by degrees plucked up the courage to dress
herself, and then attacked the baseburner.
self-prsservation prompted her 20 give the
stove vigorous shaking down, but the third
turn of the wrench suspended operations. A
clinker Of more than usual size and obduracy
was caught in the CRATE and refused to let 60.
You have been there gentle reader. You have
twisted and pulled, and dropped the ashes
and caught your kRuekles, and cursed. In
deed you have. She was there now. She
worked faithfully at that oIinker, but it would
not move. Then she burst into tears, and he
came He said nothing. But he took hold of
the wrench, snd there was fire in his eye. He
applied the wrench, brought his teeth tight to-
gsther, shut his lips and gave hereulean
twist, The wrench slipped from its hold, the
back of his hand was slapped violently against
the ornamented edge of the door, and he him.
self was turned completely over. At this point
he made his first remark, but it being his first,
and hardly up to some that followed it we
wall not print it. Thea he applied the wrench
once more, taking the precaution to place the
sound hand back Of him as a brace, and gave
it another terrific twist. Ie didn't turn 6
sommersault this time, but as he jumped up.
put the other hand between his knees, and
looked at several fragments Of skin eIinging
to the ornamental knobs on the stove, it Is not
likely he thought Of it at all. It was some I've
minutes before he made anothar move. His
wife did up his hand in that time, and he
busted himself in watching the stove, and
wondering if he would egor meet tbs inventor
on lonely road IN u very dark night With
his hand cared for, he again skrmished about
the baseburner. The idea finally struck him
that the best way to remedy the difficulty
would be to remove the Goals. Some people
would have taken a shovel for this purpose,
but mad man scars above trihes. This mad
man on Franklin street Immediately plunged
his sound hand into the dark mass, and as
promptly Withdrew it and slapped it under
the other arm, and Jumped back into the pan
Of ashes, sud then jumped out again, aud
hoWled until he could howl no longer, and
then went 70 bod, leaving the frightened and
excited wife to work out of the trouble as she
best could. The cllnkor was finally removed
by first taking out the warm Goals (but with
shovel, and bright lire was established. But
the Joy of that household for Thanksgiving
day was gone
What little matter is a stove CRATE, but
what great results it is capable Of, Here was
feasting turned to fasting, joW to jaw, an all
for the CRATE to q stove. And because Ct this
little piece Of cast iron, a man once travelled
ttceHty-thTee thousand miles, encountered all
sorts Of dangers, and went from the excite
ment Of the metropolis to the gloom of the for
est, f-om the bright field Of farm land, to the
miserable waste aud glool of the desert. 1t
was because Of these eiinkera catching in
CRATES, that stove man invented a grate that
would make mankind forever free from annoy
ance. But he died and left it 70 i've heirs, and
they became scattered, and like Esau valued
thor heritage at mess Of potags, or less,