The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-08-29

desirable roads to success, foots up
a considerable total on the loss side
of the balance sheet
al Sorts
How to keep square with the
wOrld-Don't be round too much.
What is that from which. if You
take the whole, some will remain2
Wholesome.
"Bob, how is your sweetheart get
ting along9" 'Pretty well, I guess:
she says 1 needn't call any more"
81 am not myself at all to-day"
said bore to a wit sNo matter"
was the reply; "Whoever you may
be, you're a gamer by the change"
A school girl was recently asked
at an examination, by clergyman,
what Adam lost by his fall, and
when pressee, replied, Il suppose
it was his hat"
"What's thatY' said a teacher,
pointing to the letter X, to a little
ragged urchin. ''Daddy's name.n
'NO, my boy" eyes, it is; Pve
seen him write it a good many
times"
''Unless you give me aid" said a
beggar to a benevolent lady, "I am
afraid l shall have to resort to
something which greatly dislike to
do" The lady handed him dollar,
and eompassionately asked, "What
is it, poor man, that I have saved
you from?" "Work, /" was the mourn
ful answer.
An exchange has a manuscript
story on hand in which if is
said of the hero that, che clasOed
the prepossessing maiden to his
bosom, and proceeded to make the
following remarks" The editor of
paper expresses his profound con-
yiction that that story is the work of
a reporter.
An ingenious person who, for
resons peculiarly his own, does not
intend visiting the seashore this
summer, says that by placing large
sea-shells about his pillow he goes
to sleep with the found of the dis
tant ocean singing in his ears, and
wakes up refreshed as by a plunge in
the surf.
Talk about the modern falling of
of home affections! Our wives are
becoming dearer every day. This
is an old joke. The best form in
which we ever heard it presented
was by Mr.. NJ. Evarts, at q Yale
banquet given some years ago His
toast was, "Komdn: PRrisima,
Sanctissinaa, Carissima." Most pure,
most holy, most expensive.
Mr.. s., who has been IN the
DING business for several years, re-
ceiyed the other day a neat "dun"
colored card, with Uncle Sans name
on the face, and upon the back finds
financial problem:
'fTo avoid proceedings unpleasant,
I wish you would pay what is due;
If you do, you'll oblige me at present,
If you don't, then III oblige you.
"Persistently yours, B-,S Co.
As might have been anticipated,
the reported interview with Bismark
is all nonsense. 1t is a stupid in
vention of the Jesuites, and displays
in its construction remarkable
faith in the gullibility of mankind.
Most people thought it strange that
the shreWdest statesman in the world
should sit down and gossip the most
ideas with as much
freedom as lie would discuss the
merits of a good cigar.
The Treasury department has in
formation of the discovery aud sue
cessful breaking up of gang of
stamp thieves. In the Office Of the
New York inspector Of imported ci-
gars, four of the employees of the
Office who had been engaged in the
were arrested and sent to
DudloW Street Jail. but have since
been released on bail for trial in Oe-
tober, while another turned State'5
evidence. The proof against the
criminals is of the strongest kind,
and amounts to demonstration of
guilt.
The new trade dollar just coined
in Philadelphia, is about an inch in
diameter, with thirteen stars around
the face, ,inclosing a female figureseat-
ed on a sheaf of grain, with a sprig
in the right hand and steamer bear
ing the word Liberty" in the left
and "l873" at the bottom. The
words Omitted States Of America"
form a semicirele around the reverse
side, beneath which is a scroll with
the motto "E Pluribus Unum." In
the center appears the American ca
Gle, and beneath it IN a semi circle,
1926 grains, 900 fine" and at the
bottom, "Trade Dollar" in bold cap
itals.
A private letter from a Paris Re
publican asserts that the Empress
has won Madame MacMahon over
from the Orleanists by a proposition
to marry their daughter to the Prince
The "situation" is to be
maintained for a year, when the
Prince having attained his eigh-
teenth birthday, is to be declared Of
age and announced as Napoleon the
Fourth, subject to q plebiscite. The
marriage viii then be consumated-
The Clerical party are said to favor
Eugenie's plans. Meanwhile the
Republicans do not dispair of uiti-
mate triumph. The story is quite q
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