davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-05-28

We count fifteen suicides recorded in
our American exchanges during the week
ending Saturday last.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-05-28

cnlrrENDEN COUNTY.

Burlington has voted to borrow $50, 900 to
be expended in permanent improvements Of
streets, sidewalks and sewers, and we know Of
no place where it is more needed.
Oliver jackson, (c,lorei) an old State
prison bird, was arrested in Burlington last
week for stealing $50, On Wednesday night
last. from H. j Persons, hotel keeper at West
port, y. Y. lie kicked the officer 50 severely
that he will be laid up for several days. Four
teen dollars Of the money was recovered.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-05-28

The franklin and Grand Isle Conference Of
Congregational Churches meets at Swanton,
June T.
The anniversary exercises Of New Hampton
Institution, ct Fairfax, commence next Sunday
and continue until Thursday evening.
A small house on the West Berkshire road
in Enosburgh, owned by j. I Kellogg, and
occupied by a Dir. Rainier, was destroyed by
fire last week. Loss on building 5000; in,ur-
ed for 500. The occupant lost all bis house
hold effects.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-05-28
wfNnu,M COUNTY.

Over dozen persons in West Bmideb0ro
were made severely sick, few days ago, by
eating factory cheese Now, who can explain
this matter? /, some poisonous substance
used in tho manufacture, or does now cheese
generate a poison, chemically, uuicr favorable
circumstance.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
Hxploding an Lee eorge.

Successful results have attended
the use of "dualin" as an explosive
agent at the gorge that has form
ed at White River Junction, VT, sit
uated at the junction of White River
with the Connecticut river. When
the freshet of January II occurred it
carried the ice out ofthe White river
into the Connecticut, forming adam
about a mile below the junction,
threatening, should it remain there
and be reinforced by more ice with
the spring freshets, the safety of five
long and costly bridges near by. In
this emergency it was determined to
use ''dualin" in the effort to remove
the dam and clean the rivers. Since
Monday last men have been engaged
| in the work Of exploding the collect
ed ice, and no doubts is now enter
tanned that in a few days the chan
nels of the rivers will be open, and
the broken ice will go drifting down
to the sea. The immense power of
"dualin' is developed when the sub
stance is confined; otherwise it is
comparatively harmless. 1t some
what resembles sswdust, and the
cartridges are shaped like Roman
candles. In the present instance
they are fired either by battery and
wire or fuse and caps, and at each
discharge large masses OF ice float
down stream. A perceptible fall in
the water at the dam at White River
iVillsge is noted.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
TEsTIN1ON1ALS-
FREMONT, O., April list, 1872.
MRS. MARGARET BowLUs.
Ncso Washington, o., FEB. Isl, 1872.

Neao Washington, u, REQ. Isl, ,lSI2.
DIR. LIBBEY-
DEAR SIR: Twas afflicted with falling sick
ness, or epileptic fits, for eight or nine years
They had made considerable inroad upon
my mental faculties. tried numerous RENE
dies recommended for fits, as well as many
physicians, but found no perceptible reliel
until used your Remedies. You will remem-
Der me as being one of your patients at Ply
mouth, o. By the use of two cases of youI
Remedies am completely restored to health
have now been some six months without
spasm, and feel that am entirely cured.
cannot speak too highly in your praise, fol
such bene1actor to the public should cer'
tainly be appreciated. shall always remem-
ber you with kindness for the good you have
done me.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14

tWo-three-JumpE and him and
the other feller touched up the frog
from behind, and the new frog hop
ped of, but Danl give a heaYe anC
hYsted up his shoulders-so-like
Frenchman-but it want no use
he couldn't bulge; he was planted
as solid as an anvil, and he couldn'
no more stir than ifhe was anchored
out. Smiley was a good deal sur
prised, and he was disguised, too
but be didn't have no ider what the
matter was, of course.
The feller took the money and
started away; and when he was 60.
ing out at the door, he sorter jerked
his thumb over his shoulders-this
way, at Dan'l and says again, very
deliberate, "Well, l don't see no
p'ints about that frog that's any bet
tern any other freq"
Smiley stood, scratching his head
and looking down on Dan'l a lono
time, and at last he says, sI do won Z
der what in the nation that froo
throwed off for. I wonder if there
amt something the matter with him.
pears to look mighty baggy some
how" And he ketched Dan'l by
the nap Of the neck and lifted him
up and says: "Why, blame my cats,
if he don't weigh five pounds" and
turned him upside down and belched
out doubled handful of shot. And
then he see how it was, and he was
the maddest man. He set the frog
down and took after the feIler. but
he never ketched him. And
Here Simon Wheeler heard his
name called from the front yard, and
got up to see what was wanted. And
turning when he moved away. he
said, "Just set where you are, stran-
ger, and rest easy-I am going to be
gone a second"
But the stranger did not think that
the continuation of the history OF
the enterprising vagabond, Jim lSmi-
leg, would be likely to afford much
information concerning the Rev.
Leonidas W. Smith, and so 1 started
away.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
Progress.


Those who live near to us are no..
generally great men. 1t is almost
impossible now for our next door
neighbor to know anything more
than is perfectly familiar to us.
Thirty years ago the hon. Samson
Mason, deceased, then resident Of
Springfield, Ohio, and Congressman
from this District, believed that tel
egraphy was practical thing. He
was too radical for that day and was
considerably jeered at for his pre-
snmptuous belief. Even Congress.
men grew witty lit was witty them
over his efforts to assist Prof. S. F..
B. Morse in experimenting with his
telegraph discovery, by seeking an
appropriation of $4,000 for that
purpose.
This matter is foreibly brought to
memory by recent publication in
Scribner's Illustrated Monthly Nag
azine from which we take the fol-
lowing extract:
son the 2lst of February, l843,
the late John P. Kennedy of Mary
land moved that a bill in committee.
appropriating $4,000 to be expend
ed, under the direction of the Secre-
tary ofthe Treasury, in a series of
experiments for testing the merits
of the telegraph, should be consid-
cred. 1t met with ridieule from the
outset. Cave johnson of Tennessee
moved as an amendment, that one
half the sum should be given to
lecturer on mesmerism, then in
Washington, for trying mesmeric
experiments under the direction of
the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr..
Houston thought that mesmerism
ought to be included in the benefits
of the appropriation. After the in
diligence of much cheap wit, Mr.. S.
Mason of Ohio protested against
such frivolity as injurious to the
character of the House, and asked
the chair John White ofKentucky)
to rule the amendment out of order.
The chair ruled the amendment in
order, because, as he said, sit would
require a scientific analysis to de-
termine how far the magnetism of
mesmerism was analogous to that to
be employed in telegraphs." His
wit was applauded by peals of laugh
ter, when the amendment was voted
down and the bill laid aside to be
reported. 1t passed the House on
the 23d of February, by the close
vote Of SO to SO, and then went to
the Senate. The efficient friends of
Prof. Morse in procuring this result
were ]. P. Kennedy of Maryland, S.
Mason Of Ohio, David Wallace of
Indiana, c. G.. Ferris of New York,
and Colonel S. B. Ayerigg of New
Jersey.
The appropriation was finally car
ried in the Senate, after the grossest
neglect, though Senators did not
give way to the uprisings of wit.
They were much more respectful,
though careless and Indifferent.
The inference we draw is, that the
most improbable things of to-day
may be worldwide useful facts a
dozen years hence, and no man can
afford to sneer till he is dead.
The scene described above occur
red just thirty years ago last Sun
daY.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
An Hztraordinary Marriage.

Ofall the extraordinary marriages
the one performed near Mercer, Pa,
a few days since, heads the list. A
young couple who we're out buggy
riding were suddenly taken with a
desire for matrimony, and having
met the eccentric squire of the town,
who was accustomed to marry peo-
pie on the street corner in broad
daylight, and under ali sorts Of odd
circumstances, started for his Office.
On the way they were, overtaken by
heavy shower, and took refuge under
a canal bridge. The rain continued
with no indications of a very speedy
termination, and the Squire, who
faVors the principle of improving
spare moments, suggested that the
ceremony be performed then and
there. The anxious couple blush
ingly consented, and the knot was
made as fast as could have been done
in drawing room or a church.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
DENTISTRY.
HOTELS,


fS6ger RANK Of Fremont, Whites Block, viii be
fond IN ia Office at al times.
HOTELS,
BALL HOUSE,
<IORNER OF FRONT STREET AND BIRCH
4 tARD AVENUE, Fremont, 0. Guests carried
70 and from each train free Of charge.
SLOUGH s. son, Proprietors-
KESSLER HOUSE.
F B. BELDING, Proprietor. Passengers carried
II to and from the House free Of charge Situat-
ed corner of Front and State streets. Fremont o.
NICHOLS HOUSE,
A CCOMMODATIONSs FIRST-CLASS. Grover
"a & Ellis Proprietors, Clyde, Ohio. Populaton
Of Clyde, $500 Livery Stable in connection with
fI,o
LINDSEY HOUSE,
7 lindsey, Sanduslky County, Chic, E S. Bower
Il fsox, Proprietor. The proprietor takes pleasure
in announcing that he is prepared 10 accommodate
the travelling public. Every attention paid TO the
comfort Of guests of the House, 19yl
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
DELLEVUE, o. John Ford, Proprietor. Re
0ceutly rentted and furnished.
BIRCH HOUSE
NLEYELAND, o., I94 Water street, near the
I ORailroad Depot, and in the center of business.
1 1 ? ?. #T{NT, #TNF, Proprietors.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
gfliseeIIaneolls Sstettions.
MARK TWAIN'S ACCOUNT OF
JIM SMILEY.

(As related by Simon Wheeler, Esq, of An
gels camp, Calveras County, Cal, on being
asked for information concerning a certain
Rev. Leonidas w. Smith.)
There was fellow here once by
the name of Jim Smiley, in the win.
ter of '49-or maybe it was the sum
mer of '50-I don't recollect exactly
somehow though, what makes me
think it was one or the oth9r is be-
cause 1 remember the big 1ume
wasn't finished when he first came
to the camp; but, anyway, he was
curiousest man about always betting
on anything that turned up you ever
see, if he could get anybody to bet
on the other side; and if he could't
he'd change sides. Any way that
suited the other man would suit him
any way, just so he'd got bet, he
was satisfied. But still he was lucky,
uncommon lucky; he almost always
came out winner. He was always
ready and waiting for a chance;
there couldn't be no solitary thing
mentioned but that feller'd offer to
bet on it, and take any side you
please, as 1 was just telling you. If
there was a horse race you'd find
him flush or you'd find him busted
at the end of it; if there was dog
fight he'd bet on it; if there was a
chicken fight he'd bet on it; why, if
there was two birds sitting on
fence, he'd bet you which one would
fly first; or if there was a camp
meeting, he'd be there reg'lar, to bet
on Parson Walker, which he judged
to be the best exh orter about here
and so he was too-and good man.
If he even saw d straddle-bug start
to go anywhere, he would bet you
how long it would take him to get
wherever he was going to, and if you
took him up he would follow that
straddle-bug to Mexico but what he
found whereabout he was on the
road. Lots Of the boys here has seen
that Smiley, and can tell you all
about him. Why, it never made no
difference to him-he would bet on
anything-the dangdest feller. Par
son Walkers wife laid very sick
once, for a while, and it seemed as
if they warn't a going to save her.
But one morning ne came in, and
Smiley asked how she was, and he
said she was considerably better
thank the Lord for his infinite mer-
cy-and coming on so smart that,
with the blessing of Providence,
she'd get well yet; and Smiley, be
fore he thought says, "Well I'll risk
two and a half that she don't any
way"
That yer Smiley had a mare-the
boys called her the fifteen minute
nag, but that was only in fun, you
know, because of course she was
faster than that-and he used to win
money on that horse for all she was
so slow, and always had the asthma,
or the distemper, or the consump-
ton, or something of that kind.
They used TO give her two or three
hundred yards start, and then pass
her under way; but always at the fag
end of the race she'd get excited
and desperate like, and come cavort-
ing and straddling up, and scattering
her legs around Timber, sometimes
in the air and sometimes 10 one side
among the fences, and kicking up
more dust and raising more
racket with her coughing and sneez-
ing and blowing her nOse-and al
ways fetch up at the stand just about
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
MUSIC MCAMP.


Two armies covered hill and plain
Where Rappahannoc1's waters
Ran deeply crimsoned with the stain
Of battles recent slaughters.
The summer clouds lay pitched like tents
In meads of heavenly azure;
And each dread gun of the elements
Slept in its hid embrasure.
The breeze so softly blew it made
No forest leaf to quiver,
And the smoke of the random eannOnade
Rolled slowly down the river.
And now where circling-hills looked down
With cannon grimly planted,
Der Hstless camp and silent town
The golden sunset slanted.
When on the fervid air there came
A strain, now rich, now tender,
The music seemed itself aaame
With days departed splendor.
A Federal band, which eve and morn
PLAYED measures brave and nimble,
Had just struck up with finite and horn
And Lively crash OF cyInDaI
Down flocked tho soldiers to the banks
Till margined by its pebbles
One wooded shore was blue with ''Yanks,"
And one was gray with Rebels"
Then all was still; and then the band
With movement light and tricilsy,
Made stream and forest, hill and strand
Reverberate with 'Dixie."
The conscious stream with FURNISHED glow,
Went proudly DER its pebbles,
But thrilled throughout its deepest flow
With yelling of the Rebels.
Again pause, and then again
The trumpet pealed sonorous,
And 'eYankee Doodle" was the strain
To which the shore gave chorus.
Thelaughing ripple shoreward flew
To kiss the shining pebbles
Loud shrieked the swarming Boys in Blue
Defiance to the Rebels.
And yet once more the bugle rang
Above the stormy riot;
No shout upon the evening rang
There reigned holy quiet.
The sad, slow stream its noiseless flood
Poured DER the glistening pebbles;
All silent now the Yankees stood,
An silent stood the Rebels.
No unresponsiye soul had heard
That plaintiye notes appealing,
So deeply fHome, Sweet Home" had stirred
The hidden founts of feeling.
OF blue or gray, the soldier secs,
As if by the wand offairy,
The cottage meath the live oak trees,
The cabin by the prairie.
Or cold or warm his native skies
Bend in their beauty Der him;
Seen through the tear mist in his eyes
Hisloved ones stand before him.
AS fades the iris after rain
In April's fearful weather;
The vision vanished as the strain
And daylight died together.
But memory, walked by music's art,
Expressed in simplest numbers,
subdued the sternest Yankees henrt,
Made light the Rebels sIumbers.
And fair the form OF Music shines,
That bright celestial creature;
Who still mid wars embattled lines
Gave this one touch of nature.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14

Cancer, Salt Rhoum, Erysipelaa
and all tints OF ScrOfu1a, although
hereditary; Chronic Enlargement
OF the Heart; Dropsy OF the Heart
Neuralgia of tho Heart, whether
Sympathetic or Organic; DrOpsy in
all its varicd forms; Catarrh of the
Head Bronchial Difficulties; Colds,
Coughs, Asthma, and all Disposition
to Consumption, although heredita-
ry; Enlargement of the Idveri Liver
Abcess; Tuberou1ar Liver; Torpid
Condition OF Liver; Clogged SeCre-
tions OF Liver; Gall Stones in Gall
Bladder, and all liver complaints;
Epilepsy, OF Falling Sickness Fits
and all kinds Of Fits; CancOr OF tho
Stomach; Cankered Irritation of
Stomach; Dyspepsia, and all De-
rangements Stomach; Diabetes
Inflammation Of Kidneys and Blad
dor, and all troubles with these :
gans; Curvature OF Spine Spinal Ir-
ritation, and all Spinal Diseases;
Paralysis in its various forms; Apo
plexy. and all D Dispositions to Faral-
ysis or ApOplexy; Fistula; UlOera-
tion of Bowels; Falling of the Ami;
Piles; Rupture OF Bowels, and all
tendencies to Constipation; Catar-
act on tho Eye; Film on the Eye In-
HammatiOn of the Eyes; Granulated
EyeIids; Weak Optic Nerve and all
Diseases of tho ives; Cancer of tn
Uterus; Catarrh OF the Uterus In
fammatiOn, DrOpsy, Syphilitio Ul-
ceration, and Falling Of the Uterus
FIBrous Tumors; Ovarian TumOrsi
DrOpsy of Ovaryi Inflammation of
OvaFy; LsucOrrhea, and general
want of action of the F onale Organ
and all distractions or ilnmOderats
How OF the Mcnses. For this class of
diseases no other physician gives so
direct and reliable treatment. Deaf
ness, from any osuss; st. Vitus Dance;
Hip Disease; White Swelling and
all forms Of Fever Sores; Removes
Tumors OF all kinds, without tho use
Of the knife; Rheumatism OF Heart:
Chest, Stomach or Limbs, in any and
all forms, acute or chronic; all VoH-
eral Diseases; Syphilis in its worst
developments, even to tho 1eOAy of
the bone; all taints oft fully oradi-
Gated from the system; will straight
en- Crooked Limbs; cures Enlarged
or Caked Spleen; General Debility
Rthe whole Nervous System; Pros
tration of the Nervous System, and
all Nervous Diseases in either male
or female; will remove every vnrie-
~ of Worms from tho System; and
remove strong medicine, though
years resident in tho system.
For information of any of the above diseas-
es, address
DR.. LdbIooy,
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
How to Restore Trees Killed by
Frost.

Frost.
The following we clip from the re-
port of the recent meeting of the
Michigan fruit growers at Battle
Creek:
In view ofthe fact that thousands
of fruit trees, especially the peach,
have been injured by the severe cold
of the present winter, and that many
have been killed outright, it will be
seen that anything that might indi-
cate q practicable relief from the
loss that will fall upon this branch
of industry will be hailed with sat
isfaction. On this subject, which
was next up by the Society, the
views of Mr.. Hartford, Of Indiana,
were called out. He said that in
the cold winter of 1856, he had an
orchard of thirty young trees absO-
lutely killed to the snow line, and Of
course a total loss as far as appear
ance indicated or experience could
suggest. Knowing, however, that
the trees had been vigorous and,
that their roots must possess con
siderable power of reproduction, he
proceeded to cut OFF the entire top Of
every tree that had been killed, and
left nothing, but unsightly stumps
throughout the orchard. The
spring came on; advanced some
what; he watched his stumps with
anxiety; found that numerous buds
started out from these stubs, put
forth their shoots and made a re-
markable growth, and in two years
he had as good and healthy an or
chard ss that which had beeen cut
off by the frost. Since that time he
had frequently occasion to treat
other trees in a similar manner,
sometimes cutting of injured
branches only, and had almost uni
formly had good results. But it is
necessary to cut off the injured
branches of frozen tops as early as
possible after the snow is gone and
always before the sap has begun to
ascend the tree.
Other gentlemen expressed their
opinions upon this very important
point. To the argument that this
practice would cut OFF the present
seasons product was answered that
in orchards whose trees are badly IL
jured the crop of this year is out of
the question; of them the orchard
may be saved by timely applica-
ton of the surgical knife, and in
two or three years be in as good a
condition as before frozen. A true
economy cannot fail to indicate the
to be pursued.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
MEDICAL.
TD-H BRINKERHoFF, ND.

d. a bhINIAElnI1O11I N d
DHysFCTkN AND SURGEON, Office in Buck
lands OId Block, on Front street, Residence on
Rirchnld Avenue, corner of Wood street. once
honfs from 10 to IL A. NJ, l TO 2. NJ, ana 70
p NJ
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
THE JOURNAL JOB OFFICE

Is well supplied with
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
pottrp.
A ToucH OF NATURB.

The World a few days ago said: ''The appended
fine ballad, by writer identified with the choicest
literature Of the South is worthy of companionshp
with Bayard Taylors "Give us gong, the soldiers
CRIED" and merits further circulation in both sec
tons for its stirring expression of national brother
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
coMMIssIoN MERcHANTs.
LIVERY,
ARCHITECT


A RcHITECF AND DESIGNER, Office in Moore
"A and RsEsona Block, corner of Front and Gar
rison streets, Fremont, Ohio. An orders promptly
attended TO. 52yl-
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-14
Yours truly,
n WAT TER {
Bronson, Huron Co., o., Jan. 20.

Bronson, Huron Co., o., jan 30.
DR.. LIBBEY-
Dear Sir: feel it a duty owe you as well
as the afflicted, to acknowledge the wonderful
cure you have made in my case. The long
continued sore throat and bronchitis was a
source of great annoyance and alarm to me
for a number of years, but since you prescrib-
ed for me feel no trouble there, and have no
fear of a return of the complaint. The dispo-
sition was strong to scrofula consumption =
that, l think, entirely changed. Ny other
difficulties are entirely cured. IfpeOple only
would give your remedies fair trial, 1 feel
confident you would benefit all you say you
can. Yours truly,
MRS. MARTHA PARKS.