The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-08-28
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A PLEASURE EXERTION
BIZ JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE.

They have been havin' pleasure
exertions all summer here to Jones
vile. Every week Almost they
would 60 off on an exertion after
pleasure, and Josiah was all up in end
to go too.
That man is a well principled man
as ever see, but if he had his head
he would be worse than any young
man / ever see to foller up pic-nics,
and 4th of Julys, and camp-meet-
ings, and all pleasure exertions. But
| [ don't encourage him in it. I have
said to him time and agin, "The-e
| is time for everything, Josiah ALI
en-, and after anybody has lost all
their teeth, and every mite of hair
on the top of their head, it is time
for 'em to stop goin' to pleasure ex-
ertions."
But, good land! 1 might just as
well talk to the wind! If that man
should get to be as old as Mr.. Me-
thusler, and be a goin' on thousand
years old, he would pick up his ears
lif he should hear of an exertion.
IAN Summer long that man has beset
ime to go to 'em, for he wouldn't go
without me. Old Bunker Hill him
lself hain't any sounder in principle
THAT Josiah Allen, and l have had to
work hard-work to make excuses
land ouel him down. But last week
the old folks was goin' to have one
Iout on the lake, on an island, and
that man sot his foot down that &C
he would.
We was to the breakfast-table {
ltalkin' it over, and says !, II shan
lIgo, for l am afraid of big water any
way"
Says Josiah, "You are just as liza
BILE to be killed in one place as an
other"
Says /, with almost frigid air, a
1 passed him his coffee, 'Mabby
: shall be drowned on dry land, Jos
iah Allen; but 1 don't believe it.
t Says he in a complainin, tone, g
can't get you started onto exertiol
for pleasure any way,
"Ssys in a almost eloquent way
1 don't believe IN maxim such exev
$ tions after pleasure, don't believ
lin chasin' of her up" Says ], "Le
her let her come of her own free vii
iSays I, "you cant catch her by chas
in of her up no more than you ca
fetch a shower up in drewth, b,
goin' out of doors, and running afte
a cloud up in the heavens above yor
Sit down and be patient, and whe
lit gets ready the refreshin'rain drop
viii begin to fall without none @
your help. And it is jest so wit
pleasure, Josiah Allen, you ma
chase her up over all oceans an
big mountains OF the earth, and sh
will keep ahead of you all the time
but sit down, and not fatigue you
l. self thinkin' about her, and like {
Il mot she will come right into you
tn house unbeknown to you"
!. "Wall," says he, 81 guess I'll hay
!. another griddle-cake, Samantha
e And as took it, he added gently bu
8, firmly, 81 shall go, Samantha, to th
as' exertion, and l should be glad
5. have you present ut it, because
56o 6o seems jest to me as if should fl
It overheard during the day"
at at Men are deep. Now that mi
be- knew that no amount of religio
preachin' could stir me up like th
= one speech. For though hain't
hand to COO, and dun't encoura
him in bein' spoony at all, he kno'
=. that I am wrapped almost complete
~ up in him. went.
We had got to start about t
cry middle of the night, for the lake "
fifteen miles from JonesVille,and /
!. lold mare being 30 slow, We had