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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-09-25
Plaster and Ashes.

Once while riding on the cars we
noticed on either side of the track
for some distance a tract of almost
barren sand, the only vegetation
seen being now and then a sickly
white birch and a little sorry look
ing sorrel. Two gentlemen, evident
ly farmers, were talking of manures,
when one said:
"Do you know what would clothe
those lands with a good crop of clo-
ver2"
The other gentleman was ineredu-
lous, and shook his head.
''Well," /" continued his interroga-
tor," "plaster and ashes Rill do it,
for l have tried it on just such land,
and at the end of the third year
there was q heavy sword on it."
We did not forget the CONVERSE
tion, but went home and soWed q
barren knoll over with plaster and
ashes, and to our astonishment 8
good crop of clover came in, though
we did not put on a grain of seed
We tried the experiment on our pas
ture lands, with marked success, SO
much so taat we recommended it to
our neighbors whose pastures were
thin, and in three years the pasture
land in that section would feed near
ly double the stock that fed on them
before. Ashes in the neighboring
villages rose in price, and the farm
ers to-day buy all they can get at &C
and IS cents per barrel, and find il
pays well at that.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-09-25
Real Life Romance

Here is the latest romance in real
life. An advertisement appeared a
few weeks ago in a New York paper
asking the whereabouts of Miss
Elsie Andrews, who was stolen from
her mother when two years old, at
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1856. It was
seen by parties in Abba, Ia, who be-
gan to investigate and have solved
the mystery, and discovered the girl,
whose real name is Maria Clifford.
Her father, soon after her abuction,
was murdered, and her mother mar
ried John ,Pooley, a farmer, who
moved to Blskney county. John
Campbell planned to steal the girl
and her brother, but failed to get the
boy. Ht took the girl to Canada,
thence to Michigan, thence to In
diana, where he changed his name
to George Andrews, and named the
girl Elsie. His wife died, and he
gave the girl to a women, who raised
her. On Tuesday last she came to
Abba and met Mrs. Pooley, and from
incidents in her recollection and
statements made in her hearing
by Cambell, the relation Of mother
and daugter was established beyond
question. Her brother is now q
wealthy merchant in Ohio.
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poetrp.
THEY SAY.


They say-Ahl well, suppose they do
But can they prove the story true3
Suspicion may arise from naught
But malice, envy, want of thought,
Whycount yourself among the"they"
To whisper what they dare not sayP
They say-but why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worseS
No good can possibly accrue
From telling what may be untrue;
And is it not noble plan
To speak of all the best you can.
They say-wel, if it should be SO.
Why need you tell the tale of woeR
viii it the bitter wrong redress,
Or make one pang Of sorroy less7
viii it the erriDg one restore,
Heneeforth to ego and sin no morep"
They say-ob! pause and look withinl
See how thine heart inclines to sinI
Watch, lest in dark temptations hour
Thou, too, should sink beneath its power.
Pity the frail; weep Ger their fall.
But speak of good or not at all.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-09-25
The Ho.ge for tbe P.rD

In an article in the New York
Times, Alexander Hyde, says: THE
horse is a noble animal, and is an in
.dispensible adjunct of the farm; but
q trotting horse, one of the 2:4O
kind, in no sense belongs to the farm.
No farmer can afford to either tend
or use trotting horses, and when it
is pretended that the race course fa-
vors the breeding of superior ami
mails, it is all fudge. What the farm
er wants, and what fairs should give
good premiums for, is a good car
riage or farm horse, worth 5000 OF
$500; one that can draw q ploW all
day and eat and sleep well at night;
that can move on the road at the
rate of FIVE or six miles an hour for
four or five consecutive hours with
out excessive fatigue. Speed is not
the great criterion of q good horse,
as the large premiums offered would
seem to indicate. Neither the owner
nor the spectator gains anything by
this forced $40 speed. It's a mere
momentary spurb and for its pro-
duction an amount of training is re-
quired which no farmer can afford
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Cnra a. Rhanmatian,

AS a cure for the most umpleas-
ant disease, rheumatism-two cor
respondents Of an exchange gives
the following remedies
Writer No. l, says: 81 can tell you
what gave me relief, and if l had ia
ken IL before I got down l think 1
should have been a stout and hear
ty man. I was a soldier in the late
war, and l have suffered ever since
Take one quart of good and pure
brandy, and little more saltpeter
than will dissolve. For dose use one
times a day"
Writer No. 2 proelaimeth: @I had
the rheumatism for nineteen yesrs
A portion of the time I had To keen
my bed, and was unable to helm NV.
self in or out of bed. Very often
/ had to cripple along with the help
of two canes. I am now sixty wears
old and as sound as dollar. When
l was young man my weight was
nearly l55 pounds. I was reduced
to 40 pounds while afflicted, and
now my weight is 1S5 to 100 pounds.
It has been seventeen years since ]
got well. This is what cured me:
One quart of rye whisky, one ounce
of wild cherry bark (root), one
ounce prickly ash root, one ounce
yellow dock root one ounce gum
myrrh. If one bottle don't cure you
try another. Take it three times a
day. Two bottles cured me Before
resorting to the above / tried every.
thirg that I could hear of that was
said to be good, besides trying
many doctors, and all did me no
good.
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A Truthful Bow.

A little boy cut West undertook
to come the G. Washington an his
mother, this way:
He cut of the cats head with the
traditional hatchet and then hid the
defunct feline in the meat barrel.
When the lady went for the meat to
make the "hoecake" for the frugal
morning repast she discovered that
and interviewed her son. He said 4:
81 did it, mother with, my little
hatchet, but I'll be sWizzled if / can
tell the whole treth about this little
affair.""
Now most mothers would have
kissed the brave, truthful boy on his
noble brow, and kept right on using
the meat out of that barrel just the
same; but this one didn't. Sho said /:
"COme across my lap, mp son;
come across my lad"
He came, and for a while there
rose a cloud of dust from the seat of
his troWsers that efectually hid the
son from view, and the old woman
now sports goggles and is lavish in
the use of Petit's eye-salve. The
good little boy had peppered the
seat Of his pants.
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PouItrY Enriohing Iandn-

In villages where manure is scarce,
the poultry house may furnish valu
able manure. In relation to its true
value, %Elements Of Agriculture"
says:
Poultry manure is almost equal in
value to Peruvian guano, except that
it contains more water. If granted
that a hen will consume of the diff
ferent kinds of grain, meat and veg
etables, during the year, the equiYa-
lent of two bushels of corn, which
weigh 40 pounds, then it is certain.
ly low enough to place the excre-
ment-the result of the digestion of
these two bushels-as equivalent to
fifteen pounds of guano. As the
manure from 100 fowls during a year
would amount to 1900 pounds of
guano, taking the above supposition
as at least safe and as 30O. pounds is
ordinarily sufficient for an acre of
corn, it will be seen that the ma
nure from 100 fowls will make com.
post enough for five acres. The ex-
pertinent has heen tried by the
writer Of applying to one acre of
corn in the hill the manure of tWen-
| ty hens one year, mixed with muck,
in proportion Of one part hen ma
nure and three parts muck, and the
result was a better result than upon
an adjoining acre enriched for sake
of experiment, with a good, fair, or
dinary dressing OF stable manure.
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Use common salt to remove egg
stains from silver spoons.
A French scientist claims to have
discovered an insect which makes its
home in the middle of cigars. That
insect is morally certain Of being
smoked out.
If potatoes have proved Watery,
pu: piece Of lime into the pot the
size of a hens egg, and when the
water is poured of they viii be dry
Immediately.
The prospect of placing the tele-
graph lines of the country in the
hands of the general government re-
eeiyes a serious blow from across
the water, by the statement that gov
ernmental telegraphy in Great Bri-
tain last year yielded the magnificent
profit of one per cent. on the capital
invested.
The word penny" as applied to
nails, is suppose to be a corruption
for the word "pound." An eight
penny nail was 3 nail OF such size
that j, 900 of them would weigh eight
pounds, a tenpenny Of such a size
that 1000 would weigh ten pounds,
and so on. 1t is not known Whoori-
ginated the method Of description.
1t is ali most impossible to get a
horse shod without having the frog
cut away. All veterinary surgeons,
all horsemen, and all the leading
blacksmiths agree that the frog
should not be pared one particle,
not even trimmed-no matter how
pliable and soft the frog is, cut it
away smooth on all sides, and in two
days it will be as dry and hard as
chip. You might as well cut all the
leaves. off and expect them to four
ish as to pare away the frog and
have q healthy foot. The rough,
spongy part of the frog is to the foot
what the leaves are to the tree, the
lungs. Never have rcd hot shoes
put upon the foot, to burn it level.
If you can find a blacksmith that is
mechanic enough to level the foot
without red hot iron, employ him.
If you do not think so, try the red
hot poker on your finger nail, and
see how It viii eject the growth OF
that. There are many other impor-
tant points in shoeing horses, but
these two in particular, are Of more
Importance than all the rest, and the
most disregarded. sNo fog,no foot;
no loot no horss."
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-09-25
A conviviaI Dog.

Mr.. John J. Roche, the saloon
keeper, has a black and tan dog wto
insists upon drinking with every one
who comes in. Whenever an indi-
vidual, or several, go up to the bar
without waiting for an Invitation to
stake little something" the dog
jumps up on a chair that stands on
one side for the purpose, and placing
his fore feet on the bar, drinks (Wa-
teri with the rest. Ifby chance the
chair is sway,or bis glass is not filed
and ready, he barks and makes "a
deuce of a noise" until waited on
with the rest Like some men, when
he gets ''fulr' and can drink no more
he just touches his tongue to the
glass, as much as to say, swell, here's
a whaek. ."-Ne1O5urg (Neo0 York, J
Journal
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-09-25
Let the Horses RolI.

Horses that are kept in the stable
during summer, should be given
daily the luxury of q roll on the
earth. Rolling is the means given
by nature for the animal to rid itself
of Vermin and skin diseases, and it
tends to make the animal healthy.
Some owners object to allowing a
horse to roll on the bare earth be-
cause it gets dirt into the hair and
makes extra work to keep the ami
NAL clean, but the extra work pays
ifrightly understood. We allow our
horse to roll in the dirt when be is
not moist with Precipitation, and then
stand an hour or two with his coat
full of dust before being cleaned up.
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ONE ANDo ONE.


Two little girls are better than cns,
Two httls boys can double the fun,
Two little birds can build fine nest.
Two little arms can love mother best
Two little ponies must 60 to 3 span;
Two little pockets has my little man,
Two little eyes to open and close,
Two little ears and one little nose
Two little elbows. dimpIsd and sweet
Two little shoes, on tEo little feet
Two little lips and Cne little chin,
Two little cheeks with q rose shut in;
Two little shoulders, chubby and strong
Two little legs running all day long
Two little prayers does my darling say
Twice does he kueel BY my side each day
Two little folded hands, soft and brown,
Two little eyelids cast meekly down
And two little angels guard him in bed
"One at the foot, and one at the head"
-Mary Mapes Dodge, IN 81. Nieh0iz'
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A young lady in San Jose, Cal,
about a month ago secretly married
the man of her choice, and then
went right along attending to her
business a though nothing had hap
pened. But the other day the couple
decided to publish their marriage in
the paper, and the old nan saw it.
Showing the notice to his daughter,
he sternly demanded
@What does this mean? Is it a
joke, Maria Jane or is it a reality? u
The daughter raised her head, her
face sufused with bushes, and an
sWered-
ayes, father, lisa joke-it's a joke
on you'll"
The old man subsidized.
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THE OLD STORY.

It was the old, old story
told to Rosaliel
Il WIS the sweet old answer
She whispered back to me;
And then the cd, old picture,
You might have seen, 1 wis
Her tremor, blushes, smiles and tsarS-
Her yielding to my kiss.
It was the old, old story
The bridal and the flowers;
And now the sweet old sequel
Long years Of happy hours.
And yet, and yet, often think,
Despite what others say,
lam by far the happisst man
That has seen his wedding day.
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HHEE[IEReM e
. AGENCY, Y
BUCKLAND (OLD) BLOCK, U
FREMONT, o. n

The time of the year has now
come when fires are to be re-kindled.
Old cracked stoves will be brought
out suddenly and put up the first
cold snap. Unsafe and soot-filled
chimneys are crowded with two or
three stove pipes. The consequen-
ces to some budy will be disastrous.
The house, store or shop will take
fire some day and burn up before
you are aware of it. And then
some one will find when too late,
they had no Insurance. Be wise be-
fore the fire. Look to your stoves,
know they are whole. Examine
your stove pipes, clean your chin
ney. See that all cracks and holes
therein are securely plastered up
Put up your stoyes well, and the1
come to
l. III. KEELER,
and get an Insurance Policy OF
your building and all its contents
1 have a splendid line of Companies
There are none better. Many rep
resented in this city will not stanC
the test. Look at the following:
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The safe works of Diebold, Norris
q Co., Canton, the largest now in the
United States, are putting up addi-
tional wings. They are building an
addition for the special purpose of
constructing the safe for the San
Francisco Safe Deposit Company,
the locks of which, alone, cost sIO,-
600, and the frelghtage to place of
destination $4,000. It will be
shipped in about five months, and
requires twenty eight cars for that
purpose.
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The King of Dahomey, Africa, has
q necklace composed Of two hundred
and fifty human ears, and that neck
lacesis his crest pride, He's vel
come to It
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There need be no apprehension
on the part of owners Of stock that
animals will come short of food.
Abundance Of good hay and pure
water viii be provided.
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Leave of the common walnut tree
placed over doors, windows, man
Ties, or In wreaths and punches
about the house, viii drive flies
away.
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For a paste for papering on a
board ceiling put in gill Of melted
glue to painful Of ordinary paste.
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LTNnSFY HOUSE.

A CCOAnNODATIoNS FIRST-CLASs. ". F.
81 Kaufman, Proprietor, Clyde, Ohio. Population
e Clyde, 2,sOo Livery Stable In connection with
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Nv nat IS your agef
"Six-and twenty
"Name."
"G-"
"You want to be fencing master
to a regiment%
May it please your highness, such
is the object of my ambition
Are you a first-rate swordsmanr
4 have heard of you, but you had
only second.rate fencers to contend
with
(which gave them just claims up
on my forbearance, your highness.'
'ForbearanceP he repeated, with
flashing eyes, and a scornful curl on
his lips; but if less considerate, what
thenP
4 should have buttoned them ten
times for every twice that they
touched me, your highness.'
'Ha! and could you do that with
.meG
That would depend on how your
Imperial highness might wish to be
treated. If as a prince, it is proba-
BILE your highness would touch me
ten times and be touched twice. But
fyour highness desired to be treat
ed like any other person, the ten hits
would be achieved by me, and the
two by your highness.'
.LubenskiP roared the Czaro
witsch, rubbing his hands; Luben
ski, bring the foils! We shall see,
Sir BraggadocioP
IS it possible your highness would
eOndescend-'
My highness orders you to touch
me ten times if you can. Do you
want to back out already? Now take
this foil and mask. Guardr
is it your highnesa's absolute
commando
Yes, YesP
q am ready
Ten times repeated the prince,
as he attacked me-ten times, mind
you; less won't do. Ha! hap
Notwithstanding this encourage
ment, kept merely on the defense,
contenting myself with parrying his
thrusts without returning them.
Now them cried he, angrily
l'what are you about? You are play
| ing the fool with me. Why don't
you thrust?'
Your highness! the respect
.Confound your respect, sir
Thrust! Thrust
Observing through his mask that
Ibis cheeks were flushed and his eyes
lblood-shot, took advantage of the
permission granted, and touched hin
three times running.
'Bravop cried he. My turn now
IHa! A hit! hit'
j He had touched me. 1 then touch
led him four times in rapid success
sion, and wss then touched once.
'Hurrahp he cried exultingly
'Rodna, did you see that2 Twice
to his seven
Twice to ten, your highness,' re
piled I, pressing him very hard
Eight, nine, ten! Now we ar
quits
Good, good!' cried the Czaro
witsch, approvingly; very good
but that's not all. The small sworC
NOT enough-no use to the caval
lry; want the saber. How could yoI
defend yourself, on foot, against {
mounted lancer2 Parry g lancr
thrust2 Eh?'
I think 1 could, your highness.'
Think SO! Not sure, Ell?
Pardon me, your highness, 1 hav,
no doubt of it.
Lubenskii' again shouted the
prince.
The officer appeared.
"a lance and horse! Quick!"
But, your highness,' interposed
'Ha! you are afraid2
Il am not afraid; but with you,
lhighness I should experience equa
reluctance to be the victor or th,
vanquished.'
sAll nonsense and fiattery. Firs
trial was capital. Now for the sec
Iond.'
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Legal, NOTICE.
FOR. SALEI

- The undersigned offers for sale half acre
VI AZ ground situated inst outside Of the city
81 ii7iitF, on Which there is q good new house.
49, Vifh fourteen feet wing, and pourch on eacn
gide. vifh good cellar. Also 8 new barn. There
- 4iso cone Quit trees in bearing on the lot.
VII eel cheap cr exchange for 9 iarin q y q l.v
nere1. a shi1 or adjoining counnea paying olnet-
encs. Enouire "a the premises bali mis- Weat o.
Us 7. q q ~ 8. Z. r Dspot; ,-,, - .,,- 4
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KFssLER HOUSE.


y. WILLIS, Proprietor. Passengers carried
d 70 znd from the House free Of charge. situat-
81 corner Of Front and State Streets Fremont, o.
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DENTISTRY.
HoTELs.

CURGIcAL & MECHANICAL DENTIST, Office
OoVer Bank Of Fremont, Whites Block VII De
tou1d In his Office at al tines
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Z. q. HAvsoH, JAS MOORE. JOSEPH L. RAwsON.
il. RAWSON, & CO.,

CToRAGR. FORWARDING. 8 COMMISSION
ONerchanta Dealers ia Coarse Salt Fine Salt,
Dairy Salt Land Plaster, Caicined PLASTER, Water
Lime, etc. Having purchased the entire property
known as the Fremont Warehouse and Steam Ele-
yators at the head Of nav i~1ti01 on the Sandusky
River, we are prepare % receive, store and ship
Grain, Lumber, Merchandise and other produce. -
Once, at elevators. Fremont, o. IL
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European Events for the next Twenty
Years Foretold by a Monk.

6uLOR6an 5VEuL8 lOI Inc next 1"GAkY
Years Foretold by Monk.
A German paper publishes the fol-
lowing:
The prophecies of the Monk Tran
gull Wolfgang, died at Munich, 1873:
"1874. Strengthening of the Span
ish Republic. Dissatisfaction in
France. General armaments in TIA
ly. A new Chief of Government in
France. Death of Plus TX.
"1S75. War between Italy and
France. The Italian armies besiege
Paris. Defeat of the French army.
Italian occupation of AIgiers, Ma
tional plebiscitum in Corsica, Nice
and Savoy. foundations in Austria.
1876. Paris surrenders in March.
Ratification of peace in Corsica, Nice
and Savoy, and Corsica incorporated
with Italy. Revolution in Spain
and fall Of the Government. The
pestilence in Russia. Prince Fritz
German Emperor. Revolution in
England.
"IS77. Communism and famine
in France and Spain. European
Congress in Rome. The new Pope
recOnciled with Italy. General arm
mament in Europe. France divid-
ed into four States. foundations
and hurricanes in Italy. Great cold
in Germany.
'1S78. A new European Congress
in Berlin. Desth of Queen Victoria.
New Government in Spain. The
Christians in Turkey are free. Dis
satisfaction in Portugal, Poland and
Hungary. Cholera in France. Dis
covery of a remedy for cholera in
Bavaria.
"1879. Great storms in England.
Universal peace. General disarma-
ments. Great discoveries at sea.
The Pope reforms the church and
suspends the order of the Jesuits.
1880 to 1890. Peace. The Pope
blesses all nations"
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MEDICAL,

oh. BRNKERHoFF, N. D.
nHYSTCIAN AND SURGEON, Office in Buck
lands Old Block, on Front street. Residence on
Eircharzi Avenue, rcoTnef Of Wood street Office
houra from 10 70 = A n, 70 P. n, and to 3
P ~. -
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r lindsey, Sandusky County, Ohio, E. S. Bower
lsox, Proprietor. The proprietor takes pleasure
= announcing thas he is prepared to accommodate
be travelling public Every attention paid 70 the
oanfort Of guests Of the House, 1syi