The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-07-02

AN anxious inquirer wants to know
whether the Powder Magazine is published
monthly. and is considered safe magazine
for families.
Also, whether mint-juleps will be any
cheaper il a branch Of the U. S. Mint were.
located in New York.
Also. whether dead letters are ever known
to revive after they reach the dead letter Office:
aud If not, what is the use of sending them.
there.
Also, whether navigators heve to double.
their cap7s in all latitu les, OF only in cold
regions.
Also, VIII ther a schoolmaster can be said
to have no scholar, when he has two pupils.
in his eyes.
-S;al.fed frogs are advertised for sale in,
the Sandusky (Ohio) papers. They must BE-
an interesting animal to feed.
An exchange thinks that it is woman
herself, and not woman's wrongs, that ought
10 be redresSed.
A man WAS recently arrested in ALBANY
for ste aing his daughters earnings to bet on
a dog-fght. -.
There were 700 failures ia the United
= ates last year Their debts are estimated
to have been more than $50 900 600 and the
loss 10 credi ors more than $40 100000.
Athens has now a population Of SO 900.
and II newspapers. Protestant Journal
is about 20 be established under missionary
influence.
The finest specimen of inlaid work pro-
duced in molern times, is in possession of
the Queen of Spain. 1t consists of table
made OF 436 900 seperate pieces OF wood.
Among the passengers in diligence
between the city Of Mexico and Vera Cruz,
which was lately robbed, was a Catholic
priest, fom whom the thieves took about
four hundred dollars, and then compelled
him 10 grant them absolution befure they
would let Lin go.
"A woman died lately in Blackstone who
had suffered with dropsy for FIVE years. and
ha1 ben "tapled" 14O times. More than
8 900 ponds of water had been taken from.
her
Sam Green, free negro, Of Dorchester,
county, Marylan J., has been convicted of the
crime Of having a copy Of "Uncle Toms
Cabin" in his possession and sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
The Iowa Journal says two men in that
town few days sine, anxious for trade,
anu having HOlhlnb else 10 udue, concluded
to "swap" wiVes. The terms were suon
agreed upon, and The bargain colcldded,
each party going on their way rel oiceing,
A LONG NAME.-The longest name probably
ever inflicted upon a person, says the Boston
Transcript, was met with By Mr.. Bowditch of
that city, in the case of a IN ,rriel lady, who,
in 1888 was called upon to sign deed
The cen'eyaucer asked her name Her hus-
b md said thtt she used the initial A but
that her name was Aldebarontphoscofornia /
A JACK KNIFE SroRY.-The Skowhegau,
Maine, Telegraph is responsible for this
In the family of Mr John Hill, of Skowhe-
gan, sums weeks since, a two blsdrd knife
was missing, and no one could imagine its
The members of the family
being in their usual health, no one was sus.
peced of having "eaten a ask knife."--
Last week, IL Ittle child, Scarcely more than
a year old, passed the vertable knife from its
bowels, minus the bune handle which had
been dgesled. hat is most singular, the
child retained its general health, and without
any apparent inconvenit nee passed this knife
through all its intestinal passages with the
rivets bare and projecting We have seen
the knife, I'd can assure our readers that We
have the best of vouchers fol this "jsck-
knife story"