The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-02-04
Interesting variety.

---Ehectual destruction OF weods--marrying
a widow.
Alcohol was first invented anl used to stain
the cheeks of the ladies of Arabia--95o years
ago. 1t still reddens the human face.
1t was the saying of Sir Robert Peel al
never knew man to escape failure, in either
body or mind, who worked seven days in the
week.
Daddy, | want to ask you q question:
"Well my SON. "Why is neighbcr Smiths
liquor shop like counterfeit shiIliug?' 81
can't tell my son" Becaus. YOU can't pass it,"
said the boy
On a tomb stone in the west is the common
inscription, Prepare to follow mel Under
which wOg has written--
"To follow you I'll not consent
Until know which way you went"
Women are unquestonsbly partial to rcgi-
montals. Sir Walter Scott who has never been
charged with want of gallontry, says, in rela-
tion to the red uniform of the British officers,
that "ladies and turkeys are always attracted
by red rag"
There is to be an organization of female gam
bers in Newburyport, Mass, the leader of
whom is said to be the wife OF one of the lead
ing rum-sellers Of the city, and which numbers
among its inha bitants the female members of
families, whom to name would astonish every
one.
AT the beginning Of the present year, the old
method OF reckoning currency in Canada by
pounds, shillings, and pence was abolished and
the decimal of this country supersedes it. Dec.
lmal coins will be coined to meet the require
ments of the law. They will probably cores
pond in value with our own.
Do ye think of the days that are gone Joanie
As We sitby your fire at night?
Do We wish that mcrn would bring back the time,
mr. han nrt andy Sfnn l,nl,,n
81 think of the days that are gone, Robin,
And of all that ioyed in them;
But the brightest that ever arc So Oh me,
have never wished back again."
"DIEp PooR.-As if any body could die rich
and in that act Of dying did not lose the grasp
upon the title-deed and bond and go away a
pauper out of time. No gold, no jewels, no
lands or tenements. And yet men have been
buried who did die rich--died with thou
sand thoughts o! beauty thousand pleasant
memories, and thousand hopes OF glory.
Way CARS WASH THEIR FAcEs.-A cat cought
a sparrow, and was about to devour it, but The
sparrow said, No gentleman eats till he has
washed his face" The cat, struck with this re
mark, set the sparrow down, and began to wash
his face, but the sparrow flew away. This vexed
puss extremely, aud he said, " AS long rs live,
will eat first, and wash my face afterwards"
which all cats do, even to this day.
God has written upon the flowers that
sweeten the air--upon the breeze that rocks the
flowers upon the stem-upon the drops
that refresh the sp,ig of moss that lifts its
head in the desert-upon its deep chamb bers--
upon every pencied sheet that sleeps in the cav
erns of the deep, no less than upon the mighty
sun that warns and cheers millions of crea-
lures which live in its lisht--upon all his works
he has written, None Iivolh for himself
"A man ca led upon a lawyer the o her dav
ana began to state his case rather abruptly,
"Sir, come to you for advice I'm husband
in-law !! "A what?" spoke out the learned
counsel Husband n-law, Sir | have never
seen that defined in dome tic relations. =
Don't you know what huSband.in.law is p
Sir, you're no lawyer you're an gnorumus.
am husband,in la'0, dut not in fact, Sir my
wilcs run Off"
-" What does Satan pay you for swearing p
SAID Deacon Todd TO one whom he heard using
proianc language. " He don't pay me anything,"
was the reply. "Well, you work cheap, to lay
aside the character Of gentleman to inaict so
much pain upon your friends, and ali civil people,
to suffer such pain of conscience as you must
suffer; and, lastly, to risk your own precious
soul, and, Gradually rising in emphasis,) all
for nothing! You certainly do work cleap--
very cheap indeed /"
GER MARRIFD.-Mlrry let the risk be what it
may; it gives dignity to your profession, in
spires confidence, and commands respect
With a wife, the doctor is more trusty, the law
yer more esteemed, the mechanic throws the
hammer with increased power, and shoves the
plane with more dextrous hand the merc hant
gets batIer credit-in short, n man without a
wife is no man at al! She nurses him while
sick and watches him in health. Gentlemen
get wife-a pretty one for you like them the
best and rich one, if you can get her pre- ty
and good.
PERSIAN MoRALIrY--The Persans have many
sentiments in verse which might be learned
with advantage. For example:
Forgive thy foes nor that alone
Their evil deeds with good repay
Fill those with joy who leave thee none,
And kiss the hand upraised to slay.
$50 does the fragrant sandal bow.
In meek forgiveness to its doom:
And DER the axe at every blow
Sheds IN abundance rich Perfume
AN OPINIoN.-A western chap gives his views
OF New York women in this way
"Somewhere in every circumference of silk
and velvet that rggles along Broadway, thars
aus wumman, spOs bat how much of the
holler is filed in with meat, and how much in
CANNON the mere specktator ken never no. A fell
leI marrys site, and finds when ii comes 10 the
point thai he has nothn in his arms but a regular
anatomy. Ef men is gay observers, wot's to be
said of the femule that dresses for Que hundred
and forty weight, but hosnt reely as much fat
on her as would grease grddr-aU the apcr-
lent plumpacss consisting of cotton and lOhaLe-
bone.
ONEoF the WIDOWS The Montgomery Mail
tells the following, and we are Had to hear from
the same auhorative source that there was lao
backing out of the matter
~ We have a batchelor friend that I'VE think
much of, who was cunningly trapped an evening
or two ago. He was induStrousIy plying with
his attentions, young anil very handsome wild
ow, when some one remarked that Miss Blank
"a very lovely young lady by the way was
without an attendant, II cant leave said Celebs,
I'm engaged " "Oh,' exclaimed the widow
with charming naivete, " did not think VIC had
2 one Rs far as that p