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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04
For the Journal.
Fred ShOwy's SoiiiOquy.

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"What glorious thing it is 10 be ba cheor!
old maids and widows TO the contrary notwith.
standing. Smiles, boquets, invitations aud kiss
es especially when one is good looking bache-
lor-Ohem franklin and all such old covics
say, marry early A pin for their advice -
How conjugalIy inclined those evaporated ante
dsluvians were, the old kRop .nothings! The
matrimonial harness was always above par with
them Glad it has never been since they snuff
| ed out
| Strange that the old woman, my mother, is
forever urging me to settle down, as il this
same settling down was the only thing worth
doing in fellows life. Me marry | reckon
will, when can call all the pretty girls who are
signing, dressing, and quarreiug for me, my
ipipes. What are the married men of my nc.
quaintances good fot7 Don't know they look
as anxious and jagged us u horse in tread mill 4!
No wonder, when they have so many expenses
to father Catch me to stand pay-master to any
feminine this year. Particularly as bad as
shrunkeu purse is it, when wife is glutinous, has
her eye teeth cut, or always looking to winlwarl
No chance for the husband Of such a wife. And
uAA NOlllSh llldhG suIH NlNtp NNCH liGy DeRln 10
suspect, No husband con travel to t'other side
Of Jordan without finding his bosom part
ner on the track SO, Minnie may sigh, Ellen
may CRY, and julia frown till she turns brown
A perfect rhyme, by Jove! I knew was deu
cedly gifted, but never suspected was poet |!
Another feather in my cap ); III print vonme
of my effusons right Off Strange that genius
has just manifested its divine presence in my
soul feel immortal longngs stir within me-
I'll bind the laurel wreath about my brows, and
set my fine eyes with finer frenzy rolling
But--come to think of it, poets are usually mus.
ty, queer, absent. minded looking chaps, with
droll ridiculous excentricitos But could not
look that way! My mirror opposite kindly pre-
sents different figure. Nature has been prodi-
gal in her gifts to me as all my admirers assure
me. So I'll invoke my muse Immediately. Ah
Minnie, and Ellen, and Julia, you little know
what is in store for you What happiness to
surprise The dear creatures weeping tears of de.
light over my book All, Bryant, Longfellow,
Irving, the whole herd of We gifted ones, look TO
your laurels when my genius leads the whole
world captive | shall let all creation know
who got up my book no unknown author tack
ed to my efforts. Efforts no, triumphs."
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04

STARVING SNAKE OUT OF A MANS STOMACH.
"A correspondent at Fentonvile, Mich, trans
mitS to us a vertable snake story--one which ap-
pears on Its face to be very extravagant, but
which we believe to be true, us the author is en-
trey reliable A man residing in that vicinity
by the name of Beach, who is about thirty .one
years ofage, has been troubled with pain in his
stomach for about twenty-seven years; occasion
ly, during that time having spasms. For the past
seventeen years, the sufferer hos been satisfied that
there was living animal of some kind in his stom-
ach. If no drank liquor. the animal would seem
to become drunk. This he judged from the fact
that it remained perfectly quiet until the effects OF
the spirits wore off At times when he took food
offensive to the animal, it would become agtated
and roll about with n motion which could be felt
by placing the hand upon the stomach.
Having tried many physicians without being
relieved, Beach was induced to apply to a Ger
man, who recommended the process of starving the
intruder out This advice was adopted, and the
patient succeeded in inducing the animal to come
up into his throat but for fear Of ofstrangulaton he
swallowed vinegar and drove it back For four
months, means were tried to relieve the mans
stomach of Its unwelcome guest, and fually, on
Friday of last week. he passed an entire snake,
measuring just three feet in length. 1t was some
what decomposed, aud had evidently lost three or
four inches of its tail AS to its original size our
correspondent cannot determine. Its head meas
ured crosswise just one inch and a quarter. Its
teeth were about one eighth of an inch long. From
the formation ofits head, the correspondent thinks
the reptile is Of the common water snake species
The man is now doing well, and is in good spir-
its in consequence ofhis being relieved Of mis- hid
eous tormentor. Our correspondent, who is well
known TO US, aud in whose assurance we can place
the utmost confidence, is knowing to all the facts
we have sta ted above. SludlkshU RrgiSilr
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04

A knitting machine, that will knit pair
Of perfect stockings in less than five minutes,
has been invented by New Yorker.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04

CLEvELAED BEEF AHEAD The contracts for
beef to supply the British army and navy have
been made. Proposals for seven thousand
tierces were advertised for and were awarded as
follows: Col. N. M. STANDARD, of Cleveland,
three thousand ticrces Crsgn & Co., of Chi
cago, tiuc hundred tisrces and the balance be-
tween Adams. of Baltimore, Alburger, of Phil
adephia, and Dominick, Of Cincinnati. The
prices agreed for the Cleveland packed beef are
higher than for that packed at either of the
other cities. The average price is co less then
that OF last year.
Cleveland thus stands at the head of the
United States in the quality of its beef.--Cleuc.
Herald
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04

The Annapolis Gazette tells The following
story of a gentleman Of that place, better known
for his wealth than for his libenlity He was
requested to aid in the erection of church--the
subscription book was placed in his hands,
He looked at it snxiously and earnestly, aud
handed il back with the astonishing rmsrk =
:" M, sir will not give anything not half SC
many people so TO hell now as ought TO go! !"
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04

A PRIZE FIGHT AT LAFAYETTE, IND.--Fancy
stock is going up, and prize fights are not with
out their effects. Robert Jones and II. w.
Chase, two limbs of the law, had fist fight in
Court, at Lafayette, OIL Friday last. The Lafay
cite Courier gives the following graphic account
Of the FIRST round.
Mr.. Chase gave Mr. Jones the lie, "whereupon
Mr.. Jones planted we'll directed blow between
the two eyes of the aforesaid Mr.. Chase, and
was about to follow up his advantage, when
Mr.. Chase aforesaid got home,' as The fancy
express it, with beautiful right counter on the
frontispiece of the aforesaid Jones, and the at.
torney for the plaintiff dropped, as Timber q,
four cent muslin. He came 10 time, however
and closing with the railroad attorney, piled
him into the jury box in very uncomfortable
shape
AS the parties were both exhausted, friends
interfered, and had the second round postponed
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04
Influence Of Dress on Health.

Many of the diseases TO which the delicate and
youthful of the female sex are peculiarly liable
aud by which so many of them are hurried into
the grave in the springtime of their existence, may
be traced to improperly of dress-either by pre-
venting, by its undue tghtness and inconvenient
form, the growth of the body, and the natural and
free play OF its various parts and organs or to the
want OF caution in accommodating it to the temp
erature Of the season, and to the various and rap
id vicissitudeS Of the weather. One cause of the
alarming prevalence of consumption among the
ladies OF this country, may, without any doubt be
traced to the general adoption of style of dress
which is totally unadapted to guard the body from
tho influence of cold, aud of those sudden transi-
tions from heat TO cold so cOmmon-especaly
in the Middle and Northern States-and more es-
pecally, under circumstances when these transi-
tions OF temperature are more liable to produce
thsr banefu effects upon the system. The con-
trast in the habits of American and English ladies
In this respect, is most surprising.
woMANs SMILE AND LAUGH,
A beautiful smile is to the female countenance
what the sunbeam is to the landscape. 1t en-
beshes an inferior face, and redeems an ugly one
A smile however, should not become habitual ,or
inslpidity is the result nor should mouth break
into smile on one side, the other remaining pas
sive and unmoved for this imparts an Dir Of deceit
and grotesqueness to the face. disagreeable
pulSve than frown.'
There are many kinds Of smiles, each having a
distinct character; some announce goodness and
sweetness, Others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and
pride; some soften the couutenance by their Ian
gushing tenderness, others brighten it by their
brilliant and spiritual vivacity. Gazing aud por-
ing before a mirror cannot aid in acquiring beau
tilul smiles half SO well to turn the gaze inward
to watch that the heart keeps unsullied from the
reflections Of evil, 6nd is ilumined and beau tilted
by all sweet thoughts.
Then there is womanS sweet laugh, than which
there is not natural grace more bewtching! It's
sound has pleasantly been compared to that of
flutes on the water. It leaps from her heart in a
clear, sparkling rill and the heart that it reaches
feels as if bathed in the COOL exhierating spring.
1t runs the prose flips into poetry; it filings flow
ers OF sunshine over this dlrkSome world in which
Wa travelling and it gilds with light and bright
someness all that it touches.-Cin Gazette.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04

WHAT is OEMocRAcY.-This question is TINS
satisfactorily answered by Purson Brownlow os
tho Knoxville (Tsnn) Wig:
10 be Democrat in whom there is no guile.
. man must swear allegiance to the party If
Tue party hold separets creed in each State OF
Me oalon' every member is required to swear
suan lly'e is no Inconsistency in that To be
national, one must follow every Democrat in ,h,,
nation irrespective Of his principles! Aud TO
DC Ssche"dt Is to oppose anything said or pro.
posed oy the Administration! No man is TO
De prescribed because he may reject any one or
al the articles Of faith in the Democratic creedi
while any Interpretation, given to any or ali
Ine articles of the Democratic creed, by any
man. NoI'h or South, is perfectly Legitimate -
the Democratic party, no matter where horn
what color, OF what faith or from what Ma
nonai State or county organization, are Simon
Pure Democrats" ''''''
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04

"a man lately died in Boston from the
effects of the growing in of toe nall
Did he We regret to hear it. We regret
still more to hear that any one has lived to ma
ture age without learning how TO prevent +" thu
growing in Of a toe nail y by which we pre-
sumo is meant that frequent occurrence Of the
corner of the nail growing into the overlying
flesh, IN consequence of wearing shoes or boots
too tight. We have known cases of excrucia-
ting suffering arising from this cause and only
last week we rode down town with surgeon
on his way 10 operate on toe that had become
inhamed from the corner OF the nail growing in
10 the flesh. Now to prevent this difficulty
Do not cut away the offending corner Of the
nail as is usually done, very short but cut a
notch in the center, quite down TO the quick,
and keep that notch th"re until the difficulty is
cured, which will sonetimrs be with the first
cutting. The philosophy OF the remedy is that
the cut breaks The arch, and naturally changes
the curvature of the nail, and makes the cor
ners turn up instead of down. Tribune.
SUDDEN CnANGEs.-M Mr.. George w. Consto hIc
one Of the Salt Lake mail conductors, says that
when he lett Salt Lake City, on the fourth of las
month, the heat was oppressive but when he
got three days travel ont of the city it showed
and the fourth day the ground was frozen
and the ice plenty. Three days later he went
through snow nearly foot deep, aud when Ii,
got over on the North Platte the ;nusquitoes al,
tackled him in swarms, and nearly devoured
him. This was experiencing sudden changes
and the four seasons in rapid succession.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04

Cease railing at fortune.
Take lifo ss it comes;
If wanting in dainties,
Make glad DER the crumbs.
Each little is sweet, ii
A smile the lip wears,
But bitter the mOrsel,
When mOistened with tears.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04

!ne man WHO lives by daily laborund who has
put out his labor In the market and ,a,es the hsst
he gets Tor 1t, IN short, the whole class of your
manual laborers aud operatives of the North ARE
SLAVES. The difference between us is that our
slaves are hired for life, and well Compensated
whie your slaves are hired by the day not cared
Tor, and scarcely compensated
YOur Slaves are ,ohite.
OF your own race you are brothers of one blood
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-04
Senator uammond's ,lud-slll sp.ecs.

Inc term "mud.sills" has been popularized.
anu Is new and very expressive phraze In IN,
pohtlcaI vocabulary OF the country. II ,yas frs,
used IN tue connection where it now lourisbes bv
senator Hammond, OF South Carolina. In his frsL
spoeeh III tue Senate last winter Here is Tho
passage 0i h's speech in which it was introduced.
"lu oil social systems, there must be n class 20
uo the mean dutioS-to perform the trudgorv NJ
lte that is class requiring but low orde, of
intellect and but little skill. Its requisites aru
,viSor dociIity fidelity Such class Won must
nave, or you would not have thnt other class
winch leads to progress, refinement, and civiliza.
uon. constitutes the pery MUD-SILLS Of so.
ciety Gnd 81 political goUsrnment; and you might
a' gsu attempt TO build house in the air az to
o@.id @ either the one or the other ercept on m.
MuD-SlLLS Fortunately Tor the S5u,b she
found a race adapted to that purpose TO her
maud. maud We use them tor tho purpose, and cali
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
Political.

The Democratic State Ticket in Indiana is
elected by majority of two or three thousand
The Republicans will have majority in both
branches of the Legislature. There is not to be
an election of o. S. Senator from that State next
winter, as has been stated, there being no va
cancy to fill.
Iowa has gone Republican by an increased
majority. Read, the opposition candidate for
Supreme Judgein Pennsylvania, has beaten por-
ter, Dem, from 10000 to $1,000 votes.
The Republican majority in Ohio is from 10 !.
600 to $4,000.
As we stated last week, those persons who
suppose these Democratic defeats indicate a f.
nal subversion of Democratic ascendancy in the
Republic, most blindly ignore the teachings of
history. In 1854, when opposition to the Kan
sas-Nebraska law swept the Northern States
the Republicans elected 20 out of the rs Con-
gressmen from Pennsylvania, and the entire del
egations from Ohio and Indianal Now we have
six members from Ohio and three from Indiana.
The fact is, as we stated last week, from Jack
sons time, or to go further back, upon the au-
thority OF the Washington Star, from Jefferson's
day to this, the elections to every second Con-
gress Of Democratic administration have re-
suited as on this occasion. Gen. jackson lost
every member from Tennessee. And vet the
Democratic party did not die, because its prin-
ciples are national, immutable, eternal. In the
reputed language Of the President, it will meet
the foe in 1860 in solid column.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
The Chief Glory.

The emphatic commttal of the Administra.
tion to the /" Monroe Doctrine" as recently an.
nounced by Gen. Cass, is proud tribute to it.
grandeur, dignity and Americanism." The en-
ergetic preparations for a successful expedition
against Paraguay, also speak in trumpet-tones
of the determination of the Administration to
avenge the wrongs of American citizens in what
ever spot of the earth they may be when wrong
ed. We doubt not the operations of the forces
sent to Paraguay will rebound to the honor Of
the Administration and to the glory of the Ma
tion. But all this is as nothing to that chief
glory which is in reach of Mr. Buchanan's ad-
ministration, and which, if secured, will make
that administration immortal. That glory is,
the breaking, BY the hands of the President him
self, of the first ground for the great Pacific
Railroad. If his administration closes without
this great enterprise having been initiated, it
will have proved mighty failure
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
ACR OS TIC
BY A LADY OF SHASTA.

Where fragile nerves, health, spirits, body
mind
Enfeeble and >depress- ss-man-womankind;
Beware lifes fragile tenor-stretched too far,
Brings permanent il-health the system thus
at war
Engages painfully with life, the blood, the
nerves,
Relax and weaken-'tis ere that one observes
Such poor, weak invalids, such tottering frames,
Creeping with mental and with bodily pains
Oh if they knew how Webber's Cordial heals,
Refreshes, strengthens and new life reveals
Drooping no more, health, spirits, mind, re-
lieve,
-youthful-sanguineou bloom,
Are seen upon their cheeks; health thus re-
stored,
Lingers no more-but lives and regns-adored,
The afflicted may rely on its powers to reno
vate the enfeebled system, strengthen the ema
ciated and STOPPING frame, cure every nervous
affection, restore to full vigor the digestive pow
ers, regulate the secretions, calm both bodily
and mental physique and thus give strength
and vigor to the most broken down constitu-
tons. 1t has cured hundreds of cases of dys-
pepsia, loss of appetite, languor, nervousness,
weakness from change of climate sickness, TAX
ing too much medicine, intemperance and de-
bauchery.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
Fearful Questions to Young MeD.

| VT7HA 7 HAS BEEN YOUR PAST LIFE ?
| w Has it been one of dissipation, frivolity,
intemperence, debauchery, or-worse? Has
sickness, mental disease, or disappointment in
love or business been yours? Has your occu-
patton been LoNELY2 Have any of these ills
been yours till now? You feel sense of inea-
pacty and weakness physically and mentally
a knowledge of being painfully nnwell, yet an
inability to describe or localize it'll LIFE BE-
COMES BURDEN. Your hands tremble-your
limbs totter-your spirits become low-your
sleep fltful and disturbed-your appetite poor
your whole natural functions debiltated-
night sweats-bad dreans-weakness in the
morning-and similar horrors. Reader, if you
knew the many that have been brought to the
vigor and strength of yoath by that sublime
vegetable concocton, DR.. JACOB WEBBER'S
INvIGORATING SANGUIFIER, you would nos
doubt.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
G. A u ION
TO PURCHASERS OF
EUREKA WHISKEY.

TT HAS COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF
L the undersigned, that various parties are
putting up whiskey, in imitation packages, made
in San Francisco, and branding it "EUREKA
WHISKEY."
We caution dealers in the interior against
purchasing any of these limitations for the gen.
uine imported article. The genuine
s:EUREKA wHIsKEYn
Is imported in Barrels and Half Barrels. and
ages are branded on one head, i" EUREKA
WHlSkEY, WIN. NEWELL & CO." with a
copyright attached, and on the other head, az.
7. D."
To any one who has purchased the Genuine
Eureka Whiskey this caution is unnecessary, as
they cannot be deceived by limitations
VIM. Newell g. Co.,
Sole Agents, 1O9 Battery street.
San Francisco, Sept. 15, 1853.
ees- The GENUINE EUREKA WHISKEY is
Tor sale by all the principal Liquor Houses in
Gan francisco. n30:3m
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20
Constitutional Weakness,
Intemperence, Delirium,
Dyspepsia, Chills, Ague, &c.
In all of the above it is an absolute panacea

Read this statement OF cures, effected by the
most extraordinary concoction of the age.
A case Of bodily pain, Ague Debility and Dys-
pepsta cured:
Mr. John B. Flemming, Merchant Tailor of
Ophir, in this State, certifes, Sept. 27, 1854,
that two bottles of DR.. Webber's Cordial cured
Mr.. J. c. Ewens, of the same place, of pains in
the body, dyspepsia, chill and hacking cough,
together with general debility, neuralgia and
rheumatic palms.
DR.. James Bonnaut certifes to the cure of
pitiable case of decayed manhood (where tho
strength, nerves, memory and the whole phys
ique was prostrated) by its use.
Mr.. James Freeman, of Mokelumne Hill, says:
"Myfeelingw was an exhaution, a want of strength,
torpor, want of yigor, appetite and other
miserable feelings. One battle of your Cordial
relieved, and three have entirely cured me-"
We could give fifty other certificates, not
withstanding that most persons are sensitive
about being noticed but the above must salts
fy any reasonable person.
1t is sc I for $3, or two bottles for s., by
every Wholesale and Retail Druggist in Califor-
MIA. PARK & WHITE,
San Francisco Agents.
ET CAUTION.-Mind none is genuine
that has not the signatures Of T. JONES and ].
WEBER, NJ. D., on each outside wrapper, and
blown on the glass. n20:3m
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

HS- The Supreme Judges have addressed
Gov. Weller a communication expressing the
opinion that the Governor can commute a capi-
tai sentence The action of the Constitutions
Convention, in passing upon Section 13, would
seem to indicate the contrary view, as on motion
of Judge Bolts, now of Sacramento, the word
combinations" which followed the word ere
prieves' in that section, was stricken out, for
the arored reason that the members did not wish
to invest this power in the Chief Executive
And yet our three Supreme Judges express the
belief that there can be no doubt but that the
members of the Convention did invest the Gov
ernor with that power
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

BS~ The s. F. Herald says the Pacific NJ. s.
Company will very shortly establish weekly
line of steamers from that city to Panama, to
connect with corresponding line on the other
side connecting with New Orleans and New York.
The prospects are that in short time man
can make thetrip to and from the East for rea-
SOnable sum
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

GEN. DENvER.-This gentleman, the only man
who was capable of filling the place of Cover
nor of Kansas to the satisfaction of the entire
country, has resigned the position, and returned
to Washington. We see it stated that he will
resume his position as head of the Indian Bu-
reau, and another that he will not, but designs
returning at once to California.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

HeA- One of the California Stage Co.'S drivers,
Oscar Case, in endeavoring to frighten the hor-
ses of the Opposition stage, and otherwise inter-
fering with its progress, thereby endangering
the safety of passengers, was shot in the back by
one of them
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

Dsg" At public dinner recently given to
Gen. Walker at Nashville, a magnificent bou-
quet was presented him, which, on examination,
was found to contain check for $780, as a
contribution to the cause of Republcanism in
Nicaragua. A proposition then being made to
take up collection for the same cause from
those present, upwards of $4,000 were raised
in ten minutes
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

R6 After long contesting, Cerre, Demo-
crat, gains the office of Sheriff of St. Louis, and
CASTILLO, Rep, the former Sheriff, retires. The
office is worth s25, 900 per year, clear of all of
fee and deputy expenses.
The Shasta courier., 1858-11-20

A RACE FOR 500, ,o0O.-A race recently came
off in the streets of Sacramento, between A. NJ
Hayden, of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express, and a
well known banker of San Francisco,-for q
purse of $50, ,ooo-distance five squares. The
object of each was to deposit large amount Of
bonds with the State Treasurer for funding
Says the Bee: They started from Second street
one party going up I, and the other up street
but the express was too much for the banker
beating him about two minutes, by which means
he was deprived of funding about $4,000