The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-06-23

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UuE tChfh,
The editor Of the Defiance Rsp,tblican was
recently the recipient of one pint of strawber-
ries, One of them measured four inches in cir
cumtercnce. He probably had five or six straw
berries at that rate.
y. r. weriug, of Cleveland, has been
elected President Of the Cleveland & Toledo
Railroad. The time table of that road was
changed on the 18th inst Passenger trains
now leave Toledo for Cleveland ot 2:l0 and l0:-
so A. NJ. and 4:55 P. NJ. Returning, they leave
Cleveland at 1: AMI III 25 A. NJ, and 6;20 p.
NJ.
--Mr. N. +. Graves, an old and highly es-
teemed citizen Of Findlay, was accidentally
killed on Saturday last. He was engaged in
hauling wood, aud in passing down an abrupt
descent, his seat proved insecure aud he was
thrown to the ground in front of the wheels OF
the wagon, which passed over his body and
produced injuries which resulted in death in about
two hours.
From the middle Of June to the 4th OF July
is the time for sowing buckwheat 1t is u good
CROP yielding usually 20 to 25 bushels to the
above amounts. A half bushel of seed is suf'
fcient for Oil acre of ground. If you have an
uEoccupied spot of ground, put in little buck
wheat Buck wheat cakes will not be bad to
take with your excellent sausages aud syrup
next winter.
This capital piece Of humor appeared some
years ago IN the London Pamch. 1t is so good
that il ought to be repu5lished every spring
ODE TO SPRING.
WRITTEN IN LAWYERS OFFICE.
Whereas on sundry boughs and sprays
Now divers birds heard to sing
And sundry flowers their heads upraise-
Hail to the coming on OF Spring
The songs of said birds arouse
The memory of our youthful hours,
As young and green the said boughs,
As fresh and fair the said flowers.
The birds aforesaid. happy pairs!
Love midst the aforesaid boush' cnshrines
In household nests, themselves, their heirs,
Administrators and assigns.
o busiest term of Cupid's court!
When tender plaintiffs action bring;
Season of iroc and OF sport,
Hail, aforesaid, coming Spring
Israel Greene, Esq, of Hancock County, in
letter to the o. s. Jouraai, says he has exam
and Of that number four were entirrly destroyed
by tho recent frost; five will proluce half a
crop; five only one-tenth of a crop I; twenty
four were uninj"red, He says;
g Corn is not injured to any extent wortI
noticing. Potatoes are good garden vegetahlei
but slightly injured. Ofapples, we will have 4
pref y good crop; peaches-a fair supply cher
| res-- extremely scrace oats--a first rate crop
TO sum up Hancock county is blessed with an
average crop OF the good anI necessary things o
the earth. | see no cause of alarm here
The democratic officials of Adams town,
ship, Defiance county, to wit tho Board of
Education, have passed law to prohibit the
use of the school houses in said township fur
christian worship! Democrats, in their zeal
to defend the monsrouS inquity of human
slavery, have come to believe that every chris
tan assembly is Republican meeting and every
christian minister Republican srumper. We
expect to see plank in their next platform to
excommunicate every professed democrat who
belongs TO a Protestant Church NOTHING
BUT THE OVERTHROW OF RELIGION
WILL SAVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY