The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-06-02
Theory mud Practice.

Oh If tSere is one earthly bliss
More precious than another
Ii is when, with delight you kiss pretty girl
when she sends u certain individual out oi
the room on the important errund al seeing
what hour is indicated by the hand Of the
family ,ime-picce down stairs
Certain individual being her brother.
While musiug thus, one summer eve,
As by fair ones side | st
The time was near at hand 10 leave so, stealing
INV hand around her waist, | drew her gen
tly TO me, and, when in the uct of applying
my lips to hers, the door was softly opened,
and her respected "Mn" appeared, armed
with broomsick and before knew where
| was, was knoC ked into cooked hat.
Peter the Great wNs a sensible old fellow,
and knew how to rule his subjects, as the toll
lowing Rnecndote, related by Prof.. Jaeger, in
his work on North American Insects shows
"Thc fact that the study of nature tends di.
rectly to the civilization of u nation was well
understood, more than century and holf ago,
by that ingenious. sellmade, Peter the Great, OF
Russia, lie conceived the idea that n love for
this department Of science would contribute
much towards the civilization and refinement OF
his barbarian subjects, and accordingly he estab
lishcd at an enormous expense, lalge mus um
Unnatural history at st, Petcrsb0rgr, and in order
to induce his dnm.oving subjects to go there he
ordered glass OF brandy to be presented to every
visitor"
Our or TUE SuvtP ScRAr%-A nei2hb ol
mine was iOirly, or otherwise, accused OF steal
ing sheep, aud the day was set when he WIS
to answer lie charge before n court OF justice.
But as it happened before the day of trial, he
sickened and died, His old mother was ever
whemed with grief and sat long by the corpse.
filling the house with woimg and lumcntN lions
al, tn III h.it
cning up, and throwing up her hands she pit,
eouslv calculated;
We'll thank God he'll be out of the sheep
srOpe, any how"
The Milwaukee Sprtincl has been gathering
The lager beer statistics of that city. ltappcsrs
from its figures that there was manufactured IN
that city during The past year, 10 500 barrels OF
lager, aud of ale aud other kinds OF beer, 600;
making on aggregate of 53S00 barrels, which at
~ a barrtl amounts IL the very respectable
sum OF S376,600. To produce this amount Of
beer, &c. requires l6l,l00 bushels of barley aud
100000 lbs OF hops,
Miss Tulip, IN speaking of old bachelors.
SAYS that they are frozen out old gsrdners in Ihc
flower bed of love, As they are useless as weeds,
they should be s'rved in the same mauncr--
choked !--Erclaage.
Wonder it Miss T.. would not like to choke
ono with the inside of her elbow p -LouiSrilic
Courier.
TuE MENoRY o. MorHrR,-When templo-
tion appears, aud we are almost persuaded 10 DO
wrong, how often mothers words OF warning
will be recalled TO mind and the snare broken
Yes; the memory Of good mother has saved
many poor mortal from going astny, long
grass may he growing over the hallowed spot
where all her earthly remains repose. The dy-
ing leaves Of autumn may be whirled over il or
The chih white munle of winter cover it from
sight yet the spirit OF her, when he walks in the
iully, calls to him whea wandering oil into
ways OF crime.