The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-12-16
independent copy.l

"FoE the first time since Mr.. PoRerov was APP
pointed Post Master at this place, the lisr of
cllled-for b,tcrs is Published"
The above is the first sentence of an item in the
last issue of the Independent, concerning the publ
cation of the list of uncalled for letters in last
weeks JoUEEAL. That it is groundless false
hood, is proved by the JOURNAL of March Is, 1858,
wherein Mr.. Pomcroy published a list of uncalled-
for letters; and that it is grossly malicious false
hood is evident from the fact that the man who
wrote it could not have even believed that Post
Master who has been in Office since January last,
has not, until last week, pubshcdG list Of ancaled
for letters. Having thus shown that his first son
encc is a lic people will not consider it necessary
for us to notice the remainder Of his iiem-for
one would place any reliance in the evidence of q
witness who commenced his testimony by per-
iuring hmscr Bot the aforesaid editor, the
above, as on every other occasion, "rings in his
big circulation" question, and we therefore take
the liberty Of saving word or two about his con-
corn.
TuE INDErrYDENT How IT is GOTTEN Ug!-
The independent is not /" what it seems !" II pre-
tends aud possibly its thirty or forty readers may
believe ito be paper printed at PcrrYsburg
but it isn't that, by {iRe more than hmf! 1t orr
gnally starts from the Blade office, Toledo in this
wise It's well known that, in every city Office
large number Of handbils, political and otherwise,
are printed for general circulation throughout the
surrounding country. Now the Independent man
has terrible mania for publishing a newspaper
anl the proprctors of the Blade, probably wishing
to humor him, occasionally print Of some sheets
or handbills, headed, Wood County lndepend.
ent," for circulation in this county, They are
g
the result! The Dayton and Michigan train comes
laundering along stops at Perysburg- somebody
throws of waS Of the aforesaid bills S. Indep,,,ocni
man being on hand, manages to get the first
grab" at it" totes" it to his shop, prints some
thing dirty on the ether side, and ioeoscy calls it
"my noospaper" And the people smile pihruy
Just as they do when some poor fellow, who has
the "god mania," sits from morning till ne H. FUN
bling over cid buttons, and calling them eagles %
But this poor fellow is not content with calling his
sheet "noospaper," but likewise Insists that it il
the largest circulation :" Aud this reminds us"
of a fellow we once know, who had the 4" colt
mania" He had succeeded in raising a very
"scrawny runt" of colt, and when il was three
years old, he not only imagined that it the best
colt in the country, but conceived that every one
else thought so too-and whenever anything was
said, he supposed that must be something in praise
of his colt. One day he hitched up his colt with
another animal, to go to a Lake port, few miles
distant with load of slaves. Shortly after he
started neighhor shouted to him, How much
do you get for those stavas 2" "It's muffin but 4
free year old p responded our hero = he cracked
his whip and logged on. Soon afterwsrd a mer.
chant hated him with, "Can you bring me in a
load OF salt, to-day ?" It's muffin but free year
old, sir I" he CALCULATED, casting an admirug glance
at his colt. Again the merchant said, " want
you to bring plc in some salt" al tell yog it's
ruff. but a free year DID," responded the colt man,
as he whipped up and went his way.
/ Tins it is with the Independent largest circulA-
tion" mania man. As he sits in bis sanctnrl oc-
cupying the stick Of wood which he terms his arm
chair writing his editorial the margin Of Old
"handbill," man enters, and the following con-
ycrsation takes place
Stronger" Good day, sir"
/ nania -U'n-" Yes, sir, its the largest circulation
J in the county
/ Stranger" What's the news?"
/ Mania UaH-" tell you it's the largest circuia
tion anywhere around here"
Srayer-" You don't think thereIl be a draft IN
this county, do you ?"
-Hania Hu,--" Now III bot the drinks I've got
the bigger circulation nor any noospaper in the
States
.Sraa1er-"l don't believe the war will end this
. winter"
Mlia Mm-Dont care whether you believe il
or uot-Ipubish the only noosPapcr that circulatcs
to speak of, on this continent"
And thus the poor mania man raves about bis
-, IL A
has chronic, compound, authenticated "big
circulation in his head We pity him-he has
our heartfelt commseratiou if we are eyel
so unfortunate as to have so large circula
ton that We neither lsl the truth or pay our
honest debts, We shall ask him 10 return cur sym
patty, with interest