The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-12-15
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| w INN Mtit NNtEo OUll TWO NOWtl1l II
tic days Of No.a, before or were born
In a railway or steamship accident wha
Is better than .ho presence Of mind Alb
sence Of body. toa-a -alII
"l am on the trail Of deer" as the fellow
said when be stepped on the trailing dres,
ol ono Of the female street sweepers. II Il
safer, by far, to tfcad OH the t(r)ail Of griz
ely.
"A SOMEWHAT juvenile dandy said to fair
partner at ball. 'Dont you think my nous
t1chos are becoming, Mas 7" 10 which shC
replied, "Well sir they may be coming, bul
they bavo not yet arrived"
TINS difficulty Of acquiring the English Ian
guago which foreigner must eKpeI iencc,
ia well illustrated by the following question;
Did you ever see u person pare an apple
or pear with pair Of scissorsH' e.
SOMEBODY has found out new way OF
taking pictures, By which they can be taken
better in the night than in the daytime. A
photographer has missed several from his
door, and doscn't approve Of the now plan
A YANKEE being asked by Soulherner
why the Yankees always say guess" while
thc southern pooplc say Il reckon" gave
the following explanations "rhpt Yankee
could guess as well MS Southcrner could
reckon"
A COMPANY In New Haven has Just fin.
ished pair of wheels for Government use
in drawing heavy ordnance. They are
warranted 10 sustain sixty thousand pounds,
and are thought to bo able to carry even
one hundred thousand pounds.
A LADY, walking with her husband to the
seaside, inquired of him the difference be.
tween expectation and transportation
why my dear he replied, "if on were on
yonderv vessel leaving England, you would
be exported and should be transported
SUFFERING Den," who was toasting bs
shinsTobserying that tlR oil merchant was
cheating n customer III somc oil, called out
to him, "Jim, can t-tell you how Ito s-sell
t-twco as much oil as you dido now"
swell, ho~Y' groancd Jim. "F6lI your
A nISrINGuIsuED California divine was
asked after a trip to silver land, what he
thought OF tho country. lie replied There
are but three things at Washoo. sir--bg
mines, little mines aud whisky-shops; in 9th
er words, Qphir holes, gopher holes aud
loaler holes" .f-.-.l ...
A FEW days since fellow was tried for
stealing a wood.saw. The culprit said he
only took il in joke. The justice asked
how far he had carried it, aud was answered,
about two miles" "Thnt in carrying the
Joke too fat" said the magistrate, aud COM.
nited the prisoner. '''a
Aria time of expected invasion at the
beginning of tho century, some Of tho town
magistrates called upon an old maiden lady
d Montrose, aud solicited her subscription
"a, Rusan mn f.r thn pnrytcn NT L.
Indeed" she answered right sturdily, am
10 nae sic thiTg | never coul | raise q man
or pivsel, aud Pm no gaun to raise men for
iiug George" N.I .EI T..U
A TExyEasEE pardon.st skier gives the
ollewing description OF how ho obtained
lis pardOu; Had personal interview
With tho Chief Magigtrato. abd asked him
or small pGrdon, il he had any more left.
,hiet MegiGrate wantod 70 kE0w wh2t po.
Iition ] held in tho VsScl army The an-
'wcr was faint, somewhat hesitating aud
si,aky. | said HQnartermaster."
jhie. Magistrate chuokled, aud turned hs
read to oon, cal sardonic smile. "My an-
,ient and venerable friend" he said, "if yon
hink yoxr department. of the rebellion en-.
langered the Union cause, your ihnoeauoe'
$ pardon iu ITSELF
TuE Auslaizo County (0hio) Deuoc'uf
'lys that recently solne rascal set fire TO
wo large sheds at Lock Fourteen, Salem
Township, AuglaiZe County, destroying a
arge lot of hoop.polos and twenty-five
hundred Thousand staves which were in
tho sheds. A few days later two more
shods, containing large amount OF heading
wero set on fire. aud the fl,lmes communi-
eating to tho mill, barn nld other Oubbuill.
ngs, they were oil burnt to- the gfound.
was destroyed. The 'conaa
grafton could be plainly seen franz Wapa
konetta, a Distance Of abCnt fortoeA miles.
Besides tho other prUperty destroyed, a
horse, estimator at 5000, was burnt
up, with fifteen sets of harness. The loss is
about $7b, 900; insured for about $4,000.
PRoFEssoR AGAssIz is having great success
in his soieutihe explorations along tho River
Amazon, In tho space of n fortnight he
examined siHty-.hree specimens OF fishes,
only fourteen of which had been previously
described l,y nah,alists. The remaining
lorty.nine wiz require the establishment Of
eighteen now genera to give them places
in the system of fNshes. Besides" says
tho Professor, II pescetve tho tocess;y of
distinguishing five families that have been
contounled with others to the present times
Nine days later ho writes thai he had then
obtained more than three hundred species
of Rsh, although he hal, to that time, only
examined one third OF the Amazon without
trenching oil it's atiluents lie had cOunted
on, at most, two hundred aud fifty o. three
hundred species and no ssys that not a
third OF those he collcctcd belong to known
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