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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14

lishnist2 Wood 700 bev nigger-lover in
this place ez nucleus for settlement NV
nipger-loversY Wood 700 -" ....
Joe Bigler rose and remarkt that sich q
consummashun wuz most devOutly not TO
be wished. lie hatid the Northern char.
acter, and wanted no more uvit here. Ei
the niggers must be mixed with the white
race ho wanted 'em mixed only with the
proud shivelry Nv the South, ez II alluz
he'd been done. He"
"Josef," sed in agony, 'please don't
interrupt this discussion"
"I won't sed he, II am only takiE
part in it. / want, eff the nigger must
fade out under missegenashen, that the
white blood that is in en- shell be ez it
alluz hez bin, Southern white blood
Lovin Deekin Pogram, reverencin the
memory nv Squire Gavitt and respectin
Kernel McPelter, don't / rejoice to see
about me on every side their faces re-
peated over and over again9 1t don't
matter TO me that they're shaded. The
sons of Pogram, Gavitt and McPelter will
take their places and carry forard the good
work They wuz putin down nigger
ekality by bleachin out the niger, and ef
this community kin be kept free from
Northern men who hev prejoodis agin
lHO nlpBeI III any sHdpSj III iOuI BGucId-
shens there won't be a show Nv black
blood here to vex us. Ez to bonds and
greenbax / quite agree with the Elder.
Never havin' paid a cent of taxes in my
life, witch results from my never hevin'
any property to tax, feel that am bein
pounded into dust by the bloated bond
holder. To maintain these leeches, in
luxury, Bascom has to charge ten instead
of five cents for drinks, wich haz doubled
the mortgages on Elder Pennibacker's
farm within two years. This is what the
Elder objecks to at this rate his farm
will fail him in his old age, and then wat
is he to dor No niggers to work it, con.
stooshnelly opposed to workin hisself, and
no likker cept for money wich he hezn't
and can't git What dreary prospeck
weep, and that we may hev more time
to weep, | adjourn this meetin. Well or
ganize this club some fucher period ez I'm
too much affected to go on with biznes'
now"
And we wuz compelled to adjourn. But
l will organize yit. I'll. E Z"
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY, p. NJ,
(Which is Postmaster)
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14

town, repeating the thrilling portions of
his speech TO himself as he went along.
When he arrived at the room, II was full,
and two or three men were upon the plat
form. Fitz walked up the aisle, and in
Producing himself, said
My naIce is Fitz Smith. have come
to address the meeting"
lie was very cordially welcomed, and he
TOOK bis scat. The audience was an un-
commonly respectable one, and Fitz
thought they certainly were the cleanest
and most genteel Democrats he had ever
seen. He began to have misgivings
These grew to doubts, when one of the
gentlemen expressed a desire to know if
Brother Fitz Smith would lead us in
prayerp
OF course he wouldn't. Henever heard
Of such proceeding at Democratic
meeting. But he held his peace, and gave
no expression to his astonishment, while
another person proceeded with the devo.
/ tional exercise.
When he concluded, Fitz was called
upon for few remarks, and rising he got
| rid of about one third Of one of the most
! exciting Democratic speeches ever spoken
north of Texas, before he perceived that
the audience was strangely agtated. He
was engaged in an elaborate disQuisition
upon the curve in the negro shin bone
when man stepped up and said
Excuse me, sir, but that is little out
of place here"
know what I'm about. Wait till | get
through" ..#.
"But you can't go on, sir, we cannot be
disturbed in this outrageous manner"
disturbed !" said Fitz Smith, "dis
turbed Why, this is legitimate Demo.
cratic doctrine. Let me alone. l haven't
come to the exciting part yet" and Fit7
began again
7Reaily, sir, you cannot proceed; q
prayer-meeting. is no place for such discus
sions."
"Prayer.meetingl Good gracious and
you don't mean to say this is a prayer
meeting do you? Amt this Berwick
and isn't this Democratic mass-meeting
mo, sir, this is Somersworth, and an
the pastor of this flock"
Mr.. Fitz Smith went back to the hote
sadly, with two-thirds of one of the bes
speeches you ever heard, lying like Leaf
upon his brain. The Maine election wen
Republican next day, and Fitz gave VI
politics in disgust.
The last time Fitz Smith was at Ports
mouth he spent the afternoon carOusin,
with some sturdy Democrats. About darl
they walked out TO get the air in the direc
tion of "the Castle" an old circular struc
ture which stands upon hill, near tn
town, and was once used as a fortress
Fitz Smith was fuddled, and he wandere,
off from his companions, and was lost
He was found next morning lying snugl
up against the castle wall asleep Whel
, reused he looked up at the wall and said
Gentlemen, that's the longest wall l eve
saw in all my born days l Travelled alon
it for several hours, trying to get to til
end, but hang me if could"
, The fact was he had struck the castle i
the dark, and hoping by the support an
direction of the walls to find his wa
home, he had walked round and round
all night.-JOhR gull in PhiIddlphi
! Bulletin
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14
Your First Sweet.Ho

You can never forget her. She was so
very young, and innocent, and pretty. She
had such way of looking at you over her
hymn book in church. She alone of all
the world did not think you boy of
eighteen, but wondered at your size and
learning and your faint fOreshadowing of
sandy mustache, and believed you every
inch a man. When at those stupid eve
ming parties, where boys and girls who
should have been eating suppcrs of bread
and milk, and gone to sleep hours before,
waltzed and llirted, and made themselves
sick over oysters and champagne, you were
fcvOred with glance of her eye or a whis-
per of her lip, you assembled to the
seventh heaven Immediately. When once
upon certain memorable eve she polked
with the druggists clerk and never oven
looked ut you, how miserable you were.
Il is funny to think of now, but il was
not funny then, for you were awiully in
earnest.
Once at Il picnic she wore white dress,
and had roses twncd in her black hair,
and she looked so much like bride that
you fairly rembled; sometimes you
thought in lust such snowy costume, with
just such blossoms in her hair, she might
stand beside the altar, and you, most
blessed of all mortals, might place n
golden ring upon her finger and
when you were left alone with her
for moment some of your thoughts
would form themselves into words,
and though she blushcd and ran away,
and would not let you kiss her, she
did not seem to be angry. And then when
you were somehow parted for q little
while, and when you met again, she was
walking with gentleman, Il large, full
grown, whiskered man, of twenty eight
or thirty, and had neither word nor smile
for you, ald some well-meaning gossip in
formed you shortly after that she was
"engaged" to the. tall gentleman with
black whiskcrs, ana that 1T was u splen-
did match" 1t was terrible news to you
then, and sent you off to some great city
far from your native place, where, after u
good deal of youthful grief, and many
resolutions TO die and haunt her, you re-
covered your equanimity and began to
make money and to call love stuff and
nonsense.
You have rich wife of your own now,
and grown up children-aye, even two or
three toddling grand children, about your
hearth; your hair il gray, and you lock
your heart up in the fire proof safe at your
counting house when you go home at
night. And you thought you had forgot
ten that little episode of your nineteenth
year, until the other day, when you read of
her death III the papers. You know she
was stout lady, who wore glasses, and
had died older than she was in that oiden
time, but your heart went back and you
saw her smiling and blushing, with her
golden hair about her face, and yourself II
boy again, dreaming of wedding robes and
rings, and you laid your gray old head
upon your office desk and wCpt for the
memory of your first sweetheart
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14
MY First Bees and How l Got Them.

ALWAYS liked bees, and always wanted
to own some myself | had the impress
sion that people who had bees were most
| " wealthy, and | thought that if could
get some | would soon be rich, too. But
| how was | to get them? | could not get
my father interested enough in them to
buy me swarm he said they would sting
me, but | thought | would risk that, for
liked honey and bees. Bees must have,
and bees got, and now | will tell you
how | got them.
To buy, had to have money; but how
was to get the money! That was the
first thing for me TO get, / thought that
must make start in some way--wherc
there's will there's Il way. | asked u
good old lady if she would lend me five
dollars for u week; she said she would. |
took the money, and what do you think
did with itp Bought n swarm of bees"
YOU say No, bought steel traps with 1t /;
a laid II all out in traps. then set them
all for musk rats, in n creek close
by, and mt the end of the week | sold the
fur for more than enough to pay my bor-
rowed money, aud the remainderI laid
out i'm traps. | kept on buying traps until
had thirty. | then bought II small tent
and in the winter | made me a boat, and
the next spring camped out on the creek
and trapped fur-hcaring animals; at the
end of six weeks l sold my furs for $40
cash. | heard of man that had sold his
farm, and wanted to sell his stock of bees,
some fifteen swarlus in number. went
to see him; he asked me 81 per swarm.
| offered him SO per swarm, and said |
would take ten swarms He said that if |
would pay him the money all down
could have them. | counted him out the
money and took my choice in the swarms.
lie had fourteen new hives for which he
asked me 81 per hive. | told him that |
would give him my rifle for the hives, and
he took it; it cost me a.. kept the bees
until | had fifty swarms, and then sold
them all at auction for from 81 to $7 per
swarm. Other boys can do the same and
have honey bees and monoy.-C0r. Coua,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14

little Of It is required to do the necessary
washing of the habitually cleanly. Miss
Nightingale saws that no one who can
command tea cup of cold water has any
excuse for neglecting to bathe the whole
person daily.
The moistened sponge, the bathing tub
and the shower bath arc the ordinary
modes of performing the daily ablution.
In beginning the practice the water should
be tepid, but when once well established
1t may be of the lowest temperature. The
great point in bathing is to make sure OF
| what is called the reaction that is, a glow
of warmth Immediately following the
chill produced by the contact Of cold
water with the surface of the body. This
reaction is felt, generally, by every vigor-
Gus person, and may be secured by the
weakly if proper precautions are taken.
No person should take his bath imme-
| diately after full meal, and it especially
behooves the feeble TO obey this rule,
whose diminished nervous power will be
so taken up with the labor of digestion
that there will be NJ force to spare for
any fresh effort. Those who are not
strong had better confne themselves to
the wet sponge, as by this the ablution of
the body can be performed by degrees,
| and the intensity of the cold shock pro-
There should be always two towels used.
one for the drying, and the other, of a
coarser texture, for the rubbing of the
body. To this may be added, in cases of
excessive torpidity, the hair glove or flesh
brush, Rapidly of action is of great
moment. The water, whatever may be
the mode of using it, should be briskly
applied, and the drying, rubbing, and all
other subsequent processes, be performed
with equal dispatch. The apartment
where the bath is taken should be of a
warm temperature, and the underclothing
to be put on ought to be previously heated
at the fire. The feeblest, with such pre-
cautions, can take cold baths in the cold
est weather.
The shower baths ought always to be
adapted to the sensations of the bather
the fall and temperature of the water
should he no greater and lower than is
agreeable. Any one who finds it uncom-
Portable must not persist in it with the
idea that, however painfdl its application,
it may be useful. The shower bath tenn
pered to suit the sensations, may always
be taken with advantage, except by per
sons in advanced life with an evident ten.
dency to fullness of the head.
Sea a-bathiDg has the especial advantage
over any other kind, by producing, by
means of the salt water, an irritation OF
the surface of the body, ard thus securing
with greater certainty the desirable reac
: tion.-1he Bdzdr.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14
4 Democratic Campaign Orator in the
Wrong BOX.

SoClABLE persons always make acQuain.
tances while travelling. and il was upon
this journey that fell in with the inimit-
able Fiiz Smith, whom now number in
my list of old friends Fitx is something
of a politician, and spite of his intelligence
and joyial good nature, he is Democrat
IL is paraioNical, | know, but Fitz Smith
himself is a phenomenon.
lt was he who, a year or two since,
while actively canyassing In a local elec-
ton IN Maine, made an engagement 10
speak at mass meeting at Berwick, upon
a certain evening, at whihch time lie ob.
lec.ed To carry conviction TO the souls of
the unterrided. by a blUnder, perhaps a
malicious one, on the part of his carriage
driver, he was taken Ia SOmeTsw orth, Just
over the border in New Hampshire in
which State there was no election. Fiiz
Smith got out Of the carriage and walked
hIsSly 70 the only large building IN The
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14
PedeStrlaniSm Belt Claimed for a
Nevada Newspaper Carrier.

REFERRNG to the performances ofsome
noted pedestrians of the present day, the
Gold Hill (Nevada) Nelcs has word to say
about the humble efforts Of newspaper
carrier:
Thomas Starr newspaper carrier, and
who never had any idea that he was q
great pedestrian, we think exces either of
the above mentioned individuals in the
way of true human pedestrian endurance,
and long unremitting daily experience in
that line. Starr commenced ms carrier of
the daily Territorial Enterprise Nov. l.,
1868, and finished having sold out his
rOute-May l, 1866; his time of steady
service as carrier having been two years
and half or just thirty months. His
route included all of Gold Canyon below
Gold Hill, Spring Valley Dayton, and a
portion of Carson river, making the actual
distance travelled by him, including going,
returning, wayside deliveries and general
diyersities of the route, to be at the least
thirty.hvc miles per day on the average.
He left the office each morning as soon as
he could after the paper went to press, his
average time of starting being 3 o'clock,
winter and summer, through deep snow,
mud, fair weather and storm. Any one
who has ever walked the eight miles from
Dayton To Virginia, having to climb the
height of 800 feet in that distance, knows
| what u wearisome tramp il is, and can
realize the task of doing the same
thing over and over again, daily,
for months and years, Starr fire..
qucntly travelled half his route over
a second timo the same day, carrying
newly arrived Eastern papers, &c, and
numerous days thus walked eighteen hours
without stopping, except barely long
enough To get something to eat. His gen.
cral load of newspapers on starting out
weighed from twenty five to thirty pounds,
but he very frequently took along also u
! lot of posters or handbills 10 distribute,
besides books and other articles which he
had been requested to procure in the city
! for customers along the route, making his
load amount to t(y or sixty pounds.
| Three weeks of the time he tried ii ON
! horseback, but II was too much for the
animal; the poor horse could not stand il
any longer, so Starr had il to 20 ON foot
/ again. The EaterpriSd being issued but
SIX days in the week. he had only those
days to carry it--but that made no differ.
ence; the seventh day was his COLLECTION
day when he went over the entire route,
settling with his patrons for the past week,
canvaSSing for new subscribers, etc, Thus
he travelled his route Of thirty.tive miles
seven days in the week, and three hundred
and siXty.hve days in the year, for two
years and half, making in all niue hun.
dred and twelve consecutive days, without
ever losing day. This makes grand
total Of about thirty-one thousand two
hundred and forty miles travelling or some
thousands of miles more than the distance
around the world, II they have anybody
down East who has beaten this pedestrian
performance, we have never heard Of il,
and confidently claim the palm in favor OF
our Washoe pedestrian.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14
A Single Test Proves 1t.

A touch of the wonderful, in this very city,
Everybody knows it, or tits great pity;
1t reaches to Boston, the hub of creation,
Now grasping Chicago, the pride of the nation.
PAIN PAINT spans the ocean, at one single bounce,
Spurns the edict of France like the weight of an
ounce;
Gives the French nation Million of Paint
In spite Of the Doctors, be they sinner or saint.
PAIN PAINT can be tested, without any charge,
From morning till night, soon will enlarge
And accommodate all that wait at the door,
Who ought to come early and get in before.
othing so painful but quick it must CO.
In Body or Limbs, from the Head to the Toe;
Drives out Inflammation gives strength to the
faint,
The first application of WoLcoTT's PAIN PAINT.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14

c. N. CRITTENToN, No. 80 Sixth avenue, one of
the largest and most respectable wholesale drug
gists in New York, says: Since the introduction
of WoLcoTT's PAIN PAINT, soothing syrups have
fallen off in demand at my house at the rate OF
five gross per month. sell less pills, not half the
amount of bitters, only half the amount of r.
Reeis, that formerly sold, cell more of VOL
coTT's PAIN PAINT than any other patent medi-
cine, and l deal only in patent medicines.
at the very lowest prices" PAIN PAINT has Great
ed more sensation than any remedy ever offered
to the public. / discovered and invented it only
six months ago, and it has already shaken false
Relefs, Pills, Btters, Soothing Syrups, and will
sooner or latter overthrow the absurd and health
running practice OF swal9wing. medicines; For
on Health.
Call and test it free Of cost.
In. IRWIN & co.
Wholesale and Retail Agents, No. 159 South
Clark ST., Chicago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14
A Talk of A Farmer.

called at your Office and bought one pint bottle
of your PAIN PAINT, aud used il according to di-
rections The first two or three applications
seemed to stop my pain for short time, but after
ward it would return seemingly as bad or worse
than before. But found that by using it two or
three times day the pain soon ceased entirely,
rheumatism, and il was very difficult for me to
move with cane. l am now able to work hard,
and am confident that your PAIN PAINT has done
what no other medicine can do for have tried
many kinds. What want to know is, what viii
you charge me for four of your quart bottles OF
PAIN PAINT and six bottles of your ANNIHILAToR
for Catarrh? There is a demand for your reme-
dies here. Give me your best terms, and oblige,
TRUMAN C. BAILEY, Wassaic, n. Y.
To DR.. WolcOJt, No. l0T Chatham square, N Y.
April 10, 1868.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14
The BreVfty OF Life.

4" Wis not for man to trihe life is brief,
Our age is but the falling OF a leaf
We have no time to sport away the hours,
All must be earnest in a world like ours.
Not many lives, but one have we,
How sacred should that one be "
And still how many fritter away tbeir lives nm
able to an any useful purpose, because some lin.
gcring disease units them for il, and they neglect
or refuse TO use the remedies within their reach.
God in his wonderful arrangement of nature has
provided an antidote for all the ills that human
flesh is heir TO, aud by the aid Of science, the
medicinal virtues OF certain herbs, roots and
barks have been combined, and the result Il now
known all over the civilized world IS Mishler's
Herb Bitters 1t thoroughly purihes the oloOd,
inyigorates the nervous nhres elcyates the stand
ard of all the vital forces, aud sustans u most
healthfnl tone of the entire human organization.
Sold hy all druggists and dealers. DIR. ). b. Hart
man s CO.. PrOpTietOrs Lancaster, Pa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14
O. o D.
American Waltham Watches

In view Of the many frauds perpetrated the public
by dealers in base metal Swiss Watches, which
mainly the refuse of the lottery and gift enterprise swim
dlers, the undersigned desire to all attention to the
very low price at which he will send genuine Watham
Watches, now universally conceded to be the best
made andatth the same time the cheapest watch in the
world
Hunting Watch in 2oz Coin Silver Case..... $500
The same, Extra Jeweled. 20.00
The same Extra Jewcled, Chronometer Balance 22.00
For either of the above in 3oz case. (eXtra) 200
For either of the above, in 4oz.case. (eNtra) $50
The Watches to be sent by Express, ACCOMPANIED
WITH AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY'S CERTIF-
1CATE OF GENUINENESS.
THE BUYER TO HAVE PRIVILEGE OF EXAM
NATION IN POSSESSION OF EXPRESS COMPANY
Address must be plainly written and purchaser must
pay express charges. NJ. +. CHAPMAN q Co,
No. II LibertY Street. New York.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14

NATANTED-An Agent iu every township In Illinois,
w Michigan and Indiana TO scll the National Pen
Picture Of Lincoln aud lhe Generals with the Emancl T.
suSccs of our AGENTS and rir very natierng reports
viii testify send - cents Tor sample or two red NttiIs
for circular HANfY a f1sOsT, A. a. Box Gsli Chi
cago Illinois tur Wisconsin, sddrcss L. ~ Nol.lli-
IAUIlA MIlL.uI. ML..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14

HALN'T HEARD TuE NEWS The BOs.
ton Commercial BiRl,fin relates the following
Rather good story hns been NJ tailed to ~ by an
old state street man, ia regard to the author of
the life OF a famous New England advocate, p,
the author aforesaid, WAS rather pCdautic indi-
Nidual, aud fond OF asking questions Ia rCgard to
ancicnt history, with the view OF airing his own
ku0WlvdgU on the subject Amer posting himself
well in ROlln, ho came down 20 the brcSkiast
table of the United States Hotel one morning,
aud seeing john hOlmes-whO, having ordered
his breakfast, was sitting ia that calm state ol
mind which precedes The moruipg meal-hp aC.
cosied linn pompOusly with:
"Ah Holmes, you are just the man to answer
a question that has come up M my mine THE
morning. Can you tell me IN What year OF his
reign the second Ptolemy dicdf"
Holmes Leaned hack iu his chair, and looking et
p With we'll rounturfuiicd msIrmcut said Ia "A
voic- autih'c The cnglh nl IN diuiug.r sotn;
.'' l. Ptulgmy dea poor oll Cu.-f ] haven't
looked ~ a. Wsptper these three days"
p bad no more historical questions 20 ask
while hg!mQs boarded AZ the SIalts
THRRH sF9 100000 heRears In France
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-14
An AntidOte for Tobacco.

Kkis great remedy invariably renores all desiEs
Tor Sdceo, and is entirely UsGetdGle and hdrtfeSs
IL Is afS an excellent appetizer 1t purifes theblOod
lhNlgoratc the system, possesses great uTng and
strengthening pswer, enables the stomach to digest
the beartlest 0d makes sleep refreshing and estab-
fishes robust heh. Smokers and Ae,cerS for Fifth
A Treatise on the lISIous E1ectS of Tobacco with
lists Of testimonials, reNsreno% etc. SENT FREE
City, n. j. ~
DorE cured my brGSner and mysaX 1T NEVER FAILS.
heV' l. W/5HoEMAKER, KeINys Station, Pa
u, hEAdTI Hd ~ STRENGTH GANEpNNoainsd eleren
rs tS Xne@yand am restored to sound helM by using
inc IISOIE 5 ID, BowIEs, ProSpectNill, Mo.
Egg THE Z. s. Treasury, Secretar1rs NSscs-
III>ese send supply Of ASTIDoTE. The one reSSiyed
US done its sooFk SURELY. o. n FnesN
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