Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
THE German pictorial papers have a
wide circulation, one Leipsic publication
issuing 100000 copies, of which $4,000 !
copies come to the United States.
COUNCIL BLUFFS objects strongly to
being spoken of by papers east of It as In
the Far West" The NoRpdreil says
that is only the point at which travellers
gather for the purpose of starting West.
A SOAR and stationery vender in Phila-
delphia rings the door bell, and sends up
his card to the lady of the house, waits in
the parlor till she appears, when he greets
her warmly, like an old acquaintance,
passes the compliments of the season, and
asks her to buy cake of soap or box of
stationery.
"How much money have your" said a
rich old curmudgeon to gay young fel-
low courting his pretty daughter, "Ohl
haven't much of anything now, but
have a rich prospect ahead" The we'd
ding occurred, and the old chap learned
from his fine sonin-law that the rich pros
pect was the prospect of marrying hia
daughter. - HlEEH1
A VINE disease of new character is
reported to have attacked the wino-grow-
ing districts of South France. The dis
ease is attributed to minute insects found
on the leaves of the plants, and appears
to follow the course of the Rhone, hav-
ing extended distance of ninety miles
from the mouth of that river.
AN old stable. builder in Baltimore has
come to the conclusion, after twenty-five
years trial, that a two.inch white.pine plank
floor, laid level, with a square iron two.by-
two and half grating, so placed as to re-
ceive the urine, is the best arrangement
for horse. Clay, stones, concrete, etc,
he rejects. The width of horsc.stan
should be four feet nine inches.
| NEAR Todomorten, Lancashire, Eng
land, recently, man was observed de-
scending dcclivity at a terrific pace, on a
velocipede, which had become utterly un-
controllable. He was uttering the most
heartrending shrieks of Police" Fire"
"Stop me-" until, fortunately both he and
the vehicle rolled in the mud, whence he
was picked up iu damp and miry con-
dition, but unbroken as to his bones.
DIR. OPpoLzER, Of Vienna, says that
ut is certain that every over.exertion of
the muscles, especially such as is necessary
in the management of velocipede, which
requires so great an over-exertion of all
the muscles, causes not only hypertrophy of
the muscles and of the heart, but can ul.
timately Induce the most various diseases
of the heart. Even aneurisms are no
longer rare phenomena"
FANNY FERN says that "a woman by
taking big basket in her hand and lesv-
ing her hoop at home, and pinning an old
shawl over her head, and tying calico
apron round her waist, may walk unmo-
Tested at any hour in the evening. know
it, because have tried it when felt like
havinga 'prowr all alone, and good
think without every puppy saying, at
every step, A pleasant evening, miss"
In Paris, recently, the young daughter
of peasant was tried for infanticide.
Her father, who is quite rich, but miser,
was urged to go to lawyer and ask him
to defend his daughter; but knowing that,
if he left his child without an advocate the
court would appoint one for her, he re-
fused to do so. SO the court chose a law.
yer to defend her, and the lawyer pleaded
so eloquently that the jury acquitted her
His eloquence and ability made so deep
an impression upon the heart of her
father that he went to the lawyer and pre-
sented him with dozen Of eggs.
BY-AND ny
There's little mischiefmaking
Elm, who is ever nigh,
Thwarting every undertaking,
7 And hts name is By-andby
+ What we ought to do this minute,
l "Will he better done, !" he'll cry,
"If tomorrow well begin it
"Put 1t OF, says By-and-Dy.
i Those who heed his treacherous Yooing
viii his lathless guidance rue;
What we always put of doing,
Z Clearly we shall never do.
We shall reach what we endeavor,
4 If on Now we do rely:
/ But unto the realms of Never
Leads the pilot By-and-by.
A YOUNG MAMMA, on the important oc
: casion of making her little boy his frs
, pair of trousers, conceived the idea that |
would be more economical to make then
of the same dimensions behind and before
so that they might be changed about ant
wear evenly Their effect, when donnet
blythe little fellow, was very ridiculous
Papa, at first sight of the baggy garment
burst into roar of laughter, and eKclaim
I ed, "Oh, my dear, how could you haV
> the heart to do itf Why, the poor littl
! fellow won't know whether he's going :,
I; school or coming home"
, A Mr. WAGsTAFF, of Philadelphia, re
q Gently brought suit against his doctor
. and alleged that the said Esculspius hat
4 persisted in calling on him personally
. after he was cured, which fees he refused
. to pay. DR., +. denied the fact, and call
ed In nurse who attended the invalid t,
prove it. els it true" asked the court
"that DIR. +. continued his visits whel
Mr.. w. had no necessity for them 2
|. upon my word, sir" answered the wit
a ness, "as long as saw the doctor witt
: Mr.. w. thought he was in consideIabl
# danger which naive opinion caused tn
t court TO burst into a. 1T ofslaushteHii
: "REvEseE," says the proverb, 81
l. sweet" Different men have differen
r ways Of showing It, Ny friend Brown
,. way is harmless aud humorous. Tw
IS Joneses live next door to each other, ant
IS having 70 Gallon one Of them, Brown, Q
o course, went 10 the wrong house.
/. grabbed servant answered the bell, and o.
u Browns asking, us this Mr.. job
d Jones ?" shereplledr snappishly, ss u sh
d had been bothered with many such il
Is quiries, "No, 1t ant" and slammed th
e door in his face Brown walked on hui
y dred yards or 80, when a bright though
J. struck him. he returned At once and ran
g the same bell again. Again the grabbed Sci
n want appeared, "Who said 1t was ?" aske
a Brown triumphsptly, and instantly wake
IA AWAY