Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-03-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A PHYSICIAN Of Meriden, CT, makes his
professional visits on velooipedeI j
The Raleigh Sentinel claims the tele.
graph as North Carolina invention.
AN Alexandria (Va) shoemaker broke
the knee cap Of a customer whose tight
boot he YVES removing.
A WILL recently proved in the Probate
Court of Middlesex county, Mass, was
signed Michael J. O'Connor, deceased.
A GENTLEMAN, on taking a volume 70
be bound, was asked IL he would have Il
bound In Russia. "Oh, no." he replied,
Russia is too far Off / viii have II done
here"
TIE meanest man yet heard from lives
in Philadelphia. He was rescued from
| drowning, the other day, by policeman,
and has sued the man for damage to his
coat collar, in drawing him out. stsg
Nor having heard from the debating so.
cieties in relation TO the conundrum,
why do hens always lay eggs in the day
timer" cotemporary answers, Because
at night they are roosters.' -t.,
LADIES of New Orleans construct their
panniers Of old newspapers which was
demonstrated the other day by a polite
youth, who endeavored to remove trail
ing inoumbrance from a lady's skirt and
brought down the whole edifce. 4
"WuERB was Bishop Latimer burned
to deathp" asked a teacher In q command
ing voice "Joshuay knows" said lit
tic girl at the bottom of the class "Wel,"
said the teacher. "if Joshuay knows, he
may tell" =" In the fire." replied Joshuay,
looking very grave and wise.
A GENTLEMAN in Auburn recently drop.
ped his wallet and several hundred dol
lars in the morning, while going out of
his yard. His dog saw 10 drop in the
snow, and stayed by it all day, until the
masters return home, when the faithful
animal attracted his attention, and paved
II from under the snow.
THE late James T. Brady was the au-
thor of "Pst Mallov," in the Irish Emil
grant" Meeting Barney Williams one
day, he composed 1t, and Barney has sung
1t many times but, says the Philadelphia
Press, "when he came to sing the verse OIL
Friday evening, he thought of the day
when his friend wrote it, laughing as he
did so, upon an old scrap Of paper upon
the top of his hat He could not go on,
but apologized to the audience, and the
play proceeded without the song"
A YOUNG gentleman, in a certain bust
ness house, having tarried much longer at
his boarding-house than was thought ne
cessary for the morning meal, was asked,
on his return, in Joking way, what he
had for breakfasts He replied candidly ::
"A cup of coffee, mutton chop, and
some mystery" "Mysteryp said the
employer. whats thatY" not having
been thoroughly enlightened in all the
mysteries" of boarding house fare.
"Whv," answered the other, chats
hash"
A FUNNY incident happened 70 the cler,
gyman who breaches in the Ohio State
Penitentiary. He met female inmate
who is said to be very crazy, who sharply
, asked: Well chaplain, how do you like
to preach TO ?' Every well, indeed,
was his reply. "You behave well, are
quiet and attentive. like preaching to
you very well, indeed" ain that case
chaplain" replied the girl, with a sigh,
! ego ahead Preach as you have mind
, to. Isupp0Ss y0U are the best lce can dgoro
! noe q"
A YOUNG scapcgrace in Cincinnati called
at each of the newspaper offices the Other
night, leaving n notice of the suicide OF
, himself which was to come off that night
, Reporters were sent TO his fathers resi-
! dence to learn the sad particulars, but the
, "Governor" expressed his opinion to the
effect that his hopeful had taken this par
ticular way to scare the old gentleman
thinking he would come down with some
Z thing handsome. The youth did not sui
eide, and the suspicious parent didn't scar,
worth cent.
On the 5th of January, 1901, severa
n young pupils from the Ecole MilitairC
i were skating on the deep moat that rul
along by the Fort of Auxonne AS /
v struck five, one of the party proceeded L
take off his skates. Don't go-one NOR
T. round y cried his companions. "No, no
|. I have had enough of it; besides, an
g hungry, and want my dinner" After tn
s departure OF their cOmrade, the rest con
a tinued to skate, when suddenly the ic
v broke, and all fell into the water AM
% perished. The young man who 80 miraC
Of ulously escaped by going off few minute
ut before was no other than Napoleon Bons
E. parte.
O. HUMBOLDT, who witnessed several eartl
E. quakes, said that no one ever gets used
10 them, but, on the contrary, his feelings {
r dread are intensified at each successiv
Ie one which he experiences. All beasts an
1t birds partake of mans fear, and sect
1t panic-stricken. Humboldt accounts fc
% mans inability to become accustomed L
s. and consequently not to dread, earthquake
lr by saying that, whatever we have at an
r time or under any circumstances consi,
n cred shaky the earth has always stoo
al firm, and when we find that tossing b
X neath our feet, it seems as though the vel
1t bottom of things had been knocked ou
10 Every time the shock is repeated, the III
1t reliability of our only support is force
rs upon our attention with augmented fore