Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

1T ia discovered that the Sage lands In
Nevada, where the Digger Indians lived
on worms and rabbits, are excellent for
| wheat
| "WuAT have you TO remark, sir, about
my oratory2" once asked vain public
| speaker of John Randolph "Nothing
sir; II is not remarkable" quietly replied
the mcrciless wit.
A PERSON dscoursing of the painful
position of the Siamese twins, concluded
by remarking "HowevCr, IL is well they
are brothers If strangers TO each other,
their predicameut would be distressing"
IT is unlawful for The soldiers stationed
at Sitka to purchase liquor. They send
the Russian children 90 the stores to pur
chase liquor for them, and from this
| practice the children are said to have
become habitual drunkards.
Mr.. JoE SAMUEL, a Huntsvile Mo,
dry goods clerk while In a state of som
nambulism walked out of secoBd-story
window, fell ten feet, striking his face on
barrel and receiving a fearful cash, and,
next morning was standing by the wall
dsicep the fall and injuries having failed
| to awaken him.
A LADY in PittsAcld, Mass, recently
caught large sized American eagle In u
u hs,
| rs she supposed, fighting "A sturdy old hon
in the yard, she ran up and seized II Dy
the neck. The eagle made no SERIOUS
resistance to the capture, being astonished,
apparently, into submission.
WHEN Ferdinand H. of Naples ("Bnm-
ba') first heard of railroads, he gave il as
his opinion that they were an invention
of the dcvil aud declared that none of
them should ever be constructed in his
States. His oonicssor had to rem onstrate
in the most urgent manner with him in
order to obtain his consent to the build.
ing of the first railroad in Naples.
AT recent convention of working.
women in Boston, IL was stated that the
majority of the girls employed to operate
on heavy sewing machines in shops, "last"
only from one and half to two years,
although few stand the labor a little
longer time. "Their backs give out, their
spines give way. 1t is that ugly motion
OF the foot that spoils the spine"
Josh Billings was asked, GLOW fast
does sound travelY" and his opinion is
that it depends good deal about the
noise you are talking about. "The
sound Of II dinner horn, for instance,
travels half mile in second, while an
invitation To get up in the morning have
known to be D quarters NV an hour goin
up . pair of stairs, and then not hev
strength left to be heard"
TIE cause of ladies' teeth dccaying at
so much an earlier a stage of life than the
other sex, has been usually attributed to
the friction produced by the constant
action of the tongue. 1t has, however,
been suggested, with more Callantry and
perhaps with equal tru IN, that il is owing
tO the SirGetHeSS Of their iipS-as ii is well
established hy popular belief that S,oeet
things spoil tie teeth
THE old Manhattan well Of New York.
whose whereabouts had been forgotten
for many years, was recently rediscovered.
Into that well the body Of mu dcred
girl was thrown by her lover, about
seventy years ago. The man was defend.
ed by Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton
and Edward p. Livingston, and was ac.
Quilted though there was an almost uni
versal belief that he was guilty.
LOST wealth may be restored by indus.
try the wreck OF health regained by tenn
pcrance; forgotten knowledge restored by
study alenated friendship smoothed into
forgotlulness even forfeited reputation
won by peuitence and virtue; but who
ever again looked upon his vanished hours,
recalled his sighted years, stamped them
ord the fearful blot of wasted timeY
AT Little Sodus, N Y, the other day,
daughter five years old, of James Par
sons, fell into u well and was rescued by n
dog The well Is about twenty feet deem.
and at the time of the accident contained
about fifteen feet of water. A man who
was passing along the road heard peculiar
cries from the dog, who was running fran
tically around the well. The man got
upon the fence and saw the animal Jump
into the well He then ran to the spot and
saw the child being upheld by the dog.
Both were Immediately rescued.
AT Bailleul, Belgium, recently, Mr..
Brennett, director of circus, entered the
cage of performing lions, in place of the
tanner, who had been taken sick. For II
time Brennett succeeded in making the
lions go through their performances but,
when il came to the close, which consisted
in giving the animals raw meat, the tlirec.
tor lost courage, and, instead of keeping
firm eye on the animals, rs tanners are
wont To do, he trembled and made for tho
door of the cage, A large lionoss pOunced
upon him and In few minutes the rash
man WAS torn TO pieces.
SAVE something, no matter how little il
may be, always save something. Never
turn away your head from small savings
they are the foundation of all great ones
A ponuy is not much. Many man would !
rather throw away u penny than pick it !
up, If II lay before him Yet penny
day is nearly eight dollars year, and
eight dollars Is the interest of between one
and two hundred dollars capital "Waste |
not want not" is an old saying; and he |
who is eNtravagsnt enough 90 cast idly |
away what can be made useful, though Il |
be but trife, may expect To see the day
when even that triile would be acceptable.
-ErthlHg6.
Il, BLUR, Esq, in the Schenectady Star,
gives the following "advice 10 girls"
" IL you'll take advice from me, my dears,
you're welcome TO il, assure you. In the
first place don't get married before sou
leave school Don't go 20 school day
after you are %, II you don't know B
nom oulgine Nothing looks worse
than siX'foot girl with her hand raised
in juvenile spelling class. Don't fall In
love with the first fool you think is real
nice. Outside appearances are deceitful
II they are not instead of being attached
TO the literary core | ought To be pen. |
sively straying along the banks Of the !
Erie canal, goading two old horses to an
early death. lfyou are not good-looking |
don't keep aggravating yourself by glances !
at your looking glasses, Act sensibly and !
trust TO luck. Somebody will want you
yet, mind tell you"
Mrs. BETsKY DoDsE, a widow lady of
seyenty.three years of age, on Block |
Island, has during the past year woven, |
in ap old fashioned hand-lOom, four hun. |
dred yards Of cotton and wool-cloth, and |
eight hundred and ninety.one yards Esr. |
peung, making In all ] 1891 ya!da, bsslds |
doing 81 the work for her fsrai!y. '.' J