Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


New kind of backgammon-The pan
nicr.
MAzzlNI expects to live until the ere
public of the United States of Europe" is
proclaimed.
THE Boston ldrCrtiscr says philanthro-
pists generally approve of the new plan of
dosing with chloroform criminals about to
be executed.
THE crowd is 50 great at DR. John Halls
church in New York. every Sunday, that
pew holders have to hang out tickets
bearing the word Taken,' like those at
| the theatre. sH.
| AT the Romish Church Mt Stradbroke,
! England, few Sundays ago, an enter
! prising youth forbade the publication of
the banns of his mothers second mar
riagc on the ground that she was too old.
az MEANT to have told you Of that
hole, said q gentleman to his friend who
was walking with him in his garden, and
stumbled into pit full of water "No
matter said the friend, blowing the
mud and water out of his mouth, "PVe
found it,
A SoUTH CAROLINA editor, who con-
fesses himself bachelor, Congratulates his
brethren of the celbate state on the
close of leap year, and their escape from
the peculiar danger which threatens such
wretches during that period.
ONE of the New Haven pastors lately
received letter through the Post. Office,
desiring him to prepare lecture on tenn
perance, "For,' the writer asserted, al
am an excellent eXtemporaneous speaker
if have my lecture written for me"
GENERAL PRnfs Christmas present
from certain royalist was magnificent
box, with a silver key attached Being
opened by his wife during grand recep-
tion, it was found to contain a miniature
gallOws, with an ettlgy of the General, re-
markably well executed pendant.
A PHILADELPHIA surgeon, who was on
his way to perform an operation on a
patient, had his carriage robbed and lost
his surgical instruments while making a
temporary stop, whereby" adds the re-
porter, "the operation was prevented and
the patients life saved" .-4.-.-.
A MAN in East Hartford, Conn, disliked
the order of the authorities to have a sne
tree in front of his premises cut down He
couldn't resist, of course, but he drove
spikes into the trees trunk from the ground
upward six feet, so that the aXmen had TO
give it up as bad job, ..-..
CALIFoRNIANs do not seem to appreciate
VelOcipedes. One of them says: Glow
would a man who has felt his blood stirred
by d ten-mile dash in California saddle
feel on fading himself trundling through
the streets like a school boy9 We would
as soon think of riding a broom handle OF
a rocking hobby horse
A Rocky MOUNTAIN paper publishes an
obituary OF Jim" Chief of the Washoe
Indians. 1t SAYS that he was a "good,
though very dirty, red man. He possessed
a well-balanOed head of hair, and stomach
enough for all he could get 10 eat. His
regard for the truth was notable-he never
meddled with il. He left no will, and his
estate consisted of pair Of boots"
Archbishop SPAULDING, of Baltimore,
has issued an order forbidding the indis-
criminate attendance of persons in the
churches to witness marriage ceremonies,
and hereafter no one will attend except
ing by card OF invitation from the parties
interested. This is deemed necessary on
account Of the leVity and improper con-
duct of curiosity-seekers on recent oeca-
sions.
A CANARY bird in Rochester, N. Y, has
been taught TO sing Yankee Doodlen
Though occasionally interrupted in his
strains by few notes of his native music
yet he shows his patriotism by falling
back on Yankee Doodle" which no pre.
fers. His performance is so exact that
one in another room, nearing it. would at
once recognize the tune, and suppo.o that
some one was whistling it,
HORACE MANN used to tell story Of A
conversation he once had with an inmate
OF the lunatic asylum at Worcester.
Mass, whose peculiar mania resulted from
an inordinate development Of the bump of
seltesteem. Whats the newss Has
anything unusual happened of lste, sir ?"
inquired he, with a consequential air.
Mr.. M. happening to recollect that a furi.
GUS storm had occurred few days preyi.
Gus, gave him some account Of il, men.
tioning that on the sea-coast il was very
severe, several vessels having been Ssiyen
ashore aud wrecked, with the loss ofmany
lives Can you remember, sir. what
night in the week all that happentds"
eagerly inquired the listener Mr. Mann
sad he believed i was tho night Of Tues
day. "Ahl" said tue lunatic, With an air
OF solemnily, mingled with nj mph, and
lowering his voice 20 whisper, 81 can
account for IL sir That is The night
Wlletlad sn Fnncf Ia mora ,ar.f,I a..