Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-12-03
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LACE GooDs-Shoe,st strings
NOTES OF ADM1RATIoN-Love letters.
A Cold CnIsEL--Swindling your ice.
man.
A Coon INvEsTMENT-A policy in the
Washington Life.
CARPETS are bought by the yard and
worn by the foot.
THE public singer that "draws" the
best--A mosquito.
The end of miss spent life-The mar.
riage of a young lady.
You can generally find person out by
calling when he is not in.
ONE asked his friend why he married
so little II wifeY "Why," said he, al
thought you knew that of all evils we
should choose the least"
A FEAST or IMAGINATION When your
stomach Is empty and your pocket also,
sit down near hot fire aud read cookery
book.
A GENTLEMAN burying his wife, friend
asked him why he expended so much on
her funeral "Ah, sir" he replied "she
would have done rs much or more for me,
with pleasure.
VICE VERSA
When, by the breath OF summer flowers,
The air Is fragrance laden
In croquct play upon the lawn,
Shippers become the InaidCn.
But whom, with winters chilly blasts
Jack Frost essays to nip her,
Upon the icy sidewalk then
Th0 maid becomes a slipper.
| INVESTIGATIONS once showed that of
seven hundred male convicts in Auburn
| prison, six hundred were there for crimes
committed under the influence of liquor
five hundred of whom testified that using
tobacco was the beginning of their intem.
| pcmte habits.
| ASSOCIATIONS for the insurance of lives
are to be ranked among the very nobest
institutions of civilized society, and their
| usefulness can be attested by thousands of
happy and independent families, rescued
by their means from the bitterness of poy-
erty and the degradation of charity
LoRp BRouGnAM. There is no better
Company than the Washington Life.
GoINa over on the ferry.boat at Detroit
the other day, the water was a little rough,
and lovely and estimablo young lady, as
the boat gave n sudden lurch, chung af.
| !rightedly TO the extended elbow of her
male companion, Looking up into his
| fond orbs she murmured-" Oh, Horny,
this is terribler AYES, II is" he respond.
ed, "but lean on me and will protect
you" "Do you think it will Le as rough
rs this all the way across" anxiously in
quired the female. 81 do" responded
Henry. "Then l guess I'll have to lean on
you" returned the lady. "For hfcy"
whispered Henry, turning pale at the
| thought of refusal "l--I--dont know
the water is awful rough-I guess We
yes-youd better ask papa"
AN exchange says that there may be
seen daily on Chestnut street, Phihdel
| phia, a man clad in taultless apparel, with
n great diamond upon his breast, vainly
| endeavoring to outglitter the magnificent
solitaire upon his finger. In a German
| university ho learned Chemistry, ana not
even Liebig knew il better. His occupa.
tion is the mixing and the adulteration of
liquors, Give him n dozen casks of de-
odorized alcohol, and the next day each
| OF them will represent the name of gen.
uine wine or q popular spirit He enters
wholesale drug store, bearing large
basket on his arm. Five pounds OF Ice.
land moss are first weighed out TO him
To raw liquor this imparts a degree of
smoothness, of oleaginousness, that gives
to imitation brandy the glibness Of that
which is best matured An astringent
called catechu, that would almost close
the mouth OF an inkstand, is next in order
A couple of ounces of strychnine, next
called for, are quickly conveyed tothe
vest pocket, and pound of sulphato OF
zinc lwhite yitriol is as silently placed in
the bottom of the basket. Tbs oil of
cognac, the sulphuric acid, and other arti.
cles that give fire and body to the liquid
poison, are always kept in store.
These things are the staples of his art,
and the mixer buys them at different
places. Chemistry alone discovers the
cheat Among drinkers the question is
asked with alarm, Have we Bourbon
| among us "