Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-10-01
MTsCgLLAYEOUs ITEMS.
TmE fewer words, the better the praye

THE fewer words, the better the prayer.
FonopE thyself nothing and others
much.
GREAT men insure in the Washington
Life, of New York.
SnoRT.smnTED people are always close
observers.
CAPITAL PUNIsHMENT--Ten thousand a
year, ard nothing to do. ~s ~~
N" CONF In Out tsof the wetp said the
shark, when he swallowed the boy.
Why is the road of transgressors so hardi
Because II is so much Travelled. * q
DO THE best you can, whatever you un.
dertake If youer only street-sweeper,
sweep your very best. =
"INDUsTRY must prosper" as the man
said when holding the baby while his wife
chopped wood. -
A MEDICAL student says he has never
been able to discover the bone of coDten-
tiOn, and desires TO know whether 1t is not
situated very near. the j0w-bone.
"SAMMY, run TO the store and get some
sugar" A" Excuse me, ma I'm somewhat
indisposed this morning. Send father,
and tell him to bring II paper OF tobacco
along -
"ffow did you manage to get along in
Paris without knowing the French Lam
guage" inquired gentleman OF Mrs.
BhOddy. "Ob, we had an interrupter with
us" complacently replied the old lady,
"WuAT do you mean by ,humbugging,
MADAME" asked n homely barrister of an
old lady whom he was cross. examining.
!" don't know as can exactly say, sir !;
but if lady were TO say to you that you're
handsome man, that would be what I'd
call humbuggingP
A SUNDAY School teacher was giving q
lesson on Ruth. She wanted to bring out
the kindness Of Boaz in commanding the
| reapers to drop larger hnndfuls of wheat.
"Now, children" said she, "Boaz did
another nice thing for Ruth can you tell
me what it was" " Married her r. said one
of the boys.
| Local KNOWLEDGE. - al shay, my
man." hiccupped an elevated civic digni-
tary Of Edinburgh, as he emerged from
| the head OF the Flcshmarket Close, and
| observing the illuminated dial of the Iron
! Church, Addressed sour millkman, who
had just dismounted from his cart "l
shay, can you tell me.if that is the sun OF
the moon " "a couldna say, sir" waf
the simple reply, 81 dlnna belong to this
part" s.s
THE excellence of the Washington Lift
ms Co. of New York cannot bo too warm
ly acknowledged. Its story is the story o
noble succcss-of wise and generous
design, prudently and thoroughly accom-
plishcd. 1t was organized on principl,
of novel and peculiar liberaity l
proposed to give all profits to the insured
paying only legal interest on its capital
and it has accomplished its purpose. In
career of progress altogether satisfactor
; it has established itself upon founda
tion as of adamunt.
FAuRE, the singer, recently lost hi
mother. During the intcrludes Of tn
operas he always wrote her note, IN
forming her how the public received hin
and what he thought of his own perform
ance. He appeared In "Guillaume Tell
the other evcning--the first occasion sine
his mothcr'sdcath. AS usual, he Withdrew
to his private room during the entr'dct
and when the manager called on him
come on the stage, Faure was soBln
like a child before his writing materials
AMONG the staple styles of ladies' dre'
goods, the Buffalo brand of black apaca
/ finds the highest favor with the trad
5 The finer qualities of this brand, especia
7 ly, arc in great demand for ladies' suit
4 and for outdoor wear they are rapid
: supplantng the more costly black silk
: The popularity of the Buffalo alpaca
g which retain their lustre and richness
: color better than any other brand, h,
now extended to all parts of the countr,
} and is without q precedent in the worl
of fashion.
THE comment, of colored preache
| on the text, "It is more blessed to Civ
, than to receive" is inimitablc for its poir
as well aseloquencc. "Ive known man
! II church to die cause it didn't giN
u enough; but never knowed II church
: die cause it gave too much. Dey don
u die dat way. Brederen, has any of yt
It knowod n church to die cause it give tC
Il muchY if you do, just let me know
n and I'll maleea pilgrimage to datchurc
u and III climb by de snl light of {
moon TO its moss-covercd roof and
" stand dar and lift my hands to Heavt
u and say, Blessed are de dead dat die
II do Lord -"