Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


WY Is the letter m like rascalf-
is infamous lin famous).
WHAT men "set up" the latest Com. |
positors on morning papers.
THE sieve through which the man
"strained every nerve" is for sale at cost
price.
Why should superstltious people ride
on bob .sleds because they have faith in
forerunners Ciour runnors).
CAN man who weighs twelve dozen
pounds be called y gross manS-1f 60, how
much should grocer weight
SCIENTIFIC men say that the time Of the
diurnal revolution Of the earth 10 gradu-
ally being shortened, on account Of the
shrinkage Of the earth by cooling in the
interior.
A PHYSICIAN boasted at dinner that he
cured his own hams, when one Of his own
guests remarked; doctor, l would SOON
or be your ham than your patient"
GEoRGE FRANCIS TRAIN has organized
round.the.world excursion party, limit
ed to fifteen. James Brooks, of the New
| York Express, Is to be one of the party,
which starts in August.
| AT Troy, N. Y, when the Hudson river
| began to flood the lower part OF the city,
a woman industrlously welded her broom
on the pavement before her house for
hours before she yielded to despair,
DR.. BROWN SEQuARp reports curious
case of a dog, which had Just died, having
fresh blood passed into the carotid. The
dead animal was revived, stood on his feet,
wagged his tail, and lived over twelve
hours, when he died again.
JONES, a hard drinker in Massachusetts,
had fit and was bled. A neighbor held
the candle, and another warned him to be
car efll not TO set fire TO the blood. Jones,
heard the remark. "There's no danger"
he growled "it's Smiths rum"
BIRDS nests of iron are now manufac.
tured. They are attached to the limb of a
tree by screw, are ventilated from the
bottom, and are quite ornamental spar.
rows, martins, and swallows take readily
to them. The authorities of Boston have
bought them by the hundreds to be attach.
ed to the trees in the squares and streets
AT Michigan City, recently, some of the
workmen at the hsrbor opened chest
containing old ropes, tools, etc, which had
been locked up ever since last December
and were considerably astoniehed at see
ing cat pop out from among the contents
, She was not very fat, but Is said to have
started Off at a lively pace in search of a
"square meal"
A LAD in Irasburgh, VT, sick with mem
branous Group, was lately given up a
dead, and preparations made to lay him
out, when slight rattle was heard in the
throat The most vigorous efforts were
used, and he was again restored, almost a,
one risen from the dead-a warning K
: people not to remit efforts to save life n
long as there is breath or pulsati0n o
: the heart.
: A LYoNNEsE merchant, named Tran
, chant, lost all his money contendlng will
! the tiger Of Homburg, and the bank in
COMMUNICATION gave him AZ francs to leave
, the place. hemoney took him to Weisba
den, where he shot himself The bank al
y y ways advances this sum from policy, whel
!, player has ruined himself, on condition
, y that he shall leave town at once. 1t
J, thought to have a depressing effect on tn
: players to have people constantly CON
4 mitting suicide on the premises.
,- AN elderly gentleman, accustomed I
G "indulge," entered the room Of certai
IS tavern, where sat grave Friend by tn
G fire. Lifting pair of green spectacle
h upon his forehead, rubbing his infame
l. eyes, and calling for hot brandy an
III |
I. "his eyes were getting weaker, and tina
If even spectacles didn't seem to do ther
a any good" "I'l tell thee, friend" re
is piled the Quaker, "what think. If the
Is were to wear thy spectacles over tn
d mouth for a few months, thy eyes woul
e get well again"
IS In Putnam county, New York, the rh
noceros of Van Amburg's mensgerie ei
II | 20 nod aYd fOnk rafu0a In a YNOOd Th
n animal cost about $50, 600 and the keeper
B. were aghast at the prospect of losing i
The dog "Jack," of the menagerie, wa
sent into the water after the monster. Th
rhinocerous disappeared under the wate
and remained some time, but finally cam
n up some distance of. The dog made fC
u him, and he for the dog. The dog dodge
. and got the rhinoceros by the ear. .
l. sharp fight ensued, the rhinoceros bellov
81 ing like a bull calf At length the rhine
y ceros was secured.
N MoTHRR's KISSES
~ A kiss when wake in the morning,
% kiss when go to bed,
10 kiss when burn my fingers,
Y. kiss when bump my head.
te A kisswhen my bath is over,
IS. A kiss when my bath begins;
or Ny mamma is full OF kisses,
20 AS full as nuTee Is OF pins.
10 kiss when play with my rattle,
q A kiss when pull her hair;
o. She covered me over with kisses
es The day fell from the stair.
S y. A kiss when give her trouble,
ne A kiss when l give her Joy:
h, There's nothing like mammals kisses
m To her own little baby boy
~ ~ The Nursery
od GOLDEN hair fluids have recently be-
the subject of continued investigation
an English chemist, who, after caref
analysis, asserts that they are compos
o. of dilute nitric and muriatic acids, wi
traces, in some instances, of sulphur
az acid. Though the proprietors of the
rs fluids announce that the preparations a
~ harmless, yet instances have been report'