Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

TEACH your chlluTen 10 help themselves,
but not to what doesn't belong to them.
THE New York Commercial calls Miss
Ida Lewis "The Great American Life
Preserver."
HAPPINESS consists in being perfectly
satisfied with what we have got, and with
what we haven't got.
1T is the privilege of the lover TO be at
one aud the same time In two situations.
When beside his sweetheart he is also be-
side himself
my son, know thyself;" solemnly said
a father to one of his offspring. "Thank
you, sir" replied the son, "but my list of
acqusintances is sufficiently large al
ready"
A sHoEsTRINe saved little girls life in
New Haven the other day. 1t caught on
a nail as she fell out of third story win.
dow, and held her from death until assist
ance came.
A MAN who died lately at Braunan
confessed on his death-bed that he had
poisoned sixteen members of his own
family. Each of them owned little
property, and he wanted to inherit all of it..
On tombstone over the grave of an
aged lady, in the Southington cemetery, ia
the following singular inscription; How
| do pity young people who have to go
through the world"
THE British Anti-Tobacco Society held
its anniversary at Exeter Hall, London, on
the Gath of May. The report condemned
smoking as tending to promote drunken
ness; lunacy and pauperism.
A GENTLEMAN one day indiscreetly
asked friend how old she was. She re-
flected. "Let me see; was IS when /
was married, and my husband was 80
now he is twice 80, that Is 60; 80, OF
course, am twice 10, that Is &c."
LIVERPOOL is aghast at the presump.
tion of Yankee who, finding himself in
that city without the means to secure a
breakfast, calmly smashed large window
and quietly waited to be arrested and
taken care Of
A LADY went out with her little CIR,
and boy, and purchased the latter rub
Der balloon, which escaped him and weni
up into the air. The girl, seeing the tear
in his eyes, said, "Never mind, Neddie
when you die and go to heaven youll di
IT,"
THE passion for dress, about which W,
hear 30 much just now, is nothing new
An old artist thus lampoons the ladies o
his day:
"What lie the reason-cAn you guess
Why men are poor and women thinner
30 much do they for dinner dress,
That nOthing's left to dress for dinner"
ABOUT two months ago a dog wa
! shipped by a gentleman in Cincinnati tc
relative in Dubuque. Only few
residence of his former master, very
| xyaa ~ nd xgarx foot aOra hauiun vUaI ~
all the way back, a distance Of nearly sil
hundred miles.
VINO is Little Sunshine2 The chill
who does not pout, nor say cross words
but who goes about the house laughing
smiling, singing, saying kind words an
doing kind deeds-that child is Littl
Sunshine. Does anybody know Littl
| Sunshine? Where does Little Sunshin
liver
A JOURNAL called the Point Of Homo
is about to be published in Florence.
Is the official organ of society recentl
started in Italy for the purpose Of abolisl
| ing duelling, by establishing court {
honor for the settlement Of the dispute
among gentlemen which are usually d.
cided by an appeal 10 arms.
A CLERGYMAN, who was conSoling
young widow on the death OF her husband
spoke in a very serious tone, remarkin
that he was one of the few,-such jew
Of a Christian,-you cannot find his equa
you well know. To which the sobbin
one replied, with an almost broken heart
am bet will"
THE General Conference Of the Unite
Brethren passed resolution recommenl
ing that their ministers and members b
longing to any secret organization, shoul
have SIX months notification 10 withdra
from said organization, and on refusal
withdraw, their names are TO be eras'
from the rolls Of the church.
A PERUVIAN newspaper speaks OF {
extraordinary phenomenon discovered
the road of Locumba, which appears
have been caused by the late earthquake
Every beast that reaches . cerSain sp'
Immediately falls dead. This has so ore
taken place that immense numbers OF %
casses ore hespsd on the spot