Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-14
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MATTERS AT GRAND RAPIDS.

ED. JouRNAL; There has been somtlinr Of
stir amnng some our citizens the past wcek
owing to the annual visit orthe Assessor. II IS
astonishing how short some peoples mcmnries :
aro about that time, in regard TO Their financial
tnat,ers.
We heard Of one good old church-mcmher n,
THIS county who turgut that he had about A. OOu
cash, Invested and, ,uthor personal property, sub.
l"ci tn taxation and listed ,,c,atv dollars. An
other forgot, IN making mp his list, some 81, ,nun
\ merchant dulng business of over SlU RnO
pJr annum, ani IS iusurnd tor $4,000 or 900
has an average stock Of less than 81 900. lfhe
shnnia oe 81 unfortunate as 10 burn up, it might
trouble him IN getting his insurance. A person
wonsd suppose these msn wvald never have boon
able to accumulate auything being e. f,rIrifE
Now THIS Is morally wrong, especially in mon
who prcistd Ia be- religious setting an rx,mnI,
e. the world like that, is doug themselves an I'M
jury, aui brings r1prlach upon the church to
when they oelong. II, instead Of making long
prayers Tor ftctr sstJAbsrs shortcomings, Wonll
act uprghtly before God aud man, thev wnu'l
not be scuit d at by their fellow citizens. N,
cause the blush Of shame to mantle the tScc ol
their lrietis by the remarks made about them
ev outsiders. Not much won Ter churches can
not build up when men claiming 10 be pillar,
10 their churches" act in this way.
MiLLlNN GtBSON has los, over two hundred
sheep by the grHb The sheen rqisers iou't fin
their fancy oil sheep very Probable. One farm.
ernear here invested 81 200 in this kind of sheen
and It Is doubtful IL he sues the interest ot his
money. Others who invested lees amount, ara
getting back part OF the money by the sale of thf
Pslts, Rather a bad investment, but m,n ar,
ike sheep sometimes when one starts into an,
speculation others viii follow oven if they d,
io0se money. 49,"
On Monday morning pair Of horses, harnes,
ana Wagon was stolen trnm a farmer a shar
distance north OF Napoleon Thoy came dow
the river to the county line, aud took up tina
rOad, making for tho big wo0ds south of thi ,
ana when within few rnds of the end Of IN,
road, near the woods, discovered the owner
with The Deputy Sheriff of Henry county near
iy upon them. lie then jumped frnm the wsg
on aud ran into the woods. The sheriff sLn
~ oHe OF them several times but b slug rather a
poor sh,'t, did not wing his. gAms, anl the fel
lows made their escape. The wagon. b,x wa,
party nled With smjked hams taken from SOM
smoke house.
Improvements IN tho country ropu about ar
golng forward. HESRy lluFFN Az raised iarg
barn last Saturday and JoHS DULL i about nut
ting up the largest baru in this comtr. csc
LAsNkr Is abaui ready 10 put large baru on
hume farm. JAodn WALTERS is building Gn,
honso on his farm, and many others are building
painting aud repairing evidence OF thriu am
prosperity. This is the anwery season Of In
year and " people who do n 1t live here an,
have an idea that Wood county is n thing bu
N~'ds aud swamp, could see il now as ID an
pears, they would change their minds very sa,'r
and lsArn The fact that this part of The couutr
MIL S''on be llie garden Of tAe STATE.
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