Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


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TuE ray that always lights up womAn's
ldespAir-Td-ment Hvt t.4ttFF na
A wAd objects to Indian suffrage on the
ground that red men are addicted 10 tam.
pering with the polls
A LrTrLH boy was once asked 81 he had
any liking for cats. "oh, yea he re-
piled, IL hke them very much-to throw
stones at"
MI DEePBRANDUM.--
II the girl Of your heart you for months hsye NOT
: Don't give way u nto ESIsf or 70 sorrow 4, (.
Such courac, on your part, would be awfully
For you are sure to o6sOider-to,morrov b
He who reads and thinks little must
work hard, and the family pinch and save.
| One who reads and uses skill may work
less, and sleep in spring bed.
AN engineer resigned his position on q
Western Railroad In disgust, because, as
he said, II consisted Of nothing but the
| right Of way and two streaks nj rust.
A YOUNG married man of Bridgeport,
Conn, was sent home from church by his
wife, on recent Sunday, for a prayer
book, and brought her photograph al
bum.
HERE is a characteristic mot Of 4 French
mother.in.law; "What affords me pleas.
nre In the death OF my little grandson is
the grief which II will cause my son-in-
| law" -
A QUAKER once hearing person tell
how much he felt for another who was in.
distress and needed assistance, dryly asked
him, " Friend, hast thou felt In thy pocket
for him ?" 900
BAYARD TAYLOR says: "I consider
Kansas and Nebraska, with the western
| portions OF Iowa and Missouri, to be the
largest unbroken tract OF splendid farm
| ing land in the world"h JVID "a hJlF
A BOT, when asked to what business he
would wish TO be brought up, replied, III
| will be trustee, because, ever since papa
has been trustee, We have had pudding
| for dinner" r.I
THE following advice is offered by an
exchange to people who pine for a supply
OF great men: IL you would select a
youth who is likely to make his mark in
the world, take one who Is carting mud in
clam-shell wagon" '''-4 81. ...' III
WHEAT.CLUB have been organized In
different parts of the South. Each mem.
Der pays so much into the treasury, and all
the money thus received is 10 be given to
the man who harvests the best acre of
this cereal. r.... .tt......t...t .,..
lT used to be the custom of the small.
| fruit growers of the South 10 import their
crates and baskets from the Northern
States, OF late they have learned to man
uiacture these articles nearer home, and
thereby a considerable saving is secured.
| PARIS trades to the figure OF 5000, ,O00,-
600 francs a year, gives employment to
100000 work people, and pays 100000
600 francs In wages. There are 1000 gold
smiths and jewellers, who annually dispose
of 30Q,000.000 francs worth, &c, &c, and
the slightest political agitation affects all
this people and all this wealth.
AT South Hadley, Mass, few weeks
ago, some workmen, while repairing the
| old Hayes place, found in the chimney on
the second door an entrance opening into
an unused closet, and in this oven like
place were two smoked hams that were IN
u perfect state Of preservation, and had
been there over fifty years. .,.rrt
THERE was a great hutter among the
police At the Louvre Station House the
other day when 1t was discovered that
some mischievous persona had besmeared
with tar the equestrian statue of Napoleon
the Third, which has given rise to so many
snears and witticsms. 1t took a dozen
workmen two hours to clean the statue
| thoroughly.
THE son Of Buffalo ieweler. named
| Walker, was killed by tho Angola Railroad
disaster last year. A watch known to be
on his person at the time was not found,
but few days ago was brought to his
fathers establishment for repairs, and has
been traced back TO one Robins, since ar
rested, who was on the train at the time of
the disaster.
| A PuBILsHER in Germany made some
time ago an offer, which he designated in
his letter as very lucrative, In order to in
duce Charles Dickens to write for paper
he was publishing. Dickens replied that
he had no time to write for him, and as
for the lucrative character of the offer, he
was paying twice as much as had been
offered TO him to the humblest of the con
tributors to AL the Year Round
PUBLIC OPINION furnishes the following
epigram ON the marriage of very thin
couple:
ST. Paul has declared that when persons, though
twain,
Are in wedlock united one ncsh they remain.
But had he been by when, like Pharaoh's kline pair
DIR, Douglas, of Benet, eIpoused Miss Mslnwar
St Pcter, no doubt would have altered his tone
And have said, "These two splinters shall now
make one bone"
THE San Antonia Express has seen the
eighth wonder of the world 1t says tina,
Judge Melville brought with him to that
city, from the city of Mexico, "a vegetable
beetle, the same form, but little smaller
than the common beetle. The vegetable
beetle knocks around the world q certain
length of time, and when it Is tired, 1t bur
rows in the ground with its head up. AT
ter being in this position given period, 8
little stem shoots ont from between the
hnox a.,H
on the end of each prong beautiful clus
ter of little pink flowers mako their ap
pearance-the whole five clusters being a
little smaller than half dollar. These
flowers finally drop, each containing a
seed, which eventually becomes \ beetle
The Galveston Gcilidn thinks this discov
cry would have done credit even to the
SdUdns of the New York Farmers Club
ORIGIN OF THE PRIV SYsTEM.-Ont
hundred and seventy years ago an elegant
Parish Church at Asherstone, England
was, as all houses of worship had been
entirely open and available to all wor
shippers, but it entered the mini of al
elderly lady that she would prefer e
know where to sit. 1t was unpleasant tC
think anybody should be placed beside
her. She accordingly begged to be al
; lowed TO put in piece of boarding e
) screen herself of from the rest of tn,
world. No sooner did this appear thar
t another wanted a partition TO enable hel
D to enjoy, IS her own, some particular spot
Then an old gentleman THOUGHT he woulC
? like to have some accommodation resery
, cd for him. This closing in Of the churcl
for private purposes gave its interior sucl
an irregular and Hatchy appearance. tha
! 1t was presently resolved to pew the Who'll,
. building which was accordingly done,
j large share Of the expense being defraye
e by family well.known in the neighbor
=, hood. Aud so this pew system has grow
d and grown on, until 1t has become in
J. grained in English church life.-Brchdngt
On Going Surety.
= OUouT a man ever 60 surety for an
= Otheri Why not, IL is a most frlendl,
!, ! act. II prudently done, 1t may be Of tn