Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-30
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Gross behaviour-Getting fat.
THE best substitute for ailver-Golf


THE best substitute for silver-Gold.
THE Oldest woman's club The broom.
stick.
THE Boston Post calls a pillow a sooth-
ing nap-sack. v
FRENCH Democrats call the Prince I'm
perial Velocipede w"
IT IS thought the wheat crop of Cali
MIA will be unusually large this year.
WHY is room full of married people
empty? Because there is not single per-
son in it.
A CINCINNATI lady Endorsed on her tax
return, taxation without Representation
is tyranny"
A YOUNG lady in California broke her
neck while resisting the attempt of o
young man to kiss her.
THE strongest kind of hint-A young
lady asking gentleman to see if one of
her rings would go on his little finger.
A CLERGYMAN who had been accused
of preaching long sermons, excused him
self on the ground that the church was
large one.
A WRITER, describing one of the en-
gagements in the late war, gives the fol-
lowing interesting item. "In this battle
we lost the brave Captain Smith. A can
non-ball took off his head. His last words
were, Bury me on the spot where fell >"
MEYERBEER left several compositions
sealed, which, by his will, are never to be
opened unless his family has need of fur.
ther resources. In spite of his great
wealth, he was always haunted by the
fear that his family would some day come
to want.
In one of Cooper's novels occurs the
following passage: "He dismounted in
front of the house and tied his horse to
large locust" A French author, in trans
lsting this passage, renders it thus: He
descended from his horse in front of the
chateau and tied him to large grasshop-
per.
A MAN in Brooklyn was thrown from
his wagon recently, and seemingly died.
He was laid in his coffin, and when his
friends were about to bury him, he awoke
with shudder, and walked about the
room. He said he was conscious of all
that was passing but was unable to make
sign of life.
MEN often lose opportunities by want of
self confidence. Doubts and fears in the
minds of some rise up over every event.
and they fear to attempt what most prob.
ably will be successful, through mere tim
orousness, while brave, active man will,
with perhaps half the ability, carry the
enterprise to prosperous termination.
The afternoon New York service
usual at Christ Church was on recent
Sunday the scene of a novel feature. The
organ suddenly stopped in the midst of
hymn, and not another note was heard
from it during the entire exercises. Upon
| inquiry it was ascertained that the organ
yist had taken offense at something done
by one ofthe officiating clergymen during
the service, and abruptly left the church.
IN Greenfield, NH, few days ago, a
man and his son, aged respectively about
70 and IS, were called upon by about
thirty men and boye, and treated to a ride
upon rail, a distance Of about one and
one-half mile, for the offence of abusing
the wife and mother. They were made
to take turns; while one rode the other
carried one end of the rail, and Uise VerSG.
They were accompanied in their march
by music from fife and drum, tin pans, &c.
THE Vienna Medical Times tells the fol.
lowing; Last week, at the clinic, in the
presence of class of students, an opera
ton of the stomach was performed by
Professor Billroth. The operation was
gone through with and the stomach wai
properly sewed up. On the next day the
patient died A post mOrtem examination
showed in the re-opened stomach Tara
sponge, which had been used in the opera
ton, and which the operators had forgot
ten to remove" ,..-s ...
IT may be important for some people Il
know that where a widow re-marries be
fore the issue Of a pension certificate, tn,
children, II any are living, are alone en-
titled to the back pension. If widow
re'marries during the tendency of he
claim for pension, she is entitled to tn
pension to the date of her re-marriage
unless the soldier left minor children sur
viving him. rr y.rt
HEMLocK, to which, Socrates and Pho
clon were said to owe their death, is nov
pronounced by eminent toxicologists, I
De no poison at all. Sixty grains of tine
ture OF hemlocl' were recently admins
, tered TO young )Unan without any an
2 parent effect, and a I,lrson, after a dose q
"a grains OF the pure juice of the leave
Chemlock, only experienced a slsRh
muscular numbness, which passed off ate
an hour .gl
AiswARM of bees and bountifuI stor
OF Wild honey were recently found in
tree by woodchoppers on the west side @
J the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Incl
dent is recorded as the first discovery 9
J the kind on the Pacific slope. There Wer
{ no wild bees beyond the Sierras when ths
. portion OF the country was FIRST occupie
by emigraDts from the Atlantic ssaboard
but Il was soon discovered that bees I'm
ported from the States thriYed we'll, an
several persons who engaged early In thI
; business acquired large fortunes from III
production OF honey for the markets.
. NODDED bread, meat, cheese, or an