Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-10-29
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allow 30 you like my ruffles, husbandP"
asked loving Boston wife, the other day.
As ruflles they are perfect, my dear.
Tho price OF them has rufiled me not n
little"
A PERSON who was sent TO prison for
marrying two wives, excused himself by
saying "tlIat when nc had one she fought
him, but when he got two they fought
each other" bal. ff
A YOUNG candidate for the legal profes-
sion was asked what he should do when
first employed 10 bring an action. "Ask
for money ON account" was the prompt
reply. lie passed,
A PREACHER stopped short In the pul.
pit IL was in vain that he scratched his
head nothing would come out "My
friends said he, Ms he walked down the
stairs, "my friends, pity you, for you
have lost fine discourse" 'ri.
PANTY (who has brought back the music
stOol In disgust) "Looke' ERE, Mr.. Auc-
tioneer, this plaguy thing amt no manner
of use at all I've twisted un round, and
ole woman ave twisted un round, but
sorra bit of toon we can get out Of i'm !"
A FEW days ago few wags in Ports
mouth, Virginia, advertised an "excnr-
sion In terms similar TO those used when
prize fight is to come Off but no such
entertainment was promised, The boats
were crowded with an hilarious party on
the way down, and with disappointed
roughs ON the return trip. lH 7.'t
Papa" said brighteyed girl, one day,
al believe mamma loves you better'n she
docs me" Papa held doubts on the subject,
but concluded IL was best not 10 deny the
onn Eha r,nadtkot ~ oH ao0 ltr
about it for some time, evidently constru-
ing her fathers silence as favorable to her
| side "Wen," she said, at last, 81 s'poee
It's all right; you're the biggest, and II
takes more 10 love you"
| MILE. GEORGES, the celebrated French
actress, was on one occasion starring in
the provinoea Ono evening, after the fall
Of the curtain, the beaux Of the village
assembled round her to congratulate her
| "Ah, gentlemen" she said; " 10 play that
part well one ought TO be young and beau
| tiful.r "Oh, madam" answered one of
the beaux, "you have proved the con
trary."
A Coon THINo.-Smith did good thing
| for his daughter the day sho was married.
| He gave her $4,000 In 7,3O bonds, and a
| policy of insurance In the Washington
| Life for $4,000, on her husband. The in
tcrcst of the bonds will keep the policy in
force for 30 years, and after that the policy
| will give them q comfortable support
through life and In case of his death at
any time, she would have over $4,000 of
her own to face irowning world.
AN apparent paradox has just been an
nounced In the fact that India rubber,
when stretched and exposed TO the heat,
contracts instead of expanding-a fact
NnNst mi IN
the result of the application Of heat This
Is explained, however, by the fact that the
rubber is very porous, and filed with air
cells, which, when the rubber is stretched,
assume an elongated shape. When heat is
applied, II of course expands the rubber
to certain degree but at the same time
II expands the air cells, which, by shorten
ing their longitudinal axis, produces a
virtual contraction of the rubber.
Tux society for the propagation of the
use OF horseflesh as food publishes the fol-
lowing information; In 1867, the shops
for the sale of this article furnished to the
public, In Paris, 2,152 horses Including a
| few donkeys and mulcs), representing
about 430, 400 kilogrammes e lbs. each) Of
catable meat. In 1868, tho figures were
2,4et and 4S4, 200 being an increase of 800
and $500. Last winter new establish
ments were opened at Rheims, Troyes,
Toulton, Marseilles, Sedan, Bordeaux, etc,
The project Of the Gard, by a decree of the
! 18th June last, has authorized the con-
struction of a slaughter.house, at Nismes,
for these animals
Srop,ps of Emnoror N;cbo,oo oo,,,;nro
ta anneor The iatast 10 tha, ~, ,vas
roaminw about tho Sarraols ,,'onr ao VS. VS.
ayan;nS anS a.,,' a., r",,,sh S 'nuoS" IN, unS
| ore of Gis hest o,,,cnrs sIaon;,,O Nth w" b;s
heod ~, tab,o s,,S SsS,t S WIZ, VIII Nv ss
fore him The 'C1ar stole In and Found
thai n was n oash account nf which The
debit side was double the credit aide and
contained among other items 900 roubIes
ma nension m The nti,crr's moiScr Tbe
debt surplus was 5000 rouhles and was
followed by the query, "Who will nav
this sum ~ over which the officer had evil
| IDENTIFY puzzled hinselfto exhaustion. The
Emperor quietly wrote Nicholas" as an
answer and went away. The young man
awoke, astounded at the dread autograph
that met his eye, and on the following day
received an imperial letter with the 5000
roubles. - - -. -
| TIM Now RedGnra ,eya,d,,,, cav. ,,,ot
con the farm of Jonathan Tnhev EevnnI
the head of the river I'm the Ssie ~ the
Sth ult. pcach tree was nnTooted and
carried some distance over a wall Tn the
gale last week the same tree was blown
back over the wall.inlo its farmer nosition !"
\ A, similar affair (only differently took Mace
| during the sicre Of a castle IN Germany
some century or more ago. A besieging
chief ordered his trumpeter 90 mount a
hili overlooking the castle and blow ehal'
lenge OF defiance to the bclcaguered garri.
son. One OF the castle gunners pointed
his petronel at the truinpeter, touched Il
OIL, and the ball hit the mouth of the
trumpet; but the trumpetor, not relshing
such treatment, blew back the ball and
killed the gunner. Both these stories are
founded on equally reliable authority
hre''dRge, ...
| THE adaptation of the supply to the de,
mand, in ali things. gives rise 10 many on.
rious anomalies Ia trade, and suggests In.
teresting questions which, In some
instances, seem unenswerable, though In
others, as, for example, "where does all