Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-03-04
MIsrkL.LANR0uS ITEMS.


Po1JsH GRNrLEMRN--Bootbl
NAruRE's WBAroNs- Blades OF grass.
THE best flowers for winter wear
Furze
n How to fire and fall back--gct a gun
that kicks.
EvERY bird pleascs us with It's lay
especially the hen. .f.f.,sai f.i
THE foundry for casting shadows Is To-
Gated in the sun.
No farmer can plow field by turning
it over In his own mind.
SANTIAGO being n Chill town, ought to
be nice burg.
THE most impctuous people in the
world-T'ho Rush ons
HINT 60 I,over--To succeed Us a suit
or you must suit her well.
EVERY Director Is interested in the
success Of the Washington Life Of New
York. .-.,. ..-g.
DINNER for nothing is very good fun
but you can't say as much Of nothing for
dinner. 90
DEPREDATIoNs on the males--search-
ing husbands pockets while they are
sleeping.
FoNp MAMMA" And what would
Johnny do If poor mamma were TO die =
johnny" Eat up all the sugar"
The story of man who had a nose 80
large that he couldn't blow II without the
use of gunpowdcr is said TO be hoax.
A LEWISTON man says that If ever he
builds house no will have folding doors
They're SO handy in case OF funeral T.
TnE Esauimaux say IN man who
has three wives in this world is sure ol
heaven in the next" lie ought TO find
peace somewhere.
A BosToN writer, in alluding to the
musical taste of the Hub, says; Our
ears have been cultivated till they over
shadow our other organs" ..,
Tue Washington Llfo-its growth has
been steady, its success marked, its sys-
tenn of business pre-eminently adapted to
benefit the policy holders.
WHAT bird is that which is absolutely
necessary that we should have at our din
ner, and yet need neither be cooked nor
served upS A swallow.
WHAT is that word in the English Ian.
guage, OF ono syllable, which, if two let.
ters be taken from II, becomes word oi
two syllables2 Plague (Agte).
ALL the business houses at Sitka
Alaska, have succeeded In getting in their
ice, and the crop is said TO be very fine
almost quarter ofa mile thick.-DetToi
| Free Press.
HORACE WALPoLE tells story OF q
Lord Mayor of London in his time, who
having heard that friend had the small
pox twice. and died of IT, asked II he died
the first time or the second.
A TAVERN boastor the othor day, vaunt.
ing his knowledge of the world, was asked
by wag at his elbow If he had been In
Algebra. "Oh yes" said he, 81 once
passed through 1t on top Of stage"
TEACHER" Boy at the foot of the class
spell admitiance.' Boy" Admittance
admittance." Teacher" Give the defini
tion." Boy" Fifty cents, children hall
price front seats reserved for tho ladies'
The entire alphabet is found in these
four lines. They form pleasant stanza
for u child to learn;
God gives tho grazing OK his meat,
iouuickly hears the eheep's low cry;
But mAu. who tastes Ills Hnost wheat,
Should JOY to lift His praises high.
A oourLE Of fcountrymen having visited
London for the first time, ON getting ou,
of the stage coach in the center of the
city, they gazed around for some time In
silence. AT length one said TO the other
"I VOW, Jim, never see the beat of this
afore-did your The roads Is all fenced
Ia with housesl"
A PROMISING young shaver of five or
six years was reading his lesson ut school
one day, in the deliberate manner for
which urchins of that age are somewhat
remarkable. AS he proceeded with his
task he came upon the passage, keep thy
tongue from evil and thy lips from guile"
Master Hopeful drawled out, " Keop--thy
tongue from - evil -thy-lips-
from-girls,"
A WESTERN undertaken sent the follow,
ing entertaining note TO sick man (:
"Dcdr ,Sir-IIaving positive proof that
you are rapidly approaching deaths gate,
/ have therefore thought it not imprudent
TO call your attention to the inclosed ad-
vertisement of my abundant stock OF
ready made cofflus, and desire to make
the suggestion that you signify to your
friends a wish for the purchase of your
burial outfit at my establishment"
A YOUNG lawyer obtained divorce for
q pretty and wealthy client He sent In a
bill for $1,000. The next day the lady
called on him, and inquired If he was In
earnest in proposing to her. Propose to
you, MaGaml did't propose TO you," re-
piled the astonished attorney "Well,
you asked for my fortune, and thought
you would have the grace TO take me with
it," was the calm reply. The lawyer
wilted
A LONDON paper recently hurt the feel.
ings of an artist by saying that his picture
had "too much ochre in It," As the
painting was a twilight scene, partially
grey in color, the artist saw chance 10
read the critic a lesson, which he did by
advising him 20 learn something about
colors before he undertook art criticism,
"There was no ochre whatever in my
picture" wrote the indignant artist, The
critic, knowing that a soh answer turneth
away wrath, replied that tho "ochre" he
meant was medi-ochre
AN aAecdote is told OF distinguished
bald headed man who was not very quick
at repartee, A lady who was joking him
about the white bare spot 30 much like
the Arctic regions, on his poll, suggested
that he should be sure and attend the bal
d'onerd which was soon TO como of, and
made other remarks quito as unpleasant
to o sensitive man. With II sigh, and
looking directly at her, he said, "My
dear lady, II Is much better to be bare
than empty" "0h, yes" she quickly
uncomfortable TO be both y
TINS famous tunnel under the Thames
was made forty years ago, in spite of in.
Vulnerable difficulties, and an overwhelm,
ing expense Chalk and gravel are SO
penetrable 10 water that il is almost inn.
possible to tunnel through them; and tho
attempt, though successful, has hitherto
been a warning rather than an enoour-
agement to succeeding engineers. The
careful geological survey of this re-
gion has proved that little higher up Is
bed of this impervious London clay,
through which no water would percolate.
Mr. II, II. Barlow projected tunnel
through this clay, aud II was begun the
26th of April, and on the Sth of October
the passage under the river was safely
effected, The entire cost will be under
$4,000; and its position-halt amile fur
ther up than the old tunnel, and nearer
the tower and London Bridge--will make
1t very valuable The passage will be
made by an omnibus, drawn by station.
AIRY engine, and lifts on either side win
take the passengers up and down.
AN enthusiastic friend OF the Elgin