Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-09-09

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has in his possession mare that was pur-
chased of General Robert E. Lee, twenty
one years ago. She was known upon the /
race course at that time as the "Queen Of
the South" She Is now thirty one years
Of age. tt -oruI uAl ,IHl JAll
TIE area of the State of Minnesota has
been estimated at 81, 600 square miles, or
53120O00 acres. OF this, 1901 townships
have been surveyed, or 25,921, ,032, acres,
showing that less than half is surveyed.
The past year 1886, ,899.62 acres have been
surveyed. TTQ TTTTT O rTT~
A FouR.YEAR old daughter Of a New
Haven doctor recently turned the faucet
of q bogshead of cough balsam in the
doctors basement, and allowed SO gallons
of the mixture to distribute itself evenly
over the floor. A rival physician sug~
gested that probably 1t will cure as many
coughs in this way as It would in any
other. ~ ~ ~ w y j " r
A GENTLEMAN having engaged brick
layer to make some repairs in his cellar,
ordered the ale to be removed before the
brickIayer commenced his work. ooh,
I'm not afraid Of q barrel Of aleu- said the
bricklayer. 81 presume not" said the
gentleman; "but think a barrel of ale
would run at your approach" '' -' % p
A SHORT time ago, two carrier pigeons,
raised In Cologne, succeeded in travelling
from Pesth, In Hungary, to Cologne, In
Germany, distance Of about seven hun
dred miles, in eight hours. The Hunga-
rian greeting to the people of Cologne
had been printed on the wings of the
pigeons, in order not to embarrase them
with any unnecessary weight
DANIEL WEBSTER said: If we work
upon marble 1t will perish If upon brass,
time will effsce IL; if we rear temples they
will tumble into dust. But if we work
upon our immortal minds-if we imbue
them with principles, with the just fear
of God and love of our fellow-men---we
engrave on those tablets, something which
viii brighten through all eternity,
SWEET Potato CULTuRE.-A cores,
pondent of the Cincinnati Gdsete says le,
sweet potato vines run, and let them
root. The rootlets Of the runners VIII
support their growth which would other,
wise be drawn from the parent root. BE.
sides, these little rootlets bear no mean
part in carrying back to, and strengthen.
ing the hill. l have eight years expert
ence in growing the sweet potato. ] have
cultivated the crop many years and found
1t to be the best way.
Two young girls, at boarding-school,- in
New York, devotedly attached to one
another, finding that, at the close of the
term, they were to be separated, conclud
ed to take poison and die together, rather
than live apart. 1t was accordingly done
but discovered by the teacher, powerful
antidotes administered, and the girls lived
Each accused the other of treachery, and
after dreadful quarrel, they separated
the most bitter and deadly enemies
JUDGE p, of Indiana, has his eccen
tricities, but an ADLER iurist cannot bC
found in the West 4 A young, windy
lawyer was once making plea in a man
slaughter case before the Judge Thl
lawyer talked beautifully, but didn,ttoucI
the points in the case. As he was abou
closing the Judge asked him which sid
he Was retained ON. "The defense, you
honor" replied the sstonished lawyer
Then" said Judge P, "why the deuc
don't you say SO 2"
A DISTINGUISHED German professor re
Gently announced that if drop of human
blood was placed under a microscope ca
pable Of magnifyiDg it twenty milliol
of times, it would show all kinds of ami
mails that have ever existed, or now exis
on the earth. In the blood of health,
person the animals are quiet, in that of
sick person they fight. From this h
draws the conclusion that man has within
him all the elements from which the uni
verse was created. he further says tha
If dead cat was flung in pond of waite
and leftto decompose, the drops of waite
would show, when under a microscope
all the animals belonging to the cat spe
cies.
AT the recent "World's Fair at Lex
ington, KY, the Gazette stated that, whel
the boy-riders under 10 years old wer
called, little child, son of Andrew Steele
rode boldly into the ring amid the shout
OF the spectators. He was just years @
age, and seemed hardly large enough I
be out of his nurses arms, yet he showet
no sign of fear, and cut his horse at ever
jump. Although he did not get premi
, um, yet he carried off long streamer G
red and blue ribbon on each arm, scenes
as proud of his decoration as if a pre-
MUM had been awarded him, and proba
bly, knew no better. His little cousin,
year Older, son of Thomas Steele, rod
beautifully, and the way he sat upon hi
horse was greatly admired.
A FIRM in New York recently sent +
the United States Treasurer $50 Cont
mental bank note, asking if it is redeem
able. In reply, the Treasurer states tina
the Continental money was never re
deemable by the United States. BY tn
8 act Of August 4, 1890 q Statutes 140),
l was receivable at the Treasury in sui
scriptIons to loan, at the rate of on
] hundred dollars in Continental to one do
| lar in specie. BY the act of March {
l 1897 Il Statutes, 516), it was declared tha
said money should be receivable as abov
, until December 81, 1897, and ne longer
/ He also adds, the only value the rote Ca
, possibly have is as a curiosity, and tina
without doubt it is counterfeit one.
t WHEN the bacchsnalian propensities q
1 Jarvis, the painter, had rendered Kim rath
t er an unequal, if not an unsafe, artist, h
was employed by gentleman to paint hi
q wife,-a miracle of plainness, under tn
! stipulation that a pint of wine at siDgl
sitting must be the extent of his pota
tlons. Jarvis consented, and in a shor
time produced perfect .ftc Sinllle of tn
lady. On exhibiting il TO the husband
he seemed disappointed. Couldn't yo
, have given it," said he to the painter, q
little less-that is, couldn't you give
now little more" "If you expeC
me-" said Jarvis, seeing the husband
DRIFT at once, "if you expect me to max
) a handsome portrait Of your wife, mus
have more than pint Of wine at sit
, ting. l couldn't get up Imagination
enough to make her even good lookin
: under quart, at the leastr' $3.50 a .-
1 0-t- a.
9 A Broad Wheeled WheelbarrOR.
WE are often forced to take balf-load