Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-10-07
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ERIEeATIoN-Jim Fisk watering the
stock. - .r,.... ....t.-
STEADY WoRK-Walking on the tight
rope.
'vE man who works with will-The
Probate Judge.
MEATS are high, but cows low-when
they are hungry.
THE "hottest of the fight" is always
where the coolest courage prevails.
In 1774 New York employed sixteen
persons as watchmen and lamplighters.
THIEVES don't have a very quiet life oi
it, notwithstanding they take things SO
easy.
NEW YORK has about $50 miles of pipe
for the reception and distribution of Gro
ton water.
A MAN should think little of the evil
that is said of him, unless he thinks much
of him who saysit, f
THE wise men are considering the ques-
tion, chow it feels to be under fire." The
verdict will probably be that 1t feels hot.
OVER 100000 small trees, mostly noun
tain cottonwoods, have been set out at
Denver, Col, within the past three years.
REV. w. Fl. MILBuRN, the blind preach
er, has declined an offer of $4,000 in gold
year TO take charge of church in San
Francisco.
ARRcENT New York wedding was dis
tinguished by the gift TO the bride of a
100000 diamond necklace and $75,000
worth of silverware.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Erie Pa)
Dispatch says that the income of j. s.
McGray, of Petroleum Center, from his
"old homestead" is $5 minute, night
and day.
MANY ladies who do not like TO have
their ears pierced wear small gold wire
behind the ear, which clasps it in front,
and holds the airing.
PUNCH has the following A Capital
Answer-Selfmade man examining a
school, of which he is manager--"Now,
boy, what's tie capital of 'Olland?" Boy
An H. SIR"
THE tallest tree yet measured is an Aus
tralisn, of the myrtle family, and of the
genus Eucalyptus. II is 480 feet long or high,
but in diameter inferior to the larger Cal
ifornians.
THE State of Maine has lake to each
twenty square miles of territory, and one
square mile of lake to each fourteen and
three-tenths square miles of territory.
THE Rev. James Patterson, of blessed
memory, who died in the autumn OF 1887,
on one occasion said Brethren, If the
Lord will only keep me humble, l will
trust you to keep me poor"
SOME men seem to delight in wanton
destruction. An exchange says that two
men were lately seen tearing up the
streets in neighboring city and on the
same day several persons were observed
in the very act of pulling up the river.
A BRAKEMAN on coal train on the
New Jersey Railroad has fallen heir to
$4,000 worth of property, which is in
Virginia, and was confiscated during the
wal, but has since been returned to the
heirs
SMITH (who had forgetfully left his
pocket book on the piano, the night before)
-"Have you found anything this morning,
Angelina?" "Oh, yes, dear, thanks-and
I've ordered a new piano stool, some lace
curtains, and-such a love of q bonnet =
ILLINOIS is the leading State in the
money-order system, and New York the.
second. Illinois has sent during the past
year over three millions of dollars through
the Money Order Bureau of the Postofflce
Department, while the amount transmit
ted throughout the country reaches the
sum Of $34,054, 1874.
THE Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows has made considerable progress dur
ing the past year. The membership has
increased TO total of 298,0S3, a gain of
80, ATS. It's revenue for the year amount
ed to $2,714,2SS, an increase of nearly
$500 900, while the amount expended for
purposes of relief reached total Of
1855. .906. .a,-D ,..+ ..s .aa SD
THE business of the money.order
bureau during the past fiscal year is one
third larger than that .Of, the preceding
year. Over one millions six hundred
thousand dollars have been issued, trans
ferIing $34,054,1S4, for which $2e5,e35
was paid in fees. The cost TO the pur-
per cent, while the cost to the govern
ment was only half that. --..-,.
A GENTLEMAN in Albany has drinking
cup which was presented to the Archduke
MACMILLAN by the city of Nuremburg
and which was made in the year 1927.
The cup stands 10 inches high, is covered
with bas-reliefs of grace and beauty, all
having allegorical meaning, and has a
cover on which originally stood the figure
Of a knight in solid gold 4.H''iFa
THE Davenport Gazstte says that James
Thompson, OF that place, owns twenty.
nine 160 acre farms in Iowa. He has them
allrented, receiving an average of one-third
of the yield and $3.50 per acre. Mr..
Thompsons share OF, the crop. will be, 1t
is estimated, 10000 bushels of barley, T.
600 bushels Of wheat, and 10000 bushels
OF corn, footing up, at present prices,
about $s@,OOO.5 or ggFfC FTtII
THE registrar.general places the area
of London at n 907 acres, which exceeds
the area OF Rhiladeiphia by less than o.
600 acres, Paris has only $500 acres,
Vienna S,728 acres, and Berlin 9, ,253 acres.
Birmingham is IN excess of the sYerage
of Paris, having, z ,602 acres. Birnling-
ham must be healthy, tor its rate of NOR
tality is '16 per 1000 the lowest OF
all citiesi the highest is Leeds-24 in
1000. ..,..''..,, so.s9I.si n. . s.4si
OK the receipt of the news of the sur
render OF Louis Napoleon and bis army
TO the Germans, after the battle of Sedan,
James baxton, Sr, editor of the Canton
(O.) Repository published the announce
ment in parallel columns with that of the
surrender Oh thef hrst Napoleon after
Waterloo, taken from the FLEA of his own
paper of August, 1915, ffty.fiYe years ago.
He was editor then. as now.
APATERT medicine vender In country
village was dilating to a crowd upon the
wonderful efficiency OF his iron bitters.
WWhVn said ha Oatava Jankina had