Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-18

TuE first Board of Education - The
Black board.
USEFUL Misunderstanding welded to
ones business.
Why is a balloon like silcncep Because
ii gives ascent.
ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-A young lady's
boarding school.
WHY is a proud woman like music
book? She is full of airs.
"IIE told me-" says Artemus Ward, "to
get out of the Office. l pitied him, and
went"
WHAT is the first thing lady does
when she falls into the water? She gets
wet.
ALWAYS look at the bright side of every
thing; it is just as cheap and ten times as
good.
The payments in the Washington are
never greater than they are the first year,
LIEUT.. GEN. SHERIDAN was made the
happy recipient of gold watch at the
Elgin watch works on Thursday.
IRRITABLE SCHooLMAsTER - Now,
then, stupid, what's the next word What
comesafter cheese" Dull boy-"A mouse,
sir"
UP among the Adirondacks, if the
natives happen upon visitor with gloves
on, they ask: "What is the matter with
your handsY"
MISGUIDED CuILD,-A young lady of
sixteen, who had worn short dresses all
her life, positively told her mamma she
would wear them no longer
He that forecasts what may happen
shall never be surprised; It's too late to
begin to arm when the enemy is in our
quarters, Moral-Insurc your life in the
| Washington.
THE man in Jail who looked out of the
window of his cell and exclaimed, This
is CRATE countryp is now generally ad'
mitted to have spoken within bounds.
TUE Oshkosh (Wis) NOrtheGSterW says
Eight clergymen assisted in the marriage
ceremony ora Fond du Lac girl last week.
She was going to Chicago to reside"
AN old lady was sdmiring the beautiful
picture called "Saved." "It's no wonder, "
said she, "thc poor child tainted, after
| pulling that great dog out OF the water"
AN industrious old man in Eastern Con.
nccticut, whose early education was neg.
lectCd, has put out a sign announcing
"Gon out whjtcwashm done in here"
SCENE oNTHE STREET. newsboy
~-" say, Jim, lend us three cents, will
yer" Second ncwsboy Now look a
here, what do you take me for, u Jim Fisk,
or NanderhiltY"
"WIFE," says n gentleman of New Ha.
ven, has Willie been baptizedy' No
my dear, not yet; but why do You ask,
John ~ "BeCause there is great Geal OF
smallpox about, and it ought to be done
at once"
AT a prayer meeting in Augusta, Me,
some irrCyorent urchins woke up the sex,
ton, who had fallen asleep, when the star,
tied tuuCtionary, supposing it was lust
morning, exclaimed, "Marial Maria Gel
up time TO get breakiaStr
Hosr. Allow me to get you a PARTNER
Languid swell Thank you, but Lar
don't dance. Host; then let me introluc,
you 10 Miss Twaddle, she's great hand
at conversation. IAnguid swell: YOUR,
very kind, but lar" never" converse.
TuE editor of the Gardeners NoatAly
says that nothing is easier than to grow
gooseberries, II is mountain fruit and
does not like hot soil. Set the plant,
across the lot in pretty thick row, and
pile up over the roots five or six inches
deep of old brush wood, corn roots, old
leather boots, pots or kettles even, IL YOU
cannot get anything else, so that the root.
| viii always be near the surface and gel
r cool, aud good crops will be the result.
A YOUNG Boston man, who purposei
starting business in New York city, mad,
preliminary visit there, armed with let
! lers OF Introduction 10 business men
These presented and the usual commit
5 ments passed, the New York merchant
inquired of young Boston what he in
tended to do, 81 have not exactly de
cided,' replied the young Puritan, " hut
expect 10 settle into some good business
in which | can get living honestly.a "A
living honestly 1" AN honest living
repeated the BoStonian, young man
, said the New Yorker, al congratulate
you thore Is not n city in the United
: States in which you win meet With 3
little competition IN your method OF daing
business"