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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
The Sensitive Grocer.

The Newburyport Herald tells Of a gro.
Ger who formerly kept shop there, and was
noted for his grasping disposition:
One day he nailed up salt cod on one
of the shutters of his shop, ard underneath
it he wrote in chalk, Goldfish for sale
cheap for cash here" Presently, in came
an acquaintance, and said, "What do you
have here on that sign about Goldfish
for? You don't sell Goldfish or any ether
goods in any place but here. Any fool
would know where you sold them without
that word" That's So" said the grocer; !;
boy, wipe out the word here from the
Goldfish sign" The boy obeyCd, and the
next day another critic appeared. Said
he, For cash! who ever knew you to
trust for any goods? Why do you say
that you sell Goldfish for cash, when every
body knows that you sell all your goods
for cashY" "You are right" said the gro
Ger; "boY, wipe out the words for cash
from the Goldfish sign" This was done,
and shortly after third critic came to the
shop, Objecting to the word Cheap"
WHO ever knew you TO undersell other
dealers?" said he, "you don't sell any
cheaper than they. Your price is Just the
same as theirs, and more if you can get it,
Cheap! cheapi what do you have that
word tory" Well, 1t is not OF much use,
said the grocer; boy, wipe out the word
cheap" from the Goldfish sign" Again
the boy did as his master bade, and the
same day critic number four found fault
with the phrase "for sale" Said he, "For
sale no one ever knew you to give away
Goldfish. OF course you keep them for
sale, there is no occasion for telling people
what everybody knows" "There is some
'fhfnu in hot ~ fl.,r ho.
out for sale from the Goldfish sign" This
left salt fish and the single word Goldfish +"
beneath. 1t was but a few minutes after
that customer who had come in to buy
some goods remarked to the grocer, What
funny sign you've got out there; what
darned fool wouldn't know that is a cod
fish nailed on your shutterg" $50 they
would" was the reply, "boy, wipe out the
word Goldfish from that sign" The boy
obeyed, and the fish remained with no in
scription.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
Prevention OF Disease In Ponltry.

liens are no more liable tn disease than
cattle, whan one Is treated as well as the
other. Yet ailments are more common
among poultry.than among larger stock,
taking farms, city suburbs and villages
together. The fact is, the smaller the
animal the greater its chances of being
kept under unnatural and Injurious con-
ditions. II horse is in filthy stall we
cannot help noticing it, or if COW is kept
through hot night in tight stable we
condemn the carelessness that left the
door shut. But fDwls are kept in tainted
roosts to the disgrace of their owners,
whose thoughts are occupied with other
matters, and in hot weather the poor birds
clothed with dress of the wsImest ma
terials, are left 10 swelter and pant in I'M
ventilated apartments, out of sight and out
of mind. Then, as regards feeding, no one
would give horse a halfbushel of oats
at once, and then starve him for day or
two at time, but some people fe d their
fowls when, as they say, they take no.
tiOn," or happen to think on t." The
liabilities of abuse beset poultry in various
ways and at all ages and seasons, on ac-
count of their being so small, and easily
overlooked. For instance, partly grown
chickens are most generally huddled at
night in little low coop where the air be-
comes positively poisonous before morning.
Colts or calves, hewever, are not liable to
be crowded together in large numbers in
one apartment. Chickens, when young
and feeble, are sometimes kept where they
become swamped in the grass loaded with
dew, which is TO the m W hat torrent would
be to larger animals, but if the latter are
kept out in a cold rain, we notice the shift
lessness of the owner.
We believe that if feathered stock is
properly cared for, we shall have less need
of printing remedies for sick fowls, anu
we heartily wish they may be spared the
intliction of such senseless prescriptions
of violent nostrums as may frequently be
found in books and papers. We have
never known an instance where the selec-
ton of good, healthy vigorous stock of
fowls, has been followed by pains-taking
and intelligent management, without the
result proving that poultry are no more
subject to disease necessarily, than any
other domestic animal. Surely satisfaction
and profits both indicate that it is better
to prevent rather than be obliged to under
take the cure of diseases in poultry.-Ru-
raj Home.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
Medical Mistakes.

1t took the faculty about q thousand years TO
discover that the best way to cure disease was not
to render the patient too weak to contend with It,
Within the last twenty years, however, the whole
system of medical practice has been changed for
the better. In diseases complaints caused by
excessive heat for instance, the doctors no longer
recommend the reduction of the invalid's
strength BY prostrating medicines. The vast sue
cess which has attended the use of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters as a remedy for debility, has CIV
en- even the most prejudlced members Of the old
school an insight into the only true and rational
theory Of cure. Cantharides, calomel, and over
pOwering doses Of opium, are now among the OBJ
eolete nostrums of another age. The lancet, once
as much the legitimate weapon OF the physician as
the sword is Of the soldier, is seldom drawn from
its The principle OF life is no longer drained
from the veins by the quart, and water-gruel for
the strengthless invalid has ceased to be consid-
cred an appropriate diet. vigor is the motto of
the rational members Of the profession, and they
understand at last, the value Of a sterling vege-
table tonic. So, also, with the people al large
and without consulting medical men at all, they
have adopted the bitteTs household remedy,
thereby economising both cash and health.
Note the fact, that Hostetter'e Stomach Bitters
is sold in bottles only never in bulk, and that the
abortions eprnging up In various parts OF the
country, and sometimes offered as substitutes for
the great national specific are all utterly worth.
less.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
A Tame HummiRg. Bird.

AT the cottage of Mr.. George Donald.
| son, in Marion township, Lawrel ce County,
Ind, there can be seen, any day at this
season, a beautiful specimen of the male
ruby throated humming bird, which Mr..
Donaldson has so dOmesticated that upon
going into his garden the bird will i'm
medlately alight upon shell i'll his hand,
and sip the sugar-water within it, and it
| matters not how many persons may be
| standing around him at the time. We are
not aware of another instance of this kin
upon record.
There is no other family of birds which
have occupied the attention of natural
historians more than hummiDg-b birds, and
this is not at all wonderful considering
their marvellous habits, and bTilliancY OF
| plumage, the poetical and beautiful names
which have been given them both by past
and present naturalists, such as winged
and breathing gems" "glittering frag-
ments of rainbows," etc, convey very in.
differently the ineXpressible beauty and
grandeur which the plumage of these
birds exhibit. Alexander Wilson "a Scotch
many, whose name will ever remain as
sociated with the birds of North America,
compared their colors to the hue of roses
stepped in liquid fire." The prismatlc
and dazzling magniticance of these sun
birds, while SEEN suspended b fore flow
er in the bright sunshine, eclipses every
description which can possibly be given
regarding them.
Mr.. Donaldson had long desire to
familiaTize some of these birds, but their
meteoric or electric motion always defeat
ed him In the attempt, and it was only
while they were lowering over bower
and extracting the juices that he could
approach them at all. He followed them
from flower to flower, and kept talking TO
them all the time, feeling satisfied that by
doing SO in certain tone of voice he could
insure their confidence, and in this he
finally succeeded, as they would occasion.
ally alight upon some small twig within q
short distance of him, and upon the 3D. OF
July he accomplished all he desired. One
OF them flew past him and halted in mid
air, having been attracted by a spIig OF
laTk-spur which he held in his hand, anG
TO which 1t Immediately flew and slipped
the juices from every flower upon the
stem, and ever since that GATE the visits OF
the bird may be fairly estimated at one
hundred a day. There are only fou
species upon the northern division of thil
continent 1t is said there are three hun
dred known to ornithologists, but which
are exclusively confined to South Amer
lea and the Islands Of the West Indies
"Gould's Coquette" and the peruvian
Oequette" are TWO Of the most brillian
tmiest aud gaysst members Of this family
the former of which was found In t6,
mighty forest valley Of the Ans RON, anC
the latter IN Peru.-OSnclna0ss Oommeroial
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
SagaclOus Horses.

Nor many years ago q gentleman of
South Adams, Mass, owned a pet span of
horses and numerous family, who were
also pets, as was every living thing under
his protection.
The district school house was mile off,
over bleak road, In very snowy
country.
These horses, when colts, were accus-
toned TO carry and fetch the children, and
after a while were entrusted with the
whole business. After being hitcned up
TO the old lumber-box sleigh, they would,
of "their own free will" trot up TO the
farmhouse door, receive some half dozen
or more children, who in great glee would
pile in among buffalo skins and blankets
Then these horses, without driver or
guidance of any kind. would start of
briskly, 90 to the school house, turn up 10
the door, wait for the children to tumble
out, and then make their turn carefully,
and return home.
At night they were sent for their load
again, and would turn up to the school.
house door, and wait patiently for the
children.
This business wsA Gone by the horses fol
twenty years, and their kind master
kept them rntf Sid age carried them
OF, VS.. ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
The MOSQUITO.

Mosquitoes vary in size as much as pota-
toes, but average well in this region. They
are built on the same plan of the elephant
(only a trifie smaller) having plenty of
legs, q bob tail, with small trunk or bill
on the front end of them. Their body Is
all stomach, and their trunk Is a suction
pump, gimblet pointed, and hard as Da.
mascus steel. They are bird Of song, al
though Audubon classes them strictly as q
game bird, but he was liable TO mistakes as
well as the telegraph. In these parts they
90 wild, while in some States they are
utilized for labor. In some parts of New
Jersey, where the soil is so thin that horses
and oxen cannot be worked with safety
lest they break through, they are useastor
farm purposes, three pair OF full-blooded
Jersey mosquitoes being considered equal
to tamden team of two geese, or one mid.
die sized goat We know this to be q
fact, having frequently seen the farmers
there plowing and doing other work with
all the above named labor.saving ma
chimes.
Down South, when vessel is ready foI
planking, the planks are laid on to the
timbers and a little blood rubbed on to
the inside of them, when the mosquitoes
will sting through the plank and timber
and the men inside will rivet up their bills
and thus save bolts and treensles. A we'll
built vessel, mosquito fastened, is consid
cred first class job
Mosquitoes round in these parts are a
tri1e smaller than humming- bird, and aS
musical as q sewing machine. There are
few more pleasing moments in mans
life than those in which he lies in bed or
a sultry night and listens to she mosqui
toes warbling in the distance, and hears
them approaching his bed humming over
the familiar song of "Fe, fl, 70, fun,
smell the blood Of an EDglishmun," an6
know that he is the person meant.
AS sOngsters they are equal, if not supe
riOr, to the mule or shanghai. We heard
of chap who, on entering his room in 6
boarding house in Brooklyn, heard some
one singing, and on lighting the gas, he
espied mosquito sitting on match sailing
round in the wash-bowl, singing, "a lift
on the ocean wave," but he was an excep
tlonal case.
If there Is one satisfaction that is a
least ten feet ahead of any other satisfac
ton, il is to enter your sleeping room, anC
see a gang of mosquitoes lounging rounC
on the window. sills and chairs, and t.
then and there disrobe, and crawl into bee
beneath good bar, lie there and hea
them cuss and swear outside the net. W,
consider that the most satisfactory thinl
It'll possible to conceive. fast Journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
Curious Statistics Of Suicides In New
York.


SOME Of the details in the cases Of the
101 suicides for the year 1870 (nearly two
per week., recorded in the Bureau of Vital
Statistics, and hitherto unpublished, are
interesting; 10 of these were males and
22 females, and of that number 81 chose
death by hanging, 81 by shooting, and II
by drowning; cut or stabbed themselves,
jumped from dizzy heights, % took
poison, land l placed himself before q
locomotive. 1t appears that the Germans
during the year have been the most prone
TO take their own lives, having furnished
46, or nearly one half of the number
Hanging seems to have been the favorite
form of suicide, there being II, plurality
over all other methods adopted by them
to "shuffie of the mortal coil" OF the
46 Germans who chose other methods than
hoASiAAA, ~ r>>N ond tn existence by
shooting, seven used violent and active
drugs to poison themselves, three ieaped
from windows, three cut their throats, one
stabbed and another killed himself with a
Americans and the IFis6 Ps are the next upon
the roll of those "rashly importunate,
weary of breath" There are 10 cases of
each nationality Six of the Americans
slumbered into death by swallo "ing mar.
cotic poison, five shot themselves, two
took Paris green, two cut their throats,
and one hanged himself OF the Irish,
six took poison, four hanged and two shot
themselves, two lesped from windows, one
drowned himself and one cut his throat
OF seven English suicides, four took
poison, one hanged himself, one leaped
from q roof, and one drowned himself
There were three French suicides, of
which one hanged himself, one cut his
throat, and one leaped from the roof. The
remaining thirteen of the total number,
and scattered through various nationslities,
ended their lives by all the different plans
! above specified, except one, who threw
himself before locomotive. 1t is in
teresting to note that the Germ ans prefer
red the most violent deaths, even in the
choice of poisons, such as Paris green,
strychnine, ETC., the most active and
deadly
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
Dsed suddenly OF Heart Disease.

How common is the announcement. Thou
sands are suddenly swept into eternity by this
fatal malady. This disease generally has It's
origin In impure blood, filed with irritating,
poisonous materials, which, circulating
through the heart, irritate its delicate tissues
Though the irritation may at FIRST be only
slight, producing little palpltation or irreg.
ular action, yet by and by the disease becomes
firmly seated, and Inflammation, or hyper
trophy, or thickening of the lining membrane
or of the valves, is produced. How wise to
give early attention to a case of this kind.
Unnatural throbbing or pain in the region OF
the heart should admonish one that all is not
right, and If you would preserve It from fur
ther disease, you must help it to beat rightly
by the use of such remedy as shall remove
the cause Of the trouble. Use DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery before the disease
has become too seated, and it will, by its great
blood-purifying and wonderful regulating
properties, effect perfect cure. 1t contains
medicinal properties which act specifically
upon the tissues ofthe heart, bringing about a
healthy action. Sold by sll hrst-class drug
gists. 5S1
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
FINANCIAL.


JAY Cooke & Co. are now selling, and rec
ommend as profitable and safe investment
for all classes, the First Mortgage 7.So Gold
Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, bearing Seven and Three tenths per
cent. gold interest (more than 8 per cent. cur
rency), and secured by first and only mort
gage on the entire road and equipments, and
on more than $4,000 Acres of Land to every
mile of track, or 800 Acres of Land to each
1900 Bond. The highest current prices will
be paid for U. s. Five-Twenties. and all other
marketable Securities received in exchange.
Pamphlets, maps and full information will be
n UI SShSSaOp SsS oH S snd WssSnS.
ton, aud by most Banks and Bankers through.
out the country.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

OLD PREJUDIoRs ARE DYING OUT. New
facts are killing them. The idea that invalids
weakened by disease can be relieved by pros
trating them with destructive drugs, is no
longer entertained except by monomaniacs.
Ever since the introduction of DIR. WALKER's
VINEGAR BITTHRs, 1t has been obvious that
their regulating and invigorating properties
are all-suficient for the cure Of chronic indi-
gestion, rheumatism, constipation, diarrhea,
nervous affections and malarious fevers, and
they are now the standard remedy for these
complaints In every section of the Union.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

Democratic and Republican President
There is no middle ground for you 10
occupy. You are on one side or the other.
If you fail TO vote for q Republican 1t is
half vote for the Democrat candidate. |
ask you, In view of these considerations,
to lay aside all your past differences, and
come together in the great contest now
before you"
The audience listened to the Senator
with morked attention, and frequently
loudly applsuded him. The great bulk Of
the assemblage seemed TO bein entire sym
pathy with the speaker.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

THE PHRENoLoGIoAL JOURNAL Is
always interesting, and the September number IL
particularly so. In proof read the following sug-
gestive titles from the table OF contents: Hon.
John A. Bingham, M. c.; Under the Surface, or
Universal Law; Mise Burdett Coutts, the lady
philanthropist; e. II. Rullof, the pathological
murderer; Life In head only, q remarkable case
of paralysis; Human Locomotion, or How We
Stand, Walk or Run; Have Children no Rightsi
Social Reform, where it should begin; Rev. Sam.
uel j. May, D. D.; Geological History Of Man
loves victory-A poem More OF the Marvellous
Most Of the articles named are II ustrated, some
deliberately. Price, 80 cents - year. Ad
dress, S. R. WELLS, Publisher, $50 Broadway
New York.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

Asa Baldwin, Chautauqua County,
N. Y says that fifty years ago very lousy
cow of his ate ten or twelve onions, and in
fifteen hours afterward the lice had dIsap-
peared He has tried the same remedy
many times since, with the same result in
each case.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

J.v. FARwBJL a Co., Chicago, are daily
receiving fresh importations from manufac-
turers in Europe, and now have on sale the
best stock ever offered In any market. They
thoroughly understand the wants of the
Northwest, and merchants buying Of this
house win see such goods only as are adapted
to this latitude. They will find their goods
selected for them, and can buy such quanti-
ties as they need, replenish their stock often,
and thus avoid the loss Of carrying over an
old stock.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

A GENTLEMAN in the eastern part Of the
State, who was about having hiS leg am-
putated on account of his being bent at right
angles ard stiff at the knee, heard OF JoAa-
sE sSort tme Ss isS Sssams SsL stIsIvSt S.ns sna
now as serviceable as the other.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

The LITTLE CoRRoRAL for September
presents an excellent variety Of Stories, Poetry,
Natutal History, Pictures, etc. As the time for
making arrangements for reading matter for the
next year 10 near al hand, the publisher Offers 10
send the remaining numbers Of thisy year free to all
whose names and money are sent In before octo-
Der nrst. Terms, s150 year. Address JOHN E.
MILLER Chicago ILL.,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

A GREAT many people have asked us oflatO,
How do you keep your horse looking so
sleek and glossySh We tell them. its the
easiest thing in the world; give 6heriddn's
Cavalry Condition PotOders two or three times
a week.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

SCHIEDAM AROMATIC scHNAPPs. This medical
beverage is manufactured by the proprietor at
Schiedam, Holland, expressly for medical use and
Is not only warranted free nom all deleterious
compounds, but of the best possible quality, and
n1CUuOiiO a.
nasnt OF the medical faculty.
Put up in quart and pint bottles For sale by
all drugR SITS and groeere.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

There are places in New York where
pet canaIies, cats and dogs are boarded
together at the expense Of twenty cents a
week, while the families to whom they be-
long are out of town.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

SPURSEoN, having been offered $40 900
in gold 10 write life Of Christ, sent word
that as good a life Of Christ as could be
written was to DO f5qnd in the New Tesla.
mept.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER is an excellent
regulator of the stomach and bowels, and should
always be kept hand especially at this season OF
the year, when 90 many suffer from bowel COM
plants. There lie nothing so quick to relieve in
attacks Of Cholera.
Sold at only IS cents bottle, by merchants gem
orally,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01
Proper attention is given TO the
Relation Of Railroads to the Community an
Railroad Legislstion,


This paper Is prepared by corps OF EditoIs Of special
qualifications and every pains taken to make tndpens
able to every Railroad Man. tits altogether independent
avoids all undue putting Of men corporations, gives
news fully and impariay, aims especially to give prdF
cal Information which win directly aid Its readers In the
prosecution OF their business Business men md in the
RAILROAD GAZETTE the earliest information Of the open
Ing of stations railroads In course of construction,
and thus enabled oestabsh relations with such towns
from the beginning Of their existence
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

cnIsG STT on Re hs1gHATIH is quickly relieved and
Medicine, Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-01

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which is believed to be at this trne
TINE M1S7 COMPREHENSIVE RAILROAD IQunNA1
IN THE WORLD
Treating as 1t does Of all branches Of the
Of the Operation of Railroads, Railroad Engineer
lug c0nuuo'oiS0' ui'S I0uf"A hNe
c,oo;oI p.o,,,;na,oa - po;1rood Nar,,.
And there VIII DC ound IN its columns Sccounas o tns
suction the Improyement Of Old Lines the Business OF
men1 OF OomPsmes, annual leport' Secons anu . 1
p.,a.,rs, - Iaanroods and in short xvba,averi IA