Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-22

iron. The silver was over $500 to the ton
and the gold over $500, besides the cop
per.
On the authority of two persons Of ve-
racity, a correspondent of the Albany
Journal tells this "They saw a wasp
riding on green worm one and half
inches long. How far he had ridden they
did not know but after they saw him,
they watched him till he had ridden all of
twenty five feet. Occasionally the worm
would stop, lie motionless as though he
was dead, when the wasp, after little,
would spur him up, and then the worm
would go on. The wasp would keep the
worm in as direct course as he could.
After while the worm stopped, and the
wasp dismounted and quickly ran and
moved little stone, or piece of ground,
about two inches from where the worm
lay, and then seizing the worm by the
head drew it into the hole. Presently
the wasp came out, put on the gravel over
the hole, covered the stone over, and
seemed to be getting ready to fly, when
they killed him, and then dug down about
two inches and dug out the worm, which
was dead"
How FARMERS ARE SwINDLED.-Some-
time since we called attention to a swindle
of a rather ingenious nature, by which re-
bpCCOdDlO WtIO uupOO DGCOm-
ing pretended agents for the sale of bo-
gus seeding machine, and the contract be-
tween the parties was so drawn that when
a part of il was torn off there remained
promissory note, regularly drawn and
signed, which the swindler disposed of for
cash and departed. Two of these cases
are now being tried before the New York
Supreme Court. Suit has been brought on
the notes, which were purchased by the
third parties innocent of any knowledge
of the nature of the transaction, and the
probability is that the swindled farmers
will have to pay the amounts. This ought
to be lesson to farmers to avoid peddlers,
patent-right men, and travelling agents,
as they call themselves, and have nothing
to do with them in any manner whatever.
There is a small army of these men al
ways travelling through the country, who
live by preying on farmers who are not
sufficiently posted to know their character,
and 80 become easy victims.-HeGfM and
Home.
In the summer days, when hydrophobia
is supposed to be more common than at
other seasons, it will comfort many people
to know that the best medical authorities
now hold that it is no more common in
summer than in winter, and that it is of
very rare occurrence anyhow; so rare
that in the $4,000 admissions to the Penn
sylvania Hospital in the last ninety years
there was but one case of hydrophobia.
And that there is no such peculiar danger
from the bite of dog as some suppose, is
shown by the fact that while the police
and dog, catchers of Philadelphia have
been bitten thousands of times, hydropho-
! bia has in their case never resulted.
There is no doubt that many cases of
lockiaw nlGai,t q potU, and other diseases
have been attributed to dog bites received
months or years before, when they might
just as well have been attributed to flea.
bites. The moral of all which is-should
: dog bite you, do not let your nervous
fears make you crazy. The chances are
ninety nine out of hundred that you will
: never be the worse for it.-Erchdnge.
. SITTING on the hotel piazza the otheI
r morning, says Newport letter, watching
group of young ladies, overheard 8
curly headed little maiden who was friz
zled and paniered and puffed in the height
1 of the style eXclaim, o, like the I71de
t pendent best !" A moment before coulC
/, have sworn that u petite never looked at {
2 newspaper, and somewhat surprised tool
the liberty of listening further. 9TH,
, Tribune suits me-" sad her black-eyet
; companion. 81 take the EUening Post,
: chimed in stylish, saucy-lOoking CIR
. who was pelting somebody over the rail
; ing with pond. .lillies-a beautiful bunch
by the way, which, FIVE minutes before;
9 had seen gentleman carefully selectin.
i for her from little urchin's basket Ant
!, when, wondered, do you girls get tim
y to read the newspapers? "Fold then
I four double, of course" was the next sen
! tence caught, and, more puzzled than be
= = fore, l very impoitely walked near th
group. when every thing was made clea
to me by the blonde little one saying, I"
|, had rather have a newspaper any day thai
l. the best panier that was ever made il
l. Paris