Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03
CURRENT ITEMS.

pire on the 4th Of March.
THB WoRsT KIND OF EpuoAT1oN-To
De Droughtup bya roli.o an.
A VIRGINIA ghi of sixteen has died of
home,sickness at Richmond boarding
school.
THE, deepest excavation in the Urnited
States is copper mine in Lake Spner;or
1t Is 300 feet deep.
YOU look as though you were beside
yourself" as a wag said 10 a fellow who
was standing close TO donkey.
The marks of their teeth on some bees.
wax, which they mistook for maple sugar,
Maine.
A HARD CAsE.--Dying without money,
wltn4us property, no insurance in the Mu.
sual LIE insurance Company. of Chicago,
10 mourn your neglect
If II is wise to insure your property, the
loss OF which would fall heavily upou
your family, It is wiser to insure v0ur life
the loss of which would be a Bow still
heavier. Insure in the Washington.
"A CHARITABLE Cincinnati gentleman
Keeps pair OF dogs chained at his front
door, so that poor people who stop to " get
bite" can be accommodated without tax.
ing the trouble to go in the house.
MORE than fifty million comics of Web.
ster's spelling-book have been sold in the
United States, on which the authors row.
atty at one cent for each book, amounted
10 $6OOOO0. The present rate of produc-
uon Is SAID to be about million a year.
Eight of the twenty-five members of
the minnesota State Senate, and fifteen of
the forty-eight members of the House,
were born in New York. Not one of
either House Is a native of Minnesota.
THE Water Commissioners in jersey
City shut off the supply of water there a
few days ago, and a man who don't read
the papers worked whole day with hot
bricks, trying to "thaw out" his hydrant.
A YOUNG lady took her younger brother,
little boy of three or four years of age,
to church. The preacher was an earnest
man, and spoke very loud. During the
sermon she saw the little fellow in tears,
and asked him what was the matter. He
sobbed out, "That man is bollering at
me-"
THE State Prisons in Maine New Hamp-
shire and Massachusetts more than nav ex-
penses, and it is urged that it would be no
more than just to credit the surplus to the
prisoners, to be paid at the expiration of
their sentences or to their dependent
families, when they have such.
A COUPLE were married "for. fun F" in
Troy the other evening, and they didn't
know until the conclusion of the ceremony
that the gentleman who united them was
really Justice of the Peace. They ac-
cepted the situation pleasantly, however
invited their friends to reception, and
are now living together precisely as if
their marriage had not been an accident.
THE Louisville CourIer-Journal saws
To every three squares of residences in
Louisville there is a cur, and each dog is
expected to get his pound of flesh from a
etter-carrier. If he don't get it from the
leg of the |. C. he generally makes it off
somoodY who passes at night. There is
no reason why dogs should not flourish
IN Louisville, but it's discouraging to let
ter-carriers."
A MASSACHUSETTS boy of ten wears
who had been punished by his mother,
revenged himself by directing an under.
taker to send hearse and carriages for
her funeral, and they drove up to the
mouse In solemn procession, much to the
horror of the worthy woman, who quickly
proved to the drivers that she was yery
much alive.
AT party in Portsmouth, N H., a few
evenings since, one of the gentlemen hav-
ing to pay forfeit in a game, the penalty
awarded was that he should go to the door
and count number of stars in COMPANY
with lady, whereupon young miss who
was present created sensation by getting
up and seriously objecting, on the ground
tnat the young man was engaged to her
sister, and she would not sit there and see
any such thing DONE
NONE of the Dukes of Marlborough have
been famous since the first 4 story illus
trative OF the simplicity of one of his sue
cessors is told to the effect that he wrote
to his steward and said "We are coming
down, large party, in day or two, to
eat strawberries and cream. We shall
want plenty of the latter so don't let any
Of the cows be MIXED meanwhile pa
curious notion of vaccine economy.
THE will of San Francisco physician,
recently deceased, contained the following
clause; After death l wish my body to
be dissected by my medical friends. the
soft part burned and the ashes preserved
in an urn, the skeleton wired we'll together,
and both kept in some medical college or
university in San Francisco But in case
my wife should wish for them, it is nv
will that they be delivered to her. in case
she shall be willing to pay the expense of
their preparation"
BISHOP MARVIN tells story about one
of the stewards in the West Texas Con.
ference, who paid as quarterage 100 pounds
OF bacon, worth ten cents pound. At
the quarterly meeting, however, he
brought in bill charging fifteen cents a
pound, and offered in explanation for
charging five cents more than market price,
that all he gave to the church was $50
much treasure laid up in heaven" and he
desired to swell that account as much as
possible.
SOMEBODY in Boston has conceived the
bright idea OF making money by means of
circular with the taking title of Many to
One and One to One of Many" The
scheme proposes that everybody receiving
circulars shall send ten cents to the ingen.
lous originator, who will be thereby en-
rlched; whereupon he will divide his
wealth equally with one of the contribu.
Tors, TO be chosen impartially by him.
The impartiality of this method is remark.
able.
A NEW thing in church music and Sun
day School amusement was exhibited at
DR.. Vinton's church, in New York, on
Christmas Sunday. In the Doctors re-
marks he recited the words:
Ring out the bells for Christmas,
Ring out the bells Tor Christmas,
The happy happy day"
And touched wire with his foot. Hard.
ly had he ceased speaking when the
chimes began to ring, and continued until
the whole tune had been played, amid the
deepest silence.
WANT OF TAoT.-Arguing with an op-
ponent, who is lame, and assuring him that
he has not leg to stand on. Telling a
man with only one eye lin an insinuatfng
way) that you would like to get on his
blind side. Urging friend who stammers
not to hesitate to express his opinion De
claring to the possessor of false set that
you mean to do it in spite of his teeth.
Informing an acquaintance, who never has
his glass out of his eye, that you consider