Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-12-08
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falling away Of the mortar In which the
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ALEXIS was so long in coming. IL was
feared he had been gathered to his fathers
gone to the Old Nick, alasl-BOston
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HATS of the kind Just now worn by la
dies are said to be reproductions of the
styles worn for the last hundred years by
the women of the Swiss cantons.
A FIRM in Union Square, New York,
received $3.50 for the use of their three
second-story windows by a party who
wished to view the reception of the Grand
Duke a1'I ~
AN epitaph on q tombstone reads:
Oh. fatal gun, why was IL him
sad. : That you must kill so deady -t.
Why couid you not have missed your aim
And fired above his headf -
A GENTLEMAN was introduced TO a
young lady recently, and addressed her
as follows: "Where do YOU live when
you are az home ?" to which she prompt
ly replied, "When am at home i live
there - ...
LAST year $4,000, in round numbers, of
indictable offences, known to the. police,
were committed in England and Wales.
There were 101 murders, sixtyltwo at
tempts TO murder, and 219 acts Of man
slaughter.
A New York Young man gets one hun
breaks off an Objectionable engagement.
He lis doing thriving business Cas-
Ina French court, recently, asa witness
was about to give his testimony, the adj
vocate said: 81 wish TO. remark to
the Court that this witness is entitled to
entire confidence, as lie has not had time
to consult his lawyer fpiiisHT s.T
A MAN named Tangler was lately
married at Detroit Mich, to y widow,
and the same evening his son married the
widows daughter, A day or two after
the widows son married his daughter,
and the family are now all provided for.
A Swiss geologist lately met his death
in a singular way, while geologiZing over
the Alps He stopped to pat a tame kid,
which bounded off, and as he stopped to
resume his work. dislodged pile Of rocks
upon him from ledge above, Killing him
instantly. i r rvF "a %
AT recent meeting of the New y ork
City Childrens Aid Society," it was re-
ported that the organization. had provided
7, 109 boys with homes within afew years.
Some 5000 persons have been provided
with homes in the West. The associa-
ton is now suffering for want of funds.
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the workmen and employers in the city
and suburbs now use fractional currency,
made by the heads of the workshops, and
redeemed when they amount, all together,
to such sums as can be repaid. by the
paper money now issued fss
In provincial town in France this
epitaph may be read: "Here sleeps Hor-
tense B., regretted by her mother and her
father. N. B.-Itis sdvisetily her mother
is placed before her father; because
mothers is always very much greater than
fathers grief" l,..e.5 .-,.asys
A WEALTHY young farmer in,an adjoin-
ing county, says the GAINESVILLE (O1 Courier,
made vow at the TIME of his marriage,
that he would plant forty peach or apple
trees for each child born during the first
ten years of his welded life. He's been
married seven years, and has, about 800
trees. He talks about going back on his
vow. He hasn't the land to spare.
SHERIpAS's solicitor calling one day
found his wife alone, and walking about in
a state of violent eXcitementy He asked
what was the matter Her only reply
I was that her husband was villain"
After some time she added, with some
hesitation, Why, have discovered that
all the love letters he sent me were the
very same as those he sent to his first
wife" f' 81 i--.
THE roof of house in Bristol County,
r. l., has lately been renewed for the first
time since the house was built, seventy
seven years ago. A large part of the old
shingles are but little worn. They are of
Southern cedar, aud the nails were all
made by hand. The west side of the
roof which is less exposed to storms,
will apparently last many years longer.
A, PARTY of mischievous boys near
Kankakee, III, stuffed an old suit of
clothes with straw, with sticks of wood
for legs, and buried it in the ground
They then killed couple of chickens and
sprinkled the blood plenteously over and
in the vicinity of the grave. As they eX-
pected, the grave and the blood were dis
covered, suspicious of murderwefe raised,
a jury empaneled, and an inquest prepared
for. Coroner, jury, and bystanders all
acknowledged themselves "sold" when
the straw dummy was exhumed.
A CALIFORNIA paper of recent date
says that two years ago man was shot
in the region of the heart in a barroom
difficulty in San Juan, The surgeon
probed the wound unsuccessfully, and
failed TO extract the ball The wounded
man recovered, and until recently has suf-
fered no inconvenience from the wound.
Feeling an unaccountable sensation under
his right arm. he underwent medical
examination, and the missing ball was
found Immediately in the rear of the up
per arm Joint The bullet had traversed
the body underneath the skin, making an
almost complete circuit of the body, and
lodged in the neighborhood fof the right
arm-pit. a a-ifrs arvai
The following incident-whiGh comes
to us from a private source-illustrates
the spirit of many of the carmen during
the fatal fire in Chicago. A law publish
er finding that his stereotype plates were
In danger, succeeded in getting them out
upon the sidewalk There were about
two cart-loads He offered acarman five
hundred dollars a load to take them to a
place of safety. The publishers name
was well known, and he was perfectly
good for the amount promised But the
carman refused to take the loads unless
the money was. paid down at the time
and as the publisher did not carry thou
sanddollar bills in his pocket, the plates
melted on the sidewalk -Hdrpel's Weekly.
:. ONE of the painful results of not read
ing the newspapers is reported in Saratoga
County. 1t appears that at ri recent fire
property was destroyed, on which there
was an Insurance of Sc 800. The owner
tripped lightly into the office where his
policy was drawn, and, producing the
document, said he guessed he would take
that money. The agent looked, at it, ex'
perforated quantity of tobacco juice on
the callers nigh boot, and thenexclaimed,
"Why don't you read the papersG / gave
notice a fortnight since in sthe public
press that that company had went down
flat busted-when Chicago went up,
Had you read the papers you could have
renewed your policy in a company that
hadn't exploded, and been so much in; As
it is you are so much out nls<Nelo YorA
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