Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-03-03
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A RARE ARTICLE - Beefsteak Just
warmed.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT = sleighing
"dears,"
NEVER trouble trouble till trouble trou.
bles you.
PHILADELPHIA contains more houses
than New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey
City combined.
THE Washington is as good a company
as there is In existence for the policy
holder P. II. MoGRAw, Senator.
A VERY benevolent lady has taken the
idea into her head of knitting pair of
hose for fire engine.
If you should die to-day, would you
leave your family independent of charityS
Insure in the Mutual Life, of Chicago.
THE Chicago Times, chronicling the fact
that man there was married to get out
| of Jail, remarks that :" some chaps have a
queer idea of liberty"
WITHIN the memory of the Oldest river
man, there has never failed to navigate the
Mississippi, boats known as the United
States and Ben Franklin.
A BosToN man asks the city to compen-
safe him for his sons death, which, he
claims, was caused by the cruel treatment
of teacher In one of the public schools
A WESTERN gentleman lately put him
self to bed on the steps of u church, and
trying to fold the snowtlakes around him,
declared every time he grasped handful
that the plaguy sheets always tore so.
A BosToN hotel-keeper, who sued man
for leaving without paying for his board,
has lost his case. The defendant told him
when he put up at the hotel that he had
no money, and the plaintiff admitted the
fact.
ITS desp'r't thing" said old Joe
Smykers-"a desp'rt thing That are
young couple, who've been billn' and
cooin' and maxim eyes at one another for
a month, have now gone to the minister
and got permit to see If they can't keep
it up for lifetime"
IT is said that A men, 16 women and
26 children were killed outright, and 107
men, ~ women and 30 children wounded
by the bombardment of Paris. When the
armistice came the deaths from sickness
averaged 600 daily. The last sortie cost
the French 5000 men.
A WILL filed in the San Francisco Pro
bate Court reads "San Francisco, Jan
20, 1871.-All and any property standing
III my name, real and personal, l leave to
my wife, Mary Anderson, and likewise my
two daughters, Mary and Jennie-Johr
Anderson The two daughters anxiously
inquire whether they are part of the
legacy or sharers in it.
Mr.. GOLDEN, an old bachelor editor
thus, in his spite, comments on recent
moonlight incident: "We lett our sanctun
at midnight last night, and on our way
home we saw young lady and gentleman
holding gate on its hinges. They were
evidently indignant at being out so late
and we saw them bite each other severa
times"
A BOY at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, wa.
sitting up with a sick mother, when she
asked him to give her the medicine tht
doctor prescribed. He was busy reading
novel, so he gave her dose out of tht
first bottle he came to, to save time, as HI
was interested in finding out how tn
hero got along. The mother was borne t.
the silent tomb the next day, but the bo,
finished the novel the night before.
THE editor of the Noblesville, Ind
Register recently received the following
notice; Sir, you will please publish tn
| death of my father - in your pa
| per He died at his residence in ----
on the morning of the - after al
illness of only three days He died c
congestion of the lungs. Please say to hi
| patrons and friends that his widow an
/ sons will manulature and sell his agu
r cure the same as he did and oblige you
, friend"
t A VETERAN Yankee sailor, who wa
4 with Farragut in his terrible battle beloN
New Orleans, having his leg shot off bt
e low the knee, observed to an Office
: "That's but an eight-dollar touch an inc
p hirbar a,1 / ehOull boua bo6 INV 81
a for it," alluding to the scale of pension
. allowed for wounds The same man, q
= they were lifting him on a brother tar
' shoulders, said to one of his friends
a " Bob take look for my leg, and give m
+ the silver buckle out of my shoe; I'll do q
Y much for you, please God, some othe
:, time"
e AT certain college the senior class wa
: under examination for degrees. The Pro
y fessor Of Natural Philosophy was badge
y ing in optics. The point under illustri
n tion was that, strictly and scientificall
= speaking, we see no object, but their in
ages depicted on the retina. The worth
o Professor, in order to make the matte
D lplainer, said to the wag of the class " M
: Jackson, did you ever actually see you
e father!" Bill promptly replied, No, sir.
S " Please to explain Why you never say
1 your father" because" replied M
d Jackson, gravely, "he died before l wa
: born, sir"
s You know as much as is good for yol
D For it is with the mind as it is with tn
n senses. A greater degree of learnin
e would terrify us. If our eyes should sc
n things microscopically, we should b
s suited to situation and circumstance
! inf aH haf Of
d things provided for us by Providence
V from that moment we should cease to er
: JOY the blessings we possess, become indi
4 ferent to present duties, and be filed wit
restless impatience. Or suppose tn
things foreknown were gloomy and ad
verse, what dismay and despondenc
would be the consequence of the dis
] covery? And how many times should W
T. suffer in Imagination what we now Onl
. endure in reality? Who would wish I
J draw back veil which saves them froI
: so many disquietudes9 If some of yo
= had known the troubles through whic
r you have since waded, you would hav
e tainted under the prospect, but what W
r "know not now we shall know hereafter.
4 Jug
g The Scientific american gives the follow
= ing directions, which cannot be placed bt
: fore the public too often, for detecting tn
/ presence of explosive elements in kerc
f sene "The taking Of the specific gravlt
$ is worthless, because the adulteration b
l the lighter naptha can be disguised by tn
: addition of a heavy oil. The color an
odor are also not to be relied upon. TIL
Y only reliable test is the temperature of tn
t flashing point; that is, the temperature q
. which the petroleum takes fire when
l burning match is applied to its surface
. The test can be easily applied. Into fla
2 dish or saucer pour the oil to be tried unit
!. it is at least half an inch deep; then hol
4 burning match or taper near the surface
!. At the point of contact the combustion
, often very lively, as the taper draws u
{ some of the liquid, but if the petroleum b
J, safe and free from naptha, the flame doe
!, not spread over the surface If the petrC
i leum has been adulterated, as soon as tn
v match touches the surfece blue lambeI
J, fame flashes across it, and in few mt