Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-07
CURRENT ITEMS.
A HoLLoA MocKERY.-An echo.
WAITING MAIDS lathe old ones

"A GOOD lEvEsTAtHNT.---A policy in the
Mutual Life, Of Chicago
SQUIRE MoMIoKLE, of Crawford Coun.
", Ind has been q Justice of the peace
for forty. one years.
LETTER was lately dropped into the
Post Office at Niagara Falls directed 10
"Schiohagough, nlinoyse."
TIE dividends of the Washington Life
are made and paid In cash or insurance.
annually, from date Of policy.
Mr. DYKE has recovered Of the Erie
hatlway. $4,000 for injuries received at
the Carr's Rock disaster--the largest yer.
dict ever rendered against railroad.
FRUGAL LANDLADY OF BOARDING
HOUSE," Coming home to dinner, Mr..
Brownr Hearty Boarder-" Well, per.
haps, If don't feel hungry"
A BAN Francisco Judge has dismissed
q complaint against man accused of steal
Ing a goose, solely because the word was
spelled "goos."
"MR. Brown, owe you a grudge; re-
member that" Brown--"I shall not be
frightened, then !. for l never knew you to
pay anything you owed"
A YOUNG man stepped into book store
and said he wanted :" A young mans com
panion." "Well, sir" said the book.sell.
er, there's my only daughter"
A vERDANT Individual near Champaign
ILL.,, recently paid $2,32 express charges
on a box which he supposed contained
greenbacks, and which turned out to be
old scrap iron and sawdust.
AN Indianapolis gentlemans claim for
divorce is based on the ground that when
he married, a few weeks ago, his wife's
hair was black, hut now it is red enough
90 entitle her to the front rank in torch
light procession.
THERE is aremarkable collection of dark
colored slabs in a Canandaigua IN. W
cemetery, marking the graves of the three
wives of one man. They show that the
first died in 1918, the second in 1914, and
the third in 1916.
A MOTHER, trying to get her little
daughter of three years to sleep one night,
said: Anna, why don't you try to go to
sleepSP am try" she replied. But
you haven't shuty your eyes," Well, can't
help it !; um comes unbuttoned."
MAYOR Com, of Lynchburg, Va, be-
fore whom several negroes claimed the
ownership of dog, left the decision of
the doubtful matter to the dog himself.
Several of them called the intelligent ami
NAL pathetically, but he regarded them
not; finally, one yelled out Buster, and,
with bark of joy, the dog rushed toward
him, and decided the matter.
AN enthusiastic voter of New Hamp-
shire, an employe of railroad company,
was so eager to vote that he started alone
at o'clock in the evening from Plymouth
in hand car, and propelled it to Wells
River, a distance of forty-eight miles, on
an upgrade of eighty-five feet in a mile,
arriving at his destination at IL o'clock
on the morning of election day.
The engineer of a Boston train was
shocked soon after leaving Worcester, to
see a three year old child on the track
looking with wonder at the coming loco
motive. He whistled "down brakes" )"
and, stopping the train, went back with a
white face to find the little fellow picking
himself up out of the mud in the ditch
beside the track unhurt.
THE Pacific Tribune, published at Olym-
pia, Washington Territory, reports, in a
recent issue, q phenomenon, thus: Z" Last
night, between and 8 o'clock, young
moon shone brightly in the west, while
countless stars, glittering like diamonds,
adorned the deep blue vault of heaven.
Not cloud was visible; yet itrained, and
for nearly an hour, with sufficient force to
be plainly heard pattering upon the roof. "
THE Dubuque Times says: "Some two
years ago an Illinoisian, temporarily so.
journing in this city, passed 81 counter
felt bill upon an honest and unsuspecting
brewer here. The Illinois man went
home, but II seeniss that his conscience
troubled him, and so, the other day, he adj
dressed the victimized brewer letter, en-
closing So genuine currency, which he
begged the brewer to accept, and forget,
If possible, the wrong DONE"
IT is said of late physician that he
was waited upon one day by a neighboT
to come and see a child sick with the
Group. ooh, certainly" replied the doc.
tori if there is anything l pride myself
on in my profession, it is my treatment Of
that disease" AS the doctor stepped out
moment to make ready, his waiting Wis
itor was somewhat taken aback to heal
him say to his wife, Sarah, what do you
do for croup?"
The Boston Transcript tells of a skunk
that was caught last November at Newton
vile, in trap, but which escaped after
leaving unmistakable evidences of it.
presence, taking the trap along. 1t was al
ordinary steel muskrat trap, with spring
so powerful as to require the use of boil
hands and feet to set it, and had been tieC
to neighboring tree-root with a strong
cord. A few days ago the skunk, will
the trap still attached to its leg, was sho
in the town of Peabody, distance o
twenty miles from Newtonville.
PERHAPS there never was greater epi
cure in private life than one Mr.. Rolgtone
of London, who in ten years literally at
up fortune of one hundred and fift,
thousand pounds sterling. He not only
travered all Europe himself for the sol
purpose of gratifying his appetite, but h
had agents in Chino, Mexico, and Canad'
to supply him with the rarest delicacies
A single dish sometimes cost him fift,
pounds sterling. Finally his fortune wa
reduced to single guinea. With this h
boughta woodcock, which he had serveC
up in the highest style of culinary art
After resting two hours he jumped int,
the Thames from Westminster Bridge.
Foolish spending is the father of pov
erty.. Do not be ashamed of hard work
Work for the best salary or wages you cal
get, but work for small wages rather thai
be idle. Be your master, and do not lie
society or fashion swallow up your indi
viduality--hat, coat and boots. Do no
eat up or wear out all you can earn. Com
pei selfish body to spare something 70
profits saved. Be stingy to your own ap
petite, but merciful to others necessities
Help others and ask no help for yourself
See that you are proud. Let your pride b
of the right kind. Be too proud to b
lazy too proud to be in company that yol
cannot keep up within expense; too prou
TO lie, steal or cheat too proud to b
stingy.
THERE is a man named Wilson in tn
town of Gordon, Pa, of whom a col
respondent of the Miners Journal tells thi
story: knowing him from past experi
ence TO be an unmerciful eater especial
when provided with something delicious
we provided for him one pie, weighin
one and half pounds; two sugar cakes
weighing one pound each; ono hone
cake, weighing one pound cheese, one
half pound crackers, one-half pound. II
then drank six tumblers of water, all c
which being easily demolished, he wen
again demolished one pound beef, one-hal
Mound hread nna.half mound nntaIoes an