Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-28
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of business except lovemaking.
PoLIcrKs become selfsustaining in the
Washington Life Insurance Company, of
New York,
No wonder that the female sex are so
obstinate. The Latin word for woman
Is muller"
Two railroad accidents which recently
occurred in Massachusetts, were caused by
the expansion of the rails by heat
A WESTERN editor consoled a man who
complained that justice had not been done
him, by the remark that 1t "was very
lucky for him"
A CANADA man "April fooled" his
butcher by paying debt nineteen years
old. The butcher is waiting for several
others to do the same.
The Empress of Germany said the
other day, to an Austrian journalist, that
she had never slept more than four hours
day since the breaking out of the war
with France.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court
has awarded $4,000 damages against the
town of Ashfeld, Mass, in favor of j: Ii.
Dyer for personal injuries to plaintiffs
wife, caused by defect in highway.
| AT Bath, N. Y, recently, a man suffer
| tracted from his nose plum stone which
he insisted had been inserted there twenty
three years before
Hon. ZADocK PRATT, who died in New
York, the other day, leaves a very large
| fortune. He was married recently to a
young lady who wrote wrappers in one
| of the newspapers offices of New York.
THE late John Tappan, of Boston, once
| In, it,ut t-y
$50 for his tobacco-boX, on condition that
he should no more roll the weed "as
sweet morsel under his tongue"
The New London (Wis.) Times reports
that girl in that place, thirteen years OF
age, committed to memory LOO verses of
the Bible in a single week. Another child,
still younger, committed 1,400 in four
weeks.
AMONG those who went to see the Car
diff Giant in New Haven was a middle
aged man who had lost his brother by a
mysterious disappearance, and was heard
to murmur, as he stepped away, "'Taint
himl'
A WEALTHY Virginidn recently killed
a man whose life was heavily insured in a
New York company, and it is said the
company is about to bring a suit for dam
ages against the murderer for destroy ing
its property.
4 FRIEND relates the following; A
mile or two from town he met a boy on
horseback, crying with cold. why
don't you get down and lead him? That
is the way to keep warm" mo-" said
the boy, "its b-b-borrowed horse and
I'll ride him if | freeze"
: SEVERAL men we're quarrelling in
Lebanon, Pa, few days since, when a
mischievous boy threw torpedo just be-
tween them. Each one started on the
run, and never stopped until friendly
shelter was reached whence he could see
who it was that had been shot.
THE CLEvEAND PldindedIer publishes
the following, addressed to railroad
official in that city:
MICHIGAN EXCHANGE, DETROIT, April |, 1871
Dr. Sir enclose az. 90 for ride once taken on
your road without paid for it, because you hop
press and cheat te people on your watered stock
! but have no bznez with 1t, so you got 1t now
yourself and you make 80 much you can,
sign JOHN SMITT.
TIE German imperial crown is foot
high, of 81 carat gold, and heavily set with
pearls. The sceptre is Of silver gilt, and
two feet long The globe carried in the
hand is of the finest gold, 37s inches iI
. diameter, and encircled by two rings ir
perpendicular, and half covered with
= Jewels, and the other horizontal and en-
4 tirely crusted with gems. On top is
: cross which fairly blazes with precious
Il stones.
= A PRACTICAL EXPLANAT1oN.-
"Charleyl what is osculationfn
l "0sculation, Jenny, dear,
f Is a learned expression, queer,
. For nice sensation.
= put my arm, thus, round your waist,
u This IL approximations;
J. You need not fear
!, There's no one here
= = Your lips quite near
o i then "
L "Oh, dear!"
Jenny, that's osculation."
o. RECENTLY, a thief said to the Judg
2 quite confidently MY lord, really as
a moment quite, indeed, against my owl
4 will, quite" "Oh very WELL" said hi
b lordship, it is only right that you shoult
4 have no cause for complaint. The otfens
!. will be met in proper spirit. AS yo
" committed the act against your own vii
It you will be punished against your owl
o will"
3 SOME young ladies sent two of the EN-
:. ployes of the Paducah Rentuckidn office
d cake on the 1st of April 1t was a beauti
n ful affair, elegantly frosted and ornf
n mented, accompanied by sweetscente
It note, breathing volumes of love and affeC
e ton. The boys looked proud and defian
e over their good luck. But when they al
$ tempted to cut the cake itturned out to b
e a cake of mud-baked hard at that. TIL
e boys quit looking proud, and didn't fee
!. near so hungry as they used to.
A New York paper says: "There is
/ story going around about New Orlean
l. printer who declined TO go out and drin
}, when asked, but placed the money h
d would have spent had he gone out with tn
c boys in savings bank, and how in fv
e years it had amounted to untold millions
e Then he didn't have any wife. We trie
Z that once for year, quitting smoking, an
y placing money that would have been use
n in bureau-drawer One day we wante
{ to go out with the boys and went for tn
y money, and it was gone; and in its plac
&c was some new dress patterns, and bonnet
r, and things. Sbs looked calm enough, bu
we began to smoke again"
. INDUsTRY.-Man must have occupation
d or be miserable. Toll is the price of slee
n and appetite--Of health and enjoyment
II The very necessity which overcomes ou
q natural sloth is a blessing. The Who'll
~ world does not contain even a briar or
:. thorn which nature could have spared
1f We are happier with the sterility, whic
r we can overcome by industry, than W
!. could have been with spontaneous plent
= and unbounded profuson. The body an
" the mind are improved by the toll tha
y fatigues them. The toll is a thousan,
. times rewarded by the pleasure which
g bestows. Its enjoyments are peculiar. N
4 wealth can purchase them-no indolenC
a can taste them. They flow only from tn
= exertions which repay the laborer.
s, STERNE being one day in coffee hous
g observed a spruce young fellow at the firt
A. side who was speaking of the clergy as
e, body of disciplined imposters. Sterne &C
v up while the young man was speaking
d and approached the fire, patting and coal
ing a favorite little dog. Coming q
length close to the gentleman, he said
Sir, this would be the prettiest little an