Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-05-19
CURRENT ITEMS.

ulncu on credit are DreeCneB OF LruSJ.
THERE is man in New York now who
owns IL, 90 acre dairy farm in California.
STATISTICS prove that handsome widow
has three chances for marriage to q
maiden's one.
THE gaslights of Denver, Colorado, are
reported to be visible at village fifty
miles distant.
In reaping wheat never take it by the
beard. 1t Is found to go against the
grain.
INSURE your life in the Mutual Life, of
Chicago, TO the amount your farm Is mort
gagged for.
EVERY town and village within radius
of thirty miles of Philadelphia now has
one or more local papers.
The President of the Oldest Life Insur-
ance Company in New York is insured in
the Washington Life.
ASTONISHING cure for consumption" as
the old lady said when she sprinkled snuff
on her boarder's hash.
THE foreman of New Orleans jury in
dorsed a verdict for manslaughter thus ;
"Verdic Gilty with nuns sluter Q mat
thews."
THE express agent at Arcadia, Ohio the
other day, threw $500 into the stove by
hhlobahOs BlNNhDdSho puluCu hutlJs
ONE of the most famous London physi-
clans has written in favor of good living
in the treatment of nervous disorders.
A BOSTON paper apologies to worthy
Archbishop because the types made it call
him miserable instead of venerable, as it
intended.
THE poor Indians are becoming civil
lied Five of the wives of Cut er-the.
obtof 80 10, trthn har o,,V1toI
for divorces.
1t is officially reported that there are
over 1000 miles of highway in Massa-
chusetts, and not more than 1903 miles of
railroad.
A CARELESS patent.examiner, the other
day, certified stray copy of Mr.. Greeley's
autograph, as draft Of patentable i'm
provement in subsoil plows.
JUST before his death, and while ap.
parently unconscious, Conductor Pollard,
who died at Nashua, N. H., a few days
ago, whispered, "Tm waiting for the
train"
A JUDGE in Texas told murderer the
other day, You have been tried and con-
victed of killing your wife with an axe,
and you ought to have been ashamed of
yourself"
A PIECE of land valued at 100000, has
been offered in the city of Hartford for
the establishment of an Astronomical
Observatory, by one of the wealthy citi-
zens there.
]. T. CLEVELAND, of Texas, has made
the trip to Boston to see his father achieve
100 years Of age in June. The boy trav-
eled all the way alone, though he is only
70 years old.
In some parts of Germany there exists a
law which runs thus " Any person drink
ing in an alehouse on Sunday, or other
holiday, may legally depart without pay
ing"
THERE is only one stimulant that never
fails, and yet never intoxicates-duty.
Duty puts blue sky over every man-up
in his heart may be-into which the sky
lark, happiness, always goes singing.
A SACRAMENTO paper reports that, re-
Gently, six Cinnamon were seen in a hair
dresser's, negotiating for the sale of their
tails" which were finally purchased at
the rate of 80 each, to be manufactured
into ladies' switches"
TEACHER" Tommy, what does air
spellP" Apt Pupil" Dunno, sir" Teach.
er-" Why, you numskull, what have you
got on your headp" Apt Pupil-"I dun
no. sir, but think it bees fleap'
WHEN man puts his foot on the ham
mer of rifle and looks down the barrel to
see if it is loaded, and the coroner soon
after finds the principal part of the mans
head distributed around the ceiling it will
be safe to assume that the rifle was
loaded.
THE following motifs" is posted up il
the Rittersville (Pa) Hotel. The writer
don't believe In printers "Sea hear A
New Veal right Shop is Built in Nortt
end of Bethlehem. invite all men u
Come and see 1 Will Attend Promptly
to it to Making old and New Wagons al
cheap as Any Body Els"
A MAN stepped into drug storein Cory
don, Ind, the other day, and wanted tC
malady. He said the doctor told him tt
get it. After vast amount of cogitatinl
and questioning, it was found that the MAJ
wanted tincture Of iodine.
THE following decision was made Janu
ary l, 1871, in regard to renting post-offio,
boxes and drawers, by the Post Office De
partment: "The use of the post office boz
or drawer, is confined to one person, firm
family or company"
THE Bureau of Excise emits the remark
able statement that the daily consumption
of domestic spirits exceeds the total quan
tity distilled by 1886 gallons, equivalen
to 1901, $50 average drinks. The addition
is probably adulteration.
CLERGYMAN's wife (who takes great in
terest in. her industrial school =" Jan
Brown, I'm sorry to hear from your mis-
tress that you are not diligent at you
needlework. Now you know who it i
that finds work for idle hands to doS'
Jane Brown (artfully thinking to pro
pitiate)-" If you please, m, yeou do, m !!
A VERMoNTER has had three dollar
awarded to him for being butted over
fence by his neighbor's bull. The small
ness of the sum is due to the plaintiff
aVowal that he was trying to get over tn
fence as quickly as possible, SO that tn
bull only helped him in carrying out an in
tention conceived of his own free will.
THERE was seen the other day littl
boy in the streets of Collosse, N. Y, cry
ing. A gentleman stepping up to the Lii
tie fellow, said: My little man, what
the matter?" to which he responded "Pv
got the stomach ache, and I'll have it agai
if I've mind tor
TIE new bogus five cent nickel, c
which there great number in circulation
can be detected by an inspection of tn
motto, "In God We Trust" which is muc
larger on the counterfeit than on the gen
uine. The yellow color of the counter
felt, caused by the Pr sence of zinc, is ais
noticeable.
THREE little girls who had very care
fully buried in a garden in Portsmouth
N. II the dead body of pet bird, afte
consultation sent one of their number int
the house to inquire "if people didn
sing at funerals. On being told that the
often did, the messenger ran back, and in
few minutes the three were seen standin
hand in hand around the little mounC
grayyely singing, "Shoo fly, don't bodde
me-"
CURE FOR FELoNs.-The following
said to be good remedy for this cause {
suffering; 7"Take common rock salt. sue