Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-03-24
CURRENT ITEMS.


TIE HEIeHT OF Acknowledging
your word. llGa " ttFFr
"THE wIFE's sEcREr"--Her opinion
of her husband.
DIVIDENDS are applied In the Wasing-
ton Lite to make the policies larger
To drain your land, drink whisky and
spend all your time in the saloons.
THE New York Star advises people TO
die now, as the undertakers are advcrtis-
ing ga whole funeral for $25."
A CINCINNATI firm has been fined 800
for issuing advertising cards In the like
nesses of National Bank notes. a
DEATH is the great persuader, and
works more successfully than all the other
agents of the Mutual Life of Chicago,
A Will case in Sumner County, Tenn,
involving SOL 900, was in litigation sixty.
six years, and was only decided few days
ago.
TIE great bell on Notre Dame, Mon
treal, is the largest but one in the world.
1t weighs over 10,500 pounds, and can be
heard forty miles.
Ir is estimated that there are 100000
COWS in the country, the dairy product
of which annually is 1900, 100000 pounds
of cheese, and 675,0OO,000 pounds Of
butter.
A PoETIcAL genius, inspired by festal
gathering of Cincinnati beauties, does not
hesitate to speak Of their lips as "the
glowing gatcways of pork and potatoes"
"BuT these hacks are dangerous. We
might get the smallpox" "You've no
cause to be afraid of my coach, mum, for
I've 'ad the ind wheel vaccinatcd, and 1t
took beautiful"
A GENTLEMAN took lady out to ride
the other evening, and came home with q
false curl attached to the button on the
side of his cap. He wonders how it could
have got there.
AT recent firemen's celebration in
New Bedford, the following toast was
proposed "The Firemen-The army
that draws water instead of blood-thanks
instead of tears"
A Swiss journal, published at Geneva,
says only six women-three English, two
German and one American-have climbed
TO the summit of Mont Blanc since Jacques
Balmat first made the ascent in 1886,
"NEoK-TIE sociables" are fashionable
in Wyoming Territory. The people hold
one whenever they catch horse-thief
The tie is made of hemp, and the man
who gets it generally find it durable
enough to last him for the remainder of
his life.
THE McConnellsville (Ohio) Herald
tells of woman who washed her child
ren's heads with modern whisky to kill
nits. Her boys are well now, but their
heads are as smooth as billiard balls.
A coLoRED man has been found in Sa-
mana who had reached the age of 120
years. He was originally native African
has lived in Java, Madeira, Sicily, Malta,
the Bermudas, and Havana, and Is still in
full possession of his senses,
A New ORLEANS merchant who failed
to receive case of dress patterns con
signed to him, made diligent inquiry, and
finally, by means of the receipts given by
an undertaken, ascertained that 1t had beer
received by him, and carefully buried with
funeral honors, he supposing the box con
had died in another State, and which he
was notified would come by the same train
DESCRIBING recent ball at Columbia
s. c., an unlucky reporter attempted tC
say that Mrs. Theodore Hammond wa.
short sleeves !" but the demoniacal printer.
made him mention "Mr. Theodore Ham
mond exceedingly lovely on fast trair
in his shirt sleeves"
Mr.. HENRY ATKINS, of Cincinnati, hai
invented q plano that is played by thu
feet 1t has sixty eight keys, which are Gu
bical blocks of wood, and each one strikes
chord of four notes. He puts on slipper
to play with, and while he makes his plan,
go with his feet, he plays the flute with hi
mouth ard fingers. The effect is described
as remarkable.
hak fe hoh, fnx
MaggieP" Maggie-"I don't know
Mamma-"And what are you looking 8,
indignant aboutg" Maggie" That nasty
greedy dogs been and took and eaten m,
.. punge. .takep Mamma" Why, / saw
you eating a sponge cake minute ago !!
Maggie o, that was baby'sl"
DANIEL MCCARTNEY, an illiterate citi
zen of Salem, o., can instantly tell, o.
mentioning any date of the last forty-fiv
years, what day of the week 1t was, tn
J and what he talked about upon that day
/ Prof Henkle, of St. Louis, has, with tn
aid of diary covering that period, thoI
, oughly tested this, and finds him alway
. correct.
THE tin-plate annually used in tn
United States amounts in value TO abou
one, ,fouTth has been entirely wasted Man
efforts have been made IN utilize IN
scraps. or timers waste as Il Ia called br
without much success, owing to the faS
TIM contained in them, could be reclaime
in pure state.
From the Boston Post we learn III,
"Mr Greeley advocates sowing asnaraor
in March. or grating the cuttinSs On 200
: hardy ounce or neaP stocks The fr11it
, excellent. cut nm with sugar and cream
} like peaches. Some peonle ruin asparaer
} trees by pruning too much. They sho1l
only remove dead limbs. and thin ont su
/ ficiently to admit the air and sun"
) Tuv North p.s. lp,;o Conntr Do o.,
49, hE NU1sn MI. SSSs G SSI,e NCnhty, la t1S
vonnr iadv ras;1;nc nsar S.nrra,,on;a =
centiS Lost her nouer of snsonh and ar
inc the snace of three weeks vac unabls !,
utfer a solitary word A few dsvs sine
; while washing dishes she ali at o1ce con