Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-03

At this point he hesitated, put the cor
ner of his apron to his eye. burst into
tears and sat down, totally overcome by
the allusion to himself and by the novelty
of the situation. Cicero, who was lad at
the same school, made fun of Demosthenes,
asking him, derisively, if he hadn't better
go and hire out for an orator.
was with Julius Caesar when he passed
the Rubicon. He held good hand, and l
told him he had better order it up, but he
passed. The result is well known; he lost
the game.
Alexander the Great and myself were
schOolmates We were brought up little
girls together He used to amuse himself,
l remember, by smashing up all the globes
there were in school, and then sit down
and cry because there were no more worlds
to conquer. l happened to be with him
when he cut the Gordian Knot. Many
others had tried in vain to do it. 1t was
knot for Jo." Smart Aleck came along
and cut it the first time trying, with pat
ent corn cutter.
Nero had one of the most sensitive or
CARNATIONS l ever knew, and keenly SYM
pathiZed with human woes. l have seen
him sit in the ampitheater at Rome and
weep bitterly when captives were torn in
pieces by wild beasts. 1t is base slander
He belonged to fire-engine company, and
l saw him working at the breaks myself
Some one saw him as he helped to break 'er
down, and in the excitement of the mo-
ment thought he was tiddling, and so re-
ported.
knew Shakespeare as long ago as when
he tended store for the Merchant of Venice
and sold the Prints of Denmark by the
yard. He was an honest lad with the
yard-stick, giving Measure for Measure.
He always wanted to be an actor and was
perpetually quoting Shakespeare to GUS
toners. People used to leer at him for it /;
| have even seen the King Lear. Shaks-
peare only laughed, and said they were
making Much Ado About Nothing, adding,
"you can have it As You Like it"
He was fond of the ladies, and popular
scandal associating his name with certain
Merry Wives of Windsor, his employer
raised such Tempest about his ears that
he ran away and joined a variety company.
He made his debut as first grave-digger in
| Othello.
Diogenes was one of the most eccentric
men l ever knew His mother was a
washerwoman and he lived in her tub, ex-
cept on wash days, when she had to use ii
to make living for him. Although he
gets good deal of credit nowadays fol
having lived in tub, he didn't at the time
of it, The neighbors used to call him 9
lazy, shiftless fellow, lolling around in a
tub, talking philosophy to lot of Other
good-for- -nothings instead of working for a
living.
A good deal has been said about his go
ing around the streets of Athens with 6
lantern ito fiud man." | saw him at the
time He wanted to find a man that woulC
stand treat. The greatest remark of hii
that has been preserved, was when h(
said "If l could live Alexander thu
Great, l had rather Di-ogenesp ~
Columbus was a mild, sweet-disposi
toned, but exceedingly thoughtful boy, a
as remember him at school. When WI
boys were out playing, he would sit anC
weep for hours over the incompletenes'
of the maps of the period. He felt a
though something was wanting. HI
wasn't satisfied with three-quarters of
globe, such as was employed in the school
at that time. He pined for the othe
quarter. recollect his borrowing quar-
ter of me ON two or three occasions
He used to tell us we were continen
0ut, somewhere, and that when he got bi
enough he meant to run way from homo
go on the canal and discover it; but W
only laughed at him, little thinking h
would yet give his name to the Stat
capital of Ohio.
lost all traces of Christopher until yeaI
afterward, when the telegraph brough
the announcement of his having dis
covered America, which, up to that tim'
had successfully eluded the most pei
+ sistent efforts of our best discoverers.-
Cincinnati Times.