Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-06-23
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AN honest banker sometimes falls In
making money, but dishonest one makes
money by failing
| A PRUDENT man forseeth the evil and
hideth himself Insure in the Mutual Life
of Chicago.
A MAN in Kansas, on whose shoulder q
lady laid lash, did not sue for damages,
because ii was an eyelash.
WHEN people invariably find themselves
too fast'-When they get MARKEDLY
o. Times
The reason why editors have their man.
ners spoiled is because they receive 20
many evil communications.
A VERY thriving business has been car.
ried on in London, lately, in painting
sparrows and selling them as canaries.
INSURE your life 10 the Washington In.
surance Company, of New York, TO the
amount of the mortgage on your house.
A CHICAGO debating society wrestled
with the question. (which is the cleverer,
a minister or lawyerP and decided in
the affirmative.
THIS is the most productive year for
strawberries in the experience of Califor-
| mia. The vines bear more abundantly
than ever before, and there are also more
of them.
A GENTLEMAN in New York City ad-
vertised, the other day, for an assistant
bookkeeper, salary, $500 per annum.
Three days afterward he had received
about 700 applications for the situation.
| MISS DELLA ROBERTS, scholmistress
at Lexington, KY, committed suicide be-
cause she, at the age of twenty-five
years, was too old to marry one of her pu-
| pills, only thirteen years of age.
~'I wish you had been Eve" said an
her meanness. "Why so" Because"
said he, "you would have eaten all the sp-
pie, instead of dividing it."
THE combined population of the eight
largest cities of the United States-New
York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, st. Louis,
Chicago Baltimore, Boston and Cincinnati
are less than the population of the city
of London, as announced by the recent
British census.
THE rates of interest paid by the saw
iags banks of California are said to vary
according to the character of the deposits,
ranging from six per cent. on short to
twelve per cent. on permanent deposits.
although some institutions pay ten per
cent on all classes
In Leavenworth, Ind, young man the
other day attempted to frighten some
| duCo Wy pld1lh6 OuibloA. oJ ehO
time they had chased him mile or so,
had fired fifty shots at him, and had cap
tured and whipped him, all parties began
to find out their little mistake.
A CoLoRED man has brought suit
against New Orleans dealer be cause he
refused to sell MIN glass of soda water.
He claims damages under the State Con-
stitution, on the ground that the defendant
is the proprietor of place of public resort
for which license is required, and refused
him on account of his color.
THE witty John Clerk, the barrister,
who was lame, overheard lady remark to
a friend "That's Mr.. Clerk, the lame
lawyer" Mr. Clerk, who was passing
along the street, turned round and, ad-
dressing the lady, said: No, madam,
am lame man, but not lame lawyer"
"A CINCINNATI man is searching for
clerk who oncein while forgets oinquire
of every customer, Anything else?" He
insists that the vile phrase is equivalent
to: Are you sure you have got all you
wanted? Think now; haven't you forgot
something you came for?".
THE marriage of couple in Connect.
cut recently took plaza in the room where
the grandmother of the bride was born,
married and died. The aged grandfather
witnessed the ceremony by standing in the
place he occupied at his own marriage,
sixty-two years before.
KNOWLEDGE is PowER.-Grandma to
Grandpa" Have you heard that strange
story about Miss Simpkin's elopementY"
Little Precocious-" Oh, l know all about
that" Grandma" Indeed should like
to know what it is that you don't know"
, Little P.-"Well, then, I'll tell you'll
don't know my lessons for tomorrow"
THE heat of the sun must have been
terrific at Batavia, N. j., the other day. A
milk dealer, after washing his cans, placed
them against the side of the house to dry,
and the reflection of the sun upon them
actually set the building on fire. The man
seems to have had an idea of what was to
happen, for he had insured the house only
three quarters of an hour previous.
GEORGE R. CAMPBELL, young Scotch
man, who had been for some time an occu.
pant of the Philadelphia Aims House, re-
Gently fell heir to his deceased uncle's
estate, worth $150000, and has gone to
Edinburgh to secure the property. He
does not intend to return to the aims
house, at least until he has spent his in
heritance.
) THE TRANSMISSION of blood as a remedy for
; impaired vitality was recently attempted
with complete success in Berlin hospi.
} tai. The subject was a soldier, on whom
J amputation had been performed, and who
, had become 30 weak fran the consequent
] loss of blood that bis life was despaired of
J As last resource, one of the attending
,, surgeons selected healthy Bavarian, and
: took from him the proper quantity ol
blood, which, being freed from albumen
, by filtering, and raised by artificial means
to bloodheat was injected into the veins
! Of fho dxJip aO1Hiar a hauan at
/. recover.
AMERICAN merchants have reputation
for sagaciy and acuteness, but there are
: few of them that can surpass, in that re.
1 spect, the gentleman of whom good story
is told in the English papers. Heis mer
|, chant in London, and lately found that a
l rival establishment was using his brains
! for its own benefit, and at the same time
$ fOrestalling him in the market by obtain
e ing copies of his telegraph orders from an
/ operator by bribery. He at once wrote
privately to his agents always to act ex
4 actly contrary to orders, and then went tC
d work exercising his brains at once for hii
d own benefit and injury of the wrong doer
e He not only got the full benefit ofhis OWL
:, foresight and tact, but was obtaining {
+ pOetical revenge upon his rival, and IL
e three months had him in the Court o
: Ddnkruplcy, Mhlle HIS OWN OonO0ih "eh'
. on ptosperously.
THE power of photography has recently
:, received new illustration in its capacity
= : to represent objects which the eye has no
q q seen and cannot see. During the last sola
y eclipse a photograph AWas taken of tn,
!, corona which streams forth all around thu
= sun during totality, and, on subsequent ex
!, animation, an image of Venus was founC
- . among its rays, although the planet wa
/ perhaps more wonderful example was re
l. Gently exhibited in the experience of al
> English scientist, who was making exper
- iments by passing a current of electricit
4 through vacuum tube, the results @
, ~ which were indicated by strong or fain
l. to,obaa oc l;rht about tho r.nlao In ON