Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-04-12
CURRENT ITEMS.

dition, but his heirs generally begin with
division.
FoND Du LAC, Wis, reports youthful
marriage, the bridegroom and bride being
respectively II and IA.
AT a recent whip-maker's ball in West
field, Mass. one woman carried $4,000
worth of diamonds.
A COW in Dover, Tenn, excites the en-
Wy of all her bovine companions in fly.
time. She has two tails.
WHAT is that which is ever before us,
can never be seen, and yet all are looking
toward itP Tomorrow.
AN erudite Georgian wrote to the Sa-
vannah Ne,cs to inquire If Mr. Shakespeare,
of whom he had recently heard, was an
army correspe ndent in the late war,
If it is wise to insure your property,
the loss of which would fall heavily upon
your family, it is wiser to insure your
life, the loss of which would be blow
still heavier. Insure In the Washington.
A SECOND ADVENTIST in New York
State has been fattening an OK for the
past ten years, for a grand feast when the
Millennium shall set in. He has spent all
his property in purchasing food for
that OK.
A FATHER and son, who had been liv.
ing in the same house at Brantford, Ct,
concluded that they had better secure
housekeeper, and each, unaware of the
others intentions, brought home new
wife on the same day recently,
AN IMPROVED METHOD of COOKING
BEETs. Bake them 1t requires about
two hours to bake medium-sized beet.
! hardly think any person will resort to
the old method of boiling them after eat
ing one meal of baked beets, ,-Erchdnge.
MULTITUDEs in their haste to get rich
| are ruined every year. The men who do
things maturely, slowly, deliberately are
the men who oftenest succeed in life.
People who are habitually in a hurry gen.
| orally have to do things twice over.
ONE of the happy pair who had their
| heaven-made match sanctitied on the 29th
of February was Mortified by the offlci-
ating and mathematical clergyman de-
claring that the golden anniversary of
their wedding would not occur till 2072.
A REMARKABLE coincidence was present
ed in connection with the recent death of
| Jonas Parker, at Goshen, Maine, Three
cousins of the deceased, residing in diff
| ferent States, all died the same night, and
nearly all at the same hour and each in a
| fit.
REV. E. c. JONES, of Southington, Ct,
was vaccinated recently, and soon after
attended funeral, standing over the
grave nearly an hour while it was being
enlarged. Thus exposed, he took cold in
the arm, and it swelled to an enormous
size, and modification setting in, caused
! his death
| A FARMER on the road between Charl-
| ton and Worcester, Mass, having been
terribly annoyed by drummers, put up
the sign, mo sewing machines wanted.
Got one" 1t was of no use, however, the
next drummer wanted to see the machine.
So now the farmer has put out, "Small-
pox," and says that works tirst-rate.
WILMINGTON, Del, is said to be built
ON an old farm, once belonging to the
Springer family. The property is now
worth about $50, 100000, and the recent
discovery of an old lease is said to show
a clear title for the heirs to every foot of
it.. Elation on the part of the Springers
and large number of lawyers is only
natural.
A Boston girl, whose gallant on ride,
contrary to her wish, insisted on stopping
at a tObacconist's for a cigar, took adj
vantage of his leaving her mistress of the
situation and the vehicle to drive to her
paternal abode, in front of which the
abandoned one, some hours afterward,
found his conveyance.
MANY persons who wear reading glasses
are sorely annoyed at the difficulty of
keeping them in their proper position on
the nose. To all such it will be interest
ing to know that rising young optician
has devised very ingenious expedient by
which that end can be accomplished. Ii
consists simply in rubbing the bridge Of
the nose with bees-waX.
, 'Is Miss Blinking at homer" asked Mr.
Sanders of the Irish girl who answered
the ring at the door. ''Yes, l b'lave she
is, sir" "Is she engaged ?" "An' is il
engaged you say? Faith, an can't tel
We, sir; but she kissed Mr.. Vincent las
, evening as if she had not seen the like
Nv him, an it's engaged l b'lave they
are, sir"
THE Bangor Wing says, a few day
since, while the driver of stage was do
ing some business in the Post Office of
Z town, his horses took fright and com
menced to run, whereupon two ladies, wht
were alone in the coach, crept out of tn
windows on either side, crawled up f
? and upon the box, and together hauled VI
the horses. This done, they turned rount
, and went back for the driver, who was il
| a terrible fright lest his team and passen
, gers should meet with general smash
up.
How TO KILL RoACHEs.-A writer il
, an exchange says: 81 moved into an oil
, house; the reaches soon made their aI
! pearance in the kitchen and cellar under
it was lathed and plastered between tn
ioists. | went down in the cellar afte
candlelight; it Just gave me the horrors;
thought we should have nothing fit to eat
| over the victuals' shelf l could not sprea
!. my hand between them. | got tw
i ounces of red WATERS broke them up an,
= strewed them where / could among then
r In a short time there was not one to
J: found"
y AN almost incredible story is told of
It teacher employed in one of the schools i
v Oswego County, New York His favol
a ite method of venting his rage against hi
G pupils seems to have been a twisting pre-
IS cess on their ears, his bony nails bein
a sharpened to point so that he coul
s make them meet through the cartiligC
n His last experiment was n decided SUE
# cess, he having twisted boys ear unit
}. he felt it give way. The little fellow wer
0 home; inflammation set in, and in fe'
IS daps the boy died
10 The travelling correspondent OF tn
! - New York Sun gives the following exam
. pie of Chicago energy and pluck: Durin
the great fire well-known citizen wf
y blown three miles up into the air Viii
y y shooting upward he got out his lead-pel
n u Gil and paper and wrote note to h
y builder, who lived at the top of q 81,
story building, and as he passed the bull,
y. er's residence on his way down, he thre'
= the note in the window. The consequent
u was, on his arrival home on litter,
!, 4 found the builder putting shelves in h
y parlor, and the next day he was sellir
"a goods.
r A SET of chessmen were recently {
Is exhibition at Chicago, which were pu
n chased in China, by Lord Elgin, for II
~ guineas, when he was England's Emba
a sador to the Chinese Court. They we
4r completed nearly fifty years ago, by
p Chinnse nXnert who anent nearly h