Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-09
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CLEneYNtEN, like brakemen, do good
deal of coupling.
CAN a bullet be said to oresemblea sheep
when 1t grazesS " ...
A SINGULAR FAcT-To.d day will be yes
terday tomorrow.
IT is not round but pointed sentences
that stick in the memory.
A DETRoIT ferry company gives q free
pass to all citizens over ninety.
LONDON has less policemen in proper
tion to population than any other city.
NILSSON, on the occasion of her mar
riage, was the recipient of 500, 900 worth
of presents.
THERE is young phemale at Newpawt
who weas nine diamond rings on one
finga.
FIVE thousand people every Sunday
make excursions from New York to
Rockaway beach,
STATISTICS show that five per cent. per
annum is the death rate in New York ten
ement houses.
FORESIGHT Is the right eye of Provi-
dence, and Providence dictates life insu.
rance. Insure in the Washington.
SOMEBODY has figured up the progeny
of common house-1y for single season
at 1850, $50.
JUST one hundred years ago, Newport
had a larger foreign and domestic trade
than had New York.
IT is in Orangeburg, Va, that the lady,
aged siXty-siX, lives, who is now cutting
new set of teeth
In Brooklyn, the other day, Peter Cox,
aged 10l, was married to Lucy Green, a
maiden of fifty. Both are colored.
PHYSICIANS say that infants often suffer
terribly during hot weather for want of
drink of water
To MILLINERs-Wha is most likely to
become a fair-haired woman? Why, a
fair-haired little girl, to be surel
THE Freeport Journal says "pairs are
abundant at that place, and front gates
are loaded down with them on fine even
ings."
SOME idea of the contents of freight
train may be gained by keeping your foot
on the track until it has passed.
You run no risk by pouring oil out of
a can into yOuc stove if you have no fire
in it. Another safe way is to have no oil
in the can.
AMAN in Richmond has worn the same
pair OF linen pantaloons forty-nine sum-
mers, and he announces that during that
time they have been in fashion seven
times
A LITTLE girl went into a drug store the
other day and said to the proprietor in a
half whisper: "If a little girl hasn't any
money, how much chewing-gum do you
give her for nothngY"
THERE is a man in Randolph County,
Mo-, who has a foot so large that his
shoes are III inches long and II inches
around the instep. An ordinary pair of
summer shoes for him weigh pounds.
GEORGE II. BREWSTER, of Boston,
owns New Testament which is said to
be the Oldest book in America. 1t was
printed in London in 1903, and is suppos-
ed to have been used by the Pilgrim
Fathers at Plymouth.
THE Boston Bulletin inserts the follow
ing free notice: "If the boy who prac.
tices whistling for an hour every morning,
at No. Columbus avenue, win call at the
opposite house, he can make the acquain-
tance of middle-aged nervous gentle
man, who will be glad to show him how
cane whistles.
The Mikado of Japan was born in 1852.
lie assumed the title of Prince in 1860.
lie ascended the throne in 1868. By jap
anese reckoning His Majesty is twenty
one years of age. His pedigree can be
traced back it is said, 122 generations ex.
tending over a period of more than 1000
years. 1T these statements are reliable
the ruling dynasty of Japan is the oldest
under the sun.
THE SISTERS