Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-03-22
CURRENT ITEMS.


hundred ladies are studying law in this
country.
SOME one has discovered that the sum-
init of a hemlock tree almost always leans
toward the cast.
THE assets of the Washington Life are
of the most solid haracterSCash, Gov
eminent Securities, Real Estate Securi-
ties.
A Boston widow wears with becoming
pride massive gold ring made from the
" plate of her deceased husbands teeth.
A FARMERS child, near Biddeford, Me-,
died OF cold and starvation while its pa
rents were away drunk, and famished
hound mutilated the corpse.
AN Indiana woman has put 0 9,42l patch
es into two quilts, and her brute of q hus-
band says the effect of her work has been
TO transform her into cross patch.
THE "meanest man. in Central Illinois
Is farmer living near Decatur. He dis
charges his laborers on Saturday night,
and charges them for lodging and board
over Sunday.
n LAWYER hung out his shingle in
Gowanus, l.. l., for two years. and tn zen
left, as he had only one case in all that
time, and that was inflammatory rheuma-
tism, and it nearly killed him.
A FARM has Just been sold in Connect
cut, at Pennington, for which no deed
was ever given. 1t was originally bought
from the Indians, and has remained in the
same family for 232 years.
A KEEPER who was taking two con-
victs to the State Prison, recently, when
the train stopped at Sing Sing, called out:
"Step out, gentlemen; fifteen years for
refreshments"
"AH, Dick, have buried my brother
since | saw you" "Served him right"
said Dick. "What do you mean, sir !"
was demanded. "Why," said Dick,
"would it have been serving him right
to leave him unburied ?"
BILLY, a California teamster, says of
the swearing powers of fellow-teamster:
:. 1--we known ten-mule team to renounce
the flesh and haul thirty.one thousand
through foot of clay mud under one of
his out-pourings."
A YOUNG lady entered store in Wayne
County, N. Y, recently, and asked for
long hose" The obliging clerk was
%absent up stairs for some time, and re-
turned with couple of long-handled corn
hoes, and insisted upon selling them to
her.
The jockey who rode the favorite at the
last Derby has been discovered to be a
woman, who was urged by her love for
sporting nobleman to go on the turf in
order to be of service in making up his
betting book.
To prevent stoves from rusting, oil
a bad smell when the stoves are heated
again. The stoves should be clean when
the oil is applied. Coal scuttles may be
oiled with boiled linseed oil.
A PROMINENT church member in Brook
vile had become so accustomed to asking
the name of the authors of the numer-
Gus books presented for sale by book
agents that the other day, when one called
with new edition of the Bible, he looked
at it a few moments and then asked,
"Who is it by?"
YOUNG ladies who are married accord
ing to the oldfashioned ceremony, falter
little now when they come to the word
"obey." The latest dodge, however, is
to repeat in distinct tones and rapid man.
ner, 'Love, honor, and be gay," Many
guileless youth gets fooled in this man
ner these days, but he finds it out too
late.
HORACE GREELEY says that the mater
nal yearnings of hens may be stihed if
properly managed. To keep hen from
setting, she must be braced firmly, but
the best way is to tie her legs together and
let her head hang down. 1t is not neces
sary in all cases to wiring her neck,
unless you need the feathers for some
thing.
A GENTLEMAN in this city breaking
boiled egg, yesterday, at dinner, discov-
cred black spot in the egg and pushed
1t aside. In clearing off the table, the
black spot was found to have been caused
by brass pantalOon button imbedded in
the egg. Where the chicken got the but
ton and how it came inside of the egg
shell, is the mystery Peoria Transcript
CLEANING POLISHED BRAss.-A CORE
spondent of the Scientific american says
the following will clean the dirtiest brass
quicker than anything else; Take eight
parts water, and one part muriatic acid
mix them, and put in common water
lime until the mixture is thicker than
water. Shake up well before using
Pour some on rag, and on the brass
Let it stay a minute or two and then
rub.
A WRITER in the English Mechanic ex-
ults greatly on account of the success of
device put into practice by him for
preventing cats from coming over the
fence into his yard. This consists in nail
ing down horizontally along the top of the
fence piece of wire gauze or netting,
having coarse mesh, and projecting
about two feet on each side The netting
will bend slightly downward by its own,
weight, and while it does not exclude the
light or rain from the garden, will resist
the. most persevering efforts of any cat to
surmount it,
HEARTH AND HOME" is reminded of a
composition on ''The Sheep" written by
q large girl. 1t commenced: "The sise of
q sheep is much like dog about as big
as he is; and the natchurel dispersition of
the sheep is very mild and calm. The
covering of the sheep, as compared to
that of gewse or cow, is more like a
gewse. The use of the sheep is in vari
GUS ways, and it is good for meet when
hooked rite. And the sheep makes its
wants nown by blceting. The natchural
enemies among sheep is foxes, dogs, or a
bear; and she-one is yo."
THE Grass Valley (Cal) Union says a
resident of that place wanted Chinese
doctor to take contract to cure him, to
which the Chinaman replied "Me tin
kee you git we'll; me no know; God see
inside; me no see 'em. God heep can tell
when you git well you take him med cine,
and Mclean mans Josh by'm by heep
helpee you; maybe so; me no some keepee
insulan G office, top side alice sem Mclean
doctor. You pay me twenty dolla light
now; you likee insulance you go Glas-a-
Valley, me tinkee so you ketchee him in
sulance paper"
A CANADIAN who was engaged recent
ly on the brow of hill, near Pittsfeld
Mass, in cutting timber and rolling it to
the bottom, endeavored to manipulate a
log for safe descent, but discovered that
it was getting the better of him. He was
on the under side, and it would not do to
"let it Slide" so he screamed for help.
But no help came. His strength was
surely and rapidly failing, and there was
nothing to do but to run for it (; and run
he did-a fearful raCe The natural NH