Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-03
CURRENT ITEMS.


Washington.
THE man who wrote "Pm saddest
when / sing" was fool to sing much.
ONE firm in Providence, r. l., has sold
over 1000, 900 paper collars in the five
months just past.
THE best birthday gift for your wife is
q policy on your life in the Washington
Life, of New York.
A PRIVATE carriage once owned by
Daniel Webster is now used at Newman
ket, N. H., as public conveyance to and
from the depot.
THE Methodists have more colleges than
any other denomination in the United
States-sixty-one The Catholics, who are
next, have fifty-eight.
Two million dollars worth of old Jap
anese gold coin recently arrived at San
Francisco TO be assayed for recoinage un-
der the new standard.
FRANCE has abolished the passport sys-
tenn as regards English subjects only, and
foreigners of other nationalities naturally
grumble about it.
THE lawyers fees in the Tichborne
case amount to $4,000 The jurymen
ware paid 50 day, and for the 103 days
during which the trial lasted, received
SO, 1870.
THE second wife of the late s. F. b.
Morse, father of the telegraph is a deaf
mute graduate of the New York City In
stitute. Her property is worth $500, ,000,
bequeathed by him.
THE jail of Sussex County, N. j., has
not single tenant, and the Grand Jury
of that county, which was recently in
session, did not find single indict.
ment.
A STRANGE bet was recently decided at
New York, when twenty-five men, with
one hundred feet of rope, held the steam
tug Watchman, twenty-fOur horse power,
with all steam up.
IT is stated that when sick persons in
Metz have no hopes of recovery, they
cause themselves to be conveyed across
the frontier in order to die on French
soil.
A SMALL Georgian was petitioning for
"our daily bread" previous to retiring,
when he was interrupted by his younger
brother. who whispered, ASK for cake,
Johnny, ask for cake"
ENGLAND manages to get along with
killing one passenger in ,256, 300 on her
railroads; France one in 1855, $50; Bel
GUM, one in 1851 ,S0l; Baden, one in
l15l4,917; Prussia, one in 81 Ali, ,4SS.
AN Irishman asked clergyman for a
cent, and on being refused, asked for a
blessing, which was readily granted.
"Sure, don't want it," said the Hiber-
nian, ''if it is not worth cent"
A MINISTER recently was condoling
with father who had lost ason by death,
when the father replied, II was uncom-
mon sorry to lose the boy, but there's-.no
use crying over spilled milk"
A CITIZEN in Gosport, Maine, the other
night mistook his wife's yeast bottle for
his favorite little brown Jug" and took
"a long pull and strong pull" therefrom.
He is now regarded as a rising man.
A BOY of five, who had heard great
deal of fun made about the diminutive
size of the State of Rhode Island, one
day remarked, II guess feller that want
ed to stay in that State would have to
take care and not fall out of bed"
RELIABLE RECIPEs.--F corns, easy
shoes; for bile, exercise; for rheumatism,
new flannel and patience; for gout, toast
and water; for the toothache, a dentist !,
for debt, industry; and for love, matri-
mony
SUGGESTIONS to those who will walk on
railroads: First, always walk on the left
I
will come toward your face. Second,
when train approaches from either di-
rection step wholly outside both tracks
| Third, never walk upon a railroad.
THE Emperor of China has sent four
| young Celestial damsels to be educated at
| Paris. When sufficiently conversant with
European arts and sciences they are ex-
| pected, on their return, to instruct the
/ rest of their cOuntryWOmen
| A NORWICH (Conn.l lady recently
| started for the Sandwich Islands, to mar
| ry man whom she met just twenty years
/ ago, and with whom she had been in cor
respondence for fifteen years, not once
seeing him during the time while he
wooed and won her.
LEMON FOR A CoUGH.-Roast the
lemon very carefully without burning it
when it is hotcut and squeeze into a cup
upon three ounces of sugar, finely pow.
dered. Take a spoonful whenever your
cough troubles you. 1t is good and agree.
able to the taste. Rarely has it been
known to fail of giving relief.
THE PERILs OF LoGIC.-Jacky sits
believing on the doorstep. To him enter:
kindly disposed old gentleman. "Odds
bobs my little man, what ails him p
says X. D. o. G.. "Boo-hoo," SAYS
Jacky, all the more, Father said some
time he'd get me pony-and its some
time now, aint it? and he won't go and
get it !'-Bost0R Transcript.
AN Arlington, Mass, boy who went
to Boston and thence telegraphed home
that he had been drowned, returned home
to find his mother nearly crazy, and ar
rangements completed for his funeral
His father would not see the Joke. Thal
boy has been warm ever since and care
full in sitting down.
A CHICAGO paper thus describes the de
liberate manner in which that city il
being rebuilt: "Let me see," said q
Chicago boss mason, reiectively, to q
burned out merchant, "have got to put
up block for Brown this morning, and
dwelling house this afternoon for Smith
Yes, guess we can jerk up your store
this noon by takin' only half an hours
noonin'."