Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-01-12
CuRRENT ITEMS.

A cIaAR stump on the sidewalk caused
the death Of Pittsburgh lady.
INCol0rado a bald person finds himself
alluded to MS I" a man with his head above
timber.line."
JINKs says that wedding-rings ought to
be rechristened snufier-rings. He has
been married five years.
IF man tells you that water, leeched
through ashes, is fit for beverage don't
believe him. 1t is n lye.
DAILY newspaper paragraphing Is get
tingsto he fearfully abbreviated. Here's a
specimen recording deaths "Clay Spen-
Ger, polored, pint of Memphis whisky"
Mr. SfIASLEY, Of Kit Carson, lost his
cow recently, and, after long search,
found her in the midst of herd Of 90 coo |
bufIaloes. The bison community had re-
ceived her on terms of absolute equality, |
and Il took three men and three swift !
horses to induce her to return to her pen.
A PLAIN and unschooled man, who had |
received his education principally beneath !
the open sky, in the fieldand the forest, and |
who welded the axe more than the pen,
while speaking Of ofchildren, remarked, with |
true and beautiful simplicity, The little |
chips are nearest the heart.
Mrs SLAUGHTER, of Elmwood, Ill.,, last
summer advised her husband to drop his !
Company, believing lie would outlivc her
He paid his premium and few weeks
after the Company paid the amount of his
policy. His death resulted from an acci
dent.
A NEVADA paper says: A preacher not
athousand miles from Pueblo and who
engages in frequent wild land specula-
tions; has the following good story told
of him. Preaching, not long since, on the
line of the Denver e. Rio Grande Rail
way, along the Fountain, he opened
services Nth a rather distracted air as
follows: "My text, brethren, will he
found in the first epistle to Timothy, sec.
tion 10, township 81 south, range IS
west"
A TITUsvILLE teamster carelessly threw
his cigar stump over his shoulder and set
his load Of benzine afre. He leaped from
the team, and the horses, frightened by
the explosions of the barrels, ran at the
top of their speed along the road, leaving
train of fire and making a sort of ter
restrial comet. A fortunate collision with
stump relieved the horses of their dan
gerous load and nothing but the wagon
and benzine was lost
THE manager of the Queens Theater,
London,- has made a hit in pleasing his
patrons. The movement consists in al
lowing his audience to decide by vote
whabSplay shall be acted. Ballot-boxes
areplaced in different parts of the house,
andsYoting slips are attached to the pro-
gramncs. The audience are requested to
detach and place in the boxes their re-
spective votes, and the result is subse-
quently made public and the will of the
majority complied with.
Such wus friend. Formed the good old
He blew no trumpet in the market place.
Norin the church with hypocritc face,
Supplied with cant the lack Of Christian grace,
LOathing preensc, he did with cheerful will
What others talked of while their hands were still
And-while " Lord! Lord" the pious tyraRts cried
Who, In the poor their Master cruCifed,
Ills daily prayer, far better understood
In.acts than words, was simply doing good.
50 c9m, so constant was his rectitude
Thatby his loss alone we knew his worth,
And felt how true man had walked with us oi
earth.-lVhiHier.
CURE FOR a FELON.-The JOHrhdI 0
-Ned1ciRe produces the following recipe TO
this painful affliction, which, it says, ha
been known to- cure scores of cases, ant
will never fail, itsays, if applied in season
The reader will do well to cut it out AM
preserve it AS soon as the parts beg
to swell get the tincture of lobelia an
wrap the part affected with cloth saturf
ted thoroughly with the tincture, and tn
felon will be dead"
SOMEBODY says that the three hardeS
words to pronounce consecutively are, -
was mistaken" And we think he is mi
taken. Let the fellow who made this a
sertion try his articulating powers on tn
names of the lakes of Maine-these thre
for instance Hukuztyokabok, Zitzmo
numgohphri, Mahogaphragohgug If
thinks these are easier to pronounce tina
'"I was mistaken" then we are mistakel
-N0rriSt0,cR Herald.
SAVE SONETHING.-If your income
five dollars day, spend but four if it
one dollar, spend eighty cents and if it
but ten cents, spend nine if it is thr
potatoes, save half potato for seed Th
you will gradually acquire something
while if you spend and consume as you
you will never get ahead one inch in lii
but every sunset will look on you poor
than at sunrise, because you will have us
unproftably one daymore of your strcng
and your allotted term of life.
Luck AND LABOR Luck" and 81
bor'' both begin with the same letter, b
end with very different results. Luck
ever waiting for something to turn u
labor, with keen eye and strong wi
bravely turns up something. Luck lies
bed, wishing that the pOstman would bri
him news of legacy labor turns out
six o'clock, and with business pen, or rir
ing hammer, lays the foundation of co
peteuce. Luck whines, labor whistle
luck relies on chance, labor on charactC
luck slips onward to indulgence, lal
strides up to independence.
u THE Gloucester (NIass) Adrertiser sa!
1--WE are informed upon most reliable
'thUrity that an individual recently
piled at an undertakers shop in town
coffin for his child, and stated tina
was for the last of family of TWEEN
four children. All were dead, which,
gether with three who were still-bO
rendered himself aud wife childless al
having had family of twenty.sev
We doubt if there is another similar
stance on record. The parents, as
subsequently learned, are not much ab
80 years of age"
OLD APPLE TREES. The Ne,c Engt
Homestead says An old apple tree, m
than hundred years old is standing
the farm of L. A. Lamson, Southwi
which produced apples for more q
seven barrels of cider, last year. I
tree is fifteen feet and two inches in
conference at the butt, and measr
around the outer edge of the limbs ele
rods. 1t is healthy and in appearance
good for many years to come. Mr La
son reports an old tree that stood on
farm few years ago, from which ap
..enough were produced to make tn
9bushels after they were dried. AS
takes three bushels of green apples
make one of dry, it must have produ
fninety bushels at one bearing"
:N. AN affecting story comes from Lc
vile to the following effect Two bet
full young ladies of aristocratic app
lance were standing on the cornel
!, Broadway and Fourth street, the