Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-01-05
CURRENT ITEMS.


Two prisoners recently escaped from
the San Francisco Jail, by digging their
way through ten.inch brick wall by the
aid only of spoon and piece of wire.
IAN old lady from one of our rural dis
triets astonished clerk in one of the
stores n few days ago by inquiring if he
had any "yaller developments sich as thoy
didup letters in"
THE Chicago Republican publishes sec
tions of what ii calls "a very bad poem"
omthe fire, and says that if any one of its
readers knew the author, and will kill
him, 1t will publish his obituary free.
The lady selected to be the wife of Al
cxis in the Princess Thyra, of Denmark.
She Is an excellent linguist, being able to
use her husbands four languages and go
two better.
A LITTLE boy recently became greatly
0namored of a little toy trumpet which
had'been given him. One night, as he
was being 'put in his little bed" he
handed the trumpet to his grandmother,
saying Here, gran'ma, you blow while
pray P''''
PRoBABLY the largest freight train
which ever moved upon road, passed
over the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
road few days ago, going to Chicago.
The train consisted of 115 cars, loaded
with hogs, and was drawn by three pow
erful engines
A SERVANT girl living in a family in
Portland, while employed about the
kitchen stove, was suddenly seized with u
fit of sneezing, which was so long and
violent that the shoulder-bladc was dislo-
Gated, and the services of surgeon were
fequirdd,
opnrsrpr,N O1ondl,, to oob,,o,,N
"Could you direct me the nearest way to
South Kensington?' Cabman (who sees
ut glance the party does not 'mean
business l-"lf you wants to be druv
there, I'm bound to take yer. Otherwise,
I'm not bound to supply general informa-
.tion to the public. ."-PNnch.
In the North Georgia Conference, while
the question of the insanity of a
member of the Conference was be-
ing considered, one preacher stated
that the case was not clelrly one
of mental unsoundncss, as the accused
could ut any time preach an hour and Il
halfto two hours. The Bishop shook his
head and remarked, "That's a bad symp-
tom.p ~.-.-..
THE question having arisen in a law
suit whether certain animals were sheen
or lambs, the decision was made, accord
ing to Hearth and Home, not by the age,
which was fifteen months, but by testi-
mony as to whether they had their first
permanent teeth. Legally then lamb
becomes a sheep when it gets its first
permanent teeth
Two young ladies at Greenwich,
Conn, the other day, thought to play a
joke upon their father, by dressing as
men and ringing at the door and abusing
he servant (lNN- 1Y~ith hnr
didn't take long for the father to step out
and Rick one of the "men" off the piazza
down four or five steps to the ground.
Fhe other begged for mercy.
"a WOMAN in Indianapolis, a few days
since, loaned a neighbor twenty-five dol
kgrs, taking a sewing machine as security
for payment of the debt. Shortly after
The transaction the woman was arrested
fpFkeeping goods in pawn, without a
license, the complaint being made by the
patyto whom the money was loaned.
The loaner lost both money and security.
'FnEe Alexandria (Minn.) Post relates a
good joke on one of the liquordea of
that town. A man going to Benson
bought jug of whisky in Alexandria and
started for the coach. At Glenwood, in
getting out of the coach, he let the jug
fall, The stoneware broke and left the
whisky a complete cylinder of ice sitting
III the esnow. In this condition he tied
his liquor up in cloth and carried it tc
Benson, breaking off what he wanted fol
use on the way. The purchaser considers
the whisky gOod-for winter transporta
tfon-and believes the Good Templars
have already accomplished much in Alex
andria.
"A Rio JANEIRo letter of Nov. 25tl
states that the first news of the Chicago
fire was first received by European
steamer. AS soon as the full extent O
The. terrible disaster became known
measures were at once taken, under the
direction of Minister Partridge, for aid
ing in the great work of relief of the suf
ferers. On the day the letter was dated
$4,000 in gold was forwarded by tn,
steamship Merrimac, mainly the contri
buttons of the American residents in Rio
and the crew of the flagship Lancaste
was making up purse which promised
to be very handsome. Some of the ole
tars growlcd because they were not allow
ed to give more
" A FAvoRIrE game, generally played OF
Christmas-eve in Old England, is know
by the name of snapdragon. 1t is thu
described A quantity of raisins is de
posted in large bowl or dish (the broad
Ger and shallower this is the better, ant
brandy or some other spirit is poured owe
the fruit and ignited. The bystander
now endeavor by turns to grasp raisil
by plunging their hands through tn
flames, and as this is somewhat of an al
duous feat, requiring both courage ant
rapidity of action, a considerable amour
of laughter and merriment is evoked a
the expense of the unsuccessful competi
tors. The Song of the Snapdragoa
sung during the progress OF the game, an,
it is usual to eXtinguish all the lights il
the room, so that the lurid glare from til
flaming spirits may exercise to the full it
weird-like effect"
IT appears that the buffaloes were yer
much disconnected by the late terribl
snow-storm on the Pacific Railroad
While one train of cars was embedded il
the snow, these animals gathered to tn
lee side for shelter. A correspondent
says: "If any one felt disposed he might
from his seat in the car, pop them owe
with his revolver-the rest would nc
move-they could not be driven away b
engine whstling or human voice, bu
crowded their shaggy sides close up t
the cars and there stood with bowed head
for the storm to pass. Many were see
to fall down in their tracks dead frol
cold and when at last the train was du
out and moved off, the track was lined wit
these huge, shaggy, frozen carcasses. W
think a robe a luxury in winter-so it j
Imagine the severity Of the weather whe
the animal which furnishes the rol
freezes to death under his natural prote
ton"
IRRIGATIoN.-A writer in the Fd,mt
md. artisan speaks thus of irrigation
q" Having small country mill, with se'
seIal acres of low land stretching out belo
ii, Il have for several years irrigated
number of acres at nominal expense.
extended a small ditch from the flun
which supplies my mill, around the eds
of the valley, and made little gates
convenient distances through which ca