Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-06-07

and the cooking is done on the same
stove.
The Eternal City seems to be the wick
edest place in the world, If the following
statistics are to be believed. II is said
that in Rome there are 237 times as many
chances of being murdered as in Eng.
land, and 83315 times more than Prussia.
In England, it is shown that one muidtr
occurs for 17S,000 inhabitants in Hol-
land, one for 10000; in Prussia, one for
100000 in Austria, one for $1,000 in
Spain, one for Alb; and in Naples, one
for 1850 but at Rome there is one homi-
eide for every 750 of the inhabitants.
We met Scruggins the other morning
with q bundle of nuts and raisins under
his arm. We asked HIM if he wasn't get
ting luxurious GIVE got six ministers
at my house," he said. But you do not
feed them ON nuts and raisins ?" we re-
joined "No," said he reflectively "but
when get about half done, at meal time,
| shove back, and they follow suit. Then
| come down street, and fill up between
meals By this means / save about one
mans board, and it is better for the min
lister not to eat too much"
THE clearinghouse of Coutts & Co., of
London, of which the principal partner is
Coutts, keeps the accounts of Queen Vic
toria and many of the English nobility.
The Queens pass.book is inlaid with gold
and bears the royal arms, and is kept in
the highest style of penmanship by a
clerk who attends solely to- this duty.
The sons of noblemen seek positions in
the bank as clerks, and none but college
graduates are received. They are eX-
pected to be models of good conduct and
and correct department, to dress in the
modest but elegant style of a gentleman,
and not to wear mustaches during bank
hours.-HedrM and Home
CHARLTON, MASS, like every other town,
is full of "reminiscences of past events.
1t has its curious characters, who have
now nearly all passed away. A story is
related that about a century ago party
| OF English gentry, on their way from
| Boston to New Haven, were compelled to
remain there over night, as the only place
where men and beast were accommodated.
AS many of the luXuries of life, such as
coffee and tea, were almost unknown to
the inhabitants, our travellers carried d
supply of these things with them. Coffee
and tea were given to the landlady that
she might prepare them for breakfast. II
was the first time she had seen these arti
cles, and of course knew nothing about
their preparation. Not wishing to be con
sidered verdant she resolved to try
When the travellers called for their teG
and coffee she came and told them: "Gen
tlemen, the YARDS are done, but the bean.
won't boil soft"
The Yellowstone Park comprises ar
area of $500 square miles-equal in ex
tent to the States of New Hampshire, Yer
mont and MISUNDERSTANDING is described
as lying partly in Montana and partly in
Wyoming Territory, and includes thu
headwaters of Madison River, together
with the three lakes, Heart, Madison ant
Yellowstone. The latter lies nearly il
the center of the proposed park anC
among the snow peaks of the lofties
mountains, 1900 feet above the level o
the sea. 1t is twenty-five miles long
with an average width of fifteen miles
The rim of the lake rises from 2,00O t
1000 feet above the surface, and in tht
mountains in it's vicinity are the tribu
taries of some of the largest rivers on tn,
continent, some of them finding thei
way to the Gulf of Mexico, others int,
the Pacific through the Columbia River
and one by the Colorado, finding an out
let in the Gulf of California.