Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-02-02
CURRENT ITEMS.

TT Is not n fact that II. G.. has written,
b proposes to write, an essay on the
roper time to graft boot-trecs.
CoLERIDeE tells us of man who bad
uch an overwhelming self-esteem that he
ever spoke Of himself without taking off
is hat.
IF insure my house, which may not
burn, why should not insure my life in
he Washington Life Insurance Compa-
by for must die.
A New WAY TO GET OLD DEBTs-
" Posting boy on the debtors doorsteps,
with a pacard Inscribed "Waiting for
80. 81" Tor whatever the amount is). Pat
cnted in Brooklyn.
THE wisest man may be wiser to-day
than he was yesterday, and tomorrow
than he is to-day. Total freedom from
change would imply total freedom from
error; but this is the prerogative of Om-
niscience alone.
# "WIII you have the kindness to hand
me the butter before you ?" said gentle
man politely at table, to an ancient maid
II en-. am no waiter SIR" "Is that
= SO? l thought from your appearance,
you had been waiting long time"
THE moment any creature is found
curled up and shivering, there is a loss of
comfort which costs the owner mills and
cents, if not dollars and eagles and it is
far better economy to house stock and
give them extra feed and care at this sea-
son.
ABOUT $500 in ancient gold coins were
unearthed in Philadelphia, a few days
ago, by laborers engaged in making an
excavation for the bed of new boiler, at
the back part of house on North Third
street Some of the coins are very an
cient.
DURING the last eighteen years. 703 lu-
natics have been sent to the Taunton,
Mass, Hospital, whose madness was
caused by intemperance SO were crazed
by Spiritualism, 151 by religious excite
= ment, 6 by using tobacco and 2 by read
ing novels
The number of divorces granted in
Ohio in 1871 was 1,077. Of these suits
1928 were brought by the husbands, and
754 by the wives. During the same period
there were 59957 births, and 25 149
deaths. Foreigners to the number of
1920 were naturalizcd during the year.
4 NEAR Shoals, Ind, few nights ago,
gang of thieves went TO a saw-mill, took
down all the machinery, including the en-
gine and boiler, loaded it upon the cars
of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, hailed
passing train, htched the cars to it, and
hied away to Illinois.
A STARTLED fawn fed for protection
from the hounds, into the door.yard of a
Virginia mansion, where beautiful girl
OF sixteen summers was sitting. The deer
approached her with intuitive trust and
looked piteOusly into her mild blue eyes
The maiden, however, contrary to all ira
ditions, slaughtered the animal with q
carving-knife.
AT Chillicothe, o., the other day, n
young lady, the daughter of A. W. West,
While standing on the steps leading down
to.the gate of an iron fence, slipped and
fell forward, catching her under Jaw upon
the iron pickets, and her breast-pin and
ribbons were forced up through her jaw
into her mouth, making fearful wound.
1t was thought that she would recover.
SOME gouty old fellow put the following
inscription" on package recently re-
ceived at the express Office in keene, N.
H.: "Only watch-bang it through
toss it around-drop it twice at least.
Merely watch, simply watch knock
1t about. Second attempt to get watch
over the road whole" The irony was ap-
preciated, and the watch went through all
right.
LONDON Punch contains this account of
VA Young Positivist :" Parson-What is
amiracle? Boy-Dunno. Parson-Well,
if the sun were to shine in the middle of
the night, what should you say it was ?
were told it was the sun, what should you
say it was BOy-A lie. parson-l
don't tell lies. Suppose I told you it was
the sun, what would you say then Boy
That yer wasn't sober
An economical Iowan, who had the
toothache, determined to remove his
tooth in the Indian fashion. Accordingly
he bent down sapling in the woods, lay
down himself, and attached a stout cord
to his tooth and the sapling. Then he
touched the spring, and the next he knew
he had jumped over a grove of about
forty small trees, and was trying to get
ont of a small pond that he happened to
alight in.
THE editor of the Cicero tindO Neao Era
does not burden his readers with a LONG
salutatOry. Here it is in full at is the
fashion for an editor to write a long intro
duction on taking charge of paper but
as we are well acquainted with nearly
every man in the county, it is only neces
sary to say that we intend to do as 40.
please, and announce that our motto is
Ho" dtfnlghty dollars a gear an ddcdnce."
A. FARMER near Nashua, n. H., recently
bargained his farm to another farmer fol
$4,000, but when the day and the pur
chaser arrived, informed him that his wife
was in Mysteries about the trade and hc
guessed he would back out "But," saiC
the purchaser, Il have come long dis
tance, want the farm, and must have it
How much more would induce you tC
sell ?" "Well," said the agricultur-t
"glve me $3.50 more, and let her cry"
CoRNMEAE BREAKFAST CAKE-Fo two
baking tins, take one and half pnts Of
coarsely ground cornmeal. Add water
nearly boiling but not enough to wet quite
all the cornmeal; add cold water, little
Gff R.ar fI.,. -
whites, until you have it so thin that i
has tendency to settle as you pour i
into your pietins. 1t should not be more
than half an inch deep in the tins, and i
should bake quickly in hot oven.
A ROLAND FOR AN OIIvER.-Durin!
the recent trial of Mrs. Wharton, at An
napolis Md, the following collouuy oc
Cured between the Attorney General ant
DR.; Warren, a distinguished physician o
Baltimore, who was under -examina
tion; Attorney General-A doctor ough
to be able to give an opinion of diseas
without making mistakes. Witness-The,
are as capable as lawyers. Attorney Gen
eral-Doctor's mistakes are buried sil
feet under ground: a lawyers are not
Witness-But they are sometimes hun!
on n tree.
FEW days ago a child was crying il
the street A compassionate lady, passing
at the time, stopped and asked him wha
was the matter, The child replied: SEQ
I've lost penny mother gave me-" "Ah
well, never mind" said the lady; "her
is another for YOU" and proceeded upoi
her way; but had not gone far when sh
heard the little fellow believing more lus
tily than before. She turned back an,
again asked the cause, upon which tn
little urchin answered "Why, if adm
lost the first one, l should ave 'ad tur