Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-02-16
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n ihuDENI man lOIcSppln tne evil, ana
insures his life-in the Washington.
COME here, Jimmie" said little girl,
and look at the moon. Half of it is pushed
into the sky, and half is sticking out"
A WESTERN man dislocated his arm the
other day in putting on clean shirt. lie
hadn't tried 1t for so long time that he
had entirely lost the "knack of the
thing.
A CAUTIOUS physician says that people
who count bank-bills should not touch
the finger on the tongue, as is the common
practice, as bills coming from where the
. smallpox prevails are liable to be in
fected.
A RESIDENT of Muncie, Ind, advertises
as follows: Whereas, am now clear of
debt, and too old to contract debts to
worry over, | hereby warn all persons not
to trust my family or myself on any ac-
@ count whatever"
HARVEY DoANE, an inmate of the Au-
burn State Prison, is waiting to be hanged
to order. He was sentenced to death in
1862, under the law, since repealed, which
permitted the Governor to order an exc.
cution at his pleasure.
A LITTLE boy was defining the word
transparent" and he said that things
were transparent which permitted the
light to pass through them. Fright"
said the teacher, ''now give me an exam.
pie" The crack of door," said the
bright little boy.
VALUE OF FARM PRoDUcTs. farm
products for 1870 attained value of So
445, 100000. New York takes the first
place, and Illinois, Ohio, PENNSYLVANIA,
Indiana, Iowa and Missouri come next in
the order given, and the last one produced
over a hundred millions,
SEVERAL years ago listener ventured
compliment to Professor Agassiz upon the
extent and variety of his investigations
into the secrets of nature, to which his
ready and modest reply was "NIy DEAR
sir, te longer live, re more find know
nosingp
BRowN BREAD.-A lady says in Western
Rurdt' | make a good brown bread after
this method: i take one quart of Indian
meal, one pint rye flour, small cup of
molasses, one tablespoonful of salaratus
and one of salt. / mix it with hot water
thin enough to pour, and bake three
hours"
e A NASHUA fisherman, who recently Wis.
T. tied the bayous of Winnipiseogee in
search of pickerel, hired a high.priced
holes, etc. On the return trip, after three
days of bad luck, the high priced assist
ant remarked; oval, Mr., l didn't
think as how you'd kctch many. You
sec the fact is, seined 'em all last fall"
THE Doylestown (Pa.) Democrat saws.
"Dr Lewis lectured in neighborinp
town on physical culture, being very Sc,
canig abonFheat bread, meat diet butter.
''reeo, and very eulogistic on oatmeal mush
and unleavened breakfast game. He dis
gusted his fair hostess in the morning.
however, by passing his plate three times
for well-buttered beefsteak, and utterly
declining to taste the mush she had pre-
pared at so much trouble"
THE pioneer Methodist, Peter Cart
wright uttered many odd and witty say
lngs. lie was often much annoyed at
one sister, more noisy than pious, who
would get OIL on high key at every op-
portunlty. AT an animated class-meet-
ing one day, she broke out with, eff /
had one more feather in the wing of nv
faith, could fly away and be With the
Saviour" ''Stick in the feather, O Lord !
and let her 60" fervently responded
brother Cartwright
A CORRESPONDENT of London Soctety
says: II knew remarkably able and
1ertlie reviewer who told me that, though
over his midnight oil he can lubricate ar
ticles with certain sharpness and force,
yet for quietly looking at subject ali
round and doing justice to all its belong
1ngs, he wanted the quiet morning hours.
Lancelot Andrews says he is no true
scholar who goes out of the house before
twelve O'Clock. Similarly, an editor once
told me that though his town contribu-
utors sent him the brightest papers, he al.
ways detected a peculiar mellowness and
hnlsh about the men who wrote in the
country"
IN Scotland they have narrow, open
dltches they call sheep-drains. A man
was riding donkey one day across a
sheep pasture and when Mr. Donkey
o. came to a sheep-drain he would not go
over 1t. So the man rode him back a
short distance and turned him around.
and put the whip to him, thinking of
course, that the donkey going so fast
would jump the drain before he knew it.
But not so. On they came, lickety-split,
ana when the donkey got to the drain he
stopped all of a sudden, and the man
went over Mr.. Jacks head. No sooner
had he touched the ground than he got
up, and, looking Mr.. Donkey straight in
the face, he said: Every weel pitched
but then how are ye going to get over
yourself ?n
EHE CARPENTERS DREAM-A pooI
man was carpenter and he often said
to himself and others "If / was only
rich, l would show people now to give y
In his dream he saw a pyramid of silver
dollars-all new, bright and beautiful
Just then voice reached him, saying
NOW is your time. You are rich at last
let us see your generosity" So he rose
from his seat and went to the pile to take
some money for charitable purposes. But
the pyramid was so perfect that he could
not bear TO break it. He walked al
around it, but found no place where he
could take dollar without spelling the
heap. So he decided that the pyramid
should not be broken ! and then awoke
He awoke to know himself, and to SET
that he would be generous only while com
paratively poor.
a LUDICRoUs accident occurred on
San Francisco horse railroad recently
An elderly and very portly lady passen
ger signaled for the car to stop at Ger
tain street, but of course the rear platform
went little beyond the dry crossing, anC
as consequence the step was just Ovel
the mud, which was very deep. The ole
lady growled a great deal, and the con
ductor stepped off the car and offered hi
hands to guide her to the crossing, when
forgetting her exceeding weight, She sanl
bodily into his outstretched arms, and a
consequence, the conductor sat quietly
down in the mud, and the passenger fel
over his head He swore and she storm
cd, and the other passengers laughed, bu
being behind time the conductor wa
obliged to go on his way, leaving the olC
lady trying to wipe the mud off he
clothes with a seven-inch square hand
kerchief, Indignantly vowing reveng
against the railroad company and all con
ductors.
BOILING PoTAToEs.--The followin
Irish recipe is said to he a good one ct
boil potato well requires more attention
than is usually given. They should b
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