Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-02

A CONNECTICUT lady has loaf of cake
in an excellent state of preservation which
was made at the time of Harrisons cleo
tion in 1910.
A LovE.LoRN youth in Ohio, with a
mathematical turn of mind, has discover
ed that five years of patient attention to
his sweetheart has cost him 13,252 miles
of pedestrianism.
TIE toast of "The ladies" might have
been given at a recent literary banquet
thus: "Woman-the fairest work in all
creation. The edition is large, and no
man should be without copy"
SPNKs is not going to do any more IN
conundrums. He asked his wife why he
was like donkey, and she said because
he was born so, and he says the answer is
very different from that.
AT certain church fair, a set of Coop
er's works was promised to the individual
who should answer certain set of conun-
drums. A dashing young fellow was pro-
nonunced the winner, and received set
of wooden pals.
"HENRIETTA," said landlady to her
new girl, "when there's bad news, par
ticularly private Affections, always let the
boarders know it before dinner. 1t may
seem strange to you, Henrietta, but such
things make great difference in the
course of a year."
A MAN in Detroit concluded he had
smoked his pipe long enough, and Just be.
fore going into church he placed it in his
back coat pocket. A good fire got under
way just about the time services did. They
put him out, and now the man is around
growing because he hasn't any coat tails
A VERMONT woman who was lately ac
cused of clipping, writes thusly to one oi
the papers: "The people of Wells River
are in a pretty small business, if it has
got so one can't go and see their mother
without they have eloped with some fel
low. y The greatest trouble
with them is they are all mad because
they can't get seme one to elope with"
THE other Sabbath, as Lewiston, Me.
clergyman had reached the climax of hi
sermon, yellow dog thrust his nose int
the church. and with good deal of bari
strobe up to the pulpit. The ministe
stayed his climax for a moment, gently
seized the cur by the loose hide of tht
neck, and bore the animal out of church
returning with imperturbable self-com
mand and finishing his sermon. Boil
subjects were handled well.
In LOVE WITH HIS MoTHER.-Of all tn,
! love affairs in the world, none can surpas
the true love of big boy for his mother
1t is a love pure and noble, honorable il
the highest degree to both. do no
mean merely dutiful affection. meal
a love which makes a boy gallant and
courteous to his mother, saying to every
body plainly that he is fairly in love will
her. And l never yet knew boy t.
turn out" bad who began by falling ii
love with his mother.
INK FOR ZINC LABELs.-A correspon
dent of the Country Gentleman recon
mends the following as an ink for zin
only, that will endure for years, cut
| slightly into the metal, has black color
and is as legible after dozen years a
when newly written: Take one par
verdigris, one part sal-ammoniac, hal
part lampblack, and ten parts Of water
mix well, and keep in bottle with glas
| stopper; shake the ink before using il
1t will keep any length of time. Writ
il on the label with a steel pen not too
fine pointed. 1t dries in the course of {
minte or two"
THE Paducah Ng,oS tells this story, TO
the truth of which it vouches "a pro
fessional gentleman, well known in thi
city, had not seen his son for long periot
of time, owing to the fact that the latte
retired to bed ere the former returnet
home, and in the morning the father al
ways left before the son got out of bed
One morning the lady of the house man
aged to get the father and son together a
the breakfast table, and by way of a jok
remarked: Son, let me introduce you t.
your father How do you do, father
said the hopeful; Il don't rememembe
ever having met you before, but hav
heard ma speak of you.'"
MAURICE FITZGERALD, the Auditor o
Brooklyn, has been engaged in sui
against neighbor for harboring a nuis
ance, the said neighbor having in his pos
session bowling dog which nightly rob
Fitzgerald of his sleep. The other morn
ing, some waggish acquaintance of tn
Auditor inserted the following advertise
ment in morning paper: "Wanted-l
nice dog at 124 Concord street, Brooklyn
Maurice Fitzgerald" All that day Cor
cord Street swarmed with puppies
whelps, and ours of low degree, herde
and propelled by innumerable mer
women and children. To escape tn
nuisance, Fitzgerald and his family le
from the city.
THERE was considerable fun at a reprt
sentation of "Romeo and Juliet" in
little French theatre. Nine. Deharmt
the Juliet of the occasion, was lying dea
on a tomb. 1t was raining torrents;
drop came through the roof and fell o
Juliet's nose; she made a face. Anotht
drop fell on her eyelids; she winked.
was a facial expression not taught b
Delsarte. Finally, she took to watchin
the drops, and dodging them. TIL
audience caught the idea, and spmpathize
with her. 'Look out, Mrs. Juliet" sal
one fellow; "there'sa whopper a.comin'-
see It'll" "Mlnd your eyel" said anothe
MADAME" said the third, rising, "wi
you accept the use Of my umbrella?" {
course the tragedy ended.
A CURIOUS and perhaps important di
covery has been made recently by \
Kletzinsky, a Viennese professor. N
ticing that persons sick with the smal
pox were often visited by flies, he place
near an open window of the hospital
saucer filed with glycerine. Soon Il
flies gathered and were caught like birC
with glue. In their endeavOrs to fir,
themselves, all the foreign matter wbiC
had adhered to them was left in the gl
cerine, which was at once submitted
the action of microscope. 1t was four
that this substance, which was chemical
pure when offered to the flies, was full
strange cells very like those seen on pc
sons attacked by the smallpox, but ney
on flies. This discovery proves concl
sively that these parasitical insects a
not only filthy, but can be a very da
gerous means of spreading contagious di
eases.
WEAVING CALvEs.-A corresponds
of the Maine Farmer says: Calves viii,
are to be raised should be with the CO
till they are about week old. If Il
cows udder is caked or swollen, milk {
part so that the calf will give the udd
good bunting, which will save Il
trouble of rubbing her bag down. Nc
stock raisers teach calf to drink by pl
ting their fingers in the calf's mouth, al
holding its head down to the trough.
calf after sucking from cow, is very u
, willing to put his head down to drin
and O1tan UarU aaVaralV wounds the Il