Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-06-21
CURRENT ITEMS.
Divers AUGMENTATION fishing.


SPToeLEs expresses the opinion that
Enoch.
THE Fougeres family, in Wabash, Ind,
inherit fortune of 60,000, 900 francs,
about $12,000,000 in France
In Paris 2t ,959 babies are "farmed ~
out every year. Maternal insensiblitv
and fashion are the causes,
THERE are about one thousand clerks.
besides twenty-four Directors, in the es.
adjustment of the Bank of England.
II. s. PRICE, of Davenport, has the old.
est time-piece in Iowa. 1t came from
England with Lord Baltimore in 1894,
ana is still in running order.
AN Indianapolis reporter announces
tnat cholera-producing currants, about |
the size of number eight shot, can be OBJ.
tanned in the market"
A CALIFORNIA CoNUNDRUM What is |
the difference between sneer and an |
earthquake? One is an inuendo and the |
other an end of Inyo.
THE Directors of the Washington Life |
are some of our best aud most reliable men |
IN the city-THoMAs CARLTON, Methodist |
BOOK Concern, New York.
AN assault case was recently tried in
France in consequence of fight which
below the surface of the sea.
ONE million two hundred and ninety
thousand dollars and ninety.one cents
was the value of the opium which passed
through the New York Custom House last
year.
AN Indiana lady has divorce from her
husband in her pocket, and whenever he
don't mind, she takes out the docu-
meht ana shows it to him, when he
weakens"
In the Toledo Police Court the other
day, there was case resulting in the
conviction of defendant for using profane
and indecent language upon the street.
JOSH BILLINGS says he never knew
dog of eny breed whatsumever to take
hyderfoby after he had been thoroughly
vaccinated with buckshot.
THE Brooklyn Eagle wants to know who
held the revolver to Franz Abt's head to
make him say that the women of America
were incomparably beautiful.
THE word love, in the Indian language,
is Observation-Disclosures" How
nicely it would sound whispered softly in
lady's ear, IL Observation-Disclosures
you"
A sERvANT-GIRL, writing a letter, asked
her master If the next month had
come in yet" He laughed. "Well," she
said, what mean is, has the last month
gone out yet ?"
THERE is man living in Des Moines,
iowa, who was passenger on the first
steamer that ever left Pittsburgh to go
down the Ohio, when Cincinnati had one
tavern, one grogshop and one grocery.
A WRITER on physiognomy sagely says:
human face without nose does not
amount to much" 1t is also true that a
human nose without face doesn't amount
to much either.
All, Mr. Simpkins. we have not chairs
for our company" said gay wife to her
frugal husband. "Plenty of chairs, dear,
but too much company" replied Mr.
Simpkins, with knowing wink.
PRACTICE does not always make per-
feet. Curran, when told by his physician
that he seemed to cough with more diff
Guilty, replied, THAT is odd enough, for
have been practicing all night"
A YOUNG lady says that gentlemen
ought never to feel discouraged when the
momentous question is negatived by
the object of his choice, for in life, as in
grammar, we always decline before we
conjugate."
GEoReE-"There, Aunt Mary what
do you think of that? l drew the horse
and Ethel drew the jockey 1" Aunt Ma
ry-"'H'm ! But what would mamma
say to your drawing jockeys on Sun
day ?" George" All, but look here
We've drawn him riding to church, you
know"
THE Australian eclipse expedition
proved failure, on account of the una
voidable state of the weather at the OBJ
serving station. The Indian results, how
ever, were so highly satisfactory, espe-
cially in their minute confirmation of the
accuracy of previous American observa-
tons, that little else could have been de-
sired.
In recent lecture by the celebrated
DIR. Schwabe, of Berlin, he states that,
out of 1000 school children that had been
questioned on the subject, in that city,
777 never had seen a rainbow, 1888 po-
tato field, 500 a butterfly, 403 corn field,
BAT flock of sheep, 1854 forest, 264 an
oak, and 263 had never seen plowing.
THE Dominion flag does not appear to
command high respect at st. John, N. B.
The Telegraph of that city has the follow
ing: "The flags of Spain and the United
States fioated from staffs, adjoining
Queens square, on Sunday last. On the
staff in the square, where our flag should
have been flung to the breeze, there was a
dead cat suspended by the halyards."
THE Morristown Herald says: Ole Bull
when young, attempted suicide, and now
he is the best violinist in the world.
There is young man in our neighbor
hood who plays the accordeon, and he is
not success. Probably if he were to at.
tempt suicide he would learn much faster.
Should he succeed in his attempt at suicide,
we would be just as we'll satisfied
SOME idea of the labor devolving on
the SIX revenue vessels on active duty in
the great lakes, whose business it is to
examine clearances, prevent smuggling and
assist vessels in distress, may be gained
from the fact that last year upward of a
thousand vessels were boarded, a hun.
dred and twelve seized and reported
assistance rendered to forty-one vessels
IN distress, and seven men saved from
drowning.
A sEvEN.YEAR old boy was lately heard
to use Profane language. On being re-
proved by his parents, and directed to ask
Gods forgiveness, he retired to his room
and was overheard to say "Oh, God
am very sorry said that bad word, and
won't say so any more but please hurry
and make me grow up to be a man, and
then can swear as much as / want to-
like papa, and nobody will notice it,"
A HOT and thirsty Indian wandered
into an ice-cream saloon in Detroit the
other day, and sat down to a dish of the
frozen article. The first taste set all his
teeth jumping, and the next one satisfied
him that some one had putup a Job on him
AS the stuff didn't cool by blowing on it
he handed it to the boy with instructions
to warm it up The boy melted it on The
stove, and the Indian seized the dish anc
drank the sweet milk at one gulp, an(
then licked the dish.
PENNSYLVANIA young man had {
young lady friend who was the fortunat,
possessor of a half dozen gold fish. H,
went angling one day and caught pounC
trout, He preserved it alive, thinking i