Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
SPELL bound-B-o-u-n-d.

| SPELL bound-B-o-u-n-d.
A GUSHING miss-Mississipp
WHAT word is always pronounced
wrong, even by the best scholars Wrong.
HOWEVER much we may object to
horse-racng, there are few of us who like
to be passed on the road.
IT WILL startle some people to know
that the parasol of the season contains a
dagger in the handle.
WHEN prosperity was we'll mounted
she let go the bride and soon came
tumbling out of the saddle.
IT WOULD only be slight mispronun-
citation to call cremation the "bourne
whence no traveller returns"
THE old saying about "those who go
down to the sea in ships" has more sig
| nifcance now than it used to have.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Jour-
nal proposes butteroid, or buttoid, as a
shorter and better name than oleomargine.
AN observing man has discovered a
similarity between a young ladies semi
nary and sugar house, as both refine
what is already sweet
THE beadwork and basket makers of
New York are unusually active in conse-
quence of orders from the squaws of
Niagara and Saratoga.
IT is suggested by Noah Count that
sexton would be more serviceable than a
sextant for the French line of steamers TO
have on their steamships.
THE New Orleans PGcdyune wants some
of the female crusaders to visit that city
and try and remove some OF the bars from
the mouth of the Mississippi.
IT is stated as Neurological fact that
the milk of young COW is apt to be
foaming. Which is highly probable, as
the creature is heifervescent.
ONE fatal objection to cremation is that
our great men, whom we safely get rid of
by burial, would be constantly "rising,
Phenix.like, from their ashes"
THE rose crop in the Orient is reported
to have been a large one, and ladies will
be glad to know that altar OF roses will
not cost more than fifty cents drop.
No MAN ever sank under the burden of
to-day. 1t is when to-morrow's burden is
added to the burden of today that the
weight is more than man can bear.
CALIFORNIA lightning may have killed
500 wild geese ut one flash, as reported,
but it must have been hard work after
the four hundred and ninety-ninth goose.
TRucKEE, New, has its first photog-
rapher, and he has been shot at because
he wouldn't take picture by lamp light
of a miner who was going away early in
the morning.
"GooD manners" says Swift, ais the
art of making those people easy with
whom we converse; whoever makes the
fewest persons uneasy is the best bred
man in the company"
All! Little Rock is the place for lively
mani Two Governors militia out
United States troops-cannons-sh
-proclamations, and Just like Fourth
of July from daylight till dark!
THE Arkansas war was good thing
for Job printers One of The craft at Lit
tie Rock printed $4,000 copies each of
seven proclamations, and was on the
eighth when the first hostilities ceased.
CHIGNoNs are worn in Virginia as life
preservers. AT least one of these atroct-
ties was carried away from young lady
the other day by an eagle, while the head
was left in a state of nature by the ungal-
liant bird.
If lying were legitimate business we
know Rochester editor who would be
rich enough to-day to buy out Commodore
Vanderbilt with one days installment OF
his average pocket money.-R0caSSter
Chronicle.
ST. PAUL seems to have held cremation
among the higher Christian virtues, as
witness: And though | bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and though gtUe
mn body 10 be burned, and have not charity,
it proiteth me nothing. VI. COrtathtans,
ri5ii c1ap., Sd UerSe.
A GENTLEMAN visited family who was
not only very homely but was possessed
of one Of those fearful mouths that stretch
from ear to ear, andare facetiously termed
lawful mouths for pie" During the
evening, amidst pause in the conversa-
tion, the gentleman yawned, displaying a
fearful chasm, and giving reason for fear
lest his head would split in two. Up
| jumped the terrified infant, walked slowly
up to the guest, saying, before the mouth
was fairly shut, to the great amusement
of those present and the horror OF the
family, "Do so again, please l"-P0rttdltd
| Advertiser.
The Secretary of the National Associa-
ton of Veterans of the Mexican War has
issued circular calling the attention of
those interested TO the fact that an OBJ
stacle has been thrown in the way of
obtaining pensions for the surviving vet
erans of the Mexican War by the probably
extravagant estimate made by The COM
missioner of Pensions of the number OF
such survivors. The circular calls for q
thorough canvass OF every State and Ter
i1tory of the Union, through the instru.
mentality of the town, county and State
organizations of the Association, and the
enrolment as soon as possible of the name
of every known survivor, or widow or q
veteran of Mexico, the postoifice address,
his rank, the company, regiment c3::>-
manding officer OF each; term OF service,
when and where enlisted and discharged,
and that the same be forwarded TO the
First Secretary of the National Associa-
ton of Veterans of the Mexican War
address, A. M, Kenaday, Lock Box No.
81, Washington, ID. Q J, TO enable him to
prepare the rolls for the inspection OF the
committees of Congress before the close
OF the present session, if possible. The
Secretary says; In this way only can
reliable estimate be arrived at for an
appropriation; and IL is confidently
hoped, If our case is TO be fairly, consid-
cred and public sentiment regarded, that
Congress win promptly vote an amount
sufficient to cover the applications thus
/ presented"