Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

vogue again.
CLANS can be eaten any month in the
year, or nOr H i'A
WEALTH. is not his who gets Il, but his
who enjoys It. gi4 utersi NfAt
BUTTONS have abdicsted in favor of
bows for dresses, t Nh 20
WHENEVER business falls of II always
seems to get hurt. i.. .t
A FASHIONABLE lady says her husband
is the latest thing out.
THE vegetable that young ladies love is
ate-obl--Ojae6nRdt6 Times.
HAPPINESS can be made quite as we'll |
of cheap materials as of dear ones.
A woMAN's modesty is like her color
exceedingly becoming If II is not put |
on. edf Ht -.ihtr rA
A MAN In Maine advertises that. his |
wife has left his board and taken the bed |
with her.
Hoe LATIN is pretty bad, bog Latin is
worse, but apothecary's Latin beats
everything Y. Graphic.
THE greatest race at Saratoga, after
all, is the human race. II is having the
fastest time this season on record
A MONTGOMERY Und) squash vine
grew three feet and four inches in two
and half days, by actual measurement.
IT is said that the leaves of the COM
mon walnut tree placed over doors and
windows, mantels, or wreaths or punches
about the house will drive flies away.
THE managers of the big new bridge
at st. Louis give "grand concerts" on the
structure. The toll of five cents makes
it pay.
TER, ,o,,, ond barJso,,,o ,,oeto1 cord
handsome enough, one paper says, to use
for valentine-will be ready in Sep
tember.
SOMEBODY advertises preparation for
keeping a lady's hand free from chaps.
A report that she has no money would
do the same thing.
PATIENCE and cheerfulness adorn the
ruins of fortunes as ivy does those of
castles and temples. al
WHAT is that which every one can di-
vide, but no one can see where it has
been divided? Water
THE city tax of $15 per quarter on all
Chinese laundrymen in San Francisco
has been declared unconstitutional.
THERE is just as much style in mourn
ing as in anything else. Grief sometimes
makes US awfully fastidious, more espe-
cially about what we shall wear.
THE wisest kind of charity is that which
teaches all to help themselves, which
points out the importance of self-reliance
and Increases the number of honest
supporters. u
GRAssHoPPERs are q burden in one part
of the country and caterpillars devastate
another In the cotton.growing districts
of Florida the caterpillar is making dread
full havoc among the crops.
A KANSAS man has come to the conclu-
sion that grasshoppers cannot be killed.
He caught one the other day and held it
under water seven hours, but he was as
frisky as ever when he came out t
A PARTISAN commercial agency has a
subscription list of 100000 for its mer
camille records, which contain about
100000 names of business men scattered
throughout the commercial world.
A WAYNE COUNTY Qnd) man became
enraged at his horse, which he had at
tached to a plow, and, taking sim
gle-tree from the plow, hit the animal
over the head with it, killing it instantly
A WISCONSIN man says that the flames
of burning kerosene can be eXtinguished
by throwing on -four. 1t seems reasona
BILE that any absorbent material not read
lily combustible might be effective for
such purpose. ra.fa
THE Lake of Constance presented a
curious appearance lately; its whole sur
| face was covered with thin layer like
| yellow flour. This was caused by the
pollen from the flowers of the surround
| ing fir forests, which had been blown into
the lake.
IT is bad to be bitten and not know
! hot 3,
mensely annoyed by a gnat so small as
to be invisible to the naked eve; an in.
sect with bill so delicate and gentle
that the bitten knows not his wound
until he finds himself pimply all over
! Then he sends, greatly scared, for doc
tor, and thinks he has the smallpox.
A MAN in an adjoining county died re-
| Gently who had taken his county paper
for twelve years without paying for it,
Upon the day of his burial the kind
hearted forgiving editor called to see
him for the last time and stuffed linen
duster and a couple of palnl-leaf fans into
the coffin. He was prepared for u
warmer climate.-Nenspdper Reporter.
| A BOY in Chautauqua County, n. Y,
struck dog The owner of the dog,
hearing of the outrage, went two miles
on the dOuble-quick after the boy, and
having found him, inquired, in stern
| tones: "Are you the boy that struck my
dogr" "I am, sir" said the lad. "Well,"
was the reply, "all I've got to say is,
that it was well wasn't there" Having
inflicted this fearful punishment the in
| dignant man walked proudly away and
reached his home safely.
A MINNESOTA settler who has suffered
! severely from the ravages of grasshOp-
pers, in writing to the Minneapolis Trib-
une, describes a thrOng of the lOcusts as
resembling huge snow-clOud, often
completely obliterating the sun. The
| lower insects fly at height of about
forty feet from the ground, and the
others fill the air above as far as the eye
can reach. When they settle on a field
of grain every stalk is covered so that
! the entire field seems to have suddenly
turned brown. They do not eat the
| grain, but bite into the tender stalk and
juicy kernel and suck out the vital sap,
| leaving every particle of vegetation
dead, so that within day or two the
entire crop becomes dry and withered.
| EVERYBODY in Paraguay. smokes, and
| every female above the age of thirteen
chews. / am wrong; they do not chew,
but put tobacco in their mouths and keep
it there constantly, except when eating,
and, instead of chewing, roll it about and
suck it, Only imagine yourself about to
salute the red lips of magnificent little
Hebe, arrayed in satin and flashing with
diamonds, as she puts you back with one
| delicate hand while with the other she
draws forth from her mouth brownish-
black roll of tobacco quite two inches
long, looking like monster grub, and
then, depositing the savory lozenge on
the brim of your sombrero, puts up hel
face and is ready for salute, However
one soon gets used to this in Paraguay
where you are perforce of custom
obliged to kiss every lady you are intro
duced to. But oh, what a custom!-C0r
| ". Y, World.
4 FALL BoNNETs.-An early importation
of bonnets from the best Partisan milli
ners indicates what the fashions of the