Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-12-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

IGNORANCE is the wet nurse of preju-
dice. .i
SOMETHING to boot-Lightning.rod ped.
dlers.
THE only perfect thing--A mothers
| first boy.
TRANCE-SuGRATIoN of soles-Sleep.
walking.
AROSE" by any other name would be
"got up"
WHEN flutterers meet, the devil goes
to dinner. re--..
ARGUMENTS out of pretty mouth are
unanswerable.
IIcJE5-W.aatsr IJ5 Water thakstaYed leRt irNtba oea5
trump of fame"
"A FRIEND that sticks in prosperity and
dversity-Mucilage
Coon jokes have periodicity, like
comets.
THE Brooklyn argus thinks that no
woman was ever satisfied with dress
pattern.
How many people are busy in this
world gathering together handful of
thOrns to sit upon
A CHICKEN disease is carrying off hun
dreds of fowls in Vermont. It's more
fatal than Thanksgiving.
A FAR WESTERN correspondent says
that the hoss-steal tribes are by no means
always composed of Indians.
A HoLYoKE (Mass.) paper.mill work.
man recently dropped his watch into the
rag grinding machine and it was Instant
ly powdered.
Mr.. SEPTIMUs wears outrageously
large boots On account of, as he says,
bunions. His are what we call a
"knobby" pair of feet.
BEN FRANKLIN used TO say that no one
but o fool would fight duel, but what
good does it do to call man fool after
daylight shines through him.
THERE are said to be half dozen
American artists in Rome who are starving
for food, and yet they cant be induced
to come home and go to saving wood.
THE next Congress will develop many
new names. There Is uu Washburne in
the list, but there are seven of the name
of WILLIAMSBURG each from Alabama,
Delaware, Indiana, New York and Wis
consin, and two from Michigan. There
are several Robinsons, but only two
Smiths. Among the new and singular
names that appear are New, Wike, Tar
hox and Sinnikson.
In 1850 there was no Baptist denomi-
ton worthy of the name in this country.
A few small churches existed here and
there, but the whole membership did not
exceed 5000, and they were growing less
rather than increasing. Then came the
great awakening" mainly under White
field, when thousands were converted,
majority of whom became Baptists, and
this was really the origin of the Baptist
denomination in America as a live,
growing spiritual body.
PASSING by one of the city schools
yesterday we listened to the scholars
singing: "Oh, how l love my teacher
dear" There was one boy, with voice
like tornado, who was so enthusiastic
that he emphasized every other word and
roared, "Oh hO0 lore my teacher DEAR"
witha vim that left no possible doubt of
bis affection. Ten minutes after, that
boy had been stood on the floor for put
ting shoenaker's wax on his teachers
chair, got three demerit marks for draw
ing picture of her with red chalk on
the back of an atlas, been well shaken
for putting bent pin in another boys
chair, scolded for whistling out loud,
sentenced to stay after school for draw
ing ink mustaches on his face and black
ing the end of another boys nose, and
soundly whipped for slapping 339 spit
balls up against the ceiling and throwing
one big one into girls ear. You can't
believe half boy says when he sings
Burlington Hdiok-EYe.