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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
A Man Who Wanted To BE Struck by
Lightning.

ROBERT DALE OWEN in his autobiogra-
ply relates the following incident which
occurred during Mr.. Owens residence
with the socialistic community at New
Harmony, Ind, and the person of whom
the story is told was an old man named
Greenwood, whose son, Miles Greenwood
of Cincinnati, was at one time the Chiel
of the Fire Department of that city, and
still later the owner of the largest iron
foundry and machine shop in what
was then called 1.-the West" Mr.. Owen
says:
We had during the summer of 1926
several terrific thunder-storms such as
had never before witnessed. The stccple
of our church was shattered and one OF
our boarding-houses struck. 1t was dur
ring one of these storms, when the whole
heavens seemed illuminated, and the rain
was falling in torrents, that | saw old
Greenwood, thoroughly drenched and
carrying upright, as a soldier does his
musket, a slender iron rod ten or twelve
feet long He was walking in the middle
of the street, passed with slow steps the
house in which was, and, as afterwarc
learned, paraded every street in the same
deliberate manner. Next day | met hin
and asked an explanation. "Ah, well
/ my young lTlCUtl, Sdiu nc, L III WI y
old; I'm not well; l suffer much and
thought it might be a good chance to slip
off and be laid quietly in corner of the
burying ground"
You hoped to be struck by light
ming ?"
You see, l don't like TO kill myself
it seems like taking matters out of Cod
hands. But l thought He might send mi
a spare bolt when / put myself in til,
way. If He had only seen fit to do i
I'd then have been at rest this very min
ute; all my pains gone; no more troubl
to any one and no more burden to my
self"
1t is not customary for persons, whetf
er they are afraid of lightning or not, t
20 out of doors during a thunder-showe
bearing lightning-rod aloft with one en-
stuck in the pocket, but the eXperienc
of Greenwood shows that such pei
formance would not be as dangerous a
many people might suppose 1t to be- 3
long rs one was careful to walk on
hard, dry road it might be even safe
than flying into damp cellar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

Josiah stepped to one side.
"That vulgar Todd" said Mrs. Plum.
" How can you abide such people? If
that creature in his yellow vest and
salmon necktie isn't the most ridiculous
specimen of shoddy | ever saw"
"Hushl hushm cried Plum, alarmed.
81 left him in the waiting-Toom," said
the servant.
81 am sure that / had just as soon he
would hear as not The idea that you
should insist upon Sophronia, the dear,
particular child, associating with those
vulgar Todds. The very name is enough.
1t is shame, Plum, that you insist upon
our countenancing them"
Todd has influence, my dear. His
gold is as patrician in its ring as that of
the Mayor Todd will work for our
party, which means that he will work for
me. After election it will be easy enough
to throw him off. This is done every
day. Such men are used only as a
means. After the end is attained the
means are laid aside. ] will dispense
with Todd when l am representative.
Show the man in "
Todd had heard enough.
He walked out of Plum's house, shak-
ing the dust from his feet, went home
and repeated the conversation to Sallie.
"And didn't wait" said he, in con
clusion, until the servant came back.
l have made up my mind Sallie, to live
for our own comfort, TO leave Polly to
act like the sensible girl that she is, to
let Josiah go on and finish learning his
| trade, for no doubt he will make better
mechanic than gentleman. AS for you,
Sallie, you needn't wear the frizzes and
the chignon, and the rug, and the hustle
and the train; but may just take to your
old plain ways again. AS for me, Plum
shan't be representative"
Nor was he. Josiah laid aside his yel
low vest and buff necktie, and when
Plum met him on the street so attired
he felt that he had formidable antago
mist, one who was too sensible to run the
risk of being snubbed after election
Josiah's fortune was no bubble. His
luck had been genuine. In all of the
country there is not more hospitabl'
house or potter family-a hospitality
and politeness born of innate goodness
rather than of wealth.-0r Btrestd
| E',iend
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
Sad Instance of PremOnitiOn of Death.

The most painful instance of a man
having a premonition of death that l
know of was that of Mr.. Fortescue, who
lived in our village. He came home one
afternoon with pallid face and told his
wife that he was deeply impressed with
the conviction that lie would die within
forty-eight hours. Then, while she was
bathed in tears, he sat down and had II
long talk with her, giving directions
about his affairs, advising her about
managing the dear children when he was
gone and telling her how tenderly he
loved her and how hard it was for him to
part from her. After few passionate eX-
pressions of affection and regret MIR.
Fortescue sent for IA lawyer and made his
will. Then he went around and bade
good-by to his friends and sought min
ister, from whom he obtained religious
consolation and from whom he parted
weeping. Proceeding to the tailor's he
purchased a burial suit, and then, after
making all the arrangements with the
undertaken for the funeral, he bought a
handsome satin-lned rosewood coifn ana
wrote out list of the friends whom he
wanted to act as pall-bearers. The tomb
stone selected by him at the marDle-yard
bore representation of Hover win q
broken stem and the legend, Not lost,
Int rome before;" and in his interview
with the grave-digger at the cemetery he
selected a spot near where his mother
was laid, under the green trees, for a
tomb, at the same time giving directions
that violets should be planted above him
in the early spring. 1t was very melan'
choly and full of deepest pathos. This
was in 1914, and he is still alive and
hearty, having since been twice in the
State Legislature, once in Jail for assault
and battery upon his wife, and having
been turned out of the temperance SO
eiety for drinking too much bewildering
rum. He resides in Pencader, where hC
keeps billiard saloon, and he attributes
that warning TO his having been too oil
ious.-Mag AdeIer, IN DdnbuTy NeaoS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

12k@13c; Western Factory, 11h@12c. Pork
New Mess, S22.7T@23.OO. Lard-15Dt5hc,i
BREADsTUFFs.- .--Flour-white Winter Extra
S55Oa7.50; spring extra, Si.7505.S0. Wheat
Spring, No. 3, 946D9Ihc. Corn-No. 2, M
@71Mc, oats--No. 2, 42aG43c. Ryo--No. g
SS0s3c. Barley-No 2, 93095c.
wooL.-Tub-wsshed, 450D55c; fleece, washed
4O04sc. fleece, unwashed, crosse.
LUMBER.-First clear, S5O.OO053.0O; second
clear, $47.0OQD40.50; Common Boards, $1OSOD
1900; Fencing, si0.5O012O0; "a" Shingles,
S3.O003.50; Lath, $2O002.25.
CINCINNATI.
BREApsTuFFs.- s.-Flodr-S5 15d5.35. Wheat
Red, s1.Os. Corn-7s075c. Rye-ssc. oats-460
SOC. Barley-S1 .05D11O.
PRovIsIoNs.--Pork -s23 35O9s4OO. Lard--14
015c.
ST. LOUIS.
LIVE TocB.-Beeves-Fai to choice, 5000
600. Hogs--Live, S6.OOGD7.35.
BREADsTUFFs.-Flour, Xxx Fall, S4,2J0415
wheat-No. 2 Red Fall, $11501.15M. Corn-No.
2, T2672Mc Oats-No. ., 47@147DSc. Rye-No. 2,
S46os5c. Barley-$1.0501I0.
PRovIsIoNs.-Pork-Mess, $24.OO02i.25. Lard
-14hGD15c.
MILWAUKEE.
BREADsTUFFs. Fs.-Flour-Spring Xxx, S5.2JlD5.50.
whcat-Spring, No. 1, 81. .O501 .Oa1i; No. p 9SloO
l.UOha. COfn-NO. l0ttfOtaCs Outs-KNO' = sotg
4ic. Rye-No. 1, s29Ssc. Barley-No. = 99c
@$1O0.
DETROIT.
BREADsTuFFs,- - Extra, S1.2201 .22at
Corn-7JD76c. Oats-45D46c.
TOLEDO.
BREADsTUFFs.- Amber Mich, Si09k
01.1O; No. . Red, Si.OsO1O9 Corn-Mixcd,
TM@7Shc. Oats-46GD4sc.
CLEVELAND.
BREADsTUFFs.-Wheat-N 1 Rcd, S1.1IG
liz; No. Red, $i.O901.10. Corn--58GS0c
Oats-46OfSc.
BUFFALO.
LIVE STOCK. Beeves S5.00@640 Hogs
Live, s6OO@775. Sheep-Live, $4.OO@5.OO.
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE SToCK-Beeves - Best, S625Ql6.75
medium, S5O006.00 Hogs-Yorkcrs, $665d
$40; Philadelphia, Ss2501s.4O Shoep-Best
s5.O0@5.25; good, $4OO@4.75.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
GUESTS or THE HEART.

SOFT falls through the gathering twilight
The rain from the dripping caves,
And stirs with tremulous rustic
The dead and the dying leaves;
While afar, In the midst of the shadows,
hear the sweet voices Of bells,
Come borne on the wind Of the Autumn,
That ltfully rises and swells.
They call and they answer each other
They answer and mingle again
As the deep and the shrill In an anthem
Make harmony still In their strain;
As the voices of sentinels mingle
In mountainous regions of snow,
Till from hilltop TO hilltop chorus
Floats down to the valleys below.
The shadows, the freight OF even,
The sound of the rains distant chino,
Come bringing, with rain softly dropping,
Sweet thoughts of shRdowy time;
The slumberous sense of seclusion, .
From storm and intruders alOOf,
We feel when we hear in the midnight
The pattcr Of rain on the roof.
When the spirit goes forth in its yearnings
To take all its wanderers home;
Or, afar In theregions of fancy,
Delights on swift pinlons TO roam,
quietly sit by the tlre-light-
The fre-light so bright and so warm
For know that those only who love me
VIII seek me through shadow and storm.
But should they be absent this evening,
Should even the household depart
Deserted, | should not be lonely;
There still would be guests In my heart.
The faces of friends that ! cherish,
The smile, and the glance, and the tone
Will haunt me wherever | WANDER
And thus | am never alone.
with those who have left far behind them
The Joys and the sOrrOws Of time
Who sing the sweet songs of the angels
In purcr and holier climel
Then QarklY, o evening of Autumn.
Your rain and your shadows may fall;
My loved and my lost ones you bring me
My heart holds a feast with them all.
-Chdn6erS' Journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
The White Mans Party.

The Democratic party, prior to the
war, under the leadership of jeff. Davis,
Vallandigham, and that class OF pro-
slaveryitcs, resolved and re-resolved that
" this is the White Mans Government"
This was the motto upon all their ban
ncrs and the watchword at all their gath
erings. Those who declared that human
slavery should not be extended into ter
ritory then free were branded as negro
worshipers," "amalgamationists," etc,
and the Democracy declared their deter
mination to assert and maintain the su-
periority of the white race, and its right
to make servants of cOlored races,
whether from Africa, China, Japan or the
forests of America.
The Democratic party is the same to-
day that il was before the war. It's prin-
ciples have not changed. In the Demo
cratic Convention of Louisiana on the
25th inst, the declaration was sent forth
that the Democratic party is the White
Mans Party" That is to be the watch
word of the party hereafter, just as
I" this is the White Mans Government
was its motto prior to the war. IL repre-
sents that prejudice against the colored
race which ever characteriZes conceited
ignorance, and the party, in adopting this
llOblO, plants iboNiA pHhoiNiJ ~ VIZ A'AiN''e
of the lowest and most gross elements of
society. "The White Mans Party~ A
party which makes merit of color, and as
sumes that the Creator, in giving dark
skin to some of His children, design ated
them as inferior beings, only fit to be the
slaves of His white children.
The day for such obnoxious doctrines
has passed. When slavery was in the
height of its prosperity and power
when the people were blinded
by prejudice and custom-this war
fare against the colored race was
POPULAR; but to-day such an effort to
trample upon human rights and liberties
in the persons of colored men, women
and children will be rebuked by every
intelligent person throughout the North
ern States, and every true Republican al
the South. The people of this country
have declared that all men are created
free and equal, and they have sealed thai
VOW with their blood and treasure. The
old, fossilized pro-slaveryites of the
South, and their dough-faced allies a
the North, like Frank Hurd d Co., may
emblazon upon their banners that theirs
is a White Mans Party" but the intelli
gent people of the country cannot be in
duced to lock arms with rebels in a war
fare against loyal colored people, 1oted'
Blade.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

The Arkansas Constitutional Conven-
tion (now in SESSION. has provided for
an election of Governor if the new Con
stitution be adopted; otherwise Gov.
Baxter holds for two years longer.
The California election of Congress
men has been postponed to September
of next year, when Governor, Legisla-
ture etc, will he chosen. The Missis-
sippi election of Congressman has like
wise been postponed to November of
next year, when Legislature will be
chosen. The New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Connecticut elections of Con
gressmen occur at the regular spring
elections next year-Chtcdgo Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

"A young gentleman eighteen years
of age, seven feet high, four feet across
the shoulders, and weighing 900 pounds
was walking about the streets OF Cincln,
natl recently, attracting the attention ION, Oh u
all he met and leaving penlhu n, Nun n,s
long string OF wondering peoPie, ona ne une
not appear to feel bigger than anyone
else.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
pERRYsBURG WOOD co. ONO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II,

got wind of the affair and flocked down to the
bluffs on the Lexington side of the river.
Taken altogether, It was an exploit unsur-
passed 10 cool audacity, and In keeping with
the record Of its impudent perpetrators-the
James boys and one of the Youngers. Rob
Roy and Claude Duval must hide their dimin-
ished heads In the future.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

in an ordinary piano there are fif-
teen kinds of wood, namely; Pine, ma
pie, spruce, cherry, walnut, whitewood,
apple, basswood, birch, mahogany, eb-
ony, holly, cedar, beech and rosewood
from Honduras, Ceylon, England ana
South America. There are used OF the
metals, iron, steel, brass, white metal
pun metal and lead. There are in an in,
strument of seven and half Octaves PA
strings, making a total length of 1877 feet,
Such a piano will weigh from 600 to 900
pounds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
State Elections.

State elections occur in the order and
for the purposes stated in the following
table The highest State officer to be
elected is named, and the asterisk III
denotes Legislatures that will elect
limited States Senators:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

The total number of schools in Cal
fornia is 900; the total receipts Tor
school purposes, $3,O0O,0OO. The average
monthly wages paid to male teachers IS
$50; to female teachers, 500; Number
of persons between five and fifteen years
1A0 0O0
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

DIR. r. NJ. Hatfield defines a super
numerary Methodist minister. as one
who, because of impaired health, Is tenn
porarily unable to perform elective
work. A preacher who is worn out ana
superannuated Is not supernumerary'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

New England lost by fire during
July property valued at $974,950, Rhode
Island was the largest loser, her losses
amounting TO $728, 800.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

A PAPER containing many fine points
A paper of pins,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
THE MARKETS.
SEPTEMBER z, 1874.
NEW YORK.

SEPTEMBER7, 1874.
NEW YORK.
CoTToN.-Middling upland, 17017Ac.
LIVE STooK.-Beef Cattle-S10 .75D1275 Hogs
Dressed SS,759962H Sheep-Liye, $3.50
575
BREADsTUFFs. s.-FlOur-GoOd TO choice, $5.55
05.gO; white wheat extra, $5.9O965O. Wheat
No. Chicago, S1,17011O; Iowa spring, s1.1S
al 20; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $i,2iD1.26. Rye
Western and State, sS09ic. Barley. "a
49,. COrn-Mixed Western ahoat, $4,000.
oats--Western, bS0D62c.
RoyIsIoSs.-Pork-New Mess, $22.50022.75.
Lard-14h@14Kc. Cheese-10Iz O13Ac.
WooL.-Common 10 extra, 4bG66c.
CHICAGO.
LIVE sTocK.-B -Beeves-Choice, S60Od6.4oi good
S5.b0ll5.75; medium, S4.5O05.25; butchers
stock, $sboG4.0o; stock cattle, S2.5O1S.7b
Hogs-Live, S6.75071O sheep-Good TO choice
50. .75C04.5O.
Provisions. -Butter-Choice, 2S033c. Eggs
Fresh, l2h@1ahc. Cheese-New York Factory
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
Public Debt Statement.

The report of the condition of the public
debt Sept. is as follows:
six per cent. bonds q, ,213 22s. $50
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
ROAD AGENTS..

Missouri BandittA Redtvfvus - The
James and Younger Boys Rob N Stage
in Full View of Hundreds Mt Lsxing-
ton, Mo.-A Brave Gil, and How She
Secured the Return OF Some of the
stolen Treasures.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-23
Causes of Dew.

If dew fell, it would fall for the same
reason that rain falls; but dew does not
tall-it is simply deposit of moisture, al
ways contained in the air to a greater or
lesser degree, and which, when there is
enough of it, will always form on any
cold body exposed to the moist air, in pre-
ciSely the same way that a cold bottle or
stone, taken from cold cellar and sud-
denly exposed in the shade to the moist,
warm summer air, will become wet. I his
is not sweating, nor does this moisture
come out fthe bottle or stone, as many
people believe, but from the air. 1t is for
the same reason that moisture will con-
dense against the windOw-panes when the
air is cold outside and moist inside, the
moisture slowly freezing, while its depOs-
its form crystals of ice, which we so often
admire in winter. When the weather is
cool enough, the moisture deposited will
even freeze on plants and grass, and then
we call it hOar frost; If it does not feeZe. il
is simply dew. The only point left to be
explained is, why does the ground become
so cool during the night, SO much cooler
than the air above it as 10 cause the latter
to deposit its moisture? This was for
many years vtXed problem, till Wells
first suggested the radiation of obscure
heat, which takes place from the surface of
the earth through the clear atmosphere in
the space above, and so causes the surface
to become much cooler than the air itself
He demonstrated this by means of ther-
mometers placed at different heights, and
also by the fact that dew is only deposited
on cloudless nights. When there are
clouds, they reflect the heat, or prevent it
from escaping. The surface of the earth
thus being kept from cooling. no dew is
.-Mnnnfnctllr,en, and RnlLder.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-23
The Poets in a Puzzle.

COttle, in his Life of CoIeridge, relates
the following amusing incident: Il led
the horse to the stable, when a fresh per-
pleXitv arose. | removed the harness
with difficulty; but, after many strenuous
attempts | could not remove the collar. In
despair. called for assistance. when aid
soon drew near. Mr.. Wordsworth brought
his ingenuity into exercise; but, after sew
eral unsuccessful efforts, he relinquished
the achievement, as thing altogether i'm
practicable. Mr.. COleridge now tried his
hand, but showed no more grooming
skill than his predecessors; for, after
twisting the poor horses neck almost to
strangulatiOn, and the great danger OF his
eyes, he gave up the useless task, pro-
nOuncing that the horses head must have
grown (gout or dropsy?) since the collar
was put on; for he said 1T was a down
right impOssibility for such a huge os
trontis to pass through so narrow Il collar y
Just at this instant a servant girl came
near, and, understanding the cause of our
CONSERVATION, La master,' said she,
you don't 90 about the work in the right
way. You should do like this;' when,
turning the collar completely upside
down, she slipped it off in a moment to
our great humiliation and wOnderment,
each satisfied afresh that there were heights
of knowledge in the world to which we
had not vet attained"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-23
Names of the Various Parts of a Grape
Vine.

n. F. Lund, in an address before the
Northern Wisconsin Agricultural Society,
thus d fines the principal parts of a grape
vine:-The stock is the main part of the
vine above the root and below where it
branches. The stem includes those pOr-
t Ons which have ceased to bear shoots and
are two years old and over. The arm is
portion of the stem trained in horizontal
position. The cane isaripened shoot, from
six to eighteen months old. or until il
comes to bear shoots directly from its own
buds. The spur is a cane cut short. The
shoots are the growth of the current year
until the fall of the leaf. The laterals
spring only from the buds of shoots. and
are simply the shoot reproducing itself
from its own buds. The nodes are the
joints in the shoots and canes from which
spring the leaves. buds, tendrils or clus
ters and laterals. The internodes are
spaces between the nodes; both these lat
ter disappear in the stem. The tendril is
a twining support. The cluster or bunch
is tendril perfected into fruit. The buds
on the shoots occur only at the nodes in
the axis of the leaves. They are of two
kinds, growing side by side. From one
springs the lateral, making its growth the
current year; the other remains dormant.
perfecting for the growth of the shoot the
coming year. There are also the blossom
buds which appear only on the tendrils
and the berries. The whole make up the
vine. Let it be borne in mind that the
vine has not leaf-buds and fruit-buds dis
tinctly. like the apple, but leaves and fruit
come from the same bud, borne on the
shoot, the growth of the present year it
self growing from the bud perfected for
that purpose the previous year. No part
of the vine which has once borne leaf or
fruit will bear it second time.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-23

pressure of the lip may produce the same
thing. In some animals, rabbits and
guinea pigs. if we pass needles into their
chest and heart, so as TO judge OF reSplra-
ton and circulation, we find that the nee
dies stop altogether as we press the lips or
part of the cheek. 1t is not that the poor
creature is frightened, as when we have de-
priyed them partly of their consciousness,
or almost altogether, by the use OF chlOro-
form, the same phenomena occur. There
is very curious fact mentioned by Catlin,
who travelled in the West and wrote two
volumes on the Indians. He states that
The calves of the buffalo, if they are Cattght,
and the air from the lungs of man is
strongly breathed into their nOStrilS, will
become so fascinated by that peculiar i'll
fluence tina they will run after the horse
of the hunter, and follow him five or six
miles. 1t is said, and Mr.. Catlin affirms it,
that in texas, or in other parts of the
country where there are wild horses taken
by the laSsO, if the hunter succeeds In TAX
ing l&ld of their nOstrils, and then fprci-
bly, eXpels air from his lungs into the nos
trilS of the horse, he will follow him any,
where and become perfectly tame. These
facts des rye to be studied. | have heard
that when Mir. Rarey acted so powerfully
ION very violent horses, both in this cOun-
try and in Europe. he had something to
do with their nostrils also. What he did.
however, he keptin great measure secret.
That part of the system. at any rate, has
great deal to do in diminishing the activity
of the principal organs. 1t is very natural,
therefore, that such power should be ac-
quired by one who has done such a thing
to an animal as intelligent as the horse.