Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-03-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

that the Hudson has had three freshets
this season.
A MISSISSIPPI Postmistress has dis
charged her husband from a CleTkship for
non.attendance 70 duty.
WHY is a hen sitting on gate like a
penny? Because its heads on one side |
and It's tails on the other.
THIRTEEN broken arms and legs in |
Portland attest to the fact that the last was |
a good winter for sliding down hill.
Mrs. ERcHENFELDER, of Waterloo, |
Del, is another gasoline victim. Filling |
lighted lamp, with the usual result.
THE privilege of the peerage recently
saved the Earl of Winchester from being
sent to prison for debt, at the suit OF
London firm.
Our greatgrandmammas are turning
over in their graves in consequence of the
rumors now current that "poke bonnets"
will be revived next summer.
BLONDES are decidedly at a discount
this season. Fair-haired maidens are ex-
perimenting on kittens at home the eff
casy of different black dyes.
THERE is on exhibition in New York
piece of lace five yards long and quarter
of ayard wide, so soft and fine that 1t can
be drawn through aflnger-ring.
DOQUEIb lOT DdllS anu pdIlltS ar hltuS
of linen and heavily perfumed Not one
person in ten is able to detect at a little
distance that they are artificial,
A CALIFORNIA farmer is killing off his
squirrels by scattering lunRs of phos-
phorus in his wheat fields. 1t is good for
the wheat and bad for the squirrels.
MooN-EYE, or periodic ophthalmia, in
horses cannot be prevented, according to
the Spirit of the Times The disease will
run its course in spite of treatment
A GEORGIA girl aided a noble charity
at Macon by allowing 800 men to kiss her
at twenty-five cents a head. When she
got home and washed off the enamel she
felt better.
IT is vain to put your finger in the
water and, pulling it out, look for hole; /;
and equally vain to suppose that, however
large space you occupy, the world will
miss you when you die.
THERE is no change in the style of
wearing the hair. In the spring, however,
it is said style so novel and startling
will be introduced that each particular
hair ON fashionable wOman's head will
stand on end with surprise.
A SWEET creature called the medusa
pOlyp has recently been installed in an
aquarium at one of the Paris gardens, its
DSluS IItbJ IL OullNSlbo1 III ob
into alcohol and then into vinegar, any
water into which it is placed.
PERPETUAL complaints, says an old
writer, are like unto new cart, which
creaks and cries even while it has no bur
den but its owR wheels; whereas that
which is long used and well oiled goes
silently away with neavy load.
1T has been proved from a microscopic
examination of piece of glass which had
been exposed to the sand blast, that the
effect of the sand on the glass is due more
to the force and velocity of the impact
than to the hardness of the particles OF
sand.
WHEN Philadelphia paper states that
"such scenes must long linger lovingly
in the memories of all who saw them, foI
with youth at the helm and pleasure al
the prov the gondola of enjoyment swept
swiftly along on the azure sea of hope,
it means a public ball.
THE new feather fans appear to be
quite the rage. They are much smaller
In size than those used last summer, and
not half as awkward-looking. Those Ol
peacock feathers are the handsomest, on
gilt or ivory sticks. The old swans down
fans in use during the days of our grand
mothers are also coming in fashion again
THE woman of the coming time
Shall man to vote appoint her
Well, yes or no, your bottom dime
She'll do as she's min ter.
We know she "will' or else she won't"
Twill be the same now;
And il she does, or il she don't,
God bless her, anyhow.
THE Mayor of Norfolk, Va, recently
received letter from Atlanta, Ga, in
quiring the population Of the city, anC
whether the writer would be permitted Il
run keno bank. He said that he coulC
give good references as to character, anC
would be willing to allow the Mayor al
interest.
THE following is well recommended a!
ink for shOemakers: Take one quart al
cohol tincture of iron seven ounces
pulverized nutgalls two ounces; extrac
of log-wOod three ounces; ink powder
one paper. Mix all together and shakt
two or three times daily for a week o.
ten days.
AS MEN have movable heads, which
they can turn to the right or left, for
ward Or backward, they should not, from
mere contrariness, fasten on themselves
as blinkers, prejudice, stupidity, capric,
and obstinacy, which prevent their seein!
anything but what is straight before them
Even distinguished talents, cultivated be
tween such blinkers, may become
mania.
THERE is man in Idaho who recent,
found the truth of the old saying, There
many Slip" etc. He was a man agains
whom no adverse charge could be urged
except having lived single too long to en-
gage in little game of matrimony with
young aud handsome rival. The stake wa
buxOm lass of nineteen, and although
the hero "put up" broad acres ant
horned beasts innumerable, and "went
rich quartz mine and forty stamp mil
"better," his opponent "called" him ol
full hand of youth and good looks an,
took down the "pot." Delay is alway
dangerous.
A REMARKABLE phenomenon was re
Gently witnessed by some of the citizen
of Metropolis, Ky. Directly after sunris
a dark bank of clouds lay close to tn
horizon in the direction of Paducah, tel
miles distant, and just above this darl
embankment, mirrOred in a clear an
serene deep blue sky, the city of Paducal
appeared, with all its spires, houses
streets, wharves, etc, clearly visible. Tn
mirage appeared abont forty degree
above the horizon. At the same time tn
beholder could see three steamboats, a
the wharf and the Tennessee River. A
appeared as natural as life, except tina
everything seemed magnified to twice tn
natural size.
THE Pacific Medical and Stlrgiccl Jou,
nat says: A striking instance of inherite
appetite for alcoholic liquors has been n
Gently brought to our knowledge A lady
wife of the Mayor of an Atlantic city, wa
confirmed inebriate, and in spite of tn
most assiduous efforts made by her hu,
band and others to restrain and reforr
her continued to drink until her life fel
sacrifice TO the indulgence. Her granC
mothers were both Incorporate and bot
died from drunkenness. Several of nc
brothers were inebriates. She had on
child, daughter, who exhibited in child
hood a marked appetite for strong drin
and who drank to intoxication wheneve
she had the opportunity. The child die
at the age of six years. During her briC
life she was known to have been repea
edly drunk. So inveterate was her appt
tite for liquor that she would resort to In
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