Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-04-03
MIsCrLLANEOUs ITEMS.

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DAILAs,z Tex, lis excited ever finding
two alligators in one Of her sewers.
A NEW YoRK Central Railroad train
made eighty miles In eightysone minutes.
GRATITUDE Is the throwing out of our
hearts in.the light of another's kindness.
THERE Is an inebriate in Chicago who
has signed the pledge eighty.seven times
A ROCHESTER, firm has found sale fol
10000 pounds Of dried and sliced pota-
toes. lee.
liz YOU want TO make hustle IN the
world take Ave newspapers and piece
of tape.
VELVET pockets on the outside Of street
dresses are very fashionable, stylish ana
unique
THE Duchess of Geneva was valued at
$4,000, but she died just as easily as
$50 COW.
THE essence of knowledge is, having 1t,
TO apply IL; not having 1t, to confess your
ignorance.
In Utah criminal condemned to death,
it is said, may choose whether he will be
shot or hanged.
SMOKING is prohibited in the Kansas
Senate Chamber, but not in the House OF
Representatives.
will be more profusely decorated than
ever this season.
THE actions of men are like the index
of book; they point out what is most
remarkable in them.
A PAIR of shoes was found in the stom-
ach of COW slaughtered in Chester Coun-
ty, Pa, the other day
IT has been decided in Iowa that jilting
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fact, it does him good.
A TEXAN farmer charges his fence rails
with powder, and dances for joy when bad
men steal them for fuel.
The placidity of expression worn by
man who is Next" in a full barber shop
cannot be counterfeited.
A GEORGIA paper has for its motto: at
is not rank, nor birth, nor state, but get
up and get that makes men great"
THE Ohio Legislature has declared
that no scratching" of tickets shall be
legal hereafter unless done with ink.
A MILWAUKEE woman traded her son
for a dog, and although it is a poor dog
it is thought she made good bargain.
AN organ grinder with tall hat, kid
gloves, ETC., was the sensation on the
streets at the West End, Boston, the other
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A PREVALENCE of the measles is re-
ported in Connecticut, but there's one
town there not at all alarmed. Its
Haddam.
WHEN couple of young people,
strongly devoted to each other, commence
to eat onions, it is safe to pronounce
them engaged.
A VIReINtA railroad has been made to
rAV Ii tor oil
other roosters in the State are Growing
over the verdict.
THE latest trick of the frequent boy is
to chalk an envelope on the door.sill in
the evening, and ther ring the bell. 1t is
Impossible to pick Up the letter
IT has been decided in Delaware that a
man is not necessarily drunk because he
tries to unlock the front door at mid
night with the butt end of his tobacco
box.
LIFE INSURANCE. is not popular in Kan
sas because there is no method of telling
whether man in good health will live
ten hours after he commences to talk pol.
itics. f--f.ss-., .a
The California papers tell about boy
climbing tomato vine to get away from
a mad dog. Tomato vines attain an enor.
nous size in California, and so do dog
stories.
A GEORGIA paper says that it won't
be more than three months before the sad
and lonely young men OF that State can
go out and hook melons and feel anew
the goodness of nature.
STRONG feelings do not necessarily
make a strong character The strength
of man is to be measured by the power
of the feelings he subdues, not by the
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In the window of grocery store on
Plane street, Providence, almost under
the shadow of a splendid new school
house, is the following placard: Egg:
% Adussen-CarOsene centes pinte."
A WHOLESALE liquor house IN Rock
Island few days ago received a barre
of whisky, reshipped from customer il
Atlantic, Iowa, the shipping bill bearing
the legend: Turned out by the women
A SINGLE Nevada mine, the Belcher
has just made its report for 1873, which
shows that it took out of its part of the
lode nearly $11,OOOOOO, of which ovel
half was paid to the stockholders in div
idends.
In Saxony fellow is required to cour
his girl by daylight, with the old woman
sitting between them, and she allows nj
winking OF nodding Sitting down on {
buzz-saw. eqn be rendered pleasant in
comparison.
THE mother of the recently.capture(
King Kofiee, of Ashantee, is described al
ga prudent though a warlike woman
All, many man who lives in a bettel
building than A-shantee knows full vel
what that means.
THE man who answered an advertise
ment to the following effect has his curl
osity satisfied: "If you would learn t
make home happy send fifty cents il
postage stamps to A. B." etc. Upon re
ceipt of postage stamps, A. B. replied
"Your home would be more happySif yol
were less frequently there" n
A YOUNG girl Of Newtonville, Mass
who had become deranged by religious
excitement, left her home late at night
telling her little brother that she was &C
ing to kill herself, in order to Get quickl,
into heaven. The boy informed hi
parents, the neighborhOodAwas quickl
aroused and thorough search was mad
for the body AT last twas found in he
own bed, quite warm and healthy. Sh
had climbed in at srwindow, after war
derine half the night, and was slumberin
peacefully.