Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-04-09
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

You can get barrel of flour IN Cali
fornia for two dollars. But the fare there
and back moro than makes up the differ,
ance.
BRooM-coRN was introduced into our
country by Dr. Franklin. While ex.
amining corn whisk (imported) he &C
cidentally found single seed, which he
planted in his garden, and from which
the corn was propagated.
WITH the approach of the opening Of
navigation the Lake Survey Department
of the Government service are making
preparations for the seasons work,
which, it is expected, will be confined al
most exclusively TO Lake Ontario
PETER MCNAMARA, of Rochester, who
thought he could mesmerize a bull by
looking bin in the eyes, changed his
mind when he found himself on the
woodshed roof moment afterward, and
saw his wife coming with a step-ladder
and club to get him down.
EiaHTY years hence, when youth of
fourteen summers asks his great-grand-
father if he ever saw such cold winter
and so much snow, " the oldest inhab.
liant" will put his hand on the boys head
and reply: my son, you should have
lived in the winter of 1S74-75."
THE editor of Georgia paper is
curious TO know why etiquette will not
allow him to call on his sweetheart on
Saturday night. He would better let
the dear girl rest during one evening of
the week. He can make up for lost
time by staying at home an evening oc-
casionally after they are married.
He didn't tell the young man not to
come around any more; he didn't bidhis
daughter reject the suit; he didn't sit up
at night with o shotgun, or let the fire
go out in the front parlor. No, no; he
knew plan worth two of those; he hung
out o smallpox flag every evening at
dusk, and that did the business eifectu-
ally.
K REMARKABLE case of family longev-
ity is that of the Bridges family, of Cas-
tine, N. Y, three brothers and two sis
ters, all born in the vicinity of Castine
and all well to date, their ages varying
from eighty-tive TO seventy-two years.
Their father lived to be ninety-two
years old, and his mother was 101 when
she died.
WHILE the ladies of Oneida were
working at the polls for the election of
no-license Board of Excise, one of them
received the following note: "My Dear
Wife i have washed the baby, put her
to bed, and stirred up the pancakes;
what shall do next? Your loving hus-
band" Such a man is handy to have in
any family.-Rome IN. ~ Sentinel.
BUSINESS seems to be dull in San An
tonic, Tex, just now. The Herald says:
"Times are so hard that when the boy
who goes out on Saturday to collect bills
for dry-goods establishment comes
home with seventy-five cents and has the
ceiling of his pants worn out by the
boots of the customers from whom he
has collected it the proprietor regards it
as a good day for collections"
DONALDSON has not abandoned his
idea of crossing the Atlantic in balloon,
and IL is said he has contracted for the
! building of an air ship of sufficient size
and strength to make such voyage.
He proposes to start from New York be-
tween Oct. and Nov. 10 of this year.
Gentlemen in Cincinnati, New York,
London and Paris, it is said, have agreed
to defray the expenses of the trip, and
if the voyage is successful Donaldson is
to receive $4,000 upon his arrival in
London.
MIR. JOHN G.. CHAPMAN, of New Haven,
who philanthropically provides postage
stamps for all unpaid letters from the
office in that city, has just received from
New York gentleman who was the re-
cipicnt of one of his favors a lava cigar
stand of extra large size, the cigar-re-
ceptacle filled with fragrant Havanas,
and the match.safe with postage stamps.
The stand was adorned with the figure
of a fox head upon pile of books in
the same lava material.
WHY, one would hardly recognize the
old poem of:
If / had donkey who wouldn't 90
Do you think I'd wollop him? Oh, no, mol
I'd give him some wuts, and cry, Gee wo!
Gee hup, Neddyl
in this elegant version of it: l
If had an animal averse to speed
Do YOU think I'd chastise himy No, indeed!
would give him some oats and observe Pro.
ceed-
Go on, Edward
TaE main objection most people have
to sending communications on postal
cards is that the writing is, of course
open to general perusal. A good way OF
avoiding this difficulty is to use sympa
thetic ink. A solution of ten grains
hypCsulphite of soda in sixteen teaspoon
fuls water is the simplest fluid for the
purpose. Use perfectly clean pen and
after writing go over the letters with 6
smooth paper-cutter to remove all traces
of the salt. Exposure to the heat of {
bright coal fire turns the writing black
Scientific american.
SOME years ago the pastor of a New
England village church adopted plaI
to interest the members of his flock il
the study of the Bible. 1t was thus: A
| the Wednesday evening meeting he woulC
give out some topic to be discussed OF
the ensuing week, thus giving week TO
: them to study it up. One week the sub
! ject was st. Paul. After the preliminar,
E devotional exercises the pastor callet
t upon his deacons to "speak to the ques
[ tion." One Immediately arose and begal
/ TO describe the personal appearance q
, the apostle to the AGentiles. He sal,
/ Paul was tall, rather spare, mar
1 with black hair and eyes, dark complies
! ion, bilious temperament, etc. His pict
5 ure of st. Paul was faithful portrait o
| himself. He sat down and another pill
= lar of the church arose and said:
G think the brother preceding me has rea
5 the Scriptures to little purpose if his dl
!. scription of st. Paul is sample of hi
e Biblical knowledge. st. Paul was as
e understand it, rather short, thick-se
man, with sandy hair, gray eyes, tlori
complexion, and nervous sanguine ten
permanent" giving, like his predecesso
an accurate picture of himself. He ST
a down, and then another brother rose
r. his feet. He had keen sense of the II
q dicrous, and was withal an inveterat
/ stammerer. He spoke about as follows
o "My bro brethren, never fo-foun
@ in my Bibibe much aba bout the p-pe
# personal appearance of st. P-P-Pau
o But one thing is certainly establishes
e and tha-that is, st. P-P-PuIil had an in
If p-p-pediment in his speech" The effet
% can be imagined. A tidal wave" {
10 audible smiles swept over the congregi
'e ton, the good clergyman taking his fu
ID quota. He Immediately rose and di
" missed the assembly.