Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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North for culinary purposes.
FIRE is said to be dissipated element,
because it goes out almost every night.
THE cream OF Cincinnati is in ecstacies
over a bas relief exquisitely wrought in
butter.
A THREE-LINE advertisement, 405 times
repeated, recently appeared in the Lon
don Times.
AT Monte Vista, Cal, the apple trees
are now fragrant with their white and
pink bloom"
SooT-A ABLE presents-thosew which Santa
Claus brings down the chimney.-C0m-
mercidl Advertiser.
In San Jose jury has decided that it
is not breach of the peace to call a man
low-lived cur"
THE grandmother of the bride at a
wedding in Covington, KY, recently
officlated as bridesmaid.
Boston has successfully introduced
stoves and fires into street cars for the
comfort of passengers.
THE difference between the cook and
her lover is, the one cooks the meat and
the other meets the cook.
SAN FRANcIsco is considering the fea-
sibility yofintroducing the prismoidal, one
rail railway in her streets
THE Zion's Herald thinks people are not
cutting down their personal and general
expenses at home as they should.
A GALVESTON damsel has sued a young
fellow for breaking her nose while at
tempting to kiss her against her will.
JUDGE WALSH, a judicial despot of
Brooklyn, has decided that a woman has
no right to open her husbands letters.
A LADY correspondent says the young
men of Baltimore are the dullest, the
flattest and most Whoa, there,
steadyl
No MAN can read about all these
burglaries without determination to
have his wife sleep on the front side of
the bed.
Mr. DoDBs says he has one of the most
obedient boys IN the world. He tells
him to do as he pleases, and he does it
without murmur.
A GOOD deal of tall freezing can be
done between now and the 1st of March,
remember. lce-dealers may safely keep
cool in the meantime.
THAT Massachusetts dam went out the
other day because the contractor wanted
to save $40 or $50 on the amount of
mortar used. He saved it.
A BOY who has lost the use of both
legs and of one arm wants to obtain en-
ployment in New York so that he may
assist his poor widowed motherl
In giving geography lesson down
East teacher asked a boy what State
he lived in, and was amused at the reply,
drawled through the boys nose: "a
state of sin and misery"
A SCoTCHMAN eighty years old was re-
Gently naturalized in Kaysville, Utah.
When asked if he intended to obey the
laws he replied that ait isna worth
while tae dae otherwise moo"
A GUEST at a hotel in Lewiston Me.
fearful of thieves, placed his money in
the toe of his boot, and, forgetful, placed
his boots outside his door to be BACKED.
1t may seem strange, but he got that
money again at the office.
WHEN we hear, every now and then,
that whole population are starving we
are moved to pity and inclined TO eX-
press hope that relief for the sufferers
will soon be forthcoming.-HalJar Pa
per- Should think you would
THE fact that twenty-seven men are
wanted by the San Francisco police for
deserting their wives indicates change
of sentiment from the time when the
first white woman was received in Cali
fornia with procession. n.-EGchdnge.
THE San Francisco Bohemian. says:
Beneath the thin coating of tinsel
which glitters and shines, impressing the
stranger with favorable idea of our
wealth and prosperity, lies a thick
stratum of poyertyW just so in many
places.
Mrs. Ex-JUDGE PRATT, of San Fran
cpoo for 1ivorca onJ olimonu of
S1,000,0 900. If some of the wives of us
fellows would only sue us for divorce
and that amount, now, get both and mar
ry us again, what big thing it would be
for the family!-.S. Louis Republican.
JOHN WILLIAMS, an unwilling soldier
in the British army, held three fingers on
a railroad track, and train cut them
off. He calculated correctly that the
mutilation would disable him for the
military, but is surprised to learn that a
court-martial will very likely sentence
Linn to more undesirable servitude.
IT is now proposed to use the backs of
railroad tickets for advertising purposes.
For consideration merchants are to be
permitted to place their business cards
on the backs of the tickets, which are to
be colored. In addition to this the
tickets will bear the direction: Enter
the cars by the rear doors; leave them
by the front"
A DETROIT father purchased a tool
chest for his son, lad of eight, who
seemed to have considerable mechanical
genius. Up TO latest accounts the boy
has sawed off but two table-legs, six
knobs from the bureau, bored seven holes
through the doors and three through the
piano-case, and by the aid of the glue
pot stuck the family supply Of napkins
firmly to the parlor carpet.
A GENTLEMAN in Burlington, VT, of
an investigating turn of mind, few
weeks ago determined to "try it" again
with the rats which infested his house.
He purchased a supply of " coal tar" at
the gas works, and placed small quanti-
ties of it in the rat-holes in his cellar,
and elsewhere in their runways. The
rats, bedaubing themselves, became dis
gusted with the manner of their enter
tainment and speedily left the premises,
and have not been seen or heard from
since.
A PENNSYLVANIA lady engaged berth
in palace sleeping coach. When she
was ready to retire she took from her
sachel a gum bed, which she inflated
and placed in the berth she was to oc-
cupy. 1t happened that her berth was
very close to the stove and the heat
caused the gum bed to expand until the
pressure got so great that it collapsed
with tremendous shock, and the pas
sengers jumped out of their berths in
their night.clothes, thinking there was
collision. The force of the collapse
threw the lady against the ceiling of the
berth, but did not hurt her.
SEVERAL letters deposited in the Rich
mond (Va) Postoffice, evidently written
by children, plainly indicated That they,
anticipating the annual visit of Santa
Claus, wished to remind him of what
they most desired. One of them was
directed Santa Claus, Greenland, North
Pole" Another was directed as follows;
"Santa Claus, sleigh drawn by eight
reindeers" An open letter, directed