Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-03
SENSE AND NONSENSE.


at Atlanta for Illicit distilling.
ONLY 712 of the 1,G06 officers in the
American navy are on duty at sea.
BANANA culture is increasing at the
South, particularly in the old cotton-fields
of the Gulf States.
AT an agricultural fair in Brittany the
prize for plowing has been taken by
Marianne Goutfet, girl of nineteen.
THE Governors fthe Queens College
Birmingham, have refused to admit
women as students to their medical
classes.
"Too THIN" or II won't wash" is out
of date, the proper method of expressing
dissent being to remark: "That won't go
round"
THE hide of that little donkey at Gin
cinnati that whipped a lioness in fair
fight is to be stuffed and exhibited at the
Centennial
THERE is boy five years old out near
the end of Cape Cod, in an inaccessible re-
gion, who has not yet been arrested as
Charley Ross.
Now THAT we have done with all this
political fOolishness let us settle down to
the solemn realities of life. Have you put
down your mince-meat yet?
A RECENT dispatch announces disas-
! trous failure of the cereal crops Of the
Russian Empire. So serious is the loss
that famine is feared in some localities.
SOME of the London newspapers have
been calculating how much English
capital has been invested in the Erie
Railway. 1t is fixed at the sum of $780,
600, 900.
THE Chicago Tribune pronouces Rich
ard Grant WIS new word "cynicaster-
ism" gross and vulgar rhetorical er-
ror," as it is compounded from two
foreign words.
Now THAT O'Leary has outwalked
Weston and extinguished him it is sug-
gested that some one shall outwalk and
extinguish O'Leary and then commit sui
cide.-N. Y. World.
THE late Mr.. j. NJ. Beebe, of Boston,
left in his will 5000 to ex-Mayor j. V.
! G. Smith, of that city, in recognition Of
kindness shown by him to Mr.. Beebe
when the latter was a young man.
THE woman is yet to be discovered
who, when her husband is pouring eX-
| pletives into the bosom of his clean shirt,
will not solemnly declare that the gar
ment had every button on when it was
put AWAY. Y. World.
WHEN Boston editor wants to speak
of the other paper he says; " Our genial
contemporary" He means the yellow
! faced son of a gun who edits the con-
temptible concern on the corner" but he
daren't speak that way in Boston.
WHEN man manages to save a little
/ each year from his yearly earnings he is
on the sure road to prosperity and wealth
The capital that he saves is always earn
1 ing and never consumes anything. One
! al MI a a
no expenses out.
! A KENTUCKY woman notified the Sheriff
of her county that she carried n concealed
weapon and dared him to attempt her ar
rest. He accepted the challenge and was
very near being killed for his pains. The
woman was finally taken before Justice
| and held to bail, the Sheriff himself going
ON her bond.
! Don't meddle with nitric acid-dont,
we beseech you. A German cssaylst says
that when henZoylnaphtylam is
treated with nitric acid, two isomer-
ic mononitrobenzoylnaphtylamides are
formed-one yielding mononamidobenZo-
naphtylamide, the other ankydrobenzodi-
amidonaphtatener
A YOUNG fellow over in Hardin Coun-
ty, Ky, wanted to marry, and con-
cluded that the girls folks" opposed
him. lie mounted horse, took her on
behind and galloped away at railroad
| speed. When the old man found out he
had gone he killed the fatted calf, gave a
country dance, and there never has been
such feast given since the return Of the
prodigal.
! THE Ariz0nd Citizen says there is in that
Territory fiend named Sheridan, who
makes il a business to entice others TO go
into the mountains with him on the pre-
tense of showing them rich mines, and
it is seldom that persons so enticed are
ever heard Of afterward. 1t is said the
diabolical wretch has lured away and muir
dered eight victims within the last year
Gov. Sanford offers a reward Of $500 for
his arrest and conviction.
THE other day Detroiter took home a
book containing several anecdotes show
ing the power of Imagination, and after
reading them to his wife he tenderly said :
Now, Angeline, you may some time inn
agine that you hear me kissing the serv-
ant girl in the other room, and you see
how base il would be to accuse me Of such
a thing" John Henry" she replied,
in smooth voice, " if | ever imagine
such thing you'll need a doctor within
fifteen minutes, no matter what that book
saysr'-Detr0it Free Press.
A TRAVELLER lately returned from
Wichita, Kan, describes the customs pre-
vailing in the District Court there as any
thing but impressive. A large sign hung
I in conspicuous place announced: " No
Smoking Allowed" The Judge sat with
his chair tipped back and his feet among
the law books and ink bottles on his desk,
smoking a capacious meerschaum pipe.
The Jury lOunged comfortably in their
box, nine of them smoking vigorously,
while among the bar ard the spectators
every other man had a lighted pipe or
cigar in his mouth, and the atmosphere of
the courtroom was almost blue,
A CLEVELAND girl who was on the
point of being deserted by her lover went
the other day, with seven shooter in her
pocket, to "bring him to time" On
meeting him and the other onen she
clicked her pistol once, and prepared
again to shoot, when the faithless fellow
began to beg off sect down on your
|, knees before me, them commanded the
inexorable maiden With groan Harry
complied. "Now get up and put your
arms around my neck, and hug and kiss
me-" said COadie. "Oh don'tl Have
pity on me" cried Harry, as he wrung
his hands in deep distress But the girl
compelled him at the point Of her pistol
10 do as she demanded, and the wretched
Harry was finally obliged 10 tell her that
he would love her and her only during all
the rest of his natural life. And this, too,
in the presence of crowd Of witnesses
who had been attracted to the spot When
he was finally permitted to take his de-
} parture he felt sad indeed.