Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
SENSE AND NONSENSE.


NEW HAMPsHIRE's State tax is 100000.
FINE business-the Police Court Judges.
A PRETTY piece of misunderstanding
salaries.
"a STITCH in Time''-one in the old
fellows back
MOSQUITOES must be happy, for they
are always singing at their work.
ALL respectable, high-toned Boston
families paint their front steps lemon
color.
WHAT movement is that of man hoe
ing a row of potatoes? A row-tater-y
movement, of course.
THE misery felt by the child who
couldn't go to the picnic is nothing to that
of the one who has been to it.
THE grand essentials to happiness in
this life are something to do something 10
love and something to hope for.
FoUR HUNDRED barrels of dead oil have
been poured into the Baltimore basin in
the effort to deodoriZe its smells.
SIX FEET in his stockings!" exclaimed
Mrs. Partington. Why, Ike has onlytw
! in his, and | never can keep 'em darned
at thatl'
A MOUNTAIN of iron has been discovered
near Theophile's ranch, in the Gabilan
]
| California.
WHAT is the difference between sperma-
ceti and schoolbOy's howl? One is the
wax produced by the whale, and the other
is the wall produced by the whacks.
A PHILOSOPHER asserts that the reason
why ladies' teeth decay sooner than gen
tlemen's is because of the friction of the
tongue and the sweetness of the lips.
How A man can afford to give away
| an eighteen-dollar chrome with pound
of dollar tea puzzles people who don't
know the immense profits made ON teas.
SOME strangers dug up $75, 900 in gold
near Mobile the other day, and Mobile
papers suggest that strangers be impris-
oned hereafter the moment they strike the
town.
DID you ever meet AlOnzO Brown, Of
Virginiag If you never did you never
will He was found hanging to limb
the other day and a paper pinned to his
coat read: g He stole hams.n
A SPANISH musician recently tried to
hang himself with cord made of fiddle
strings rolled together, but was cut down
in time to save his iIfe. His " execution"
in this instance was poor.
: THE river has been cutting into the
bank at New Madrid, Mo, at such a rate
Mississippi and il has been necessary TO
: move several other buildings TO safer To-
cation.
HAIR can be turned blonde, or in other
words killed, by washing in very weak
solution of soda twice day. Two OF the
leading bellies of New York society owe
their much-admired golden tresses TO this
simple ecipe.-CiRcinnGtt Times.
DAME FASHION says that woolen barege
is coming into vogue again. II is fashion
ably worn in France, and is admired for
its soft, clinging texture. Full costumes
. of harege have been sent over from Paris
! in stylish ecru and dark blue shades
/ A MOTHER and father are trying to
force their daughter to marry Daughter
! (loquiur)-"There are many reasons why
, dent want TO marry him; in the nrst
/ place he is too hideous and stupid. "
Mother with dignity" Stephanie, dld L
not marry your father%
CHEATING is not confined 20 any partic-
I ular race. In package of opium that
has not been opened since II left the shores
Y of the Leyant received at drugstore in
/ Alexandria, Va, there was found a col
II lection of old bullets and rocks, which
4 had been paid for at the rate of $SI5 a
pound.
A MASSACHUSETTS woman was recently
struck by lightning, and the electric cur
: rent melted string of gold beads she
/ wore about her neck. She recovered from
. the shock, but the prejudice she now Gu
4 tertains against melted gold haadnrpnnine
4 down the back and into tho shoes u sAlc
70 be even grand Ia iss vigor