Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-18
SENSE AND NONSENSE.

was all in her Q) eye.
So THE Princess Beatrice is like the
rest of womankind. After saying she
would marry the man Of her choice even
though he were a mechanic, she has
taken up with a poverty stricken Prince,
whom Parliament will have TO support
hereafter.
THE brewers and malsters of the United
States will erect on the Centennial grounds
an iron building for the exhibition of beer,
malt, hops and everything connected with
The brewing business including mina-
ture ice.housc. The cost of the building
will be $4,000.
THE other day, up in Watertown, N.
T., the wind blew a lady directly into
gentleman's arms, and ever since that
time whenever Old Probabilities indicates
breezy weather the sidewalks Of the town
are so crowded with young men as to rem
der them almost impossible.
THOUGH no amount of study and appli-
cation can make dull man clever, yet he
may by the practice of selccultvation be-
come well informed and sIudiOus Every
attempt to gain knowledge is productive
of some good result, for, if itdoes nothing
else, it leads to a spirit of inquiry, which
is Of itself beneficial.
A MAN and wife at EatOnton, Ga, were
remarked after two years of matrimony.
The first ceremony having been in some
way informal, and the inheritance of
large amount of property depending upon
the validity of their marital relations. they
called their friends together, had a
brilliant wedding, and went off on a
honeymoon tour.
No MORE long and costly professions of
funeral carriages in Springfield, Mass.
The correct thing in funerals is to dis
miss the company at the close of the serv-
ices at the house or church. and convey
only the family and few near relations
in carriages to the cemetery. It is hard
on the livery stable men and undertakers,
but the wealthy ano fashionable ones say
that the reform must be carried out, and
1t is done.
ENoCH ARDEN in Kansas: AS he en-
tered the cabin he found the old woman
and her husband engaged in the double
working, bac1-acting, reciprocative per
formance of pulling each others hair.
They reversed engines for a moment l.e
entered " Stranger said he, "she is
my wife, but I've hearn tell as you've
married her. shall never introod on your
domestic bliss agen; but | warns you
his neighbOr took in, that this is a game
whlr you don't stand no show. Stranger,
she can draw to bobtail and make full
hand every time" Then he bowed, lifted
his hat from bald head, and withdrew.
CLERGYMEN ought to be little careful
in the administration of sympathy. There
are some beautiful doctrines which will
probably have to be modified to suit GER
foiy1 pr11 uc naing (lnn Of 9bn plntn q
the other day consoling an afflicted broth
cr on what he supposed to be the loss of
his wife by death, and assured him of tho
certainty of meeting her on the other size,
when the afflicted interrupted him by
saying: l hope that what you say is not
literally true, for l have Just been di-
vorced, and expected that the bill covered
this world and the next. If what YOU say
is true, you would pity me, indeed, for
my prospect is anything but enchanting" !"
The medicine is good, but it ought not to
be given to the wrong paticnt-CdicGGC
Tribune.
ON Thurs day afterr,o',u, Jusr pvrllss me
snow storm commenced, John Henry s
wife left their hopeful" aged five, and
his little sister, aged three, together with
little cousin who was visiting them, in
a room up stairs, fnncying that they
would amuse themselves together without
harm. When she returned an hour after
ward q strange scene greeted her aston
ished eyes. The young naturalists had
taken the feather bolster from the bed, cut
it open and Strewu the floor with cider
down, which they were tossing up into
the air with ihe greatest delight imagina-
ble "W hat on earth are you doing, chill
dren?" she exclaimed, aghast. "Well
you see, mamma" said the hopeful
"Dod is snowin' out doors, and we
thought we'd make him snow in here. -
Cincinnati Times,
RABBITS having become too numerous
in Grass Valley, New the proprietor Of a
large rancho determined to rid the vicinity
of fine pests, which destroyed acres oi
grain and vegetables for him last season
and provided ammunition and provision.
for an attack on the enemy. Ten guns
were mustered into service, and the hum
continued four days, in which time 8jt
rabbits were slaughtered One hundred
pounds of shot were fired during the cru
SADIE. According to the record kept by
the boys at the ranch, more than 3,00(
rabbits have been killed in its immediate
neighborhood since last July, They ar
| tolerably well thinned out now, and hopes
are entertained that their depredati0n
! Will NC ltSo CAlGuoiNO llCAb llldt
last, when they devoured about sixty acres
of barley, besides potatoes and other vege
tables. They were as great a plague tC
farmers in many parts Of Nevada las
year as the grasshoppers were in Kansa
and Nebraska.
THE San Francisco Ohr0nicIS has leg
islative correspondent at sacramento who
is showing vicariously a good deal o
heroism He lately made unpleasan
references TO member named Somers
Now, Somers gained his Legislative ex
! perience in blacksmith shop. He is
man of Drawn and oaths--a cruel, rOugl
man. When he read the scurrilous re
marks about him in the Chronicle he ros,
in his might and said he would throw tn,
\ correspondent out OF the window If thl
1 offense were repeated. The editor of tn
Chr0niele, being safely disposed at SaI
Francisco, chose to regard this threat a
pleasantly. They invited the blacksmith
OF Mariposa to come on with his cudgels
He came He beat the correspondent
about the head, and offered to throw hin
4 out of the window if he insisted upol
having the letter of the contract carried
out. The correspondent did not insist. A
truce has been declared. Meanwhile tn
Chronicle urges the eombatants on TO thu
iraV, and It's correspondent has serious
thoughts Of resigning.
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