Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-06-09
SENSE AND NONSENSE.


A GOOD kind of crematlon--ice-cream
alton.
Coon tea has been raised in North Car.
olina.
THE best place to see fine crops is at a
poultry fair.
TIE New York World thinks that he.
reditary dcpravity can be beaten out OF
boy.
HARD TIMEs'are visible in the mum
Der of last years summer suits cleaned up
and worn for new. ..,
SHOOTS of the rubber tree are In lively
demand in New York fbr house plants
1t is tough and will stand furnace heat.
IT is bad year for fruit We have
observed several punches of straw with
not n berry on them m-Cinctea1tt Times.
JESSE PoMERoY was convicted long be-
fore Piper was. 1t looks much as if the
lad were being neglected d.-ROclester Dem.
ocrat.
SURGEON DECRoIx, of Paris, holds that
horse.fesh is the wholesomest meat for
human beings, and he has a right TO his
opinion.
VERY YOUNG LADY" says the New
York HeTald, "may wear corn color with
pale coral" Thank heaycnl this ques-
tion is settled at last. t
!. IT is now misdemeanor In Alabama,
punishable by fine and imprisonment, 10
sell property subject 10 mortgage or a
landlords lien without the consent of the
mortgagee or landlord
NARROWLY escaped being cut of
with shilling" said solemn young
man. GLOW did you escape it?" asked a
bystander. " My father had no shilling"
was the solemn reply.
Dom PEDRO had bill of So, 900 at the
Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, and
paid it. "This is a great country" he
says, in a burst of admiration-a great
country for hotel charges.
81 DON'T see why the papers make such
ato.do about it," said Mrs. Partington
this morning, as Ike read, " Great Picture
of the Prodigal sun-burnt" He went
without his hat" she murmured; "lop-
pered milk is good for it,"
The superiority of man to nature is
continually illustrated in literature and in
life Nature needs an immense number
of quills TO make a goose with; but man
can make a goose of himself in five min
utcs with one quill.
A MAN who has been lecturing in Penn.
sylvania on @Mnemonics, or the Art OF
Cultivating a Perfect Memory" lef
Reading. Pa, last week and forgot hi:
trunk at the hotel. P. S. Also the bill
N B.-There were bricks in the trunk
N. Y. World.
THE line of reasoning which makes ar
ostrich, with his head in the sand, think
that he is hidden, is not confined to brutes
Four -ffths of the pedestrians, on rainy
day, carry their umbrellas so as to protec
the front portion OF their bodies, and ge
their backs wet
GENES cannot be disguised. Tru,
greatness of soul reveals itself behind any
mask. One day recently barouche. loaC
of reporters at the Marblehead ceebra
tion were mistaken for Gov. Rice and
staff. The Fire Department uncovered
and shouted, and the band played /" Hal
TO the Chiefs"
RECENTLY as farmer near Oakland
! Oregon, was plowing in his field he un
| earthed the skeleton of an Indian which
had been in the ground for long time
Near by it he plOwed up what was mucl
better than dead Indian, to wit: ST,
| llbuNlIu III lllC OIu my
slugs, once the currency of California ant
| Oregon,
FIFTY years ago Mary Sturtevant was
tailoress, and made coat iOr David r
Campbell, who has just given five town.
of the State of Vermont IS 900 each fo
the poor. His bill amounted to IS Cd
and when he went to pay she was not in
and, as they both soon left town, he faiieC
| n nra hn mr. at
| ward married, had a son, and became
widow, and he went through a long bust
ness experience, becoming wealthy. On
day, in 1869, she received letter from
him, in which he stated that he had jus
learned where she was, and inclosed tn
money, with interest. The money wa
given to the Consumptive Home. e.-BoStof
AdDertiSer.
TELEGRAPH operators sometimes max
mistakes in sending or receiving dis
patches, which are very amusing as wei
as serious. The other day an order TO
goods was sent from Middletown to inter
cept the American Express messenger o.
| New Jersey Midland. 1t was delivered t
him by the boy operator at Pompton i
this way: "Get 500 culls" (oysters) reat
800 bulls" "One barrel of soda crack
ers from E. Titus, 2S3 Washington street,
was 1889 fine toast" Zone barrel O
spinach was tone barrel of china
Forty pounds butt, became "forty tub
butter" The order was dated also a
Hamburg, instead of MiddletOwn. For
| tunately the messenger had seen the oril
inal order before starting, and instead {
bulls and fine toast and china, etc
he bought the articles which he kne,
were wanted,-MfddletOlO ION IN. ~ Pres,
NEW YoRK will on have an immens
public aquarium where every facility vii
be afforded for original scientific invest
CATION and research at the same time tina
an interesting and attractive resort is ful
nished for amusement seekers. Th
building will inclose an area OF over /, 40
square feet, and its interior walls will b
lined with tanks having plate-glass front
and varying in length from ten to or
hundred feet, with height and depth pre-
portional. The central space will be OK
cupied with a great circular tank alread
nearly completed. All these tanks wi
be adorned with rock work, and will cor
stitute the homes of numberless varietie
of attractive and curious marine animal:
ranging in size and interest from the il
genious stickleback and beautiful SC
anemone to the porpoise and devil fish
In addition to these stationary tanks ther
will be large number of smaller tabl
tanks so arranged as to furnish every IA
cilily for observing the structure and hal
its of all forms of marine life. The cor
struction OF the work is already far &C