Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-07-19
ALL SORTS.

enough to hold offices. -NeU Orleans
PicdytI1e.
The chap who ate a pint of cherries
in the dark, a few nights ago, thinks it
was the wormest night of the season.
NOrriStoWn Herald
Parties in Carroll County, Iowa,
have spent $1,000 over dispute as to
the boundary line of some land worth
about forty dollars, and the end is not
yet.
Not many men in the United States
are as secure of fame as Capt. Thomas
i. jerks of Louisiana. Agnes ID.
jerks made him immortal by marrying
him. Washington Post.
"A bold fight against misfortune
will often enable man to tide over
tight place and put ruin to fight. You
can make ruin run any time by knock
ing its out. .-HGckenSdc6 Republican.
The young man arrested for leav-
ing an oyster-saloon recently without
paying for his stew, on telling the
Judge he had forgotten it, was remind
ed that he had played that one-stew
often.
An Irshman on being asked how
he liked America, replied: "By my
soul it beats anythin iver saw for fra
dom. And the beauty of it, de We see,
is, that if yees do not like it yees can
lave it,.
When young people play croquet
in the dark it is hard to tell whether it
is light tap of the mallet or heavy
concussion of the lips that comes hurt
ling on the evening stiffness. .-RocheS-
ter ETpreSs.
The artist who has been laying up
the winter can be seen along the rail-
roads throwing fantasy and passion in
to the poetic legends which speak the
marvellous virtues of corn and bunion
liniments.-Wild Oats.
Wilson the celebrated vocalist, was
upset once in his carriage near Edin-
burg. A Scotch paper, after recording
the the accident, said: "We are happy
to state he was able to appear the fol
lowing evening in three pieces"
What is the difference between q
policeman and piece of flesh wom-
an gouges out of her hand while can
ming strawberriesP Answer-One is a
"preserver of the peace" and the other
is "peace of the preserver.
"A correspondent writes from Dead
wood that the most vigorous waltzer at
dance excused himself at half-past
eleven o'clock, because he had a stage
to rob. Business before pleasure. A
new reason for hie-away-men.-Ph PhiIG-
deLptiG Bulletin.
Two men iostle each other on the
street. exchange words and take to
pummeling each other Justify. "Gen-
tlemen, gentlemen, cried a third,
rushing between them, "why do you
pound each other thus? Have you no
wives at homer
There has been a remarkable case
of constancy in England. A man who
separated from his wife thirty-five years
ago has Just returned and offered to
e kiss and make up" A few days prior
to the offer the wife had inherited a
large estate. Boston Transcript.
1t is on the delightful evenings in
June, when the moon throws its silvery
glow through the clouds, and the
breezes Just stir the nodding violets,
that Daphnis, as he pressed his lips
against Chloe's and sees naught but
happiness ahead, wishes he had his
overcoat on.
Il don't care much for a quiet
baby, but / dote on squalling one
said an old bachelor. why, how
stranger' admiringly chorused all the
mothers present. Not at ALL" re-
sponded the bachelor, because, you
see, as soon as a child begins to squall
it's always taken from the ROOM"
A Buffalo Alderman astonished the
Board, in the meeting for consideration
as to the building of new jail, by re-
marking: 81 make der motion as der
new Jail be built on der same spot as
der old Jail what's now standing; dat
saves der money for der land, and |
makes der motion as der old jail shall
not be pulled down till der new jail is
built, so We viii not be mitout der jail. y"
Baltimore enjoys the novelty of a
stage line, which revives the omnibuses
unknown for twenty years. The street
railway company, however, proposes
to stop the coaches, on the ground that
when it laid its tracks the city required
that all the property of the omnibus
lines be bought, and forbid vehicles
charging fares to use the route or tracks
of the railway.
The boys of Columbia, Ca, petit
toned the Mayor of the city to allow
them to 90 swimming in the river.
The petition was backed by the prayer
of their mothers and sisters. The
Mayor appointed three days in the
week when the privilege would be
granted, and the boys want to support
| him for re-election.
If Adam could for ten minutes
come to life would he recognize the old
place, the same old city lots, the same
old lemons, oranges, figs, elephants
snakes, dandelions, pie-plant sassafraS
and persimmOns that he used to name
up and chalk DOWN. All would be
gone. He would recognize naught
But if he happened to wander into tht
negro minstrels he could hear the same
old ioke.-N. T. Herald.
You see, Judge" said vaga
bond who was arraigned as vagrant
&" l am victim of misfortunes beyonC
my control. First, my parents died
leaving me an orphan Mt the tender ag,
of twenty-nine years, and then my wifi,
departed from this vale of sorrow, an'
l was left absolutely without any mean
of support" "Very well,' said tn
Judge, - the county will support you
in jail-for thirty days"
The hotel keepers of New Yorl
have formed an association similar Il
those already existing in Chicago an'
other cities for protection agains
. 'dead-beats'' and dishonest and drunk
en- help. Whenever any member of tn
union suffers loss by such guests or EN-
ployes, he at once informs all his asso
ciates of the facts in the case, so the,
may be on their guard; discharged ser
wants have right TO bring their cas-
before committee of appeals AZ
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