Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-12-13
SUCI,OTASIE.

"Whal Is our old friend alive7 lie
used to get up g,r'd dishes but that was
long ago. We concluded he had gone
whittier all Rrst.class cooks GO" No, kind
readers, "scribe is yet above ground
The truth is, that the times have been too
hard to warrant one in getting up anything
but the simplest fare. Financial matters
are still just as close, and you must consid-
or this sort Of extra dish. 1t is so long
since you saw my smiling face aud tasted
Of my characteristic food, that believe
this will be eaten with something Of the
old time zest Meantime, | have noticed
that our ancient stand by, the JouRNAL,
has regularly, each week, set very appc-
tizing feast. What with finance politics,
religion, education and society gossip-not
to speak Of advertisements-we have had
ring-a fierce war OF wor,ls-and some feel
ings may have been hurt, but / think no
bones have been broken, though blood has
been drawn.
CONCERNING UMBRELLAS.
What is common is almost mnoticed il
not unknown. What we see oftonest we know
know least. These are strange paradoxes,
but they are true. What is more common
than umbrellas, let me ask. Almost every
body has one-we see them every day; and
yet he is talented man that knows his
frnp, ap,,tha.1s II tho luiIap 10 hnyIap II,up
his The same remark applies to oversize oes,
overcoats ,shawls and even to hats aud caps.
Yet it is wonderful how easily we know
ours if others are not 10 good
Gentle reader, do you know what an um-
brelln, or a parasol is? "Why, Of course
do. Do not use one every time 20 out
in the rain or the sun2 Am an ignoram-
us, do you Think ?" Please do not get mad
meant no offense; but doubt that you
can tell what an umbrella or parasOl is,
You ask il you do not use one every time
you go out in the rain or sun. You may
90 in the rain, though into is better; but
YOU never went in or into the sun-you
have often been exposed to his rays. But
again | ask what an umbrella or IL parasol
is. All it is not so easy to tell. Wei al
low Inc to inform you. The word umbrella
or umbrel is derived from the Latin anlbra
aud means little shade. The word par
asol is from the Greek para and the French
sol, and signifies from or between the sun.
An umbrella has no reference to rain, or
seet or snow, by derivation, though it has
in applications but it means something
that makes little shade. Also parasOl
is something that separates between us and
the rays OF the sun. Sometimes it il, be-
lieve called very appropriately II sunshade /;
and have heard the two things, umbrella
and parasol, cleverly termed an umbresol,
but presume only in joke. Sometimes
an umbrella is not an umbrella, it seems
1t is when il Is a parachute, or an instru
ment used by air navigators TO prevent too
rapid descent
wish to recall a part of question you
asked moment ago. You said, "Do not
use one IAN umbrella) when l go out in
(into) the rain ?" | did not answer you
when you propounded the query, because
you were 100 angry TO appreciate joke,
which is not, after all, always Jest.
will now reply by saying that you use an
umbrella in the rain when you have one
when you have not left it at the other end
Of the route-or when you can borrow one
and, by the way, have you not often no.
ticed that when you wish to use an umbrel-
la, almost every body else does? Umbrel-
las are cheap, and when there is no Use for
for them, they are as common as grass
blades in the summer; but when needed,
unless you have one of your own, and some
one has not taken it, for all practical pur-
poses the things might rs well not have
been invented or made.
Speaking OF inventing them, how long
ago were they invented do you think :?
Well the easiest way to answer the ques
tion is to say that it is not known when
there were none. They very likely existed
before the birth OF Christ. Indeed, the an
tediuvians may have raised umbrellas to
protect them from the forty days rain that
drowned the earth. The first umbrellas
were doubtless rough, crude and awkward
things. Would they not now be curos-
itv, indeed? | will close this article with
Frank Inns definition of wise man--one
who carries an umbrella when there is no
sign of a storm. Reader, examine that
and see ii it is as sagacious as it is held to
be,