Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-02-15
FROM GRAND RAPIDS.
GRAND RAPIDS, O.. Feb. II,

matter a little FIRE kindeth"-and little
snow and frost does liven up an old town
amazingly. l counted nineteen sled loads
Of timber, grain and pork on the streets at
one time this morning. Everybody ap-
pears to be busy. Our popular townsman,
Jay L. Gilett, opened fine stock OF gen.
eral merchandise in the Hickman block
yesterday. Jay will make things lively
if anybody can; lie is one OF the best sales
men in the county.
Mr.. Singleton, principal of our schools,
has been obliged to resign his position on
account of i'll health. Mr.. S. has been
OF general regret.
Our young folks have organized Lyce-
nm, and propose publishing journal" in
the interest Of the society.
The Corps Dramatique" had fine
sleighride, one night last week, and stopped
within few miles Of Perrysburg-aL the
residence OF Mr.. Foster Pratt, where they
were warmly welcomed and pleasantly
entertained.
Understand that DR.. Rowe, of Adrian,
is about to locate in our village. Six ply
sicans in town of three hundred inhab-
itants is spreading it on pretty thick" !"
but he is welcome.
Mr.. IIaekenberger has ordered new
hearse.
Our Mite Society is defunct, and our
young friend, John r. B. Smith, has writ
ten an historical sketch OF its lite and
workings, although his style savors strong
Iy of "Twain's" rendition of the book of
Mormonism, and Pm glad he has not adj
hered strictly to facts; yet, as it may pos
sbly benefit those contemplating such
movement, give it verbatim, as follows:
THE BOOK OF 'MTE."
And it come to pass in the first year of
the reign of Rutherford, king of the MeIi-
cans, that there was great poverty in the
land 0i Gilead, and behold in the church
treasury thereof was found to he vacu-
um. Then there arose two of the daugh-
ters Of Eve, who were given to charity and
to good works, (as also for laying snares
Tor the innocent dry goods man. and these
cried nightly unto the people, saving,
Oh, We people Of Gilead! behold how the
tabernacle suffereth for the cleansing lime
water, and the doorkepper thereof lacketh
for the flesh OF the swine and for the fruit
Of the beanstalk now, therefore, let every
man contribute of his substance. And the
people said, Amen; and they gathered
themselves together unto the house of one
Alexander, whose surname WAS William
son, and behold Alexander made a great
feast and set before the people, and the
cost OF the feast was an hundred and forty
| aud four score pence, and the contribution
Of the people was Il shekel and an half:
and the daughters OF Eve said at was II
success" but the hand maiden Of Alexan-
der said at was Il fraud;' and behold the
! the hand -maiden OF Alexander was given to
veracity and plain speaking. Now mot many
days hence the people were of one accord
| at the house of one Andrew, a gardener; and
! the people made merry, and behold they
| played circus and many other things that
were not to the best interests of fine furni-
| ture and carpets, and the daughters OF Eve
gathered the contribution Of the people
in all, two score pence and many buttons !:
and the daughters of Eve said il was a
success-but the hand-maidens sT Andrew
cleaned house for many days. Aud vet
again, the people gathered themselves to-
| gether unto the house of one Henry, a ven-
der Of merchandise, and the people we're
| present IN great number-there were 0l the
children OF Israel II "millyawn," and they
all came in II "wagging." And behold the
furniture suffered in the usual manner, and
| the daughters of Eve gathered the contri-
button Of the people i'm all, thirteen small
pieces and one large piece; and the small
pieces were of copper, but the large piece
was not of copper The -efore, the elders
of the people held council over the ,rge
piece, aud behold it was not Of the gold of
Sherman, neither of the silver of Matthews;
and the daughters Of Eve snid the large
piece was not a success. And the people
gathered themselves together at many
uthertines and places, the history of which
is not contained in this book - bW it Uds
much the same Aud the daughters OF Eve
got unto themselves great name, and be-
hold they were stricken with pride, and
juurneyed into lar cnunty unto the land
OF Perrysburg, where they procured "graveu
images" of themselves which they showed
to John, the scribe, and they said Hntc
him, "Knowest these peopleW John look
ed on the images and said, 81 have moi
been introduced, but are they not of the
tribe of Fred, Douglas?" Then the daugh
ters of Eve were filled with Indignation
aud plotted against John, and behold lhe,
inveigled him into a sixteen-mile sleigh
ride and compelled him to sit on tn,
ragged edge" Of the box the entire dis
tancs, and all the hours that John sat OF
the edge Of the box were four. Behol,
the roads were not smooth, and since tha
time John has not been able to sit Will
comfort, even unto this day.
In testimony whereof witness my hant
II. s. and seal this 18th day of February
A. D. 1873 JOHN