Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
ALL SORTS.

| auu-Vlce 10 your cnaTacteT'- HHtSeFttt
Times.
Trust in Providence will not over
come the effects of foul cellar.-Stitt-
mater Lum6erTlG'i.
1t is hard to believe a man is tell
ing the truth when you know you
would lie if in his place.-Boston Tran
script.
When in passing stately mansion
the only thing out of order is The front
gate, it is evident that there is Il mar
riageable daughter in the house.
No matter how bad and destructive
a boy may be, he never becomes so de-
| graded or loses his self-respect suffi-
ciently as to throw mud on a circus
poster. m Y. Star.
The homeliest man is handsome in
! the eyes of the three-years- old, especial
ly when reaching home handicapped
with sugar horse and pound of as
sorted candies.-BoSton Transcript.
-" Professor, the carriage is ready"
cried a porter, protruding his head
through a hotel office door in Boston.
Thirty-seven men instantly jumped to
their feet and bow 1d.-OH City Derrick.
Last week MIR. VIM. Right was mar
! Il6b W NLloS huuS
this State. Now this seems to be all
right, for two rights can't ma ke any
thing wrong. SteubenUitte (''ht0J
| CIbronicle.
| "A merchant being somewhat an
noyed by the custom attracted by a
neighbor who advertised extensively,
stood out on his steps as the people
went by and custom oo.-MGrGthos In
dependent.
! Chesterfield said, and thousands
re-echo the cry, that no one is excusa-
BILE for being out of fashion, but we'd
1ihe to know what the deuce man is
to do who has married when blondes.
were the style.-Boston Post.
We know girl who will wrestle
with a croquet mallet in the hot sun for
hours and not complain. But just ask
her to hold on to the wooden end of a
broom for a few minutes and she'll
have a StiLI1OGter LunlbermGn.
--Almanacs for 1880 are now being
given away at the drug stores. They
are very handy for your wife to tear
wrapping paper out of, when her neigh
Dor comes in to borrow a nutmeg or q
little cinnamon.-Fond du Lac Reporter.
News despatchers are becoming
too laconic; here comes an item from
| Switzerland about flash of lightning
that killed farmer and COW he was
milking, and not a word about whether
IL curdled the milk or not.-YonkerS
| Gazette.
Don't sit so far away from me,
Harry dear" she said to her lover while
they were steaming up the river with
| the excursion, don't sit so far away
and turn your back TO me in that way;
people will think we're married.
HaWk-Eye.
There Is probably nothing in this
transitory world that will yield larger
and quicker returns on the amount in
vested, than poking wasp with your
| finger to see if it feels well. 1t may be
of interest to know that he does
Bridgeport Standard.
The mule has national reputation
as d great kicker; but is he greater
kicker than the average male parent is
when his wife wants him to hold the
baby "while she runs out few min
utes to see a neighborT'-NeuCpOrt
(Ry.J Local.
"A friend of ours dreamed that he
was floating in vat of boiling grease,
and that black cat, with voice like
brass band, was riding on his face
with every claw sunk in. He clutched
fiend and awoke-emerging into a
of sweat Just as a mosquito let go
his nose and arose from the banquet
h satisfied sigh. Our friend says
dream was tough.-BTuHS1otc6
OS.
"A writer recently set himself at
k to get out series of papers on
he Great Men of America" but aft
diligently reading them up in the
mails of opposite political faiths, he
he to the conclusion that we had
a at present. and never had more
one or two in all our history as a
ION, and he could not find out just
they were.-HGI0k-EVe.
An exchange says Pennsylvania
ch girls make good preserves; but
oesn't say how much sugar you take
pound of Dutch girl, nor how long
let 'em boil. We have seen Dutch
so well preserved that they were
compelled to resort to the counter
contrivances and artihces of the
iste, dentist, ct GI The recipe for
erving Dutch girls should be pub
.-NoTriStOWn Herald.
A man was recently married down
exas, and we infer from the notice
eal paper gives of the wedding that
yas an intimate friend of the editor.
journal remarks: "We would
} preferred giving our readers an
unit of his hanging, but this is
ID of disappointments. However,
hope to make our readers happier
next time we have occasion to print
hing concerning this man.
5k-EVe.
A small boy was sent TO the coun-
to board a short time ago. He
nised his mother that he would
a good long letter describing his
and boarding place, etc. A week
t by, and his poor mother was near
istracted when she got the follow
interesting letter from him: 81 AM
}, and ] snapped my watch for
and l went in swimmin' fourteen
IS yesterday, and a feller stole my
textbook, and want some money;
shall bring the pup home"
The following record shows the
ked improvement in the speed of
ing horses within the last sixty
$. In 1920 the best mile time was
in 1880, 2:40; in 1870, the best
rd by Dutchman, 2:2S; in 1850 Lady
Dix made a mile in 1926; in 1860
Temple made record of 2:l93i
$40 Dexter trotted a mile in 2:17i;
S76 Goldsmith Maid completed
in 2:14; in 1873 Rarus (against
} made a mile in 2:1Si; on the 9th
mt Edwin Forrest made mile in
unparalleled time of 2;l13.
A Baltimore inventor has patent
suit of flying clothes. BY work
he arms the mau in the clothes
ats heavenward. Waterproof pant
rs and jacket are in one piece. To
is fastened reservoir made of
silk, and stretching from shoul-