Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
NATIONAL HOME LETTER.
soLDIERs' HOME, CgNrRAL BRANcH, I

s over. We had the Miss Annie Tiffany
troupe here on Monday night that gave O
very good performance to a tolerable good I
house, but the great event in the lecture ?
tour here OF the season, was Mrs. Kent Jarvis,
on the National Curse" She delivered
one OF the most thrilling temperance nd 70
dresses ever listened to, and the Theater :
building was jammed full OF attentive =
hearers. She is lady OF refinement and ,
culture. Every one, man or woman, young ,
or old, rich or poor, has a body wonder
fully made. Would you steepiti in whisky
Would you take the lustre out Of tile see
ing eye, and the steadiness out OF the Gun.
ming hand, by that deadening draught?
1t has been remarked, with equal truth
and point, il you want to preserve dead
body you PIT Il in spirits; but il you want
to destroy the living body put spirits into
IT, Every one has mind acting mar
velously through its organ, the brain.
Would you, would you, with your own
hand dim Reasons light, and run the
risk of stumbling into eternity self de-
mented, self-ruined man? The whisky
house and the private house cannot bo h
thrive together The earnings of the
working man are not sufficient both to sup.
ply the wants of their own homes, aud |
support an army OF lazy landlords ard !
well fed landadies. One mnst 60 to the |
wall. Where the public gros shop goes
up, down goes the comfort Of home where !
! the homes grow warm and happy, the
whisky shops are deserted ,nd shut up.
| Lilies record then as we read it, is not all
Of gloomy change, or dwindling strength,
of wan and pining existence, and irrepar
able prvation, but Of strength enh ncing.
existence rcnovating, and of new posses.
sion. The cradle overbalances The grave;
and even that feeble hand, stirring within
it, points through the tomb, threatenng,as
with gigantic might, to turn its dark por.
tails for the entrance OF that which Is life
only and forever. The record OF birth and
growth-if we notice it, letonr fidelity
and Christian training secure that It shall.
be q record, not Of dishonor and sin, but OF
increasing virtue with increasing years.
This illustrates a coiAmon principle in the
operation of the human mind-thil princi-
; Pile by which one thing suggests its oppo-'
site. The whitening grass and fading flow
, ers, embems OF the short life and declining
glory of man. Lie is made up of contrasts.
In all things they ividly affect u.s. and are
r made to supply both our happiness and
wholesome discipline. \ sunny day alter
z dreary storm, or a bright flower wrought
. on dark ground, excites an emotion, gives
c a delight which we do not receive from
e uninterrupted sunshine, or from unreleved
Y ornament. Sickness imparts an exquisite
0 sensation to returning health, which the
! uniformly robust cannot know prosperity
D never shines so brilliant IA on the retiring
J cloud Of misfortune sorrow gives birth to
9 the Joy only the afflicted can taste; and
Y long tear and anxious suspense end in a
: rapture, IN the hour OF hope, which makes
g us almost think God had been q 7eiving on
e lv to make us happy. All the darkness,
f indeed, Of this world, is but to show off its
e light, all its irailtv, TO direct us TO almigh-
l. ty strength and I'll its short lived scenes,
e to prefgure what is undying and eternal
: Our lakes are bank full, and our gardner
|. is now engaged in erecting pyramid OF
h earth, about fifteen feet high, in our garden,
= every conceivable speenlcsdcs. flowers OF
,. and beauty Of design will bloom, and
Is whose deligh ful, sweet-smeling odors vii
Is float out on the balmy breezes of Summer
u similar To the garden Of Paradise. Ful
{. loveliness and beauty, to the human vision
Il this Home, during the coming Summer
Il. will he one Of the grandest and inviting
s places, on the broad continent OF the whol,
in combined world.
rl STATISTICS OF THE HOME.
lis
- the number Of men, their nativity, occupa
~ lon, &c, here from the establishment o
~ this Home, in March 26, 1867, TO June sc
d 1879, have gathered these statistics Til
10 total number is 1876. Out of 1896 in
mates in this Home ON June 80, 1879, 20
We belonged to the regular L. S. Army, 4,3l
VI to the volunteer service, and II 90 the
eS S. Navy; also 80 as belonging to the color
-, ed troops are incuded. The 4 $50 disable,
IL soldiers came from the following Ststei
~ where they had resided, or enlisted, viz
ne From Alabama, / California, IA Coiora
Is do, 5; Connecticut, 90; Delaware, Ij; Di:
M trct Of Columbia, %; Illinois, 235; II
ga diana, 355 4; Iowa, So; Kansas, 10; Ken
~ lucky, 1873; Louisiana, 10; Maine, 81
~, Maryland, 40; Massachusetts, 1906; Micl
ue igan, 1893; Minnesota, 8; Missouri, l42
yes Mississippi, 3 Nebraska, 3; New Mexic
'es l.; New York. 729; New Jersey, l43; Ne
ny Hampshire, 23 North Carolina, l Obi
NV 293; Oregon, 2; Pennsylvania, 722
ne Rhode Island, 3 South Carolina, :; Tel
"a nessee, 49, Texas, Vermont, s; Virgil
u ia, 9 West Virginia, IS; Wisconsin, 8
ICE and Wyoming Territory, 2. OF these, 8;
ror were aatiee bO,n and 2, 66G, foreign boTnar
oi the nativity OF the latter is MS follows
'n Austria, IS; Belgium, 4 /; Bermudas,
'th Canada, AZ Denmark, ) England, POI
France, 50 Germany, ,ll5 Hungary,
CTS Holland, IS Isle OF Man, ] ireland, i ,0G
iSe Italy, 8 Norway, 3 Portugal, / Polam
ne / Russia. 2; Scotland, 81 SwilzeIlau
ne 65; Sweden, 3, and Wales, | ]. The fo
va lowing trades are most prominently repr
cl sented: l,7SO lahorers 600 farmers; Il
Vi carpenters; 1863 sh0emakeis; III tailor
ron l04 clerks; 50 painters; II couPers
ne blacksmiths; 60 gardeners; 6S butcher
nn 55 bakers 81 cabinet makers; 55 pap
ply makers and printers; 90 machinests;
NJ engineers; 40 cigar makers; q plasterer
10 % hatteIs; ~ stone cutters A stone IA
no SONS 10 weavers; 10 brick layers; l6 bre
rec ers, aud 10 wood caryers. Among the re
Sr we find 8 physicians; l dentist l6 drI
.he gists aud 3 lawyers. There are total
OF, blind SS, and partially blind 1872. Out
-ho 81 totally or partially insane men, Is We
sent to the Government Hospital for lnssr
10 Washington, d. c. During the year en-
!" ing June so, 1879, 754 were treated in I
~ Hospital, also at Surgeons call and b,
'Ne racks II daily average OF so men are pI
en- scribed for. One hundred and forty dur
pc the six months proceeding June 80, l8l
IN passed over the hill, OF whom 40 were
roi consumption, II of paralysis, II of hea
ma disease, 8 OF pnumonia 0 of old age, 8
IN erysipilas, aud the rest of other caus
no' There il buried in the Cemetery aba
,al? irr lime ot death ACE and re@;msnt
pom hnye careinllv giyen vonr readers corr,
,T as statistics taken directly from the books
we Headquarters, which can be relied npon
90 entirely authentic Ont of this number