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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
Webster a King or Men.
(Thc Century,

As an infant Webster ia described as q
crying baby who worried his parents con-
siderably. He grew up to boyhood pale
weak and sickly; as he himself often told
me, lie waa the slimmest IN the family
Aud yet, hy dong boys work on his ia
theris farm, by indnlging propensity for
outdoor sports, by leading 3 eInperate and
frugal life, he succeeded In building up n
robust constitution. On arriving at man
hood he had physical frame which
seemed made TO last hundred years. 1t
was mn iron frame, large and stately, with
great mountain OF mead upon II.
When Thorwaldsen, the Danish scuIp-
tor, saw his head IN Powers studio in
Rome, he exclaimed: "Ah!a design Tor
Jupiter, see." lie would not believe
that u was living American. Parker
describes him M "a man of large mold, n
great body and great brain" .
Since Socraies, there has seldom been
head no massive, huge. It's cubic capacity
surpassed nll fornler measurements OF
mind A large man, decorous in dress,
dign'tied IN department, lie walked as #
he felt liiu,-elf a king.
"Men from the country who knew him
not stared AT him as he passed through
our streets. The coal-heavers and lorlers
OF London looked on him M one Of the
great forces Of the globe. They recognized
IN him "a native king" Carlyle called
him "a magnificent specimen whom, as
logic iencer or parliamentary Hercules,
one would incline to back at sight against
all the world" Aud Sydney Smith SAID
lie was "a living lie, because no man on
earth could be AZ great Ms he looked"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
Corporations vs.. Go,ernment,.

And here comes 10 the front one OF the
greatest controversies of modern times. a
dispute that is continually occupying the
attention OF the Press and the public
Which serves the community best and
cheapest, governments or corporations {?
In England and the United States, it il
held that in all business, preference should
be given to private enterprise, and that the
government slionld conhne its self to keep
ing the peace and furnishing those WHO
violate The law. But there is a good deel
To be said on the other side. Corporations
are organized TO make money out of the
community. They are generally rapa-
cions, and care for nothing but their divi-
dends. Credit Mobiiics, railroad, gas, and
manufacturing monopolies corrupt the
government officers. purchase Legislatures
and courts, ard give as little while getting
IA much as they can from the people they
serve. Government oversight and man
agenent Ia seen at its best in Europe, and
the business II has undertaken has proved
efhcient and economical. Even in this
country, the management OF the post Office
by the general Government and the CrOtOn
Water Department of New York is per-
feciion in its way. The great objection TO
government undertaking any business has
been our spoIlS system of politics, under
which the Offices were regarded as 30
much plunder to be devided BY partisa ms
at The close Of each presidential election.
Democrats MOnthlv for june.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
WASHINGTON LETTER


WASHINGTON, ID. e., May 25, 1885,
II anybody ever knew, the fact is pr OBJ
ably forgotten, that the last Congress con.
descended to confer benefit upon the peo.
pie by reducing the amount Of postage up
on both letters and newspapers. This law
goes into effect on the lst OF July next and
provides that postage on letters shall lie
two cenis foi each ounce or fractional part
thereof. From thorough examination oi
the subject, it has been fonni that only
abon, FIVE per cen, OF the letters that are
sent through the mails exceeds half an
ounce in weight, so that il will be- seen
that the proposed reduction is no grent
boon after nll, though it will go far to re-
move those exasperating doubts that fr, =
qnenily come over the conscientious wri-
ter, whether the envelope he has Just
sealed does not require double postage.
Drop letters after the lst of July will re-
qmire but one cent postage, and this will
have the effect TO again reduce the deman
for postal cnrtls, which fell off about sixty
per cen, when the two cent postage law
went into effect. The postage on news
papeni, when sent from the Office of pub.
LEGATION, which he has hitherto been two
cents per pound, has been reduced 10 one
cent per ponnd, and this is frat class
godsend 10 the big weeklies of the country,
whose postage bills annually have hitherto
mounted away mp into the thousands,
The project Of propelling The cars upon
elevated railways by electricity has long
been considered feasible, hut las not yet
been put into practical operation because
of the claims Of several persons. for prior.
ity OF invention. Edison, who has been
claiming everything in the way of apply
ing electricity, was one claimant for the
discovery Of this method OF locomotion,
while Sir William Siemens was another,
and Mr.. G. W. Field, of New York, anoili-
err. Through all of the stages of the
contest in the Patent Office here, Mr.. Field
has carried off the award for the original
discovery of the application, and this
award has to day been confirmed by the
Commissioners OF Patents. The decision,
under a recent opinion Of the Supreme
Court, Ia n fnality, and Mr.. Field will nj
once proceed to apply his invention npon
all the elevated roads in New York City.
Decoration Day. which is always day
of distinguished observance in Washing
ton, is to be more than usually attended
TO il is year. The President is expected to
speak ut The exercises Mt Arlington, and
:he usual amount of bad poetry will be
flung in by way Of airing the ambition of
those whose poetic souls were disnppoint-
ed by the cold, bleak spring that we have
mad. Col. Joyce, the Poet Leahraie of
America, whose divine affl,tus has been
appropriated by Ella Wheeler, the Sweet
Singer OF Chicago, will read one of his
lambic illusions, surviving which, the
audience will be treated TO an idyllic effort
from the pen and tongue of DIR. Mary
Walker. Dom PEDRO.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
Thoughts for Memorial D.y,

A visitor to the Soldiers Home at Day
ton, in writing to the Columbus Herald,
probably unconscionsly adds one more to
the many solemn thoughts that crowd up
on the serious mind when called upon to
once more face the tender meaning of
Memorial Day:
A strange seriousness naturally comes
over one when he aces these old defenders
Of our flag last filling graves on the hill.
side. No loved ones are present to mourn
their loss, not tear is dropped in aym-
pathy by their next friends, but silently
are they laid away, and though they are
heroes OF scenes of hard fought battles TO
save our own great country, nothing but
a solid marble column stands to perpetu-
ate their memory. There is a seriousness
in the thought that only formality re-
mains TO bless the saviors of the Union.
This forced recognition by the Govern.
ment Isall the sympathy he gets, though
untold benefits are reaped by posterily
through his hardships and suffering.
There il an average of about 4, 500 inmates
in this House, nearly 500 of whom are
confined To the hospital during the winter
months and they are rapidly passing away.
An average of two deaths a day is quite
correct; 730 Of the old boys leave us every
year while others promptly fill their places
This number naturally increases rs the
wings oil time carry us around.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
Tie Trade Dollar.

The resolution introduced by Senator
Mitchell, just before the adjournment of
the U. S. Senate, providing for Senate
Committee to overhaul the Trade Dollar,
was preceded by number OF preambles,
which set forth the history of the coin and
the legislation upon it, showing that there
has been coined 35,90O,OOo of them tha,
their coinage was ordered to be suspended
October Is, 1877, although $5,24S,960
were coined subsequently; that OF this
number 81, 259, 900 bore date OF 1878; that
the honse Of representatives passed bill
June 10, 1882 retiring the trade dollars
and providing for their recoinage into
standard dollars, regarding the trade dol
lars as bullion, when redeemed and de
ducting tile amount from part of the
monthly coinage, but, notwithstanding the
appeals Of businsss men, the senate Jailed
to pass the bill and they were practically
forced from circulation Dy u general lefu-
pal to accept them; that those holding
these coins are now deprived of their use
and have been for nearly two years; that
on April |, 1884, the house again passed
the retirement bill and it again failed TO
pass the senate. The resolution provides
that special committee OF Eve senators
he appointed by the senate to inquire and
report To the senate not later than the
second Monday Of December next: how
many trade dollars were put III circulation
III the United States prior to the passage
OF the resolution repeating their legal ten.
der in ialiiy,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29

A writer in Chambers journal thinks
that The nae Of electricity will work won.
derful aud unexpected changes in the near
furtnre. 1t would be the means Of con.
verling the waste forces Of nature into an
available form. Its supply Of force is in
comparably greater than nll the coal fields
Of the world could furnish. One eminent
inventor already lights his honse with
electricity derived from The water power
Of n small stream somo furlongs distant
II would he Just as easy TO apply that
power to work sewing machines, lifs,
sawpits, or lucal railway. The smallest
waterfall, the force OF an utterly neglected
stream, could furnish half dozen house.
holds with moiive.power ssnfficient for all
domestic purposes to which machinery
could he applied. The Thames could
light London, and have force yet to spare
for all the machinery Of every factory on
iN banks. Another important point in
the promise II not the performance oil elec.
tricity IL the power OF storage. We cannot
store mp steam or wind or sun.heal in their
native form but each Of them may be
made the source Of electricity that can be
stored. Boxes OF electric force originally
snpplicd by coal or water power, or II
might be by the tide or by the sails of n
windmill, can furnish light to a household,
motive-power to a tricycle. or sewing
machine. As yet the power of .storag ge IL
inconveniently limited that Ia, the box
are inconveniently large and heavy. But
electricians expect to find means of storing
very mnch larger power in very much
smaller bulk. When this ia done, a loco
motive, boat, a carriage, or u tricycle. can
be supplied t starting with portable
motive.power of an amount capable of
driving IL for 80 many honrs at an ascer-
tanned speed. Among the beneicent re.
snIts to he brought about by the ire Of
electricity is its possible use in isolated
households. The employment Of steam
has brought about our factory system, and
has led TO concentration of population
in large cities. But electrical power is
divisible. and can be used economically in
smaller quantities.; hence it's tendency
will he to distribute rather than concen-
traie populations. As yet we can scarcely
conceive the mighty changes that will he
brought about not only in the industrial
arts but TO social conditions Of mankind
due TO the use Of electrical power.-Dcmo-
rests Monthly for May.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
Mrs. SherMood,s Poems.

There il probably no collection oi
poems. in book form, that will be more
heartily welcomed tlan'the war poems OF
Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood, Of the
Toledo Sunday journal. We had recently
seen mention OF negotiations pending for
the publication OF theae poems IN book
form, and II is with no little pleasure that
we are now anle TO announce that Messrs.
jansen McClurg & Co., of Chicago, the
leading Western publishing house, have
contracted to issue these poems in de-
sirable form, and have Used the following
announcement to the trade:
One of the most marked Of the literary
tendencies OF The day is revival OF inter
eat IN publications relating to Civil War
conspicuously illustrated IN Tie Century's
series Of War articles, which have attract
ed universal attention and gwen the mag
azine an enormous increase OF circulation.
The war is now sufficiently reGote not On
ly Tor nm immense gain in perspective TO
the historical student, but we are far
enough from Its passions and anxieties TO
invest everything connected with the great
struggle with n new interest for the partic'
ipant, and make them glad To live over
again the emotions aud experiences OF
those heroic days. In response TO an ex-
pressed public demand, Messrs. Jansen
McClurg 4 Co.. Chicago, have undertaken
the publication of u volume OF the war
poems oi Mra. Kate Brownee Sherwood, !,
0f Ohio, a writer known throughout the
Union Tor the strength and fervOr Of her
patriotic lyrics. Mrs. Sherwood was the
wife Of an officer in the Union army, and
herself shared IN the vici.siludes OF field
and camp and hospital, gaining an exrer.
ience which, with her impressive poetic
temperament, enables her martial lays 10
strike responsive chord In every soldiers
breast. Her poems depicting the uprising
Of the North, the arming for the field, the
march, the fight. the charge, the repnlSe,
the loss Of comrades, the grief, heroi-in,
and final victory--the shifting lights and
shadows OF soldier-life-are at once sim.
pie, strong, and peculiarly effective. II il
doubtful il any single writer has no ad-
equalely preserved In verse the spirit aud
memories OF the War. Mrs. Sherwood is a
lady Of wide personal acquaintance and
influence, being the President OF the Wo-
mars Relief Corps, an organization con-
necied with the Grand Army Of the Re
public, having branches throughout the
Northern States. Her volume will be
published early in May, with title, "Camp-
Fire, Memorial Day. and Other Poems;"
The latter caption covering a number OF
sweet and tender lyrics, which give
pleasant Ieliet 10 the stirring measures 0t
the poems Of the War.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
VILLAGE ORDINAN cE.
N ORDlNANCE-To vacate Alley.

AN OROlNANCE-To Vacate Alley.
WHERgAs-A Petition signed by various
owners OF lots abutting or in the Immediate
vicinity Of the alley, hereinafter mentioned and
described. has been presented to the Council,
praying for the vacation ot the same, and
WnEEEAs-N NOlce Of the proceeding and
PRAYER Of said petition has been given by pu3.
licaiion oI the same in the Perrvsbnrg Journal
= newspaper OF general circulation in the
Corporation of Perry sburg, Ohio, for six con
secu:iye weeks ending on the lst day of May,
1885, and
wnEREAs-The Council is satisfied there il
good cause for such vacation, that it will mt
be detrimental 10 the general interests, and
that lhe same Should be made; Therefore
BE il Ordained, by the C"urcil Of the
Incorporated Village If Perrysburg, Ohio,
that said alley located between Indiana Avenue
on the north and Filth Street on the South
and extending from Louisiana Avenue on the
west TO the first allev east thereof a nd running
parallel with SAID Louisiana Avenue, in said
Village, be and the same is hereby vacated.
Passed May 26lh, 1885.
Attest: FRED. YEAGER, Mayor.
8. ID. WEsTCorr, Clerk.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29

Reverend Dwight Moody, while in Tex.
as. wished Sunday school ut Fort Worth.
Being anxious TO discover how much the
children knew, he asked g,rl about IF
teen:
What is the requisite in order that you
can obtain remission OF sin p
Il must first of all commit sim was the
prompt reply.
MIR. Moody was satisfied and did not
quesli on the girls any more. lie however,
tackled the boys class.
He asked Tommy Dexter, son OF Judge
Dexter:
'Why did God create Eve -
Tommy hesitated.
why did God give yonr father wife p
TO sew on buttons was the prompt re-
ply.
What! How =
'All know il, that when pa puts on a
Glenn shirt, and there is a button gone, lie
says: What the devil have got vile
Tor il she don't sew buttons OH my shirt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29

According to q New York correapon-
dents statement Robert Bonner is not
making az much nois in the world AZ lie
was ten or twenty years ago, when lie was
pushing his story paper in every possible
manner. We well remember al out his
first efforts in the West at publishing one
or two chapters of a thrilling story in
some paper Of general circulation, which
broke of at thrilling point OF interesl with
the announcement that "the balance OF
this story will b efound in the New York
Ledger" The Cincinnati Weekly Times was
about the first paper TO get fat take of
this nature, Leiween two and three columns
at ten or fifteen cents line. The story
broke of, leaving a man suspened by his
suspenders from the top limb Of tall tree
which leaned over frigI'tful precipice,
on which he had caught through mys-
terious accident after being dropped from
dizzy hight by large bird known and
classified as the Rook. That this portion
OF the story had been generally read, by
editors oi the surrounding country at least,
was evidenced In the fact Of the numerous
questions propounded by them, desiring TO
know OF the Times how It proposed to re
lieve the man from his perilous position
elc. Bonner has become very rich, and
may be pardoned II he slackens son,ewhat
from the very rapid business pace at which
lie ior 30 many years lived. There are
plenty OF printers in New York who set
type with Mr.. Bonner on the old New
York Tribune, and some Of them told Mr..
Bonner that lie was making grave error
when he threw up good situation to en-
bark upon an uncertain enterprise. Yet
these men are setting type. and MIR. Bon
ner IL worth we'll on toward SIS. 900. 900.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
renrb,rcsp stnto Convention.
oum RrrunrscAN CouMrrrrr Roonp- I
Cottfwnre Nav a. ISRS

ONO RnrunucAN COMMITTEE Rooms.
CoLuNBus, May q, lSS5,
The Republican State Convention of 1885
win be held In the city Of Springfield, on
Thursday, jane itth, 1898.
Tho Delegates Of each Congressional District
viii convene at q o'clock A. NJ. for the purpose
or choosing ono vice-Prcsld,nt for the Con-
yentIon and one member OF each Of the vaiious
Ccmmitioc
The Convention will he called to order at 10
o'clock A. NJ. for temporary organization, aad
at 2 o'clock p. NJ. for permanent orsaniEation
aud the transaction OF its other hnsiness.
Candidates will be nomin ate d for
GOVERNOR,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT,
TREASURER,
ATTORNEY-G GENERAL,
MEMBER BOARD PUBLIC WORKS.
Tho basis orreprescniailo ion In this Convention
IL ono delegate for every i've hundred voice, and
one for every fraction of over two hundred and
lfty votes cast for Hon. James q. Blaine Tor
President In 1884.
Wood County east 4,5i9 votes for Blaine, and
is entitled TO nine delegates.
We recommend that efforts be made to secure
n large attendance mt the meetings to appoint
delegates. so that tho people shall be fairly
represent ed IN the State Convention; that gen
tlenen he not chosen as delegates unless " be
certain that they will attend: and that, as Tar as
practicable, the County Central Committees be dp-
pointed at the same time that delegates are chosen,
Ii TIA Is has not already been done.
JOSEPH W. ON NEALL,
chm Rep State Central Com.
GAME Secretary.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29

The population Of the State Of Nevada
has dwlmlied down 10 ~ 900 IN conse-
qnence Of the collapse OF the mining in
,erest, md there are scarcely snogh inhnb.
itanis left TO maintain n State Government. !.
Aud yet this little scraggey community of
minerarnd ouilaws has n Stale Govern
and tvo United States Senators and n
member of Congress. On the ratio Of rep
reseninliop Toledo wonlj he entitled to
eleven U. s. Senators and five members Of
Congress; instead of no U. $. Senators
and only two members Of Congress-, inciud
ing the "elecl. - 7bledo Ssndap Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
Fosters Money.

Rev. James Poindexter, of this city,
who takes considerable interest in poliii.
cal affairs, has received letter from ex.
Governor Charles Foster, in which the
writer says lie will support General Beatty
Tor Governor. II nominated NJ Springfield,
with his vote. his voice and his money.
We find the above paragraph in the
Columbus special 10 the Cleveland Leader
Of yesierd'y. Foster then will give mon
ey 10 elect Beatty. To give money to
elect man to Office in OHIO is a penal
cnsnse. Why does law-abidlng citizen
like ex-Goy. Foster sisie boldly that he
Prolo"es TO elect Governor with money?
-Sundoy Jouraai.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
Prohibition In the South.
ATLANTA Constitutlon.)

II is a well known fact that during the
past fifteen yenis the temperance reform
has made more substantial progress in the
South than In any other section OF coun-
try. II ia far easier to buy n drink in n
total prohibition State like Name than in
the local option counties of the South.
Our planters were Carried along with the
temperance wave, and many who stood out
against II, as matter Of principle, finally
yielded because they found that liquor de-
mornlized their labor system. The tesli-
mony of all Northern travellers and CORES.
pondents places the South at the head OF
the temperance procession.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
The Old Home Is Red,
Lafayette Courier.

Lafayette Sourler.)
Major Peters, editor OF the Watseka Re
publican, and republican member Of the
legislature from Iroquois county, when
assured Of Logan's election, telegrap he'd
the boys from Springfield:
"Logan is elected. Paint my old home
red.n
The boys took him at his word, and,
showing the message to Mrs. Peters, gain
ed her consent snd forthwith the entire
male population inrned out, and procuring
the brightest red paint imaginable, painte ed
the house, barn, and outhonscs scsrlet,
root, chimney, and all, not sparing even
the fences and tree trunks.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
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Must Not Insult the Government. .
Davenport Gazette, Rep.)

VpUNVr1PofF N"@eF'o' fNeP'T
II ia the duty OF Iowa Republicans to re
pndiate the insult given TO The world in
their name. Cleveland was not the choice
Of the Republican party, but he is now The
President OF this republic, and every good
citizen, without dislinction 1f party, recog.
nizes in him the Chief Magistrate of the
commonwealth. An insult offered 10 him
is m insult TO the American people, and TO
thrust an offensive telegram upon him de-
serves the reprubntIon Of all decent men.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29

II is said that there are seven hundred
oolored families in North Carolina, aver.
aging Elk persons TO n family, who contem
plate 6n,ling homes In Liberia. They
have each paid into the irensury of the
Emigration Society nj Raleigh $40. A
further payment oi l5 is 10 be made. and
ii IL calculated that Ibis sum Of S25, to-
gelher with the md they will receive from
other societies, will secure abont $50 aud
land them q, their destination. Forty.iwo
hundred persons will be quite an acqnisi-
ton to the population Of The colored re-
nnhlic.-Spl In 1feLd RSpnbiic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
IMpopTANr.

When yon visit or leave New Yo,h City
save baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire
and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite
Gland Central Depot.
Elegant rooms @lcd up nj COST Of one
million dollars, reduced to 81 90 and upwards
per dav. European plan Elevator, Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages and
elevated railroad to all depo,s. Families can live
better Tor less money q. the Grand Union Hotel
than NJ anr other hrst- class holeli In the city.