Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-03-01


met with a serious loss At noon on
Monday Last, by the total destruction OF
Mr.. Watts grist mill and elevator COM
bined, upon which he had no insurance.
The origin Of the FIRE was from the
break ing Of pipe leading from an eleva-
ted tank 10 boiler room where II was used
for fuel. The elevator was filled with
corn and chop feed and Mr.. Watts loss is
estimated at $4,000.
1t is the old, old story, and it hap
penea to our friend, w. s. Fowler, and
is told in the following neat epistle,
highly perfumed "Mr. and Mrs. My
ron 0rton requests the pleasure Of your
company at tho marriage Of their
daughter, Miss Ameda, to Walter 8.
Fowler, of Michigan City, Dakota. at
their residence in Pekin, N. Y, Feb. Ia,
1889, at z O'clock P. NJ" Penysburg
congratulations accompany this.
-A.writer in medical journal says
that In case Of sore throat, where swal-
lowing is attended with acute suffering
liquid food should be taken and 1t
should be arranged 80 that the most
nutriment can be obtained in the least
bulk. For this purpose beat an egg in
goblet and fill tho glass with milk.
stirring constantly swceten to taste
and add nutmeg. A dish Of cold water
improves it. The object of this is to
keep up the strength, and glass of this
compound three times day will accom-
plish this result. Strong beef tea is
another valuable drink.
The Republican-De Democratic COM
bine at Bowling Green and Perrysburg,
having failed to make success Of work.
Ing the Sentinel racket in this side OF
the county, are now trying their hand
on the B. G. Democrat. They don't
care anything about the politics il it
will only cover their tracks as fast as
they make them. The poor Democrat is
in a sore dilemma and don't know one
week what its subscription price will be
the next. Ill-gotton gains are sin and
1t worrys good many people now adays
to know just how they are going to hide
it from the people from whom it is stolen
How to tell girls age. Girls of a
marriageable age do not like to tell how
old they are but here is a way OF
finding out, Let the young lady do the
figuring. Tell her to put down the
number of the month in which sho was
born, then to multiply it by 2, then to
add FIVE, then to multiply it by so, then
to add her age, then to subtract 3e5
then to add 115, then tell her to tell you
the amount she has left. The two fig
ures to the right will denote her age
and the remainder the month of hel
birth. For example the amount Is S22
she is % years old and was born in tn,
eighth month (August). Try it, bu
don't tell the girl about this for she may
suddenly loose all knowledge of mathe-
mates,
-Now ready to receive orders tor al
kinds of gas and steam fitting.
JOHN C. LEYpoRF.
1t is said by those who make stud.
OF such things that there are thirt,
thousand tramps in the United States
and it is something for any good citizei
to think about. Just think about it
That is a larger army of men than tn
government is allowed to keep. Al
army without discipline, without morals
without means OF living, except rs the.
get it by begging or stealing. Thirt.
thousand men who have sworn off from
, work, who wander over all the country
q who are clothed in rags and filth, VIII
have grudge against every prosperou
person, who always beg and sometime
, steal, rob, burn and occasionally com
init murder. This army is said to b
growing larger all the time, and GER
tainly it is not growing any better. Som
Of its members commit suicide, som
are frozen to death. some are killed b.
the policeman's revolver, many ar
mangled in railroad wrecks while steal
ing rides on trains, but there are fresl
recruits every day. They don't Away
come from the slums either. Some o
these wrecked creatures once had goo
homes. Some of them are well educa
ted. They all drink. A tramp wilhou
the whisky bloom on his nose woul'
draw we'll in museum. Who are t,
fill the ranks of the tramp brigade II
ten, fifteen or twenty years from now
The boys of to-day-tbat is, some o
them will It is startling thought 70
parents, but it is as true as fate,-Ottaip
Sentinel.