Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-06-13

Entered at the Perrysburg Postofncc as second
lass matter.
SATURDAY, - JUNE IL, 1901
The English House of Lords has
passed the bill prohibiting sealing in
the Bchring sea.
Sucker wants to know where the
"whisky Trust" is that he hears SO
much about. He has been hunting
trust for whisky for three years.
The law strictly torbids either shoot
ing or spearing of fish in any of the
waters. either natural or artificial,
lying in the State of Ohio or part there
in.
Barnum's estate is reported as
being worth $4.279,532. 1t was all
made by advertising, which should be
taken us pointer by some of our
business men.
The Sentinel has this for it's leading
local: IA windy day" Great Scott!
Mani what else can be expected in u
town blown up like yours is? Wind
and sand, and sand and wind!
Bowling Green claims 400 Dbl. oil
well. OF course, you understand, the
town "claims'" it is 400 That means
that it really MAY BE but 500 bbls.
Some b. G, fellows are likely to stretch
the thing about II barrel or so.
Gen. Hustler Nj. p Brewer, who is
Il member of the State Central COM
mittee, promises to furnish seats for
all those from Wood Co. who attend
the State Convention next week
Brewer is capable of doing the boys
proud, and he is dandy at enter
tanning.
The Toledo Blade is fast becoming n
genuine dandy. Once this town lost
one whole block by fire. 1t was Il dead
lOSS w JllC lDlttNlC, lOl UlltN uCNCl
toned it. Then, the Blade ignores
about all our important events, and
once in n while gets few personals of
but little Importance.
There is one little matter which we
have been intending to speak OF for
some time, and it is this: why do we
not decorate the graves OF the men
who fell in 1913 and who now sleep on
the fort? Are they less deserving
than the soldiers of the later war?
This matter should be looked after
next year.
Memorial day seems to have been
more universally observed this year,
throughout the whole country, than
for some years. That is right; it is to
be hoped that our young men will take
hold of this matter, for the old soldiers
will soon be gone, and others must be
ready to step into their shoes and take
management Of the day.
The older some fellows get the less
they know. The old white-bearded
Top who sat on the bank last Sunday
and tried to ilirt with three young
ladies who were standing on the dock,
ought to be clicked the dock of, " as
Mr.. Hoodledilier says. Such eXhibi-
tions of white-headed foolishness
would turn the stomach of an ostrich.
The Italian problem mellowed down
to nothing under the influence of Mr..
Blaine's letters. The Italian govern
ment has gone entirely back on the
trash that represented her at New
Orleans, and thus has shown her good
sense to the world. Just now, Italy
can't afford war, and especially war
to protect such cut-throats as were
mobbed in the Crescent city.
A man was out hunting with his 10
year old son in Tennessee, recently
and the boy becoming separated from
his father, playfully climbed tree.
The father came along and seeing the
branches of the tree moving as if being
shaken by some heavy object, raised
his gun and fired. and to his horror, his
boy fell to the ground, dead, with a
bullet through his heart. The father
is said TO be so badly shocked that it is
feared he will lose his mind.
Talk about dead towns Harp about
the streets being deserted If our
Bowling Green ncighbors will just step
into Perrysburg on Sunday when the
boat lands, they will see sight. Every
man, woman, and child in town turns
out to watch the people, and then
about half of Toledo comes up on the
boat to watch, well, we won't say
what they watch. oh no; don't say
Perrysburg is cold and Indifferent, fol