Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-12
MISCELLANEOUS.


"A swordAsh marketed in New Bed.
ord, Mass, has embedded in its flesh
he head of harpaon that is supposed
% have been there twenty years.
From the sumioit of Mt Rose in
Nevada, 10000 feet sbove the sea level,
ihe waters of twenty-one lakes may be
'een glistening among the forests of the
5ierras.
In the hippopotamus the eyes, ears
Ind nostrils are all set on the same
plane, which enables the animal to
sinls its body entirely below the sur
lace of the water and yet keep thor.
ougly informed as to its surroundings
"A house still standing in Chicopee
Mass, is reported to be two hundred
and twenty-five years old, and is proba-
bly, the oldest dwelling in the common
wealth. 1t is in good state of preser-
vation and its present owner has occu-
pied it fifty-seven years continuously.
i'm the United States oranges and
lemons are produced only in California
and Florida. The orange crop of the
latter is practically out of the way be-
fore before that of the former is ready
for the market. The California orange
is of slower growth than the Florida
product and does not decay so soon.
The skewer was formerly used as a
kind of tally-stick, and it continues to
find similar employment at Lyons,
where the butchers rarely fail to stick
in the middle of piece of meat small
wooden cylinder announcing by so
many notches what every housewife
knows to be the exact weight of the
meat.
The hide of the former Cincinnati
elephant, Old Chief, which was shot
last February, has been stuffed, and
with the mounted skeleton of the brute
will be housed in special building al
the Cincinnati geological garden. The
hide weighed one thousand one hun
dred pounds, and it has been stuffed
with oakum.
"A dentist whose stories are alway.
founded on fact, tells of negro who
came to him with his wife to have ont
of her teeth extracted. Gas being
something whose mysteries added ter
ror to its charms, the solicitous darley
| questioned: Couldn't you gibe he,
suffin a little nilde'rn gas, doctah
Couldn't you gibe her gasoline?"-Ph
maceutical Era.
The trombone player was fitting ;
mouth-p piece to his instrument with +;
good deal of care, and young woman
| was heard to ask: mamma, what car
that man be doing?" 81 don't know
my dear" answered the mother, as sh,
leveled her glass upon the musician il
| question, unless he is winding, hi
horn. You often read of players doin.
that, you know"
In an old Sag Harbor paper of tn
year 1904 appears the following: 9Th
husband of a pious woman having occa
sion to make n voyage, his wife sent
note TO the parson to be read the mex
Sabbath in meeting: Jim Kenny havin,
gone to see his wife desires the prayer
of the congregation that he may merci
fully be preserved from danger 1t i
to be presumed that the good lady
photography and punctuation were no
altogether correct"
Flexible sandstone is one of tn
curiosities found in North Carolina. Th
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southwestern corner of the state an
the stone is taken ont more as cur
osity than for any other purpose, thong
it is sometimes employed IN building
When cut in a thin piece, say the siz
and shape of common milestone, yo
can bend it into considerable arc with
out it's breaking, and it will resume it
former straightness on the pressure bt
ing removed. OF course, if you bend
too far, it will break.
Buffalo Blrs' father was shot b
border ruffians while making fre
state speech near Leavenworth, Kan
in the fifties. He died in 1856 and wa
buried in metallic casket in Mour
Aurora cemetery of that city. A stan.
ing reward of $500 has been offered fc
ten years to the person finding th
grave. Recently quarrymen dug up a
iron coffin on the site of the old cems
terry. The corpse was In q fair state o
preservation and answered the descril
tion of w. f. Cody's father. 1t too
eight men to lift the burden.
The homestead law OF Texas SOM,
times acts harshly to creditors. A lie
ter from Austin says that cattlema
failed a short time ago and the creditor
took possession of the property, subje,
to attachment. The mans family Lin
in house for which they have been O
5 fered $4,000. The price asked is S7a
, 600. This is made possible by the p
: culiar homestead exemption law
) Texas. The homestead can not te take
for debt. And the homestead is define
to be piece of ground costing not mo
than SIS, 900 and whatever improvement
. there may be thereon. In this case Il
= residence is the finest in the city whe
i It is located. 1t is one of the finest
. Texas. 1t cost more than $50, 600, but
5 is entirely out of the reach Of the ere
itors of the estate.
= THEY GOT EVEN.