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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
A REMINlsoENcE OF 'e4.

Well, yes was a soldier;
served till the war was done,
Our company mustered out but ten
That listed in 81.
IT'S little you young folks know OF war;
And pray you may never know;
It's terrible. terrible thing at best
Every vet here can tell youso.
And I hold the time Ia coming
When right will be understood,
And no means used that breaks law,
For all Gods lava nre good.
It was my turn on picket
One night In early June.
The air was full of music;
My heart had caught its tuno,
While passing in the moonlight
My mind ran to and fro,
To molhe and the dear old homo,
To father and brother Joe.
Our parents died; we we're 10 years old,
Twin brothers Joe and mo;
A down east farmer took me home,
Joe went to Tennessee.
Ten years had passed-we had never met
But somehow that summer night
With its shining moon, brought his face again
So plainly to my sight,
heard step. "Halti who goes therei
The moon shone bright rs day,
And through tho bushes saw a man,
And he wore suit Of gray.
saw his bayonet glisten,
And quicker than can tell,
A fiash-a shot-and Ivy the brook
The wounded rebel fell.
I was by him in o moment,
To stop the red bloods flow.
When-my God 1.-THE revelations;
That reb was brother Joel
'Traitor," you say, 40 his country
Well, friend, that may be so,
But whether in blue or whether in gray,
He was snll my brother Joe.
-Elza L lmb Martyr, in Boston Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
THE STAGE HERo's BOOTS.
They Are Fapltlcssly Clean In Wet or DIR,
Weather.

Weather.
The stage hero always wears patent
leather boots, and they are always spot
leSsly clean. Sometimes he is rich, and
lives in a room with seven doors to it,
and at other times he is starving in a
Garret, but in either event he still wears
brand-new patent leather boots. He
might raise at least three and sixpence
on those boots, and when the baby is
crying for food it occurs to us that it
would be better if instead of praying to
Heaven he took off his boots and
pawned them, but this does not seem to
occur to him. He crosses the African
desert in patent leather boots, does the
stage hero. He takes a supply with
him when he is wrecked on an uninhab-
tied island He arrives from long and
trying journeys; his clothes are ragged
and torn, but his boots are new and
shiny. He puts on patent leather boots
to tramp through the Australian bush,
to fight in Egypt, to discover the North
Pole. He goes boating in patent leather
boots, he plays cricket in them, he goes
fishing and shooting in them. Some
times he is gold digger, sometimes a
dock laborer, sometimes a soldier,
sometimes sailor, but whatever he is
he wears patent leather boots.-James
L. jerome, in Stage Land.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21

The l;alf upset stage and the vigorous
jerks of the frightened team ia front
brought additional horrors to me; new
ertheless determined to make an eff
fort to save my life, If possible, in n
leap upword. So l sprang out of the
stage in desperate jump from the
higher side. l reached the ground in
safety, but not moment too soon.
The stars were bright overhead, and
through an opening in the forest trees
around on either hand saw the "lead-
ers" of the team making desperate
effort to avoid being pulled over the
prccipice, the lines still in the grasp
of the driver below, the man clinging
to the ribbons with the clutch of death;
and the rough stone edges of the
lower wall of the roadway having
broken the speed, since the axle had to
be dragged forcibly over the uneven
surface. With swift decision of mind
l saw what must be done to stay tho
tragedy, so l jumped to the front,
seized the leader by the bridle-rein,
and at once pulled his face square to
the upper bank thus stopped the
horses and kept the stage still on the
road
But where was the driver? This was
the narrowing thought now in my
mind, for the mans cries were hushed.
cried aloud for him, but no answering
voice came in reply, no sound was
heard save the echo from the opposite
wall of the canyon beyond and the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21

crab, and pervasive as n ringworm or
bad joke. He knows exactly how he
could have won the battle of Gettys-
burg, and how Napoleon could have
granulatod and pulverized Wellington
ut Waterloo. Nothing can make you
short-winded quicker than the Smart
Alexis contempt for the consensus of
enlightened opinion on any given sub
ject. He would sweeten his coffee with
salt If he didn't have to drink it him
self.
The Smart Aleck is very proud of his
knowledge of all the arts of making a
fortune, especially when his own life
has been spent in varied and pict-
uresque familiarity with lack OF
money. His faith in his own ON.
niscience is something sublime, and
equaled only by the lordly condescen-
sion with which he is always willing to
dispense wisdom and information. He
showers his knowledge about him as a
tender-hearted philanthropist scatters
pennies on n street crowded with beg
gars. He will complain of the prevail
ing plethora of money, while carrying a
hrick-bat in his coat-tail pocket in order
to make his coat-tails hang right in do
ing duty as screen for a disabled pair
of trousers. He will declaim against
proposed imitation of the currency,
while his last weeks wash is still quar-.
antined at n Chinese laundry. He ir
generally of the opinion that our
climatic conditions would have been
much better if the earth revolved
around the sun on triangular OF
rectangular, instead of the present
crude and botched arrangement.
The Smart Aleck is, altogether, a
fearful and wonderful affair, and prom.
ises to be with us a long, long time
j. A. Macon, in Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21

myself or the driver in front-for in the
tediousness of the long climb, and the
silence and solitariness of the surround
ings, we had fallen fast asleep.
Suddenly there was sharp rolling OF
the wheels, q violent jostling of the
Seats, and we both awol1e to the terrible
consciousness that we were going down
the mountain at most frightful gait
runaway team in front.
When the down grade was struck,
the driver-usually careful and vigi-
liant man-was so fast asleep that the
brakes were not applied as promptly as
was necessary; and the horses, finding
that they We're not under control, with
the heavy stage rushing upon them, be-
came at once frightened and fled in
frantic speed down the steep descent.
When the driver first awoke and re-
allied the situation, he was in mid-air,
having been violently thrown from his
seat. He had had the lines wrapped
about his hands and wrists, and, hold
ing fast unconsciously, he was being
jerked forward in the furious leaps OF
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21

the team. Yet it was but moment or
two until he struck the ragged ledge
below the roadway, and l discovered
my situation as heard him utter hor-
rible shriels and then low moan as of
one in the death agony.
BY this time the lower wheels of the
stage were off the roadway; the stage
itself was on the edge of the fearful
precipice and the axle of the vehicle
being dragged along over the stone
wall that supported the lower side OF
the road bed
The scream of horror piercing my
ears emphasized the frightful situation,
for the driver was not only being dashed
to his death, as supposed in the dark.
ness below, but there was an awful pos.
sibility that in the next moment the
stage and the horses would go over the
Drink and land in the dismal unknown
abyss of the canyon beneath. The
driver was pulling with all his weight
IN the direction of that abyss
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
CAsT-oFF GARMENTS.
what TO DO When Gown Is HopoIessiy
wv Ont of EnalhInn. IL

What TO DO When a Gown Ia HopeIeasIy
Out OF Fashion.
When gown Is so hopelessly out OF
fashion that 1t will not answer even for
home wear, or when 1T Is for any other
reason ho,S dc combat, do not hang II
away in closet, to take up room, OF
shut 1t up in q chest, to grow musty.
First of all get 1T thoroughly cleansed
If 1T is composed of washing goods,
have it washed in it's on tirety, as clean
clothes are so much pleasanter to handle
than soiled ones. Puffs and tucks
should, of course, be taken out first, and
draperies that come off easily may be
removed and washed separately. If the
material will not wash, brush and air
thoroughly, leaving the task of remov.
ing stains, etc, till later on. When it
is as clean as 1T is practicable to make
it, rip it into its constituent parts
Such portions as arc quite used up,
detach and put aside, along with very
small pieces, for rags-to be sold to
rag dealer, or got out of the way in any
manner that seems best. Buttons and
hooks-and-eyes should be put into box
kept for that purpose. They can al
most always be used again. SUoh parts
of the lining as are still sourd, iron
smoothly, roll into nice even bundles,
and put away. The material of the
gown proper which is still good press
carefully out, fold like pieco
of new goods, and put away
in y chest kept sacred to raw mate
RIAL" i. o., goods to be made up when
needed. Of course it is not gowns alone
that can be thus dissected Do the same
with every cast-off garment, ever un-
derwear. Then, when something a, W is
required for one of the children-a nirt,
petticoat, frock or jacllet-never visit
the stores till you have first looked
through the contents of this chest,
which is very often ''seek no further;'
and the convenience it is to have goods
in such shape that one can tell abso-
lutely how far they may be made avail
able, is, as most women will believe,
very great.
1t is not only the children's wardrobes
that are reinforced from this source. A
new house gown is often to be found by
making combination of some of the
materials stored therein. Indeed, one
of the much-draped skirts of a year or
two ago will sometimes furnish full
gown of the present simpler fashion,
X. B. Coulter, in Good Hou sekeepinP.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
Going to Stop 1t.

Landlord-I want to notify you that
want the room you occupy.
Single Lodger-Why, what's the mat
ter?
I'm the first place, you have not pail
your rent; and, secondly, you kiss my
wife every time my back is turned.
That's going to stop on the first of next
month. Texas Siftings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
Disappointing. .-Coughton Ito bean

Disappointing. -Coughton Ito beau.
tiful girl whom he ha, rescued from
drowning)-"I see you are fair and be-
witching, but / can not woo and win
you. am married" bt autiful Cir
''Buu, George, it is /, your own wife. "
"Pshaw! ! never did have n real ro
nance in my life. Spare Moments.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21

Miss Longout-They tell me arsenic
is really good for the complexion. Now,
Mr.. Formula, you have studied chemis-
try so long. Is it really good?
Formula-There's no doubt about it,
Miss Longout. If you take enough of
it your complexion will never trouble
you.-America.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21

Mrs. Timothy-Just see how fond the
old rooster is of his family. How he
scratches up worms, and then calls all
the hens around him, and seems pleased
to see them eat. Oh, should think you
might take lesson from the brute
beasts, and learn 20 treat your wife
decently.
Mr.. Timothy-Yes, Maria, but in his
case it isn't always the same old hem
Jury.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
A Little Conlldenee Game.

"oh! Mabel, tell me the truth, now;
if you were in my place would you ac-
cept him?"
Certainly. Why, If had been in
your place would have accepted him
myself, the other night, when he pro
posed to me."-Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
HYPOTHECATIoN

Mrs. Fondever ION the return from
the bridal trip)-What a lovely time
we've had, PercivaL There's not been
a single hitch.
Mr.. Fondever (paying his last BILLY
No, my dear Ito himself), nothing but
an unhitch.-Once a Week.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21

Mrs. Lakeside (Chicago)-I should
like to know what's got into that Mrs.
De Fair. never saw such uppishness.
i met her in restaurant to-day, and
she pretended not to see me.
Mr.. L.-Were you alone?
Mrs. L.-No, was with her husband.
IN. Y. Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21

Bingo-So old Mrs. Gabley has gone
to her eternal home.
Stingo-Yes, the old lady's left us.
Bingo-What were her last words?
Stingo-I don't think any are re-
ported.
Bingo-There must have been. She
always would have the last word
America
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
A THRILLING RIDE.
An Experience in Stage-Coach
in the Sierra Nevadas.

NE night L was
c ros S n s. the
Sierra Nevadas
iIf a stage. / was
the only passcn-
ger aboarG, and
h c ce h a d a
l o n e l Y a n d
dreary night of
it. The lon G
slow pull of the
ascent mad con-
sumed all of the
fore part of the
night and much
of t he e arl Y
morn. 1t w a $
a b o u t t w o
o'clock w h e n
the summit was
reached, all un-
axxyarac tn ait1,ar
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
In the Sleigh.

"This robe is bearskin, isn't it,
George?" the fair one asked, as they
sped along the hard, smooth road.
''Yes, darling; why?"
"Oh, had reasons for thinking So"
A great, strong light shone on George,
and afterward he drove with one hand
Boston Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
The Incurable Kind.

Wideawake-Th one kind CT hams
you can not cure.
Butcher-Wnat kind Is 1t?
Wideawalte-Thes stage variety. .-Bos-
ton Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
umbrella

''The top of the morning to you, sor, :"
said the Irish waiter
Thank you" returned de Jeuner;
'and now suppose you want the tir o.
tl,n-puck
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21

Prospective Purchaser-Is this C dun
COW?
owner-No; this Is cash cow
Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
THE "sMART ALEck."
To In Really and Truly Fearful and
wonderful Affair. q.

He Smart Aleck
is n sublimated
product of mod
ern civilization,
the precipitated
vapors of fer
mented p og-
r c S S. II c / s
o MN ipre $ ent
n n d irrepres-
sible, protean
in manifesta-
ton, and sub
lime in sclf-as-
kertion, as SEN
sitive as n soft
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-21
A substItute sensatlon.

'Did you ever slide down a toboggan
chute?"
"No; but fell { mt of balloon once. u
Puck.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-02
First Publlcatia n March %, 1871
Publication Notice.

To W. B. Lowrance, of the State of Colo
RADIO:
You are hereby notified that You have
been sued in the district court OF
Dickinson county, State of Kansas, by
Asst. b Jones, administrator OF he estate
OFF. 5. Jones, de- eased, by his petition filed
n said court, on the 25th day of Mach, A
D., 1891, in an action there pending wherein
the said Asa Is. Jones, administrator of the
estate of j. s. Jones, deceased, is plaintiff
and Edmond Keller, Mary Jane Keller and
you are defendants, and thSt you must
ans Eer said petition on or before the 18th day
of May, A D., 1891, or the same will be taken
a. true ami judgment will be rend cred
Mary Jane Keller for the sum of eigh-
teen hundred dollars Hl,S0O and interest
thereon ct the rate of u per cent. per annum
from the 21d day of November, A D., 1855,
less the SIM Olive hundred and seventy two
dollars (t512), interest paid, and q further
judgment VIII be rendered that unles said
sum be paid on or before six months from
the date of said judgment that the following
described real estate situated in Dics-
insOn county, state of Kansas, TO wiz:
The east half of the northwest quar-
ter and the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section nun Der
fourteen (lG south of range, M g bSr two (2)
east of the Sixth Principal Meridian, be sold
without appraisements as provided by law
10 satisfy sa judgment. and that upon such
sale You and Jae other defendants to this
action De forever barred from claiming bny
interest in, title 10, or liens upon said
STAMBAUGH. HURD 6 DEWEY,
3f3 Attorneys TOR PiEfnrZn.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-02
First Publication March 26. 1891.
Publication Notice.

To Pascal d. Drake, Alice A. Drake and NJ.
L, Goss, and Mrs. Florence "A. Newhall,
late partners as NJ. T. GoSs & Company
all of parts unknown:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that You and each OF you have been sued in
the District Court of Dickinson county,
state of Kansas, by J, S. Drake, by his petit
tion filed in said court on the 25th day OF
March. a. ID. 1891, in an action there pending
wherein the said j. ). Drake is plaintiff, ana
You and each of you ere defendants, anu that
you and each OF you must answer said petit
ton on or before the TIN day OF May, a, ID.
1881, or the same Will be taken as true and
judgment will be rendered against the de-
PENDANTS, Pascal ID. Drake and Alice A.
Drake, for the sum of nine hundred dollars
100000, with interest on five hundred dol
lars (S,O0.00) at the rate of ~ per cent per
snnun from the 18th day of October, A. ID.
1871, less the sum o. seventeen aud fifty hun
dr. dths dollars (sl7 so, interest paid, ana
with interest at y per cent per annum on
four hundred collars (SI0O.OOl from the 18th
day of December, A ID 1887, less the sum OF
fourteen dollars GA COY, interest paid, and q
further Judgment Will be renne cred that un
less SAID sum be paid on or before six mon hs
from the date of said Judgment that the fol-
lowing describea real estate situated in
Dickinson county, state OF kansas, to-wit:
LO numbered seventeen 10 and eighteen
(lS)tn block number twenty (20l in the town OF
Manchester, be sold without appraisement,
as provided by law, to satisfy said judgment,
and that upon such sale GU and each OF y,:u
be forever barred from claiming any inter-
est in, title to or liens upon said pr, misses.
SFAMBAUGH, HURD 4 DEWEY,
3l-3 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-02
First Publication March &c, 1891
Publication Notice.

To william +. Hanaghan and Margaret
Hanaghan, of parts unk nown, and The
> Abilene Investment Company:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that YOU and each of Won have been gu d in
The district court of Dickinson county, state
of Kansas, by John KoehlerS by his
petition filed in said court, on the 25th day
of March, A. D., 1911 an action there pend
ing wherein the said John koehler is
plaintiff aud B. r. Able, John McDermott
and John Mulvane, William II. Rossington
and John Martin, Trustees, and Edward ID.
Reddington, John A. Lu'z and Edward Q.
Chamberlin. trustees, and you and ca b of
you are defendants, and that you and each
of you must answer said petition on or
before the 18th day of May, \. D., 1891, or the
same will bs taken as true and judgment
will be rendered against the defendant
William T. tHanaghan and Margaret Hama
CHAN for the sum of eighteen hundred dol
lars o. 500 and interest thereon at the rate
of November A D., 1851, less the sum of NO
hundred ana fifty-two dollars ($232), In
terest paid, and a further judgment will be
rendered that unless said sum be- paid o or
before six months from the date of said
Judgment that the following described real
est te situated in Dickinson county, State Of
Kansas, to-wit: The southeast quarter Of
section number twelve Q2l in township mum
Der sixteen (I6) south. of rance number one
ID east of the Sixth Principal Meridi4n, be
sold without apprlisement, TO satisfy said
each OF you and the o. her defendants 10 this
action be forever Barred from claiming any
interest In. title to or liens ufon said
sTAMBAUGH, HURD & DEwFY,
IS Aff0KuBys Tor PlafnGR
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-02
First publication March 90. 1911
Publication Notice.

To Willard ]. Rich, Of parts unknown, and
The Abilene Investment Company:
You and each of you are hereby notified
TIT you and each OF you have been sued in
the District Court of Dickinson county,
state OF Kansas, by Mrs. Annie Whitmver, by
her petition filed IN said QQurt,o the 18th day
of MAJ Oh, A. ID 1891 in an action there pend
ing wherein the said Mrs annie Whitmyer
is plaintiff ana George W. Beach, Mary n
Beach, and you and each Of you are defend
ants and that you and each of YOU must ans
WI said PORTION on or before the It'll day Of
May, A. ID. 1891, or the same viii be taken as
true and Judgment will be rendered against
the defendants George W. Beach and Mary
n, Beach for the sum Of sixteen hundred
dollars faI 6OO.0O and interest thereon at the
rate of u per cent per annum from the I'D
cay of Dece uber, A. ID. 1881. less the sum OF
tZp hundred and twenty -four dollars
(s224 COZ, interest paid, and u further judg-
me It viii be rendered that unless said sum
be paid on or before six months from the
date of said judgment that the following de-
scr bed real estate situated in Dickinson
comfy, state of Kansas, to-wit: The north.
west quarter OF section number eighteen (Iel
in township number sixt- en- (l6l south, OF
OF range number one ~ east Of the sixth
PRINCIPAL Meridian, be sold without appraise-
ment, as provided by law, TO satisfy said
Judgment, AND tn { upon such sale you ana
each of you and the other defendant 70 this
action be forever barred from claiming any
int rest in, title to or liens upon said prem
sTAMBAUGB, HURD & DEWEY,
ais Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-04-02
First publication March %, 1891
Publication Notice.

To W. B. Lowrance, of the state of Colorado;
You are hereby notified that you have
been sued in the District Court OF Dickinson
county, state of Kansas by D. II. Hunni- g,
by his petition filed in said con I, ON the 9th
day of March, a. d. 1891, in an action there
plaintiff and The Abilene Land & Cattle
Company, j. Il. Brady, J. r. Burton, J. &.
Bonebrake and you are defendants, and that
you must answer said petition on or before
the 9TH Gay of May, A. ID. 1891, or the same
will be taken as true and judgment Will be
rendered against the said defendant, The
Abilene Land & Cattle Company, for the sum
of five thousand dollars % 900 6O) and interest
thereon ut the rate OF u per cent per annum
from the Esd day of April, A. ID. 1855, less the
sum of six hundred dollars (6O0.0O), interest
paid, and further Judgment will lie rem
fore six months from the date of said 1udg-
ment that the following described real es-
tate situated in Dickinson county, state OF
kansas to-wit: The northwest quarter OF
section number twenty three (23), the west
halt of the northeast quarter OF section num-
Der twentv-three (23l, the north half OF the
southeast quarter OF section mum Der four
teen Q4l, the southeast quarter OF the north
west QuaSter of section number fourteen (l4),
the northeast quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of section number "a, the southwest quar-
ter of the southeast quarter of section num-
Der fourtee n I'D, and the southeast quarter
of the southwest quarter OF section number
fourteen (I4), all in township thirteen Nl9
south, OF range one Q) east OF the Sixth
Principal Meridian, be sold without
DR. Isement, as provided by law, to satisfy
said Judgment, and that upon such sale you
and Che other defendants to this action be
forever barred from claiming any interest in,
title 10 or liens upon said prem isee-
SrAMBAUGH, HURD & DEWEY
3l-3 Attorneys for Rlaintin.