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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23
Raised Doughnuts.

Scald half pint of milk. Let stand
until lukewarm, then add one tea
spoonful of salt and yeast cake dis
solved in one-quarter of cupful Of
warm water. Sift in enough flour to
make a thick batter, beat well for a
moment, then cover and stand in a
warm place until light and spongy.
Beat in one cupful Of sugar, two we'll
beaten eggs, two heaping tablespoon
fuls of shortening (butter or butter
and lard mixed) melted, and one
scant teaspoonful of grated nutmeg.
Beat thoroughly, then work in more
-four to make rather stiff dough.
Cocer and let rise second time. then
turn out carefully on a Toured board.
Roll until less than an inch thick, and
cut out Sprinkle slightly with flour,
cover with cloth and let rise until
almost double in thickness. Drop a
few at time in deep, smoking hot fat;
they will cook through in from four to
five minutes If small. AS SKINNED
out, drain on soft paper and roll in
sifted powdered sagar.-'Table Talk.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23
Tactful Quaker.

Some time ago there lived gentle
man of indolent habits who spent his
time visiting among his friends. After
wearing out his welcome in his own
neighborhood he thought he would
visit an old Quaker friend some 20
miles distant. On his arrival he was
cordially received by the Quaker, who,
thinking the visitor had taken much
pains to come so far to see him, treat
ed him with great deal Of attention
and politeness for several days. AS
the visitor showed no sisns Of leav-
ing, the Quaker became uneasy, but
bore 1t with patience until the eighth
day, when he said to him:
my friend, am afraid thee will
never come again."
20. yes, SHALL" said the visitor.
"I have enjoyed my visit much, and
shall certainly come again."
But" said the Quaker, "if thee will
never leave, how can thee come
again?"-London Black and White.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23

the castle but the ole town. Every
stone and stick of the dear old place
is my property to-day, including, to be
sure, the homestead where my fore
fathers for generation upon generation
have been born and lived and died.
have been able to buy the dear old
place and know that my father and
mother will live there for the rest of
their lives"
Mr.. O'Connor and his wife and
daughter expect to take formal pos
session of their feudal town and castle
early in the coming summer.
Story of Robert Hughes.
Robert Hughes story is the very op-
posite to Michael O'Connor's. Wealthy,
too, he is to-day, to be sure. wealthy
beyond the dreams of avarice, but, un-
like the brother In good fortune. he
did not earn It. 1t came to him like a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs.

A careful woman noticed that placing
a freshly washed hairbrush in the sun
shine or near the fire to dry soon spoils
the color of the bristles.
Almost any head of hair will be bene-
flied by an occasional egg shampoo. The
yolk contains iron and sulphur, which
nourish the roots, and the white small
alkali which unites with the oil of the
scalp to form a lather. The egg should
be beaten up with an ounce of water and
thoroughly rubbed into the scalp and
then rinsed out with several successive
ly cooler waters, finishing with as cold
water as can be comfortably borne.
Metal teapots, if disused for some
time, give musty flavor to the tea
when next used. This may be prevented
by placing lump of sugar in the ten
pot before putting away.
If cup custards or sauces of any kind
are stirred for five or six minutes after
being made it will prevent the skin
forming on the top which is so objec-
tionable.
The soda. bath is declared to be a
specific for rheumatism besides render
ing the skin soft and supple and the
bather beautiful. One pound of wash
ing soda is added to tub of hot water
and the patient must lie in this for Is
minutes. Then follows the cold spray
and the bather emerges with every
trace of her aches and pains dispelled.
Coffee stains, even when there is
cream in the coffee, can be removed from
the most delicate silk or wooden fabrics
by brushing the spots with pure glycer-
inc. Rinse in lukewarm water and
press on the wrong side with a warm
iron. The glycerine absorbs both the
coIoring matter and the grease.
An umbrella should not be opened on,
to dry, as the stretchers are apt to warT
in the bent form, giving an unsightly ap'
pearance when the umbrella is closed
The silk should be left to drain with
the handle downwards, and gently
wiped with an old silk handkerchief
Boston Budget and Beacon.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23
Better Taste.

The oriental monarch amused himself
by giving a hungry guest phantom
banquet. Squire Hamilton, says the
Boston Herald, one of the best-known
members of the Maine legal profession
many years ago, once sat at meagerly
laden board, and in this case the starv-
ing guest was the humorist.
The Gining-room had been newly and
splendidly furnished, whereas the din
ner was very slender. While some Of
the guests were fiattering the host on
his taste in decoration, Squire Hamil-
ton said:
"For my part, would rather see
less gliding and more carving"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23
Michael O'COnnor and Robert
Hughes, Sons of Erin, Now
Roll i'm Wealth..
MONEY ACQUIRED BY Different METHODS
Former Prospers Through Speculation in
Real Estate Buys His Native Town
Latter Inherits Million Dollars and
Ancestral Castle in Ireland.

New York.-Dame Fortune, that
Mckle being, has smiled on two men
who came to America IL years ago
fresh from the land of Shamrocks. AL
though both of these sons of Ireland,
Michael O'Connor and Robert Hughes,
are now rich, they obtained their
wealth in ways that are greatly differ
ent. The stories of their careers and
of the triumphs which recently crown
pretty and interesting romances as
ever were conceived.
Before relating the story of Michael
Connor 1t will be necessary to ina
;gine ones self transported across the
sea to the ancient village of Leitrim,
where the OConnors have lived since
time immemorial. Leitrim is on the
banks of that much sung stream the
River Shannon, beloved Of Tom"
Moore and immortalized in his songs.
There, close upon its banks, stand the
ruins of the great old feudal castle
which was once the seat of Michael
O'Connor's illustrious ancestor, Rhod-
Ierick O'Connor, the last king of Con-
naught, Prince of Branffny. About the
crumbling walls the little town nestles
closely. There is the white house of
the village squire, the apothecary
shop, the cobbler's shop, the wagon
makers and the village forge. In the
little white houses between dwell the
villagers, descendants every one of
them of Irish kings.
The ground floor of one of these
dwellings contains general store The
people of Leitrim may buy anything
in this small store from pound of tea
to a yard Of gingham or peck of po-
tatoes. The proprietor of the store is
Michael O'Connor's father, to-day the
most prosperous citizen in Leitrim
and the happiest and proudest man
in all the green land of Ireland
0'Connor Comes to America.
For his son, his first born, the boy
who 13 years ago set sail for the alien
land of America, has made a fortune
beyond the dreams of Leitrim avarice
and like fairy prince has bought
back not only the castle of his long
deposed ancestors, but the entire
town of Leitrim, his native place.
Michael, the fair haired, blue eyed,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23

adopted by heroes of romance. Heroes
from time immemorial have won their
millions by wrestling it from the bow
els of the earth, by clever manipula-
tions of the stock market, by war and
conquest. But who ever heard of
hero OF romance who made his money
in plain, prosaic real estate dealing?
That is what Michael O'Connor did,
and 1t paid him vastly more in re-
turns than more romantic money
making might have. Penniless when
he came here, he managed to secure a
clerical position almost Immediately
upon his arrival. He was Industrious
and frugal, and after several years he
had managed to save up several hun
dred dollars, which he invested in a
few lots in the Bronx. 1t was the luck
lest thing he could have done. He
sold them for more than double sew
eral years later and reinvested his
money in more real estate. Soon
Michael O'Connor, from Leitrim town,
was worth hundred thousand dol
lars; then the road to wealth was
easy.
When prosperity had claimed him
for its own Mr.. O'Connor's thoughts
began to turn to Ireland, and one sum-
mer, some six or seven years ago, he
iourneyed back to Leitrim and mar
ried the girl of his boyhood love and
brought her to America.
"It was then that first thought of
buying my native town." said Mr..
O'Connor in an interview with re-
porter. II suppose all men banker for
their native towns, and Irishmen
most of all. Anyway, l did. used to
think when l was a little barefoot
boy, playing about the ruins of the old
castle there, how much | would like,
when | became man, to be able to
buy it and restore 1t to It's once fa-
nous grandeur. You see, every boy in
Leitrim knows the story of the castle
and of the kings and princes who once
feasted in it's great halls. Then there
were songs, sweet old Irish songs, to
keep our memory green. l suppose
there was not boy in the village who
did not share in the same emotion.
"Well, fortune has been very good
to me, and 1t turns out that l have
been able to go back and buy not only
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23

merry mouthed boy who sailed away
13 years ago, is master of the town
and It's castle to-day. He 1t Is who
owns the long village street, the forge,
the apotbecary shop, the cobbler shop.
He 1t is, little Mike O'Connor, who
owns the squiro's white house, and the
brown rectory. and ah! even tho pret-
ty little church and the chapel stands
on Michael O'Connor's freehold
ground.
Formal announcement of the pur-
chase of the village wus made recently
In the Leitrim Observer, published at
Carrick- on Shannon, and the same
issue contained a detailed story of
Michael O'Connor's adventures In the
land of his adoption.
Fortune Made Through Real Estate.
Strangely enough. he did not make
his fortune otter the manner usually
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23

golden windfall from heaven, houses
and lands and three million dollars in
cash. A poor silk weaver, toiling all
day long, and barely keeping the wolf
from the door these many years past,
Robert Hughes is to-day one of the
landed proprietors of Belfast. For ten
years he has lived with his little fam
lily In a plain little wooden house in
the mill village of Lodi, near Pater-
son, N. j. In future he may If he
wishes live In one of the finest man.
sions In the most aristocratic quarter
Of the Irish capital
Until a few weeks ago Robert
Hughes never dreamed that he would
be other than hard working silk weav-
er. The widest dream he INDUCED in
was that of an era which would know
no strikes and lockouts among the silk
mills in which he has been earning his
livelihood ever since he arrived, which
was just three weeks after Michael
O'Connor, Of Leltrim, had stepped of
the gang-plank. For Robert Hughes
has suffered bitterly from the privations
incident to the frequent labor troubles
among the factories of Paterson.
Inherits Fortune from Relatives.
Hughes fortune he inherits from q
distant relative, John Hughes, Esq
merchant of Belfast, recently dead, leav-
ing fortune of $3,00O,0O0 in cash and
much valuable real estate in Belfast and
the surrounding country.
Hughes is 38 years old. three years
older than Michael O'Connor. He
learned to weave silk in the factories OF
Belfast long before he left Ireland. He
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23

has worked hard all his life, always at
silk weaving. BY virtue of intelligence
and industry he was promoted some
thing like five years ago to the position
of foreman. His pay is, or was, SIS n
week. He has wife and two children
to support, and by strict economy he
was able to lay by enough to buy little
house. Two tiny rooms downstairs and
two upstairs, with small porch in
front-that is the sort Of house Robert
Hughes has been living in in Lodi. The
Belfast mansion he has fallen heir to
contains 3S spacious chambers, any one
of which would almost be larger than
the little house in Lodi. In Lodi Robert
Hughes had one fire, that which glowed
in the kitchen stove. In Belfast there
are % great open hearths whereon the
logs are wont to blaze all day long.
Pleased at Good News.
Don't think l am excited" said Rob
ert Hughes, when interviewed by re-
porter, ''or puffed up with pride, for
am not am only happy to hear the
good news. Do you blame me?
Think of it, Only the other day l
was a poor man. To-day, well, to-day l
am wealthy. How wealthy / do not
know. seem to be walking in dream
even yet. get up in the morning and
eat my breakfast just like man only
half awake. have to pinch myself
when hear the factory whistles calling
me to work, and they too sound like they
might be blown in dream.
"Oh, yes. l still go to work every day
The habit of work is very strong, espe-
cially when one has worked all his life
as have done. Indeed, DO not know
whether | shall ever be able to STOP
working, now that have an opportunity
to quit.
"Will / go back to Ireland to live:
Not on your life. l would not take the
whole city of Belfast, much as / love
every stick and stone of the dear old
place-I would not take it all as q
precious gift and be obliged to live there
the rest of my life and give up my Amer
lean citizenship. have toiled and suf-
fered here, married my wife here and
my children were born here. / have
helped to elect three presidents of the
United States. tell you l am mighty
proud of being an American and
would rather forfeit all the money oi
John Hughes, of Belfast, than lose NJ,
right to that name.
God has been good to me, and Uncle
Sam has been good to me in spite of al
my hard luck. America has stuck by
me when was down, and now that an
up mean to stick to her. America wal
good enough for me to earn living in
and guess it's going to be good enough
for me to spend my money in.
Will Buy Coveted Home.
"Wnl move to New York city? No,
won't. / don't like New York. / hav,
been up there twice, and don't like tn,
place. / don't feel at home there. +,
rather stay right here in Lodi, even IL 1
is barren and ugly. than to go up to tina
! great, cruel. unfriendly city. No.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23
Indian Boys Trouble.

Supt. John Finn, of the Indian
schools of Chamberlain, S. D., has at his
tongues end many quaint stories of
Indian children.
Anent fatigue he said one day:
"a little redskin, Black Eagle, accom-
panied me on tramp of 16 miles.
"The boy walked well for his age, but
the last two or three miles went hard
with him. He gave pretty plain evil
dences of fatigue.
"'Tired?' said I.
ono he answered, 4 am not tired.
but I'd be glad If could only take off
my legs and carry them under my arms
awhile"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23

more elegant house here. But want
neither. What l want is the house of
my years of dreaming and the green
hill it stands upon. That is all my wife
and and my little girls want. We feel
we can be happier there than in any
other house in the world, and believe
we can"
"Yes, ], am sure 1t is as my husband
says" remarked Mrs. Hughes, who had
been darning stockings while her hus-
band talked. 81 want the house on the
hill. We are plain people. We have
been plain people all our lives, and 1t
would not be becoming for us to put on
the airs of fine folk now that we have
been lucky enough to inherit old Mr..
Hughes money and lands. Besides we
should not be happy to depart too much
from the way we have been used to liv-
ing. The white house on the hill is just
perfectly sure could not be happier
this side of Heaven.
ooh! it does seem to good to be true.
And the white house on the green hill!
To think that /, Maggie Hughes, can
dare to think seriously now of ever liv-
ing in that beautiful place! Oh, it does
seem like a dream! am afraid to go
to bed at nights for fear wake up some
morning and find that after all it is only
a dream"
But the lawyers of Paterson and Pas
sale assure the silk weaver and his wife
that it is very substantial fact, and
that they need have no fears of waking
in The morning.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23
Rice and Apple Dessert.

Boil two tablespoonfuls of rice in one
pint of milk until tender, but not
broken; to this add one teaspoonful of
salt, one tablespoonful of butter, and
the beaten yolss of two eggs. Pare and
core several large apples, place in a
deep dish, and fill the centers with but
ter and sugar, pour in little water
and bake until soft. Remove from the
oven. pile the rice around the dish and
between the apples. return to the oven
and brown lightly. Serve with sweet
ened cream.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23
No More Sons Wanted.

Algy-Do you think, my love, that
your father will consent to our mar
riage?
Angely-Of course, papa will be very
sorry to lose me. darling
Algy-But will say to him that, in
stead of losing daughter, he will gain
q son!
Angely-I wouldn't do that, love, IL
you really want me. Papa has three
such sons living at home now, and he's
a little bit touchy on the point.-Stray
Stories.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23

Patterns Nos. 50S6 and 5090.-The fad
of the moment is undoubtedly for fine
lingerie, and great amount of hand
work is used on skirts and corset COW
ers. This illustration shows a dainty
corset cover, where handkerchiefs aro
used for bolero fronts. Two are re-
quh ed, one smaller than the other. Cut
them through the center, from corner
to corner, and arrange the smaller one
over the larger. Squares of linen en-
broidered by hand could also be used.
edge. The petticoat has been designed
especially to wear with the full skirts
worn so much this season. 1t is well
fitted over the hips, and full at the lower
edge having deep gathered rufIle, and a
dust ruffle under circular fiounce. 1t can
be made as elaborate as one wishes, by
using lace motifs and insertion on the
.hounce. Lawn, cambric, linen and
nainsook are all used in the making of
such garments. The medium size re-
quires one yard of 36-inch material for
the corset cover and six and one-eighth
yards for the petticoat. Ladies' corset
cover, sizes for 80, "a, Sc, SO, 40, AZ, A
and 46-inch bust measure. Ladies' pet
ticoat skirt, sizes for 20, %, "a, 26, 2S,
80, 80, "a and SO inches waist measure.
The above illustration calls for two
separate patterns. The price is ten cents
for the corset cover and ten cents for
the petticoat skirt.
This pattern will be sent to you on
receipt Of 10 cents. Address all orders
to the Pattern Department of this paper.
Be sure to give size and number of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
Nour order on the following Conpon:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23
Henpecked.

The prisoner had broken in on the
witnesses several times, and the judge
had reprimanded him repeatedly. FL
nally the judge exclaimed:
Look here, my man, do you want to
keep us here all day?"
"Well, judge" replied the man, re-
signedly, II might as we'll be here as
home, suppose. I'm not allowed to
say anything at home. either!"-Yon-
kers Statesman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23

With trembling fingers the sorrow,
ing father opened small box which
had Just been left by the postman.
When the lid was removed there lay
revealed a boys shoe. part of ~ crAva,.
ring and collar button.
"Alasl". sighed the grief-stricken old
man. gazing on the fragments. II al
ways feared that Clarence couldn't
stand the hazing. Judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-23

When strawberries are 80 cents n
quart prunes taste pretty good.
The Washington times., 1906-07-19
CAMP GOOD WILL
DOING FINE WORK
One Hundred Girls, Boys,
and Mothers Guests OF
Outing Committee.
WOULD AMUSE CHILDREN
Volunteer Workers Needed to Conduct
Enterrrise-COnrributions to Wor-
thy Charity Fund Acceptable.

Proper amusement for one hundred
boys, girls, and mothers is one or the
big problems always uppermost IN me
minds of the workers at Camp Goou
Will"
The work Of amusing the children IS
in the hands OF three volunteers Two
young ladies from Wilson college
Pennsylvania, who remain two weeks
and are then replaced by two more ana
Archibald Gilhllan. who is 10 remain
throughout the summer. From time 10
time these workers have been assisted
by other interested people from the city
Such help is always appreciated as
there is so much Tyork 10 be done IN
making the children thoroughly COM
Portable hat everybody is overworked-
The treasurer Of the summer outing
committee, John B. Sleman, Jr-, ac-
knowledges with thanks the following
contributions recently received:
Previously Acknowledged. s. 2.5SOs0;
friends at the First CongregauQn
Church. s.; Mrs. William Belden Noble
SO; Miss Helen J3misOn, 81. Miss Ann
A Davis. 81: Fred @. Mexican, g; j.
+. Johnson. 81, Christian EndeaFor so
ciety of the lexington Presbyterian
Church $50. i. W. WOOlWOrth $40,
Miss Mary r. SoutherIand. S415; Lee d.
LatimeT s., DR., William Gerry Morgan,
$40: f. V KiHian. s.; Gen. William B.
Rochester. 81. Julia c. Lindsly. 50;
James b. Lambie s.; Mrs Mary r.
hewitt. 81; Mrs. Grace G. Kendall. SO,
T. Richs' Sons. s.; First NJ. +. Church,
SlS9; G. William McLanahan, Sl2.50:
VintOn A HOlbrook So: A. L. SWaTt-
won't. 81; Mrs. Clara S. HAY. 500; Chris
tian EndeavOr Society Of the Assemblys
Presbyterian Church, s.; James W. Gift.
s.. Henry Lansbu.gh, $40; T. J. s.. 81;
Christian EndeaV,T Society OF Zion
Baptist Church. s., Pastors Aid Circle
Douglas Memorial Church. 81; o. NJ.
Bryant, g: Mrs. r. II. Gunneu 81;
Columbia Typographical Union. s.; vii
liam H Dennis. s.. Mrs Elizabeth l..
Dunn. s.. entertainment by Janet and
Doris Little and Frances Everts. $3.50
Mrs. Edwin s. La Fetra. s.. Charles +.
Gross. so; cash contributions. 1886
The Washington times., 1906-07-19
DEATH RECORD.

William Griggs. 50 years. sos Eighth
ST. ne.
Benjamin NJ. V. Wilson, Y years. sos
Seventh st. Sc.
clara T. Nalley, 50 years. 800 Fifth ST
ne.
Laura a. King. 50 years. S4o6 Tenth
ST. ne.
Max Goldsmith. &c years. 1910 Calvert
st
Richard Holler. 81 years. L. s. Sol
diers' Home,
William f, Lewis. 81 years. 516lz Elev-
enth ST. sW-
Cecilia Cant. Il years. Daggs' place,
AnacOstia.
Francis W. Butler. months. 1Ou E
ST. Sc.
Florence Conner, 6 months. So Myrtle
ST ne.
Evangeline Morten, months. 1881
Sixth ST. NV.
Rema Payton, 5 months, Queens
alley.
oscar Johnson, 10 months, 945 Gaden
ct sW
MiIagros Smith. ? days, s3s Virginia