Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-27
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If you feel that it is your duty to
sleep in church, all Tight-but be
careful to snore with the soft pedal
down.
A series Of prayer meetings have
been inauguTated " by " lady of
fashion in a New York Church, and
are attended "in demi-toilette."
One Of the faults found with the
concrete pavement by medical man
in New York is that it produces ''cOn-
junctivitis and palpebral ce1ema from
closure Of the lachrymal canals"
A lady ofNew York, 10 whom Mrs.
Stowe sent her " Nindicadon." !" with
the compliments of the author, return
ed the volume with the Endorsement :
Life is too shOrt-eXcuse me-"
4 man in Maine died last week and
bequeathed a thousand dollars to each
of the county papers. There is a re-
markable unanlmity among the edi-
tors upon the subject Of that man.
1t was a saying of Lord Eldon, that
''SOme barristers succeeded by great
talents, some by high connections,
some by miracle, but the great ma
jority by commencing without a shil-
ling"
The last subject discussed by the
Nirgilian Debating Society Of this
city was, "If you had TO have a boil,
where would you prefer to have it?'
The unanimous decision of the MEM
bers was, "On some other fellow"
The weigh of some of the wicked is
enormous. Mr.. Hebbard, Of Quid-
neck, r. l., turns the scale at 80, and
his wife weighs 80. They have fif-
teen children, the youngest of whom
is a babe of 100 pounds. Altogether
there is about 200 pounds Of HebOard
in that house.
A negro baby has been born in Ken
lucky with ten fingers on each hand 4;
and every man who has a hen-TOOst
in that neighborhOod intends to pack
up his chickens and emIgrate just as
soon as ever that freedman arrives at
years of discretion.
Peter Ferguson tried to open a box
of nitrO-giycerine in Denver with a
crOwbar, and now it is believed by his
most intimate personal friends that he
has emigrated to China--alJhough a
piece Of undershirt and necktie have
been found, with a shinbOne and three
tOe-nails, about forty miles out OF
Denver.
We want this business Of hat nom
anclature Strengthened out. The hat
ters don't seem TO bU unanimous about
If. There are three different styles
named after George Peabody, and the
hat that IL named ''the Don Juan" in
one store is called ''the General Grant"
in another. We are not aware, at this
present moment, whether we wear q
ssBvroA," q "Henry Ward Beecher, "
or a "ShOo Fly!"
The belle Of the Pawnee tribe re-
sides in Omaha, and is named Fairy
Betsy. She hasa fineIy-cOlored mauye
nose, aod she displays a marked par
tiality for bonded warehouse whisky
with the chill on and no sugar. The
MavOr tried to reason with her last
week, and much to his surprise she
manifested great anxiety to bury the
hatchet-in his brain, however. She
IS now cutting her cOrns with a scalp
ing-knife in Jail.
The New York Christian Onion
| (Radicai) says: "At present the Dem
] crats, when they have a chance, car
make a good show in debate. Cox j;
sharp, quick, and witty. VOORHEES, Is
ready, and has a voice that Of itsel
attracts attention, because it is such q
wonderful. relief TO have member
| speak so that he can be heard dis
/ tinctly and easily, without leaning
| forward and opening the mouth anC
! setting a followed hand behind The
/ ear. Marshall and Beck are men 0
ability, and their positions on com
/ mittees give them considerable
/ weight. Fernando Wood, whatever
you may think Of him in New York
! is one OF the best behaved men in the
/ House, and his bearing is always o
! the Representative folk dream abOu
before they come to Washington anC
see the real article with his feet UpOl
his desk, and hear the roar that rise
in the galleries as If the foundation
! of a new Babel were being put il
below. James Brooks would dt
credit to any Democratic assembly
and Eldridge, Holman and Randall
can hold their own in all cOmers in ;
| parliamentary skirmish. With tht
virtual settlement of reconstruction
/ the issues that have divided the HOus
so long, and which have necessaril!
developed much better spirit, ar
passing away, and with them, in
great measure, the asperities the.
caused. At no time since the wa
closed has there been such good feel
ing and so much good fellowship be
tween the two sides Of the House a
! pow prevail.