Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-05
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

Fearfully and wonderfully maid
Miss Anna Dickinson.
The worst thing that can happen to a
stove pipe is to have it stove.
Sign on house in Sydenham; This
cottage for sale to any one who can raise
the wind"
A stupid exquisite, at a wedding
wished the bride many happy returns
of the occasion. "
A Maine paper alludes to recent
moonlight evening as one OF the most
suburb Of the season."
A Georgia paper, criticising the quail
Gcations of a candidate for Office, says
that he would be but an average hog
in any drove"
1t is said of General - that in bat
tie he always followed his nose; but
then he was liable to colds, and his nose
was frequently apt to run.- World.
A man in an ecstatic mood, ex-
claimed: Woman is the primeyal
cause of all happiness when by
stander remarked: "No doubt, for she
is the prime evil herself.
Many true heart that would have
come back, like the dove to the ark, at
ter its first transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the savage
charity of an unforgiying spirit.
A New York clergyman, very fond of
base ball, forgot himself in his pulpit
the other Sabbath, and surprised the
congregation with the announcement,
Here endeth the first innings"
A remarkable instance of the triumph
of mind over matter has occurred in
Springfield. A man habitually absent
minded is missing, and it is believed that
the absent mind must have carried the
body with it.
A famous judge came late to court,
one day, in busy session, whereat the
clerk, in great surprise, inquired of him
the reason. "a child was born" his
honor said, and / am the happy SIRE
q" An infant, judgeY "Oh, no, said he,
as yet he's but crier.
One day little girl about five years
old heard a preacher praying most
Justify, till the roof rang with the
strength Of his applications. Turning
to her mother, and reckoning the mater
nal ear to a speaking distance, she whis-
pered, Mother, don't you think that il
he was nearer to God he wouldn't have
to talk so loud?
A Dabdury paper says IAN out-of-
town couple applied to one of the Dan
bury drug stores on Wednesday for soda
water. What syrupg propounded the
clerk. 'Syrup-syrup, repeated the buco
lie fop,with an incredulous stare, and then
leaning forward he impressively added;
Stranger, money is no object to me to-
day; you kin put sugar in them.
The season has been an unhealthy one
for tickle young ladies. Those who have
read the papers have probably noticed
the fact that within month at least five
unstable damsels have been murdered or
horribly mangled by loving swains, with
whom they have seen proper to trifie.
The business of matrimony is now a
practical reality. 1t is now "your hand
or your life" and the lady who says
eyes to the first offer ought to under
stand the risk she is running.
Some chap who has been discarded
by fair damsel gets up the following
story, with moral attachment, for the
benefit, no doubt, Of the girl who refused
to love, honor and obey, ETC.: An aged
woman in North Adams, Mass, relates
that many years ago, while attending a
social dance, young mechanic asked
her hand for one of the dances. She
Indignantly refused, feeling very much
mortified that he should make such an
offer. Years have passed, and she has
filed an honorable but humble position
in life, while the young man whom she
then seorned has been Governor of Mas
sachusetts.