Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-04
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

The explodemical season for pistols
and shot-guns is over in Memphis.
"Delightfully cool nights" is the
latest phrase used in society on the
weather question.
Illicit distilling in East Tennessee is
called moonshine business. The whisky
is also called "moonshine."
The domestic broils in Memphis aver
age six week, according to the dockets
of the Recorders Court.
Throughout the world there are sew
enty millions of people talking English
as their native tongue.
The Chicago reporters announce arri-
walls as follows: 'Mr. -reined in his
foaming valise at the fremont last even
ing"
A Kickapoo Indian chiefnamed Parthe,
kicked up dust with another Indian
near Atchison, Kan, on Wednesday
last. He was shot through the heart and
kicked the bucket in few seconds.
Boutwells new word, syndicate"
has been adopted in every city to desig-
nate rings and "cliques;" but alas !
Memphis has no syndicate as yet. Can't
some persons become syndicate, or
start one?
The monkeys have declared war upon
the Vera Cruz and Tampico telegraph
line. They destroy the insulators, hang
on the wires by hundreds and pelt the
workmen with stones.
The Courier-Journal has it, that the
best medical talent on Long Island is
being exercised in behalf OF young
man who is the victim of love powders
administered by young woman. She
was trying to make him "reciprocate,"
The grasshoppers have hoped all
over Maine this year, and the damage
done is estimated at millions Of dollars.
There are square miles of territory where
not bushel of grain has been left by
the hopping enemy.
The following hymn was sung over a
victim to the non-explosion in Kentucky
not long since:
Poor Biddy Brown. to hasten things.
Pours oil upon the coal;
The neighbors meet at night and pray,
Have mercy on her soul! !"
At religious convention recently held
out West, reverend brother becoming
enthused on the subject of sin, exclaimed
in an indignant tone Of voice, what
must the Almighty think 70 see an i'm
mortal soul playing croquetY To this
irreverent conundrum there can be no
answer.
On Coroner Moffatt's slate was written
last evening q touching appeal for a
murdered man or suicide. 1t was no
doubt the work Of some worn-out morn
ing reporter who pinned for sensation,
and who let his pining feed upon his
damaged cheek until it got vent in the
prayer above stated a5
An enthusiast in the narrow gauge
railway system, anticipates with JOY and
hope deferred, "the time when passen-
ger cars will run on a single rail, and
will be kept balanced by the swiftness
of the motion and the skill Of the rider. "
This will abolish the free pass system,
for no one in his senses will apply for
one over that road.
The English synonyms, like the
heather Chinee, are peculiar, as is
shown by the following array of synony-
nous words:
And here we may add for the benefit
of the foreigner who is mastering the
intricacies of our language in respect to
nouns of multitude, that flock of girls
is called beyy. that bevy Of wolves is
called pack, and pack of thieves Is
called a gang, and gang Of angels is
called host, and a host of porpoises Is
called a shoal, shoal Of buffaloes i
called a herd, and herd Of children Is
called q troop, and troop Of partridgei
is called covey, and covey of bean
ties is called galaxy, and galaxy o.
ruffians is called horde, and horde o
rubbish is called heap, and a heap o
oxen is called drove, and drove o
blackguards is called mob, and a mol
of whales is called school, and
school of worshippers is called a congre
CATION, and congregation of engineer
Is called corps, and corps of robberI
is called a band, and band of locust
is called swarm, and swarm Of peo
pie is called crowd, and a crowd o
gentlefolks is called the elite, and thu
elite of the city's thieves and rascals ar'
called the Foughs, and the miscellaneou
crowd Of the city folks is the comm u
nifty, or the public.
In st. Louis a man caught a truan
canary, which died whilst in his posses
sion. The owner Of the bird has nov
sued him for damages for not taking
proper care of IL.