Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-29
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

An exchange says I'VE must fight the
devil with fire." Certainly, but it would
not be advisable to advance upon his
works.
The marriage certificates in Maryland
bear Latin injunction to " Increase and
multiply" Unfortunately all Maryland
couples cannot read Latin.
The following toast was given at re-
cent banquet; The rights of woman
if she can not be captain of a ship, she
can always command smack. i
An Elmira editor, speaking of the
marriage of brother editor, says: It's
sad, however, this parting with old
friends, One by one they drop off and
double up"
A Missouri newspaper claims that the
hogs of that State are so fat that, in or
der to find out where their heads are, it
is necessary to make them squeal, and
then judge by the sound.
An old bachelor having been laughed
at by bevy of pretty girls, told them
that they were small potatoes. 1--WE
may be small potatoes, replied one of
the maidens, "but we are sweet ones.
The deputy marshal Of Pensacola,
Fla, has novel method Of collecting
city taxas. A man who failed to respond
to the first demand was knocked down
and brutally beaten in the presence of
his family.
A Chinese drama, now running in
San Francisco, has been in progress one
hundred and sixty-four years in China
and twelve years in this country, and
has only got to the middle of the second
act. A little is played every night.
A cynical old bachelor, who believes
that woman has something to say on
all subjects, recently asked a friend:
+" Well, madam, what do you hold on this
question of female sufrage2" The lady
responded calmly, "Sir, hold my
tongue"
We are told that the Rev. Mr.. Van
Epps left Flatbush, L. l., under the
stigma of having been too familiar in
kissing the girls" When will those To-
cal preachers up there learn that in kiss
ing the girls they should never be too
familiar?
Tell that man to take of his hat in
court" said judge the other morning
to an officer. The offender, who turned
out to be lady, wearing the fashionable
sailor hat, Indignantly exclaimed: Il
am no man, sir!" Then" said his
honor, 81 am no Judge"
The author of MY Summer in Gar
den remarks that [" Nothing shows one
who his friends are like prosperity and
ripe fruit. l had good friend in the
country whom | almost never visited
except in cherry time. By your fruits
you shall know them"
An Oswego resident found something
offensive in his last dozen Of eggs, and
took the dealer to task. What is the
matter with them asked that individual.
" They amt good," was the reply. well,
that amt to be wondered at, was the
apologize rejoinder; hens are so drove
now they amt expected to be as particu-
lar as usualP
A Connecticut paper tells Of thirsty
individual who, after drinking too much
river water, became possessed OF the de-
fusion that the Thames was the domestic
rocking-chair, and sat down in it from
the wharf. He had only time to remark
that some fool was always leaving pan
Of water on those chairs, before he was
fished out
In Pennsylvania genius has discov-
cred kind of fly paper which is covered
with nitro-glycerine and molAsses and
glue. The flies, attracted by the mo-
lasses, alight, and are stuck fast by the
glue. Should any get away, they pro-
coed to rub their legs together in ecstasy,
when the friction of their own shins
causes the nitro-glycerine adhering to
their feet and limbs to explode, blowing
them to atoms.
One vote was lost by the Democrats in
California thus: With considerable trou-
bic the voter deciphered a poster an
nouncing that certain candidates would
address the inhabitants of Gilroy and
vicinity, and after a moments deep
meditation exclaimed, Vicinity Whar's
vicinity I've lived hyarabouts nigh
onto fifteen years, an thar amt no such
place; an any party what don't know
the geography Of the country better nor
that, can't get my vote"
A lady Of Hon. James Brooks party
in Japan looked into a japanese bou-
DOR, and this is her inventory: Little or
no furniture; no chairs; no bedstead-
nothing but mats to Sleep on. A toilette