Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-01
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Young ladies suffering from pane il
the, side may relieve it by wearing
sash. q AAA ,9il H0lpl htaFit 3Tf
An old lady, writing to her son ou
West, warns him to beware of bilioui
saloons and bowel alleys. ~
"You ought to be ashamedl" was tn,
reply of Cape May belle to literary
gentleman, who asked her if she haC
ever read :" Youngs Night Thoughts.
A darky prisoner in Georgia ingen
iously remarked to the jailer, Oh
look at dat snake dar, = and ran like the
brighteyed gazelle. Neither snake mol
prisoner has been seen aimee. iea
John Van Buren used to say that il
required more tact and Judgment 70
cross Broadway in New York, than to
be justice of the peace in the country.
Only a country Justice would venture to
dispute the truth of this statement.
/ a paper tells about girl who hated
her suitor TO such an extent that when
he called TO see her on Sunday evening,
she threw both her arms about his neck
and squeezed him almost to death.
The youth was so alarmed that he didn' I
call again until the next evening.
During the recent dark evening, when
the supply of gas was exhausted at Sar-
atoga, Mr.. SAKE borrowed a candle OF
A beautiful Young lady. The next morn
ing she found under her door these
lines: MHH t0r. at ~.
You gave me candle give you my thanks.
And add, as a compliment justly your due
There is not o girl in these feminine ranks
/ Who could, IL she would. hold candle 70
you. = ANt.- ~ 9nat
"A writer in the Boston Transcripts
tells how one morning she demonstrated
with her eolored servant for abusing his
wife, upbraiding him after this manner:
T Jack, what a pretty little smart wife
you have. II | were you would try to
make myself more agreeable 10 her. i
would gil the coal-scuttle, feed the pig,
gatherl Che vegetables for her, and--and
II wouldn't strike her" The only an
syer from Jack was: Why, Use done
married Lou; l isn't courting herl
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and Mes
senger says,1fA eol0red loyal Benedict
approached n gentleman Of this city the
other day, and said: MassR Wilkins,
look me good ia de face, and tell me how
much whital man you think Isl He
was informed that he had, possibly, rs
much as one-fourth Of white blood in
bis veins. Well, sab, said Sambo, dat
Is all 4 want 10 know; kase 1 had a
daughter born TO me lately an its white
as you is. Now, Use gwine TO give my
old woman three weeks TO turn dat chile
black, and ef she don't do il, | quit her
On de spotl ! amt no fool eff is a
niggahl prTlaIoal .TDUa1T .I
An - old colored, sister oflAtlanta,a
Ga, thus accounted for the recent de-
structive storm in that city: can
les ten you what is De reason for all this
bail and wind and rain what de good
Lord has poured out upon us poor sin
ners---it al comes OF the ice mersheen
what the white folks hab started in this
iown. It's agin mater - making Of
'reeziu cold ice herein de mouthof July,
md De good Lord is punishin US for tryin
% be smarter than he is. He don't
nakeiee in de summer time, aud when
poor sinful men gets 10 goin agin de
lord, den Hes snre 10 punish en- with
itorms Of hail and wind and tarafying
evers-bless de Lordl' Ho