Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-11
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

dulging ina how'll
presume 5ou won charge anything
for just remembering mi" said a one
legged sailor to wooden-leg manufac-
lturer.
A veteran merchant says that although
his clerks are very talkatiye through the
day, they are always ready to shut up at
night. sgk
Throw a bouquet and card OF thanks
to serenaders when, you cant invite
them in. If you haven't q card, throw
the water pitcher or bootjack.
Women, wake upl exelaims the
Revolution; and an indolentrural editor
adds: Yes, and, d--n it, turn out and
make fire. and put the tea-kettle on"
The Troy Whip reports neighboring
farmers cutting their cornstalks, curing
and housing them for cattle feed, sing
ing, Fodder, o fodder, come home with
me now" glossy
AWestern paper, describing the debut
of young orator, says, BE broke the
ice felicitously with his opening, and
was almost Immediately drowned with
applause" sa. glaas
A lady who was greatly annoyed by
the loquacity of her servants, being
asked why she didn't try dumb walters,
replied, al have tried them, but they
dom ansicerp iai
The young men at the Wheeling water
ing places have discarded white vests,
The young ladies use SO much oil on
their hair that vest is only good for
one evening on the piazza.
A Cincinnati widow advertised for
every Christian in the city" to send her
ten cents. She realized twenty cents,
indicating an unexpectedly large number
of Christians in that city.
A lady who was passenger on board
a packet ship, it is said, sprang out Of
her berth and jumped overheard, on
hearing the captain, during storm, or
der the mate to haul down the sheets.
The toast-The Ladies-was recently
responded to in Richmond, Va, in the
following manner: &. ,oial 4
''iIn our hours of ease, yil
Uncertain. coy. and hard TO please.
But seen too oft-familiar with our face, |
They first endure. thea pity, then en-
|cl4 Brace M /
A young man just married, being con.
graduated on his marriage, was asked |
where he married his wife. He said in
Reading. "Ahl" spoke up neighbor |
with deep feeling, those Reading gals
make clever wives; have had three of
EN-
2, A young lady on steamer on the
Hudson river was, by the parting Of a
cable, knocked down hatchwsy. She |
fell headforemost, sixteen feet, striking |
on the top Of her head, but her "pompa-
dourp saved her from serious injury.
Had it not been for the fashionable ex-
creseence she would have been killed.
A man named Blocker, who owns
field near Gettysburg, in which two Con
,euerA'e solu'ers ~e YER Uu,,su "ooO .y.
70 tne savannah 1ua'J NEWS recently ,i'y
refused to allow their bodies TO be ex-
n ,iie. unless ne received payment ior
aliowinE 'ne'n 70 remain 80 iong' anu
wnen tnis was posi'lyeiy refused, tooA
set OF teeth attached 10 goid plate
rom the mouth oil one OF 'he deau men,
ana KEPT H.
Intellect is a good thing to have, but
sometimes it doesn't go far enough.
An Indiana cooper hndlng eonsidera-
pie u'licuity III Aeep'i one VI 'ne ieAuS
oil a eask ne was, lin li1lig IN iEs pace,
put ms son IN 10 no'u 'ne neAd up ~
Ter completing the WORE n,ueh 70 p's
saus'action' ne was aSlon,snea 70 nuu
DIS boy insiue .ne eaSh' anu WIN no pos
'loill'y OIL ge'tlng our except through
the Dung-hoie' 8tal
1t is an old story that an AMERICAN IN |
England is afraid to get out OF bed in
the morning lest he should step of the |
little island and fall into the sea but II
the eneroachments OF the sea are not
stopped by means Of a wall or something
OF the kind, the old story Will turn ont on 70 |
be no story, but melancholy TACT. ID.
Strickland Constable writes 70 the iimes