Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-28
FACTS AND FANCIES.

New York is reported in a fearfully
filthy condition.
1t is fashionable to dress Aore like a
fool than ever.
Clergymen, like brakemen, do a good
deal of coupling.
Russia is importing large amounts OF
munitions of war from England.
The anger of a monkey and the
threats of hatterer deserve equal re-
gard.
The British Museum has an anvil
which formerly belonged to one of the
Pharaohs
New style for conference.-the hdbeas
corpus suspender-so called in honor OF
the President
A dry goods firm on church street ad-
vertise domestic crashes. Is it Chi
cago invoice2
Subscriptions are being solicited IN
Paris for the relief of the families Of the
Communist prisoners.
They call the heavy snow-storm which
fell so early this season, in Maine,
white surprise
Resolutions OF thanks to God and
the police of the city were passed at
an Indianapolis meeting.
Robert B. Prentiss, Grand Master of
Odd Fellows of Virginia, died at Char
lottesville on the 22d.
The Seine at Paris was lower at the
beginning of November than had been
known for twenty years.
1t is said now to be the fashion among
the best society in Strasburg 20 pretend
mot to understand German"
Why is woman tying her corset like
man drinking to drown care2 Because
in so-lacing herself she becomes tighter.
Persons should always dress to suit
their figure. A hnmp-backed lady, for
instance, ought to wear camePs hair
shawl.
Some "horrid" man says that in
the present style of dressing young
ladies' hair it is hard to tell which is
switch.
A portion of Charleston, South Caro-
lima, was OVERLOOKED during the recent
gales, and people had to 60 about the
streets in boats.
In certain town, at shop window,
appeared the following no&see: Want
ed, t,co good clerks, who will be treated
as one of the family
Scarlet fever prevails widely in New
York and Jersey City 1t is of an I'M
usually malignant type, and has carried
off many children.
The grand total of subscriptions re-
ceived by the New York Chamber OF
Commerce committee for the relief OF |
Chicago foots up $gO6,3l 67.
Columbus, Georgia, has sect call
ed the neutrality-suspicious.
ists,' who have a creed as long and OBJ
fuse as their euphonious name.
A Yankee peddler had no difficulty in |
getting rid of large quantity of shoe
bronze in Nubia, the natives buying it
eagerly and using it as a cosm etc.
In Boston the newspapers are just now
advising economy in the use of water,
which is bad counsel in State where
there is prohibitory liquor law"
Miner, the New York couterfeiter, has
been admitted to $4,000 bail 1t is re-
ported that the detective force has been
offered 100000 II, abandon the prosecu-
ton.
A London witness, having told the
magistrate he was penman, was asked
in what branch of literature he welded
his pen, and he replied that he penned
sheep in Smithfeld ma rket.
Some one W rote to II Grace Greeley in
curing if guano was good to put on po-
tatoes. He said it hight do for those
whose tastes had become vitiated with
tobacco and rum, but he preferred gravy
or butter.
A some what juvenile clandy said to
fair partner at a ball= Don't you
think, miss, that my mus taches are be
comingY To which she replied; Well
sir, they may be coming, but they have
not yet arrived"
The Canadians object, 10 the claim Of
the Yankees that II ianksgiving is an
American custsm Cans ida by mere force
Of attrition has adopte d. They say they
find their authority for It in the Penta-
teuch.
The Africans consider the white ant
as rare delicacy. Me-. Smeathams, an
English traveller, prone ,unces them to be
delicate, nourishing AID wholesome,
resembling in taste sugared cream or
sweet almond paste"
The Catholic Family Almanac for 1872
estimates the Catholic population at s.
500, 900, with 1890 priests, worshiping in
1850 churches and 1900 chapels and sta
tons The See of Cincinnati contains
two bishops and lbs priests.
You say" said Judge to a witness,
that the plaintiff resorted to an inge-
nious use Of sire iumstantial evidence
state just exactly what you meant by
that" well" said the witness, my
exact meaning is that he lied.
A negro boy Of eight has picture
primer TO teach him his letters. One Of
the pictures is that Of bun chasing a