Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-18

Out West when a VIGOROUSLY lazy man
is caught at work, they say he is med
ding with industry.
Won Grand Ding--Dot election NIT
dem peoples in New Hampshire. Und
how bully nice dem Republican fellers
feel NIT dot ding, by graciousl You
know how it is nit mineself.
New Orleans wants no more requests
from well-meaning millionaires. John
McDonough's large bequest has gone
into the pockets Of the lawyers; the most
Of that bequeathed by John d. Fisk was
stolen by somebody else, and the Girod
bequest of 100000 has dwindled to
$4,000, and is still dwindling.
California papers tell delightful lit
tie story about a youth who recently
won Sll 900 in a lottery and straight
way hunted up his most intimate
friend and divided his new-gained wealth
with him. Such rare, unsel6sh friend
ship, they say, indicates warmth or af-
lection that enobles the man, and warns
the cookies Of the heart OF every one
conyersant with the circumstances.
myself, my wife and my little girl
we're asleep in our room, when | heard
noise, said Mr., Henry l.. Murphy, in the
General Sessions, testiiying against a
burglar, and flew for my pants; my
pants we're gone. Ny wife flew for her
dress, but her dress was gone, too.
And" said the Recorder, what be-
came of your little girl; did she hy, too2
" Yes, sill" said the witness, " she flew
to the station-house to fetch police
man"
At the funeral of lady in Newburg,
on Friday afternoon last, there we're
present two cousins of the deceased, one
lady from New York, and the other a
lady from Brooklyn Soon after their
arrival in Newburg the lady from Brook
Ign received dispatch announcing that
her little son had been run over and
seriously injured, and in about an hour
the other lady received dispatch in
forming her Of the sudden death of her
husband.
A good story is told Of man who
went for the first time TO n bowling alley
and kept firing away at the pins 10 the
imminent peril Of the boy, who, so far
from having anything TO do in setting
up" the pins, was actively engaged in
an endeavor to avoid the ball Of the
player, which ratified on all sides Of the
pins without touching them. At length
the fellow, seeing the predicament the
boy was in, yelled out as he let drive
another ball, Stand in among the pins,
boy, if you don't want to get hurtl"
A fond father, blessed with eleven
children, recently, business being dull,
took the early train out TO his happy
home and went mp stairs to put the chill
dren to bed. Being missed from the
smokingroom, his wife went up stairs to
see what was gosng on upon opening
the door she exclaimed; Why, dear,
what for mercys sake are you doing2
Why says he, "wiiey, / am putting
the children TO bed, and having them
say their little prayers" Yes, says
wiley, but this is not one Of ours.
Sure enough, he had got one Of the
neighbours children all undressed, and
had to redress it and send il home. After
that he called the roll every morning
and night.
A man residing in Decatur, H., has
been consigned TO a lunatic asylum un.
der circumstances Of a somewhat pecu.
liar nature. lie had conceived the idea
that there was money in the invention
Of q neck-tie which should be improved
by a principle involving a steel bow
The poor fellow was probably not wrong
in his opinion, but his brain, uniortu
nately, was not strong enough 10 beai
the strain put upon It by the cOntempla
ton Of his imagined ne Plus ultra o
neck-ties. He worked persistently a
his idea, talked Of nothing else, though
only of it and the fortune that It was Z
bring. got to dreaming Of 1t, and finally
worked himself into the belief that h
himself was a sort Of improved neck-tie
Of which the principal feature was a siee
bow. At this juncture, becoming dan
gerous, his friends placed him IN an
asylum, where he now Is raYinE maniac