Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-04
FACTS AND FANOIEs.

Eugene knocks the ashes off ten Gig
arettes per diem.
The smaller ladys foot the larger
her admiration Of it.
The song Annie Laurie is nearly two
hundred years old. Hf
A tax on cats, sixty cents per head per
annum, is imposed in Paris.
1t is said to be true that false dia-
monds are almost the only ones worn
now e.t
AT Louisville, the bed of the Ohio !"
is said just now to be favorite prom
enade.
The National Police Convention in st.
Louis is said to have arrested General
Attention
A Missouri man who tried to kill mos
quitoes with kerosene, was awakened by
the fire department playing on his head
Whatever Midas touched was turned
into gold. In these days, touch man
with gold, and he'll turn into anything.
A debtor gave as an excuse for nom
payment that money was very close,
but not close enough yet for him to
reach it.
1t is we'll established fact that per-
son who is guilty Of squirting tobacco
juice in the house of worship, don't ex-
pect-to-rate as gentleman.
A New Orleans lady boasts that her
hair is FIVE feet ten inches long. 1t is
not stated whether or not this vast capil-
larry adornment is grated article.
An Eastern musical critic advises his
readers to attend concert in the fol-
lowing style; Make the most of your
opportunity, for tempus' is marvellous
old 'fugiter.
Walt Whitman is to read his poems
for the benefit Of the Chicago sufferers.
We would rather be Chicago sufferer
than hear the poems, says the Lowell
Courier.
A North Carolina editor expresses the |
hope that the lives of certain newly |
married couple in his neighborhood may |
be glad as the throbbing of angel music
in empyrean space"
There is man in Indiana named |
Ezekeiel 0bediah Rose. IL Rose would
have smelt as sweet by any other name,
what the thunder did they call him that
for2- Courier-JOURal.
Josh Billings says when you commence
a counting expedition, it is the best way
to court the girls mother a little in the
start, as she knows all about it, and will
know what you're good for.
When an OK refuses to pull in Column
bus, Ca, some inventive genius catches
a cat, and suspends it over the back Of
the obstinate brute. The claws are a
sufficient incentive to business.
do you think" said Mrs. Pepper,
that little temper is bad thing in a
woman2" Certainly not, ma m" re-
piled gallant philosopher, tits good
thing, and she ought not to lose it.
A young lady requested to he released |
from her marriage engagement on the
ground that when she contracted it she
believed her lover to be duel" but
has since found him to be a goose.
When a gentleman asks a lady to drive
with him, he does not care about waiting |
an extra half hour at the door with rest
less horses, while she puts on her best
bonnet and gloves, and extra touch.
The woods in the lower end Of East
Tennessee, especially in James and
Hamilton counties, are filed with wild
pigeons, and the sporting men of that
section are making havoc among them.
A GAINESVILLE (Wisconsin) editor, has
discovered that many Of the young ladies
Of that city wear their corsets in bed |
with the strings tightly laced The edi-
tor neglects to say how he comes to
know SO much.
Lawyer c. lentering the Office of his
friend, Dr. NJ, and speaking in hoarse
whisper)-Fred, I've got such cold this
morning that ] can't speak the truth.
DR.. M.-Well, I'm glad it's nothing that
will interfere with your business.
A Methodist brother recently had oc-
casion to preach discourse against the
doctrine Of immersion, but couldn't find |
the text until, with great shrewdness and
good sense, he hit upon this: Beware of
diyersl-and strange doctrines"
"0h yes, said fair critic, with that
viyaeity Of speech and manner in which
the beau sere indulge when picking a
friend to pieces. "Oh, yes; Henry
would be very presentable, if the Lord |
hadn't turned up so much of his legs to
make his feet"
They were discussing a masquerade
and endeayoring to select characters la
which they should 90. How shall /
goG' said our very tall and slender
friend William. Chalk your head
and go as a billiard cue" was the re-
Spouse.
One Of onr young girls at an examin-
alton in grammar, the other day, when
asked why the noun bachelor" was
singular, blushingly answered, BE
cause its very singular they don't get
- She went up TO the head.
At the installation Of President Por-
ter, in New Haven, the students sang,
" Domino salvum fac presdem nos
trum." 90, Lord, make our President
safe" a petition which was slightly
chanoad nv fha ttynea which made Il