Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-27
FACTS AND FANCIEs.


left together, which would be drunk first
Train up a child in the way he SHOULD
20, and when he gets old he will do as h
pleases.
Clergymen and walters are mucl
alike-they both wear white ties ant
take orders.
A careful observer has noticed tina
young ladies with new solitaire diamond
rings never require much urging to pla,
the piano.
Ladies of limited means should choos'
black kid walking gloves, as thes'
answer with all toilets, provided the ha
or bonnet also is black.
A drunkard, on being told that thu
earth is round and turns on its axis al
the time, said: II believe that, for I've
never been able to stand on the darneo
thing"
A gushing poet asks in the first line Of
recent effusion, How many weary
pilgrims lie2" We give it up, but expe'
rience has taught us that there are a
good many.
LIZ. Pickard, of Lena, Illinois, got
married, commenced keeping house
and was burned out, all in enc week
an unparalleled example of American
enterprise.
An afflicted husband was returning
from the funeral of his wife, when a
friend asked him how he was. We'll,
said he, pathetically, Il think feel the
better for that little walk"
A Joliet girl, who is troubled with
beaux who stay late, has instructed the
servant to bring her lunch of raw
onions and corned beef about ten am,
which generally sends them home.
The Boston Post thinks the Christian
milk association of this city will prove
a failure. Likely enough. The trouble
is it possesses too much Christian "
and too little milk. IN Y. CONNER
cial.
An exchange says "This is the fifth
trout caught this year from the same
hole, the total weight of which is six
pounds" Good" says the Ottawa
Citizen, now we know what hole
weighs"
do bats ever fly in the daytime2"
asked a teacher of his class in natural
history. Yes, sir" the boys replied.
"What kind of bats2" asked the aston
ished teacher. Brick bats" yelled the
boys.
Lemuel Scores visited Terre Haute
last Saturday to be married on Monday.
On Sunday he rode out and was happy
with the object. etc. Nextday he called
and found that, having eloped with
Barnes, she had quit her Scores.
Answers to Correspondents" TO
VI. J. M.-We must decline to print your
poem on A Drowned Boy. In the first
verse you speak of your subject as
floating on the water, and in the sec
ond as lying on his bier. Which is it,
water or bier?"
A parsimonious sea captain answer
ing the complaints of the men that the
bread was bad, exclaimed: What
complain of your bread, that is made of
four What do you think of the apos-
tles2 They ate shew bread, made Of
old boots and shoes"
Lecke, the author Of the moon hoax,
instructed Jersey school teacher how
to square circle. The man at once
conceded that circle had 800 degrees.
Now add unit" says Lecke, and
you have 36l, the square of l9-that
squares tue circle.
Quite new and very handsome gloves
in English calf are among the latest i'm
portations. They are in dark, walking
colors, and the distinctive feature con-
sists of close-ftting oval cuffs, rather
deep, and richly embroidered in the color
Of the kid. They are three dollars per
pair.
Little Willie F. Of Greenfield was re-
Gently presented toy trumpet, to which
he became greatly attached. One night
when he was about TO be put to his
little bed, and was ready to say his
prayers, he handed the trumpet to his
grandmother, saying, " Here, grandma,
you blow while pray"
Squire" Hobson, they tell me you We
taken your boy away from the National
school. What's that for?" Villager-
"Cause the master amt fit to teach
uni" Squire-"O, I've heard he's a
very good master" Villager-"Well, all
/ know is, he wanted to teach my boy to
spell taters with p"
This, from the man on the St, Louis
Democrat whose feet are afflicted with
an incurable dropsy, is rather cool:
The Small Talk desperate Of the Cou-
rier-JOurnal recently took a quiet Sun
day walk in Beargrass meadow, and
they counted three hundred dead grass
hoppers in one of his trails.
The Denver Tribune has found a plea
SAINT variation for the oft repeated an
nouncement 1t says: "All eommuni-
cations intended for publication in this
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