Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21

consin, producing a roar that is de-
scribed as terrible"
Warrenton, N. c., prohibits her citi-
zens, by ordinance, from tying tin pans
to the tails of her dogs.
Coopers make very poor livelihoods in
Sicily, liquids being in that country
mostly transported in skins.
If you don't look carefully after the
bits of your horse, you may one day be
looking sadly after the bits of your car
riage.
Justin Mccarthy says that Mr.. Gree
leys dress would be considered quite ele-
CANT and fastidious by the side of Mr..
Gladstone's.
A lightning exchange commences an
item: AS we go to press man named
Sullivan is being run over by pony en-
CINE on the railroad"
A bereaved father in Eldora, higgling
over the price of his child's coffin, finally
agreed there need be no reduction if the
undertaken would treat to the beer
Black and white striped suits appear
to be the fashion at present with both
sexes. An instigator of fashion plates
appropriately calls this the rage of the
hour of zebramania.
Here is a morsel of news from Paris:
Miss Lydia Harris, an American fe-
male boxer of renown, has arrived. 1t
is said that this lady has fought with the
champion of the United States"
A man objected to paying for death
notice in newspaper, and demanded:
why should marriages and death no
tees be paid for, anyhow" Because"
replied the heartless publisher. "one is
notice of copartnership and the other
of dissolution. Business is business"
In six days Detroit man robbed a
woman of fifty dollars, committed an as
sault and battery, attempted a larceny,
got drunk three times, stole dog,
smashed out eight dollars worth of win
dows, and got away from misanthropic
efieer who thought him a confidence
operator.
A contemporary tells this funny anec-
dote: Wake up, here, and pay for
your lodging" said the deacon, as he
nudged sleepy stranger with the con-
tribution box. We were there, and we
heard the sleepy stranger murmur, with |
a glance at the minister, whose sermon
had narcotized him, Lodging and bored,
tool"
A California newspaper prints the fol-
lowing touching obituary: Philip Hans
comb was driving team loaded with
powder up the Sierra Nevada mountains.
One of the kegs dropped from the wagon.
The Sierras stood it well enough, but the
miners who came from a neighboring
ranch were unable to find Mr.. Hanscomb
or the team"
A gentleman in NJ, Mass, being
with contagious disease,
said to his little son, who, in an affec-
tionate mood, wished to embrace him,
4" You mustn't hug me; you'll catch the
scarlet fever" Willie, standing back,
locked in amazement upon his papa
(who, by the way. is pattern Of pro-
priety), and quickly asked, Why, papa,
who did you hug2"
A knotty question came up before the
Good Templars at Madison, Wis, at
their annual session. which was, wheth-
er a brother might make cider. After
mature and philosophic consideration
it was suggested that members may
make cider without knowledge of the
purpose for which it was used. :" But"
continues the report, cider was char
acterized as deadly weapon That
depends upon results. The apples after
all their pressing and fermenting may |
only make good vinegar, and vinegar,
unless drank TO excess, would not prove
deadly.
Felix Mendelssohn was born a Jew,
and was converted to the Reformed, or
Calyanistic, confession. His grand
father was the philosopher Moses Men.
delssohn, author of Phedon," or dis
courses on the Immortality Of the soul;
and his father was a wealthy banker at
Berlin. He had not therefore to struggle
against want, nor did be ever regard his
art as a means Of subsistence. His ge-
MUS was precocious. At eight years
old he was already a master, and at fif.
teen be had published the famous quar-.
tettes dedicated to Goethe, which still
rank among the best of his compositions.
The beautiful overture to the " Midsun,-
mer Nights Dream" was written in his
war