Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

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They now have vaccination socials
and vaccination surprise parties" IN
Cincinnati. M
As men part their hair in the middle.
ladies have taken to wearing theirs
parted on the side.
An English pickle-maker does a bust
ness of three millions a year, and no
one the fatter for it.
Song of the poor car-horse in stormy
weather -" A heart bound down by
weight of whoal'"
The champion temperance pledge
signer lives in Danbury. Conn. he has
signed eighty-three times.
A Hartford dentist is spoken Of in one
of the local papers as making tOoth-pull-
ing, filling, etc., "a luxury"
Young ladies, as general rule, par
take more heartily of the supper at an
evening entertainment than the young
men.
In the course of an Illinois discussion
man is said to have had rayine
built in the back part Of his head with
pop bottle"
A magnificent statue of the Virgin, in
massive silver, valued at 100000, has
just been sent to the Pope by the Span
ish Catholics.
A thriving business is done in Clear
field county, Pennsylvania, by selling
saw logs, stealing them back again, saw
ing the ends of and re-selling them.
Governor Yarmouth, of Louisiana,
has just paid $500 for fine horse which
he borrowed from mans front yard
during the war.
Within the past few months forty inn
migrants from Alsace and Lorraine have
settled in Florida, and fifty Swedes have
purchased lands near Tallahassee.
Howbmany Of our lady readers ever
dreamed that we send to Great Britain
annually fifteen million dollars in gold
for the single article of spool-cotton.
A cynical old bachelor says that it is
the privilege of hoops to surround the
loyeliest of all things, among which are
girls and whisky.
Now, then, children" said parish
schoolmistress, showing her pupils of
on examination day, who loyes all
men2" you, missus," was the unex-
pected answer.
Our most fashionable ladies dress
very plainly in pablo this season, and
cloth and cashmere dresses over black
seems to be the most popular style OF
walking dress. /
The Illinois House of Representa-
tives has passed a bill for the protection
and benefit of the families of drunk
ards, making the liquor sellers liable for
all damages.
Professionals in Turkey now number
$4,000, and represent twelve different
nationalities. The greater part of them
$4,000 are connected with the Ameri-
can missions. |
After the first of the year, young men
must be careful how they visit 3 lady Of
tener than once 4 week, or twice
month, as it's a year that the ladies are
privileged.
The amusement oflittle boys at Rock
ford, Ills, appears to be to break through
the ice, and then get 6shed out BY the
citizens, who afterwards warm them
with scantlings. og
The German Federal Council has
adopted the proposal of the Bavarian
Government making it a criminal Of
tense on the part of the clergy TO preach
Ultramontane politics.
A railroad surveying party found in
the mountains north of Yreka, Califor
MIA, & forest Of wild plum trees, on
which there were estimated 10 be five
thousand barrels Of plums.
DR.. Isaac Bartlett, of Hope, Me-, over
60 years of age, and weighing over 200
pounds, says be never tasted bit Of
meat Of any kind in his life. BE lives
almost entirely on bread and milk.
Reynolds, the dramatist, observing to
Martin the thinness Of the house at one
Of his own plays, asked if he supposed
it was owing to the war. "No." replied
the other, :" it was owing to the piece"
A revision of the Federal laws Of
Switzerland is being made; and. in the
course Of il, s,prOvision has been ad-
mitted by TIE Federal Council prohibit
ing public gambling in Switzerland.
The young men Of Waterville, Me-,
have organized an anti-corset society.
They pledge themselves TO marry no girl
whose waist is so tight that it will nct
yield little when strong arm is clasped
about it.
A railway tunnel between Scotland
and Ireland has been proposed, to 60
from near Cushsndsll to the Null of
Cantyre, and detailed description, with
estimates Of the cost, has been pub
hshed.
A bevy Of Schenectady girls have
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