Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-27
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

their lovers.
!, Neither death nor life is as serious a
I marriage. Yet nothing is entered int
i half SO thoughtlessly. aasl3s rs
Any man can be his own master; bu
no woman can be her own mistress.
Let the toast be, deafwoman, as tn
man said to his wife when he wanted t.
eat it all himself.
Forever" in the rhetoric OF "a woman
affection, is sentimental hyperbole
meaning period Of exactly two months
Men never want anything Of womer
but the truth and women give then
everything except that.
A book entitled Lectures to Married
Men" has appeared in England. HEAVIER
save the mark Haven't they enough
already?
A Nevada papers fees for marriage
notices are "as high as the ecstacy and
liberality of the bridegroom may
prompt.
An Indiana lady has a divorce from
her husband in her pocket, and when
ever he does't mind she takes out the
document and shows it to him, when he
"weakens.
Men never fall so deeply in love that
they cannot climb out by the ladder OF
reason. Women have as many heart
aches as headaches, and with as little
serious results.
Every man is hero to the woman
who loves him. Men never love women
whom they do not, and women never
love whom they do, understand.
A woman makes herself and her
lover an exception to the race. Coilia,
lying in her lovers arms, wonders how
Claudia can permit her dearest friend
to touch her hands.
Women always measure their strength
in the beginning against men they are
on the eve of loving. They make a
brave display of battle at first. But
when they once yield, they yield forever.
The marriage service, in the opinion
Of Western paper, should be changed
to read, WHO dares to take this
woman" And the groom shall answer,
II dare" For shame
A Wisconsin girl was SO anxious to
know who was making the music under
her window the other night that she fell
out of the window, and so scared her
serenader that he fed, and left her to
her fate.
A bereaved widower mourns his
loss in the following manner: Just
think. Only few days ago l bought
her whole box Of pills. and she hadn't
time to eat half Of them before she
died"
They have got cat in the choir of
Christ Church, New York. 1t is hid
somewhere about the church, and no one
can find i'll Its voice is high soprano,
and is becoming quite feature in the
church's attraction.
A lady in Clinton, Iowa, gave burg
lar severe Aogging with dust brush
the other night. She said she wouldn't
have done it, if she hadn't been under
the impression that it was her husband
just getting home.
A Cincinnati wife left her husband
and joined a travelling show. The latter
was failure, and left her two hundred
miles from home, and without money.
She had to walk back, and now she cant
find her husband, which serves her right.
At one of the schools in Cornwall,
England, the inspector asked the child
rem if they could quote any text of scrip
ture which forbade a man having two
wives. One Of the children sagely
quoted in reply the text, No man can
serve two masters"
A bold and excited little SKIP daily in
Kansas offers, in column and half Of
untamed editorial, to protect Mr.. Greeley
from Ku-Klux. border ruffians, gamblers
and barkeepers, and save his white hat
from demolition, whenever he shall come
that way. So much for the power of
the press.
A Virginia girl attempted to elope by
means of pulley and rope attached to
her window, but the enrsged parent ar
peared on the scene, hooked the young
man securely, hoisted him in the air,
gave him long and sound moral lee
ture, and then left him dangling under
the window till morning.
A book-binder said to his wife at the
1t seems that now we are
bound together, two volumes in. one,
with clasps" Yes" observed one Of
the guests, one side highly ornamented
Turkey morocco. and the other plain
and the next moment was taking
rapid strides down stairs.
A young lady in Delaware, sueing for
breach Of promise, finding that the low
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