Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-23
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

the TlCHtSl III lHS "OAiN'
Iowa thinks the millennium is coming
A farmer refused dollar and twenty
five cents for wheat because he had
promised it for dollar.
They have posted up notices on the
outside of the street cars in Pittsburg to
the effect that the car will not wait for
young ladies to kiss goodbye.
Miss N. C. Stewart the woman's rights
candidate for Congress in the Fifth dis
trict of Alabama, addressed the citizens
Of Cherokee county on Tuesday last
A lady at n watering-place hotel is re-
ported to have complained because they
charged her twenty-five cents for wash
ing collar, which originally cost only
fifteen cents.
One of the amusements at Chicago
picnic was to place silver dollar in a
dish containing about an inch of molas-
SEES and let a squad of boys compete in
trying to take out the piece with their
teeth.
The Baltimore American says that 1t
was General Halpine miles O'Reilly)
who wrote "Tear Down the Flaunting
Lie" and that Charles A. Dana inserted
II in the Tribune. This let's Mr. Gree
ley out.
OF course Edith Challis did not receive
fortune from an old lady whom she
treated kindly on the cars. ltis NIB;
Edith saws so. Now leteverybody punch
the sick old ladies heads in the cars;
politeness is its own reward.
The venerable German Field-Marshal
Won Moltke is living quietly in the little
Silesian town of Schweidnitz. he can
be seen there every day in a long black
frock coat, smoking an enormous pipe
and reading the newspapers at the only
cafe in the place.
A parsimonious sea captain, answering
the complaints OF his men that the bread
was bad, exclaimed: What complain
of your bread that is made from flour
What do you think of the apostles?
They ate shew-bread, made from old
boots and shoes.
The World has received private let
ter from q French military man OF rank,
10 a friend in New York. who states that
i, Is quite certain that the verdict Of the
eourt,martial upon Marshal Bazaine will
find him guilty of in6delity to his duty,
and that the Marshal viii be sentenced
10 death
A Rochester paper has an article on
the age Of Niagara Falls. We shall
probably never know exactly how old the
Falls are, as the antique Colonel Susan
B. Anthony is the only person now living
who was present when they we're built,
and she. it seems, has forgotten the date.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Boston is simply enraged at having to
pay for printing Morse Memorial, con-
tanning all the Faneuil Hall speeches
concerning the Lightning Tanner, as well
as a mass of evidence relating to the
discovery. The book will make hun
bred and forty-nine more pages than
Boston wants to pay for, and the whole
number is hundred and fifty.
When Her Majesty Queen Victoria
was taken to task by Right Reverend,
years ago, for having Channings works
on her table, aud Her Majesty asked
"Why not2 the ecclesiastie unsus-
pectingly replied that they contained
very Objectionable passages. AhT re-
torted the gracious sovereign, " per-
ceive you are before me in having read
them"
Pere Hyacinthe's letter concerning
and defending his recent marriage, and
which he published in the French
papers, declares it to be the farthest from
his intention to renounce his high call
ing, and claims, with arguments APP
pended to show the business Of his
claim, that marriage and priesthood are
by no means antagonistic, and that his
step has not been inconsit,srate or
hasty, or notoriety-seeking.
Four of the japanese students at Will
liston, Mass, boarded at the house Of
Mr.. Hill Each wished separate room,
but we're told they should have to be put
two in a room, unless one was sick. The
boys we're smart, and soon invented an
excuse to obviate the desired change.
The following is the note which one Of
them addressed to the landlord: Dear
Mr.. Hill-Mr. Seye has sick, & he can.
not lay down together. Mr. 0useke in
the same bed, therefore he want a other
. bed. May he get it2 Ono"
The Italian journals announce the
death, at Piacenza, her native city, o.
Benedict Pisaroni, aged seyenty.nine, d
! celebrated singer of former days. She
originally possessed high soprano
, voice. but an attack of smallpox
!. changed its character, and transformed
!: it into a contralto Of extraordinary rich
! !. ness and extent. Unfortunately, at th'
: same time the cruel malady scanned he
face in the most frightful manner, anC
: rendered her features hideous. In con
(; sequence she always contrived to sins
something at the side scene before eI