Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-16
LEDGER LINES.

rapidly IN our courts. The muskrat, 10
efusing to break ground for his habita
ton, il is said predicts an open winter
Winter. with its frosts and ices, visited
our city yesterday. Counterfeit postage
stamps are in circulation. An exchange
has it that Mr.. Jefferson Davis received
one vote for President IN Dauphin
county, Pennsylvania. There is . mag
istrate in Memphis who. when commit
ting prisoners to Jail. interlards his dc
cision with copious quotations from the
Scriptures. The French translate the
words Of Mrs. Macbeth as follows;
Tous les parfume de rArabie
n effaceraint pas cette talice Ia
The dairy business is increas-
ing in the vicinity of Memphis
A large amount Of petty pilfering is GO
ing on in the city, and as general rule
the pilferers are captured and the ar
ticles recovered by the police. The Off
GERS Of the police patrol force are more
active than usual, thanks to the LEDGER
A we'll known Memphian on reaching
home last evening was informed by q
domestic that there was a strange man
in his bedroom; he rushed for his shot
gun and rudely invaded the sanctuary
only to find the stranger weighing ten
and half pounds; grand and joyous
tableau followed. The Memphian now
secretes his weighty person in an over
coat and furs. 1t is proposed to lease
the Exposition building for roller
skating rink during the winter months;
happy thought. The occupation Of the
politician, like that of "0thello. is
gone" until next January, when mem
bers Of the School Board and General
Council will have TO be elected.
To love, honor and be gay" is the
latest wedding promise on the part OF
brides. A glorious crop of pairs in
Memphis and vicinity this season-every
suburban gate and street car is loaded
down with them on pleasant evenings.
A week filled with sel6shness and q
Sabbath stuffed with religious exercises
will make first class Pharisee but not
Christian. Memphis would-be sui
cidists should condole with Mile Bar
don Of Paris, who recently tried to drown
herself in the Seine; We have no liber-
ties" said she as she leaped in; when
pulled out she added, They don't even
allow us to drown ourselves" A fashion
critic insists that there will be more fop-
perry in Memphis this winter than ever
before. The average Memphan has a
weakness for addressed kid gloves. La.
dies and gentlemen promenading to-
gether of afternoons this winter are COM
manded by fashion to walk arm in arm.
A bibulous Memphian proposes TO 60 to
the bal masque in sober suit, and
thereby remain unknown. Wanderers
from all parts of the world obtain lodg-
ings at the station-houss nightly. The
fellows who play keno all summer, and
wear linen busters all winter, can lay up
sufficient money TO buy coat, since
their favorite but costly amusement is
"busted" Holly Springs Mississippi,
claims population of four thousand.
A paragraph is going the rounds of the
press that Memphis eats 100000 worth
of oysters every season; the statement
is involved in some doubt and more
mystery. Two lovers residing in the
suburbs recently sat by an open win
dow; they fell out, but soon made it up
again. Autumnal persmmons will soon
be in the market A genius has discov
cred that odorous flowers act as power
full disinfectent in sick rooms, by reason
of the ozone which they emit; this has
always been our deliberate opinion
Governor Brown proclaims the 18th
inst. as a day Of public thanksgiving
Herr Trask, of the Avalanche, won't re
cite from memory that column of river
advertisements Of the Reporters reunion
on the last night of the ysar. He has
requested the committee Of arrange.
ments to permit him to do clog dance
on capstan " instead and the request
has been granted. 1t may be added
that Colonel DuBre, Of the Appeal, will,
for the amusement of the guests, write
Eve column editorial in ten minutes on
the subject of Raleigh. balls, and Captain
Brewer, Of the Avalanche, Uill perform
the -acrobatic feat entitled wabbling on
the gudgeon.