Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-05
FACTS CTS AND FANCIEs.

ing in Europe.
A Texas paper has dashy article
Il is as follows: "Hurrah for-no
for Grant, by id sight"
A wretched old bachelor says After
ALL a woman's heart is the sweetest
thing in the world; it's perfect honey
comb-full of sells"
A Taunton gentleman, with a bank
account of $4,000 does not disdain to
earn his living and still turns an honest
penny and his little hand organ daily in
the streets.
Miss Drummond, the Quaker preacher
was asked whether the spirit ever In
spired her with the thought of getting
married. mo, friend" said she, "but
the flesh has. :"
A keeper of restaurant out West an
nounces over his bar that teetotallers
will not be allowed to buy drink at his
establishment unless they can show q
written permit from their wives.
A Connecticut paper says: AT
present two-thirds of the population Of
Peduenoc pass Sunday fishing for musk
rats with shot-guns. This is the way
the other third know when Sunday
comes.
Baltimore is favorite as place for
holding national conventions, having
had thirteen; Philadelphia, four; Chi
cago, three; Harrisburg, Buffalo, New
York, Charleston, Columbus and Gin
cinnati, one each
The Marseillaise are lionizing the
sailors of the American squadron there,
whose heroic exertions saved the ship
ping in the harbor from destruction by
recent FIRE originating in the explosion
Of an Italian petroleum vessel.
An amulet in the form of piece OF
Limburger cheese, worn as locket, has
been found a sure protection against
smallpox in the West, forasmuch as no
infected person will approach the wearer
near enough to impart the disease.
Somebody at Albany selected another
mans yard as a suitable place fer a
dead cat. The man thought his next
neighbor was responsible, and the con-
sequence is that Grimalkin travels
across the fence about seven times
day.
In tearing up the roof of the Court
house at Edwardsville, Ill, last week,
the workmen discovered the skeletons
of pigeons piled up by the hundreds. A
defect in the cornice enabled the pigeons
to get in, but they were unable to get
out again.
A kind old father-in-law wanted to
know why the Feejeeans were called
cannibals, to which Barnum replied,
because they live off of other people.
"Then," replied he, unhappily, my
four sons-in.law mustb be cannibals-they
live off of me.
st. Louis is sarcastic over the site Sc
lected for the new postofice at that
point. It's too far west The Demo
crat says: There are troops enough
at the arsenal to protect the new post
Office from Indian depredations. This
gives US sense of security"
The Norwich Bulletin says: An aged
pilgrim who had looked on the logwood
when it was of various colors, walked into
the Thames yesterday on the West side.
On being rescued he observed that he
wasn't quite sure whether it was the
river or the railroad, but he recognized
it at once. They couldn't fool him on
water"
Even the waterfovls are SO impressed
with the importance of Agassiz' expedi-
ton that an intimstion that science
wants them is sufficient to bring them 10
terms. A gigantic petrol, on having a
shot fred athWart its haEse, recently.
swan deeently up to the ship and joy
fally allowed itself TO be taken.
A marriage was solemnized near Otter
Tail City, MINI, between q man Of
Scandinavian extraction who is unable
TO speak q word Of English, and an
American woman who is unable to speak
q word in the scandinavian tongue. The
service was performed BY Frenehman
whom neither could understand.
Asa countryman drove his load Of
hay by q foundry in Cincinnati. the
other day. an enploye dropped little
molten iron upon the rear Of his load.
He was greatly pleased BY the honor
done him By the citizens in turning out
10 escort him on his way, until his seat
grew uncomfortsbly warm. Then he
appreciated the situation, and the en-
giBes put him out.
Jones assumes on coming home to
dinner the bearing Of an outraged hus-
band. Why Is it, Mrs. Jones, that you
ride through Wall street in the very
equipage / am struggling 10 maintain
for you at high charge, and cut your
husbandl" Ars. Jones at once reas-
sures him. You certainly would not
have your wife from q Eve thousand.