Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-09
FACTS AND .EANCIEs.
Hora nra lower and pIg.irOn higher,

A "iury-woman out West recently
arrived at the issue before the counsel
closed his argument. 1t was boy
The only place in the world where .
young lady is not " missed is at home.
There it is always plain Susan, or Bet.
"Take care of your cold" say we'll
meaning bat unthinking friends They
had far better say, take care and get
rid of your cold. -.-
A German lager beer saloon keeper
| in New York is too fat too get through
his doorway, and has not been il the
street for several years.
When Master Fred Grant got among
the beggars in Madrid he is said to have
felt more at home than at any time
during his European tour. ato
Cincinnati is said to be the most
densely populated city Of the United
States, having Sc, 900 people to the square
mile, while New York has but $4,000.
The Home journal, in discussing the
subject of occupation for winter even
ings, says that love'making is an un-
commonly pleasant employmentfor win
ter nights. " ~ = al
The Richmond Enquirer says the
James river and Kanawha canal has cost
Virginia about SlO,OOO,OOO, and it esti-
mates the real value of the work at
about 100000.
A murderer who was recently hanged
told the attendant minister that If he
had received half as much attention be-
fore being put into prison, he would
never have been there.
We are sorry to learn from Hindoo
astronomer that during the present year
blazing meteor win pass by the earth,
and in the short space of twenty-four
minutes destroy all vegetation, and kill
millions Of people. A
al meant to have told you OF that
hole, said gentleman to friend who
was walking with him in his garden, and
stumbled into a pit full of water. No
matter" said the friend. blowing the
mud aud water out of his mouth, I've
found it.
A French savant, in paper On the
alteration of well water by proximity OF
burial grounds" asserts that distance
Of $50 yards is insufficient to protect
water from contamination with organic
matter from cemeteries.
It appears that the fifth wheel to a
coach is no longer superhuous. An
inventive genius at Mound City, Ill, has
devised fifth wheel attachment to a
buggy which helps to turn both horse
and carriage on a space not exceeding
their length.
"Shut the door; it's getting awfdl cold
in here was the remark of an Albany
husband as be hung his coat on hitch
ing-post and prepared to retire on the
curbstone, under the impression that he
had arrived at home,
A booty individual at party recently
succeeded in Disgusting his condition
until the apples we're brought around.
When he saw them his emotion over
came him. What" he exclaimed,
. apples at this season. Are they ripe?
Madam, said cross-tempered ply
stefan to patient, "if women were ad-
mitted to paradise their tongues wcNld
make it purgatory" And some physi-
clans, if allowed to practice there, re-
piled the lady, would make it desert.
Two thieves stole a well filed trunk
In New York few nights ago, and car
ried it to neighboring lot. On opsn-
ing it they discovered that it contained
nothing but religious tracts, and at the
same moment they were captured by the
police.
II think, said a farmer, " / should
make 4 good Congressman, for use
their language. / received two bills the
other day requests for immediate pay
ment; the one / ordered to be laid on
the table, the other to be read that day
six months.
1t is said that the Grand Union hotel
at Saratoga, last year, cleared but $2O54,
while the receipts we're $292,279. Some
Of the principal items were: Employees,
s36, O2l; market bill, s89,5l5; music, re-
pairs and painting, s96,O2l; interest and
$4,000.
The. Utica Observer observes: When
you see a man screw up his phiz in an
sort Of way, place his right
hand in the neighborhood of the pecto-
raj muscle on his left arm, and rub ten
Derby, you can make up your mind that
Il is working Hes been yaccinated.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, who is now
about the most talented woman in the
lecture business, is going around the
country asking the question, What
shall we do with our dsughters2' Some
Of the country papers advise her to mar
~ them of as soon as possible.
The editor Of sanguinary journal Of
the Commune, published in London,
closes an editorial with the warning.
" Beware, citizens Of Paris, Of the year
1872. This will be the year Of the great
revenge. We need 10000 heads, aud we
shall have them"
While the steamer City Of Halifax