Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07
FACTS AND FANCIEs.


FACTS AND FANCIES.
No man is happy who does not think
himself so.
People who say sharp things are called
"blunt."
Idleness is many gathered miseries in
one name.
Fortune does not change men; it only
unmasks than.
North Carolina ladies indulge in the
excitement of fox hunting.
Pere Hyacinthe advises all meH to
marry. The Pere has only been married
three months. al
A fireman writes to say that If your
pianoforte should catch fire, the best
plan is to play on it. sa u7o
Sweet idea for new drawingroom
ballad-"Tll bury my love in the garden;
it will make the apple tree grow"
One of the most important rules OF
the science Of manners is an almost
absolute silence in regard to yourself
Young married people who have their
house built should have it built round, so
that discomfort can find no corner in It,
There are more furnaces in blast in
Pennsylvania than ever were in opera
ton before, and many more are in course
of erection. ria
A poor but honest young lady, who
earns living by working on hoop skirts,
in reply to an inquiry, stated that she
had spent the summer at the springs.
A lady got locked up in church at
Muscatine The ravens didn't feed her,
but she screamed magni6ceRtly, was
heard by passer-by, and was soon lib
Grated.
An eminent imbiber of whisky
straights" is now engaged in solving the
problem of how many swallows it takes
20 make an Indian summer.
Man and wife are generally called one.
Some people, though, reckon them two
But ten is the proper calculation o
some couples-the wife one and the hus-
band cipher.
A widower, who had never quarreled
with his wife, said the last day OF his
marriage was as happy as the hrst'
Another widower said the last day Of
his marriage was the happiest.
A hot water mitrailleur has been in
vented and put in use in India. 1t is
intended for shipboard, and can give at
short range very murderous broadside
of scalding steam.
The Washington Chronicle announces
that the gallant Phil Sheridan has at
last been captured, not by the Indians
but by the accomplished Miss Morgan, 8
niece Of ex-senator Morgan.
A woman attacked burglar, threw
him down stairs and b oke his neck
She fancied she had gone too far though,
and explained that she thought it was
her husband coming home tipsy again.
The effects Of the suppression of the
liquor traffic is already visible in Dan
bury. A woman who one month ago
hardly knew where to get bread for her
children now has complete set OF new
jewelry.
The popular superstition that over
turning the salt is unlucky, originated in
a picture of 1.-THE Last Supper" by
Leonardo da Vinci, in which Judas Is
CARROT is represented as overturning the
salt.
Turkish ladies are asserting thsir
rights to be seen. Highborn Osman
damsels now dress ia Partisan style,
wearing wells Of the thinnest possible
gauge, which soften without concealing
the features.
A father living in Titusyille, who has
two or three very courtable girls, placed
notice on his front door, the other
night, which read: Shut down for
thirty days. No stove in the parlor, and
but one lamp.
An Arkansas City man was lately shot
by one Of his employees, who mistook
him for horse thief, Parties engaging
watehful and fastidious servants shsuld
be careful TO keep up as respectable
an appearance as possible.
@Who was the meekest man, my SOM
said the superintendent Of boys Bible
class in this State Moses, sir. =" VERY
well, my boy; and Who vas the meekest
woman "Please, sic. there never was
no meekest woman"
A English druggist was, the other
dar convicted for the fifteenth time Of
nerlecting 70 Esccinate his child. He
has already paid nearly eli in fines and
law charges, but is still obdureie. The
fine was repeated.
Clarion, KY, can boast Of the chRm'
piou gormandizer in the person o.
a youth, who, after dispatching hearty
supper. put away ak oyster stevs under
~ vest in an hour and 8 bali, At a
ladies fair, and be stll lives.
In lT7e the first religious services 6ei'
lin Kentucky we're held at HsrrodsburE
The Baptist churches Of Kentucky pro
pose a centennial celebration Of th
same At the roots tstll rsmAiningl G
the sane tree. and at The sane sprinf
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