Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-24

whom he put of the cars
5 A member Of a church in Boston sent
0 check for pew rent, payable to i'm
proved preaching or order"
Bonnets are tending again to the old
cylindrical form, and revival Of the
coal scuttle shape is imminent
Madame Rachel, the face-enameler, in
Lsndon, is one of the convicts who are
out of prison, on ticketofleave.
A Fort Dodge, Iowa, man has been
caught selling dog scalps for those of
. wolves, upon which there is bounty.
Out of four thousand plays written
during tue past four generations, it is
said that only thirty-fve are now per-
formed.
George Washington's bar-room, good
will and stock of liquors we're sold at
sherif's auction in Philadelphia few
days ago.
Our Tennessee exchanges are pub
fishing poetry called mo Baby in the
House," those editors ought to get
babies"
"Spicer," in the Boston Commercial
Bulletin, thinks that King Richard III
was prohibitionist, because he stopped
King Henry's bier.
The baby hippotamus in London has
no teeth, and an iron foundry firm are
about to cast him set of uppers to use
until his own comes.
A large number of persons in Paris
wear mourning for the late Emperor, in
the form of a small bunch of violets tied
with scrap of Grape.
The ice supply for next summer prom
ises to be abundant in Minnesota, if
housekeepers can get refrigerators to
hold cakes sixteen feet thick.
The bellies of the Anglo-Saxons made
no changes in style for three hundred
years, while the men of that period were
continually changing the fashion.
When they do manage to get the PEG
pie of Thompsonville, Conn, into church
the sexton is obliged to lock the door to
keep them there until the service is over.
The antithesis Of him who died Of
rose in aromatic pain is furnished in
the case of Colorado youth who re-
Gently deceased from the bite Of skunk.
A paper heads an article with the mo-
mentous question, Is disease prevent
able2" Our contributors say, go slow,
and then you'll never catch anything"
The Philadelphia courts having de-
cided that steam whistles must not be
blown in the city. the workshops are
showing their mettle by putting up
gongs.
Several Congressman with smatter-
ing of French can't understand why the
postolfice department would rather have
a three-cent stamp than frank on a
letter.
In prices, we compete with any; as to
the quality Of our goods we ask mer-
chants to judge for themselves, feeling
confident that there can be but one
opinion.
A Chicago tailor encourages precipi-
tate matrimonial overtures by offering
to furnish wedding outfits at 10 per cent
discount if ordered before the LIST of
March.
Patti and Mario express a desire to
travel by canal hereafter, owing to the
fact that it is the safer way. They have
been wrecked on railroad trains twice
this season.
The editor of the Home Journal pub
lished in Houston, Texas, proposes to
increase the circulation of his paper by /
sending it at half price to all who marry {
during the year.
A Baltimore physician, now in Vienna, !
has invented an instrument to cure cross .
and squlnt eyes, It has been introduced
into the hospital at Vienna, and is well
received by the profession.
Rosa Bonheur says she wants to paint
3 group Of American saw horses before !
she gives up the brush. Ours needs !
new coat, but we will not throw oct any !
hints.-St Louis Democrat.
Pennsylvania gloats over the richness '
Of Mrs. Mary Ann Reichert, Of Ashland,
The circumference Of whose sylph-like
waist is eight inches more than her hight,
md who, if she we're unladyliks enough
% kick anything, wouldn't kick the
,eam Cor 500 pounds. =
A Boston merchant who paid a dollar
or a stand-up seat in the top gallery at
he opera recently, was much gratifad 10
&c several young men occupying four
ollar seats in the psrqustie, with LADY
riends a. their sides, Who bad owed him
lila for many months, and who always I