Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-26

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West Point cadet.
The comprehension of Buffalo con-
gregation was consulted last week by a
sermon in words of one syllable.
A Keniuckian who said he never heard
of Daniel Boone was promptly shot in
the leg by an enthusiastic young man.
A Cincinnati barber poured croton oil
on a customers bald head, and there is
"one vacant chair in that barber shop.
A Cairo pound-keeper has resigned be-
cause the common council made fuss
about his writing Hon" before his
name.
Danville, N. H., imprudently makes
open boast of its bliss in having neither
lawyer, doctor nor clergyman within its
limits.
Primary meetings to nominate candi-
dates for town offices in Canton, ILL.,, are
held in church after Sunday morning
service.
It is unlawful to give fellow.chewer
chew of tobacco. The revenue laws
forbid any one to sell or dispose of
tobacco in any form without paying a
license"
So many alligators are being sent
North by mail from Florida, that the
Postofice Department talk of putting
on special alligator cars during the
spring months.
The editor of New York magazine
declares that he annually receives up
ward of 10000 fugitive poems from as
many bereaved matrons, all entitled
Our Dead Baby"
The suburban residents of Indianapo-
lis are divided between base ball nine
and qui-nine. You mustn't say any
thing about chills there, though, or
they II be apt to egg-you.
When the Speaker of the Arkansas
Legislature said that the gentleman
from Clay county was out of order, Clay
County picked up an inkstand and Of
fered to bet ten dollars he WASH t. Speaker
lodged
A local Maine editor triumphantly
announces that Lewiston is to have
water hydrants laid along the streets"
We would suggest that they might be
more useful if they were stood up here
and there.
Horses are so plentiful in Australia
that they are sold at the pound at prices
ranging from sixpence to shilling, and
local papers think they would fetch more
if put up in pound cans for the Paris
market.
A man of Athens, Ga, recently es-
corted his wife to the cars, on her way
to elope with a single gentleman Of her
acquaintance, purchased her ticket and
saw her luggage properly checked to its
destination.
Men are what Women Make Them"
is the singular title of new book. 1t
may be true, but we have seen some
dreadfully poor specimens of the manu-
featured article, which fact reflects
badly either upon the material or the
maker.
In the wreck of the Northheet, one
man who was saved was heard by the
Of the London Standard
saying, When / saw what was up,
said, says l, I'm going to die, and damn
it, | may as we'll do it as comfortably as
l can, so l lit my pipe" There was no
high feeling in that man, but there was
an infinite capacity for discipline.
A woman's rights paper LA DONNA |
is published at Venice, and is edited by |
Mile Beccari. In late number it is
stated that an application to the Italian
government to admit women to the great
universities Of Turin and Rome was met
with this reply: There is no need of a
law to permit woman to enter the col
leges, since there is no law which pro-
hibits their doing so. Upon this hint
the Italian girls have acted, and four Of
them are now attending a course Of phi
.osophy at Rome.
The boys in Franklin county, Penn,
have lately been in the habit Of play
ng Indian in the woods, firing At each
,ther from behind trees. On Friday
.vening last this sport resulted in the
Ieath Of one Of the number, = son Of
Iajor Thompson, Of Chambersburg. At
be time named they were enjoying the
.leasant diversion, when young Thomp-
on stepped from behind bis tree . little
% soon, and a slug from the gun Of