Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02

never take cold from a shower or miss a
meal. if they can help L. speak ofthoae
who are not too sick when they come, aud
who take good.naiuredly TO the ways OF
living aud 6shing here; others had better
stay away. Nor Is this country the place
Cor the volariea Of fashion. Fine clothe.
are out Of place. unless at 81. Paul and
Minneapolis. Those who come should
bring thick, heavy clothing, as the nights
are very cool aud the days never hot OF
very warm, at least have not been so far
There is much 10 be seen in the enter
prise, growth aud physical peculiarilies
Of this country well worth seeing, aud
which cannot fail Of being very suggest
i've to a Southern man-of these, some
thing, perhaps, hereafter. The mere
pleasure or faahion.seeker viii be disap'
pointed, while any one willing to rough
IT," as Mark Twain says, will in nearly
every instance be greatly benefited by
a sojourn at almost any Of the numerous
stopping places.
| have met or heard Of the following
Memphians since entering the Siate--a
majority OF them, perhaps, are at White
Bear lake: Aldermen p. J. Kelley and
family, Esquire Elliott, l.. B. Horrigan
and wife, l.. Bostwick and wife, julie A.
Pollock aud wife, w. S. War; Collier
yille), S. kaufman. G. NJ. Weston, wife
and child, Mrs. +. @. 0'Brien and sou,
Misses b. and 0pheliA Coin, Emile
Levy, Vincent Baccigalupo, j. ID. Mon
tidonieo and bride. Alex. Murray, W. f.
Heathman, J. d. Starnes, II. II. Ham.
melton and lady, w. II. Seward, j. b.
Dution, II. F. Smith, W. Scheuber, John
Mulroy, John Van Wrinkle, S. M. Jobe
and family, NJ. S. Judah, Jos. Wetter,
Captain Barney Grey, Captain White,
VIM. Ringwald, and several others, whose
names escape me now.
A young gentleman not far from Mem
phis, whose name is suppressed ("by re-
ouest"), had an adventure at st. An
thony Falls the other day, which
came within the sixteenth part of
an inch Of being his last. He came
TO see the couRtry, and was venturesome
enough to step out on projection at the
head Of the apron or chute, at the head
of the falls, to get a good view. The
apron is Of plank, is about as steep as
the roof Of church, and the sheet oil
water passes down over it from the i'm
mense dam with tremendous force. The
distance 10 the bottom is one hundred
and twenty feet, then level platform oil
four feet, from which the water plunges
down a narrow rocky channel with a
dull, heavy noise like distant thunder.
Our friend glanced down this Shiny
apron, missed his footing, reeled and
struck it on his back, and quick as a
flash shot dowa to the narrow platform
at the bottom, where he caught on little
snag or peg, and was shortly relieved by
the assistance of prompt but terrified
hackman. Had he gone foot farther
he would have been dashed to pieces on
the rocks and foam below. His escape
was apparently almost a miracle. The
reporters got hold Of the event but moi
his name, although he authorized them
to call him Jim Smith, which they didn't
He was not seriously injured, but was
very sick day or two from the concus
sion. Jim Smith had enough of the falls
and has settled down quietly to fishing
in the serene waters of Lake Minnetonka
j. H. M.