Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-28


tent under the movement cure, as th'
physician was vigorously pounding hi
chest. "Oh, that's nothing" said the
doctor; wait ill we get to the headF
An old minister, the other day, asked
woman what could be done TO in
duce her husband to attend church
81 don't know" she said, unless you
we're to put a pipe and a jug of whisky
in the pew"
A punctual Minnesota maiden lately
married casual acquaintance who hap
pened to be IN church, rather than be
kept waiting for her original intended,
who was a quarter of an hour behind
the appointed time.
The Lords Day Rest Association
of English workingmen request that the
Bishop Of London will abandon the ire
ligious practice of taking his coachman
and horses out on Sunday, and walk to
church instead.
The Chicago Unitarian Conference in
cludes fifteen churches in Illinois, Wis
cousin and Indiana. The congregations
include eight hundred and sevenly.one
families and three thousand six hun
dred and five people.
The Pope, it is said, has recently sent
Victor Emmanuel letter on some Gov
ornamental matter, in which he addressed
tAe King in friendly terms, and even
sent his benediction. The King re-
sponded in the same terms.
The Advocate of Christian Holiness
offers premium of twenty-five dollars
Tor the best tract to demonstrate from
Scripture the possibility of perfected
holiness in this life, and the editor of the
New York Observer offers one hundred
dollars for q living specimen.
The first Presbyterian Church South
ever built on the sea shore of North Car
DINA, has Just been dedicated. 1t is
neat frame edifce, in a central location,
eighteen miles northwest of Wilmington,
in what is known as the "Topsail Set
Element"
A clergyman of high standing in New
York traces the non-attendance at
church of the middle classes to their
lack Of means for dressing their wives
and daughters III accordance with the
extreme fashion displayed in the pews.
He thinks the fact one Of the gravest
evils Of the times.
Dan CASTILLO the circus man, has been
sued by mass of woman weighing 6OO
pounds, for the wages to which she con-
sidered herself entitled for travelling
long with him as side-show. The jury
gave her verdict for all the money she
claimed; her adipose tissue was valued
at twenty-five dollars per week, which IS
lust four and half cents per pound
per week.
Mr.. Frank Buckland, the well known
naturalist, has published letter in
which he denounces the folly and cruelty
Of killing seals in March, and leaving
the young to die of starvation. Mr..
auckland is in favor OF law forbidding
the prosecution of the seal fishery before
April the 9th in each year, by which
time the young are well developed and
able to take care of themselves. In
March the skin of young seal is only
worth about one shilling, but a few
weeks later its value is increased three
or four fold, and good deal OF oil,
moreover, may be extracted from the
body.
Mr.. Anthony Trollope has two good
stories to tell of the suavity of manner
and speech to which strangers are
treated by the great American servant.
Upon entering hotel in the Far West
Mr.. Trollope turned to an attendant and
asked for a waiter. well, mister" re-
piled the imperturbable tcoth-pieker, if
you'll ask that gentleman" pointing to
a boy of twelve, {" 1 guess he'll fix things
for YOU" At another time, on going
into sleeping car and not finding his
berth, Mr.. Trollope returned to the por-
ter and begged to be shown it. My
Godl" retorted the Disguised colored
gentleman, are you such a id fool
as not to know your own berth when
vou'ye been told the NUMBER