Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-04


Lake Michigan Is completely froze'
across AT Milwaukee. where Il is eighty
Eve miles wide. r
Some one says "ihe lobster is post
humous work Of creation. for it is onll
red after It's death.
What's the nse," asked an idle Eel
low, "of a mans working himself tS
death to get a liyingS'
San Jose, CAL, boasts that in its bAlmy
climate tomatoes and tom-cats flourish
in the open air all winter
A young girl in Jacksonville, ILL.,, has
refused 800 for her hair. II reaches
the floor when she stands erect.
Belladonna, instead of dandelion,
made n reduction Of four in the popula-
ton Of an Iowa town recently.
An old lady describes a genius as "A
man what knows more'n he can find
out, aud spills yittels on his clothes"
A Kansas liquor dealer prints his
prospectus in the church hymn books
in order to reach the spiritually-minded.
A ball has been given in Wisconsin
town to raise money to start newspa-
per. That newspaper will probably die.
A st. Louis woman claims $4,000 dam.
ages from an undertaken for burying her
husband too soon. The husband refuses
to testify.
Theodore Hook was asked to review
Three Words to the Drunkard." " Oh,
my dear fellow that / will do in three
words-Pass the bottle.
The snow has melted so fast that the
farmers in Minnesota are no longer
compelled to replenish thier fires by
throwing wood down the chimney.
Sturgeon. with his broad, bad taste,
dislikes old paintings, and foolishly
ayows the fact, to the horror Of English
journalists, artists and connoisseurs.
"Soreerer is another name for MUIR
derer in Bombay With knowledge Of
this fact came the discovery that the
Parsees had revived the society Of Thugs.
Judge Hoar once said of lawyer
" He has reached the superlative life at
first he sought to get on, and then sought
to get henor and now he is trying to get
honest" M 3ia .Enai1
Mamma" said a preeocious little
boy, who against his will was made to
rock the cradle Of his baby brother, il
the doctor has any more babies to give
way don't you take EN-"
A Western editor speaks Of Christine
Nilsson as Nilsson, the golden
mouthed, who sang q song of golden
eagles into her treasure trap during her
tour through the country. : f.r
Speaker Lacey has not yet become ae-
to addressing the Door-keeper
by his new title, but when called upon
TO address that official, generally says:
/" Mr.. Do-do-SerSergeant-at-Arms.
For the past FIVE years an Indiana
woman has had three husbands residing
within five miles Of each other and no
body found her out until last week.
People mind their own business in that
State.
A Scotchman who had put up at an
mn was asked in the morning how he
rad slept. "Ah mon" replied Donald,
nae very either; but was muckle
better off than the bugs, for dell one
) them closed an e'e the hale NIGHT"
The colored troops fought nobly,"
tut fer all that Chung Loo Wing, an
Mongolian emigrant agent
lomiciled in Louisiana, has put his con
-iciions into the following formula
One Chinee man lickee 70 niggirs
.nnee timee." a
A Boston gentleman who could rot
Taltz offered a young lady $500 if she
you'd allow him to hug her just as
much as the man did who had just
raltzed with her. They put him out of
he house so hard that his eyes were
ute black.
A national penny subscription has
cen going on for some time in England
Or the benefit of John King, the frst
.Dglishman who signed the total absti-
ence pledge. 1t has just closed, and
mounts to $500. Mr.. King is now old
nd in want.
A Scranton man who went home the
Their evening and found his house locked
p, after infinite trouble managed to gain
ntrance through a back window, and
ben discovered on the parlor table
ote from his wife. reading: 81 have
one out; you will find the key on the
lep."
An old bachelor editor thus, in his s
pite, comments on recent moonlight
lcident: We left our sanctum at
idnight last night, and on our way
ome saw young lady and gentleman
olding gate on its hinges. Theywere I
idenily indignant at being out SO late,
I'd we saw them bite each other several :
mes"
Now, young people" saisl a profess
T Of natural history to bis class, now.
en- as to hens. A hen has the capa. 8