Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-06
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

Just the place for invalid Senators.
II is said that those Iowa grasshop-
pers wink at Paris green and smile at
hot water.
The farmers in Illinois are importing
Norman horses. The animals are heav-
lily built, and are specially adapted for
agricultural purposes.
The Cuban planters are arriving at the
conclusion that growing pine apples and
bananas for the American market pays
better than tobacco and coffee.
Ezra Alden, liaeal descendant in the
seventh generation of john Alden, who
married Priscilla (see Longfellow), died
at Lebanon, N. H., the other day, aged
eighty-six years.
An ingenious man in Elmira has in
vented a machine which will knock Old
Probabilities higher than kite or a
cloud. tits to foretell the weather for
ten days to come, and it is called the
aerograph.
A Paterson man who had placed ev-
eral lightning rods on his house was de-
lighted, during recent storm, at seeing
it struck in two places, while the house
of his neighbor, who was too mean to
pay for lightning rod, was not struck
at all.
A French editor, anxious to show his
knowledge of American history, gives
the following account OF the battle of
Bunker Hill: "On the lzth of June,
l775, the American volunteers, com
manded by General Artemus Ward, at
tackled and thoroughly beat the British
troops near Charlestown, in Massachu-
settsl"
One of the Athol Mass. schoolma' ms,
says the local paper, adopts a novel
method of punishment. Offenders of
either sex and all ages are compelled to
lie down fiat on the floor, face downward,
with arms stretched out at right angles
to the body. The victims are not allow
ed to glance sideways, even for mo-
ment, and nosing the floor forms their
only occupation. And this school is
one OF the best managed in the whole
town, itadds.
At the burning of the house of Alder
man Block, of Fredericton, N. B., oc-
CURED the following incident, which is
worthy of record as showing the fidelity
of Newfoundland dog, the property of
Mr.. Block. The noble brute, with al
most human instinct, made his way into
the house by tearing out the panels Of
one Of the doors, and aroused the family
by his barking, and then ran to the
stable door, which he endeavored to
open, so that the horse, his almost in
separable companion, might escape.
There he remained struggling, though
every effort was made to entice him
away, and when the FIRE went out he was
found lying dead at his post.
A silver medal is to be granted to all
the British soldiers who were employed
on the Gold Coast during the operations
against the King of Ashsntee, with a
clasp in the case of those who were
present at Amoaful and the actions be-
tween that place and Coomassie (inclu-
ding the capture of the capitaD, and of
those who during the FIVE days of these
actions, were engaged on the north of
the Prah in maintaining and protecting
the communications of the main army.
The medals are to be given to all officers
and soldiers who served on the Gold
Coast between the 9th of June, 1873,
and the 4th of February, 1874, inclusive;
or who, during that period, were on
board ship on the coast.
The following curious provision was
contained in the will of an English gen.
tleman named Garland, who died some
years ago: II bequeath to my monkey,
my dear and amusing Jocko, the sum Of
el0 sterling per aunum, to be employed
for his sole and exclusive use and bene-
fit; to my faithful dog Shock, and to my
well-beloved cat, Tib, pension Of e5
sterling; and desire that in case of the
death of either of the three, the lapsed
pension shall pass to the other two, be-
tween whom it is to be equally divided.
On the death of all three the sum appro-
priated to this purpose to become the
property Of my daughter Gertrude, to
Whom / give this preference among my
children because Of the large family she
has, and the difficulty she finds in bring
inn them mn