Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-06
FACTS AND FASCIEs.

A lady clergyman al hitteryi hiHihe'
recently performed the marriage cere-
mony for her son.
A man won a horse in Worcester rat'
Ae, and, within week it cost him fine
Of $40 for cruelty in driving it.
A lady suffering from heart disease
fell dead in the arms Of her husband in
a Baltimore horse car recently.
Amsterdam, N. Y, is justly proud of
lawyer. who returned a portion OF his
fee to a client, because he thought the
latter had been overcharged.
When the jury returned a verdict that
John Jackson, of Green Bay, was guilty
of burglary, Mr.. jackson rose up and
said: an bet hundred dollars ]
ANTI" Job acu.N rf
An old seaman at prayer meeting in
relating his experience stated that when
at sea in storms and tempests, he had
often derived great comfort from that
beautiful passage of Scripture, Faint
heart never won fair lady ye
A society has been formed in Chicago
for the purpose of collecting and sell
ing for waste paper such bad books as
the works Of Voltaire, Rousseau, Paine
and other detestable authors" The
money thus raised goes to charitable
objects.
Among the civilized things wanted BY
the Emperor of japan has been a def
mite birthday. A convention of wise
men has finally fixed upon the 4th OF.
November, and the Emperor liking that
day as well as aHy other, has accepted
the date. uaH m 4
An opera was so badly executed re-.
Gently Ia the city of Mexico that the ex-
asperated audience, who were good
judges of music, put Il stop to it by
hurting chairs, benches, cushions, and
every movable sppurtenance of the
house, upon the stage.
The Boston Transcript is in dis
turbed state of mind that nobody has
said just the right thing on the marriage
Of Miss Jett to a Mr.. Ruby. We once
knew a man who could have done it, but
he is too old now. When Jacob Hogg
msrried Ann Bacon in Cincinnati he
asked:
Now, Jacob, did you pause 70 think.
When Ann you made a mate on, -
That if you changed her name TO HOgg.
You'd surely spoil her BaconY
A writer in the Cincinnati CONNER
cial condemns the use Of &C., and in
sists that the two good words and
cetera' should be substituted Tor the
ugly &c" We don't think the reform
can be effected. The press has for years
been trying in vain TO teach people to
write on only one side Of the paper"
aud it doesn't feel like entering upon
any other great undertaking at present
Louisville Courier Journal.
There is story told Of one gentleman
who protects himself against the pique
and sense Of injury which thieves expe-
rieBce when they can End nothing to
carry away by leaving in his county
house, when he goes to town for the
winter, demijohn Of fine old brandy
A note by the side Of it explains that
there Is no silver in the house, that all
the drawers end doors are open, requests
that no unnecessary damage be done,
and that his guests shall help themselves
to the brandy.
To look at Mr.. Proctor. the secre-
tary Of the Royal Astronomical Society
Of LoHdon, says a letter writer, you
would never suspect the existence Of
scientific knowledge Ia Ma head. He
parts his glossy black hair exactly in
the middle his face is flushed as though
he reVellsd in plum Pudding. good ale,
and plenty Of sleep. How man with
so short a neck and such broad sheul-
ders can gaze at the sssrs will ever
remain a mystery. Ia manner he is
agreeable, easy and pleasant, aud be
leaves a good impression wherever be
goes. !"
Although their homes ssrs in the
South, Chang and Eng we're Northern
in their ideas, bat at the commencement
Of the rebellion lad no alternative left
them but to take sides 9Th the land Of
their adoption or leave the county.
Thea they declared for the Confederacy,
aud two Of their sons went into the
rebel army aud fought braYely. Trouble,
however, surrounded the twins. When
Stonenan's cavalry came through that