Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-04
FACTS AND FANCIES.

A Tennessee politician, who wants to
stand well with the grangers, sings;
The hickory berry vine entwines
| The brown nuts Of the turnip tree;
The cashmere heifer skips and plays
/ To the tuneful bleat of the feathery bee'
On tall boughs mid the buckwheat buds
We hear the low of the hnny plloYer.
While the bay bull hitched to the rumbling
| scythe 4eftt
Husks out the golden clover.
Fashion books for dolls are now pub
lished.
When was beefsteak first mentioned in
history When King Henry VIII dis
solved the Papal bull.
Sailors motto" The right hand for
Jack, the left hand for the owners, and
for the passengers might be added.
There is demand in California for
the re-enactment Of the law forbidding
the carrying of concealed weapons.
A priest in Serene, Chill, endeavored
to drive caterpillars from garden by
formally cursing them. They still
flourish.
Fifteen pounds of dried apples is the
minimum charge Of an Iowa editor for
frst-class notice. One with poetry
costs mere.
The st. Louis Medical Society ex-
cludes reporters of newspapers from its
meetings, and yet expects them to pub
Iish its own reports gratis.
A hog was killed in Vermont last
week which had eaten twenty-five two
inch nails and other iron. His squeal-
ing was regarded as ironical.
At the fat mems ball in New York, re-
Gently, the weight of the dancers varied
between two hundred and four hundred
pounds. Round dances we're not in
favor.
The wickedest boy in the West is new
reported in Ohio, where he cut off three
Of his toes in order that he might not
receive the benefits Of the Sunday-sehool
instruction.
Experiments made in some Of the
southern counties of San Joaquin Val
ley, Cal, are SO encouraging that.a good
deal OF land will be planted in Gotten
this year.
The Cleveland Herald says that st.
Louis has the trichna-spiralis. AS to
the trichina we say nothing, but statis-
ties demonstrate that a single glass Of
Cincinnati whisky will give most any
man the spiralis.---[ Brooklyn Argus.
Some waggish soul having stated in
Harper's Bazaar. that the line thsugh
lost to sight, to memory dear" origi-
mated with Ruthven jenkins, and first
appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine
for Marines. in 1901 or 1902, the London
Illustrated News fell into the trap, and
having published that statement, sub
sequently felt constrained to publish
another to the effect that neither the
magazine nor "Ruthven Jenkins ever
had any existence.
ANew York paper says that arrange
ments have been made to produce one
Of the best old English comedies with
the most famous artists now in America
in the cast. Charlotte Cushman, Booth,
Davenport, Sothern, Janauschek, Bar
rett, Jefferson, Barney Williams, Lester
WAllack and Miss Nelson, are to ap-
pear, an Independent committee is TO
cast the piece. and no professional jeal-
ousy is to be allowed 10 influence any Of
the participants. Neither the time nor
the place has been definitely determined.
N. Theirs recently received q watch
from a number Of his admirers in Be-
saneon, and when thanking the donors
for tLeir present, said; 1T was truly be-
cause, like you. / desired to establish
the republic that ] was overthrow by
the monarchists. They win gain moth
ing by it. The republic viii be estab-
lished in any case. AS guarantees for
that have the wish Of the country, and
the wise frmness Of the men who at
present compose The great Republican
party"
Not long since a workman IN John
son d Co.'S organ factory in Westfeld,
Mass, had an attack Of somnsmbulism
which he turned to good account. One
evening be vas directed to carry some
wood into the shop on the next morning.
and when the time came was agresably
surprised to fad that It had been car.
ried in and carefully piled up. The
vaiehman says that the man did It him
self in the night, and that be failed 70
answer when spoken 10. and was evi-