Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-17

down the hill, and yet never moves2
The road.
Why is the root of the tongue like a
detected man2 Because it's down in
the mouth.
The name of Florence Nightingale ad-
mits of the following anagram, "Flit on,
cheering angel"
An Allentown (Pa,) woman screamed
so while having tooth extracted that an
alarm of fire was raised
Mrs. King William makes her own
bed and dusts her own room, and when a
servant girl is impudeut she dusts her.
Shert dresses are coming into fashion
again. We knew this would be the case
as soon as a woman with pretty foot
and ankle could secure the chief say so
in the matter.
An Indiana paper tells of woman
over there who dreamed of seeing her
husband kiss the servant girl. But, of
course, the husband never dreamed of
such thing
The oldest printer in the world is dead
again. He was nearly hundred years
old next to the last time he died, but we
are unable to say how old he was at his
subsequent death.
By peculiar temperance law it takes
long time to get drink in Rhode
Island. Drinkers have to pay for and
play game of bagstelle, and then the
drink is given away.
Mercy Consolation Smith is the name
of the haudsomest girl in Fort Wayne,
and happy will the young man be who
can one day exclaim: "0hl Mercy,
thou art my Consolation"
Irun is probably the most unfortunate
place in Spain. The New York Mail
made puns on it for three or four days,
and Don Carlos tried to batter it down.
Every civil war has its horrors, however.
Keeping a stall in Faneuil Hall mar
ket, in Boston, must be lucrative en-
ployment, judging from the fact that
Sll 900 bonus is said to have been lately
paid for single stall, the lease of which
had twenty-five months to run.
A Rochester paper denies that the
ladies of that city sleep with their shoes
on to keep their feet from spreading out.
We knew from the start either that the
story was false or that the ladies in ques-
ton wore mighty elastic shoes.
1t is said that beef is only three cents
per pound in Oregon, while collins are
one hundred dollars apiece" Thus the
of the 0regonian to eat him
self to death is providentially counter
acted by the high price of a funeral.
1t is a habit with many ministers Of
the gospel to go out oftheir way to throw
discredit upon newspaper reporters. In
not few cases it is quite important to
this sort of preachers that people should
place no reliance upon what appears in
newspapers.
The police of Philadelphia hear such
words as these: Come, Henry, it's
time to build the fire." "Shan't do ii"
" Come, Henry" "Lemme lone" At
the end of another moment the sounds
Of a struggle are heard, and voice
yells: Let 20 my hair, Mary-I caveW
1t is now the fashion to have your
coachman (if you happen to have such
a thing about wear bouquet Of natural
flowers at bis breast, the most prominent
flower to correspond in color with the
coekades at the horses ears. This
fashion was started last summer by an
actress at Long Branch who had a very
gsudy equipage So-of-course-we
must all initiate it without the slightest
delay
The Chestnut Hill reservoir, that sup
plies Boston with part Of its water, is
now lower than ever before, and the Co
chituate lake is now so low that unless
copious rains come in a few days, steam
pumps will have to be used to raise the
water to a level with the conduit The
city engineer estimates that. il the rate
Of consumption goes on increasing year
by year as it has in the past, there will
be no excess Of supply over demand in
1877.
Beecher's latest: There are words in
the Bible that are only seed forms. God
saw that his work was good in making
Adam. he was perfect Was he per-
fect2 How much could that be2 A
man with no childhood, no youth, no ed
ucation, no life Why, he never said
word worth recording. he never did
anything worthy Of note except TO mind
his wife and get kicked out Of Paradise.
[Sensation and laughter What kind
of men we're Isaac and jacob and all
the old patriarchs compared with the
manhood We now have2 Applause. ]
Jacob wont bear Investigation. Bis