Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-08
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for dead g%rasshoppers in Missouri.
1t is estimated hat Louisiana will pso-
duce over 200, 600 barrels Of rico .h;s
season.
A dandy is a chap who would be a
lady if he could; but as he can't does all
he can to show the world he's not a man.
Cook-"NOw, I'm a leavin' of yer,
mum, l may as well tell yer as the key
o the kitchen door fits your s~tore-roOm."
Tobacco raising has proved the 6uan-
cial ruin of North Hadley, Massachu.
sets. Recent failures foot up 1925, geo;
real estate has fallen one.third in the
town, and business is almost hopelessly
staguant.
We don't hear young ladies singing
Shine upon my brow to-day" as often
as we did before the hot weather struck
in, and observe that parasols and wells
are becoming the correct thing on the
street.
The borough of Lesreur, Minnesota.
pays a reward Of twenty cents per quart
for dead grasshoppers. Immense quan-
titles are taken, boys, girls, women aud
men being engaged at it, and in the FIRST
two days the number of the pests we're
appreciably reduced.
A certain clergyman, on a recent oc.
c%asion, discovered after beginning the
services that he had forgotten his notes.
As it was too late to send for them. be
said to his audience, by way Of apology.
that this morning he should have to de.
pend upon the Lord for what he might
say, but in the afternoon he would come
better prepared.
A citizen who met sa old acquaintance
on the street recently, asked why he wore
a weed on his hat. For my poor wife
who has recently passed over the river"
was the melancholy reply. We'll, cant
she come back-aren't the i~erryboats
running2" was the surprised query. The
man had to explain that be did not refer
to the East River.
The Princess de Cont. a daughter of
Louis xiv, expressing before the Moor
ish Ambassador her dislike of polygamy,
the latter replied; " Madame, plurality
of wives is allowed among US because,
in our country, we must seek in several
women the charming qualities which are
here to be found in one" This excels
Spanish politensss.
Out of the four hundred and seventy
eight pupils Of the Boston university one
hundred and two are women. The
change in public sentiment regarding
the education Of women is indicated BY
the fact that these girls are pursuing
studies for which most Of them would
have been obliged a few years since to
go out of New England.
The Parisians say that they have had
enough Of the high-heel-boot fashion for
They assert that it filings them
too much forward, hurts the spine, and
reduces the size Of the calf. The doctors
recommend the reverse fashion, very low
heels indeed. and high soles, for a time,
SO as to fling the body backward from
the hips upward.
An old lady, in the expression of
whose face ssnctity and curiosity we're
solemnly blended, walked out to the end
Of q deck ontbe New York side Of the
East river the other day, and after leis-
nrely examining Brooklyn through a
spy-glass, shut up the instrument and
CT again, With the satisfied look
Of a woman who had only done her duty.
Mr.. George W. Blatchford, the mana
ger of the Boston Museum, received a
on Tuesday last, postmarked Lon
don, containing a fve-iollar note, sent
by IAN American in London, TO atone
for passing upon the Maseam the bill of
a broken bank in 1861. Ittook that man
just fourteen years to feel the sting Of
conscience. Hir moral nature progress
es with the rapidly Of a frst.class fu-
neral.
A Wine Acrostic,' offered as a birth,
day present 10 the celebrated &C or Eel
meriiug has the merit Of originality.
consisted Of fifteen bottles of wine
each representing a rrovth, the initial
letter If Sh'c helps 0 lotm bis name,
Ctrols. A seq sasb user, 4 au-
zan, L s~litie, Il oehheimer, L stephe,
L ieb'Taoenmilch, M arcobrunner, Il mil I
ion, r apenihaler, D eidssheimer, | nge1
loeimer, n iersteiuer, G ~iseours.
The women Of Clinton, Iowa, bg
succeeded in fraying every saV
ont Of the town, They kg
committee On watch st the railro9
pot, aud il o man bearing the rg
resemblance to 8 liquor dealer
the cars they at once knee
him ADD set up such a fesrfg