Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-01
FACTS AND FANCIES.

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girls.
An Iowa girl took poison because she
was unable TO goto the circus.
Tom Bigbee, Of Alabama, had river
named after him, but yet he doesn't rest
easy in his grave.
A ST. Louis widow has dyed her dog
black for the purpose Of expressing her
grief for the death of her husband.
A South Brooklyn sufferer from rheu-
matism cosxed it down into two fingers,
and then came fnesse by cutting them
OF.
A Cleveland medical paper has never
hsard of such being as bald-headed
consumptive, and it wants to know if
there is doctor anywhere who has.
Lotta's fountain, presented to the city
of San Francisco, has been formally
dedicated, and now the man who ven-
lures in that city to tell the truth and
say the little dear is red-headed is liable
to be rended limb from limb.
A peculiarly melancholy affair has
just occurred in Harrisburg, Texas.
The Mayor of the place challenged q
citizen, who declined to fight. There.
upon the Mayor took bis shotgun and
started after the other man. But the
shotgun missed fire, and the other man
getting hold Of the ramrod, switched the
Mayor with it till that official yelped for
mercy.
She stepped into the car, radiant with
youth, and looking cool and bright in
her HoweI-irimmed hat and specklesE
suit Of linen. Four young men immedi'
ately offered her their seats. She &C
eepted one with an enhancing smile,
and instantly gave it to a poor, wan
little old woman who had been standing
for ten blocks, whereupon the young
men did not know whether to get up
again or not, and tried their best not to
look foolish. ih ianiaa
A New York girl, thirteen years old
wrote the following note and then com.
mitted suicide by drinking red ink
"Dear Sister-Give my ring to the cash
Ter in Burntons, Sixth avenue and
Fourth street. Tell him that it was all
| had 10 this world; that il was my last
wish That he should have it, as the last
favor that could do him. This is all
that l have to say before / die. ]
hope you will do this for me, dear
sister. 1t is the last wish Of your dying
sister. LOUISA"
Writes female reader Of the New
York Mail Do you think it impera-
lively necessary that woman should 60
into her kitchen and redden her face
and ruin her hands by the drudgery Of
cooking2 Is not this eternal catering
to the stomachs Of men rather deroga.
tory to women2' The question implies
that men do all the eating, and ibst wo
men and children derive sustenancs
from the cheap aud universal atmos-
phere; but let us not be deceived.
Rather let US drop into the dining-rooms
Of the hotels and look for two minutes
at the headway made by the feminine
portion OF the boarders in that briel
space Of time.
Sir Walter Scott was great lover Of
dogs aud always had many fine ones
around him. One day in conyersing
with a friend be said. Those dogs,
pointing to two fpe hounds lying on the
hearth, understand every word that |
say" The friend expressed his doubts
OF this statement. Sir Walter to prove
it took up book and began thus to read
aloud: II have Two lazy, good'for-noth
ing dogs who lie by the Ere and sleep
and let the cattle ruin my garden.
Both dogs instantly sprang up, ran ouI
Of the room, and finding no cattle in thl
garden, returned and lay down By The
Ere. The baronet again read from thu
book the same Otory. Again the dog
ran out, and again returned disap
pointed, and lay down. The third tint
their master read the story when, in
stead Of going out, the dogs came up u
him, looked iu his face, whinsd au'
wageed their tails, as much as TO say
"You have made game Of US twice, 20,
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