Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-21

street car for not being on time.
A woman at Youngstown, Ohio, who
has an imitation seal skin cloak, is
forced to tell an average of fifteen lies
per day to make folks believe tits real
seal.
why are you so precise in your state
ment; are you afraid of telling an I'M
truth2" asked an attorney of a female
witness in a police court. mo, sir"
was the prompt reply.
Paris journals describe how Gereral
Banalad, a Turk, residing in that city,
moved from one house to another with
his furniture and his harem. His wiyea
went in woomnibuses.
The Boston Post has just spelled
Culpeper with three ps, but you can't
expect a man to be a Noah Webster
while this Louisiana excitement is up,
even if he does live in Boston.
The risky bellies of Washington are
making faces at the ladies Of the diplo-
matte corps, who think that the young
ladies of the United States Hirt too
much, and accordingly recommend
ch%aperoning.
New York boarders object to the pud-
ding being mixed in a coal.scuttle, on
the ground that in these hard times the
waste of fuel consequent upon the pieces
being cooked with the pudding is a
fragrant neglect of the poor.
~Seasonable: Rector-"Ah, we shall
be comfortable this morning, Grufles; l
see you've got the temperature up nicely.
Sixty, | declare" Clerk-"Yes, sir; l
allus hev a trouble to get that thing up.
l took and warmed it jest this minutel'
The Chinese have names which cor.
respond in frequency with the Browns
and Smiths Of Anglo-Saxon Christen-
dom. Those most frequently occurring
are Chin, Chang, Wang, Shin, which are
the equivalents Of gold, long, prince and
stone.
She walks in beauty like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies.
cannot always be tr%uthfully said Of a
man wife whosails %nervously across her
bedroom toward the coal shovel as soon
as she hears him burrowing into. the
front door with his night;key.
Mrs. Caroline Hardy, of Groveland,
Mass, who has been desf for years, had
her hearing restored recently by a blow
upon the ear from the leg Of a chair
which one of her children had tipped
over. If her children had behaved
themselves properly, no such occurrence
would have happened.
One of the reasons why a fight fire.
quently occurs in Montana churches is
that while the preacher is praying, the
congregation SIT on the backs Of Chairs
and frequently calculate, " That's right,
old hossl" Bully for youl" He's q
book sharp" Give EN- HE'LL" etc.
Sometimes the minister gets riled, and
there's where the disturbance comes in.
An honest farmer was invited to at
tend a party at the village squire's one
evening, where there was music, both
vocal and instrumental. On the follow
ing morning he met one Of the guests,
who said: "Well, farmer, how did you
enjoy yourself last night? We're NOT
the qusrtettes excellent" "Why
really, sir, l cant say" said he, for
didn't taste 'em; but the pork chops
we're the finest / ever ate"
Martha, does thee love me2' asked
a Quaker youth Of one at whose shrine
his hearts hottest feelings had been
offered up. why Seth, answered she
we are commanded to love one another,
are We not2' "Ah Martha, but does
thee regard me with the feeling the world
calls lover" IL hardly know what lC
tell thee, Seth. ! have greatly feared
that my heart is an erring one. have
tried to bestow my love on all; but | may
have sometimes thought, perhaps, that
thee was getting more than thy share
A correspondent mentions one to
whom must be yielded the palm Talk
about mean men Why, there's that Bill
johnson, he's the meanest man | eveI
heard tell on. Bill was a constable
there. Why, don't YOU believe he had
an execution against me for a little mat
ter of groceries, and he came out and
levied on my old ~oman's ducks and
wanted me to drive EN- up and ketch
EN- for him, and told him to ketch EN-
himself; and 30 he chased EN- round the
house, and every time he'd ketch a duck
he'd set down and wiring his head off and
charge mileage.