Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-23

%lectors are passing the plates for contri.
buttons.
Bridget" said 0'Mulligan to his vile,
tits a cOvld ye have. A drsp of the
crathur I'D do you no hsrrum." "0ch,
hone, said Biddy, I've takin the pledge;
but ye a mix msA drink, Jenny, and
force me to sWally It"
A gentleman was called upon TO apollo.
gze for words uttered when in wine. II
beg pardon" said he, II did not mean
to cay what | did; but I've had the mis-
fortune to lose some of my front teeth,
and words yet out every NOW ard then
without my Knowledge"
They teIlthe Ntory thar the little daugh.
ter Of the Dem ocrstie candidate for q
local office in Saratoga county, New
York, was told tn run and tell her auat
that Mr., Young has got the nomina.
ton, and the little n cried out: 40,
mamma, do they evey die Of itY'
An officer of the regular army laughed
at a tinid woman because she was
alarmed at the noise OF q cannon when
q salute was fred. BE subsequently,
married that timid woman, and six
months afterwArd he took of his boots
in the hall when he came home late at
night.
Perkins will get tight occasionally,
much to the establishment of himself and
friends. For yearg," says he, ut was
unsccountable to me, for | never did
drink but a nouthfnl ar two; and the
cause never did strike me until | meas
ured my mouth and found that it held q
pint"
Thomas Cox, a colored brother, wkc
had been carrying on an illicit still ia q
a Y in the mountains Of Tennessee,
near the North Carolina line, ever since
the close OF the war. and had very sue
cessfully eluded dis covery. has at last
been dragged out aud lodgedin the Knox
vile jail.
An actor fell through a loose trap as
he was leaving the stage. Emerging in
stantly afterwards, he was met with q
laugh aud the remark of a wag, II am
sorry to see you descend t o such clap.
trap maueuvreS as that" Yes" was
the quick reply. ''but you'll admit that l
never undertake anything without going
through"
The tall towers are becoming numer.
Gus here, but the old countries beat us
almost "out Of sight" While the highest
point of Trinity church, New York, is
2S4 feet land there is no higher architsc-
ture in the United Statss), the Hottest
pyramid of Egypt goes up 400 feet; St,
Peters, Rome, 400; strasburg Cathedral
46l, and the new church of st. Nicholas,
at Hamburg, Az.
A prudent Chicago mother Of wealth
and responsibility has brought up her
Accomplished and beautiful daughters to
do washing and ironing. When Ques.
toned as to the cause of this somewhat
unusual processing, the prudent mother
replied; 20. it is always well to be pre-
pared for any emergency. Perhaps some
of the poor children may marry an
Italian Count"
AS a matter Of curiosity, mention to a
New York woman any other subject than
that all~-engrOssing one that has pre-ee-
cupied the female mind ever since Mother
Eve ate the apple down to the present
hour, and see il she won't elevate her
eyebrows and shrug her shoulders, aud
reply languidly: : All, | perceive you
are streng.minded. and come from Bos-
ton "-as il that last contained the eli.
max of all possible and impossible
crimes Female Correspondent.
The great brewers and disillers Of Ire
land are very liberal. especially where
church edtices are concerned. The late
Sir B. Guinness led OF with e15O, 900 for
st. Patick'S Cathedral. Dublin; Mr.. Roe,
a distiler, followed with the restoration
OF the other Protestant cathedral in
Dublin; and nov in Cork, Mr.. Wise, a
d'stiller, has given f2s 1000, aOd Me-
Crawford, a brewer, elO. 900. to restore
the Protestant cathedral in that diocese
These great dislillers are intensely inter.
ested in spiritual affairs.
Tbs London Sporting aud Dramatic
News tells this story iu an article on
THE Shady Side of Pigeon ShOoting:"
Capt Bogsrdus. the champion wing
shot Of America, it says, "csne over
here to challenge any mai to shoot
against him at pigeons. He polished of
the crack shots Of this country in u
manner worthy Of praise; but after one Of
these great matches his opponent bet him
fifty pounds he would not kill the next
bird. The champion took tie bet, the
trap was pulled, but no blue rock rose to
take its eight a pigeon there was 10
the trap, out It was 8 dead one. The
paid bis City pounds with .
grimly unused air, as be Soliloquissd,
This is EDgliSh fair play. Aud this is
what the old country haS come TO-"