Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-10
FACTS AND FANCIES.

"He wal an able drinker, says
the obituary notice of a Denver
citizen.
They say that the Bob Lee is pro-
bob-lee the fastest boat on the
Mississip.
"And Samuel grew, and the Lord
was with him, and let none of his
words fall to the ground"
Brooklyn proposest to propel street
cars by electricity. Passengers Will
be expected to get out on the APP
proach of a thunder storm.
By the way, where are the pro-
hibition candidates for President
whom the London Times spoke of,
Green, Clay and Smith,"
One rumor is that Crazy Horse
returned to the reservation to get
the latest French novels and a little
powder for Caudal-P Poised Bovine.
A religious journal does not at
tribute the Presidents cussedncss
to neuralgia" Malign inau-
ence" is what has got hold of him.
Absent-minded people leave all
sorts of things in the street-cars.
Somebody left a cage and a bird in
one of the New York cars recently.
A Washington justice has decided
that pigeon-shooting, as practiced
at the matches" is cruelty, and
the managers will appeal to a higher
court.
An Indiana uncle and his nephew
are running for Congress in the
same district. They are determined
that the office shall not go out of
the family.
DIR. Lawrence A. Washington, the
grand nephew and nearest living
relative of President WASHINGTON.
is expected at Mount Vernon soon.
His home is in Texas.
1t is claimed as a sign Of LISTS
superior genius that he smokes in
the presence of his lady visitors. A
man may not be a gentleman and
still be a great pianist.
Wrap your trout in brown paper,
put him into the ashes with a few
live Goals atop, and in fifteen min
utes he'll be fit for a king to eat.
P. S.-Don't forget to catch your
trout, first.
Punch" Citrate (reproachfully)
Pm afraid you've taken
more beer tonight than isgood for
you, Giles Inebriated rustic
Surely, sir, l dare sage I could "a
carried it hom' easier in a jar"
"May l leave a few tracts?"
asked a travelling quack doctor of a
lady who responded to his knock.
Leave some tracks? Certainly
you may" said she, looking at him
most benignly over her specs;
leave them with the heel toward
the house, if you please"
The bill forbidding the sale of
intoxicating liquors in Ireland
upon Sunday has passed its second
/ reading in the House of Commons.
This measure, which is very popu-
lar in Ireland, allows liquor to be
sold upon that day only to travellers
and to dodgers in tayerns.
Fashionable Customer-"Bu But it
makes me look so innocent" FASH
Eionable Milliner-"0h, no! indeed,
madam, Anything but that y
, Fashionable Customer-"A Are you
sure, now?" Fashionable Milliner
> -"Quite sure, madam" Fashion
y able CustOmer-"Then you may
send it me. "-LORdOR Punch.
: The passenjaire Is no longer the
meek apologist he was when the
first railroad cars made their trips.
Says the Albany Journal; Geo.
K. Woodward, while travelling on
: the Hudson River railroad, could
find nodrinking water on the train.
lie has commenced a suit against
It the company in the Seventh Dis
d trict Court"
= A young lady visiting the fort
near st. Augustine, Fla, where the
is Indians are confined, attracted the
IN attention of one who, in answer tC
Il her request, gave her a lesson il
shooting with the bow. While
nracticinp she accidentallv sent 4,