Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

The obituary OF a book agent says
He was a man Of marked composurt
of manner"
Tweed is Said to be secreted in the
capital of Canada West. That is q good
place Toronto.
The Duke Of Norfolk has an income
of 81, 1885, no from his lands in the West
Riding of Yorkshire.
If we may belive the Western papers,
when the land is tickled with a hoe it
laughs with potato bugs.
A Granger writes to a rural paper to
ask how long cows should be milked2'
Why, the same as short ones, of course.
Dom Pedro says thirty minutes is long
enough for dinner, and he requires all
the dishes to be served together. He
bolts and bolts.
Florida has a volcano in an impene-
trable swamp, and the alligators loaf
around it and tickle themselves that
they have a big thing.
A shrewd old Yankee said he didn't
believe there was any downright cure for
l~aziness in a man. But" he added,
I've known a second wife to hurry it
some"
A Chicago woman wants a divorce
from her husband because be kept secret
from her before marriage the fact that
he had lost by an accident all the toes Of
one of his feet.
DR.. Hall says that people sometimes
takes cold through their ears. This e K
plains why a Milwaukee man stuffs his
ears up with horse blankets and buffalo
robes ia damp weather.
Prince William Of Orange is to marry
. daughter of the deposed King George
Of Hanover. The Queen of Holland
lately paid a visit to the family Of her
sons intended wife in Paris.
In the f~ancy.coach lines which have
been established in New York the Gus
toms Of the English people are rigidly
observed. The guests are expected to
fee both guard and coachman.
Neruda, the Bohemian musician ard
inventor Of the polka, who had retired
for some years, and was living with his
wife at his country seat. near Prague,
was recently asssssinated by robbers.
New Mexico is to be admitted into the
Union under the name OF "Montezuma."
A more appropriate name, considering
the prevailing weakness Of the inhab-
would be Threecardmonte.
a subscription paper was lately circu.
lated with the following object in view:
" We subscribe and pay the amount set
against our names for the purpose Of
the organist and a boy to blow
the same"
A Trenton editor makes the statement,
for the good Of correspondents, that they
need not commence their communica-
lions, Il take my pen in hand" as he
don't care whether they write with their
toes or with the pen in their mouth, so
they send the news.
A writer in Turf, Field and Farm
urges the use Of camels in the United
States. BE says that in FIlmore's ad.
ministration the experiment was tried by
the Va Department at a cost Of
$4,000, a brother Of Admiral Porter
and importing a herd. These
animals were lost sight Of in the rebel
lion, and it is thought that they found
way into menagerieG.
The other day a Detroiter who has a
good record Of army service took down
his revolver to shoot q cat which had
been hanging around the house. After
looking at him while he fred six shots,
the cat walked away. While he was
loading up for more destruction, the
shooters small hoy inquired, Father,
did you ever kill any one whils you we're
in the army2' Il suppose go, my son"
After a long pause the boy continued,
Then you must have got nea enough
% bit EN- with an AK, didn't your It
vas then discovered to be about school