Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-31
FACTS AND FANCIES.

t - 80 hAN VI ulCI.
A-man who locks exactly like Beuja.
min Franklin is buying cat,skinsin via.
consin.
A sign on Lyccum Hall, Boston: Nv.
Browning, clothes cleaned and repaired
in the rear"
Tom Moore, who derived his pedigree
from Noah, explained it in this ann
Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and
one more"
An old school philosopher remarks
that ii bread is the staff of life, pound.
cake must be a gold.headed cane.
Doubtless it is true, and two ice creams
and a girl are a regular two. wheeled
%velocipede.
Which side Of the street do You live
on, Mrs. Kipper?" asked a counsel
cross examining a witness. "On either
side, cir. If you 60 one way it's on the
right side, if you go the other way it's
on the left"
Thackeray, being told that an &C.
quaintance Of his wife, who was notori.
Gus for his love of beer, had sailed for
India, replied: He was a good fellow.
Take him for half aud-half, we shall not
look on his like again.
The great-great grandmother of n of
the attendants at the Illinois Deaf Mute
Asylum was a daughter of King Charles
XII. of Sweden, and the Illinoisaps
have pretty much ceased to associate
with people from other States.
II makes a man mad and bis wife mad.
der, when he wakes up in the early morn
aud. finds he's gone to bed in his boots
and ~stove-pipe hat, and recollects that it
was a lodge meeting that made him for
get to divest himself of these articles.
The Erie Railway Company consumes
about $4,000 900 feet of timber annually
In the construction Of its cars, trucks.
etc. This large amount, including about
$4,000 worth of black walnut a wear.
is all collected along the line Of the road,
The three daughters Of Mr.. Richard
Storrs Willis, of New York, have been
married to lieutenants of the United
States frigate Franklin, which wintered
at Nice in 1875. The third wedding Of
the number took place in New York last
week.
a st. Louis man heard some surpris.
ing intelligence the other day, and u.
claimed in his establishment, Can I
credit my ears2" 81 guess you ought
to" observed a friend, because thew
form a quorum Of you" -[Chicago
Tribune.
Think Of the Queen City of the West
writing with envy" because nine of
her inhabitants (nou.producers) fsiled TO
strike a ball as often aad make as many
runs around a iour.cornered path az
nine non producers of Louisville II Mao.
ison Courier.
a young woman from the rural dis.
tricts entered a dry goods store the other
day and asked for a pair of stockings.
The clerk politely asked her what num-
Der she wore. Why, two, you fool.
Do you think am q centipede, or that
| have a wooden leg2'
Pierrepont gets a crest. Grant takes
with him a uniform, TO dress himsslf
like a play.actor, aud be as absurd as the
Europeans themselves. The American
citizen is a worse failure than his Roman
prototype. He is only an ESQ" until
something louder turns up.
Cobweb cloth is a novelty this season.
1t seems made up OF threads of loose
zephyr wool tied in diamond figures with
silk This lace.Iiks fabric is soft and
thin, yet strong, and is shown in a vari.
ETY. of shades. The dress must be worn
with one of silk underneath.
They talk about the prevalence Of
e%olonsls" in the South, but Philadel.
phia must have a good supply when there
ore three at the editorial head of as
many different papers. On a fair est.
mate this would leave about fifteen hun.
dred to tend bar. -[Pittsburg Dispatch.
Aessra. Sherrod, Ewing, Bell and
Moses, railroad assessors for the State
appointed By Governor Porter, are in
the city for the purpose cf reporting
upon the value Of the different railroads
IN this end Of the State. The assessors
will meet daily atthe County Courtroom.
and will remain there probably ten DAYS.
Juan Salazar, a Spaniard, and Henry
Sanders, a negro, had a discussion in
San Jose, California, as to whether there
was any difference in the blood of whites
and negroes, They agreed to decide the
question by examination, and with q
razor they slightly gashed their arms,
thus getting the two kinds Of bloc to
look at. So far they were amiable; but,
when Salaaar said hat be could plainly
see q difference, Sanders got angry and
made a fatal attack on him with the
razor,
The field daisy, snatched from the
Of Burns, is set In a licbt