Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-10
PLEASANT PARAGRAPHS.

A model buy,word-Cash.7[Glas-
gov Tines,
Secretary Evarts wants more noaey.
Shake, old boyl-lOil City Derrick.
There is nothing gnu uader the sun
but the horned orSe.-[Fond du Lac
Reporter.
The worst female companion for a
young man-Bet.-LNew York Com
msrcial Advertiser.
A cheese cutter must be what is
commonly known as a kase knife
York News.
Auburn locks-Gate fastenines on
the State prison of Now York.-fEd
enburg Herald.
Cricketers should never be asked to
dsnee-they stop the ball.-[Claude
de Haven.
When is a minister like a newspa-
per? When he is an exchange
Howell Courier.
A reporter may be said to be a per-
son Of an inquiring turn of mind
Hartford journal.
To cure the pip in chickens, invite
a Methodist preacher to dinner
Wheeling Sunday Leader.
The onion originatedin Europe. So
important facts leek out one by one
Pith and Point.
Buckwheat pancakes enable pris-
oners to break out. The attack is kind
o rash, however. -[Graphic.
Tramps are forbidden to sleep in
Cincinnati parks. There's arrest for
the weary.1[New Orleans Times.
The butcher always runs two kinds
of business at once-a meat market
and a Stay acknowledgements Times.
You'll find no change in me-"
sneered the wash vest to the investi-
eating laundress.[-N York News.
Mr.. Petit is a book canvasser in the
eastern part of the State. For very
small books, you know.-[New Haven
Register.
There are two kinds Of men that
tell the truth-one from force of cir
cumstances and the other for a change.
[Elmira Gazette.
A glazier should take panes to get a
putty wife. There is no copyright on
this joke, anybody can use lilo
gan Gazette.
Anthony Comstock arrested a man
a few days since for driving through
the streets with a load Of undressed
lumber. Whitehall Times.
A man should never pass a contri-
button box without putting something
in it. Deaeons will understand this.
= New Orleans Picayune.
1t is merely modesty which prompts
people to use opera glasses at a ballet
show. They don't want to view
limbs with the naked eye.-[Bradford
Breeze.
Sweet are the uses Of adversely"
says the philosopher, but we notice
that when administered in allopathic
doses it always makes the patient sour.
l-LKeokuk Constitution.
How would a tread mill contest suit
these walkers? As the Artful Dodger
has it, You always goes up, and you
never comas DOWN. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Ifyou cannot afford to make her a
very handsome present, and you have
something of the military spirit about
you-present rms.-LNew York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Josh Billings 81 don't insist upon
pedigree for mar or horse. ia horse
kan trct fast the pedigree is all right
if he kant trot | wouldn't give a shil-
ling a yard for his pedigree"
West Stratford paid eight dollars
for its police force last year. The
warden, in his annual report, says the
department. discharged his duties
eheerfully and promptly, -[Danbury
News.
According to latest reports sugar is
better than arsenic to commit suicide
with. 1t doesn't do the work SO sud
denly, but you have time to say good
bye to friends. Il Express.
When we get money orders down to
five cents, as has been proposed by a
bill introduced into congress, most
anybody ought to be able to get money
to send away - fond du Lac Reporter.