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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09

How A Connecticut Blacksmith's
Daughter Married a BarOnet.


Toronto Globe.l
Many years ago a young man made
his appearance in Stratford, Connecti-
cut, and passed a few weeks at the
tavern which then existed to afford
shelter to stage coach travellers.
Whence he came and what was. his
business, none could guess. Directly
opposite the tavern stood the cottage
and forge of a blacksmith named Fol-
som. He had a daughter who was the
beauty of the village, and it was her
fortune to captivate the heart of the
young stranger. He told his love,
said that he was travelling incog, but
in confidence, gave her his real name,
saying that he was heir to a large for
tune. She returned his love, and they
we're married a few weeks after. The
stranger told his wife hat he must
visit New Orleans. He did so, and
the gossips Of the town made the young
wife unhappy by disagreeable hints
aud jeers.
In a few moments the husband re-
turned; but before a week had elapsed
his received a large budget of letters,
and told his wife that he must at once
return to England, and that he must
90 alone. He took his departure, and
the gOssips had another opportunity to
make a ooniding woman wretched.
To all but herselfi it was a clear case
of desertion. The wife became a
mother and for two years lived on in
silence and hope. By the end Of that
time a letter was receivedby the STRAIT.
ford beauty from her husband direct.
ing her to go at once to New York
with her child, taking nothing with
her but the clothes she wore, and en-
bark in a ship for home in England.
On arrival in New York she found a
vessel splendidly furnished with every
convenience and luxury for her com
fort, and two servants ready to obey
every wish that she might express.
The ship duly arrived in England, and
the Stratford girl became mistress of
a mansion, and, as the wife of a baro-
net, was saluted as Lady Samuel Stir
ring. On the death of her husband
many years ago, the Stratford boy sue
ceeded to the title and wealth of his
father, and in the last edition of
"Peerage and Baronetage," he is spo-
ken Of as the issue of Miss Folsom, of
Stratford, North America"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09

steubenville, Ohio, special to Gin. Gazette.l
1t appears1rom recent developments
that Buffalo Bill is not only in the
show business. but stops long enough
IN a town to teach 1.-THE boys" a few
lessons at gambling. A few nights
ago he gave an entertainment in this
city to a crowded house, and after the
show repaired to his hotel, where he
was met by several of "Steubenville's
sly old gamblers" some of whom wear
long faces and pay pew rent in fine
churches. One of the party, who
takes more interest in fast horses than
church creeds, accosted Mr.. Cody and
invited him to take a hand at poker.
a game dear to the loyal few. Mr..
Y. informed the gentleman that he
was not familiar with the game.
whereupon the wheel of fortune was
suggested, to which he consented to be
introduced, while at the same time e
pressing himself in language that con-
veyed the idea that his knowledge of
such a device was rathar limited, but
consented to try his fortune with the
well known citizen. To epitomize the
story, Buffalo Bill succeeded in play
ing the man for all he was worth,
which amounted to several hundred
dollars, and finally won the machine,
which he sent to a friend out west.
The man and his friends, feeling quite
cresttallen at their had luck retired
The next morning Mr.. Cody was call
ed upon by the mans wife, who ear
nestly begged Of him to return the
money he had won from her husband.
He smiled at the lady's request and
handed her 500, at the same time
suggesting to her the propriety Of
tightening the apron strings on her
lerd. 1t is probable that when Buffa-
10 Bill visits Steubenyille again the
bald heads" of poker corner will give
him a wide berth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09


A New York journalist of a dys-
peptic turn Of mind, and a delicate
stomach, has discovered that in Arr
roma he could eat salt pork three
times a day. Few journalists can af-
ford such a luxury more than once a
day, and some Of them keep Friday
six or seven days in the week. We
know Of some who could discount the
New Yorker, but the question with
them is where to get the pork. The
demand keeps ahead Of the supply
and their digestion has never yet been
questioned. If that New Yorker will
come down south and try his hand at
journalism, he will never have to 20 to
Arizona for the dyspepsia, and he will
live to be a patriarch and enjoy a
green old age. He will never gorge
himself unless he gets a chance at an
occasional barbecue, and even then
the red pepper and salt would hold
him in check. Go south, young man.
Go south, where there are no Indians
or ten foot SHOWS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09
A SHOCKING
In which a Journalist and His
Wife r Deeply Involved.
Virginia City Chronicle. Il

Virginia City Chronicle.l
An incident occurred on one Of the
residence streets of this city the other
morning that would shake Carson to
its foundations, and which has even
made a stir in the n~eighborhood which
was the scene Of its happening. A
newspaper man is writing astory which
has for its heroine one ofhis old flames,
who had the good luck to escape mar
rying him. His wife, at the breakfast
table. was insisting that she herself
should be introduced in the work Of
fiction as a charming creature. The
husband demurred, saying his imagin-
alton was not equal to the task. The
jocular debate was carried to the door
when he was leaving for the office.
His wife stepped out and cried after
him as he reached the sidewalk
well, l shall insist upon your mar
rying me in the end.
Couldn't think of such q thing, my
dear" responded the heartless man,
buttouiDg his coat and striding away.
When he returned at noon for his
lunch the partner of his poverty was
in the lowest stage of depression and
ready to weep on the smallest induce
ment.
Whats the matter dovey2" cooed
the moulder of public opinion.
Natter" whimpered doyey, mat
ter enough, plague take it. When
you went away this morning and |
called after you that wretched story
l didn't see until you had gone that
Mrs. Jones had her head out of the
window, and Mrs. Brown on the 9TH
er side was sweeping off her porch.
Both of EN- looked at me with eyes
like saucers, and | was so confused
when it flashed upon me what they
must think, that l blushed up to the
root Of my bang and rushed into the
house. 1t wasn't ten minutes till |
saw Mr.. JOnes-I was looking through
the blinds-till | saw Mrs. Jones glide
into Mrs. Browns, and she stayed
there for an hour. 1t is sure to be all
over town that we're net married"
The brute Of a husband laughed
and then the storm beat upon that
house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09
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TRSTIM6NIALS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Judge Buchanan, Lawyer, Toledo, o., says:
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Squire N. Q. Scott. Sylvania, o., writes:
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We had and / received more benefit from il
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09
DIsREPUTABLE JOURNALISM.
An Attempt 60 Interview q Bish-
Op at the Confessional.
pittsburr Gazette.l

Pittsburg Gazette.l
When we read in the Sunday Lead
err of April 8 the story of a reporter
having sought an interview with
Bishop Tuigg by gaining access to the
confessional box in the cathedral, at
which the bishop was officiating, we
could scarcely believe that it was
other than a first of April joke.
1t turns out, however, to have
been literally true. The reporter,
having learned by calling at the
bishops house that he was hearing
confessions, and would not be at lib
erty for some hours, went to the
cathedral, found the box where the
bishop was engaged, and in order to
expedite matters approached a woman
who was on her knees at the entrance
engaged in prayer while waiting her
turn, and actually induced her to let
him have precedence. When a lady
already in the confessional retired the
reporter entered and began the inter
view. 1t was of short duration, Of
course, as the bishop, on learning who
and what he was, closed the wicket
against him. There can be but ono
opinion concerning an act of this char
acter. 1t is an outrage upon the
sanctity Of religious worship, a gross
violation OF the rules Of propriety and
a wonton degradation Of the journal
istic profession. When priests at the
confessional are not free from news
paper pests, the minister at the sacred
desk or the layman at the communion
table may be expected to be called
aside to answer impertinen questions
put by Doors who mistake cheek for
enterprise and indecency for journal
ism. There should be some code by
professional ethics by which such
persons could be relegated to their
proper sphere.
Pittsburg Chronisle.l
We cannot at this moment recall an
instance where an interviewer illus
trated his inability to appreciate the
responsibility assumed by reporters in
quest of items more than that record
ed in the Sunday Leader. We do not
think the spirit of enterprise, however
misdirected, would lead anybody en-
ployed to gather news for a daily
paper to intrude upon a priest or a
bishop in the confessional box. If
any person connected with the press
in any responsible position were
guilty Of the action described
in detail in the Leader, we
would conclude it a matter he would
be ashamed to relate, much less spread
before the public. As the facts stated
by this interviewer are corroborated,
we can only say that the incident
illustrates in a remarkable manner the
hardness Of cheek of a class of inter-
viewers who are neither self-respect-
ing, nor capable of approaching the
sentiments Of people whose sense of
propriety is outraged by the degree Of
impertinence displayed by interview
ers to whom nothing is sacred, and
whose irreverence and utter disregard
Of the feelings, privileges and rights Of
others have often brought the inter
viewing business into deserved con
tempt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09
Morning Telegrams in Brief:

Morning TeIegrams IN Brief.
Slight shocks still felt at Chic.
The number of failures paot week
were 123.
Big blackmailing scheme unearthed
at New York.
The trial of the czar's assassins be-
gan yesterday.
Two children burned to death at
Stanton, Va.
The st. Louis striking carpenters
were successful.
Chicago street car drivers have made
a successful strike.
Simeon Ortega elected president Of
the-Mexican congress.
F. M. Welbom's safe, at Princeton ,
Ind, burglarized Of $4,000.
Ten thousand French troops disem-
barked at Bombay, Africa.
A planning mill and number of
horses burned at Newark, N. j.
All Luck was in bad luck yesterday.
he was hanged at San Francisco.
Three horse thieves hanged in
johnson county, Texas by vigilantes.
A. base ball man sustained probable
fatal fall from a street car at Boston.
Joe Williams, wife murderer, was
hanged at Waverly, Tenn, yesterday.
The heaviest snowfall of the season
occurred at Des Moines, Iowa, yester-
day.
House with all occupants swept
into the Missouri river near Kansas
City.
Emma Hall shot dead by negroes
on her own door step at McKavitt,
Texas.
Count Hamilton, Of Sweden, was
arrested for f~orgeries amounting &c
100000.
Russian revolutionists have issued
a manifesto demanding suffrage and
freedom of speech.
Leblanc, chief Of the remnant of
Victoria's band, has been captured,
with four Of his followers, in Mexico.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09
A sensIbIe Dinner Girer.

When a man wants to give a big
dinner in celebration of some particu-
lar event he usually selects his guests
from the class that dimes so much and
exercises so little that it is too fastid-
ious to heartily enjoy such parts of a
repast as are not served in bottles.
Recently, however, a st. Louis con-
tractor signalized the completion Of
his work upon a very large building by
giving a dinner to all the men whom
he had employed. No matter how well
spread the home tables of these hon
est fellows may have been it may be
safely assumed that every man brought
a good appetite to the contractor din
ner, for ten hours work a day insures
good digestion and a keen palate. Nor
can there be any doubt that there was
a great deal OF good feeling around the
board. The chances are about a hun
dred to one that if ever that con.
tractors men think themselves under
paid, they will not strike without no
tlce, nor stand sulkily about and wish
they dared to; they will select a clear
headed man or two to talk the matter
over with their employer, and not fear
that they will have to inhict any
wrongs in order to get their rights.
Capital and labor ought to become
better acquainted, and the best place
to do it is around a we'll eovarad din
nor table.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic aIlays Irritation
Rescued from Death.

William J. Coughlin, Of Somerville,
Mass, says: SIN the fall of 1876 l was
taken with a violent bleeding of the
lungs, followed by a severe cough. /
was so weak at one time that l could
not leave my bed. In the summer Of
1877 ! was admitted to the city hospi-
tai. While there the doctors said
had a hole in my left lung as big as a
half dollar. / was so far gone at one
time a report went around that / was
dead. | gave up hope, but a friend
told me Of DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam fol-
the Lungs. [ got a bottle, when to my
surprise and qualification Icommenoed
SO feel better, and to-day 1 feel in bet
ter spirits than l have in the past
three years.
Il write this hoping every one
afflicted with diseased lungs will be
induced to take DR.. Halls Balsam for
the lungs, and be convinced that con
sumption can be cured" Sold by
druggists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09
Reeds GiltEdgo Tonic prevents malaria
Frances ..LittHe War,
By cable to the Herald.l

~ NubAS " IA AAIldhNsl
PARIS, April 5, 1881.
Advices from Tunis represent that
excitement prevails among the popula
ton, caused by an anti French propa-
ganda of long standing. 1t is stated
that the Tunisian functionaries on the
Algerine frontier are proclaiming that
France illegally holds portions Of the
territory of Tunis. Intelligence has
been received from Soukharras, Alge
ria, that French troops have marched
for the purpose of protecting the from
tier, but they are not yet sufficiently
strong to chastise the Khoumis in
their Businesses. Hostilitics are not
expected to commence before Sunday.
The troops at the front have been
ordered to await reinforcements and
not fight unless attacked. The Gaulois
says the expedition to Tunis means
conquest and annexation.
sHEIR Ell MocHsEN.
Among the first victims Of the I'M
p%leasantness with France is the lead
ing saint of Tunis, a holy man directly
descended from the great prophet of
Islam. His nameis Sheik Ell Mochsen.
The Daily Telegraph says that he
never wore any other garment but a
wooden shirt, and made a practice Of
sleeping on the roof Of his house, with
the sky for his canopy and the moon
for his night light. He was a grave
and abstemious man, and yet his favor.
lite pastime was the damaging Of his
neighbor's house property. Everynow
and again he would sally forth from
his own dwelling, armed with a crow
bar, and proceed in the most solemnly
energetic manner to prise a large hole
in the wall of some mansion which
happened to have taken his fancy. As
soon as he had completed his self.set
task the inhabitants Of the perforated
abode had quilted it, and it became
his property, the original owner being
literally unidentified by the Bey for
all loss incurred. Whenever El
Mochsen called upon the Bey His
Highness greeted him with a kiss up
on the cheek, an honor seldom accord
ed by the great man to his own near
relatives. Everybody in Tunis was
afraid of the holy man which, consid-
ering the character ofhis a~musements,
is scarcely to be wondered at, and his
death produced an extraordinary sen.
sation throughout the city. he had
scarcely breathed his last when his
wooden shirt was carried to the Bey,
who, with admirable self denial, de-
clined to keep the whole Of SO invalu-
able a relic, but had it cut into peices,
one Of which he kept, distributing the
remainder among his great officers Of
state. III Mochsen died on the eve
Of his august ancestors birthday, and
the belief is current in Tunis that he
quilted the world prematurely in or
der 10 avoid seeing his native country
fall into the hands Of France.
Reeds Gu Edge Tonic cures dyspepsia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09

Louis ]. jenkins telegraphs to the
World that Mrs. Oliphant, an old
friend Of both the Carlyles, has an ar
ticle in the current number of Mac
millan's on the "reminiscences"
which attract so much attention. She
maintains that Carlyle never intended
their publication, as proved by Mr..
troude's admission; that Carlyle for
got all about the sketch of Edward
Irving. Mrs. 0liphanti nsinuates that
he neglected his wife and had some
occasion for remorse on her death.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09
Jay Gould ON Oranges and ALI
gators.

For 900 miles south from Jackson.
vile, along The St. Johns river, anC
still further north and east, the coun.
try is dotted over with orange grove;
of from twenty to twenty-five acres il
extent. 1t takes about FIVE years iol
an orange grove to mature so as tC
produce fruit for the market, but
nevertheless new groves are constantly
planted, and are looked to as a sure
source of revenue. When an orange
grove begins to bear fruit it apparently
never wears cut. l heard of one tree
which bears annually from six to eight
thousand oranges, but that is above
the average"
What is the cost Of an orange
grove ?"
"As l said" replied Mr.. Gould.
they vary in extent from twenty to
twenty-five acres, and are worth from
$4,000 to 100000. But they yield
a handsome percentage. For instance,
Mr.. Hart, who lives just above me
here, owns a grove of about twenty
five acres, and he informs me that it
yields him a net income of from $l5,.
900 to $4,000 a year"
rs this interest growing?"
Decidedly so, and l think that
within the next few years Florida
ought to be able to supply the entire
demand of the United States for or.
anges. | believe that the sweet orange
is not a native of Florida, but has to
be grated upon the tree which bears
the our orange. On one tree you
sometimes see oranges, lemons and
lines growing together. OF course the
several fruits have been grated but
it is interesting and peculiar to a
northerner to see these fruits growing
in a happy family on one tree. 1t
suggests a horticultural paradise"
is orange growing the chief indus
try Of Florida ?"
by no means. Not to speak of
cotton and live oak and the like, you
must not forget the alligator" said
Mr.. Gould, smiling, and evidently
thinking Of his alleged alligator
farm"
But is the alligator a sufficiently
valuable animal to make his cultiva-
ton remunerative?'
mo; his hide is the valuable por-
ton of him, and even that is worth
comparatively little, though | believe
they make it into boots in England?'i
But does Florida cultivate these
reptiles2D
THAT is not necessary. The alliga.
tor cultiyat,s himself and produces
quickly and numercusly. The whole
swamp and river country is filled with
them"
And are they dangerous?"
well" said Mr.. Gould, ut is a.
well not to get in the way of theii
tails. l think they strike their vic.
Tins chiefly with their tails. Never.
theless, the eleyen-inch jaws Of some
Of them are not attractive. Ny sor
killed one that resembled a whale OF
four legs. Our party killed over thirty
of them. Whether l killed any o.
not myself is difficult question fol
me to answer. ! saw some live one
just before l fred and some dead one.
just afterward; but as several rife.
went off at the same time l canno
assume that it was my gun that kille,
an alligator. Bnt alligator shooting
was not what interested me in tn
south; the blossoms, our wedding bios
SONS of the north, you know, were Oh
the trees, and yet the ripe golden irui
was there too"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-09
NOn-N Motlea.

No. S7l2-Tn' the Chancory Court Of Shelby
county, Tennessee-J G Grihing ct alvs. S L
NJ Barlow OF al.
IT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
4 the defendants, S M BSrlow and James
Hepenstall, are non-residents Of the State
of Tennessee, and it appearing from the re-
turn Of the Sheriff that J A Anderson Is not to
DO found in this county; it is therefore ordered
that they make their appearance herein, atthe
courthouse Of Shelby county, in Memphis,
Tenn, on or before the first Monday in Nay,
1881, and plead, answer or domur TO COM
p~lainant bill, or the sam will be taken for
confessed as to them and set for hearing
ex-parte, and that a copy Of this order be
published once a week for four sul oessiva
weeks in the PUBLIC LEDGER.
This 18th day Of March, 1se1.
X. J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
A copy-Attest:
By q. B. McHEvRY, D. @. d. N.
TW Brown, solicitor for complainant.
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