Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-04

- |
II.
The Girl is Scratching her Back
against the Door. She has been eat
ing Buckwheat Cakes. Her Beau
thinks she is Delicate, but he has
Never seen her tackle a Plate of Hot
Cakes on a Frosty Morning. Cakes
had better Roost High when she is
Around. If we Were the Girl we
would wear Sand Paper lining in the
Dress, and not be Making a Hair
Brush out Of the Poor Door.
III.
Here we Have a Baby. 1t is com
posed Of a Bald Head and a Pair Of
Lungs. One Of the Lungs takes a
Rest while the Other Runs the Shop.
One of them is always On Deck all oil
the Time. The Baby is a Bigger Man
than his Mother. He likes to Walk
around with his Father at Night,
The Father does Most of the Walk
ing and all Of the Swearing. Little
Girls, you will Never know what 1t is
to Be a Father.
".
The Peach is Hard and Green. He
is Waiting for a Child to Come Along
and Eat Him. When he Gets into the
Child's little Stomach he will Make
things Hot for that Child. The Child
Who eats the Peach will be an Angel
before he Gets a Chance to Eat an
other. If there were No green Peaches,
there would not be so many ChildreH's
Sizes of Gold Harps in Heaven.
".
Behold the Printer. He is Hunt
ing for a Pickup of Half Line. He
has Been hunting for Two Hours. He
could have Set the half Line in TWEEN
ty Seconds, but it is a Matter of Prin-
ciple with Him never to Set what he
Can pick up. The Printer has Hard
time. He has to Set type all night
aud Play pedro for the Beer all Day.
We would Like to Be a Printer were
it not for the Night Work.
VI.
This is the nan who has had a
Notice in the Paper. How Proud he
is. He is stepping Higher than a
Blind Horse. If he had Wings he
would Fly. Next week the Paper
will say the Mar is a Measly Old
Fraud, and the Man will not Step SO
High.
This sorry Spectacle is a Plumber.
He is Ragged and Cold and Hungry.
He is Very, very Poor. When you
See him Next Spring be Will be Very,
very Rich and will wear Diamonds
and Broadeloth. His wife Takes in
Washing Row, but She will be able to
Move in the First Circles by the Time
the Weather turns Warmer and the
Pansies Bloom again.
VIII.
Here is a Castle. 1t is the Home Of
an Editor. 1t has Stained Glass win
dows and Mahogany stairways. In
front Of the Castle is a Park. Is it
not sweet? The lady in the Park is
the editors wife. She wears a Costly
robe of Velvet trimmed With Gold
Lace, and there are Pearls and Rubies
in her Hair. The editor sits on a
front Stoop smoking an Havana Cigar.
His little Children are Playing with
diamond Marbles on the Tesselated
Floor. The editor can afford to Live
in Style. He gets Seventy-Five Dol
lars a month Wages.
TX.
Here we Have APIECE of Chewing
Gum. 1t is White and Sweet. Chew
it awhile and Stick it on the Under
Side of the Mautel Piece. The Hired
Girl will find it There and Chew it
awhile Herself, and then Put it Back.
In this way one Piece Of Gum will
Answer for a Whole Family. When
the Gum is not Good Put it in the
Rocking Chair for the Minister or
your Sisters Beau to sit Upon.
X.
This is a Cork Roach. He is Big,
Black and Ugly. Heis Crawling over
the Pillow. Do not say q Word, but
lie Still and Keep your Mouth open.
He will Crawl into Your Mouth, aud
You can Bite him in Two. This will
Teach him to be more Discreet in
Future.
Exhaustive diseases that lead to
insanity, consumption, aud a prema-
ture grave, are quickly cured by using
Browns Iron Bitters. 1t strengthens
every part of the body.
s. Mansfield & Co.. W. N. Wilker
son & Co., and. g. W. Jones & Co.,