Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-29

Who will be laid in the Shea de?
Whittier hasthe street minstrel HE'D
away?
How many stray COWS make a
pound?
Why put rotten blocks in wooden
paVementsp
How many newspaper articles make
a river park2
Is Evans Green enough to suppose
he can be elected?
Will Fred Hunt down enough votes
to secure his electionP
Is there q prospect Of the INTELLIGENT
voter Cullen the ticket?
Why gas so much about an electric
light that doesn't electricate2
Did the prospects of the Bluff City
ever look brighter than now?
Don't State and county politics re-
mind you Of high, low, jack and the
game2"
Has the coming Of Hawkins next
Monday any local political signif-
canoe?
Which are you betting on, the GUS
tomhouse or the Beal street pave.
ment2
Who's to be County Court Clerk.
brother; who's to be County Court
Clerk2
Won't we be a nation of pedestrians
when the four mile law is generally
enforced?
DoeSn't elOquence naturally ooze out
Of the genial sand lotter like honey
from a tar barrel?
Who had any idea there were SO
many mute, inglOrious' Olays and
Websters among US?
How many Captain Webbs would it
take to cure the prowling darky Of his
love for chicken pie?
If all the driveling idiots we're dead
what would rival cities do for absurd
rumors of yellow fever?
What do the b~ivalvular Republi-
cans mean BY signing, Nov is the
Winter Of our discontent?"
Has the abundance Of the supply Of
fine fruit anything to do with the
healthfulness of the summer?
What consolation would the civil
rights bill be to the darky if there was
a failure in the watermelon crop?
When ladies talk about seeing SO
much hustle on the streets at present,
do they refer to business activity?
Have you yet persuaded Yourself
that you are sufi ciently imbecile to fill
Oscar Wilde's idea Of an aesthetic?
Have you already decided that it
will be entirely too warm to 20 to
church tomorrow, or have you a new
suit?
Why don't some benevolent individ-
ual invent a patent perpetual hand
shaker for the use Of the weary candi-
dates?
Was Monroe a gambler, that the
street by that name should be chosen
as a resort BY the knights Of the green
cloth2
Taking into consideration the num-
Der Of marriage guilds, is it not some
thing remarkable that there are so few
marriages.
AS long as the Mississippi river is
in no danger of being captured by
Arabs, why should we worry about an
Egyptian canal?
If a Republican Ramsey's head
against the solid wall Of the united
Democracy, how can be expect to see
anything but starsI
Why does tile other candidate Let
Addy j. harass him so that he doesn't
come out Of cover and declare himself
fat footed for mis- ticket?
Where does the military man shine
most In the eyes Of the Memphis fair.
on the prize battlefield or behind the
counter OF a dry goods store?
Does it make any difference in
Memphis that the proverb: He who
leaves early, gets the best hat was
used in China five hundred years ago?
Why don't some Memphis 6arnum
capture the human monkeys that in
wade society and start a museum for
the ed~i6catiOn Of the untutored
masses2
In passing down Main street do you
ever notice how many more girls there
are who wear " chips" on their heads
than boys who wear chips on their
shoulders?
How would we manage 10 worry
through with tho summer if It were
not for the size OF the soda font and
the hquid-yes very liquid-voice Of
the ward hummer.
Won't somebody please pitch a bar
rel or two Of sulphur into some old da.
serted we'll and save the summer ~
sorter an expensive and proitless
trip TO some other doctored water;nS
place where lodging is as loitv AZ
church ateeple and board as hieh a.
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