Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-15

Gan a balloonist be called a s~oar-head?
is SHAY" a good vehicle for winter
Wll Oscar marry Miss Ward Howe, as
Have we any just reason to complain of
the weather.
has the political bass drummer broken
his drum.stick? "Oo"
Would DeSoto recognize this. his old
camping ground2
Which Of all our railroads will be Of
the most benefit?
How many pretty bonnets make a
church congregations
Can a new gambler on the race course
be called a green-backer?
Wouldn't bottled estheticism he q GOOD
substitute for gunpowder?
Has the strawberry finally disappeared
in a hay stack like the needle?
Does it not seem as if an era of proprie-
ty were dawning for Memphis?
Which is the most fearful. a thunder
bolt, or a soap-tail Democratic bolt?
Did you use coffee or cloves after the
excursion to Hatchie, last Thursday?
Is Memphis lacking in pietv. that II
takes half century to build a church?
Why does a female finger her bsngs
when preparing to answer a telephone?
Did you know there were 100 different
shades OF stone in the q%uarries of Ten
nessee?
Have you the requisite strength to take
you through the present political cam
paign2
Which enjoys his SUNDAYS most. the
Memphis dray mule or the Memphis me-
chanicP
How will Memphis ladies wear their
theology tomorrow, flounced around or
cut bias2
Which are you most interested in. the
war in Egypt or the political war in
Did not the audience at the Estival
gate last night prove impatient in pres
ence of "P~atience2"
With so many broad gauge railroads
and politicians, is not Memphis likely to
become a great city?
Isn't the increased g%orgeousness of dairy
wagons due to a corresponding increase in
the supply oil watert
AS summer amusements are dull. whv
not have a bull fight and a bear batting at
the Cotton Exchanged
While we have bulls and bears at the
Cotton Exchange, what do we have at
the Telephone Exchange?
Don't you think it your duty as a good
citizen to attend the meeting at the Cot
ton Exchange this EVENING"
Doesn't it seem as if the Nash Library
scheme was as dead as the last nail in the
Chesapeake & Ohio rRilroad2
What is the use of botherine with
worms and wet feet when fish are plenti-
full at the Beal street market?
How would Memphis like for the Post
master to establish a system bv which
kisses could be Forwarded by postofice
order?
When the proposed ice factory is fin
ished, would it not be best for the stock
holders to get up a hot summer at the
same timer
Why not have election tickets printed
on that new paper which is said 10 be-
pressed SO hard that nothing but a dia-
mond can scratch it?
Did you know the bluffs in front of the
city had been undermined by sand-dig-
gers, in some places, for a distance of a
hundred feet or more?
When witnessing the juvenile "Pa-
thence" at Estival, did it not occur to you
that we have a large amount of vocal and
dramatic talent among us2
Is there any foundation for the report
that the Board of Health intends to pro-
hibit tho importation into the city of Por-
ter Rife b~raggadocio, or other junk2
What could be more suggestive than
the spectacle Of leading hotel man and a
prominent railroad official taking a drink
at a Monroe street saloon yesterday
Which is more productive of sulphur
GUS vocalism than n damp match, a dark
night, everybody else asleep in the house,
and all the chairs in the room dancing
the racquet
Are you calm enough in the summer
season to hand a mad dog your hat with
q polite bow and thus save yourself by
pOliteness and by skipping over the near
est picket fence, while the dog stops to
investigate VOur chanean2