Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-24

Attend the races2
What will the plumber do now2
Should politics effect the judiciary
Have the sleighers been badly let
this winter
Why was st. Patrick's day so un-
usually quiet2
Who will temper the zephyrs to the
shorn coal dealer2
Are not Easter and spring bonnets
synonymous terms2
Did Virgins have anything to do
with Wednesdays snow?
Have you peeped lover the garden
wall" since the last cold snapP
Has Judge Hadden ever thought of
taking out patent on his courtP
Arise, ye freemenl Shall we be
obliged to put garbage in boxes2
Why doth the small boy, with the
painted wooden egg, wear so gladstone
a smilep
What will be the future" Of the
cotton trade or the cotton trade of the
"futureP"
What city has finer organized band
of musicians and a worse disorganized
one than MemphisP
What effect will the proposed law
regarding pool selling have upon horse
racing in the State?
Does betting on the judgeship and
coal oil inspectorship come under the
future" $1,000 license bill2
Who will not gladly exchange vegc.
tables of the can for those of the gar
den, fresh sprinkled with dew?
What does it matter to a man reA
duced to his last cent that spring
bonnets have been reduced ten per
cent?
What comes nearer to a tour OF the
world, to an imaginative man, than a
visit to Prof. Cromwell's art exhibit
lions?
Is this about the time for spring
lamb, spring poetry and other prOduc-
tons of a like tough and questionable
nature.
Now that winter is growing fresh
again and pneumonia is growing old,
isn'tit about time to look up last sum-
mer's suit?
Does it not seem that who will be
appointed to the various vacant Offices
is one Of those things which no fellow
can find out?
Does it justify that the word bar"
used so often during the past week,
signifies something else besides the
legal fraternity
How can live, progressive hamlet
like Memphis manage to exist without
dudes" the latest Eastern invention
in the dandy line?
Has a woman of forty-fve any rea-
son to be angry with a reporter who,
impressed with the belief that she is
young, puts her down as risky?
Why should snow ball, a thing so
cold within itself, heat the blood so
hot when applied to the side of the
head, or inside of the shirt collarP
With all the bills handed the
Shelby delegation, why has not some
poor but proud husband asked an
appropriation for an Easter bennett
Who grumbles because he is obliged
to tramp around barricade in the
mud on Main street when he knows it
means new house or an improved
one?
Is there any hope for the huckster,
who swears his garden sass" come
from his own patch, when he knows it
come from somewhere near the torrid
zone2
Why can't the Governor and the
bar a.Greer pom a Judge or do the
lawyer S need to wait until every ap-
plicant's Harr is silvered with susN
pense2
And now doth the young mans
fancy lighter turn to thoughts Of love,
or does he yearn for the bottom ia
drop out Of the coming cream and
soda trader"
judging from the style Of the new
tangled turnouts, does it not seem thai
the influence Of a racing association il
Memphis in vehicle architecture hal
"giggy" tendency
II all the Southern governors arc
going to run for reelection and the
State treasurers for Mexico, what
does the small boy run for when h,
steals a ride and sees the front dool
open2
| Now that every ripple has passed
from the surface of the pavement
puddle, would it not be well enough
to agitate the street lighting question
not from the point of view of tn,
man who loves gas SO much that h,
hugs the postsf
Why was the name of one of thu
most prominent of the Shelby delega
ton, a name usually down first, signet
last to certain important documen
concerning Memphis, recently pre-
scented to Gov. Bate, and, by the sam
rule, why was it signed at alp
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