Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-28
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Where is the man with white pants?
Will last springs suit stand clean
ing?
Is the wood pavement dogma entire
ly dead2
Who says real estate in Memphis is
not looking upP
Doesn't it seem to be fun for the
Funding Board?
What city has more pretty front
yards than Memphis?
Isn't it about time to shoot the
white hat pun business?
Instead Of an industrial exposition,
is it not to be musical one?
Who is anxious to exchange the
theatrical for the picnic seasonI
Are there:not several editions of Joe
Mulhatton, D. L., in this city?
How long will it take to macadam.
ize the county roads with ten cent
tax?
Did old Bijah ever see the day when
his Detroit Court was as rich as Judge
Haddens?
Is there any warning powerful
enough to keep the small boy away
from Wolf river?
If a new broom sweeps clean, why
not buy few to use on Main and
other paved streets?
What subject is more important to
the Memphis public just now than that
OF the Nash Library?"
Has the strawberry market been
crushed to make another color for
Dame Fashions robes2
What community ought to be better
versed in criminal law than this, after
week of such literature2
Is there a bond of sympathy be-
tween the "r" and the oyster that they
both 20 out at the same time?
Is there any greater fraud than the
fashionable idiocy of making annual
trips to crowded watering plaCes2
If the Y. NJ. G. A. mean to put
down Sunday fishing won't they have
a hard knot in their line to unite?
Spring has CO., but what has
that to do with Mrs. Langtry's gabble
about her face not being her fortune2
| Is this about the time when the
babies are put in short clothes and
their daddies in those Of last season?
Is it not likely to be benefit for
more than 1.-TWO Orphans" at Leu
brie's Theater next Tuesday evening?
Is it not fact beyond dispute that
literary slop composes the mental food
of nine tenths of this as well as other
cOmmunities2
What would be nicer now that an en-
joyable theatrical season is about to
close than to give Manager Gray a
rousing benefit
What sport is now left the blooded
youth since his noble game, the royal
tiger, has been driven from his Jungle
by the Legislature?
Who is so obstinate as to stand out
against the doctrine of the descent of
man from the monkey since the ap-
pearanee of the dude?
AS there are only S31 ,574 LETT for
paving this year, is it not likely pri-
vate subscriptions must be liberal, if
much paving is done?
Will the operation of the two cent
postal law, which soon goes into effect,
make any difference in the business of
the Memphis postoffice?
What is more like bees about hive
than the swarm of youngsters about
a yard in which blooms the only Gala.
canthus bush of the neighborhood2
Is not the dreadful accident of last
Sunday morning, by which brave
fireman lost his life, another proof of
the criminal instability of average
architectural
What did the Persian poet Hafz
i mean ;%ghl,An he said, "The dude tolls
not, neither does he spin; yet verify l
sag 4nto you the clothing store dummy
in all hls,glogy Is nog aFrSyed like one
of these? >
II the public was consulted would it
not be in favor of having the race track
as near the city as possible, the dis
senting votes being cast by those who
think the drive to and from the
grounds is half the pleasure2
Is it true that Judge Hadden in
tends to buy the Will Kyle whistle to
place on top Of the new stationhouse
to announce to the civilized, half,
civilized and savage world that "Oh,
yes oh, yes, this honorable court is
now open pursuant to adjournment"
II many lovely dancer,
Freadina tbs mayo "a gay,
Were left without The hddleT
While the music ceased 10 play,
Would she with her handsome partner
Clasping her to his breast,
Seem quite as modest as ever?
-Fapa, pull down your veitl
PED Fiag,
The restaurant and refreshment
place Of r. Meister, % Jefferson
street, was opened some tiWe ago, and
proved 10 be an exceedingly popular
resort is to be sold out by the Sheriff
next Wednesday. The liabilities are
said to approximate $1,000 and the
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