The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-26
RACETIAE,

II is said that printed declarations,
with blank forms, are TO be used by
young ladies who have lovers too mod
est TO propose- The ladies themselves
fill out the blanks-and, of course, no
sensible man can refuse signing them.
Two acquaintance meeting on a wet
day, The one greeted the other with.
Beautiful rain this, sir; fetching things
out of the ground Second friend,
Observation-Disclosures BOT, sir-hope
not Got two wives there, sir"
In party of ladies, on its being re-
ported that Captain Silk had arrived
in town, they exclaimed, with one ex-
cSpiion. "Nhat a name for soldierl"
"ihe fttest name in the world for
captain" rejOined the witty one, "for
silk can never be worsted
beautiful woman, with artifcially-
heightened color, once said to General
Shields-who by-the-bye, is an Irish
man-"How is it that having obtained
so much glory, you still seek for more?'
"Ah, niadam," he replied, with more
force than pOliteness, .-"how is il that
you, who have so much beauty, should
still put on paintT
Mrs Darlington, on reading an ae>
count of a schooner having her iibboom
carried away on Long Island Sound,
one night last week, wondered why
people would Leave such things out o
doors, nights, to be stolen, when there
was 70 many buglers about fltering
everything they could lay their hands
-"
An editor remembers hearing of an
old lady down east who, after having
kept hired man ON liver near a month,
one day sad to him, Mr.. Smith, L don {
know as you like liver"
"~h, yes." said be, Il like it for fifty
or sixty meals, but / don't think
should like it Tor a steady diet " The
pArsimonious Old lady served up some
Thing else for tue next ISOLATION
Imprisonment for life--Getting mar
ried
Why is a mans cost larger when he
pulls i, out of a carpetbag2 Because
he finds it in creases.
What playth,ng. may be deemed
above every olherf A Top.
Why is palmtree like chronology
Because it furnishes dates
John did you ever bet on a horse
racer
NO; but I've seen my sister Bet on
an old msrei'
Wanted "A iifeboat that will float on
sea Of troubles
Coquettes are the Zouaves in the f.
male army Of Invasion. fff IT
The kiss with which girl seeks to
catch her beau is 8 fishing smack
The old gentleman who made salve
20 take the twist out Jf little pigs tails
Is now busy getting'up series OF locka
for the atimentary canal
Why should physicians have greater
horror of the sea than anybody else
Because they are more liable to see
sickness.
Well Jem, what is a commentator
"Why, I suppose IL must be the COM
monest of al taters," was the reply.
A live turkey would seern-to be-com-
psrstively less noisy than dead one
for one makes only din, the other
dinner
People should never kiss those Of
their own sex; we never kissed boy
in our lives-except occasionally a
pretty tomboy.
Its said that some mothers are grown
so ahectiOnate, that they give their
children chloroform previous TO whip
Ping them.
You look said an freshman to a
pale, haggard smoker, "as if YOU had
got Out Of your grave 10 light your
cigar aud couldn't lind your way back
again Il-
An old Grecisn philopber advised all
men to know themselves That is ad
vising good many to form very low
and disreputsble responsiveness
Harry, did you ask Hicks for that
Yes"
What did he saw rg
Nothing BE just kicked me into
'SAN' mat al ne sara.
presume you won't charge any.
thing for just Re membering me" said q
one legged sailor tS.a Toodenleg manu-.
facturer.
Tears 1t wedding are only the com
mencement Of the pickle that the Young
folks are getting into
Il , said that the wheel Of fortune
reyolvss for al; but many Of IA are
broken on the wheel
Sott soap, in some shapes, pIesses
all and generally speaking, the more
lFe you put into il the better.
What Is that which makes eli women
equally PreEtyl Putting Che candles
Out