Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-27

TIE FENIAN BAIL LAST NreHr.-0ur
Irish friends had grand reunion last
night at the Masonic Hall. A gayer
assembly never tripped the light fantastic
to the strains of music. The dance was
none of your slow, systematic kind, but
was the very poetry of motion, and was but
| the ontgushing, the visible language of
joyous hearts. Brave men mingled in that
throng, who heard deep down in their own
hearts the sad wall of oppressed Ireland,
| and many Morals eyes grew dim when in
the pauses of the dance some gallant lover
would repeat in a subduedstrain fragments
of songs which Ireland's great bard had
breathed over his eountry's woes. 1t was a
joyous occasion, and will long be remenl-
bered BY the happy participants.
LOVE-nAKING EXTRAORDINARY.
Liquor Seller BECOMES EnamOred
of "a COmeIy COW-Strange HaIIuei-
nation Of an Insane Man.
One of the most remarkable instances Of
human folly and insanity on record, and
one which affords a grave subject for re-
hecting minds, was brought to our notice a
short time since as having occurred in this
city. A prominent city official, as well as
gentleman of character and standing in
the community, is the owner of one of the
finest specimens of bovine beauty to be
found anywhere, and this splendid animal
may be said to be the pride of the neigh
borhood in which it hourly Eliminates.
A we'll known liquor seller, one of those
odd, unaccountable beings frequently met
with in the course of life time, CHANGED
to pass that way on a Sunday stroll, and
observing the splendid creature, stopped to
look at her. The more he looked, the
more he admired, and after he had gone,
he kept on thinking of her and marvelling
at her matchless beauty, foolishly wonder
ing if it were not some fairy form trans
posed by enchantment to horns, hide and
beef sF8
So strongly did these singular ideas
weigh upon him, that all efforts to shake
them off proved fruitless, and he would
often steal away from his business to while
away an hour in sight of the object of his
peculiar admiration, until his frequent
visits attracted the attention of colored
man who took care of her, and who, at
loss to understand the motives of the
strange visitor, for a long time deemed him
a prowling thief, though no attempt had
ever been made to steal the animal.
The sable Waterman finally giving up
the problem, reported the facts to the
owner of the COW, who at once armed him
Golf nd Tor An
opportunity soon offered itself One stars
light night as he stood in the porch of his
house, revolver in hand, he saw the man
described by the negro, seated beneath
tree, and observing another gentleman
whom he knew coming up, hailed him,
calling upon him to see that the man be
meath the tree should not be permitted to
leave.
The man thus called unarmed and not
fully comprehending the situation, was at
a loss how to act, but a happy thought
struck him. Pulling out a large pipe,
which in the darkness resembled revol-
yer, he leveled it menacingly at the seden
tary individual, ordering him not to move
if he valued his life, and in a few minutes
the owner Of the animal arrived upon the
spot. The man under the tree instantly
arose and came forward, begging and plead
ing that nothing should be said or done in
punishment of his folly, and to the aston
ishment of his hearers, proved to be we'll
known to both of them. He was permitted
to depart in peace, and the matter was re-
ported to the police next day, but no action
was ever taken in the case, the poor fellow
being deemed insane. His visits to the
neighborhood of his strange adventures
were suddenly discontinued.