Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19

And swallows sweep from heaven above,
To kiss this world of ours.
The fOaming pillows kiss the beach
In wild ungentle fashion;
The weeping willow searthward reach,
To enjoy the darling passion.
The ivy kisses from its birth,
All other cares dismissing;
And all things lOveliest on earth
Seem most engaged in kissing
The first day of Adams life must have
been long one, as it has no Eve.
What did Lot do when his wife turned to
salt? Got fresh one.
Yesterday was delightful day-a real
spring day.
Benjamin D. Smith, of Williamson
county, was commissioned Justice of the
Peace yesterday.
"Few die, and none resign" is "the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth" about the nations officeholders.
A poet calls SchurZ the ''sword of truth"
the ''poinard to cant, the 'rapier to fraud"
and ''foil to the sword of power" Quite
pointed compliments.
| There was a young man out in Hannibal
Who thought it would be nice to play cannibal,
SO he caught and OerpOwered,
Killed, cooked and devOured
His dear little cousin, Miss Fanny Bell.
The Chinese picture of ambition is man.
DARN trying to catch comet, by putting
salt upon its tail.
The wife of President John Adams was
born in 1744, and she says of her youth:
Female education in the best families went
no further than writing and arithmetic, and
in some few and rare instances music and
dancing" When the Boston schools were
recognized in 100, girls were admitted
during the summer months only, when
there were not boys enough to fill them
The Bible says ''the heart is desperately
wicked" and Beecher says ''there is sin
enough in the liver to call it the DEVILS
den." This is a difference of opinion at
once compromising the psychological and
physiological man, and why shouldn't both
be right, since some men are called 'smean,
white-livered wTetches?"
81 saw Esau kissing Kate
The fact is We alIthree saw,
/ saw Esau, he saw me.
And she saw saw Esau."
We can remember perfectly well the la
mentation of a certain citizen, still living,
as be grumbling said: "These railroads are
all very fine, but if they succeed what is to
become of us who own large number of
horses ?' This was only about thirty
years since, but experiment soon showed
that "these railroads." by their successful
development increased the market value of
horses four fold, as they have done of nearly
everything else. Circumscribed ideas do
not apply to progressive enterprise the
field is unlimited and the favorable result
is inevitable.
A Lafayette, Ind, lover seated himself
| on barrel turned on It's side, while seran-
| aiding his hearts mistress. In his ecstacy
| he rolled the barrel over, slammed his ggi-
Tar against a shutter in his efforts to regain
his balance, and disappeared in the cistern.
| The bubbling cry of the strong swimmer
! in his agony brought out the entire family,
| including the bull dog, in various and pic
turesque costumes, ranging all the way from
an elaborate robe de mutt and curl papers
worn by the innocent cause of it all, to
simple yet serviceable collar, ornamented
with spikes, worn by the bull dog. p. S.
| He was fisheG out.
A certain young man. who resides not
| thousand miles away, was united in the
holy bonds of wedlock about month since
to lady whom he said at the time was
Ejust the mate for him." but in less than
two weeks time trouble arose, and in less
than another weeks time she thought, in
order topromote her happiness, that she
would separate from him, giving as a reason
''that she did not love him." but just before
the expiration of the fourth week he mani
tested his ardent love for her by having his
once betrothed posted in a weekly paper.
The next chapter of this matrimonial affair
will probably be at the court, under the
head of divorce.
The sweetest songs are those
That few men ever hear,
And no man ever sings
The cIearest skies are those
That farthest off appear
To birds of strongest wing.
The dearest loves are those
That no man can come near
With his best following.
The Cleveland Leader says Mr.. Kinzua, a
gentleman of leisure who resides on the
West Side, and who prides himself on his
personal appearance, lately sought to re-
move a grease spot from his coat-tail by the
free use of benzine, and then stood close
to the stove that the odor might evaporate
more quickly. He was quite correct in his
theory but unfortunate in practice, for be-
fore you could say Jack Robinson he was
turning cart-wheels through the window,
and there was not enough coat-tail left to
make "weskit" for doll baby. He does |
not ride horseback now, and sleeps on all |
fours like mule.