Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-11
FACTS AND FAEC1Es.


One of our reporters had an adventure
yesterday, which commenced brilliantly but
unfortunately for his garments, ended in
mud. He tells the simple story thusly:
saw them by the wayside
Like a spirit they did glide:
In a carriage bright and fine,
Like silk worm on vine.
And roll OF golden hair behind her ears
Made her seem golden beam
In Hopes first gleamcross lifes dark stream:
"Will you let me have a pencil?"
Said she the elder damsel;
And then with roguish look
"NOw kind sir, that little book"
Said |, "TO be sure, fair lady,
At your service it is ready"
And putting forth her little hand,
Circled by golden band
The book she took, another look,
My heart with rapture shook.
She drew card, on it wrote
In fairy lines bon mot.
A beaming eye-a pleasant smile
Sutfus'd with grace her fair profile,
Til lest in wonder half amaZ'd
On her beauteous face gazed.A
Thank you, sir-bOth returned
Yet my loving looks were spurned,
And the carriage drove away;
And was wOnd'ring all the day,
If e'er could their names obtain,
And hear again the thrilling strain
OF melody they both did utter
made my heart go all in a fl1tter,)
Which echoed long in merry laughter,
For as l turned to bow "Farewell now"
slipped and fell into the gutter.
The first flowers of spring made their ap-
pearance in the markethouse Yesterday
morning.
The horse market on the Public SQUARE
was decidedly brisk yesterday.
A Well-knOwn cotton firm on Market
street have removed their counting-room TO
the front part of the building. Previous to
this change it was like taking trip Into the
country to 60 through that building.
The spring amusements have opened. A
dog with tin pan appendage was seen
going through South Market street yester-
day.
The Louisville Ledger calls the street.
corner lOafers, ''perfumed blossoms" Short
to say the least of it.
Valentines are abundant in this market.
As this is Leap Year, it will be considered
breach of etiquette for the male persua-
sion to deal in the aforesaid. The ladies
Of course, want it all their own way.
"Dying for love"-We saw young gent
at it yesterday, but the barber got pay for
the job.
That same old COW stopped in front of
the Market street 'Squires door Yesterday,
and consumed a bushel of shoe pegs in a
little of no time. The Squire took the
transaction like a philosopher, remarking
that she would find out before getting
through, that they lacked a dollar and a
half of being first class oats.
a Leap Year Club is about to be formed
by sour girls" This club mutually agrees
that each member shall propose to the cav
alier of her choice during this enchanting
year, and to meet at the last hour of the
last night of 1872, to recount the romantic
incidents of their heart-histOries, somewhat
in imitation Of the DecameroD of Bocaccio:
sin the reign of one of Scotland's Queens,
a law was passed which allowed any maid
en- to choose for her husband the swain she
loved best. If he was cowardly knight
and refused her, he was heavily fined, and
could only be exempted on the ground of
previous betrothaJ."
Yesterday the sum of 81 ,931.42 was paid
into the United States Internal Revenue
office.
A substantial curbstone is one of the i'm
provements just completed on the west side
Of the Market-house.
D. S. Mundy, who is now in the hotel
business at Louisville, was in this city yes
terday, circulating among his numerous
friends.
II. S. Wheeler, agent of the Treasury
Department at Washington, left yesterday
for Shelbyville, to close up the accounts of
ex-Collector j, Ramsey.
J. W. c. Bryant has been designated, vice
Samuel Brown, jr., as Assessor for the 4th
District of Tennessee.
There was big coon fight on South
Market street, yesterday morning. The
young men resident there became des irous
of rivaling their country cousins and ac-
cOrdingly bought a coon to interest in
pugilistic contest the many dogs and purps
of varied masteralities that bark along that
street and wake the sleeping hours of mid
night from their silence charmed beds.
The coon fought dogs whose descriptions
answer to the following: Two piebald
(white and black semi-bull purps, basso
voice {; one lank AID lean yaller cuss of a
dog, with a curly tail and deformed ears
two stump-tail terriers, yelping OH the Or
der Of screaming child; two black-and-tan
terriers, with wiry tails, cut ears and good
shape one benChlegged fee on the archi-
lecture of a sway-back flley, and shining
like pair of greasy pantaloons. The fight
was interesting, and attracted large num-
Der of spectators to the bloody scene of
in whose arena Zip forfeited
bis hide.