Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-17
FACrs AND FANCuEs.

Beware Of the widows! the rages have said;
They toy with the heart and they fool with the
But Of an the gay widows a yOungster may know,
Let him sh1n,, most Of al, sparkling widow
That head-dress Of silver-i,eck slender and fnel
That throat whence out-gushes a spirit diyinel
How she losses her head 1t Is queeniyl But y!
You had better beware Of the Widow Chquou
She viii dance like bubble in amber and eadsl
In gushing she's ready-at popping she leadsl
With mirth and gay laughing, she'll ever over
Then bewarei OF beware of the Widow Cliquol
when sne's mirrored in crystal, It's brighter for
her!
And her kisses are sweet as the coy virgins werel
While she toys with your heart, to your chad she
Then beware of the widow!--the Widow Ciquotl
Speaking of the loss sustained by the
burning Of the Methodist Publishing House,
the Louisville Ledger says: ''One thing Is
certain, if energy and labor can save it, A.
II. Redford will effect the rescue" There
was pretty good effort made in that di-
rection yesterday. Eleven thousand dol
lars subscribed in few moments, and the
Doctor expects to have $4,000 before the
close of next week.
A prominent Fire Insurance Company
of Philadelphia, noted for its care iu taking
risks, is said to insure chiefly pig-iron and
grave-yards.
In what was written of the late fire, men
ton was made Of the scarcity ofwater. This
scarcity was not the result of any neglect at
the reservoir, which was full, but proceeded
from the fire-plug on the corner of the
Square and North Market street. Owing
to its situation, it is left almost high and
dry by the use of other plugs on lower
ground. 1t was this same plug that caused
the destruction of the old Nashville Inn and
the Courthouse, many years ago.
Messrs. Barefoot and Shoemaker hap
pened to get on the same jury in Pennsyl-
vania.
Hiram Trammell was yesterday commits
stoned Justice Of the Peace for the 7th dis-
triot Of Scott county,
OF all the cakes that Tom Parkes bakes
Give we 'uns ginger cake,
The cotton buAs and bears harmonized
yesterday over an immense gingercake at
the headquarters of the Prince of Dog Tail.
We acknowledge the receipt of some of that
festival.
A Jonesboro paper publishes the follow
ing legal productions and says it will demon
strate the fact that the schoolmaster is a
much needed institution in that quarter:
MOTTO
l VIII offer at publick Sale at the Lat
Residenc Of - - Decd on the q Day
of this Month the falling propertsy to wit
one Mar some catel some Shep some hogs
Oats trash and shelf some corn farmiry
utnOpilS two tnuie two mention
Here is the second, decidedly the most
interesting of the two:
STAT OF TENNEsE }
Hawkins County.
this Day John Doc came before me a
acton Justcs of the pac and maid oath that
the tenth michamgins of the Federl Army
tuck Richard Fen one yeler mare in the
year 1863 and John Doc saw the mar in the
Federl seTvis and new hir and John Doc
came before me this Day and maid oath
that he sean the tenth Micham of the
Federl army have Richard Fen yellow mare
in the year 1868 aud saw the yellow mare in
the Federl army swOr before me this 16
Day of October 1866
John Smith, [seall
ThOs. Lane, [seal]
Jas Moore, j. p.
for Hawkins county.
Owing to the inclement weather yester-
day, the examination Of the schools in the
thirteenth district was postponed until next
Thursday. There are in this district eight
schools, all of which are to be examined at
the above named time.
I brave "Reminiscences slew a bear with
her little shotgun. 1t is scarcely necessary
to add that she was brunette.
A monthly meeting of the Central Teach
ers' Association will be held on Saturday,
the oath inst, st 10 O'Clock, at the Hume
School Building, corner of Broad and
Spruce streets.
The following are the fanciful names be-
slowed upon some of the prettier varieties
of ladies' spring hats: The Empire" the
"Lorne,' gypsy; the princess Louise" the
''Rosebud," gypsy; the 'Daisy," the CLAW
thorne," the "Galatea," a sailor hat; and
the 'St. Leon"