Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-16
Oh, father, dear father, come down with til,

Ouy Adlutl1 uch1 idNuSAg COule QOWn WIN the
stamps,
Ny curls are not fit to be seen
| The hairdresser said he would not do them up,
Unless 1 could pay him fifteen
| He only asked twenty to give a new set
And take the old hair in exchange
Besides, pa, my waterfalls awfully rough,
And so my back hair will look strange.
| Come down! come DOWN. come DOWN.
| Please father, for Braiteau, come down!
Oh, hear the sweet voice of thy child, etc.
The Directors of the Agricultural and
! Mechanical Association have abandoned
the project for holding spring fair. Upon
an examination Of the law passed for the
| benefit of agricultural associations, it was
| found to be inadequate for the purpose for
which it was intended.
Mrs. Paralee Haskell yesterday presented
each of the members of the Agricultural
Bureau with copy of Safford's Geology of
Tennessee. The gift was highly appreci-
ated, and a resolution expressive of the
thanks of the body was adopted
The thieves are again operating in Edge
field. People generally should be on the
lookout.
Only two dog fights reported on Market
street yesterday. A duh day in that line.
A Buffalo girl has taken advantage of
leap year to such an inordinate extent that
she is engaged to seventeen men, and has
been sued for breach of promise by nine
more.
Scene in a street car-Car stops: smiling
young lady enters: every seat full. A old
gentleman rises at the opposite end. 30,
don't rise,n said the lovely grl. 81 can Just
as we'll stand" 81 don't care whether Won
sit or stand" he replied, 'I'm going to get
out"
The editor of the Evansville Courier who
has been to the Marriott Opera, gushingly
writes to friend in this city as follows:
"Tell those Nashvillians that unless they
have heard the angels sing, they never
heard music that would compare with the
Marriott Troupe. Carani, Reina and
Baccei deserve to sit on the right hand of
Gabriel in his heavenly orchestra, and sing
terzettos to his trumpet accompaniment.
Marriott should sing solos by the golden
gate" to draw Gabriel an audience.
DR.. Saudek, Of this city, and others, who
formerly belonged to the East Hickman
Company, have made proposition to give
every fourth lot in their plan, Hickman,
KY, to actual bona fide settl ,rs.
There is big run just now on our paper
manufacturers,and they are pressed to keep
up with orders.
DR.. Franklin describes the farmers con-
ditiUn in l776 as follows:
Farmers at the pillow,
Wife milking the COW,
Daughter spinning yarn,
Boys threshing in the barn
All happen to charm"
Another gives an account of 1871, as fol-
lows:
''The farmer gone to the show
His daughter at the piano;
Madame gaily dressed in satin
All the boys are learning Latin
With mortgage on the farm
An exchange gravely asks: was Rfpder-
lex Dhu anything like Scotch mist?
About one-quarter of the people of the
United States make habitual use of tobacco.
Punch once called the victims of South
ampton railroad accident, broken English.
A woman raised to the third power of
widowhoOd has the photographs of her three
departed lords in group, with vignette
of herself in the center, and underneath is
the inscription, "The Lord will provide"
A too hopeful newspaper heads column
of paragraphs about women "The Silenced
Sex" This is certainly premature.
"Fellow trabellers," said 'cullud' preach
er, "ef 1 had been eatin' dried apples for a
week, an den took to drinkin' for mont, l
couldn't feel more swelled up dan l am dis
minnit wild pride and vanity at SEEM such
full tendance har dis evenin'."
Johnny Murphy, the Red Prince, had
horse named Perchance. "What q singular
name for horse" said John O'Donnel;
''where did you find it, johnny" ''Oh, in
Shakespeare" drawled Murphy. "Don't
you remember where he says, 'Perchance
my horse will neigh""
Among the replies to an advertisement
of music committee for candidate as
organist, music teacher" etc, vacancy
having occurred by the organist's resigna-
ton, was the following: ''Gentlemen-I
notice your advertisement for organist and
music teacher, either lady or gentleman.
Having been both for several years, offer
you my services"
An exchange gave origin to the story
that Connecticut farmer named his rooster
Robinson-because Robinson Crusoe.