Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-25
FACT AND FANCIF.

In whatever path you 20,
In whatever place you stand,
| Moving quick or moving slow,
With firm and honest hand,
Make your mark. ... ....-
What though born peasants son,
| Make your mark,
Good by poor men can be done,
| Make your mark;
Peasants CARDS may warm the cold,
Peasants words may calm fear;
Better far than boarding gold
Is the drying of tear;
Make your mark. -
Life is heeting as a shade,
Make your mark;
| Marks of some kind must be made,
| Make your mark;
| Make it while the arm is strong,
In the golden hours of youth;
| Never, never, make it wrong,
| Make it with the stamp of truth.
| Make your mark.
The decline in -four commenced yes
terday. Another tumble is expected to-day
Tomatoes sold for $12 per bushel in
the markethouse yesterday.
"A dog supposed to be mad was killed
in Edgefeld yesterday.
| "A gentleman from Rochester, n. Y q.
has been in the city several days on pro
speeding tour. He is of the opinion that
Nashville is good manufacturing point
and it is likely that he will locate here per-
manently.
"A gentleman living on the east side OF
the river sold 5000 worth of strawberries
to Cincinnati for the season just past.
Sixteen rats were killed in the Court
| house yesterday, and it was not considered
a good day either for hunting this quad
ruped. One Of the rats jumped from the
second story portico, and would have es-
capped had it not run down a dogs throat.
M. g. Cotton, agent in this city for the
sale of Ariel, has an order from Waco,
Texas, for $50 copies of the book.
Some fine and luscious apricots were
sent US yesterday by Judge w. A. Glenn,
grown at his place in Edgefeld.
Our market just now is teeming with
fruits and vegetables, and the bOuntiul dis
play of farm and garden products is really
worth looking at.
We are told now that "chignons fall
en- cascade down the back, and ripple under
waves of lace, which tumble in chaotic con-
fusion from the new, f2t-crowned hats.
Transplant yourself from manhood,
and assume the person of this unprotected
female, wrapped in the solitude of her
Dolly Warden" was the eloquent appeal
made by Judge Parker yesterday in behalf
of his client, before Justice Wilkinson. The
Squire said if the court knew herself, and
she thinks she do, she wouldn't transplant
just at that moment,
Hood mOdernized:
"Take her up tenderiy, lift her with care,
None knew how dearly she paid for her hair"
"A veteran was relating his exploits to
a crowd of boys, and mentioned having
been in five engagements. "That's moth
ing" broke in little fellow, "my sister
Agnes has been engaged eleven times"
"A noted wag in a western college, one
morning read a theme of unusual merit.
The president being suspicious, asked point
eddy if it was original. "Wby, yes, sir"
was the reply, ''it had original over it in the
paper took it from"
-'Wbo is hep" said passer-by to po-
liceman who was endeavoring TO raise an
intoxicated individual who had fallen into
the gutter "Can't say, sir" replied the
policeman, she can't give an account Of
himself" "Of course not" said the
other, show can You expect an account
from a man who has lost his balance?"
"A genius whose poetic fire has been
smOuldering has at last succeeded in get
ting it into blazing heat, "The Man who
sells Ice-cream behind a Brass Horn"
Hear how patheticslly he blows, not the
ice-cream man, but the poet:
o reckless man. who nightly through our streets,
Nendest with brazen tongue thy frozen Sweets
Listen to one, fond Of domestic joys,
Who loves thy cream, but eXecrates thy noise.
Art thou a Father? Hast thou left thy rib
Watching thy little blOwhards in their crib?
And would,st thou, deem curse mortal sin,
Hurled at the man who walked him with his din?
Hast thou an infant with the whoOping cough;
Its body raCked with pain, Just doing on
To quiet slumbeT? WOuldst thou buy his cream, |
Who walked the little sufferer from his dream?
Discard, ny friend, that curse-inspiring horn.
Or put It by till resurrection morn,
Then you can sell, to customers below,
Anything cool, no matter how you blow.
The original harp that Mr.. Tara used |
10 claw in the halls which bore his name is |
in town, little dilapidated, but good for a
century yet if the cat crop does not fail. a /
grandson of the original Tara manipulates
he strings.
THAT wicked Danbury Meas fellow
says: "The majority of women care but
title about suffrage. If the backs of car
3eats could only be followed out to admit
If their bus,Ies tapping over, the ballot
night so to thunder for all they care"
One of our exchanges says that dane
NC master in New York has introduced the
Kiss CotilliOn," in which the gentleman
Iways kisses the lady as they ''swiDg the
orners." We are not much on the dance,
MT would like to swing a few corners most
Wful well.
Wealth is a relative thing; since he that
las little and wants less is richer than he
hat has much and wants more.
"A bridegroom failed TO appear at his
wn Wedding in New Haven last week, and
he brides big brother is hunting for him.
We understand that a movement is on
DOT among the gossips for the formation of
n Anti-speaking-evi-oi-of-yeur neighbor- |
ociety. We hope they may succeed in
citing q large number of members, and |
lat its shadow may never grow less.