Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-09

Half dreading to find wrinkles
Upon her forehead fair.
| While Katie's cheek is pallid,
| And dull her once bright eye,
| She nightly writhes in torture,
And begs and prays TO die.
And so the wheel keeps turning,
And so the great world goes,
| While at each revolution,
| 1t some sad picture shows.
And we so often wonder,
| As onward we are whirled,
| If we shall meet with failures
When in the other world?
WI B. Smith and John Friter, of the 18th
district of Marion county, were commits
stoned Magistrates yesterday.
Talking about April showers, we had a
protracted one yesterday, which was sutti-
cient in quality and quantity fo- the whole
month.
The gentleman who turned out in a
Dolly Warden pair of pantaloons with a
polonaise, created sensation. There wasn't
much starch left in his Dolly after going
about square in the rain.
Yesterday seven convicts were received
| from Hamilton, and one from Haywood
county.
The Louisville train yesterday parted
company with itself by means of the coup
ling coming out near Bacon Creek-nOthi1g
hurt.
The Courthouse is more than usually
quiet, the County Court being the only
legal tribunal now in session at that place.
The Board of Aldermen meets tonight.
Matters of Importance in connection with
city government will be considered and
acted upon.
The roofs of houses were yesterday sub
jected to a severe test, and many of them
were found to be imperfect enough to be
very leaky, TO the great discontinue Of
parties directly interested.
]. H. Galbreath, Esq, was yesterday ap-
pointed and qualified by Judge Smiley, of
the County Court, as administrator upon
the estate of T. II. Phipps, deceased.
The work of adding the new stalls to the
MarkethOuse is proceeding in a satisfactory
manner, and within the next few days the
entire reconstruction of the place will be
completed.
1t is expected that the present term of the
Criminal Court at MurfreesbOro will ad-
journ by Saturday next, and Judge Frazier
and Attorney General Caldwell can return
home.
Policeman Starkey, who was badly
wounded in attempting to arrest the des-
perado Bill Smith, is still in an improving
condition, and the attending physicians are
hopeful of his early restoration to vigorous
health.
During the heavy fall of rain last eve
ming, gentleman slipped up, fell in a sew
er, and was washed through culvert, com.
ing out safely at the other end, and it is
useless to add was as wet as a foor-clOth.
We see it announced that Mr.. Cobb has
married Miss Webb. That is a matri-
Il Ill NI,oN L.. &c IL
cobweb about it to make it lasting. Look
out for a spider in those umpling.
DR.. DamroSch, the newly appointed edi-
tor of the New York Music ZeituRg, has
an unlucky name. country paper copies
by a slight typographical error into Dam
bosch.
The Boston Commercials funny man
gives the following as the new words Ito be
sung to the "Marseillaise" at the jubi ee:
sAnan ortoux gallant patriquesse
Guilmaur, ispluequise CRETE tOussee,
Theliste; Seau mehis success
Bigretre stilloui pree.
And then favors his readers with the fol-
lowing translation:
Gan honor to gallant Patrick S.
Gilmore; his pluck is great to say
The least; so may his success
Be greater still, We pray"
Rather corpulent old lady-'I should like
a ticket for the train" Booking clerk (whO
thinks he will make ajoke)-"Yes'm will
you go in the passenger train or in the cat
tie train ?" Lady-"Well, if you are a
specimen of what l shall experience in the
passenger train, give me ticket for the
cattle train by all means"
4 cOuntryman strolling through Union
han in no mil
rural Phyllis, exclaimed, on seeing bunch
of bananas suspended in front Of one of
the fruit stores 'tI'll be moved if them
amt the biggest beans l ever seen, So
phrony."
The euphemistic way of putting it now,
when a fellow gets kicked, is to say that
somebody's boot toe casually walked over
the basement of his pantaloons.
Olive Logan commenced one of her lee
lures at Newark, recently, with the remark,
"Whenever 1 see a pretty girl, want to
clasp her in my arms" $50 do We"
shouted the boys in the gallery. For
moment Olive was nOnplUssed, but, recov-
ering her self-possessiOn, she replied:
''Well, boys, don't blame you"
April is said to be the most proptious
month of the twelve in which to be married,
lOE We dIG IOlu Ia ltlC Olu sung Jldb
MAY never was the month of Love,
For May is full of flowers;
But rather Aprh, wet but kind,
For love is full Of showers.
This story is told of father who was one
evening teaching his little boy to recite his
Sunday-schoOl lesson. 1t was from the
fourteenth chapter of Matthew, whe rein is
related the parable of malicious individual
who went about sowing tares.
"What is a tare? Tell me, my son, what
a tare is?" asked the anxious parent.
"You had EN-
"Johnny, what do you mean?" asked the
father, opening his eyes rather wide.
"Why, last week, when you didn't come
home for three days." said Johnny, 81 heard
mother tell Aunt Susan that you was on
tare."
Johnny was Immediately sent to bed.
Judge fuckers Lecture Tonight.
The supeTgenerous rain last evening pre-