Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-20


Unusual religious privileges for Meth
odists to-day.
Bishop Dogget has lively apprecia'
ton of joke.
A water Notwithstanding a tenn
perance picnic.
The Tennessee Conference will proba-
bly continue in session until wednesday
evening.
A Nashville picture dealer says the
hardest work he has to do is to frame ex
cuses.
Rev. Thomas Bottomly, now visiting
this city from the Louisville Conference
preached his fiftieth annual sermon the 9TH
er day, and he is good for fifteen or twenty
years service yet.
-"Patience on monument" has no re-
ference to doctors patients. You will find
them under q monument.
"A young couple were seen st a late
hour last night in front OF private resi-
dence, one on each side of the gate. They
had evidently been stationed there to keep
the gate on its hinges, and were losing Their
temper at being detained to so late an hour,
as they were biting each other in very
vigorous manner.
The net increase of communicates In
the Tennessee Conference for the past year
is 2, 16O, the total number being 1859.
-Now-a days, it is not the custom, in
polite society, to say that a man drinks.
The information is conveyed much more
neatly by saying of a drinking man that
che throws his little finger over his
thumb"
al want to know" said a creditor
fiercely, "when you are going to pay me
what you owe me?" "When Pm going to
pay you? Why, you're pretty fellow, do
you take me for prophet"
The poetical man of the Knoxville
Press and Herald, having been pressed into
service on local work during Fair week,
gives vent to the pent-up emotions of his
soul yesterday, by evolving from his inner
consciousness this: yesterday seemed to
have been prepared by Dame Nature to do
especial honor to the East Tennessee Di-
vision Fair. From early morn, when, from
the rudy East, rejoicing came the glorious
orb of day, along through the livelong hours
until the Sun had dipped. his weary head
within old oceans billowy bed and on till
the Queen of Night appeared among the
starry hosts Of heaven ana took her way in
slow and silent brightness" etc.
The "Ledger Lines" Of the Memphis
Ledger form an interesting feature In that
paper, but an improvement would be effect
ed therein, if the various items were sepa-
rated by dash.
Ben DeBar, who is now playing "Fal-
staff" in the Memphis theatre, is highly
praised for his rendition of the character
by the papers of that city. 1t is to be
hoped he has better support there than that
given by his own company when he first ap.
peared in the character in St. Louis last
winter.
Scroggs has tried this 'through without
change" style of travelling, and don't Like
it. He says on long route nothing is
handler than little loose change in the
pocket, which one likes to dispense at the
dyspepsia shop, while the engine is water
ing, or in Turing the sweet little cherub that
sits up aloft On the back of the next seat TO
refrain from dropping cracker crumbs in
side ones coat collar.
Mice harm the cheese, but girls charm
the he's. The same is true of their respec.
tive eating of cheese and cheating of he's.
81 am speaking" said long-winded
orator, "for the benefit of posterity." eyes,"
said one of his hearers, ''lf you keep on
much longer your audience will be here"
-'Would you take the last cent person
has for glass of soda water?" asked a
Kankakee youth. eyes," responded the
unthinking proprietor; whereupOn the hope
full pulled out the cent and got drink.
"A poor but pious young man apollo
gized the other evening, While making a
call, for the muddiness of his boots, saying
he had not taken carriage, but had
"walked up with commendable economy"
he was grieved when the lovely being
whom he adores inquired why he didn't
task Mr.. Economy IMP"
"A Michigan schoolmaster says: 81
will spell emmy man, woomun or child in the
hull state fur dickshunary, or kash priez
of one hundred dollars side, the money
to be AWARDED by kommittee eff clergy
men or skool direcktors. There has been
a dsrned site of BLOWN about my spellin,
now want them to put me up or to shet
up. wont be put down by passed. ofig-
because differ with noah
webster's stile OF spelling"