Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-14

How euYied then should be your fate;
For history viii record the date
When this young hedging potentate
Your shaggy head laid low.
Alexis shot buffalo. Now let the tidings fly.
And Russia's Capital will greet the news with
While Gotham, in its crowded halls,
: VIII speak of both the Grand Dukes balls,
While every newsboy loudly calls
To know elbows that for II. 1. H?"
Alexis shot buffalo; and Europe questions
Why, Just like any man would shoot an inofen-
siye COW.
You gallop to the creatures side
And put a bullet in his hide;
And then away exulting ride
And cool your heated brow.
Alexis killed buffalo, Just think Of it, We bellies!
And you New Workers, young and old, most dag
cling, stunning swells.
Ali Fashion now viii seek to find
How It can form hump behind,
So it can always bssr in mind
The plains where Bison dWells.
Alexis killed buffalo. Now let him catch
Fish, ~.
make spicy dish;
For far of in the frigid zones
Poor Catacazy often grOans-
With bigglsh fish we make no bones,
But Grant them what they wish.
Our "Dew" market-house commenced
receiving its tin roof yesterday. 1t sparkled
like an Alaska.
A calico ball at Turner Hall tonight will
be one of the events of the season. A well
known local editor has ordered a pair of
pantaloons of Sprague's best brand for the
occasion.
Mcclure, on Union street, has caught an
other musical prodigy, who plays on the
piano one tune with his right hand, another
with his left hand, and whistles a third in
perfect time.
Mai. Kirby, of the Chattanooga Times,
has just returned from the East, where he
purchased bran new outfit for his paper.
In about two weeks the Times will come
out with flying coiOrs.
Miss Washburne, a vivacious young
church orgauist of Topeka, aged eleven
years, eloped with her uncle, dry goods
clerk, named Giles, few days since. Giles,
although but twenty years of age, has served
one term in the penitentiary. The parents
Of the girl are pursuing.
A New York scribe says that DR.. Greeley
looked as ''happy as healthy baby' at his
birthday reception.
A Western editor speaks of his rival as
''mean enough to steal the swill from a
blind hog?" The rival retorts by saying:
ale knows he lies; l never stole his swiD"
A. B. Robertson, delegate from the Ma
tional Agricultural Association, and also
from the Tennessee Agricultural and Nc
chanieal Association, and Col. j. B. Kille-
brew, Secretary of the National Agricul-
tural Association, left last evening for
Washington City to attend meeting called
by The Commissioner of Agriculture. We
commend these gentlemen to the good
wishes of the President and all his rela-
tions.
The Cincinnati Chronicle of the 9th says:
"Oyer one thousand accidents, numbering
from one to one hundred people each, have
occurred from broken rails during our rail-
road history of scarcely forty years. 1t is
not denied that a continued line of timber
under the rail would prevent such acct
dents, and it is strongly maintained that
there are still cheaper methods of doing it.
But then it would cost something"
The Boston Traueler is responsible for
follOWins:
NV lady fair comes from the ball;
Glides from her carriage, stately;
The steps ascends-I hold her train
Bids me ''gOOd night sedately,
My bearing makes me confident,
BY that mysterious rustic
When she retires, she first takes off,
Then sits and reads her hustle.
That's why they like the ''quarto" best.
Fen in the highest station,
All! twO-fOld power of newspapers
For wOmen's re- formation.
Mr.. French, of Warren, pays a well de-
served compliment to Maj. Altman, of Mar
shall, for his interest in blooded stock, es-
pecially as evidenced by the bringing to
Tennessee of imported Cancel by the
great English racer, Stockwell.
Yesterday the sum OF S1,453.25 was
paid into the United States Internal Reeve
nue. office.
The following affecting lines are copied
from an English life insurance pamphlet
entitled Things for the Thoughtful" We
consider them suggestiye:
"when poor pa died and went to heaven,
What grief mamma endured!
But an! that grief was soon assuaged,
For pa he was insured
And when ma Wsnt thereof, how funnyl
The office paid her all the money!"
Hardy Wyrick, convicted of murder and
sentenced to Imprisonment for life, was
brought here yesterday by the sheriff of
Meigs county, and placed in tie peniten-
tiary.
The following magistrates were commits
stoned yesterday: B. 2. Miller, tenth dis
trict of Montgomery county; W. j. Wynn,
second district of Lake county, and Aloner
Weatherly, first district of Lewis county.
The Edgefeld Street Railroad Company
have built substantial platform in front of
the confectionery store rented by the Bridge
Company to Mr.. Vines, at the east end Of
the Suspension Bridge.
This is Valentines Day, and our book
stores will no doubt sell lots of them ar
pictuIs.
Big sister: 80 papa, must go to hear
Nilsson! You know l am so fond of mu-
sic" Juvenile brother, triumphantly:
"Then why don't you let me play on my
drum?"
One of the sufferers on the NOrthwe stern !
train Monday desires us to return thanks to
Col. O'Neill and lady, of O'Neill Mills, for |
their kind and generous treatment to those |
who were injured by the accident.
Squire Buffers court yesterday was en-
gagged in hearing the charge Of bigamy pre- |
ferred by two ebony females against their
mutual husband.
The Louisville train due here at 3 a. N. |
did not arrive until half past II |
o'clock last night, having been detained all |
day on the road by two freight trains that
were wrecked.