Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-13
81 North Summer Street.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.
The aBoz of the Periodn is thus describe

The "Boy of the Period" is thus described:
I've met the young creature you mean, Tom,
She's truly quite pretty; but then
We men of fifteen should look higher
Than girls that have scarcely turned ten.
By jove, IFS surprising how docile
To female attraction you are,
No, somehow life hasn't yet made you
BlaZe-win you try cigar
For my part, 1 seem to have grown, Tom,
Quite callous to Cupid's stings;
1t may be my liver is ruined
With parties and suppers and things.
Or vet it may be that I'm reaching
The sober, grave epoch in life,
When wearied with follies and pleasures,
Men long for the joys of wife.
And apropos, Tom-that reminds me
Kate Jones is a sweet little dear,
= With charmingly little kittenish manners
And-twenty-fve thousand year.
We've danced lots of Germans together,
And set people gossipping, too,
NV chances look strong IN that quarter,
I'll make the attempt-wOuldn't you?
Yes, marriage is certainly better
Than that what is called bachelOrs-ease,
Is that brandy on the table?
just pour me glass if you please.
One of our well-known citizens who was
in Memphis few days ago, was fortunately
or unfortunately taken for the Grand Juke.
Memphis people were not in the habit of
seeing such handsome looking men in that
place, and hence the mistake.
Over six hundred persons Travelled over
the Edgefe;d Street 4 on Sunday
last.
Information is wante he chap who,
after foundering about in gutter during
the late dampness, was heard to mutter
81 say, let's go to another (hi,) house; this
hotel leaks"
George S. johnson, who has for several
years past been one Of the efficient clerks at
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot,
has received the appointment of Agent in
Nashville for the Evansville, Henderson and
Nashville Railroad. This is a good ap-
pointment, and we are satisfied Mr.. John
son will give general satisfaction. Mr..
Champ, we are glad to notice remains in
the office as cashier.
There is a rosebush trained upon the
wall of the cathedral at Hildesheim, in Ger
many, which is said to be a thousand years
old. The famous legend that this rose
bush was planted by Susan B. Anthony on
her one hundredth birth-Gay is now generally
discredited by the more intelligent people
around there.
We noticed the arrival by railroad yeSter-
day of 100000 dozen eggs for a Market
street firm, about One-half of which were
smashed. A porter in the house remarked
that he was good on egg nOggs and egg tod
dies, but handling SO much egg smash rath.
er demOralized him.
VIM. NJ. Picket, contracting agent of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad is in the
city.
A lady correspondent says the first time
she was kissed she felt like a tub of roses
swimming in honey, cologne, nutmegs and
cranberries. She felt as if something was
running through her nerves on feet Of dia-
monds, escorted by several little cupids il
charriots drawn by angels, shaded by honey.
suckles, and the whole spread with melted
rainbows.
Women first tempted man to eat. He
took to drinking on his own account.
Gen. Harding has bought of B. F. Cock.
rill his haf-interest in Jack Malone fol
$500.
The long street dresses are 'fgainine
ground" Upon our streets this sort Of
weather they are apt to gain good dea
of it.
A gentleman in Atlanta advertises in the
Era, requesting the thief who stole his vel
bucket and rope, to come and get the well
as it is of no use without the former.
The beautiful and artistic frescoed ceiling
of the ladies' parlOr Of the Maxwell House
is the subject of frequent comment. A
Young gentleman who has been constant in
his visits to that part of the house remarked
the other day to young lady that he
thought the proprietor ought to take that
lace curtain down occasionally, as it hid
from view the taste and skill displayed by
the artist. This reminds US of the story
told of the two great rival painters, Zeuxis
aud ParThasius. The former drew boy
and grapes, and the grapes we're so natural
that the birds came and picked at them.
Parrhasius was astonished, but remarked tc
Zeuxis, that chad the boy been as like as
the grapes, the birds would not have ven
tured so near" The call then was fol
Parrhasius to show his own picture. "Take
sWay," cried Zeuxis, "that curtain and
show us the painting" not knowing that
the curtain was the painting. And then il
was declared that Parrhasius had gained the
mastery, for, said they, "ZeuXis deceived
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The celebrated untamed mountaineer
Sandy Brick, is about to open grocery
store in South Nashville.
Yesterday the sum of 81, 393.15 was paid
into the United States Internal Revenue
office.
An Illinois clergyman forbade any fur
Their contributions under ten cents, saying
that "widow's mite business was played
out here"
The following request was received al
Fulton street prayer meeting, New York,
on Tuesday: "Plesse pray for the custom
house clerks; they are so wicked, and yet
so beset with temptation. believe that
PRAYER in their behalf will be heard"
The negroes of HarrOdsburg, KY, were
| in a high state of excitement and terror last
week over rumor that negro from Nash
| vile named Simm was cadaver-hunting for
| the doctors, supplemented to the horrible
! information that the surgeons would give
500 for the body of sickly negro and
| $3.50 for the body of healthy one. The
| terrified darkies made many threats, which
Simm laughed at; but on the night of the
23d inst, j. w. Foster, living just north of
| the town limits, heard the firing of pistols,
| Going ont. the negroes. of whom there were
thirty or forty, told him that they were at,
ter Simm. They searched Fosters cellar
but failed to find their man. Next day
Foster saw blood in his woods, and SimT
has not been seen or heard from since. Die
thew make what Mr.. Mantilini would cal
a "demition body of him,or did they sim
Div give him thousand or two lashes and
let him go.
.Twenty-six convicts who have been al
labor several days on the capitol grounds
left last night to work on the Northwestern
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