Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-15
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

Deacon Dodd once feelingly said,
About his Betsey, long since dead,
ssff ever an Angel loved man,
That angel, sir, was Betsy Ann;
If happened TO sceld her, she was so meek"
(which the deacon did seven times weekly,
''She'd clap her apron UP TO her eyes
And never say nothing, but only cry"
But, ladies, perhaps you'd like to be told
That Deacon Dodd like other men,
Waited year, then married again;
But he married most inveterate scold.
And now tits the deacon's turn to be meek,
But rather than "open his head" he'd burst
He wishes the second was with the first
But, as she's as tough as hickory limb, m
No doubt she'll live to say of him,
tsIf ever saint the footstool trod,
That man-that saint-was Deacon Dodd."
The State Railroad Commissioners meet
to-day.
Enthusiastic gentlemen who last week
were looking for futures in cotton circles,
have been rather docile for few days. The
future state is not so pleasant to think
about just now.
The Comptroller yesterday received eight
wild cat scalps from Lewis county. These
were received by the Revenue Collector of
that county previous to the passage of the
late law abolishing the tax on these ami
mails.
A horse ran away on Broad street yester-
day. The rider sat firm, pulled hard, and
checked the animal near Front street.
A poetic Justice of Dubuque the other
day sent to the County Clerks Office for
record bond which begins as follows:
"Sing song of greenbax,
Pocketfull of trash,
Over head and ears in debt,
And out of reach of cash.
The lessees of the State Prison yesterday
paid to the State S24, 600 in cash, and exc
cuted their notes for the balance due on the
property of the Penitentiary turned over to
them. This property was valued at about
$4,000, and previous to the invoice bo-
nus of $4,000 was given. The amount
yesterday paid and the notes executed were
for all the goods except those out on COM
mission in the hands of agents.
A co.ored driver came very near upset
ting one of the wagons belonging to the
Dixie Oil Works, yesterday, by running the
hind wheel against the curblng on Church
street, at its Intersection with McLemore
street. Slow driving should be tried.
James E. Chiles, representing the house
of F. e. Stevens & Co., Augusta, Ga, is at
present in the city.
Col. Orr, said to be the oldest man in
Giles county, was in the city yesterday.
A modern poet speaking in inspired tones
of our beloved country calls it san almost
babyless land"
For babies are strangely out of style;
You may travel the country many mile
Without the light of baby smile,
Unless with the Dutch and Irish.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: "The In
dianapolis Evening Journal publishes A
Voice from Mule. He is half-brother to
80 - 7
nal" We deny it. He isn't a hGlt-bro-
Their.
One of the State officials had his hat
blown off yesterday in front of the Capitol.
He captured it after running almost to
Cherry street. A friend seeing such dem
onstration for an old hat, took him to store
and presented him with a new stove pipe.
A New England advertiser wants ga
woman who fears the Lord, and weighs two
hundred pounds" The experience of most
men is that woman who weighs two hun
dred pounds rarely fears the Lord-or any
body elsel
A visionary newspaper, writing Of the
honeymoon, is trying to persuade young
married people that it is better for them to
stay quietly at home, land not go wandering
off on exhibition; as if any bride would
fOrego the blessed privilege Of leading her
prize around with blue ribbon tied to his
neck in hotel or other pUblicplaces where
brides do congregate. But there is le-
gend, unauthorized, told somewhere of a
young bride who brazenly tried to pretend
she had been married years, and thought
to deceive people by saying aloud and snap
pishly to her husband of half day, 81
wish you would not always be walking on
my Dress"
One London magazine was afflicted with
forty-three ''poems" on the illness of Wales.
Only imagine the deluge if he had died
This reminds us Of the story of the Georgia
grocery keeper, who was arraigned for
shooting at a customer that had knocked
him down because he (the customer) had
been refused credit for a pint of whisky.
In defense, the grocery man showed the
scar on his head and pathetically asked,
"Judge, if he done this because l wouldn't
credit him for pint, what would he have
done if haddt given him tick for quartz"
John Barns, the hero of Gettysburg, was
in New York, in December last, in this con-
ditiOn: Partially paralyzed, memory fail
ing, without sufficient clothing to protect
his person properly, without money, with
out friends, but with no appearance of vice,
''The Hero of Gettysburg" of whom poets
had sung, begged for money sufficient to
take him home to die.
Two flashing blonde grocery boys on
South Market street were coffee sacked yes
terday. This cured their grief which was
caused by an expected event on Friday.
A lady in this city has vaccinated all of
her boarders. A good idea which should |
find advocates everywhere
Mr.. J. Cox, the handsome ticket agent |
At the Chattanooga depot, has been as
3aulted and battered by a severe cough.
A party of young folk raised a plan to
visit young lady friend in this city for the
purpose of having a surprise party at her
ather's house. They were met at the door
by the old man who surprised the party by
elling them they were mistaken in the
house and had better go somewhere else.
They went surprised.
THE COURTS.