Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-02
FACTS AND rAxC1Es.

BERTHE Belair, BERTHE Belair,
Lives on the avenue somewhere down there;
Tower of Babel her lustrous black hair,
High-headed and hoopless is BERTHE Belair.
BERTHE Belair, to the poet confess
Why you mince round doubled up like an 5,
Head out chest in, and kids exuberant
Crossed on the pit of your stomach protuberant.
Is this abnormal distortion froic,
Or result of a very bad lit of the collie?
BERTHE Belair, it would better deserve
At once to be christened the Kangaroo Curve.
Grecian bend, is it? Ali dear, those old Greeks
With their 1.-the figures, each pose Of which
speaks,
Knew nothing at all about chignon or hoop,
Or that direst Of follies, the St0mach-aeheStoop.
BERTHE Belair, In your tight little boots,
Your foolish head nodding its nobby salutes,
To your grandmother go-she the ause will dis
cover
And give you peppermint; then you'll recover.
The Religious Historian is the title of new
publication just commenced in this city by
T. Tanning, Editor, and printed at the Ben
Franklin Office, at 81 per annum.
The letter carriers report SS,937 letters
delivered during the month of February;
36,322 papers delivered; $3.50 letters col
lected and l, 1874 papers collected.
Two young lads of Franklin recently took
French leave of their homes and came to
this city, for the purpose of obtaining stu
atoms as salemen in wholesale houses. Be-
ing unsuccessful in this they tried to get a
berth on a steamboat, and finally wound
up by applying for the situation Of boot
black and bell ringer at the Maxwell and
Battle House. They were expressed by a
friend to Franklin, each singing with alter
nate pathos, "Take me home to the place
where / first saw the light"
The following old recipe for the choice OF
a husband is none the worse for being old :
As much of beauty as preserves affection,
Of modest difhdence as claims protection;
A docile mind, subserYient to correction,
A temper led by reason and reflection,
And every passion kept in dine subsection;
just faults enough to keep him from Perfec-
ton
Find this, my friend, and then make your selec-
A very agreeable reunion occurred at the
residence of Mr.. Dero Mills, at Henderson
vile, Sumner county, a few nights ago, the
occasion being reception party in compli-
ment to Mr.. John P. Mills and lady, of
Union City. All the bellies and beauties
of Sumner were there, and the joyous
affair will long be remembered. Jim Hills
band from this city was on hand, and the
pleasures of the dance was extended to the
wee sma' hours.
The following gentlemen were commits
stoned Justices of the Peace yesterday ::
G. Wisener, White Bluff, Dixon county,
Tenn; L. G. Bennett, 9th district of
Franklin county.
The first drive on the Capitol grounds has
been completed, with the exception of lay
ing gravel, which will render it fine road
bed. The convict force is now engaged on
the second terrace-drive.
The Nashville City Directory will be is
sued next week.
The following composition on the sub
ject Of "animals, written by a youngster
only eight years old, will do finely for be-
ginning: Animals are very useful things.
There are many different kinds of animals,
the sheep, the goat, the kid, the hog. This
animal is a good rooter-he will root up
your corn if yOu give him chance, and will
turn up his nose at you too; the cow, the
calf, the bull, the horse, the mare, the colt
brother Joel and myself have got two of
the prettiest colts you ever saw, both of
them can pace; the mule-this animal can
jump like blazes; the goose-them old gan
ders at our house is the meanest things in
the world, every time you call any body
they will call somebody too, and you can't
hear them answer; the duck, my old duck
can eat up crib of corn in year and never
get any fatter. Some folks say that geese
and ducks amt animals, but they are for a
certain fact, because they have got bill
like gar fish, and know it is an animal.
This is my first omposition-how viii it
do?
The Chicago Tribune says that Mrs.
Woodruff is the Jonah on board the
woman's rights ship, and unless she is
thrown overheard she will sink the vessel.
If the advice of the Tribune should be fol-
lowed, Theodore Tilton would probably act
as the whale previous engagements not
interfering.
A North Carolina damsel having offended
a young man at leap-year ball, he sent bis
big sister to demand an apology. Pistols
and coffee for two were talked of, until
several female friends interposed and
brought about an 'amicable adjustment"
How like men these women are getting to
be-
A young physician of Sedalia, Me-, who
had waited patiently three years for call,
at last found the following cheerful order on
his slate: "Doctor, come to Jesus" placed
there by some jealous distributor OF tracts.
The Chattanooga train due here at 2:15
yesterday afternoon made good run. Her
time from Murfreesboro including three
stoppages to this city was fifty-fve minutes,
The distance being thirty-two miles. Ike
Estel was the conductor.