Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-08

| Twas lie insurance Ageht-one OF inc mOoefn
with bfassy cheek and fluent tongue and aggra-
That persecuted Abner Brown, and exc inhamed
| his bile.
This agent followed Abner like sleuth hound
on the scent,
TIL Abner fell into state Of chronic discomfort.
Until in desperation, the disguised Abner swore;
| Then the calmly-smilDg agent would Abner bore
| some more.
In vain he strove that agents visitation to avoid,
And he realized that if he would no longer be
That pestilentiaI agent must be speedily des-
toyed.
One day he followed Abner to his place of
Remarking,. ."NOw, you'd better take policy, 1
| m guess"
Then Abner said one profane word, the opposite
'
And held a loaded pistol midst that agents brist-
And grizzly toidthe agent, if ever anywhere
Said 1'policy'' to him again, he'd STAY him then
and therei
''If that is So" the agent said, "perhaps I'd
But if you win permit me, 1 would Just like to
show
| Our new endowment policy, with rates extremely
| low"
| His Il-timed iteration sealed the jealous agents
fate,
For Abner pulled the trigger and forever stopped
| his pirate,
So that he annoyed nobody subsequently to that
date.
The Jurors by such agents had frequently been
| tried;
Hence their verdict was that Abner was com
BY Temporary insanity" in this ones homicide
R. D. Thomasson was yesterday commits
stoned Justice of the Peace for the tenth
district of Henry county.
An Atlanta paper chronicles the fact that
| Thompson had received lot of fine wild
! ducks from Nashville, large and fat. We
| Thompson with P.
Charles Chauncey, of Philadelphia, Penn,
was yesterday commissioned Commissioner
of Deeds for Tennessee.
At Key West, Fla, on account of the
! large number of deaths from smallpox, and
the vaccination movement, the boys sir g as
follows:
caught her softly by the arm,
My gentle, bIue-eyed Kate.
She squealed "Let go, you cuss'd fool
You hurt my vaccinate"
A cotton wagon collided with a spring
wagon loaded with buckets, kettles, etc. ,on
South Cherry street, corner of Ash yester-
day. After some clucking and backing a
severance was effected, and both vehicles
proceeded without any damage having oc-
CURED to either.
The dilapidated walls and debris are be-
ing removed from the recent burnt district
on South Market street, preparatory to the
erection of handsome block.
There is not much taste for the fine arts !
among the press gang of Louisville. The |
COur-Jour. one day intended to represent |
an ice gorge in the Ohio river by an illus |
tration of the same in the shape of wood |
cut. The next day the Ledger come out |
and says the Cincinnati soup house in Chi !
cago has been abolished. For particulars |
see cut in CO1r-JOlu. the previous day.
James Woods, white, convicted of larceny |
and sentenced TO one years imprisonment, |
was brought here yesterday from Hawkins |
county, and lodged in the penitentiary.
Passing down the street yesterday we |
heard new nursery song, which was trot-
ted forth as follows:
BY baby, go to sleep, papa's gone to Texas,
James Wilson, Esq, a well-known and |
highly esteemed citizen, living in Neely's |
Bend in the 10Th district of this county, |
died on Tuesday night last of pneumonia. |
He had only been i'll few days.
Picture galleries sometimes execute badly. |
We noticed yesterday Washington and |
Grant hanging up side by side. twas cap
ital punishment indeed to 'Elook on this pic |
ture, and on that"
Our revenue department here were out |
of stamps for nearly whole week, and our |
liquor dealers could not ship what they had |
sold until them papers had arrived, thus dis |
appointing customers, and causing many to |
go elsewhere for their liquors. Business |
men might do well to lay in full supply of |
postage stamps. That department also |
might accidentally suspend.
Some of our lady readers, who are dis /
posed to stick to fashion if it kills, will be /
glad to learn that the Louis XIV heels |
are obsolete among common sense people
soles are broader, with scarcely perceptible |
heels, in plain black, all fancy stitching |
having died natural death.
A strange specimen of the Africdnus qe-
nus was seen in South Nashville yesterday.
She was about two and half feet high,
and wore train somewhat after the Marie
Antoinette style in length. Where she
came from or whittier went she, this depo-
nent sayeth not.
They have had leap-year hop at Frank
fort, KY, and feminine jenkins tries her
hand on the toilets of the masculine beau
ties in lengthy description published in
the Frankfort Woman. Her description of
the editor of the Louisville Courier Jour
nal will suffice for style of details. 1t is as
follows: Col. Henry Watterson, of Louis
vile, was, perhaps, the latest arrival-mak-
ing his appearance between 10 and IL
O'Clock. 1t was greatly regretted that he
did not appear earlier, as many of the ladies
who desired to dance with him were unfor-
tunately caught with full cards. His dress
consisted of an orange colored frock coat,
trimmed with violet lace, white pearl but
tons, sky-blue pants-gold stripe, magenta
gloves, purple necktie, and white kid slip
pers. His moustache was waxed and APP
propriately curled. He danced the "pokern
charmingly, and was the recipient of very
many handsome compliments.
Of another gentleman from Lewis coun-
ty, it was remarked that he was painfully
uneasy during the night:
"He stood awhile on one foot fust,
And then he stood on tother;
And on which one he felt the wust,
He couldn't ba' told you nuthur.
Olive Logan contemplated ''life in Ten
nessee" from the windows of parlor at the
Maxwell House yesterday.
A College street merchant says he can't
understand why he has to send so often af-
ter money that is coming to him.
DR.. - Eve don't care to make the doc
tor blush by printing his name, relates that
he prescribed iron for lady the other day,
when she replied, "Why doctor, you must
think me an ostrich! l couldn't digest even
lead, let alone IRON"
In the want column of the UNION AND
AMERICAN yesterday morning appeared an
Of young man wanted for
light office work, to be employed from to
3 O'Clock, applications to be addressed to D.
H. Up to dark last evening there had been
upwards of one hundred letters received,
and D. II. will please come and remove his
mail in order to give room for other letters
which are expected to pour in to-day.
The Northwestern train due here at p.
NJ, yesterday, was two hours behind time,
having been detained at Union City.