Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-25

The melancholy days have coines the saddest Of
the year,
OF cleaning paint and scrubbing floors andscOur-H
ing far and near;
Heaped in the corner Of the room the ancient
dirt lay quiet;
Nor rose at the fathers tread, nor to the child
But now she carpets ali are up, and from the
staircase top,
The mistress calls to man and maid to WELD tho
broom and mop.
Where are those rooms, those quiet rooms, the
house but now presented,
Wherein we dwelt, nor dreamed OF dirt, so cosy
and contented?
Alasl they're turned all upside down, that quiet
suite of rooms,
With slops and suds, and soap, and sand, and
tubs, and pals and brooms;
Chairs, tables, stands are standing round at skies
and at sevens,
While wife and housemaids fly about like me-
teors through the heavens.
The parlor and the chamber floors were cleaned
a week ago,
The carpets shook, the windows washed, as all
the neighhOrs know;
But still the sanctum had escaped, the table piled
with books;
Pens, ink and paper all about, peace in its very
looks;
Till fell the woman on them all, as falls the
plague on men,
And then they banished all away, books, paper,
ink and pen.
And now, when comes the master home, as come
he must o. nights,
To find all things are "set to wrongs that they
have ''set to rights"
When the sound of driving tackS is heard, tho
the house is far from still,
And the carpet woman on the stairs, that harbin-
ger of i'll,
He looks for papers, books or bills, that all wsre
And signs to ind them on the desk, or in the
drawer no more.
And then he grimly thinks of her, who set this
fuss afiOat,
And wishes she were out at sea, in very leaky
boat.
cap awry,
With sleeves tucked up and broom in hand, def
ance in her eye;
He feels quite small, and knows fun well there's
nothing to be said,
So holds his fonge, and drinks his tea, andsneaks
away to bed.
Members of the police department are
donning handsome black hats for summer
wear. They are not in any respect Dolly
Warden in style.
The displacement of the only remain
ing line of old brick pillars still left in the
market-house has not yet been commenced,
but their removal is only question Of
time.
The HOLSTER Fishing Club has just
been organized. The officers are g. l..
HOLSTER, President; r. A. Carter, Vice
President; L. p. Swain, Treasurer; VIM.
Aimison, Secretary; DIR. 7. 3. Buchanan,
Surgeon; Coleman Thompson, Steward.
Our old and substantial friend, Mr..
Harlow, of hotel fame, is now engaged on
night duty at the office of the Suspension
Bridge. His duties there will, of course, be
well and faithfully performed.
The Committee of the County Court to
make inquiries as to the cost and terms of
real estate on Front street, near the jail,
suitable for County Workhouse, have par
italy performed that duty. The owners Of
a portion of this estate live elsewhere, and
to these letters Of enquiry have been ad-
dressed by the committee.
The occupants of stores in the Methodist
Publishing House Block are moving out to
make room for the work Of demolition al
ready begun.
Men and horses about the various livery
stables were yesterday in good condition and
very busy. 1t was observed that things
were as usual about equally divided, and
nobody entirely out of change.
A young friend of ours who is desperately
In love is very unfortunate in that respect.
He called to see his sweetheart a few eve
nings ago and found her basking in the
smiles of another gentleman. Calling
again last night, he found that his adored
had Just gone to church with the other
gentleman aforesaid. Now, with spirit
of philosophical submission to events, he
says he is looking around for some more
worthy collection of female loneliness.
Speaking of the sad affiction Of citi-
zen of indianapolis who had recently lost
his wife, local editor says: "The broken
hearted man erected pine slab over his
wife's grave, and presented a 500 piano to
the young lady who was so kind to him in
his hours of ailiction."
-"Say, Jones, what's the matter with
your eye?" ooh, nothin'; my wife said
this morning I'd better get up and light the
fire. l told her to make it herself. That's
all"
The students of Amherst College, by
a special dispensation Of the faculty are to
be permitted to attend a dancing school.
Some time ago the young gentlemen asked
for this privilege and were refused, but
president and professor have apparently
grown wiser. The dancing lessons are to
be given in the gymnasium.
-Parasols this year are to be Of very gay
colors, red being most in demand. The
handles are mounted in gold, and a chain
and hook are attached by which they can be
fastened to the belt.
"A cynical bachelor in speaking Of la
dies ball dresses, says: "They wear but lit
tie, bat they wear that little long"
The scratched face of an elderly citizen
who has a young, handsome and rather vain
,,yifa 10 accounted for as follows. any
dear" she said, ''people say walk like an
Andalusian. Do you think sO?" "All but
the AM" was the brutal reply, whereupon
she went for him.
"A few Sundays ago a clergyman preach
ed from the text: 'Beye, therefore, stead
fast" but the printers got it, "Be ye there
for breakfast
The world has had its iron age, its COL
den age, and its age of bronze; but the pres
ent age is the age Of steal.