Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-27
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

"Wilt thou take this brown stone front,
These carriages. this diamond,
To be the husband Of thy choice,
Fast locked III bonds of Hymen?
And wilt thou leave thy home and friends
To be his loving wife,
And help TO spend his large income,
So long as thou hast liie?'
Il will, -" the modest maid replies,
The l0veliGht beaming from her eyes.
And wilt thou take this waterfall
This OstentatiOus pride,
With all these unpaid mllineTs' bills
To be thy chosen bTide2
And wilt thou love and cherish her
Whilst thoH hast life and health,
But die as soon rs possible
And leave her all thy wealth?'
Il will, the fearless mate replies;
And eager waits the nuptial ties.
Then pronounce you man and wife;
And which I've joined forever,
The next best man NAV disunite,
And the first divorce court sever"
j. NJ. Carsey, Son q Co. are making ex-
tensive preparations for their tobacco sale
on Thursday next. They have receipts
from Franklin, Ky, and Mitchellsville
Tenn, and spirited sale is expected.
There were five hundred and fifty pas
sengers over the Edgefeld Street Railroad
on Sunday last.
J. o. O'Neal, a citizen of Robertson
county, Texas, has forty-one children. The
Waco Examiner says that sixteen of them
served in the same Confederate company,
from Henry county, Ala. The father is
living with his eighth wife. He is a carpenter
by trade. He is sixty-five years old; says
be will never die until the number
reaches fifty; prospects good.
A schoolmistress, who was afraid of get
ting her beauty spoiled by smallpox, sent
home little girl because she said her
mother was sick and had marks on her
face. The next day the girl appeared and
to the trembling teacher said: "Miss -,
we've got little baby at our house, but
mamma told me to tell you it isn't catch
ing" There wasn't any boys in that
school.
A chap, the other day, asked his sweet
heart if he might be permitted to encircle
her in his arms and give her an affectiOnate
hsg. 'NO," said she, 81 can't allow that,
but I'll split the difference with you, you
may kiss me-"
A Yankee i'll England, being annoyed by
the constant boasting as to the superiority
of English girls, finally silenced laudatiOn
by declaring that ''they had gal in BOs-
ton, only eleven years old, who could chew
gum in seven different languages, with her
eyes shut"
Union street between Cherry aid College
was being heavily macadamiZed yesterday.
In its present state it is decidedly rough.
Yesterday the sum of 81, 1861 was paid
into the United States Internal Revenue
office.
The latest jest on official authority was
that of negro last Saturday night who
asked permission Of apoliceman ''to chunk
a niger just one time under de ribs twixt
waist and color bone" He didn't chunk.
A considerable portion of the wall in the
rear Of the City Hotel block gave way yes
terday, and the large rock pile rolled down
| the bluff in.O the river. At this time of
writing there is big hole in that wall, and
prospects for the gap widening.
Some body stole load of hay from Tom
Hardeman, on West Cedar street, few
| nights ago.
Two convicts, Wade Logan, colored, and
JAS Collins, white, each sentenced for lar
ceny to three years Imprisonment, arrived
here yesterday from Hamblen county.