Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-23
MELANGE.

Tight Squeeze is an Atlanta suburb.
"A man with glass eyes can't reaieyes
,.onoo
is Keno-sha responsible for kenoT
Pshaw.
slightly broken yesterday.
"A rake factory out West has been ourn,
ed which. with the arrest OF Wooohuh
and CIafIin has given virtue new start.
John Whoriey's sweet potato received,
and fled with DR.. Morrow, State TreaSu-
rer, fer investigation as TO the particular
species. $50. nil, br,no
ont in a few DAYS pocket handkerchief for
equine purposes. GOOD nioWlhg IL 'ne O0S'
thing for lesky nose. Aoo-zool
- little fellow driving a goat express
yesterday, was rejoicing muchly over tne
fact that his team was not h0rS a GuUre
The rev local ofthe st. Louis journal
had occasion, few days since, to Wrestle
with an entertainment given by society OF
young ladies styling themselves the "Zetet-
jcs.n the result being so unsatisfactory CnsG
a metaphysical male champion OF the young
ladies come to their rescue IN heavY nan
column of explanation, crouched IN WORDS
of eight syllables, carefully compiled rom
Webstel's unabridged. The man OF tne
lead pencil, not wishing to be utterly crush
&c, wisely apologized. >,
81 want a young Mans Companion,
said a spruce customer to booKseher'
sVery we'll" said the bookseller, picking up
a volume, ''there's MY Only Daughter.
The unusual pressure of coal-smoke
in Pittsburg on the 5th, gave rise to the re-
port that an overwhelming colored vote was
being peeled in that town.
The pleasantest feature Of the epizo-
otto is the doing away with the necessity
of standing up in street cars, that some
body else may occupy the seat you have
paid for.
An enthusiastic student Of zoology has
heen suppiue on Welsh rarebits for week,
In order to ascertain whether night ares
were subject to the prevailing eplzootc.
One of the young men belonging to
choir had his hair cut By generous barber
Saturday. Sunday he sang for a solo,
~Cover nv defenseless head," and blushe q
Ike a lobster while doing ii.
When Eve through early Eden roved,
and tuned her maiden voice,
| 1t is not strange that Adam loved
He'd only "HObson's choices"
| But when ten girls are found at nome
| With charms for scarce two men,
| 'Tis not idle voice or lnnets' hum
| Will catch the beaux and make them come
Each girl must hustle then
"Gentlemen, where do you think that
| beefstesk comes from?" saij the landlord
planting his thumbs in his waistcoat arm
| holes. "From near the horns," was the
quiet reply of one of the boarders. 1t Is
| singular, but that landlord has not put any
conundrums to those boardeTs since.
The Danbury NeloS says: a Main street
boy received dollar for learning eight hun
bred Bible verses, and has bought with it
handsome deck of linen-back cards.
- An Irish gentleman of s. mechanical
turn took off his gas meter to repair it him
self, and put it on again upside down, sc
that at the end Of the quarter 1t was proved
with arilhmetical correctness that the ga
company owed him three pound seven an(
sixpence.
The papers are now crowded with par
arrsphs ike this: "a large and powerful
Young man, attached TO a handeart, rsI
away On street., yesterday forenoon, tC
the great terror Of a number of ladies on thu
sidewalk. He was caught, however, be
fore doing any damage"
"A little boy who sang ~ want TO be al
angel" in Sunday-school with so much en-
ergy that be nearly checked himself, con
fessed to an enterprising reporter that ht
really wanted to be captain on cana
boat. Is it right to encourage childIei
in trutbfalness, By allowing them 20 sin.
such melodies?
"A Louisville man who bad only beer
acquainted with his girl two Nights, attempt
ed TO kiss her at the gale. In his dying de
position he told the doctor that just as h'
kissed her, the earth slid out from unde
his feet, and his soul went out of his moutl
while his head touched the stars" Late
dispatches shoE that what allied him Wa
the old mans boot.