Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-11
PARAGRAPHICAL.

A Nashville young man, whose marriage
was set for an early day, confidently re-
marked to~the writer yesterday, that he was
"getting mighty weak over this thing, "add.
ing that he had had but little experience in
matters of this sort. He consoled himself
with the philosophical reflection, however,
that anticipation is usually worse than the
! reality.
It is said of certain Nashville gentle
| man, celebrated for his bCundless hospital
ity and Zig heart, that he has been known
| TO address q stranger to whom he has been
introduced, with 81 m delighted to see you,
my friend-delighted to see you. Come
home and take dinner with me. l heard
| my wife speak of you yesterday
Now that the cholera has disappeared
| from our midst, the succulent and refresh
ing green apple is to be found at the fruit
stands, an the agile young men who roast
| pean uts for the nOurisbment Of the great
unTashed, once more exercise their mus
| cles in the turning of the intricate machin-
cry entrusted to their care, loading the air
| with the delicate and Intoxicating aroma
of roasting COOLERS.
| For months past, the exchanges have
been telling us that "Mrs. Matte McLellan
| Brown is on her way to England as the &C.
| credited representative of the Good Temp
lars of Ohio" Judging from the length Of
! time Mrs. Brown IS in reaching her desti-
nation, VIC conclude that she is very eco
nomical body, and is saving money by max
ing the trip on foot.
Pulaski Citizen: "The Nashville Bonner,
| and papers throughout the State. have pub =
lished the death by suicide of Mr. T. o.
Alternately, of Giles county. Mr.. L. O..
Alternately is as well to-day as usual, and
| if he has committed suicide his most init
| mate friends Lave been unable to detect the
least change in the condition of his health.
Mr.. VIM. Alternately committed suicide in
this county last week."
The smart little girls of Selma, Ala, go
round fooling their Enatensl ancestors with
practical Jokes like the following, according
to the Tires, of that city: "a day or two
| since q little Eve year old darling called to
her mOthertO run To ChC front door quick
and see the cholera. The mothe. vent to
the door when the little girl pointed TO a
watermelon that man had to sell and said,
Ihere's the cholera mamma"
Mark Twain has this to say about
placarG printed in French, which be "met
up'' with aboard an English steamer: "Ths
lblltS3AapbSl HlpOdOlJ GSL-LCCLCu IuaS
placard a triumph. It was printed an
green, blue, red, black and yellow; no indi-
Vidual line in one color, but the individual
letters were separately cOlored. For in-
stance, the first letter of a word would be
blue, the next red, the next green. and so
! on. The placard looked as if it haa the
smallpox or something. l inquired the
artists name and place of business, intend
inn To HINT him ND II I
had time, but no one could tell me-"
The writer noticed an exasperated mother
passing down Cherry St eet yesterday, in
the immediate wake of hopeful son of
tender years, but evidently of laTCs expert
ence. The procession was, doubtless,
headed towards home, the boy being induced
to follow bee line for that point by the
fact of his mother carrying a good sized
switch in her right hand, with which fact
the juvenile seemed to be well acquainted.
The sight forcibly reminded the writer Of
the halcyon days of his own childhood, when
he used to play "hookey," and other games,
and always to his subsequent regret.
The LeuisYille Ledger gives this descrip-
ton Of the manner in which the average
Louisvllian occupies bis time en- Sunday:
"Cock fighting seems to be the chief Pas
time en- Sundays in the West End One
gentleman OF whom we have heard, think
ing that his wife HAD gone to church, invit-
ed a few friends into the back yard last
Sunday, to witness fight between two
fine cocks, but much to his disappointment
just IS the fun had fairly commenced, his
wife appeared on the scene, which instant ly
put stop to the procedure. The husband
thinks it is the duty of people to go to church
on Sunday"