Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-05
MELANGE.

-CinclnnAi has forty-two candidate
for Mayor. q 81
Nevada has an Anna Dickinson mir
ing company.
"A San Francisco youth left school b
become bucczneer.
v "A Wisconsin singing master teacte
the high notes by fiogging his pupils.
Newark manufacturers of stockings sa
that the largest pairs are shipped to Chi
csgo.
AN Atlanta Journalist finds it necessar,
to refer to himself as "We, the associate
editor" 80. @ ~
A sharp young man counting girl q
Portland won her by tipping her mother
five dollar castor.
"A Kansas liquor dealer prints bis pros
pectus in the church hymn books in Ordel
to reach the spiritually minded.
AN exchange tantalzes its readers Will
this alacrity: "Have you heard of the MAJ
who got shot ?" "Got shot ? No; how
didhe get SHOT ?" she bought them.n
"A young female farmer numbers among
her conquests last season half an acre O.
tobacco, three cornfelds, twenty eight tur.
keys, and church congregation In which
she led the choir.
- AssSht1AOA0 AA4ou CtsiItcu uOkuc u DQO-
tograph OF an actress which he had drawn
IN lottery, and his wife. put out his eyes
under the impression that it was q local
affair. ~r -~s.zef
"A San Francisco servant girl slapped
her mistress IN the face for ventpring to
hint that her movements were too slow,
and when the husband demonstrated she
stabbed him twice. Yet there are people
who talk about an inferior sex.
"A lot of back hair was found on the
street the other day, which the owner can
have by calling at the Office of the UNION
AND AMERICAN. If it is not claimed in
lew days it will be given to some deserv-
ing poor woman. rfEVE ;svrs-E
"A lady in this city attended 3 spiritual
seance lately, and relates her experience
thusly: IL asked the spirit how far it was
from the lowest sphere to 'Fiddler's Green
when be gave eleven raps, eignifying eleven
miles. Then asked him how many i'd
oilers were there, to which be answered
ssixteen., then inquired the number of
women residing there, and was informed
four Proceeding further with my ipqui-
RES, was told there were about q hundred
doctors, two hund; ed lawyers, and an I'M
limited number Of railroad men, living there.
said would believe this story if the table
would jump up TO the ceiling, whsreupon
it Immediately assembled to the calling,
turned over and came to the floor facs
downward"
: In the debate upon the question of
selling land at tax sale, in the Senate yes
terday, Mr. Hughes offered the following:
Rssolv further, that whenever any court
fails to construe thu provisions of this act
literally, so as TO protect purchasers who
purchase at tax sale in the possession of
the property so purchased, the amount so
lest to the revenues Of the State, shall be
chargeable to, and deducted cut of the sal
airy of any judge who so CONSTITUTES the law
as to make any such sale void.
-" mamma" said wee pet, ''they sang
Il want to be an angel in Sundy school this
morning, and l sang. with them" "Wby,
Nellie" exclaimed mamma, "could you keep
til with the rest?" 81 guess l could"
proudly answered little Nellie; ~ kept
ahead of them most all the way through"
= 1t rained, the other evening, and there
vas an entertainment. A young gentleman
'aid to a young lady: "Msy / have the
pleasure of protecting you with my UNI
orella?" And said she, with her round, |
expressive eyes looking full into his, @Put |
Up your rag" We Ike to see people soci- |
Ibie.
Senator White tells of legal gentle |
nan of this Stale, who had occasion to |
barge jury. He spread out on the table
,efore him a written document of great |
engtb, wherein this section that section |
# the Code was cited, winding up his
larrangue with, snow, gentlemen, that
lsed to be the law, as l have quoted, but
whether it is now or not, is question for
on to settle for yourselves"
They were telling stories down on
Iedsr street the other day. One told about
eeing river on fire, in the vicinity of
ONE extensive coal oil works In Pennsyl.
ania, and that the fish in that stream were
saturated with coal oil. "What
fine coal oil lamp could be made out of one
f those fish, by merely drawing a wick
'ugthwise through his body" interrupted
doubling Thomas"
Not long sinces party of festive youths
1T Nashville after having had ga high old
me-" homeward bound, the par being
n horseback. They had been riding but
short time when one Of their number
lddenly changed his mind about going
ShN az bAaS tihC1 anu lIOu |
is steed, falling into copious mud-hole.
alling into refreshing slumber ie was
reused by the approach ola neighbor boy,
Tho was also going home, when our obfds-
Gated young blood raised himself on one :
bow and called out, John, John, 1 wish
hen you come to cur house that you'd :
op and tell the old man to send somebody
own TO git me, for the fact Is, l feel Pm
OF doing bit o. good here"
"A GiminuiiVe African visited the count
groom of thu UNION AND AMERICAN
lnday morning, for the purpose of ex-
hanging lucre, to the amount of five cents,
r Old papers, explaining that "Mammy
ants 'em TO put on the table" The indi-
dual who represented the paper in this
tie financial transaction, booted at the
ca Of the papers being wanted for any
Ich purpose, giving it as his opinion that l
ey would enter into The manufacture of
hustle to be worn by the immediate ma
rnal ancestor Of the would-be purchaser,
which insinuation the boy replied, bis
1e flashing with indignation: "Fhat amt I
!, sir; my nanny don't wear bustles; my t
smmy'5 q Christian"
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