Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-13
PARAGRAPHICAL.

The editcr of the Cleveland Banner has
his own ideas as to what constitutes deli
cate and tempting dish. Hear him: ave
believe it was Esau that sold his birthright
for a mess of pottaee. Now If thai mess
ofpottage consisted of hog jowl and turDip
| green's, he is not much to blame for it. II
we were so fortunate as to come across
pot full of that kind of stuff, we should be
tempted to do some of the same kind Of
| trading"
There are people in this city who believe
that the reporters on the daily papers hunt
up items during the day, which they read at
night to some Individual who dresses said
items up as they appear in print the next
| day. And yet Nashville has free schools
and an abundance Of Universities and
things.
The Nashville UNION AND AMERICAN, a
paper Of extraordinary good, senses don't
think very highly of the st. Louis ltinatic,
| L. U. Reavis. --LouisUat5 Commercial.
| The st. Louis Dispatch thus calls atlef-
! ton to very important fact; one which
deserves consideration: sit is startling to
think that the number of railroad ties in
use in the United States is 150,000,00g. A
cut Of geo ties to the acre II above rather
than under the average, and it therefore has
| required the product of 100000 acres of
weil-timbered land to furnish the supply.
Railroad ties last about i've years; conse-
quently 100000 ties are used annually
| for repair, taking the timber from 10000
acres. The manufacture of rolling stock
| disposes of the entire yield of $50, 900 acres,
and full supply of nearly 100000 acres
more, every year. 1t appears, then, that
our railroads are stripping the codntrg at
| the rate of 1000, 900 acres per annum; and
their demands are rapidly Increasing"
The Commercial, newspaper published
at Louisville, town on the Ohio river,
| tells this sad story:
"Yale College has rrofessorship in jour
| nalism. One of the graduates lately has
| been very Successful. When he found that
his journalistic talents would only bring
him eight dollars week ON an Indiana pa
per, be went right off and took situation
as clerk in an oyster saloon. where he re-
ceiVcs ten dollars a week, sieallngs not in-
Guided. And he's not proud, ether"
One of two things is quite evident: The
'Small Talk column of the Courier Jour
nal is either manipulated By a new man,
or else the braiu of the old-time proprietor
of that columu is softening rapidly.
The paragrsphist of the st. Louis Jour-
nal was taken to the insane asylum in
butchers cart one day last week. His
friends had long suspected him Of being
"highty," but they buoyed their sinking
spirits with the fond hope that, with tender
treatment, he might recover. Those hopes,
however, were forever shrouded in gloom
when it was found that he had written this
diabolical editorial: ...-..--
"The restaurant keepers of st. Louis
have already advanced the price of ices
from 10 to 20 cents and the only response
made by the dealers to the protests of in
dignant school boys regarding the extortion
is that SITS "0''-y but its an ice."
Bob G. is character well known to |
everybody in tee eastern part of the State. |
He was visiting the city one time, wearing |
q suit of c!othes which did not exactly meet |
the approval of brother doing usiness |
here, so the latter purchased him a new |
rig throughout, and had him put them on /
at once. Bob went off to his hotel and had |
high old time that night, making his APP
pearance On the street the next day in the |
clothes which lie had discarded the day |
before. "Why, Bob, hoW's this?" in /
quired his brother, upon meeting him.
"Where's your new suit of clothes ?"
swell, I've got 'em in my trunk" said Bob.
"The fact is, think Teller looks so id
mean struttin' around on the street in a
new suit Of clothes, without cent in his
pocket TO get drink with"
Bob had "spouted his new garments
for the necessaries of lie, otherwise,
liquids.
At another. time he played practica,
joke on an insurance man, whom he in
vited to drink with him, in this wise; says
he: 60 Here's man keeps this saloon that
l don't like, and I've been tryin' to get
ahead of him. Les you and go in there,
you order the drinks at my expense, and l
won't pay for 'em, Tut III beat him out of
the two drinks" The conf1ing Insurance.
chap was delighted with the idea, and the
plan was carried ont at once. The latter
ordered the drinks, which were Immediately
hidden from public gaze, and then the in
surance man said that Bob would settle the
bill. Bob, however, carried out his part Of
the programme and refused to pay, adding
that he hadn't ordered the drinks. The in
surance individual was convinced, after
some debate upon the subject, that he had,
and reluctantly "shelled out " the funds
necessary to settle the little account.
DUD NlSlleu NdtUFlllS SOOH AFTER bH0 uTSt |
street car line was completed. Landing at
.he Chattanooga depot, he was at once sur
rounded by crowd of clamorous hackmen
who wanted him to go this way, that way
and the other. Bob secured a street car
ticket, selected his victim, took his seat in
hack, and in answer to the drivers inquiry
Is to where be wanted to 60, replied, sob
axe me anywhere; take me all over town."
The grinniDg darkey clambered to his seat,
Ind for an hour or so Bob ratified around
III over the city, leaning back in a com
orta5le attitude, meanwhile, enjoying the
ide to the utmost. Finally he was driven to
! hotel, where he slighted, and
landed the hack driver his street car ticket.
What's this for?" asked the Jehu. "That's
o pay for my ride" was the reply. "Why
hat don't pay nothin'," said the hackman.
Il charge you S. for ridin' around town.
This is street car ticket" dwell haint l
'een a ridin' in street car all this time!"
inquired Bob, in an astonished tone. "No
his amt no stree; car; this is hack said
he other. "Well-In be durned," ex-
laimed Bob, passing around the vehicle
nd examining it carefully, "Why didn't /.
on tell me this wern't street car? I
no ught it was; l never saw one in my life,
ut sposed was ridin' in one all this
ime;" and he walked Off with his hands in
is pockets.