Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-06
PARAGRAPHiCAL.


A certain Nashville young man is both
cred half out of bis wits by bus landlady's
maneuVreS. She is very enterpfising
woman and loves change. The other day
she changed the position of the furniture
in bis room, among other alterations, put
ting the dressing bureau where the bed had
been. At 3 late hour in the night, that
trusting, conidng young man came home,
and, in q sudden freak of economy, dis
pensed with lighting the gas. Being en-
tirely ignorant of the changes which had
been made, he retired TO rest upon the
dressing case, and did not discover bis
mistake until the next morning.
The following paragraph going therounds
Of our exchanges, forcibly illustrates the
unjust distinction made between mems and
women's wages: "The widow of WASH
ington clerk was appointed to his place by
the sympa,hising authorities, as she had
several children 10 support, but instead of
receiving his salary, 81 800, for doing pre-
cisely the same work, she only receives
$500 because she is q woman. ltA 81
There is gentleman in this city who has
due regard for the Sabbath. He, is terri
bly, bothered at times by the depredations
committed by roaming fowls on MS flower
beds, and during the wee K he does not hes
itate to swear at them when they are pecu-
liary aggravatiUg, but on Sundays be drives
them from the premises with mild "She,
hens; go long there"
This from the St. Louis Journal, relative
TO dLucca's singing: ~Ihe Republicans
Cri icis gentleman of more than ordinary
attachments, and of wonderful expressive
ability He says: The only objection we
could make is the cadenZs in the second act
where she alters the position of her mouth
several times, and the sound loses its puri-
ty.' This is AZ objection, but the difficulty
viii be otviated tonight ny screwing her
mouth between Der shoulder blades, and
keeping it there with wires and cleats. No
prima donna, however strong her reputa-
ton, has any right to lake liberties with
her anatomy, and if she persists, the offend
ing part should be so located that she can
exercise no control over it. Let this be at
tended to-"
| Harry L., a very young Nashvillian,
has opened correspondence with his
grandmother, who resides in Baltimore.
II letters he builds up gradually, by jot-
ting, down daily, on little scraps of paper,
! such matters as he wishes TO incorporate in
his weekly epistle. This is what he wrote
for s II day last, upon returning from church:
81 think the sermon was very good except
had to walk" The objection made TO the
| discourse in this case, is quite as sensible as
that sometimes made to sermons by child
rem of larger growth.
Wanted-by a Nashville youth of six
summers, to make a rattle with-an old
fashioned ante bellum, genuine, Demo-
cratic, hard-shell, u stamped, .oooden match
box; round preferred. The present paste
| board frauds won't begin to make rattle.
Is there, Oh is there left in all this wicked
world single one of those good old honest
match boxes? What is home without
rattle?
There was ii tie breeze in the British
| Parliament Friday night (6uly reported
| in the UNION AND AMERICAN of Saturday
morning). The Opposition, as in duty
bound, allow no opportunity to pass for
making point against the Ministry, and
Sir Lord-Earl-M Marquis, Baron Somebody,
took occasion Friday night to grumble over
| the loss of San Juan Island through the ad
verse decision of Ksiser Wilhelm. Now,
our tele raph editor very properly charac-
terized this waste of parliamentary rhet
oIic as "cIying over split milk" Imagine
| bis surprise the next morning st reading it
| in print, ''cryiDg over split milk" Not a
letter had heen substituted, omitted or in
terpolsted, and yet he was not happy;
somehow it didn't convey his exact mean
ing. The idea of splitting milk is alto
gether original and somewhat suggestive,
and We indite this paragraph as tribute
to the genius of the Intelligent Com
positOr.