Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-10
PARAGRAPHICAL.

An Evansville, Ind, mother stole BABY
carriage the other day, in which to take her
little darling out airing.
The general salutstion to persons return-
ing from the country now is, GLOW many
fish did you catch? ?" The boys on the
Square have it to a dot.
a man in Norwich, Conn, recently
dropped check for $1,000 into the cOntri-
button box. The psFners say his name has
not been learned yet, though It would seem
rather essential before getting the cheek
cashed.
as one passed down Cherry street last
night, after the arrival of the Louisville
mail, groups of men could be seen in every
store, busily engaged in looking over the
list of lottery prizes as published in the
Louisville papers. And yet there vas not
that degree of hilarious joy and upro2rious
boisterOusness prevailing, which might have
been expected.
The Evansville Journal narraIes This sad
incident: "a young gentleman took his
sweetness out boat riding, yesterday, aud
on coming ashore, mistoOk a lot of foam
az drift for the land. They stepped out
with all confidence, and in a minute were
immersed il slime and mud, and nearly
drowned. A sad, sorry, ungraceful and
wet young couple went home with their
nice clothes and their enjoyment for the
evening ruined"
The New Orleans Times has this TO say
about recent swimming match: sit was
an afternoon of delight 'ul excitement to the
large crowd in attendance, and was apprO-
pristely rounded off with a pretty contest
of lady swimmers, of whom there were
three. They swan distance of only 200
yards against the stream, and back. The
aides were pretty in their swimming raj
ment, and swan deliciOusly, and the waters
parted calamity as they advanced; and one
of them won, and the other two did not"
Joaquin Miller has written little love
story for the Independent, wherein the
hero is Tilted, aud this is the way he took it.:
Glow the news came TO him at last, how it
sifted and drifted little at time, vaguely
at frat, to this BOY in the forest, with his
great faith; how he refused to listen
or to believe, the sgony OF the first
doubt that struck and lodged like poison
ed arrow up to the feathers in bis heart,
would be long TO tell and very sad" If
that "poisonGd arrow" which lodged sup to
the feathers" III his heart, was of the ordi-
nary length it must have worried that I'M
fortunate youth whenever he attempted to
lie on his back.
A Louisville gentleman received 3 let
ter the other day, which is probably the best
travelled epistle ever sent through the mails.
The gentleman had just arrived from Eu-
rops, and the letter had followed him
through ali the cities which he visited, ar
irving at Louisville three days after his re-
turn. The letter contains $500, and was
mailed from Louisville in the later part of
April and reached Paris, France, in due
time. Mr.. Newman left Paris before the
letter reached that place, and travelled
through Spain, Germany, Belgium and
Switzerland, and finally set sail for home.
The letter followed him, and received the
Ecstmark of each city in which he stopped. |
After thus travelling through lage portion
of Europe, the letter vas again put in the
bag for America, and was received by the !
postmaster in Louisville last week, when it |
wac delivered to the person for whom it had |
been SO long in search.-St. Louis Repub |
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