Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19
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The Knoxville Press and Herald man
tells this story on himself, knowing that
some one else will tell it, if he does not:
ga young lady in East Knoxville, yester-
day, was frequently disturbed by come one
casting reflections of the sun in her face
while sitting in her window, and in looking
down discovered glass.eyed printer WINK
ing at her,"
The Cincinnati Times Makes this view of
ii: "Mrs. Don Carlos has taken the field
with her husband. Or. Mary Walker
should apply for staff appointment. Her
gain would be ours"
A dashiDg belle of Green Bay, a Miss
Ruth Taylor, few dsys since was pyesen-
ted wi b silk dress for her gallautry in
taking hold of spaDner and helping pull
the engine to fire. The firemen have had
to add two hundred feet of rope since then.
All the gir.s want silk dresses. ~ Chicago
Post.
An exchange says, "Henry Snyder, though
well-to-do widower, is not ex sctly popular
in the ladies' sewing circles of Uniontown,
Va. Two weeks ago his late wife fell into
the well, and Henry rode twenty miles to
borrow rope, while twenty foot ladder
was left leaning against the house, and
when he returned be was widower."
A Bennington daughter, whose domestic
nature is equal to her natural simplicity,
was invited by an Advent exhorter to join
his sect, get her white robe ready, and pre-
pare 10 ascend. 81 can't" the maid replied;
''father and mother are going up, and some
body must stay to see to the cattle"
Boston Globe: general Butler is very
indignant, as it is quite natural he should
be, with people who call stealing robbery.
They are rot the same thing at all, and this
fact cannot be too strongly impressed apon
the general mind, because there is evident
ly strange misconception abroad upol this
subject. One of the most unsssailable
points in the Generals defense is that in
which he shows that all who voted thew
selves back pay were serving their country
by their action in the matter, and bad no
right to act otherwise. We ere so glad that
we have been taught this important fact,
because we now know how many self sac
rificipg and disinterested patriots there
were in the laet Congress"
Apropos of the motto "The lips that
touch wine, shall never touch mine," adopt
ed by certain clasc Of young ladies', a very
sensible wretch has this to say:
"Where are you going, my pretty blade?
Where are you going. my pretty blade|'
"Tm going walking, Miss, F" he said,
~"Miss," he said,
cover the meadow, Miss" he said.
HMsy 20 with you, my pretty blade?
May go with you, my pretty blade?"
eyes, If you wish to, Miss, 'he said,
"Miss, J" he said,
(Out of poiitennss) "Miss, }" he said.
''What is your beverage, my pretty blade?
What is your beverage, nv pretty blade?"
"My tipple is Bordeaux, Miss, " he said,
"Miss," he said,
"fhe best can find here, Miss, he said.
"Then I can't marry you, my pretty blade!
Then can't N AIRY you, nv pretty blade"
"NOLody asked you, Miss, ;" he said,
'fMiss, +" he said,
"Not by a long chalk, Miss" he said.
The Brownsville States says: "The edi-
tor Ofthe e. Gazette, having heard that sui
phur in the socks would prevent cholera,
has worried stick of birthstone out of the
! druggist, and now wants some one to Ian
him pair of socks while he tries the thing.n
And now if the editor of the Gazette
don't worry the writer ofthat diabolical
paragraph with an Indian war-club, for
thus meddling with matters which don't
concern him, we will be ready to sell or
interest in the editor OF the-Gdzette at a
greatly reduced figure,