Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-09
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An exchange tells us that fall grown
young men Of Memphis ride on horseback
around q ring, and vi b long pole en-
deavor to pick barrel hooos off from hang
ing pegs. Their motto Is sGod save tue
right i Which IS to be saved, boop or man,
Is not etated.n
A Portsmouth doctor with very level
head, protasts against the custom which
prevails in some ofoIr cities,of tolling bells
at funerals. He thinks the sound has de-
pressing effect upon The sick, and can not
prove source Of much epj ,yment.
The contemplative mind cannot but be
psiaed a. this exhibition of a total lack of
flial affection on the part of st. Louis
gamin: "Hello, Bill! F" cried booth to
q companion; eheard yer old dad has broke
his leg ,"."He did that,n replied the shine adj
dressed, sand wasn't it bully for me,
though? he was going to wallop me thai
very night"
We learn from an exchange that Cots
chalk wrote q waltz at twelve, aud walked
swsy with his neighbours wife at eighteen.
A Chiesgo CIV (net Mrs. O'Leary's)
swallowed wstch. Theyshouldn name her
Reconstruction - Cincinnati Times
A newspaper chap, whose recollection of
past events Is remarkably vivid thus writes,
in great bitterness of spiri: HAnother blum
der from Vienna. We see by two unfor-
tunately approximate advertisements in a
contemporary thst the Exposition has award
ed two rival sewing machines each medal
for being the best. So we are going to have
that Paris bumbug all over again. II that
comet had only struck the earth as it was
going tol
1t is rumOred that the wife ofone ofthose
New Haven Aldermen purposes bringing
suit against the Mayor of that city for giving
her husband too much champagne last week
on the occasion of supper rendered to the
members of the municipal gOyefnTen the
worser half 10 question having utterly failed
to convince her 81 at his inclination to 60 to
bed with his boots on was solely because
''lshe cream dishorder d'gesh'n an give fellel
col' feet."-EIchGnge. Is --f
Brown, our insurance friend, was told By
his wife, on Saturday, to be sare and bring
home st night something to eat. Sohe pur'
chased couple of wafer melons. Not own
ing a paper-mili, the desler could no. dc
| them up, and Brown took the market basket
containing the Sunday DIN er, between hi:
teeth, a waier melon under each arm, and
started for the cars. First one melon slip
| ped back, while the other went forward, aIC
while balancing them by n ingenious sy stem
OF jerks, the basket got swinging aud nearly
| pulled every tooth out of hi head. BiowI
| retired to door az to res just things, ans
| then started on bis way, with the CO. cous
less of being late for the train. Oh! how
| slippery those arelons we e They lure Iec
~Dd slid, and revolVed on their skis uni
Brown thous hi they ust be alive. III I
man passing by, who saw Brown doubled
up, and trying, while half seated on the
sIdewa ak, TO bring equilibrium into play ouct
more, offered to help Blown. So Brown
stood up, an the man pushed one melOr
| frontward and the Other backward,
eve ythiDg would have been all right had he
not pushed the latter too far mack, SO that il
slid out f.om under Browns arm, into 'ut
Of eggs that luckily stood on the Sidewalk
and prevented the melon from bein broken
Brown left l., however, after pay ng for sUmt
dozen eggs, also not taken by him, anC
started sfresh, with tut one melon. He wa.
now obliged o run, ana presented truly
pitiable sigh, ss the small children remarked
who were fgh ing over the abaf dO-ed fruit
Finally be rea he'd the GepOt just as the trair
had started, put the basket on he last plat
form, tossed the melon on after it, jumped
| on himself, saw the melon bound down the
| s.eps on the other side and burst on thC
| track, and .hen went home and old hs wifi
he could not find any decent fruit in tht
maIket-BoSton TrdrelIer.
And row cur musical critic is in trouble
again. He learns from he exchanges tha
a very dangerous FIVE hundred dollar coun
terfeiE bill is in circulation, and as he has nC
what you would call an intima g acquaint
ance with bank bills of any kind, be is in 6
fever Of anxiety lest some designing ant
evil minded person pay him one of these
counterfeit bills, in making change. To be
sure no one ever did pay him \ pill Of thai
| denomination Ia making c4auge, or IN any
other way; indeed, he never owed so much
money at any time in bis life, but be say;
there's no telling hat might happen, you
know.