Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-25
PERSONALITIES.

There is boy eleven years old in De-
troit who feigns death so perfectly that the
| Coroner has offered him thousand dollars
year to let him have the use of his corpse
| during that time.
| A beautiful young girl at Topeka goes to
| bed with rosy cheeks, bus invariably is
very pale in the morning. Unconscious
cerebration or something of that kind
transfers the color . the pillow.
| The Detroit boy, as usual, more cunning
than honest, has spread out four quarts Of
peanuts upon false head in barre, and
sold the barreful to grocer for $l.25. A
| deep boy, that-in one sense.
A young lady who lately gave an order
to her milliner for bonnet, said: "Y on are
to make it plain, but at the same time
smart, as ! sit in conspicuous place in
church." 4ae
Walker, the battle painter, has been paid
$25, 700 by Gen. Joseph E. Hooker to paint
a portrait landscape of the battle of Look
out Mountain; and Don. Piatt has an en-
gsgement to write the Generals life.
August Belmont has been elected q MEM
Der of the London Jockey Club, distinc-
ticn entirely deserved and not hitherto con-
farred upon any other foreigner except the
President of the Paris Jockey Club.
Laucelotts is the name of the newest
prodigy 90 the piano. 1t is little Italian
boy who plays the piano Ike master, not
only known compositions, but improVisa-
tons on any motive given him. He is only
six years old, and has so revolution
lied his own country that he has already
been demanded in Paris, where he arrived
lately, but without having as yet had an OPP
portunity Of playing 10 public.
The Maysville Eagle relates that "the
late Rev. DR.. r. j. Breckinrilge, ST, re-
marked ashort Tins before his death that
the reunion of the Presbyterians would
take place after the Lord takes me TO
Heaven and sends DR.. Stuart Robinson
rack to Irelsnd.' This prophecy is nearly
fulfilled. DR.. Breckenridge has gone to the
spirit land, sndI DR.. Robinson has left or is
about leaving for Ireland, and the reunion
of churches seems TO be not far distant"
Gen. William o. Butler, of Mexican war
celebrity, who has lived at Carrollton, KY,
for seventy-six years, has two brothers, one
eighty -four and the other eighty, and also .
cousin who is ninety years of age; all re-
sidir 9 in thu same town. La 1S4S, ADD
while in Mexico, the General was nominal.
ed as Vice President on the ticket with
Gen. Cass. He has since been remaining
quietly at his home in Csrrollton, and al
though in his eighty-third year, never
walks less than six miles a day for ex-
ercise.
A lifelong intimate friend of Louis Ma
poleon says: discrimination was a study,
and he carried it to the extent of disguis-
ing his features. His long moustache was
intended to conceal his mouth, and he had
disciplined bis eyes. This latter practice
began in lS4S. Madame R., in that year
noticed change in them, and asked him
what was the matter. ''Nothing," he an
swered. A day or two later she again re-
marked their odd appearance, and at last
she discovered, apparently by his own con-
fession, that be had been sccustoming him.
self 10 keep his eyelids closed, and to throw
into bis eyes vacant, dreamy expression"