Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-02
TYPOGRAPHICAL.


ground Of "emotional insanity such IS
marrying an empty purse.
1t Is said OF a remarkably nice Nashville
man, who always looks as neat and tidy as
though he had just stepped out of band
box, that he carefully avoids sitting down,
for fear he will riuss up his clothes.
DR.. White, The Lebanon Herald philoso-
phef, was taken before the Nashville police
court yesterday morning. The only reason
why bis name does not appear in our police
court report to-day, is because he was there
merely as loc ker-on.
And now sad story reaches us of q
country editor who struck from his list, the
last week in June, such papers as he didn't
care to exchange with. The next week, the
editors who didn't care to exchsnge with
him, cut bis paper from their lists, and the
unfortunate man was left without a single
exchange.
The Memphis Register supports at an
enormous salary, gifted police reporter,
who throws the readers of that paper into
paroxysms of mirth by The publication of
Items like this: emma Stanly, whose
name is somewhat familiar in police
circles, will add City days to her reputa-
tioo for being drunk and disorderly.'
Just how the "fifty days" are to be added y
the Register readers never inquire.
The one thing that specially pleased
Ralph Waldo Emerson in his late tour, it
is said, was the sphinxs 1t is to be presumed
that 1t didn't ask him what he meant
when he wrote "If the red slayer thinks he
Stays" nor whether the remainder Of his
poems had any meaning, but only looked at
him with kind of profound air, which
the sage returned, but it seemed to imply
"You're MISUNDERSTANDING.
"You are good little boy, and some OF
these Gays I'm going to make you nice
present." said an old lady on Union street
to gentlemanly little fellow who had re-
lieyed her of bucket Of water which she
was carrying. We do not consider that
boys prospect of receiving valuable pres
ent a remark bly, fattering one, but he has
the consciousness of having done kind act,
and that is worth great deal to any boy.
The Savannah Nelrs relates this thrilling
narrative: GAS we have before remarked,
no Macon man is allowed to move in
respectable society unless his backyard is
ornsmented with ferocious bulldog. Tom
Ar;ope has one, and he went out the other
morning before breakfast 10 chain him up
so the children could come out to play.
Tom tried to catch the dog, but failed, and
then the dog tried to catch Tom, and sue
ceeded, and Tom tasted so good that it re-
CURED the cook and several disinterested
neighbors to whistle him off,"
The appeal tells of Memphis parent
who, having vainly lectured his children
about the improperly of leaving the front
door open at night, thought he would show
them the impropriety of such carelessuess
by ticking ont various bats, umbrellas, and
other articles left in the hall. Upon reach
ing the gate with these goods in his hands,
an unseen policeman tapped him on the
back and marched him to the statio1house.
The confused parent expostulated. telling
the policeman be took the goods out of his
own house in order to play a joke on his
children, and show them how easy thief
could enter the house when they left the
door open, and steal anything in the ball.
After satisfactory explanation the police
man released the gentleman, whose chill
dren are fully satisfied with the impressive
character Of his joke.
"The paragraphist of the UNION AND
AMERICAN quotes: SIN the midst Of life,
we are in death; and then adds IF that
quotation is not properly given, DR.. White,
Of the Lebanon Herald, will please set US
right in the next issue of his paper 1t
gives Us sincere pleasure to say that the
quotation is properly given. By what lucky
accident the paragraphist stumbled on the
correct rendering, we cannot imagine.
1t is habit which is in no danger of be-
coming chronic" Lebanon HerGldl 1t
brings tears of joy and pride to the mild
blue eye (the left eye) of the UNION AND
AMERICAN paragraphs TO receive the COM
mendation of the Lebanon Herald man, his
feelings ofexquisite satisfaction not being
lessened even by the closing sentence OF the
Herald paragraph, as be has no desire that
any of his habits should become "chronic.N
1t has a depressing effect upon the mind
of the reader to find, in the Lebanon Her
aid, such sentences as the following:
"Among the agreeablest of current CORE
spoDdence are the letters of" etc.
"Do we have doughnuts this evening"
asked Lice young man of waiter at tie
Maxwell, last evening.
"Of ,urse we dough not" promptly re-
sponded sad-eyed youth sitting near, and
whose mind is entirely given up to the con-
sideration of conundrums, enigmas aud
other vanities Of that character.
"Wby 'of course?" inquired the nice
young man."
because they are not kneaded this even
ing" responded the sad-eyed youth. This
sealed the fate of the sad-eyed youth, for
the nice young man, seeing that the mind
of the former was shattered beyond the
reach of medical science, rose majestica'ly,
seized the conundrumist by the left ear, led
him to the gallery surrounding the ro.unda,
and cast him into the fountain below, where
he became food for the fishes,