Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-25
pARAGRAPHICAL.

A Nashville lady says she wouldn't mar
Nv the Angel Gacriel's bruther-in-law, if she
knew him to be drinking man.
A minister who formerly lived IN Iowa
says he was riding in that State one SUM
day, when he saw hundreds of prairie
chickens, ''and," says he, 81 believe those
chickens knew That it was Sunday, that l
had DO gun and fhst was a preacher-at
ieast they acted as though theydid."
The Mail spells opossum with two p's in
three places in its attempt to show that our
people are ruined financially.
Herald 1.-TWO p's in three places" make
six p's. An opoSsum stuffed with peas
in this manner would be a culinary Curl
osity.
Chicago's proposition to have the next
worlds fair held there, is meeting with
some opposition: ''In the first place." says
the Boston Post, sit isn't certain that the
next world will have fair; and in the sec
ond place, those who'd be likely to attend
it will prefer more pious town in which
TO celebrate"
A minister of our acquaintance, who has
excellent control over his feelings, has a
habit of cilaracterizing person who exas-
perates him as 1.-THE sinner where other
men would use the word 'tscoundrel,"
scamp rascal or something of that
sort He says he considers it perfectly or
thodoX to call man skinner" as we are
all sinners.
Down in Pulaski they tell a good story
about old Ned, Gov. Browns body servant.
Soon after the close Of the war Ned came
70 Nashville with the Governor, who was
known at that time as Seen" Brown. Ned
had never before seen a city lighted with
sas, and was deeply interested the night of
lis arrival i'll Nashville in watching the
amps lit, but could not understand the
,ause. Finally he addressed lamp-lighter
with: ''See yer, MaSs'r, is you 'luminatin'
kase the Ginrel's come to town?n
A st. Louis man went up to Chicago last
month to collect bill of $50. The Chi
eago man said he couldn't pay it just then
but would settle next day, so the st. Louis
man came again the next day. Then the
Chicago man told him to drop in the day
following, at which time he would pay part
of it at least. The st. Louis man called
again at the time appointed, and the Chi
cago man said he had been unable to make
certain collections he had relied upon, but
as he had promised to pay at least por-
ton OF the Sl30 account, lie would pc as
good as his word, and then that obliging,
reliable Chicago man handed to that trust
ing, confding st. Louis man, one dollar
bill.
Huntley, well known newspaper chap
of st. Louis, shook the pencil business last
summer and went into hotel keeping at a
Missouri railroad station III company with
another enterprising individual who had
some money that he was anxious to get rid
of, the understanding being that Huntley
was to put his experience (?) against the
other mans funds. In about three months
the establishment was closed, and the firm
declared insolvent, owing principally to
the fact that Huntley's knowledge of the
hotel business was so very limited. His
partner was relating his experience to a
Sympathizing friend. He said: 'Huntley
was to furnish the experience, and l was to
furnish the capital. | don't want to be I'M
derstood as doubling his abilities, but when
we busted, at the end of three months,
had the experience, and Huntley had the
capital"