Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-10
PARAGRAPHICAL.

Inc cheap Jonn VINO gets up the "Ledger
Lines" for the Memphis Ledger, accidently
left the third letter out of the word "Lines, u
the other day. His readers said it vas all
right, however, AMI that there was nomis-
take made sfier all.
Among the new music received by Me-
Clure, is 8 p'ece labelled "a Rsveris; for
the Piano" Il is to bs regretted that the
particular piano referred to. is not desig-
mated, as the writer would like to interview
piano which INDUCES In rever'es.
Chesp John, of the Memphis Ledger,
throws his readers into .pasms of hilarity
by the publication of sde-splittiug jokes
like the following: "The h .morous Req
lister man insists that good fitting shirt is
q fit companion for lord, anl yet he is not
lord"
Miss Ida Greeley being engaged on a
translation for the Graphic, an exchange
erqutres, "Wili she too become famous Ike
her sire?" We don't know, bat if she does
she'll be one Of the most honest as well as
one of the profanest women on eacth.-St.
Louis journal.
Punch has a pathetic picture of mar
ried couple on calling trip. As thsy wait
at the door where they have rung the bell.
Augustus is thus cautioned: "Augustus,
love, let me beg of you, do not give way to
any insane demonstrations of delight be-
fore the servant, if she says they are not at
home"
Under the head of 'sLocal Miscellany" q
country paper in this State tells this story:
"a pleasant slip Of the tongue is recorded
by French paragraphs. A lady was en-
joying the society Of her husband, when the
cell rang, aud the servant announced che
DECOR Tell him am sick, and cannot
see him. was Msdams's reply"
A nice fat boarder at the Maxwell. sat
down last night on few of those spikes
which ornament the projections about the
hotel He didn't remain long however.
Not that be didn't find his seat comfori able.
but he said he was afraid he would break
off some of the spikes, and go away with
them concealed about his person, and then
Fulton aC0uld be mad.
The moral atmosphere of Chicago has
permeated even TO Kansas. We read that
a strange lady stopped st hotel 10 Oswe-
90 il that State, called in an able Judge
named Perkins, who granted her divorce
at once, and in fifteen minutes afterwards
she married another man. This idea of
calling in Judge, as if he were physician,
is something unique in practice, but will
doubtless become populsr.-MoRtgomery
Advertiser.
Some merriment was created at the
corner of Second and Main streets yester-
day morning. A charming young lady was
so fascinate with a certain young man
that she tread en- young pointer dog,
which set up yelp, and caused her to
scream in the highest note of human vocal
ISM. 1t is needless to remark that the fas-
cinsting young man was the local editor of
this paper. Photographs for sale, ard agents
wanted in every comfy EUGASUiLle
Courier Oh, Hevirgs!
Waterloo, diffident newspaper man of
st. Louis, had almost made up his mind to
make some woman miserable for life, but
he has Feen frightened off the track again.
He thus relates how he came to change his
mind: ga floating item informs US that
'JPrusha Bryan slew panther with pine
knot in Pennsylvania. She is not mar
ried.' And she won't be, for all us. We
gouldn't go home mellow to such a woman
for all that could be ofieTed-no, not for
worlds! Better would be dinner of herbs
and stalled OK Herewith, or something OF
the kind"
OuI luuoiCdl OAlblC iOuuu tic IOuJWlHS
paragraph in the Catalogue of certain fe-
male college in this State: "Fhe cost of
board will be much diminished by pupils
wearing colored skirts at school. II parents
do not provide winter and summer boule-
wards, they will have to pay heavily for
washing" He at once bent all the powers
of bis great mind to the consideration of
that paragraph, and as we 60 10 press, finds
that be has no clearer conception of its
meaning than when he first tackled it. He
says that for the life of him, he can't IN
derstand why girl who wears colored
skirts should eat more than one who decks
her lovely 70. n entirely in snowy book
muslin, or domestic; and if s.. does not
eat more, why should she be required TO
pay more for bJarI? AS for
that second proposition, regarding
be knows they have boule-
ward in Chicago, two hundred feet wide and |
three miles long, with handsome elm trees
on each side, but il never occurred to him |
that Tennessee female colleges required
parents patronizing said schools to not only
provide boulevards, bat also provide twin
ter and summer" bOuleVards, in def ult of
which they "will have to pay heavily for
washing.n He proposes to interview the
lady who starches his bosoms and things, |
on the subject, in order to learn the exact
connection between bOulevards and wash
ing, and if he fails to get satisfactory in.
formation from her, will take weeks va
cation and solve the problem if possible.