Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-16
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It's said that rotary appears most like
3 mule when be Is drawing up . convey
ance.
The Augusta Chronicie and Sestise has
column OF South Carolina items under
the very appropriate heading Of "Palmetto
Leaves
Now that The weather is growing some
what cool, our citizsns will DO well to close
their pew doors after them, when attending
church, and thus avoid taking cold.
A Nashville young lady who ssfairly dotes
on books, you know was reading Shzk-
sreare lately, In company with her Adci-
plus, whsn she tuned to that greaily-to-
be-envied youth, and gently murmured,
"Tell me-who wrote Shakespeare" At
another time she told a friend. in conf
dence, Chat she sswas so fond Of Mr.. Wa
verly's works.
The philosopher of the ST. Louis journal
gives this bit of eminently sensible advice:
isIf your minister is of the kind who says
'Chewsday' instead OF Tuesday don't LET
your wife 60 to . church picnic with him."
Whisky is recommended by physicians
| for corpulent people who ardenty desire
reduction of flesh, as it never fails to make
them lean-agsinst the lamp-posts.
The egotislical infant who blocks out
head lines and writes personals for the Ey-
snsyille Courier, has added another to bis
stock Of adjecsives. 1t is the word "bonny."
The other day he wrote q bit of fulsome
| twaddle about sour honny, jovial friend
-,n and went round the next day to get
bis promised drink from the "bonny," etc,
but found the latter in q towering rage.
| The sbonny" happened to be an exceeding
| ly lank individual, and he few into q pas
| sion and said that . personal affront was ia
tended, and all because the composltor had
lefs out one of the "n's" in the word
ssbonny.n
The affectionate demonstrations of 9
youth who escorted bis duck to the Second
Presbyterian church last Sunday night,
somewhat distracted the attention OF
the worshipers in thier immediate
vicinity. The young lady was sweet,
and charminr, and all that, but
it was very wrong for the young man to in
sst upon encircliDg her taper waist with
his arm, while they were at church.
An exchange says: Father Boyle, Of
Washington, addressing a school on the
subject of Easter celebration, young Miss
asked him: 'sFather Boyle, what is the
origin of Easter eggs?" ssA hen, no doubt
Mss, replied the Father, quietly.
| st. Louis Journal: The lady teachers il
the public sehools'of this city have not re-
ceived their monthlypay promptly as usual
and will not get it anbil next week. The
authorities plead the "crisis" but we say,
"don't cry, sis, it will ruin your complexion
and will fail to bring the money any soon-
er."
TIE Mayor of Chicago having proclaimed
as a holiday the second anniversary OF thu
burning of that city, New York paper Il
led TO say: The chief objection to thi
measure is its effect upon the budding
minds Of the youth of Chicago. To associ
ate in those young and ardent spirits tht
ideas of confsgration and holidays, in thu
relation of cause and effect, is not thin
which would meet the approval of any ju
dicious father of family.
Che contemplatiye mind is encouraged
BY the publication Of items like this, clippe'
from the Atlanta Constitution. Thos
Georgia girls ara treasures: The grea
contest of the Rome Fair has been that be
tween the girls for q cooking stove as pre-
MUM for the best dinner. The result
the contest has been looked for with gres
interest, and the awards were delivered
amid great excitement. The best cool
, among these contending charmers was de
cjded TO be Miss Hattie j. johnson, T.
whom was awarded the first premium il
the shane of John B. Gordon cooking stove
To Miss Octavia shropshire was gwen In
| second premium. This second premium
was the r. E. Lee stove offered by Seay
Walker. The committee found It hard Q
! decide. They recommended that INVENT
/ dollars be given to Miss Alice Camp,
twelve year old CIR, for the very excenen
} dinner she concOcted. They also recon-
meuded ten dollars 10 Miss Z. j. Shropshire
Appended to a lengthy marriage motto
In the Cincinnati Enquirer appears the fol
, low ing gushing effusion, with an "explsn
: atory" foot note by the editor: "By cour
/ tesy, all brides are beautiful, but it was neS
er our fate TO see lovelier one. In ne
trailing, tinted, silken robes and gossame
veil, only shading the face where rose an
D lily fought sgoodlie' fight, the steady even
} ing lights slept in the crepe blonde hair an
} fiecked off into shadows over the sFee
quiet mouth, we were constrained to say
) God might have made fairer woman, bu
D doubtless he never did, Joy and sadne'
D are 30 inextriesbly mingled at weddings, W
3 smile to speed the parting bride thr2ut
tears and doubts and anxious fore
? holdings of tie future, yet the I'D
: of marrisee bells, the floating of white favor
i the eager, smiling attendants, the universe
wish to render shadowless this white day
i all the year. the hearty congratulations
: the guests, who have left behind them II
DAYS profit and loss, toll and sorrow, an
S put on festive robes, shaken off the dust
r the streets and hedges and made themselvt
: lovely, to do honor to the oecssion-ail 10
D bid us to indulge in untimely mourning
r useless prophecy. Knowing that there r
!, mains yet much to enjoy, suffer and 90, "
/ drop the curtain before the coming year
+ wishing man and wife the unspeakao
: peace that bring content in their lake shol
2 home, where lie unexplored "summer ls'
Of Eden, in dark purple spheres OF sea"
ANXIOUS.
TThis notice was accompanied by ter
cent shinplaster, with request for two Co
!. les OF our valuable psper.-ED.]