Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-12
PARAGRApHrcAL.

The well regulated newspapers of the
land are engaged in publishing that fascin.
sting legend about the origin of "Bock'i
beer, which legend is now in season.
A Mississippi paper fatters itself that il
Is but "echoiug the wishes of the great
popular pulse of the Republican party
throughout the State" when it ncminates
Ames for Governor. There's a beautiful
metaphor for you, fully equal to anything
our own Senator Snipes ever originated.
Bill, a eolored servant now living on High
street, in the employ of the family to whom
he belonged before The var, was yesterday
urged to contribute Of his substance to-
wards the support of a colored orphan
asylum in this city, but he failed to recog-
nlze the claims that institution has upon
him. Said he; 81 don't know muffin bout
no ortn 'sylum. haint got no orfns of my
own, an l don't never expect to have any.
wants all l makes to sport myself an my
old woman"
There's ga heapo' baptisin'n going on at
Winchester, Tenn, at this time. Last Sun
day there were thirteen young ladies attend
ing the Seminary at that point, Immersed;
three the Sunday before, and thirty-three
are looked for tomorrow.
Ayoung man about six years old pre-
senfed himself at the door of the County
Court room yesterday, and Immediately
opened conversation with gentleman
standing near, in this wise: II live on
South Market street and Pm come to bring
my Pa his dinner. He's Squire. Saw
Mister, are they courtin' yet?" He was
told that the court had adjourned ten min
utes before he made bis appearance.
st. Louis has published new city d.
rectory, its principal object in so doing be-
ing to demonstrate to Chicago, a town in
the northern part of Illinois, that some
places can do as much in the way of pupu-
lation SIS some other places. This new
work of fiction puts the present number of
unfortunates who daily absorb St. Louis
smoke, at 100000
Kate Field, that spiciest of lady writers,
has this to say, among other things, of
Bellew, the silver-haired English elocution-
ist: There could not be greater contrast
than that between Miss Cushman's and
Mr.. Bellows reading. One is dramatic and
the other is STACEY; one feels and the other
assumes; one is tremendously in love with
art, and the other is tremendously in love
with himself: one puts ideas into an audi
ence, and the other takes ideas out OF an
audience; one ennobles her profession, the
other belittles II. So, altogether, you per-
ceive that the later completely overshad-
ows the former, and, if Mr.. Bellew contin-
ues to patroniZe the United States by bis
manly presence, we shall learn to distin-
guish truth from falsehood.
The st. Louis Dispatch steals from some
other paper the following paragraph about
a wicked boy: "a most successful all-fools'
day hoax was perpetrated in New York
city by boy who woke up the inmates of
the house in which he and bis mother, with
other persons, reside, by p rsonating both
burglar and a defender of his house
against burglars. The boy had smeared
the wall with reddish fluid TO appear like
blood, he had forced the scuttle cover open,
add then when al was in readiness he fired,
like valiant man-at-arms, three times at
vacancy. His mother was frightened. The
boy with admirable ferethought loaded his
pistol, handed it to his mother, and only
then walked off to the police station to in
form the captain of what had occurred.
The police searched the house and the
neighborhood, but without result"
The County Court adjourned yesterday
after a five days session during which the
jaws of the mem ers wagged industriously.
Judge Ferris succeeded in keeping very
good order Comparatively speakiDg) the
most of the time, but lie split several good
sized gavels 10 so doing, and it will be found
necessary to put new Top to the desk he
DOupded said oavaIs un0n