Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
TYPOGRAPHICAL.


In consequence of the sun shining unob-
structedly, there was general thaw all day
yesterday.
That irres:stibly funny local of the
Evansville Courier follows the country
newspaper style of using adjectives freely in
his "psrsonals." In fact, the Office has one
scomp." detailed to set up personals ex
clusiVely, and he makes good thing of it
by keeping srch words as s'young, s'g0od,"
ohandsone,r s.genial, . ssesteemed,v ssamia.
BILE" lively sexeellent," etc, constantly IN
type. The local instrucis the aforesaid
collpositor to exercise his own judgment as
to how the foregoing words shall be used,
and also TO punctuate to suit himself. This
arrangement works admirably as general
thing, but not always. Witness the follow
ing, which appears in q late issue of the
Courier: ssThat royal good fellow and
handsome wretch to boot our young
friend Ed Haucks, Esq )" etc. And now
those Evansville folks are anxious to know
the name of the "royal good fellow and
handsome wretch who is to do the
booting of the luckless Mr.. Haucks, Esq,
and whether or not he desires any more
business in that line.
A couple of Nashville chaps were talking
yesterday about hard times they have seen.
"Why," sad one, give sat down to five
cent dinner before now, and was glad had
money enough to pay for it." "Yes,n said
the other, s'and I've sat down to dinner be-
fore now, where one (S) cent was enough"
A fertile-brained individual, in passing
down Che ry street yesterday, spied man
approaching that he felt satisfied would en-
deavor to secure loan of him. He in
stantly moved forward briskly, and before
No. 2 had time TO open his mouth, took the
wind out of his sails by exclaiming: stMr.
-, am SO glad met you; can't you
lend me dollar till the last of the week."
A girl in Oakland, Cal, twelve years old,
and small for her age, has succeeded by pa
tient, accomplishing industry in accumu-
lating property to the value of one thousand
dollars, besides supporting her poor old
mother. 1t is mostly in jewelry, watches
and other small but valuable articles, such
as she could collect handily from the houses
where she was employed. PittSbIrg Post.
A gifted young msn of this city, who ev-
identity has an immense amount of talent
as linguist, has almost mastered the
French language within the past two
months, and it hasn't cost him a cent. He
did it by spelling out the French words On
the Maxwell House bill of fare and then
asking the waiter their meaning.
The following pleasant little paragraph,
| clipped from an exchange, is of that class
that people ale not required to believe un-
less they wish to: "a baby was found in
a railroad depot in Boston recen' ly, and on
its dress was pinned card which stated,
this baby belongs TO Mr.. Dane, of Lowell.
took it in fit of insanity Mr.. Dane
was summoned by telegraph, the baby was
recognized as his property, having been
stolen from his house a short time previous
ly, and it was speedily restored to the ma
ternal arms of the solrowing Mrs. Dane"
The writer has just received from oEe of
its editors, a copy of the st. Louis Ftreside
Weekly, new literary venture. Said pa
per is ornamepted with a splendid display
mead, in which cut of woman sitting in
front of huge fire reading, forms prom
inent part, and the writer experiences feel
ing of exquisite satisfaction, as he sits gsz-
ing upon that cheerful fire, on this blessed
26th day of August, withthe mercury bob
bing up and down in the nineties, in very
energetic sort of way.