Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-18
PARAGRAPHICAL.

The Louisville Ledger is getting up quite
reputation as an illustrated paper, and ex-
ercises mighty influence in intoxicating in
the minds Of Louisvillians a love for the
beautiful and artistic. There is probably no
City in TIE Union where there is more room
for Improvement in these particulars than
in Louisville. t ~ sRstH
In an article on "mosquitos" the local OF
the Appeal expresses disbelief In certain
statement made by a correspondent, in the
following beautiful words and figures: at
is too thin--so thin that it wouldn't divert
a hslf-starved mosquito from the pillow on
which rests the placid, half-smiling features
and matehle IS form of the girl we love-"
If they have pillows so large IL Memphis,
that 'the placid, half-smiliDg features and
machless form" of the girl that local loves,
can rest comfortably on one Of them, the
mind Of man utterly fails to comprehend
and fully realize the vast proportions Of the
entire bed.
The hotel proprietors of New Hamp-
shire town are having circulated through
the exchanges, the following neat adyer-
tisement: "People who are not going to
heaven this summer should go to Danvilie,
New Hampshire. There is not a lawyer,
doctor, lightning-rod, sewing machine
agent or hotel clerk in the place, while
more than 400 beautiful, long haired, rosy
checked, bright-eyed maidens, with natural
teeth and white dresses meander through
the streets at eventide, chewing gum and
smiling on the few young men who have
heard of this elysium before.n
Now that Memphis has became almost
entirely depopulated by reason of the chol-
era excitement in that place, her gifted
newspaper men fill up space with personal.
tiles of this character: La yesterdays Ledger
appeared an item TO the effect that mono
gram clasp garters were in fashion in
Memphis, and now an impudent contem.
porary desires to know how the Ledger
liner got the item. We Indignantly decline
TO be cross-examined.- Sawthem
on the clothes-line at his washerwom ans
whilst waiting to get bis linen out of
''soak. "-AppeaI.
A New York correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer has this to say: "The
Graphic, which started under such fayora.
BILE auspices, is rapidly drifting into mere
illustrated puffer for auctioneers and rail
roads. The literary work is, with the ex-
ception of the editorials and dramatic, the
veriest trash, and the illustrations alone
make it popular. The scr eds of Eli Per.
kiDs,' poor humorist and a worse literary
pirate, are usually puffs Of the most palpa-
BILE character"
A reporter on the Memphis Appeal dead
headed his way into Poplar street gin
mill, with "garden" attached, the other
night, put himself outside of glass of the
swill which does duty for beer among those
Memphis folks, aud then HE'D him away to
the office, where be racked his brain fear
fully for an hour or so, and produced the
following: sit is a charming place in The
morning when the flowers still wear bril-.
liant jewels stolen from whispering, daily
ing winds, and at poontide, when the sun
shines most tiercely, and its 9uivering, ar
rowy rays are tippeu with deadly poison
there is no such refuge filled with de-
lights. And when the shadows Of evening
are swiftly heightened, and at last the
sun goes down, and its rays gid
with gold great mountains of vspor that
rise above the lowlands, and when cool,
fresh breezes wind among the shade trees,
to distribute sweetest perfumes, then, too,
youth, and taste, and beauty love to linger
amid the rosy bowers. Luxuries that
would have delighted Sybarite, and sports
in shooting galleries, and swings, and all
beverages and edibles, that taste or hunger
demand, are supplied By the tasteful, skill
ful hostess of the Boulevard Gardens, on
Poplar street." When the appeal proprie-
tors read that paragraph the next morning,
they said it was the sweetest thing that had
ever appeared in their columns, and imme-
diately ordered the discharge of the writer,
on the ground that they were afraid to as
sumo the responsibility @; keeping young
man of such de licate and poetical organiza-
ton. They said they cOul Int risk gilded
porcelain about their establishment.