Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-03
PARAGRAPHICAL.

Since Tweed's conviction, aphliosophical
Nashville man substitutes "Tweeding,"
fo- s.stealing" whenever he has OCCASION TO
use the latter word.
We learn from the CiRcipndti Times that
"Alexander Algernon st. Clair Abrams has
begun to sever his connection with the
Atlanta Herald"
In advertising certain late publications,
London booksellers announce:
JOAQUIN MILLER, HAIF-CALF.
CHARLES READE's A SIMPLEToN.
The following advertisement is being
widely circulated: "Do not ind fault with
your sewing machine until you have tried
the Eureka spool silk" the gist of which
seems to be that after using the thread in
question YOU would have some reason for
finding fault with your sewing machine.
The earnest but futile efforts made yes
terday by tipsey individual at the Louis
vile depot to drown the whistling and
bell-ringing of switch engine by vigor
GUS blowing on French harp, excited the
deepest sympathieS of a crowd of urchins.
We presume it was the police court fiend
of the NASHVILLE UNION AND AMERICAN
who said of couple of men on trial: "Dur-
ing the recital both demons occasionally
smiled in a hellish, sarcastic way"-Cin-
cilandti Times The Times is mistaken.
The gifted lunatic who steals ''localg" for
the EcdnsUiile Courier is the author of the
sentence quoted.
The st. Louis Democrat has noticed that
the men who interrupt the end Of play at
the theatre by breaking for the door, all
have low foreheads and scrubby hair.
The following note is carefully preserved
in a Philadelphia saloon: 'BARNUM's
HOTEL, March %, 1S42.-My Dear Sir:-I
am truly obliged TO you for the beautiful
and delicious mint julip you have so kindly
sent me. It's quite mercy that l knew
what it was. | have tasted it, but await
further proceedings until the arrival of
Washington Irving, whom | expect to dine
with me, tete-a-tete, and who will help
drink your health. With many thanks to
you, dear sir, thankfully yours,
"CHARLEs DICKENS"
The Springfield Republican is nonpluss-
ed "a singular, not to say startling, piece
or intelligence comes from the Wheaton
Female Seminary in Norton, Bristol coun-
ty. We are informed that the young ladies
of that institution met, a few days ago, and
after comparing notes on the ''cauSes and
tAltni Vi llic JdllNs actually psiooCO a So
ries Of resolutions to the elie1t that, hereaf-
ter, they would keep themselves informed
in business matters, and for the present,
would abstain from all unnecessary Xpendi-
lures" This last is not so nOvel-plenty of
girls, young and old, have spasms Oftrugali-
ty; but can we believe that the Norton
school girls are going to grapple with ''busi-
ness matters" and finance and panics?
Burdett, of the Peoria ReUielc, is discon-
ISOLATE. He accounts for it in this way: If
anybody has seen black-and-tan dog, ans
wering to the name of Judge going down
street in company with hard-shell turtle,
please halt the clipping pair, as they are the
property of the editor of this paper. We
are fondly attached to the dog on account
of his vagabondish, Bohemianish habits.
He knows every dog in Peoria by name,
and is on speaking terms with nine-tenthS
of the granger dogs that come in under the
wagons, and he knows more of the
inhabitants of this city than the
tax-colectOr does. The turtle is a
more recent acquisition. 1t was
placed in the back yard yesterday, and the
dog spent an hour and half trying to en-
tice it to come out of its shell and be So
cable. The old iron-clad maintained his
reserve, however, until the dog crammed
his nose against the forward part and began
to sniff. The pair seemed to come to some
understanding at once, for the dog made an
impetuous remark on a very high key, and
they both startedOn trip after Onaldson'S
balloon. When the dog jumped over Fish
ers barn we thought he had struck the
eastern current andwould get right through,
Int O., tI,ot lo lan1aH anH
seen sauntering along like whirlwind, the
turtle staying right by him. We should be
very sorry to lose the dog now, as he has
acquired another important and valuable
quality. He knows more about turtles than
any other dog in the country, ard it's
mighty hard to find a real good turtle dog.