Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-03
PARAGRAPHICAL.

"a Hungarian proverb says: The mai
who on his wedding day starts as lieuten.
ant in the family will never get promoted. -
| We have always considered those Hunga-
rians aremarkably sensible people, although
they did serve the farmers of this country a
shabby trick in inveigliDg them 70 SOW
"Hungsrian grass" seed.
The following discoursging incident is de-
| scIibed in New York letter to the Cou-
| Tier- journal: "a ridiculous incident oc-
| Cured the other evening at very fashion
| able private theatrical entertainment given
! for the benefit Of something or other In
the midst of the performance one Of the &C
| tors lost one side of his whiskers without
noticing lis absence. The audience smiled
| rather broadly in the wrong place, and the
| iucenseG amateur worried himself up into a
fury of excitement, totally unconscious of
the cause of their merriment. This divert
ed his f. How performers as well as the au-
dience, and they all broke out into fit of
uncomfortable laughter, together, until, the
truth dawning upon the unhappy man, be
rushed from the stage and never came back,
bis amour propre being SO wounded that
some one else had to read his part"
The st. Louis Journal has had "wood
cutter loafng about the Office for some
time, and last week the enterprisiDg pre-
prietors of that sheet determined to utilize
him. So they sci him TO work whiting
ont likennesses of what those st. Louis
folks are pleased to term th; ir "prominent
men," The wood cutter set about the task
assigned him, and the result of bis first eff
fort duly appeared in the columns Of the
Journal. The consequences were truly
fearful. The "viCtim" became a raviug
maniac the moment his eye rested upon
the picture, and h mind fully grssped its
appalling deta Is; the wood cutter was es-
cortedout oftown on a rail by the infuria-
ted friends of the unfortunate man thus
doomed to spend the remainder of his days
in an insane asylum, and a
heavy libel suit has been
instituted by bis wife against the luckless
discOuraging to find enterprise thus rudelv
nipped in the bud. And the proprietors of
the journal are orphans, too, with no one
to counsel and direct them. But they don't
publish any more wood cuts.
The Boston Globe is an excellent paper.
1t is ably edited. 1t is sparkling and en-
terprisiDg. Its columns are full and run
ming over with fresh news. 1t is divided
into departments, all Of which are conduct |
ed by first-class able-boded men. Its typo
graphical appearance is not equaled by any |
paper in the United States. But the BOs- |
ton Globe is very wicked paper. Regard |
less of the spirit of he ten commandments, |
it will steal. Scarcely day passes that it |
oOes not clip paragraphs from this column |
of the UNION AND AMERICAN, and never |
yet has il given credit therefor. The Boston
Globe is at liberty to clip and publish this
paragraph.
And now the newspapers Of the land are
telling one Of the sweetest little love stories
ever published. They say that last winter
Henry ard Susie, Minnesota couple, fell
in love with each other. Henry was poor,
and Susie's parents following the usual
custom in such csses-obiected 10 the
match. Henry owned quarter section of
unimprOvea land, and SO taking his axe he
went to his ''estate, and there cut DOWN
trees and hewed out logs enough to make
cabin, which he put up without help, and
furnished in a rude but comfortable
fashion. This done he asked Susie to come
and be his wife. She consented. Unfor-
the young man lad not yet set up
bis carriage; and, since it was uubecomng
for a bride TO go on foot, hand sled,
drawn by the bridegroom, was pressed into
inc service Of the pair. Thus they
went forth in secrecy to their new
Lome in the woodland, she riding
trinity on the sled, he Juggling bravely at the
Strap. 1t was about eight miles to thee lit
lie cabin, but love made the journey short.
Fhere the wedding was 10 take place,
Clergyman having promised to be in waiting
20 make them man and wife," The intelli-
gent reader will readily concede that young
ady who would "ride trinity" GA sled, while
her prospective hubby "tugged bravely at
he strap" dragging her distance of eight
niles, would be just the sort of maiden
Or chap situated as "Henry" was, to
marry. She would be an Inner Sc ''help-
meet" for him. No doubt he fully appre-
lated this fact, as be worked and tugged
Ilong the weary road, and we are told that
Cove made the journey short" but for all
bat, we cannot rid ourself Of the belief
hat be took occasion to stop more than
nee, on the way, and retired q short dis
ince, in order to give expression TO his
'ent-up emotions by an ccasional vigor
rs ''cnssin' SPELL" He would certainly be
xcusable, under the circumstances. Won
er how much the girl weighed?