Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-17
Police PickinSs.

The difficulty oriqinsted about package
of hair pins, which L. Roseuheim accused
| Monroe Vincent, colOred, of having at
tempted to steal. It seems that NJ. Ros-
eDheim had requested Mr.. Vincent to step
back into the back part of the former
store, in order that a two dollar bill belong
ing TO the latter might be changed. While
the necessary fractional currency was being
counted out, Rosenheim suddenly popped
unto Vincent with the inquiry as to his
precise object in putting box of hair pins
in bis pocket, TO which Vincent replied that
he "didn't have no hair pins in
his pocket" High words followed, when q
brother of Rosenheim's handed the darkey
three, Rosenheim himself picking up an iron
rod for the purpose of enforcing his request
to Vincent to 'tmake himself scarce" st
once, which he finally did, with the assist
ance of policeman. A fine Of s. was i'm
posed upon each of the hair pin men.
The mother of Mary Gilbert, colored, did
some sewing for another woman. Whether
that sewing was done satisfactorily or not,
does not appear, but certain it is that the
last named refused to compensate
Mary's mother for her labor. Under
these circumstances, what was
the course to be pursued by Mary in the
premises? Should she remain neutral, TAX
ing sides with neither party? Should she
countenance the woman.who had employed
her mother, in her attempts to defraud
honest toll of its just reconpense, or should
she espouse the cause of her maternal rela-
tive and wage active war against the op-
pressor? The latter course was the proper
one to be pursued, most decidedly and en-
pRatically, as Mary was soon convinced,
and from that time on she made
the existence Of her mas debtor a
remarkably lively and exciting affair.
She followed that debtor about
the streets, making frequent and unpleasant
illusions to the indebtedness referred to;
she waited upon that debtor as she passed
in and out of Der own domicil, and made
Incidental mention Of the indebtedness
aforesaid; she tracked that debtor to the
markethouse, and as the latter would IN
dertake I'd negotiate for the purchase of the
wherewith to sustain life, Mary would
gently insinuate that she ''didn't have no
money to pay for marketin', ksse she didn't
have enough to pay her debts" With such
treatment, the patience of an angel
would give way at last, and
as Mary's mothers debtors patience
is hardly as extensive as that of an angel,
two weeks of that sort of life was about all
she could endure: hence her appeal to the
protection of the law. 1t was really sad to
witness the expression of detection, de-
spondency, and Encouragement and de-
spair which passed across the face of the
Wind Give and enterprisiUg Mary as the court
fined her five dollars for her conduct.
According to the statement Of the guile
less Sallie Tank, herself and her bosom
friend Miss Julia Fsxon are like two sis
tiers with respect to their fondDess for each
other. To be sure, as Miss Tank
ingenuously remarked, they do "cuss" one
another occasionally, but in so doing, no
harm is intended by either, but on the con-
trary, these little bursts of temper are cal
culated to more closely cement The bonds
of affection which now unite them in a
sort of Siamese-twins fashion. 1t was
certainly an unfortunate occurrence for
Miss Tank and Miss Fsxon, that as they
were pleasantly engaged on Tuesday last,
in "cussingn each other in an unusually
vigorous manner, struggling policeman
overheard their remarks and persisted in
escorting them to the lookup, in spite of
their earnest protestations of all intent to
harm any one by their conversation. BY
the exercise of close and rigid economy,
Salie and Julia hope 10 make up the
amount of their fine five dollars each
in about two weeks. .y