Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-09
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Poorer nor drowned rat?"
We learn from 40 exchange that sixty
thousand men die annually 10 this country
from drink,aud twi,e as many FROM ealing.
Between the tNos { poor devil hasn't much
Of chance for his life.
Polker is the candidate Of the Wisconsin
Democracy for Lieutenant. Governor. As
the farmers ara fond of porkers, his election
may be considered certain.
An Ohio man got mad because be hadn't
q clean shirt, and be sold t#o COWS and
purchased 1872 shirts ready made. We
glory In this assertion of independence on
the part Of the Ohio man, and hail it as an
downtrodden Benedicts.
The Boulder Netcc says that Anna Dick
inson purchased pair Of those things, at
Longmont, for the purpose of riding up
Longs Desk, which allow lady to ride on
both sides of horse at once. 1t Is pleas
ant to reflect that the Boulder Neaos is
probably the only paper In the United
States which would descend to the publ
cation of such items.
aYou know me, don't you, and that I'll
pay you twelve dollars and q half if l
agrec.to?v inquired ore gentleman of another
yesterday, when betting at the races.
s'Y -e-s, I've seen you few times, y said the
other hesitatingly, ssYes know you, but
/ know your wife heap better'n know
you," he added, with q commendable desire
to make all he could Of the acquaintance
ship. No. changed The subject.
The London hangman is evidently man
who does his own reasoning. A cores
pondent who interviewed him recently
says: "Mr. Caicrsft most Indignantly de-
clares, at the IRE hintingof such thing,
4 never killed anybody. They kills them
selves; it's their own weight as does it,"
No doubt The Rev. Ancient, of Atlantic
disaster fame, heartily endorses the sdage:
otis an Ill wind that blows no one good"
The Dominion Government has just sent
him five hundred dollars and gold watch.
This is the third gold watch he has received.
A newspaper philosopher takes occasion
to remark: 'sOne of the greatest luxuries
of riches is that they enable you to escape
so much good advice. The rich are always
advising the poor, but the poor seldom ven-
ture TO return the compliment"
A well known dry goods firm on State
street, says Chicago paper, have cut down
the wages of their cash boys ten cents q
week. They were receiving two dollars,
and last Saturday, owing to the suspension
of several banks, it was announced to the
small boys that their weekly pittance was
reduced to one dollar and ninety cents till
more prosperous times.-Ercbdnge That
Chicago firm must be composed of Boston
men who haven't lived in the West long
enough to get acquainted with Western
ways.
An exchange says: "Fhere appears to be
very little encouragement to women in the
pursuits heretofore sacred to the other sex.
One Nancy Hill, of Kansas, recently set up
as horse thief, and was hanged directly by
an unsympathiziDg, ungsllant mob"
We hear good dealabout the degenera-
cy ofthe times, and that girls are not edu-
Gated to proper ideas of economy. We hope
the publication of clippings like the follow
ing will tend to remedy the evil complained
of, to some extent: "You want nothing
but an old dish KETTLE" said an old house
wife in the backwoeds to her daughter, who
had just got married. "Why, when your
father and commenced had nothing but
dish kettle. l used to boil MY COTE in 1t,
and pour it into pitcher; then boiled my
potatoes in it, and set them on a warm
plate, while stewed up the mest in it; used
to milk in it-and always after meal | fed
the pigs out Of the dish-kettle."