Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-16
ar,on,t an ImhralIa.

His name was (and probably is YETI Ma
poIeon Bonsparte Joseph Macmillan Fried
land. and he reached Nashville Tuesday on
his return to New Orleans froT an extended
European tour. Napoleon J3onapsrte, etc,
came over the S.. Louis AID Southeastern
roSd, arriving at Nashville at 1880. He
gathered his numerous bundles and pack
aces In his arms, secured passage in hack,
and was Immediately conveyed to the Max
well House, where his olfsctorles were
greeted by the welcome odors coming from,
The dining room. Napoleon Bonaparte, ct C.
relieved himself of his numerous bundles
and packages, and was about to sit
down to dinner when be
suddenly remembered that he bad not
seen bis umbrella for some time. and he
hastily overhauled his baggage where it bad
been left ia the rotunda, but faile1 to ind
it. Then he had all the baggage which was
piled up with his own, overbauled, but ne
failed to find that umbrella again. Then
he rushed down to the Office of the railroad
he had honored with his patronage, and
stated that he had left valuable silk UNI
brella in the car he had come In, and want
ed to know if any of the attaches OF the
Office had seen it. No one had seen it,and
thus Ma oleon Bonsparte, ETC., failed to
find his umbrella for the third time.
Then it was that Napoleon Bonaparte,
etc, became respondent and likewise des-
perate. he jumped mp and down; be ges-
ticulated frantically, and (alasl that it was
so y be made use OF various and sundry
words which are to be found in the Bible,
but not in the connection in which Napo-
leon Bopaparte, etc., used them. He told
e-:o and haalu friOhfanad
railroad men that be purchased that UNI
brslla in London, paying therefor the sum
of 1.-TWO pound teu,r (there wasn't a man
in the Office who knew how much money
s'two pound ten" represented,) and that 1t
couldn't be replaced in this country for less
Than twenty dollars.
Then be jumped up and down and ges'
| ticulated frantically again, and as he was a
4 very short man-his head barely reaching
4 to the aperture through which those rail
| road men had intercourse with the outside
| world-the effect was demoraliziDg In the
extreme. AS the Uranium of the excited
| Napoleon Bonap2rte, ETC., bobbed up and
/ down, the men in the Office were strongly
| reminded of "Now you see II, and now you
/ don't see it."
After the owner of the umbrella had be
come somewhat exhausted by bis violent
| exertions, the most venturesome o.
the railroad men approached ths
| window, and told him they would telegraph
the conductor of the train due here yester'
dav, TO inquire of the conductor of the
train going north, and by which n. B., etc.
had reached Nashville, to bring the um
brelIa back, in case it bad been found OF
| the train.
With this he was forced to be content
and when the tran came In at 1l:4O yester
day. N. B., ETC., was promptly on hand
His umbrella had been found on the out
going train of the day previous, and wheI
Il was handed him, N. B., etc., found tha
he had been mistaken-it was not Sill
umbrella worth $40, but comm blaci
alpaca affair, such as can be bought any
where for $1.25.