Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-15
PARAGRAPHICAL.

An exchange aoVertisee Tor "a girl OF good
moral character, TO cook" Everybo y
knows that nice, tender girl, well COOK
| ed and properly seasoned, makes very ac-
ceptabIe dish; but it is something unusual
for one to insist upon her being of "good
moral character" and the writer is at loss
to explain this. It strikes him (but this is
only lis opinion, mind you) that there
would be favor, a piquancy, a relish, so
| to speak, about the unregenerated girl,
which her sister of a "good moral charsc-
ter" would lack. But then, tastes differ.
The Vassar college girls are nice, lively,
hearty set. One of these lovely and fascl-
mating creatures wrote to q friend, the 9TH
er day, and alter, request to send her
down box OF soft slate-pencils and gum
drops TO eat, says: "We do have such fun
here. All the girls are made to participate
in outdoor exercises, and we row on the
lake, ride horse back, turn handsprings, run
foot-races and have heaps of fun. Belle
Hastings can climb a thirty-foot smooth
pole in two minutes. Nell Vivian (you re-
member herr can turn handspring and
not make wrinkle in her dress. put a
beautiful head on Mary Dodge yesterday
| in the boxing roo.u."
A prisoner in the S ate Penitentiary be.
came subscriber this week to the Wing
and Tribune, paying lis subscription in ad-
vance. He wanted the paper for the lpur-
pose of leading the "Orient Pearls at Ran.
dom Strung" which will make him q
] Christian if anything o. earth will.-Jdck-
son Wing and Tribune.
The case of the harmless lunatic referred
10 in the foregoing paragraph, excties the
sincere sympathy Of the attaches of the
Penitentiary. Originally of very weak
mental capacity, his reading matter for
few years past has been composed of such
twaddle as the Wig and Tribune publish
es under the sentimental and school
| girlish reading of "Orent Pearls st Ran
| dom Strung" until the little mind this
mild creature had gave way, and he be-
came the pitiful object he now is. They
feed him exclusively on milk toast, but he
! still takes his regular rations Of "OTient
Pearls at Random Strung"
| The writer has had q wide experience in
the matter OF boarding houses, and III his
wRuderiDgs has observed one fact: Iu every
city where he has gone upon exploring ex-
| petitions among the boarding houses, he
has never failed in finding one or more of
those useful institutions, where the land
| lady assured him she had one boarder who
bad been with her four years. He does not
| now recollect of ever having met that boa d.
er of four years experience, but he has no
| doubt but that he is an amiable,
gentIemanly sort OF cha; but why four
years every timer Why not make it six, or
eight, or ten, or even twenty years? The
story would sound lager, it would be more
of recommendation for the house and one
could believe it quite as essily. Any able
bodied man who would stay at an ordinary
boarding use four years, could doubtless
be Undue d to remain the rest Of his life. IN
| deed, the chances are that at the end Of his
four years he wouldn't have ambition or en-
| terprise enough to move, unless compelled
| to.
A Nashville lady came ont of the post
Office the othe. day, and punched the ribs
| Of gentleman standing on the corner, with
her parasol. She was not rude, or harsh
| about it, but when the gentleman turned
and she saw that it was no. her husband,
as she had supposed, she could not resist g
! slight feeling of regret at having been so IA
miiar with an entire stranger.
A lady residing in South Nashville being
slightly indisposed yesterday, became
alarmed, thinking she was attacked with the
| prevailing" and when she had obtained
some relief through hot drink of ginger
beer with cayenne pepper in it, exclsimed
COB, ear me! l. only get well this time,
Iii never wear another hustle, as long as |
liVe."
The Courier 10 grnGl pays the the follow
| ing just tribute to Chicago and Chicago
people: "rhe Northwestern newspapers all
along the line are laughing heartily at
Chicago's recent musical jubilee, and laugh
ing also at the ridiculous sell which was
imposed on tn unlucky visitors to the ju-
bilee. All, however, praise the amazing en-
ergy which the city has displayed in play
ing the "Phenix," and the surprising ele
gance of the new clocks which have sprung
up over the bl2ckened ruins of the burnt
district. The jubilee was good advertise
ment of Chicago's enterprise, and in this
respect was great success. Ii Chicago has
some faults, she stOnes for them well 10y
many splendid virtues. American enter
prise, perseverance and the "Don't-giVe-up-
the-ship" split have nowhere finer illus
tration than there" The writer was q res
ident of Chicago when that dreadful night
| and succeeding day came, which witnessed
the destruction of the aecumulations of
years, and when be returned to that city,
half dozen months later, and saw the
grand results in the way Of rebuilding,
which Chicago's mstchless enterprise and
bravery had accomplished in so short a
time, his heart swelled with pride as hs re-
flected that these men were his Country
men-,hat Americans had done this mar
yelous work.