Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-05
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California peara. heavens dearest Gift to
man, are IN the market. Two week 5, sal
airy buys half pear CHICAGO Times.
Inc following, written by the long. barred
man OF ihe Memphis Apbeai. IA to
be set to music: nDuring the
rain yesterday afternoon, a tbunderbolt
burst from the rubric-gleamine elonds
and kissed the pavement on Jefferson
street, between Main and Front. leaving
there long black streak as an evidence of
terrorine affection for the stone pavement. -
Inc madison Courier tells this of rev.
enue ct1cer who was sent into the Illicit
whisky distilling district in Kentucky. He
knew ililclt dlstilllng was going on, but be
cou.o get no basis to work from, Coming
70 az freshman who was tolerably drunk,
Inc ofneer tapped him on The shoulder, and
salo' my man, do you want to make ten
doIlars9' SIS it ten dolars?n said Pat,
sure an DO" "Then," said the officer,
snow me private STILL" "Ill do tbs
same; 'olow me, yer honorn The officer
Iollo"ed across lots and fields to the camp
OF company of soldiers that had been sent
tnere to aid the revenue officers. The SOL
olars werefn line-dress para Ie. sDo you
see That red-headed man?' asked Pat,
pointing to one of the soldiers. "He is"
saiu rat, my brother; les been in the SER
vice Twelve years. He'll be a corporal after
While, but he is "a private s.ill.'n "Ten
| dollars gone an no illicit found,o moralized
hotel. N''.'- " AN
The writer does not wish to be under
stood SIS giving advice, but he would merely
throw out The hint that IL would be an act
OF WISDOM On the part of church members
10 nave q lew hymn books scattered "per-
misKus IKE" throughout the rear seats Of
the city churches. 1t would add to the IL
terest tbs ungodly would take in the SER
wees, and might secure q more regular at
tendance Of some of them.
Inc st. Louis Journal tells this sad, but
instructive story Of trio of newspaper
chaps who would fool with cards: "Three
EDITORS wanted young building permit
commissioner to play draw poker with
Them. He didn't understand the game.
DO the three editors sat down, and chuckled,
ana put up their loose change and dealt out
the cards. In the course of half an hour,
however, the editors didn't chuckle so
heartily nor so often as might have been
expected. They became gradually aware
OF the TACT that their money was sliding off
into tbs clutches of the young man who
oldn't understand the game. As the big
oeh In a neighboring church steeple solemn
~ struck twelve the three editors rose up
and put on their hats and got into their
coats and sighed and stole out of the room
with the big salt tears trickliDg down their
cneeks. And the young man smiled pla-
cldly as he said his prayers that night, for
ne was very thankful and happy in the pos.
session of thirty five dollars. And the
three editors,-they retired to their sane
tums anc cut up telegraph and put heads
on m1derers and hung men in all parts of
The country, and went down to Rilton's to
get Light lunch on credit"
An exchange says that certain Flora |
McFlimsey bathed at Nsrragansett, a day
or two ago, in q suit Of blue silk, trimmed |
profusely with white lace. The sensation |
she created must have been anything but |
1attering.
A st. Louis editor says: awe wouldn't |
say an uDgallant thing for the world, but |
still Ii We were nice young man, medi-
tating matrimony and seeking for some one
to make the domestic hearths,one the
cheerful abiding place for bliss and crickets,
which poets and noveiists assume it to be,
we shouldn't offer Lucca the position of
presiding genius at once. Wed try some
other woman first" As the sympat hetic
reader fully masters that paragraph, it is
pie SAINT 10 tflect that Lucca couldn't be
induced 10 accept "the position of presiding
genius" Of that chaps "AesrtEstone," under
any circumstances.
For man Of plain good sense, and sound
Judgment in rela ion to newspapers, COM
mend US to the friend who writes from
Auburn, KY, IS follows: 81 am one of the
.o-called fishing par, " as l left the City
of Rocks during the prevalence of the pre-
7ailJg.' But what wish to ssy, is, that 1
10 not see how could have put in the time
have been forced (as it were) 70 be absent,
lsd it not been for the daily receipt of your
most valuable, interesting and welcome pa
Der. With it | could manage to get along
plendidlJ, coming as i; d d each day, tenn
pg with news OF Every desirable description.
could look over the 'mortuary' report aud
zee at a glance who the 'fall destroyer had
laimed as victims. Again could glance
'ver the 'telegraphic' coldms and see what
vas going On in other States, and foreign
aDds. To say rothing of the Thousand an
ne, other good things with which your
aper sbounds. Why, to read over your
ParagraphicAp column each day is sufi-
lent in itselfto keep at a respectful distance
verythiDg in the shape of the 'Olues' or any J
t its kindred feelings and companions. In
onclusion, permit me to say that think
early all the fish have been caught, and
7ill soon be one among you again as In
ines Of OIL"
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