Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-09

In the course Of bis limited reading, Hen
~ johnson, colored, came across this adage:

In the course Of his limited reading. Hen
~ johnson, colored, came across this adage.
"A woman, a dog and walnut tree,
The more you beat 'em the better they be,n
and as Mr.. johnson is emlnently an exper-
mental cuss, be Immediately determined
to demonstrate the truth or falsity of said
adage. He owned no dog, and as for a
walnut tree, there is not one within half q
mile OF his grounds. Therefore il was an
utter impossibility for him to practice upon
either OF these. He had woman, howev-
or, who lived with him as his wife,
and be st once resolved TO exper-
iment on her, for he very well
knew there was room for vast amount of
Improvement in her character, 1t was
doubtless the intention OF Mr.. johnson to
closely note whatever progress be might
make in the reformation Of bis Mary and
publish the result to the world, in a little
book. It is fact well known to the care
full reader of2ncient history, that once upon
g time an old codger concluded that he
could so train his horse that he could live
without eating, and that he instituted a
series of experiments to estsb lish the truth
of his theory, but unfortunately Just as the
horse had gotten so that he could live with
out eating, he died. A similar
result attended Mr.. Johnson's experiment,
and it is to be feared that that individual is
so disguised that he will abandon the role
of Reformer. It was on Sunday last that
L. determined to enter upon his work of
moral reformation. Selecting a heavy
birch switch, he applied it vigorously to the
shoulders Of his Mary, and was gratifed to
notice q gradual Improvement in her cha
racter, even while the experiment was
beng carried out, but while the
refining and elevating process was
going on, meddIing police Off
Ger, hearing the woman's outcries, ar
rested both parties and escorted them to
the lookup, johnson being fined SIS yester-
day. And yet you call this liberal age
an age Of progress!
Patsey Foster insisted upon it that she
had given a man in store a two dollar
bill, upon the occasion Of hef purchasing a
pair of gorgeous earnings, while the store
man said it was only dollar bill. Patsey
wsnted her dollar in change, but the man
said there was no change for her, where
upon Patsey opened lively conversation,
in the course of which she incidentally re-
marked thst several embryo mer-
ShohOo WIZ cOVAuSu W UO COuIeCISu
with the concern were thieves, robbers.
scoundrels, villains, liars, ETC., etc. Patsey
was cslsboosed at once, and was yesterday
morning fined s..
A guinea ben residing on Summer
street, contrary TO the usual custom of
guinea hens, suddenly conceived the idea,
Monday evening, of roosting in the top of a
large tree in the immediate vicinity. To
this course, David Smith, colored, entered
protest, for some reason best known to
Mr.. Smith, though it was not shown in
evidence that he was at all relsted to the
eccentric guinea hen, which is the subject
of this scrap OF history. As before stated,
Mr.. Smith, colored, had certain private
reasons for Directing to that guina hen
rooSting in that tree (and it is q matter of
sincere regret on the part of the historian
that those reasons were not made publicly
and he at once instituted measures to in
duce the fowl to change her mind. Full of
this ides, he was busily engaged in heaving
stones at the hen, when white man passed
that way and objected in very strong langa-
age to the throwing of stones in the streets
Of Nashville by Mr.. Smith, or Mr.. anybody
else. Mr.. Smith continued to throw stones
after this reinsurance was made, and he
was yesterday morning granted an oppor-
tunity to throw five dollar bill into the
city treasury.