Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-16
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A heathenish old bachelor, who has be-
come misanthFopic az the constant failures
which have attended his Efforts to make
some woman unhappy for life, ssyf: fs'Re-
Gently in church Ia New York, the par
son having several persons to marry, said,
after eDteriEg the building: sAll those who
wsntto be married will please rise,' where
fore every single lady present instantly rose
from her seat" tItH 3t
Max Adler blends poetry and business adj
vertisements in the following beautiful man
ner: -
Oh, come into the garden. Maud;
And sit beneath the rose,
And see me prance around the beds,
Dressed in my Sunday clothes.
OF come and bring your uncles, Maude,
Your sisters and your aunts,
And tell them johnson made my coat,
My waistcoat and my pants
You purchased;at Simpsons was golden and
The syrup, the sugar, the jelly in glasses,
The crackers and mack'rel, 1 know were not
dear.
But when You came to me with Simpsons smok-
And showed me his samples of Limburger
I felt that bis claim to be cheap was not gam
mon;
loved yon, and said so, dear Jane, on my
knees.
OF wake, dearest lilly,
And list while tell a
Story of where you may
Buy an umbrella.
o! 60 to McCunnigan's
Ask for gingham,
A silk or alpaca,
And make the man bring 'em.
If you want ribs put In, r
Or a new cover,
Come to McCunnipan's
Come with your lover.
Aunt Dinah, an old colored woman who
belonged to Nashville family before the
war, and who ruled the household, was
asked, at one time, if she did not want 10
be Free "Whst fur / want to be free?"
she replied, 'I's done been free all my life,
and had old Massr to work fur me be-
sides.n
Things at the city workhouse are lovely
and serene. A large number of certain
class ofour citizens are ruralizing at this pop
ular resort, and they manage to break a
vast quantity of rock during their leisure
moments They are DESTROYS of being fur.
nished with some sort of light, elegant en-
Misunderstanding that will not draw
largely upon the brain or mental faculties,
and it has been found, By a series of
carefully conducted experiments, that
the breaking of rock with small
silver hammers with ebony handles
tipped with gold and inlaid with
diamonds, more nearly fills the bill than
any other kind of employment. 1t is
beautiful sight to watch a party of these
patrons of the workhouse, composed of
both sexes, comfortably seated on huge
pile of broken stone, rapidly convert
ing it into still smaller fragments,
eonversing meanwhile in a learned
and instructive manner, on the arts and
sciences, ancient and modern history, the
cardiff giant, Darwin's theory, Capt. Jack
similar character, the conversation being
Pleasantly interrupted DOW and then, by
some "gifted child of song" among those
composing, the group, breaking out in
wild burst of melody,
or singing some plaintive ditty, which al
ways brings tears to the eyes of the listen
ers as their hearts throb in unison with
the sentiments of the sweet voiced singer.
AS the moments thus pass, on fleeing
wings, The fortunate ones who have had
influence enough to secure tickets OF admis
sion to this quiet and secluded retreat, felt
themselves safe from intrusion on the part
of uncoDgenial natures, as the city authori-
ties have provided guards whose sole duty
it is to keep outsiders out during the day,
and to place the fortunate inmates in Sc
cure apartments st night where they are
safe and secluded. In addition
to this court has been
established, whose duty it is to closely ex-
anime and pass upon the qualifications and
claims of those applying for admission to
the workhouse. and none are allowed in
gress thereto, but such as are able to fully
prove their fitness to associate on
equal terms with those already admitted.
Some of our citizens are so charmed
with life at Mr.. Corbetts mansion that they
cannot feel at home anywhere else, and
therefore have taken up permanent resi-
dence thereAt.
A couple of colored girls were passing up
Church street yesterday afternoon, when
one asked the other, "Hsve you seed it?"
mo-" was the response. 81 haven't seed
it, but have saw it." So much for hav-
ing knowledge of grammar.