Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-30
PARAuRAPHlCAL.


Lee county, Va, is boastiIg over slip
Of boy sixteen years Of age, who kicks the
beam at 400 lbs
1t is encouraging to learn, as We do from
an exchange, that the two young women
who are to occupy seats 10 the next Wy
oming Legislature, are already practiciDg
throwing inkstands and lodging law books.
The following clipping is not taken from
Louisville paper: The "set-me-up-
Mary-Jane and show your-breast- pin''
attitude is the agony with the fashionable
fair ones OF Louisville, having superseded
the "kangaroo flop" and 'sGrecian bend"
When everyone knows that sscomparisons
are odious," why will the Memphis papers
persist in speaking of Knoxville's $3.50
sleeve buttons in connection with that $50,
bale of cotton which figured lately in st.
Louis?
Gail Hamilton knows a woman who scan
spesk Greek as naturally IS pigs squeak; to
whom Latin is no mora difficult than TO a
blackbird It's to whistles" who dreams in
German and thinks in French; who yet
embroiders her own cspes and gowns and
those of her frienda.
A lively Nashville young lady says she
does not consider that she exhibits extraya-
gance 10 GOVERN & her walking dress with .
few pecks Of those huge wooden buttons
which are all the rage just now. She ex-
plains that she is thinking of getting mar
ried shortly, and proposes to utilize those
buttons by converting them into fire wood
during the coming winter.
Aud now the Chicago Tribune tells Of an
Episcopal clergyman in that city who was
50 faint for want of food that he was una
BILE to proceed with bis Sunday services.
The II ibiue says the congregation silently
rose and left the church, but If any of the
departing worshippers ordered supply Of
provisions for the use of the minister, the
Tribune did not learn of the fact. A great
many Bostonians reside in Chicago.
D., funny Nashville man, listened
quietly yesterday to a learned dissertation
upon the superior character of the women
whose SONS make their mark il the world.
He finally interrupted the conversation with
"Well, wouldn't want son of mine to
make his mark in the world" The others
gszed upon him with looks of sadness at
this exhibition of lack Of ambition for the
success of his boy. "No," he said, 81 don't
intend be SHALL make his mark; I'll teach
him to write, and then he can sign his
name" The little party dispersed in
mournful silence.
The incident occurred in front of store
on the south side of the Public Square yes
terday. A young man came out Of the
store bearing a CT 10 bis arms. We have
no definite information with regard to the
matter, bat we take it for granted that they
have mice in the cellar of that store, for the
young man seemed to be animated by a
desire to put the cat in the cellar. But he
didn't succeed. He raised the heavy door
carefully, lost his hold and let the door fall
on his foot, which was spread all over that
portion of the sidewalk. Ia dropped the
cat at once, and hobpled back into the store
indulging in very emphatic and earnest
solloquy.
"Gath" devotes late letter to the Chi
cago Tribune, to showing up the ''claim"
business at Washington city. He cites a
number Of cases, to prove that claim agents
are remarkably pure and disinterested
class. For instance: a planter had lost
700 bales of cotton and brought suit for it.
The cotton amounted to $4,000 pounds,
say at so cents pound, or SIG, 900.
When the planter paid his fees, ETC, he re-
ceived just 1929. "Come up, boys" he
said, sand let US drink this up in cham
payne. have bought my railroad ticket,
and don't want to take dollar of it home."