Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-28
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DIp-theoIy Is said TO be BAPTIST disease.
The IpdioiWpdiS Journal eulogizes "a
bridal breakfast Of elegant dimensions"
which occurred in that State lately.
Abr Cole, Of Ohio. is about to engage
in small war with the railroads of that
State. He claims that no railroad is
authorized to collect more than three cents
per mile, aud that railroad companies can
be made to forfeit S25, and perhaps an adj
ditional sum for each and every time they
charge and collect fare above three cents
per mile. lie is, therefore, riding on the
roads quite literally, paying fare between
| way stations, keeping record of the els
lance travelled and the amount paid, and
| proposes TO commence suit III each case. TO
in, DR. Cole.
An exchange relates this narrowing incl
dent A lecturer recently telegraphed to
| temperance organization that he would lee
t,Ire ON ga Taste for Naples and Rome"
The telegraph got it "a Taste for Apples
and Rum.
The CiRciRndti Times knows of a fair
young creature, with penchant for cards,
who thus addressed an epistle to her mas
culine friend: 'sCome and play youclIr with
me this evening" And he got mad, and
said 'sgraduate; who had such spells as
Nilsson has sent thrill of excitement
through Peoria by ordering the construc-
ton of fence and a cowshed OH her prem
ises. 1t is in moments like these that she
grasps with subtle power the situation
| Graphic,
The brute, Man, had his feelings laeera-
ted at a New Haven centennial tea-party by
the following plaeaTd conspicuouslydispla
ed on the stage:
Mems Tea Party,
Boston Harbor, 1173.
| Opposition to Taxation without Representation.
WOmans Tea Party,
New Haven, 1878.
Opposition to Taxation without Representation.
The death of John p Hale brings to
light, says the Concord IN. H0 Patriot,
fact often limited at pretty broadly befo. e,
but in which no lady's name has ever been
given in print till now, to our knowledge.
The fact is that it was daughter of Mr..
Hale who was engaged to Wilkes Booth,
the man who shot President Lincoln. In
Booths diary, which was taken from his
body, there was picture of this lady.
The Chattanooga Commercial gives pub
licity to this little incident: Five young
boys went out cunning yesterday in the
vicinity of the fair ground, and not finding
any wild beasts to Stay, they tried their
skill at each other One of them raised his
old shot gun and deliberately fired upon
! two ofhis comrades, who returned the fire,
when the asSaulting party sought refuge be-
hind a tree Fortunately no one was
wounded, but the parents ofthese juveniles
should disalm them of their field pieces UNI
til they learn the rudiments Of civilization.
Miss Nioletta Colville, the young Ameri-
can, writes as follows TO her father concern
iug her debut at PlaceilZa: ''Oh, dear me, |
am so happy, | made such grand success
last night. Ma was so frightened her teeth
chartered us if she had an ague fit. When
first enter come down the mountains.
NV knees shook so | thought every moment
| would stumble, but as soon as had fin
ished my cavatina, my fright entirely disap-
peared. The immense rounds of applause
cured me, In fact, there was no want OF
congratulations last night, had hard
work to reach my dresSlng-rO0ln, the way
being blocked up by people all eager to pay
me compliments. Ny duet with the tenor
went magniiicently. Rejoice with yOul
happy little daughter"
Gail Hamilton thus philosophers: Isup-
pose the fact is that all masculine stock is
subject to slirinkagc. and if that Shrinkage
. is only in little. umimportant matters that
do not lay hold of character, or largely al
rect Happiness, or bring a deep and bitter
and uniltterable disappointment, one would
better class them as diversions than try to
.Inake capital ont of them As trials.
Charles Dudley Warner, has this to say
Of one of his little heroes, y country boy:
Iou Would have seen q sho1 bay, barefoot,
with trowseis at once too big and too short,
held up, perhaps, by one suSpcndGr only. a
checked cotton shirt, and a hat Of braided
palmleaf fiayed at the edges and bulged UP
at the crown, II is impossible to keep hat
neat il yOH Use it TO catch bIImble-becs and
WhiSk EN-; 10 bail the water from leaby
boat; TO catch minnows IN, TO put over
honey-becs nests and to transport pebbles,
Strawberries and hens eggs. John usually
carried a sling in his hand, or Il bow, or a
Timber stick, sharp at one end, from which
he could sling apples a great distance.
ACincinnati maiden thus pleads, through
| the columns of the Times: If you ever
| meet ady who trusts and believes YOU,
never in any way or form deceive her; for
if YOU DO once she will always doubt you;
aithou.i, Won may many times be speaking
the truth she viii think. We'll, il he de
ceiyed me once lie might be doing the
same now. tipnts, although there are
some that are foolish enough 10 believe
you to be what you profess TO be, there are
others who are wise enough to soon ind
YOU ont and what you truly are. Agreater
part of you ti,iGk il quite q credit to talk
about your lady friends 40 soon as theY arg
ont of your sight, bur, nevertheless, 1t Is
not, and you should not do it.