Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-28
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/ "A freside tail-The cats.
Not miss--A rich, handsome widow.
What barber mustn't do-Lather his
wife.
| -"Transported" for life The man who
marries happily.
Can bullet be said to resemble a
sheep when it grazes?
-Chardon, o., has a newly-made wife
only twelve years old.
Prof. Bergh insists that Holsters shall
be chloroformed before being thrown Into
the pot.
San Francisco girls are luxuriating in
white dresses, and going barefooted while
they play croquet.
Mis-. Thumb and Mrs. Mutt, shopping
in Pittsburg last week, bought ten yards Of
silk each for dress pattern.
Why is your chambermaid immortal?
Because she returns to dust every day with
cut dying.
-"Pspa, are you growing still?" 'No,
dear; what makes you think SOP" Because
the top of your head is coming through
| your bair.-
The end man on the Athens Georgian,
who writes obituary poetry and wears off
The edge OF the shears, receives S. week
for bis brain-softeniDg services.
Senator James has christened Senator
MCCALL, "the magnificent fre-eater from
Obion."
-Twenty-one out Of the twenty-five
members Of the Senate, deliver their elo-
quent appeals in behalf OF 'Lhe consbitu-
tional rights of the people," with one or
both hands thrust deep in their trousers
pockets.
"A number of the high toned ritualistic
women in London have concluded that it
is all wrong to have churches cared for and
cleaned by hirelings, so they have formed
themselves into society of"Phoebes," and
do the sweeping, busting and scrubbing
with their own delicate hands.
Mark Twain has completed about one
fourth of his new book, "John Bull" in
which be is said to present English Gus
toms and characteristics in ludicrous light
Mark used to be a pilot on the Mississippi
river, but, as he is worth $4,000 and his
wife S250,000, he don't stand much at the
wheel nowadays.
eff l were in California" said young |
flop, in company, the other evening, din
stead Of working in the mines, l would |
waylay some miner with bag of gold, |
knock out his brains, and gather up the gold |
and rum" 81 would think you had better |
gather the brains," quietly responded a
young lady.
Nashville ladies who labor under the |
delusion that the duties of the Office OF
State Librarian are light, and that any one
could fill the position, are very much mista-
ken. The following mysterious scroll was
sent in to that official yesterday from the
Supreme Court room: ''2 Story, Eq. Jur."
A person of an ordinary sized brain couldn't
make head or tail of such message.
The Senate resolution to attend the in
auguration ceremonies at Washington was
voted down by an overwhelming majority.
This result is doubtless due, to a large ex-
tent, to the lobbying efforts of the wives of
several members, aided and abetted by
other ladies who brought the weight of
ID cir influence to bear with Irresistible
pressure against the resolution.
- Residing on High street is one of those
cheerful old ladies whose existence is q
constant source of happiness to all her
friends. A few days since, she was con-
'oling young lady friend whose mother
vas married lately 10 wealthy widower.
said she: 81 think there is great comfort
q the fact that your new step-father has no
hildren. | have always thought that if | |
hould ever be step mother, l should pre-
er to marry, formy second husband, a wild
wer without children" One day this
week, she went to the office of physician
nth young mother, to have the child of
be latter vacinsted. "Here, Doctor" she
ave brought baby for you to
aptize."