Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-25
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Legal proceedings have been instituted
against number, of boarding house dead
beats in St. Louis
s4T bet you hundred dollars to GIN
ger cake; and you may choose the ginger
cake" is certain Nashville lawyers fayo-
rite wager.
The LOudon Journal man visited Knox
vile recently, and when be returned home
told his readers about his trip in an elabo-
rate article headed sWhat We Seen In
Knoxville" And yet people speak of the
power of the press as an f'educator."
. The Memphians are preparing, Judging
from this clipping from the appeal: ssSome
of the saloons in the city are talking about
putting down carpeting in front Of their
counters; courteous preparation for the
ladies' visits they may possibly receive on
the Ohio plan" -
In order to prevent the fine BUILDINGS in
Chicago being begrimed with coal SCOT, the
Tribune calls for a law like that in force in
London, compelling every owner of a
steam engine to use appliances for consum-
ing smoke, which experience has shown
can be done cheaply and effectively. =.
We admire the cautiousness exhibited
By the youth referred to in the following
clipping: ''What is heavens best gift to
mani" asked young lady Sunday night,
smiling sweetly On a pleasant looking
clerk. "A boss replied the young man."
At a revival in jamestown, n. Y, a
short time AGO, one of the brethren got the
s'power' and made a very impressive
prayer, a part of which was the following:
40 Lord, / feel like giving every poor man
in this place barrel Of -four, and a barrel
of pork, and barrel of salt, and barrel
of pepper-oh, hill, that's toe much pep
per.-Erchnge.
An exchange, edited by a youth whose
face is ornamented with a gentle down,
and who has vivid recollections of the
halcyon days of his ch-e-ild-hood, remarks:
ssNO well-regulated Juvenile in his right
mind reioices that the spring approaches.
With him it is a season of trial and tribu-
lation, and long suffering. In short, with
him il is a season for vermifuge and
worm-candy, and all of those horribly nasty
doses that parents will persist in doing
out to his infinite, eternal and internal dis
gust" s
If those Wayne county girls will
heed the suggestions Of the WayneSborO
Citizen, they can marry the best men in
that section: "There is enough of rags
thrown away in Wayne county to keep good
carpets on every floor in the county, which
would be worth about $1,000 a year.
Young ladies think of this; it is much more
pleasant to walk upon rag carpet made
with your own hands than 10 have Brus-
sells or Turkey carpet on the floor bought
at an exorbitant price with the earnings of
your father or some poor wretch who feels
it his duty to support you in good style. !"
A good little boy out West undertook to
come the g. Washington on his mother in
this way: He cut off the cats head with the
traditional Ratchet and then hid the de-
funct feline in the meal barrel. When the
old lady went for meal to make the hoe
cake for the frugal morning repast, she dis
covered the cat and interviewed her little
son. He said: II did it, mother, with my
little Ratchet; hut I'll be sWiZzled if / can
tell the whole truth about this little affair. |"
Now, most mothers would have kissed that
brave, truthful lad on his noble brow, but
this one didn't. She said: ssCome across
my lap, my son; come across my lap" He
came, and for a while there rose a cloud
from the seat of his trowsers that entirely
hid the son from view; and the old woman
now sports goggles and is lavish in the use
of Petit's eye salve. The good little boy
had peppered the seats Of his pants
Green Bay AduOcdte.