Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-31
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

Last words of a kind-hearted old bache-
lor in Springfield, Mass: sWho will let the
boys into the circus, now l i'm gomez"
Relative to the feeling OF antagonism
schoolboyS generally entertain toward their
teachers, a very successful and popular
teacher in this city tells the following: He
was walking down Cedar street lately,
when he heard one of his young pupilscan
out. ssGo it, old B. Go it, old B"
Catching a view of the youngstcr, he no
ticed him entering a store, whereupon he
turned back and entered the same estab-
lishment. Going up to the little rascal, he
asked the latter if ne knew who it was that
had called him, adding that he had seen
him come into that store. The little fel-
lows face flushed as he replied that the boy
had come into the store, but had slipped
out The back way.
Aman in Kentucky, all alive and well,
recently saw a statement of his own death
in a newspaper. He did not so much re-
sent the general statement as the inaccu-
racv of the details. so lie wrote TO the edi-
tor: ssSirI notice a few errors in the obit-
uary of myself which appeared in your
paper of Wednesday last. was born in
Greenup county, not Caldwell, and my re-
tirement from business in 1860 was not ow-
ing to i'll health, but a little trouble L had
in connection with a horse. The Gauss of
NV death was not small pox. Please make
corrections, for which l enclose fifty cents"
Exchange.
The local lunatic of the KnOrUaIe Press
and Herald had occasion to tell his read
this week, that a local thief had been shot,
and takes this roundabout way OF perform
ing that simple task: "Mr. Lusby is pro-
prietor of the livery stable on Prince street,
above Clinch. For some nights past, his
chicken coop and wood pile have been de-
spoiled. and MI. Lusby determined to catch
the thief if possible. Last night he retired
about ten o'clock. Towards midnight he
was awakened by the vociferous barking of
the mastiff in the front yard. Arising from
bed and looking out of the window, he
could neither see nor hear any noise, eX-
cept the yelping Of the dog, so he again re
tired. Shortly afterward, the renewed
barking accompanied by a noise in the
yard Immediately back Of the house, caused
Mr.. Lusby to seize his revolver and quietly
open the door on the west side OF the house
and near the rear yard. He saw a
mans form, dimly defined, leaning over the
| c~hicken-cOop, not twenty feet away. de
fired at him, when the man jumped on the
coop which was standing against the rear
fence of the livery stable yard, and endeav-
ored to climb over the fence. Ascend and
third shot followed, and the man fell down
on the other side Of the fence, against
horse+rough. The man proved to be Tobe
Covington, a white man about % years o.
age, residing near Erin. DR.. e. Deaderick
being sent for arrived, and his examination
showed that only one of the three shot:
fired hadtakene effect. Theba was ~probedfoI
but not extracted. The man was ~intOXica
ted and groaned manfully. DR.. Deadericl
administered morphine and left him for th'
night. The doctor considers the wound al
exceedingly dangerous N and that it mal
result fatally Such verbose writing a
the foregoing would have driven HOrac'
Greedy crazy.