Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-11
SINFUL STIFFNESS:

I. B. Rogers halls from Texas Re-
coming disguised with the Lone Star State.
Alr. Rogers gathered his household effects
together, boxed them up and shipped item
nOrthwdrd. He then toak his only child
by one band and his only wife bv the other
and toddled OF to a railroad dspot. where
he embarked upon railroad train. Ii IS
not for us TO state the circumstances con-
nected with the jOurneyings OF Rogers and
his little family from his former house TO
this city. Possibly that ioprnelv was
fraughf with excitement and replete viii,
interest, and, If this be so, let US hope that
Mr. Rogers kept journal In which he en-
tered full record thereof. and that At no
distant day said record Iylnay be published
TO the world. Suffice iC to saw. Mr. Roc
erS aud the wife Of his bosom and his one
olive branch reached NashvIllerjaht sideup
with care. They diSembarled al the Chat
tanOoga depot and Mr.. Rogers had his wife
and child and the rest of his baggage taken
into the waiting room. Soon after their
arrival, this scion and hope of the house of
Rogers, took position near the door of the
waiting room, when it was uncere-
moniously knocked over in consequence of
4 cOlOred employee of the railroad opening
tAAS NrNA ~ NtAN-A NAAG lOo4AAs Liz O1ANC
branch SquaIled, after the manner of olive
branches under circumstances of this char
acter. The col0red man promptly picked
up the PROSTATE infant and as promptly
apOlOgized TO the father, but this did not
satisfy Mr.. Rogers, who immediately as
Saulted the negro for knocking the child
over. For thus doing, Mr.. Rogers will
receive the hearty commentator of all
u. sNr.ra
know that the COON was occupied, nor that
child was standing against the door; and
20 be sure us ali employee about the depot
he had a perfect right to enter the room,
but he might have cTawled in at the win
dow, or descended through the stove pipe,
and then the child would not have been
hurt. Our police reporter bushes for
humanity in being compelled to put upon
record the fact that Mr..
Rodgers was arrested aSsaulting for
that darkey, and he bushes once
more in making public the fact that Mr..
Rogers was fined five dollars by Judge
Duling for his conduct.
Lydia Thompson, mot she of the agile
footed blondes, but a cOlOred nameSake re-
siding in this city, has always been noted
for disposition TO study the peculiarities
of the human frame. In pursuing her in
vestigations in this line last Friday, she
attempted to penetrate the physical struc-
ture OF j eOlO-ed sister with big knife, but
the latter being ola very UnaccommOdating
spirit, and caring nothing for physical sci
ence, objected and had the duSky Lydia
arrested. The court is fully alive to the
Importance of having our anatomy fully
understood, and was disposed 20 commend
Miss Thompson for her enthusiasm in thi-
branch Of science, but the court also appre-
ciaieS the necessity Of guarding against
the establishment of dangerous prece-
dents. lit is right and proper
frame To be cut and Slashed
with knives, punctJTed with probes,
sewed up with needles and experimental
upon with saws, as much valuable and
highly impOrgaut information is thus Oh
tanned which it is impossible TO secure IN
any other way, but these things should be
done by persons designated and set apart
for such cheerful and fascinating OccUpa-
ton by medical schools. When we depart
from this rule continues tie court, no
one can predict where the thing wiz end.
irresponsible parties viii 20 slaShing about
with their knives and things, and the first
thing you know some one VIII get hurt.
As Lydia was unable 10 produce diploma
authorizing her to Cut people with big
knives, she was sent down on a fifty dollar
fine.
Green Henderson and Tom Thorn as were
arrested yesterday for lettering around the
market house.