Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-07
UNION AND AMERICAN.
TENNESSEE NEWS.
PoNDERoUs TOMATOES.

Office last SatUrday-One from the farm o
w. \. Moore, Esq, on Norris Creek, anC
one from the garden of Dr.. r. r McKin-
ney, of this place. Each weighed Il lbs.
SLEEPING BEAUTY.
MurfreesbOrO News: A new feature in thf
blUing and backing business has been re
lated. II is said that coat of shoe DOlisF
was applied TO the cheeks Of some Young
ladies the other day, by two Of their com
panions, while they were taking a quiet
nap. The backing should have blushed tC
scarlet for staining cheeks so fair
. AN ANCIENT EGG.
Paris Intelligencer: A hens egg which
is thought TO be 45 years old was brought
to this Office a few days since by Professor
Jones. 1t vas u8d under the floor Of the
Baptist Church, which has lately been
taken up for repairs. There was no posi-
bic chance for the egg to have been laid bv
the hen under the floor from tie time it
was first put down, - years ago. The egg
is as light as cork.
A DIAMOND RATHER.
Athens Post: a diamond rattlesnake was
killed week before last, on the waters Of
Coker Creek, Monroe county, which meas
ured seven feet in length aud had twenty
four Tattles. ibis is the second Of the spe-
cies ever seen in that country. Thissnake
IS different from the ordinary RATHER. His
skin Is a regular combination of dark and
bright diamonds, he 2ttains much greater
length, lives longer, and is less vicious and
Warlike
FATALITY OF "UNLOADED " PISTOLS.
DyeTsburg Progress: Last Friday, at
Ripley, two little boys, surnamed Reed and
Palmer, were playing with pistols-and, of
course, they were not loaded, as is always
the case when children are allowed TO play
with fire-a1ms-When the former in a play
ful mood told the latter 10 shoot him, and
al the wOTd he pointed bis pistol, it fred
and the ball took effect in the head, killing
him instantly. Parents, it seems, swIll
never learn the great danger of permitting
children to play with firearms, loaded or
ublOaded, Or allowing them to remain
where children can get hold Of them. In
tOdded firearms are dangerous things for
people, old or young, to play with. They
ale dangerous things without lock, stock
or barrel
Columbia Herald and Mail: Last Mon
day night John Green went into the store
of i. A. Hodge and asked the clerk, Wal
ter Crawford, to change a dollar bill, at the
same time throwing the bill On the cOun-
ter. Jimmie Aiken was standing near bv,
and picked up the bill in a joking manner,
and said: "WalteT, l guess l will keep this
bill, when Crawford, also in a joking man.
ner, pointed pistol at Aiken, he knocking
the same TO one side. when it went Of, the
ball passing through the flsshy part Of the
left arm, between the elbow and shoulder
Of Crawford. We are glad to learn that It
is not a dangerous wound.
A NEW INDUSTRY.
Memphis Appeal: A BIC thing in the way
Of manufacturing enterprise was iUaugI-
rated yesterday by the Memphis wood
works, where about twenty little boys
were employed in the manufacture of
fruit boxes, in which we were informed
the little fellows, ranging in age from eight
years up 10 fourteen, average from seventy
five cents to one dollar ard a quarter per
day. We are assured that the demand for
fruit boxes hss been increasing to an eX-
tent Unprecedented in this city, and is now
Of such proportions as to necessitate the
enlargement Of facilities for this maDufac-
ture.
THE BOLD sOGERBOYs.
Communication to Gallatin TennesSeean:
Some Of tie young gentlemen are talking
OF forming military company, TO be armed
and equipped by the State and are under
the impression that the State viii furnish
tents and pay their railroad fare TO the
Centennial next July. The State will
probably furnish arms to responsible officers
Of a uniformed company, but she certainly
will not uniform them, and she certainly
will not pay their expenses anywhere, unless
in actual service under certain cOndi-
tons, and she certainly will not pay their
fare to The Centennial. l only write
this to correct a false impression which has
got by some means into the minds Of sew
erai, and they should remember further
that companies so organized are strictly &C
c0Gulable for all arms and accOutTements
furnished bv the State, and are liable 10 be
called into actual service any day when a
necessity Occurs. Children should be care
ful bow they play with guns.
OLD SOLDIER.
y. B.-AllOw me to suggest that the
State would be a id fool if she did go
into such q piece Of folly while the treas
ury is SO near depleted that she can't pay
the interest now due on her bonds.
METEORIC.
Knoxville Press and Herald: Al twenty
minutes p.str9 o'clock last night aug. -,
the sky was brilliantly Illuminated by a
meteor, which seemingly buTst into view
frUm the zenith and shot athwaTt the sky
to the northeast. The meteor was to our
vision about the size of a railway car, and
il the siN or eight seconds Of its flight lit
mp the earth so that one could have readily
seen to pick up a pin from the ground.
The course Of the meteor was marked by
stream Of scintillating fire.
SNAKE SHOES.
Winchester Journal: We saw in Win
chester last Saturday, nice pair Of shoes,
about Nc 1, The vamps of which were
made Of raltlesnake hide and the quarters
Of chicken snake hide. Also several snake
hides. neatly tanned, and three feet long
and eight inches wide. They belonged to
Mr.. J. II. Henderson, who lives on big
Coon, in Ja,ksOn county, Ala He makes
a specially OF catching all kinds Of snakes,
ratIlesnak in particular, and, without
iniuring OF killing them, proceeds 70 take
off their hides. These he tans in about
two months, and then makes them into
shoes, slippers, etc, for he IS a worthy
disciple of CTispin. He uses a certain
weed, which grows in the mountain &c
mCsmerise the snakes. He says they will
readily become harmless under the in
ilueIice o. lbs MC-Gs WHICH llc l->-tilS ll
the end Of 4 long stick, and, rubbing it fo
awhile about the snakes head, soon has i
irsausihle and then he ties it, preparation,
TO skluning.
A MEMORIAL OF WHISEERANDO BURN
SIDES.
Knoxville Press and Herald: In eXca
waiting for The foundatiOa Of the abuLmen
of the Mabry street bridge, across Firs
Geek, indications OF valuable deposits o
iron were discovered. The peculiar fOrna
tiOu of the deposit would puzzle thos
most learned in the science Of geOlOg
were the matter left without explanation
but the coolest inhabitant' having bee
consulted. the matter IS all serene. W
frIst our readers viii pardon us for no
stating sooner that the deposit was in In
shan Of keg Of ten penny nails some
what the worse for rust, and the eyplana
fiou Gwen SIS to how come it so VS. ths
con Barr s:de used the nails 10 fill up
mud- lie ii that point Fefo7e the gradin
of the present street, TO save the trouble
0ua.rying rock, about the time OF the occJ