Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-02
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to "a sllver.weddiHg, at Columbus,
Ohio, was the following warning
"Please ayoiduollar stores.
The worst social crime yet is
that Of the Brooklyn minister who
is cha4ged with striking his moth
er.ih-law And with and umbrella,
too.
Paste this in youa hat: The
whlskey war'began at Washington,
Ohio, DecembeE 1878, and ended |
at l9-. (Fill in
# alive,)
"A travelling printer says that
one OF the Omaha, editors Whites
seditoudls on brown paper with
an old dinner folk, dipped in Gran
berry sauce.
California complains of an
Overabundanee of silver coin, and
wants to get rid of it. We viii
take a barrel or so if 1t will be any
accommodation,
i never BET on the man who is !
always telling what he would have
done, if he had been there; | have
Rotlced that this kind never get
there Josh Billings,
"A St. Louis woman tried to
commit suicide by taking a dose of
pins, evidently thinking she'd want
them to pin back her angel over
skirt in the other world.
"A promipant clergymen says
that all editors are liars. The
Necessary corolary is that a good
many clergymen must have been
editors before they were clergy
men.
There are only one and a half
as many sheep as dogs in Kansas,
and some dogs will hardly get
through the winter on that amount
of mutton if the season terminates
with cold suap,-LSt. Louis Re
publican
ANN" observed Danbury
house keeper to a hired girl, the
other morning, "as we have enter
ed upon the dawn Of another cen
tury OF our nations history, guess
you had better get tooth brush
Of your-owU.
An Iowa postmaster spent Il
week IN the VAN effort to balance
his accounts, and then his wife
discovering what he was about, in
formed him that She had been in
the halls Of drawing her spin
money" from ths office funds. Tab
ltsu.
1T is-a pitiable sight to see a
woman, who but one short year
ago possessed an angels sweetness
OF disposition and achilds art!ess
ness of character, watching at the
head Of the stairs, ut two clock
in the morning, with towel roller
in her hand.
"A Peoria man stayed out in
the -yatd until 2 o'clock the other
night, trying to freeze his dog to.
death. Five doctors buggies were
standing in front of his house the.
next morning, and his dog is suck
ing eggs by day and bowling BY
night, as usual.
The Prince Of Wales has two
physicians at his beck and call in
India Belore he retircs at night
they knock at his door, aud ask,
"How gdoes your Royal llighness
feel?2f with my fingers re
spends Alfred Edward, and then
all say goodnight.
After two Arkansas farmers
had squandered Sl,l2O on the law
yers in trying to find out who own
ed an old cart they commenced
shooting. and FIVE cents worth of
ammunition brought a satisfactory
decision. Its your cart" were
the last words Of the plaintiff.
This man was seated in front
of the old-tashioned fire place,
warming the, sole if his lett foot
An old dafKey went to warm, and
as he turned to go out, he met an
other coming in. needn't go dar
to warm, jim, kase de man from
Cincinnati done histed his foot ana
kiyered up the fire. ..., sr
One Of the Bridgeport station
house cats has been dyed in brill
ant shades of various coIors. They
show it to all who are brought IN
for drunkenness, ,under the impress
sion that something more unpieas-
ant and abnormal thanA rainbow
colored cat may happen along next
-"Now what can be more sick
ening than to see a pretty fresh
girl de eighteen VI lNycaty years
going to the alter with tottering
old brute of sitNi' asks. a ghsb-
st. LOUIS reporter. The fellow
seems to thihl5 tlat It's m easy
matter for every young woman to
find a poor youug'man with cleTtu
dogs and without any trade; but
the truth, is that such young men
are not to be found on every dry
goods box ~
1t was on The National course.
in this city, that John Randolph
once cried out, 81 the horse nan
past at the conclusion Of the ilrs'
mile Of a three mile heat: j
thousand dollars on the bay mare.
"rll take that b t, said as uspiei-
ous-looking bSstaultr. '"But y a9
will hold the stakt,T rtpiicli Nj
Randolph. "Nlr. John Trarers'
answered the unknown. "B1t,
responded the Lord Of Roanoke
"who the dickens VII hold john