The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-11


A Michigan woman discovered
an obstruction on the railroad track
and stopped an approaching train
just In time to save it from destruc-
ton, by..making signals with petit
coat. OF course it was a male
train-.hence its prompt recogni
ton of the signal.
Monday last young ass named
Boyd, for the amusement Of crowd,
jumped from the bridge over the
Ohio river falls to the water below,
distance of one hundred feet.
Owing to an unfortunate group of
circumstances, over which we had
no control, he escaped without in
jury.
Vanderbilt University turned out
one hundred and thirty three full
fledged physicians last week. If
the census takers expect to make
anything like a decent showing
they had better begin operations be-
fore these young doctors commence
experimenting on the population OF
the rurai QlSJricCS.
Much is something. but a little
Moore is better still. Thus reasons
Mr.. Asa Moore, of Elkton, who is
just now scanning with paternal
pride the pink and white Inca
ments of a wee little daughter who
arrived few days ago. We con-
gratulate him with enthusiasm, and
authorize him to draw on US at
sight through the Giles National
bank for a two-ounce vial of pare
goric.
Matrimony didn't appear to agree
with Sumner county man. He
tried it four months and then killed
himself. He ought to have held
out longer, for that sort of thing
wears a man out soon enough. Be-
sides, it is better to bear the ills we
already own than to fly to those we
have never been introduced to. An
i'll in the hand is worth two in the
bush. But why moralize? Per-
haps suicide is the least of the two
evils after all.
The Nashville Herald is publish
ing thrilling and tlood-curdling
piratical story "for the benefit of
its lady readers" The hero is a
talented young buccaneer who sailed
DER the brine in his shirt sleeves
and earned an honest living by cut
ting throats. He also carried a
sword between his teeth, dagger
behind each ear, an assortment of
fire arms around his waist and a
lot of bowie knives in each boot.
Such fellows are idolized by the la
dies, of course. and we commend
the enterprise, as we'll as the taste,
of the Herald III spreading before
them such palatable narrative.
We have slowed away in a dry
place, where the damp weather can
not possibly affect it, a book re-
Gently issued from the Southwest
ern Publishing House at Nashville,
entitled Drifting; a Tale True to
Life" by w. w. Breese, M. D., au
thor of the Twelve Rules of
HEALTH" etc. In moment of des-
pondency we skipped rather hastily
over the pages of this handsomely
bound narrative and arrived at the
conclusion that it was printed in
excellent style. A second perusal,
when happier mood sharpened the
faculties of our mind, convinced us
that if the author had been as mind
full of the feelings.of the public as
the publishers were Of the appear
ance of the binding, the reader
would have been spared many
pang. But perhaps too much SYM
psthy ought not be expected of q
physician in practice, whose avoca-
ton has a tendency to render him
Indifferent to human suffering.
Drifting" as we observed before,
is handsomely bound book and it
will look well on the top shelf of a
tall hbrary-beyond the reach of 8
step ladder. We are quite sure
from the thickness of the paper and
the durability of the binding that if
it is never handled it will not only
last long time; but prove valua-
BILE addition to the library of rome
unoccupied house.