The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
CITIZEN SALAD.

That country bumpk n did;
He picked it up and stole away
To count the treasure hid.
He sneaked behind Solinsky's store
And slyly searched each fold
AlRsl he realized thu fact
That he was badly sold.
A roll Cf paper here and there,
Fit for Ounce cap;
And cries of April oolln dismayed
The rash bucolic chap.
Since the traffic in skunk skins
has subsidized, the average Pulaskian
is no longer afraid of his nose.
A Tennessee editor says he wants
to 60 to some place where he will
see nothing, hear nothing and know
nothing. He is evidently candi-
date for the Legislature.
All Fools day passed off harmo-
niously. I he fools were fools as
usual, the wiseacres were no wiser
than they usually are, and the mid
dle-men went along and attended to
their business as they always do.
Hence, there was no open rupture.
If Mr.. Tilden's plans should go
wild at Cincinnati, and he is set
aside in the nomination, it will be
consoling to him to know that it
was not the hand of the McMinn
vile (Tenn.) Southern Standard
(terms 81 year in advance) that
struck the blow.
Giles countians may justly boast
of their beautiful women; of their
rich, productive and well-kept farms;
of their fiourishing schools; of their
neat and numerous houses of wor
ship; but if there is a man among
US Who will stand boldly out from
his fellows and brag on our public
roads we shall insist on his cheek
being exhibited at the Nashville
Centennial along with other speci
mems of Tennessee ore.
A correspondent of the American,
whose epistolary effusions SAVIOR of
the hay loft, calls Horatio Seymour
an old granny. We venture the
assertion that if the author of this
Impertinent allusion to the most
majestic figure save one, perhaps, in
American politics, will emerge from
the obscurity of village life we can
tic his ears in bow-knot at the
back of his neck and utilize his
forehead as fiat iron.
A meeting of the congressional
committee Tor this district is called
by Chairman Perkins, as will be
seen by a notice elsewhere. In the
meantime, candidates for the nomi
nation are cropping out luxuIiantly.
Some are nesting in out-of the way
places, like violets; some are creep
ing close to the ground, like straw
berry vines; while others boldly
confront the solar rays of public
anticipation with upturned faces,
like the lustful sunflower, or the
supercilious hollyhock. 1t is as
tonIshing how many sacrifices are
required on the altar of ones coun-
try.
Mr.. W. r. Craig needed little
recreation. At least this was the
idea that worked him up to fish
ing excursion Tuesday. Paraphras-
ing j Caesars laconic epistle to
whom it might concern: He went,
he saw, and now he wishes be
hadn't. He commenced operations
by wrapping his line snugly around
a limb; he followed that up by
stumping his favorite toe seven
times in succession against a con-
venient root; he then sat down on a
pleasant group of fish hooks, and
finally brought the days sport to a
cheerful conclusion by spraiDing
his ankle. He trIpped blithely to
the babbling brook at the break of
day; he returned in the twilight de-
jected and spread out ID q springs
wagon. Such is fisberman's luck.
The centennial committee at
Nashville sent invitations to the
approaching Exposition to seve raj
public iunctionaries in Washington.
The result is quite a formidable
display of butts. Attorney General
Devens would be delighted, etc,
hut Mrs. Hayes declares that
she would attain the summit Of
bliss if she could witness the i'm
posing C remonies, but. Senator
So and-So feels honored by the
compliment and would sweeten the
occasion with his presence, but.
General This-and-Tbat acknowl-
edges the receipt of the aattering
missive with delight and would
gladly forsake his martial duties To-
participate in tie patriotic exer-
cises, but. Honorable Who-is He?
is transported with Joy at the com
pliment paid him, but. And so
the butts gather to the end of the
chapter, There is but one excep-
ton. Postmaster-General Key ac-
cepts, but acceptance is An every
day business with him and for this
reason his complaisance in this par
ticular instance Is hardly worthy OF
note. In the absence of anything
better, he would accept case OF
cholera