The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-12
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Election Fun

Elections either directly indirectly are oiten e cause OF
many ludcous scenes The following one that TOOK place
few evening since of our popular barroomS on 81
Charles street
Onr friend Charley N a well known wag, had on the
evening in question been attending the Taylor ratification
meeting and feeling pretty considerably happy mad goneo
eete too strong in consequence Of which we ind him
about IL O'Clock at night seated chair with one leg
cooked over the back and his head resting table, smoking
away comfortably. At this moment tall lean, lreeatlng
specimen Cat least Charley thought 500 Of the newly returned
volunteers entered and sank into chair on the opposite de
of the table Charley being disturbed by the noise raised up
his head and looking deliberately Tor some me In ie oei
face observed to him
Sir you re from Mexico a'int you "
We'll now mister reckon you guessed it that time, re-
sponded the other.
" Then Won We seen the elephant without doubt? T"
Seen the elephant! Look ERE neghbor giving the
broad brm of his hat cock in 'front.' Ia corn to Sell
see the elephant Why Uncle Pees dat-ter Nance mOut
ave seen the varmint mile off and she's so darned cross
e ed she never able through augur hole why
look ere stranger Pm one of the bhoys that took the crit
Ter by the trunk and helped to hold him. while old Rough
with his off and rowser legs rolled up was on one
side with long pole giving him the awtuest punches ana
Gnir Scott on tohe stirring him up ner volcano on
break down at hurricanes wedding, jist to divert his ten
lion and make him forget which side him gave the most
everlasting pain till they made him smoke, goan, roar and
snort worse ner the hull French nation going it at her biggest
cks forty revolutions in leee less ne no time hoss m
pumpkins / is"
This brought scream from Charley that would have made
the hair curl on the back of real striped Hyena Then ad
dressing the Mister barkeeper friend here
will take glass of settled lightning sweetened with gun
powder and hunderbot stir up. He perfect sal
amander He is"
Charley looked around for the that presided over the
elements, but, alasl that dignitary had tainted.
Charley then whispered to his friend: Never mind, we
will 90 down the Merchants Exchange; there get
accommodated in glass of the wamest kind the Tee-
graph man has furnish the house with fresh
streak every five minutes"
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coat collar but for the latter what say He had
doubt heard vague of there being existence
such being as Professor Morse and of his Telegraph that
loved to catch the foed lightning by the tail and gradually
devour it, while it gged and wggled in desperate agony
like seaerpen There he stood with his back to the wall
Chaeys encomum of the fresh seaks that dished out
at the Merchants than human nature or flesh and
blood could standthere he Stood the picture OF despair and
bitter hard times whitfield down sharp point his short hair
standing out like the subbe of wheat ed his eyes look
ing as though trying think of avert
LIS being blowed into kngdOmCOme in less than the uter
ing of humming birds wing and with the big drops of per-
spiration, in little rvue running and gambOng with JOY,
as they ked from hair to hair down his shaggy cheeks His
knees and whole body shook though he had caught
young earthquake With a grasp he plucked
Charley hand from his collar spring and the chair
cleared two three desperate strides, and he missed
through the door.
Charley cnched his beaver, muttered something about
peoples internal presumption in giving themselves airs
etc. and raising up his perpendicular. gave beautiful
specimen of diagonal walking and Hay hit the hole the
penter left in the front of the buding-where he gave
terrific whoop, boed and we lost him in the dark going
rejoicing and clarifying the name of General Taylor