The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-10
nH1o VILLAGE LEE.

E,d;,ors Cresc.nt: How unequaly the world and the
weather are divided Here freezing in great coats
while in your village the people burning up with yellow
fever Reform much needed in this particular and beg
leave to call your official attention 1t surely bad
enough suffer of do under the unequal drvs
ion of lands houses money ETC., which prevails IN our
country, bat that evil dwndes the smallest kind of in
significance when placed beside the inequality of sunshine
distributed by present clerks of the weather As people
find that weather will to them they follow
MOhammeds example with regard to the mountain, and go
to the weather. The emigration from the North is
consequently great exceeding numerically 1t seems
TO me, that of the wild geese and pigeons on their way
South The from the ake-twO trains daiyaTe crowd
ed and the hotels Sandusky Springfield and Cincinnati
dong grand business Travellers beginning to dis
cover the advantages of the lake route from New York,
West and South over any other and if only had rail
road from Buffalo Sandusky city few would eopar
die their necks the road over the Aeghanes par
tcuary while subject the imposition of extra charge
of four or five dollars for baggage
Next the administration of the weather, that of the
mails perhaps the most vexstiOus. On the 18th inst. re-
ceived the Crescent" of the 9Th since which time
has come hand until last night when that of the 11th
was received Those of the intermediate dates are sup
pose nowhere Newspapers here and the loss
of the Crescent is young calamity. believe it the
only New Orleans paper that is taken in the place, while the
Tribune " is the only that have from New York,
in month"; All oUg news manufactured, dgesed, in
Cincnnati-frOm which city stray Gazette " and fire.
quent Commercial finds its Aae and enlightens
partially in the matters of whggey and the price OF pork
of general information and when the arrive stand with
open mouths catch the revelations that travellers natu
ally supposed competent to make. Unfortunately however
for simple villagers the travellers have only one
idea" They know nothng-have nOthing-have
heard nothing of any other subject than politics g New
York will certainly go for Van Buren, - Pennsylvania is
sure for Cas- and all for Old Tack" phrases
that ring amongst them, and compelled to
listen details Of taken board of steamboats, and
in the cars This of the evils Of rustic
life but it great you may be inclined to think
there much in compensation. Weare not without amuse
ment-sOmetimes of grave, sometimes of ridiculous
character but rather seldom do we have anything decidedly
rich or new. The monotony of village life q day
ago ageeaby interrupted by the arrival of pleasant gen.
temany vste who placed upon the register of the Buck
eye Hotel the of Mr. Edward CTOcus, lady and
child also Edward Henry CrOcus, Mary Margaret Gro
Gus, and Emma Amelia Crocus,' and informed gaping
ounge of the baroom that the three last named CTocuse
would the next evening give concert to the villagers In
public to be hereafter designated Flaming
handbs setting forth the wonderful powers of the vocats,
the covered the walls and the fences of the neghbo
hood, and programmes insinuaed under numerous
DOORS while puff preliminary graced the editorial columns
of newspaper-the " Republic" The place appointed
was the High School, and thitherward sundy papas and
mamas, and small spnnkng of juveniles, wended their
way after dark, full of pleasant anticpaOns with
gard TO the coming treat Upon my arrival at the school,
house, and the payment of my "quaTte was Hshered
into cheeress lghted room, containing dozens of
people seated upon many dozen school benches while at
that end of the usually occupied by the pedagogue
the of musical Cocuses-the elder boy of twevethe
Others girls of the respective ages of ten and four years the
younger of which quite pretty child. The performance
commenced with mseaby executed duet by the boy and
elder girl which followed by another duet and solo by
the singers The solo over and reasonable interval
elapsed Crocus the father walked up the small specimen
and after whispering with her few moments, handed her
from her chair and took his The little thing stood for
moment swim gng her little white handkerchief in her hand
when low but musical she commenced MARBLE the
of her appointed song, The Cricket She evidently
struggled hard conceal her deep agitation and managed
to labor through the first stanza aVhen with look and
gesture that reached the heart, she CRIED OH cannot
sing" and covered her face with her little handkerchief
burst uncomfortable fit of sObbng Her father apollo
gzed the audience for her failure and tendey replacing
her upon her seat called upon the boy and elder girl for
duet This they gave with spirit than they had thrown
into their other pieces while their notes interviewer with
those of distress nvountay thrown in by their infant sister,
whose emotion could not be repTessed. 1t but a few
minutes however before her moaning ceased, and in few
the handkerchief and the cloud left her face and
looked bright suppose the little Cricket looked whose
ohp she had tried hard initiate. few more rapid
pieces sung by the boy and elder girl when the of
the little again Her prescribed song was Come
come pretty Bird the air of which she gave with consider
able accuracy and painful sweetness The refrain
from her little tongue Come come, pretty Bird " was in
expressbly touching. Still third trial awaited her. her
R Rc R9 Rs a ~ afa Ref 5s Well
The whole affair fine specimen of what is vulgarly
but eXpressiVey denOminated Humbug." | venture to
say that feeling of real pleasure was excited by the
performances in the breast of individual present. young
DID, cit rustic, while have doubt that many felt
with me, like kicking the fellow who could thus infct such
wrong his children and practice such imposition
upon the community. The only Iedeemng feature that
could in his conduct his tenderness to the failing
child which took refuge in his and chung him with
trust which showed happy Inconsistencies of his uE
wonhnesS
humbug of slightly different character has also been
shown up within few days past in manner to afford Us
villagers considerable amusement.
An animal of The quack tribe not of the Duck family
but of that loves filthy things quite well has recently
established himself here master of the healing art and
by of liberal circulation of handbs and advertise
ments of high petentOn forth in horrible grammar has
worked himself into large practice among the guibe
whose here, many other communities of Yam
keedOm is legion"
Dr. Church. for such the in which the animal re-
Joced, bad begun to consider the field all his own when
morning or two the character of his fancies was
changed by the appearance of competitor who exhibited
claims that threw his far into the shade as his had
those of Escuapus Sir Ashley Cooper and Dr. Brandreth
The following is true copy of placard which graced
the fences pumps and old walls of the village as well as the
door of the Root Doctor the phraseoogy of whose hand
bills generally copied and the style admirably initiated
throughout:
TERPYTIME as. CALOMY."
DR.. LEWIS J. HILL:
Late of the Nam moth Gaze
Who wishes understood that he is opposed to the use of
Caomy and in favor Of the free of Terpytme" |