Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-08-08

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nv. q PALMER, is our Agent at New York.
Fnoc SOCP.-A late N. Orleans
Delta tells the following story Of
frog soup, which, altho' bordering
on "A dirty story is nevertheless
n good ono and will bear repeti-
ton:
We noticed, a few days ago, in
the columns Of a contemporary, "a
characteristic anccdote of a we'll
known citizen Of a sister State,
who has recently been honOred
by the general government with
n foreign consulship. 1t brought
fOrcibly 10 mind an incident in the
life Of that fortunate gentleman,
which occurred some wears ago.
When we first knew III -, nc
kept small restaurat and coffee
house, in WoodviIle, Mississippi,
which was the principal and favo-
rito resort of the villagers and the
gentlemen from the surrounding
country, and was noted for its
ready and nice preparation of all
those delicacies so eagerly yearn-
ed for by the inner man. Among
those gentlemen who usually re-
sorted to HIS establishment, Was
ono who had established, by his
repeated pranks and practical
Jokes, tho most unenviable repu-
tation that wag ever bore. OF
this characteristic of ID IS, it
must be borne in mind, III. was
entirely ignorant, and his then i'm
perfect knowledge Of our lam
guage, and his simplicity of man.
ner and easy confidence. made
him a most desirable subject for
DIS jokes.
One day ID. and several other
gentlemen were detained in town
till after theirdinner hour Among
these was one whom we will call
s -, who, although very So
ciablo and amiable man general
was, at times, when excited, (and
that was not always hard to do,)
a very violent, and, apparently,
dangerous man. After these gen.
tlemen had concluded the bust
ness which had detained them, it
was agreed before starting for
home, to stop at HIS and get a
bowl of oyster soup. While S.
and the others went off to HIS,
ID. who had Jagged behind, dis
covered in the grass, which COW
cred the courthouse yard n guam
sity Of small frogs hopping about
the production of a shower
which had previously fallen. Fill
ling his pockets with these var
minis, ID. arrived at Ills just as
the servant was going into the
room where the gentlemen were
seated, with a large bowl of oyster
soup. Distracting the attention Of
the servant, he managed to slip
into the bowl a handful of the lit
de frogs, and the soup, covered !
over, was placed on the table,
III. was in the room, and was very
eloquent in his praises Of his own
establishment, and of the luxu-
ries it contained, and particularly
Of the oysters, which he had just
from New Orleans.
Now, if there was any particu-
lar antipathy S. had. it was GER
tainly to frogs as an article of
food; and if he had any particu-
lar fondness for any article. it was
for oysters, in any way. You are
s'lre these oysters are fresh,' asks
5. oh yes, nevair was dere bet.
saire. very fresh,' answered H.
and he went off in an eloquent
disquisition upon the excellence
of the oyster soup then on the ia
die. Just at this moment, while
s. and II. were thus engaged, ID.
placed before the former a plate |
Of the soup we'll supplied with
frogs, which, not relishing the hot
fluid they were immersed in, were
about at a terrible rate.
The eyes Of both H. and s. were