The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-04-03

| u was lar down Royal street. IN :hHt part
OF New Orleans where every body aud eve.
~ thing speak French. We turned to look
We could see no one. Whence came the
melancholy CREST
Your little hands are 20 cold. 80 cold
All. mon Dicu, so cold. La psuvrc Pau.
line !"
The notes were so distinct, the voice so
peculiar; and still! we could see no one.
At length. hanging before the low door
Of an old irnmc building, we observed n
round, fiuied cage, with Chinese dome.
and, perchrd in a ring dangling from the
top. n-rARRor lie was a green coated
bird, with crafty eye and an aqniline nose.
Could it have been he whom we heard
We should Judge not, from his occurrences.
Tie held his tongue as we SURVEYED him,
and. when we changed cur position, re.
volsed his shallow sinciput about the pivot
OF his neck, like an owl. We avcr,ed our
face. and watched him lur,ively.
La pauvrc----"
What was il the parrot, after all We
wheeled around suddenly. No-,he bird
tluttefcd his wings, and scratched his bill
with his foot, and resumed his quiet manner
again.
Here the door opened, and n man mp.
pcsred in it. with food for the bird. The
bird was animation itself, now, and no
longer regarded u.s.
"Ah, mon Dicu La pauvrc Pauline .
Where are YOU now, my child Your little
hands are so cold so cold, All, mon Dicu I,
so cold. La pauvre Pauline"
1t mas the parrot.
We were stopping in front Of a bird.
fancicrs store, aud it was the proprietor
who appeared at the door. lie was man
Of at least fifty years, and had grave, dig
nifed countenance. not very appropriate To
his business. Had we met him elsewhere,
wo should have taken him for Judge. lie
had grown gray in the service of cansrics.
His soul had been devoted to robins Ills
heart was co,efull of white doves. What
treasures Of archaeological hygiene, pa,hol-
ogy and pharmacy he had stuffed his brains
wilhal lie could feel the pulse Of wren,
he could diagnose a fever 10 the wing of
thrush, and detect a ioo,hsehe in the bill of
n sparrow. ile could tell YOU when Il
blackbird Iibored under ali indigestion, aiid
name the identical ny or spider that oc-
casioncd it. He could touch the craw of
pigeon and relieve him Of n surfeit. and
cure a knocking bird OF collie by the ad.
mins,ra,ion of two or three little stony
piiules or gravel., that would make ho-
meopathists bowels rumble. lie prescribed
the diet of his feathercd tenants like n ply
.;c;,n and served the 4 like n steward
There was n dash of sentiment in the man,
also. liz sympalhized IN the loves of his
plumed chor,,ers, aud was on the fui r'rf
Tor Irritation, " hat match maker ne
was to be sure lie promoted y "'"'ffe'
and on an emergency "''e'a''o Us e,e''
gyman to unite couple anu as nr'"es
man, showed 'hr way 20 COCK 10 "e ''s
tai cage OF men generous creature
he even studied architecture 10 save a young
par the 'ronnie OF p"''o'ns hes, ne
was an admirable mouse hrePTf-s"oA'cuP'
bearer-n'sh''nan- nurse 40 "os'
trojan eSc'i''a Nun IN "'s patent "''e"o.
ance on P'','u'en' ''''''' ~, "s s. .'".'
"se'", Il, ''e "'." " u" WI Wv ."".s "e
P'.''' Wv ."' ,h"..h ,ho a,a;J norms L.d
p''''"''' ;.,, M, ,,. ,La ha,, n M.
o -, .,J on ,,,a Moom;,, If The
Gr., f..,Ls, eyner;eoced the sensation. of
" - " ,.h'n ho hshold. III. ;yo,y lin NJ
H.. FRS, tooth ,nrou,ny from the coral gum.
' w. II. .,;lJ unw ;e,on.,v ,hep he m.
dsr,ook the education of tho new genera
iion--,he patriarch OF many--wi.c as Men.
tor. but indulecut as Grandfather White