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BKN IONslaa IN NEW ORLEANS.


RBh JONSlNa IN NEW OhLbANs'
He GOES To A solREE.
/ My Dear Ar. EditOy--l hsint writ yon 10
20 long time, spose you materially have con
leluded Ben Jonsing are no more. had
thought had writ my last, but when got to
this sverlastin big town, and seed 90 many new
! things, have just concluded to she'll you oui
fsW Of the many things that have lammed and
crambed my head as chock full OF oddities, a.
| you ever seed boy of ten years have his Pock,
cts full Of strings, tops, marbles, and old
leather. ..
Ever since have been ia New Orleans, have
had INV eyes open as wide rs a wolf trap; how
somever, il did not keep me from bein' run agin
some two or three times by them cORsarned
long-taied tWO.whesled carts they haul cotton
in, sPinin' my shoes in the puddle and runnin'
smack into the blessed arms Of some three or
four good. lOokin' gals, whilst | was Walkin
very slowly along the road, tryin' to spell out
the picture signs. was about 10 polOgiZe 10
the gals, bat some Of the fellers from Sleepy
Hollar said 1t warrant nothin' 10 be polOgizin'
about; that the same accident always happens
to fsllers as soon as they get to gOiu about this
town. The fact IS, am sorter inclined TO be-
ieve that this is the city Of sisterly love- and il
you had been where was luther light, you
would have thought so too.
You see my commission merchant is very
clever Teller, and sXed Inc if did not want 10
80 to a sorry You see thought as how II was
sort Of funeral, and said mol was in too good
a humOr to be sorry. He seed nv mistake
aad 'splained 10 me that it was Erclie where
they had musick and dancin'. "Oh, if that is il"
IN goj but is mOnsu' qdare name for a
frOIie." .-. .....
Put on your best clothes, says be, and |
will call arter you 10 might"
Soon aFter supper shaved as smooth as an
lngun, put considerable of the slick on my head
had the upper eend Of my shirt 90 stiff As th'
side board of a cotton Wagon, jacket Is Whit
as snow and shoes as black and shiny as a we'll
fed nigger's face.
II wac my impression that looked to be con,
siderable "Punkins" and hsint felt as big be-
fore since the day took my bOnny Kate fol
better or for Wus. Thus tricked out | wen
to the Hall, where the sorry was to be seen.
was tOlerable green bout these things but made
Out it was all as natural as a gourd vine, for
seed heap Of green fellers in the city putin
on big airs.
When We got to the place, We found a grea
large room, as big as meetin' house, Lighted
up with smashin' big lamps, covered all ove
with glass hangings. The ladies looked a
nice as little angels, their faces as white as i
they had dipped 'em into flour barrel; sucl
red cheeks as haint seen in all Sleepy Holler
, their arms all covered with gold bands, chains
and shiny beads; such lips you never did see
, they looked ''oome kiss me" oil OVer-thei
eyes looked like diamonds, their waists wert
drawn to the size Of pipe stem, and made then
look like they we're undergOin' regular cut
tin -in-two operation, by tyin string tigh
round 'em; and their thin bosoms, oh, lordyl al
covered up in lasses and muslin, they rose, ther
fell, then rose again, like, oh! / don't know wha
it was like, exceptin' the breathen' Of snowy
white goose chucked in tight bag, with it
breast lust out.
Arter the gals aud youngsters had walked
round, and round, for a considerable spell The
musick struck up; and such musick--lt was
big horn and a little horn, big flute and lit.
tie flute, big fiddle an little fddle-and such
squakn', squallin', bellown,' and groanin',
never hurd before; it was like all the cats, pigs
and frogs in chrisLendom had concluded TO sing
together. They called it a German Potter
spOse il was made by some Of them Cinein =
natl Germans, in imitation Of the squalliD' at q
Pork paekeryr and | guess it was pretty good
imitation.
So soon as the musiek struck up, such q
sight. The fslleFs iusJ csaEiDs t;sesils-sissRil
round the waist with one hand, and pulled efn
smack up 10 kissin' order, with the gals bOsoms
agin their bOsoms, and the gals chins restin on
the fellers' shoulders. At this the gals begin to
sOrter jump and caper, like they we're agoiu' "a
push 'em away; but the feller Just caught hold
Of their other hand and held il off, and bsQup
( to jump and capsr too, Just like the gals.
) 1 lswon upon a stock Of bibles, you never seed
} such sight. There was some two dozen gal,
held tight in the arms Of them fellers--they q
2 rorin' aud iumpin' and pushin em back.
2 wards over the room, las thought tryin' to gel
r swsy,) and the fellers holdin' on to em Tighter
: and tighter--the more the gals jumped and
capered, the tighter they squeezed the gals, till
at last began to think the thing was bein' car.
! ried too far for fun. | was a little green il
0 these matters, and seein' the gals tryih' harde
and harder to get away, as thought, and thl
= fellers holdin' tighter, and tighter, it Is very
e material should take part Of the gals. So nj
daRder kept risin' higher aud higher, till
+ thought my biler would bust unless let ont HI
2 steam. bounced smack into the middle Of III
) room.
| Thunder and lightnin' !-everybody com
here Rith shotgun, five shooters and butch
er- -knives!' baWled at the top Of nay voice
"fOr will be shot il any dod- blasted long
bearded, monkey faced fsller shall impose ol
. gals in that way where / AMI and was lust
goia' TO pitch into 'em prom iscHously, whel
my merchat caught me by the arm, and said
] ttCk.. d. H. an.saI - aays I t,sE 4 III
J see the wimin folks imposed on! Look wha
! them fellers are doiR,' and how hard the gal
, are rarin' and pitcher TO get away from 'em =
: Do you spose can stand ss still Is mile pOSi
and zee gals suffer 70. LOOk," says /, "thsrs is