New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-09
First Love.

Can any one lay his hand upon his waist
coat and conscientiously say, &c Until saw the
present Mrs. Jones, l never was in love in my
lfef' Can any man say so He is a poor
creature if he can; and make no doubt that
he has had at least forty-fve first loves since he
began to be capable of admiring at all AS for
the ladies, them, of course, | put out of the
question they fresh, no doubt; they never
fall in love until mamma tells them Mr.. So. and
80 is an amiable young man, and in every way
eligible; they never hirt with Captain Smith at
a ball and sigh as they lie home in bed, and
think what charming dashing fellow he is
they never hear the young curate read his SER
mon so sweetly, and think how pale and inter
esting he looks, and how lonely he must feel in
his curate house, and what noble work it
would be to share the solitude and soothe the
pains, and listen to the delightful doctrine of
so excellent man and never think of attach
ing themselves to any mortal, except their bro
Their, until he brings home young friend from
college, and says, Mary, Tom Atkinson adj
mires you hugely, and is heir to a thousand
year" They never begin the attack as | have
heard; but their young hearts wait like SO many
fortresses to be attacked and carried after a
proper period of siege-by blockade, or by bri-
berry, or by capitulation, or by fiery escalade.
'swhilst ladies persist in maintaining the
strictly defensive condition, men must naturally,
as it were, take the opposite line, that of attack
otherwise, if both parties held aloof, there
would be no marriages and the hosts would
die in their respective inaction, without ever
coming to a battle. Thus, it is evident, that as
the ladies will not, the men must take offensive
I, for my part, have made in the course of my
life, at least score of chivalrous attacks upon
several strongly fortified hearts Sometimes
began my work too late in the season, and win
ter suddenly came and rendered further labors
impossible; sometimes / have attacked the
breach madly, sword in hcnd, and have been
oil fro,., 1alI
the ditch; sometimes 1 have made decent
Judgment in the place, when--bang blows up
mine, and am scattered to the duce and some
times when have been in the very heart of the
citadel-ah, that | should say it la sudden
panic has struck me- and run like the British
out Of Carthagena!" [Thackery.
"What do you charge for board !" asked q
tall Green Mountain boy, as he walked up to
the bar Of second rate hotel in New York,
.'what do you ask a week for board and lodg-
ing;" " Five dollars g Five dollars that's
too much. but spose you'll allow me for the
time am absent from dinner and supper :"
"Certalnly thirty seven and half cents
each Here the conversation ended, and the
Yankee took up his quarters for two weeks
During THIS time he lodged and breakfasted at
the hoteE but did not take either dinner or sup
per, saying his business detained him in another
portion of the town At the expiration of the
said;
"spose we settle that account-rm going
IN q few minutes" The landlord handed him
ms Dill Two weeks board at five dollars-ten
noiars' Here, stranger" said the Yankee,
TINS Is Wrong-you We made mistake; you've
not deducted the time | was absent from dinner
ana supper-l4 days, two meals per day %
meals az .. cents eaeh-Sl0 90, If you've
not got the fifty cents that's due me, I'll take a
drink and the balance in cigars
INTERESTING TO HOTEL KEEPERS We have
heard of new g lawyers trick that nav be
interesting to hotel and lodging house KEEPERS
A young limb Of the legal profession in this
city, without much practice, has been living
Tor some time in fine style at one of our fashion,
anle up. town hotels After running up pretty
large bill, he took a sudden dislike to the house,
an, ANU ieit without calling at the Captains office
1ne iahaiord has been compelled TO commence
sul 70 recover the debt; and what does the
reader suppose was the defendants plea in an
s"oi WY this, mat the steaks Irere not lceH
vouring them for six months IN Y Nj ~
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When Lola Montez's palace was nm s,o A..
King of Bavaria ordered the engines sl,;Ht
were playing on il to be constantly sunr1ie =
with Cologne water There's gallantry as i
! gallantry.
A late writer says that there are two classe
of people in England-poor devils and fox hunt
ers The former spends his existence in chasin
after living and the latter in chasing afte
blood hounds.
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