Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-06-02
New Orleans DrinkinE PaIaeee.

New Orleans Drinking Palaces.
, Minors in elegant gilt frames, lhe Eiuest mar
Ole counters and tables, elegant eui glass tam
e olers and decanlers, fancy drinks placed upor
snowy shelves, brilliant chandeliers. are the *.
9 leThal attractions. H Hldl ~ ~
AZ noon they present you with a bin Of fare
There are hot soups, fresh ish, meats of eyety
kind, and cooked in great variety. game. bread
cheese, &e,, &c, and all This YOU Raye-fses ii
cost, IL you call for it-or table n some ti,ocs
spread in broad area, where an are permitted
to eat At pleasure. Many man gets free
} dinner here, where the dinner one story above
too, three or four hours later, would cost him
one dollar, But il you eat you are also ex-
pected TO drink, and forty persons drink with
out eating, where one at The same time queneh-
es his thirst and grati6es bis appetite
AZ times YOU may see these enormous cir
eles and half circles Of the Palaces two or three
deep with people. "Fire and fan back, /" is the
continual cry, and as some party retreats anoth-
en- advances. Noon and evening are The bust
est hours Of The twenty four. and Thave look
ed in with curiosity, time and again, upon these
vast assemblages Of people. OF course there
is no business more profitable than this / have
heard reliably Of more than $4,000 produced
from one Of these establishments in a year, and
Of receipts from $4,000 to sac, 600 and ESQ.,
600 in others. Sunday is the day Of harvest
with many Of them, and one, if he write truly,
can give no very flattering picture Of Sunday
in New Orleans. In New York, however, it Is
bad enough, and getting worse every year,
while here things are said TO be better than
/ they we're. ..-- s.ei b. 2an9 aat a4 sa
The excuses for drinking so much here Is the
warm climate and bad water, and it is certain
! that one could not drink half as often in the
North and survive the chock In warm eli
mates, moreover, the drinking Of hight wines is
common to all, and without seeming detnnent
I to any, Bat light wines are not the common
beverage in New Orleans. The Mint Juleps, y
/ in their season, are as thick almost as the rows
Of cane upon sugar plantation while the
( 'Sherry Cobblers" shine upon the counters like
fields Of pine-apples in Cuba Garden. As
for the water, many boast Of it, with all its mud
and sand, and New Workers even, who reside
here tell me it is quite as delicious as the Cro-s
ton at home. 1t is to me per contra, relaxing,
weakening medicine, and brandy, gin, wine,
anything-and in almost any quanGty-seems
excusable for mixture Rain water however,
can be had here. It's kept in large tanks, aud
/ am glad TO drink it altogether. Missippi wa
ter, however, is the common liquid, and il is !
used for about everything. between the extin-
guishment Of fires and the quenching of thirst. !
1t is very turbid and dirty, and if the people
really like it, it only proves what revolutions in
habit and taste custom can effect. / do not be- |
lieve there would be SO much liquor drunk heie,
if there were not so much New England ice to
mix with it, and the cold of the one, with the
heat Of the other, pretty well illustrates the diff
ference between the two classes Of people. If
persons could be chemically compounded, as
are the drugs Of the chemist, what better com
bination could there be than Northern philoso- !
ply with Southern ardor ?-Cor. ". Y. Express.
LITERAL CoMPLrAxCE.-Some years ago, the
Yankee schooner Sally Ann, under command
of fone Captain Spooner, was beating up the Con-
necticut River. Mr.. Oomstock, the mate was
at his station forward. According to his notion
of things, the schooner was getting little too
near to certain flats" which lay along the
larboard shore. So aft he goes to the captain,
and, with his hat cooked on one side, says
"Capn Spooner, you're gettin leetle too
close to them Aats-hadn't you BETTER go
about?" ~ M
To which Captain Spooner replied
"Mr. Comstock, Just you go forward and tend
your part of the skinner, and I'll tend to minep'
Mr.. Comstock went "for-ard, in high dudg-
con, and hallooed out = !
"Boys, see that are mud hook all clear for
lettin' 60 p .,....,r ,... 4.. IA. -
cay, ay, sir-all clearP,
"Let 60, then said he. .tf ~ +
Down went the anchor, out ratified the chain
and like a flash the Sally Ann came lufing in
to the wind, and then brought up all standing.
Mr.. Comstock walked aft, touching his hat
very cayalierly, said,-- asD st. ells - IL
swell Cap'n my part of the skinner is to an
chor-Harper's Magazgae.s fe4l }s ar +. !,
New vARNIsn "A majority Of varnishes are
composed Of gum and warer colors. Made in
this manner they are easily changed by water.
The following does not possess this inconveni-
ence Its composed of water potash, and gum
lac in the following proportions. Water 8
quarts, gum lac 2 lbs, potash mixed with lime
ounces if desired, other resinous bodies
less expensive may be substituted for the gum
Am.
An old man about to bid his last adieu to
earth, had his friends called near, when he was
desired by his wife to tell what debtsHwere ow-
ing him. 'a'i 'ti '.s4
"There "a Old Siddins ows me five shilings
for mutton."o 'il '. aen sa. sle
Och" interjected the delighted helpmate
" to see man just at the time % day, andjust
gaun to close his last account, has the use of
his faculdes-just say ava, Jamie" '.Ea
.1"Ah, and Roy, ten shillings for beefP go
'What pleasant thing to see anan bein'
sensible to the last-only mair--but not to dis.
can Lance, crown for cows hide. ".s9a
cav" quoth the wife, I" sensible yet--well,
james, what was'sye guant to say H. e,
Nae mair," quoth James; but I'm OWN
Jack Thomas two pounds IN balance o. a cow.p
"Hoot, toot," quoth the wife, she's ravin',
Just ravin'; dinna mind any mair that