New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-13
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams looked at each other in

removes are as Dad as a nre5 but should like
to know how many removes are as bad as bor-
rowing neighbor %
g Am to tell Jane that sir - asked Bridget,
little mischievously
:" No, no." said Mrs. Brown, laughing; "you
I may give her the tub, and you needn't say any
thing about returning it (; it won't do any good
:" Seriously" she continued, (" something must
be done, or the house will very soon be emptied
fou don't know half the extent to which Mrs
Brown carries her borrowing propensity With
in the last week she has borrowed tea, coffee,
milk, sugar, -four, eggs frying pans, table nap
kins. caster, gridiron, shovel and tongs, and
other articles, as the auctioneers say in heir ad
yertisements, too numerous TO mention This
| is bad enough, but Mrs. Brown, in addition TO
this. seems to regard the act Of borrowing az in
vesting her with the right of permanent posses.
sion. At least, judge so from the fact that she
seldom or never returns the articles borrowed %
| 90 Is it possible ," said Mr. Adams in amaze.
ment. g Some end must be put to this wholesale
robbery. Suppose you begin to borrow of her
e" It's bad rule that won't work both ways,
and perhaps if you make her feel little of the
annoyance to which she has subjected you, it
may be productive of benefit
ga good idea," said his wife, laughing, '' and.
| it is better to try this course than to refuse
directly lending any further that would only
produce bad feeling
Sand yet," said Mr.. Adams, " we must come
to that finally, unless the present course sue
ceeds
| And next morning Bridget was sent to Mrs
Browns to borrow half dozen tumblers, nut
| meg crater and couple Of sheets
| Mrs. Brown was surprised She had never
before received such an application from Mrs
! Adams; and she could not help wondering, be-
sides at the miscellaneous nature of the loan re-
quested. Her surprise was increased on the
following day, when Bridget brought her mis-
tress's compliments, and would like to borrow
| her clothes s-horse."
Yes, you may take it but we shall want it
early next week. But havn't you brought back
| the tumblers ~
'No, ma am" said Bridget '' mistress ex-
| poets considerable company in day or two,
and it will save the trouble of borrowing again
if she don't return them till afterwards"
| 'Well p' thought Mrs. Brown, al must say
that's decidedly cool p'
Every New England house keeper knows that
Tuesday is ironing day in all well regulated
families 81 should like to know" said Mrs,
Brown on that morning, 'why Mrs Adams
don't return my clothes horse. She must know
that it will be in use o-day. Jane, 60 over and
ask her for it,
Jane did her errand. "Give my compliments
to Mrs. Brown" replied Mrs. A., ss and tell her
that since she borrowed our clothes line we have
to dry our clothes in the house, and therefore
were obliged to borrow her clothes horse We
| Sioulu Ad'S pccn thIOuSh uciuS its Dut us 5ut
has our largest tub, it ia kes more than one day
to get through with the washing"
This message produced little sensation il
the house over the way. The result was tn,
immediate return of the articles mentioned by
Mrs. A.
Mrs BIS eyes began to open to the true state
of things but she was not yet cured, however
for the next day Jane made her appearance fol
the loan of the gridiron.
+" Tell your mistress" said Mrs A., Sc that il
is out Of my power to do so, as she borrowed it a
month ago, and has not yet returned it"
} Mrs. Browns eyes were opened still wider.
The next day Mrs A. was requested by mes.
sage to send list Of the articles which had beer
, borrowed by Mrs Brown, and the latter woult
e return them.
r With Bridget's help, Mrs. A. made out a lis
o of thirty-seren articles, which she sent withou
n comment.
81 Mrs. Brown was petrifed with astonishmen
r She was really very sorry for the trouble an
e Inconvenience which she must have occasione
her neighbor She sent message to that effec
s when, after two days diligent search she cor
triyed to get together all the articles mentione
in Mrs rs list
Reader, have you ever 6o1ro,ced the pape
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BIENvILLE, THE FOUNDER OF NEW ORLEANS. -
We take the following communication from the
National Intelligencer:
.Messrs. Editors In your paper of this morn
ing noticed an article purportiug to be copied
from the Montreal Herald which contains some
allusions to 50 Bienville, the founder of New Or
leans" which it may not be aufss to notice and
correct before they have secured sanctions to
misrepresentation concerning that ancient
Colonial Governor, and impressed the present
generation with an undue degree of veneraton
for the memory Of &c the one in heavy mail .
With an entire disregard of much superior men
the article referred to represents the subject
thereof to have been +" famous above all others
for half century in the early annals of Lousi-
ana" II is certain that Bienvile was at an
early age made Governor of Louisiana butas
the article referred to narrates the crcum.
stances of his death at Paris in 1857, where he
retired at last, ending his days there on the It'll
of March, at the age of over 80 years." and as
history states that " in l740 his public career
terminated under a cloud of censure, and the
dsapprobaton of his sovereign" it is difficult tc
reconcile Herewith the statements in the arti-
Gle concerning the portrait copied for Mr.. Dc
Bow, of Louisiana; for, supposing Bienville to
have been famous for half century previous
to the royal disgrace he incurred in 1740, (but
which he merited long previous,) we would ne
cessarily carry back his connection with public
affairs to 1880, when, unfortunately for the
truth of the article in question, he was but five
years OF age; and We would furthermore be an
ticipating the colonization of Louisiana by the
French some dozen years
Independently, however, Of these exaggera
tions respecting the character and services of
Bienville, whose transition from ''hostile move
ments against the Indians is effected so gently
to Paris " at last" as to almost preclude the
idea that thirty years previous to his death he
had been disgraced by his monarch. He had
frequently disgraced his name and race by the
most per6dious conduct towards the Indians, and
been the cause of the untmely death of the no.
bic and brave ID D'Artagnette, and the occasion Of
the massacre of the colony of st. Catherine
While Bienville was in early years distinguished
for courage, and perhaps prudence, his wholC
history leaves but little to enttle his memory /,
veneraton; and that my view is correct | viii
take occasion shortly to make appear at greater
length. 1t seems to me little curious tha
one who died as late as l767, should be painte,
as clad in a coat of GO mail" Some pieces of
coat of mail were found in possession of tn
Southern Indians in 1893, which were presume
to have been preserved among them from til
time of De Soto, more than two hundred year
previous to the death of Bienville, when chai
armor was worn; but, unless | am much out ,
my reckoning, no portraits were painted wit
the mail armor during the life of Bienville
SPIRITUAL SCANDAL.-There is a good tale
some spirit rappers having formed circ