Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-19
THE LOST TICKET:
Or, a Frenchman in a stew.

In returning from trip to the Lakes,
few days ago, witnessed little affair that
makes quite an item in my note book, and
may amuse your readers. After weary
drive, in a procession of twelve carriages,
that moved solemly for twelve hours over
as many miles of beautiful country, we
pulled up in front of the National" in
Springfield, at about 8, P. NJ The Circus
and County Court kept that beautiful little
town in densly populated state, so much
50, that the sixty or seventy passengers that
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not get beds to rest their weary limbs upon,
but were forced to take carpet bags, trunks
juleps, until the cars for Cincinnati would
give us more comfortable quarters. A
mong the rest little Frenchman, whose
baggage consisted of a queerly shaped
hat-box and faded silk umbrella, moved
restlessly about with the box in one hand
and the umbrella in the other, pouring
forth an uninterrupted stream of incompre-
hensible English, in a way sufficiently lu-
dicrous to amuse two crowds Suddenly
the little garlic worshipper discovered, to
his utter dismay, that he had lost his tick
ct, purchased at Buffalo, and warranted to
carry him through to the Henric House in
Cincinnati. Here was predicament and
in the CONSERVATION of the moment he drop
ped both hat-box and umbrella, and voci-
ferated loudly, and in razor-grinding tones,
for the stage agent.
were is de stage agent? oh mon Dieu
may gar-I have pay ne-two-four-
several great many dollaires for Won teek-
cts vich [ have no got. Who have peek
up my teekets-who have find him-verc
is de agent?"
It SO happened that Mr.. L, the gen
tlemanly stage manager, and outdoor busi-
ness man of the Cincinnati theatres, was
one of our passengers, and at the time of
Monsieur La Frogs deepest distress, was
standing in the moonlight in front Of the
Circus, talking to number of friends
; when some mischievous wag pointed him
out to the little Frenchman, as the stage
agent. In moment he was by the side
Of L, and breaking in upon the con
2 versation without any ceremony, exclaimed
t Sare, have lose my passport have
loose my-vat you call him eh !! ha, yes
r i have got him. No, no, no mean
have got the ting-I mean | have got d.
Y name of de ting, have lost my teekets'
l., who knew nothing of the cir
i cumstances, supposing he meant circu
t ticket, quietly said
[ am not connected with the circus
sir
'Sare-cus vat do I care about the sare
: cus-I no want de sare-cus I want M
IS teeket vich | have lose
am sorry for your loss, sir, but [ an
1t not the person to apply to for remedy
a You are not ze pairsone to make d
Y remedit? Sare! are you not connectet
!; wiz de stage?'
Q Yes, ST, am connected with the age
n and if [ was in Cincinnati, would with plea
sure replace your lost ticket, but l have nc
E, the power to do it here
Wat do | viz de teekets in Cincenatt :
= I want de eteekets-here-in dees place ger
er [ have loose him-if | no get the teekt
ID here [ shall nevaire get to Cincenatt-
re shall bring nine, four, several gentlemer
r vich will prove Eat have pay for my ticl
ID ct vich I no got, but which have zhum
Id out Of my pockets
IN Never mind, SIR kindly responded
-, glad to get clear of his tormentor c
e. any terms will replace your ticket. :
he So saying, he stepped up to one Of the a
lie taches of the circus, procured a ticket, az
be handedi tito the excited Frenchy, who to-
all the square pasteboard, marked Box al
supposing all right, put it carefully in
on pocket gathering up his hat box al
sh umbrella, and reaching the hotel, was fort
nate enough to find six feet of the parl
on floor unoccupied. Stretching himself o
ht at full length, he was soon in the land
dreams, where no doubt his soul reVell
no and houndered in whole seas of frog sou
lerl In the morning soon after breakfast, !