New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-07

closure. was right in my cspcIusions ~ ~
Wnen began to open my own trunks. he At onc.
assured me It was useless, and affixed ,s ofg;cia
seal to my 100000 francs of Iaces + ,sJs ~,
restitution, and have now given you an srDIa.
natlon. Ny name and address must at;lI ss,,.
ceal, but will sign myself 81 8 - :
Your humble servant, A FnrrSn.
I left the store, and noted the adventure
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ooesticks Goes to Church in New York
.Sss f.s.. 49,; 1901 Marrow street
Having seen the operas with detestation. the
snsa.res WIN appreciation, George Christy with
eachIrnatlon, and No. Dey street viii afy;iia :
ton; having visited Castle Garden she MadsI
Artists and the American Museum. in fact
knowing something Of almost all sbe otber nIscos
Of amusement In the city, / resolved 70 comnlete
and crown my knowledge by going 10 church.
and hope may receive due credit for nv pur
suit of amusement under difficulties I made
known my heroic determination 10 my new
found friends, and they instantly resolved to
near me eompany-Bufl Dogge BY way Of va
rlesy, and Damphool from force Of habit 4fBull
pogge seldom goes to church, and DampElooI al
.gays does Sunday morning came, and the
= me aforesaid individuals presented themselves
Z lo9klng pugnacious and pugilstic. and
| Darphoo. perfectly marvellous fact maies-
tlc as TINS iatter-named personage had ever
oorne himself, and Importantly hinge as he had
ever appeared. his coat tails were nov u ,voy
derfully short, his colIarsso enviablv larre, and
SO Independently upright, and his hat 20 nnnsu-
aly ana ,magnincentiy lofty, that be certainly
4 looked bigger Damphool than ever hefarp .
Passing up Broadway through a crowd of peos
pie Of all sorts. sizes, colors and complexions
countrymen running over every third man tfer
meets New Workers. treading their way through
apparently IN -get-through- able crowds without
rnfilng their tempers or their shirt collars
| tBy the way, have discovered that no one but
| q genuine New Yorker born and bred can cross
| Broadway upon dignifed walk.) Firemen in
red shirts and their coats over their arms ;ueya
boys with a very scanty allowance Of shirt, and
| no coats at all; Dutch enigrants, with dirty
faces, nasty breechess and long looping pipes
Irish emigrants, with, dirtier faces, nastier
| breeches; and short, 40 stubbier pipes; spruce-
looking darkIes and Wenches arrayed in rainbow
eolored habiliments-we at last reached the
door lof the church. Every thing looked so
grandly gingerbready, that hesitated about
gong in Little boy in the corner (barefooted
with letter in the post ofice,) told us to e 90
ia," and called us sLenonss Did not per
ieeiye the force Of his pomological remark, but
:. toe1st i1,' nevertheless Man In white era
vat showed US to q pew; floor covered with ear
pet and seat covered with damask, with little
| stools to kneei down upon--( Bull Dogqe says go
the faithful will not dirty their psntaioons.l
| Pretty soon, musie-organ -s0ui8 &ztnes grand
and solemn, but generally fast md lively
| enough for contra dance. Bs D. said the
player got big salary to show of the organ,
and draw big house3 He commenced TO play
Old Hundred, (Damphool suggests Ancient Gem
tnry.l At first majestic as it should be, but
soon his left hand began to get unruly among
the bass notes, then the right cut up few mon,
key shines in the treble; left threw in large
| assortment Of quavers, right led off with grand
and
gled manfully to keep up, but soon gave out,
dead beat, and after that went back to first
principles, and hammered away religiously at
Old Hundred in spite of the antics Of its fellow
right struck up a march, marched into aquick-
| step, quickened into gallop; left etin kept at
Old Hundred; right put in all sorts of fantas-r.
| tic extras, to entice the left from its sense of
propriety; left still unmoved; right put in
few bars of apopular waltz left waivers a lit
tie: right strikes up fayorite polka left evi-
IDENTIFY yielding; right sdashes into a jig; left
| now fairly deserts its colors and goes over to-
| the enemy, and both commence an animated
hornpipe, leaving poor Old Hundred to take
care of itself At length, with a crash, a
squeak, o rush, a roar, rumble and ansex-
piring groan. the overture concluded and ser
wee began 5 5ss.ts
First, a prayer; then a response prayer;
| response by the priest aud people alternately /,
| like the layers of bread and butter and ham and
mustard in o sandwich; then a little sing, then
| d little preach, then more petitions and more
| responses. Damphool read the entire service,
minister's cues included, and sung all the hymns.
l noticed that Bull Dogge gave all the responses
! with great deal Of energy and vigor. He said
he always liked to come to this kind of church,
because when they jawed religion at him, he
could jaw back. sa
Kept as cool.as could, but could not help
looking round now and then to see the show
Elderly lady on my right, very deyout. gilt
Eedged prayer book. gold-covered fan, feathers in
her bonnet. rings on her fingers, and, for all
know,'s bells on her toes."@ Antiquated gentle
man in same slip, well preserved but somewhat
wrinkled, smells of Wall street, gold speetaeles,
gold-headed cane, put three cents in the plate.
Fashionable little girl on the left, two fonnces
| on her pantalettes and diamond ring over her
glove. agM s. gu l445gin l9- a
Young America looking boy, four years old,
patent leather boots, standing collar, gloves,
cane, and cigar case in his pocket. Foppish
young man with adolescent moustache, pumps,
legs 10 spermacetl candles, shirt 'front.' EN-
broidered la 2:40 race horse, erayat a la Jul
lien, vest la pumpkin pie, hair q "a soft soap.
eoat-tails 10 boot jack, which when parted
discovered view of the Crystal Palace by gas
| light, on the rear of his pantaloons. wristbands
a la stove pipe, hat a 10 Wild Irishman, cane to
correspond: total effect a la Shanghai. cd
| Artificial young lady, extreme, of fashion
/
whalebone, cotton, paint and whitewash slip
pers 10 Elssler, feet la Japanese, dress la
Paris, shawl la eleven hundred dollars, para
sol a la mushroom, ringlets 10 corkscrew, arms
| a 10 broomstick bonnet a la BoWery gal. Bull
Dogge says the boy without buttons on him
brought it in a teaspoon fifteen minutes after
she entered the house,) neck a Ia scragg of NUT
| ton, bosom 10 barebones, complexion q La
mother of pearl, Damphool says she bought it
at Phalon's) appearance generally humbug
Dull Dogge offers to bet his hat she don't know
a cabbage from a new cheese, and can't tell
whether a sirloin steak is beef, chicken, flesh
or fsh.)
At length, with another variette upon the or
gan and all the congregated praise and thanks
giving of the congregation, sung by four people
1 up stairs, the service concluded. l thought
from the manner of this last performance, each
member of the choir imagined the songs OF
praise would never get to heaven if he don't
give them personal boost, in the shape Of on
extra yell.
Left the church with confused idea that the
only way to attain eternal bliss is to go tx
, church every Sunday, and to give literally tt
the foreign missionary cause.
Bull Dogge tried to convince me that one hal
: the people present thought that Fifth Avenue
runs rtraight into Heaven, and that then
through tickets are insured, their front sets re
| hat NIL nj