New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-21
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Nets0 the day, when the sun IS pouring forth his
darts like an eternal and omnip tent SeYthian when
lazy men are lying down for nap when SaInbo is
putting fire In the range IN preparation for dinner;
when the bricks and Of the city, baked BY
thy hotsun. SINCE the sole Of the pedestrian aud hu
many runs quest of shade and sherry cobblers as
the s.tfsnaGnl Jonttn, and highest good Sc
Twelve O'clock at nigh hen father SOL is at his
EXTREMIST journey md Lima rides the heavens queen
Of the million Of stars to attend her
stately Journey when 8earied With much
song has perched himself to sleep; when the opened
flowers are drinking copious draughts from Natures
endless cup when 5s#s
35B n $9Sss al s$E 3s8 S Ramy Sleep VAL
58 Fired nature sweet restprer, y
has sealed the eyes Of most men Il when one after
another ef the saloons shut their doors and
their when tile old bell Of the gathed lifts
up and puts ponderons hammer for the ini-
tation Of thousand Others, great and small in the,
cityand along the leyees IL il b period n their own
lives and in the lives Of many others 50 with
sleep and snoring that many good, virtuols and
know less cernng it than they
do with regard to Timbuctoo or Central Persia
Ills d event however, that occurs To
them daily, whether observed on nnobseryed, nc
knoRledged oil disregarded. The sick man. lying
lonely Oh his bed counts the notes Of the bell that
chronicle its ad vent with a slow and solemn success
sion that suggests Eternity that afresh all
|od tales Of genii and COLLINS damned The student
hears be reluctantly closes the ponderous tome
which has been sReetly rehearsing 70 him the noble
thoughts and deeds Of high emprise done when the
world contained n race Of which every man was
a Paladin, and every woman worthy the love Of
Lancelot du Lake. OF bold Tristan. t. is d period
be found, spread about with a loose hand, BY those
nlinions Of the moon who stroll in quest Of things
/ lying Of from the high way and graveled road of
daily life. y ,$ 5t5 t5ss s ss5
IA Thecity saseep. It's stores and warehouses are all
closed, barred and locked. The last nghtlateh has
been fastened and tie greater portion Of feminine
humanity are dreaming, without bushes, Of the.
coming time when there shall be to them the cares of
household dence and matronly dignity of
narriag ana woman true sovereg nty.
The pater Jaailias who has properly fulfilled the
acriptiraI ahe fruitful and multiply
Wearie ed with day1s herd work and solcitous Of
rest haunted even his dreams by
the great Diem how his past multi lication shall
be supplied and ether any dton$ of labors On
his part will ftly meet those sleeping partner
The ingenious gentleman who prefers subtraction
all other mathematical proc though by ri GU
rous process of algebra laid down in Day intend
editor additions hunting for an unlocked door, OF
an xposed window, through which emay eYiscerate
and disembowel some goodly amount portable
erty. Levee rats, with wonderful powers of amphib-
iousness are sculng noiselessly in every direction,
in hopes Of spoil and that numg post petendun for
which the wealthy Seneca professed so royal a dis
dan. The river pilot watching every bend with care
and critical knowledge issues his peremptory orders
steamboat captain, drawn on deck much against
his will orders all made fast and turns in to sleep
again The foreman Of the printing office hurries up
the tafdiest compassion in order that his ears may
soon hear the jerk Of the press that is running
soif the outside form ; the presslnen yawn or
ygo after coffee, 4 4 to while away the time; the
gentlemaaly professor Of faro announces champagne
and grand supper to soothe the sorrows of those
whose fortunate star has had woful eclipse two
forty over the road having filed himself with good
supper, and something to keep it from caking on his
stomach puts Kings fastest horse over the shells as
though he saw Beelzebub riding on a chain-lghtning
after him MI. Dandyfne, having escorted Miss Ex-
quisite Petticoat to see "S-n in Paris" at the
theater Or Robert the Devil" at the opera, very
softly sqneezes the tips Of her angelic fingers as he
aids dry goods, crnoline, rouge and stays into the
coach; Cabby, having deposited party Of young
fellows, con a lark, exactly at the spot where
the gilt of their feathers is most apt to ripen
into some other guilt, falls asleep in his estab.
lshment and finally, he by whom all these won
dement's are written, in the time named, wonder
ing whether they will fifty fill up and occupy the pre-
scbed space, waiting overhead all other respects
like huge mausoleum and place Of sepulture-to be
filed and whether also, they will give true sha-
downing Of the substance from which they are elimi
mated, turns at twelve O'clock for rest against the
morrow. g5s 4s'E' vs. '