New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-12
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On cold winters day, in Tie month Of TaIv u
poor man clad the habiliment5 and gold tnssf Of
the rich was footing along On horseback In m sner
boat oyer q long and dreary desert. Not hill tFea
roek Or spot OF green appeared to cheer him in lii
tedious ascent Of the vast mountain that Iay gpred
out before him in fertile heaps, far ali the eye co8
reach. Hinge precipices lay scattered in his path
and ever and anon would his footsteps n1ingIe III
sWeet cadence with Che black waters Of the Yellow
sKy over whose precpitous plains he scrambled with
all the agility OF stout pair0f cow-de boots which
encased his hose in a red fiery aspect. Egyptiarl
darkness mad now settled down upon the earth and
the monday sun threw his cold piercing rays fill in
the face Of the traveller as he pursued his northern
course towards the beautiful streaks Of light that nov
illuminated the East caused by the rising Of BIZ
asttng sun IN the dim distance Of the present future
me moon cast her pale inky light Of midnight
brightness DER the shades Of perarnbulatin eneoons
whose blue rays of ambient green being firmly
bekled to the coat tails Of large box Of Brandrefhs
l,a5 easly assisted nm u big precarious passage
dnrelsss LAKE, At length, while thus in silent gran
deur he staked along, he met an aged man whose
Slvery ave loekz Of JET black hue hung
from the white oak bramblcs of centurys growth .
which lined the sides Of large dandy nav r,ssseS
sky-blue pink colored partridge whose Silent WF,id
vas VI heard tour miles buttoed closeup 70 the throat
Of M the youth before mentioned His feet were en-
eased large WoolIen bag thrown over his shoulders
N fch protuslon, and clad in yellow frock coat Of
merry red, and carrying his nose which was sliefIy
sufned up at the end under his left arm be presented
a4koS5StNel Stfihlllg ana DlGlufeSfie,
Mnen our pedestrian first turned the glance Of his
WlIhefing nose upon the fairhared youth on whose
do"ly Ghn 1ne gray hairs of blush brown hung fron
his eyebroWs upwards in one concealed rnass, he
Slowly ha5tened 70 turn over the northeast side Of
bread and milk cheese, manufactured Of tha nest
Damascus steel, whose willow branches of tie
toughest OAK offered grateful shelter for twelve
years on small pine Of the largest dimensions.
ana OF delicate texture interviewer with species Of
Iceland steel filing, and sawdust at length ten wears
after, on the same day, they rat down IN stafdiug
posture TO sumptHous repast OF the fore aetree of
the aged youths horse, whose unrifed breathnp7 of
greensh black cast their shadows before the hind
wheel OF the near horses leg. The raYines whose
towering hili-tops pierce the clouds as before mem
toned they carried between them in large bloch tin
knot.hoe, whose lofty branches peeped forth benig
nantly from the jacket pocket Of the rich traveller
clad IN the silks and satins of the poor. But now d
change came o'er the spirit Of their dream. The
ghtnlngs rude blast moaned through the arsoif trees
with an mperceptble roar and the thunder in terrific
torrents upheaving from the shallow depths of fhe
troubled waters of the calm and placid sea, accom-
panied BY the dry aud scorching rain, roaed in COM
pound Individuality over the boandIess paths Of ly
prairie, and the sun in wraty calmness poured forth
whole sheets OF water upon the dark and smiling
eatth and our travellers, in undismayed dismayS &c
this Illustration with cuts and gashes Of the beauties
and larmonles OF nature, resolved from the moment
ten months previous to make q straight wake for
home and accordingly FIVE years from the present
time they didn't go home and arrived there twelve
years ago nor have they been seen or heard of since
Yours from death,
RUaPLE NAN STILTs KIN.