New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-30
Joe Phelps q snesz,ng" Dogs.

Joe Phelps, who by virtue of long and painful
residence in Jersey, has face sprnkled with freckes
the result OF the sunlight the sandy soil of that
monopoly domain--is and has been, and always will
be-a dog fancier. His house is perfect menagerie
Of dogs, Of every variety known to man. His great
est pleasure consists in teaching the youg canine idea
how TO shoot; and the lazness of two brindle crop
cared bowlegged, hig-headed, hair-ipped bulterri-
that they are interchangeable "setters."
Joe keeps tavern, few miles in the rear Of Cam
den, upon dismal sort of by-road which, by vr.
tue OF crossing the Camden and Amboy Railway
the Short Cut to Eternity" The sitting room Of
Joes tavern was large, airy comfortless and there
was an od-fashioned fire place, which occupied an
entire side o. the apartment The two bull terriers,
in cold weather Were continually roasting themselves
less tempted BY hunger to hunt up stray bone or
two. One evening stranger stopped for the night,
and after bis horse was cared for, Joe ushered his
guest into tne sitting room, and went out to do up
the chores, The stranger drew up chair to the
center of the broad hearth, and then for the first
time, noticed that he was the object Of an intense
scrutiny from two ugly cannes one each side Of him.
Presently the stranger gave vent to a violent
sneeze. To his establishment the two dogs wagged
their stumpy tails, looked at each other with solemn
expression OF countenance, and then slinked away
through an open door into another room. A moment
after, Joe came in.
Hello! stranger, where's them dorgs of mine?"
g 1 don't know, sir; l don't know / sneezed just
now, and it must have frightened them, for they
started off instantly"
That's it; 'spected you had sneezed. always
whip them dorgs for sneezng."
The mystery of the sudden departure of them
dorgs was now explained each dog had thought
it was the other that sneezed so both went out men
tally thinking Of the strappingn in perspective.
ABOUT THE GREAT EAsTERN.-My friend H
has just returned from England. He was on flying
visit, and mad Just time to see one or two things and
then return We'll, it SO happened that while there
he went over the Great Eastern" He walked about
gazing at one part and then another when up walked
ful-blooded Anglo and clustered out with: This
here's great steamer, hain't it 2" Rather" re-
sponded H. Beats hanything that ever was
built hin Hamerica?" still queried the Anglo. "Well,
yes said H, we have never had anything quite
as large as this but you see being tired of receiving
your paupers in small parcels, we have determined to
build ship just large enough to bring your whole
kingdom over at once, and annex you"
Here is fact exceedingly Frenchy. The great
dry goods store under the Hotel du Louvre announces
in the editorial column of Journal that an order has
been issued in that store that hereafter the clerks
who show ladies up stairs will invariably precede in
stead of following them. You will ask why this sin
guar announcement? Because many ladies-you
may be sure they were Americans or English-com
plain that the clerks followed a few steps behind in
order to enjoy certain advantages afforded by their
hoops The owners of the store were perfectly right
in giving this lesson of poeness to their clerks but
it was an odd advertisement for journal-all the
same