New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-06-29
A Family visit to a Circus.

A Family Visit to a Circus.
Snifes took his wife and children to the circus yes
terday. BY some mistake he got into the twenty-five
cent department, and in moment he was borne
away from his wife and children by the crowd. AT.
ter few moments he reganed his wife, who had her
pocket picked of the bureau drawer keys and her
port.monnaie, and had just dropped the youngest
the family into the tycent department at once, and
then returned after the missing Snfes. After
duous search he found the little Snies lying on his
back, half suocated with tanbark, under the seat,
with large dog turning it over with his nose. to see
if the young Sniffes was good to eat After driving
off the canine animal he seized the prize and bore It
trumphantly to Mrs. Snles, who sat shifting in very
agony for her lost darling He found seats for the
family, but was obliged to stand up and take q prom
enade seat, in consequence Of the crowd.
The children got acquainted with Mr.. Rice very
quickly and wanted their ma to buy him and take
home for them to play withhe was so funny and had
such pretty trousers. This Mrs Sniles promised to
do, when Paragon Snifles-Paragon is the youngest
wanted to know if his ma wouldn't buy the nasty
horse" too. Paragon meant the rhnoceros, undoubt-
edly. To this Mrs. Snifies blandly consented, and
told the children to be quiet and, when they wasn't
looking at the interesting things to watch their pa
and see that no young woman inveigled him-Mrs. s.
being very susceptible When the beautiful little girl
rode elegantly on horseback, the children went alb
solutely mad with delight, and poor little Paragon, in
endeavoring to make ajump at her to kiss her. slipped
between the seats, when dirty little boy who had
contrabandly got in under the canvass, stole away
hir orange and pulled his hair for tumblng on him.
Mrs Snitles extricated him from his perious posi-
ton with piece Of old hoop. When Paragon got
out he was very dirty, and the little girl had got
through with her performances. Then Paragon cried
and would not be comfOrted until one of the perform
ers, who economical his time by peddling ice cool
lemonade" between the acts passed by with panner
full of drink, when glass OF it was obtained This
having been poured into Paragons system his spirits
returned with the diluted cream of tartar containing
Q fraction Of lemon peel, and he commenced watch
ing his pa again.
The elder snitfles, who had been standing up by a
little brunette Of thing supposed himself out Of
sight Of his flock, and had purchased some oranges
and confectionery, had given them to the dark COM
plected young person, and at the time Paragon
looked was busy chuckling her under chin, unsight
unseen" as he supposed Paragon immediately sung
this MIS- S. looked beheld, tainted and disappeared.
She had dropped down between the seats, and had
to be rescued with long pole with a hook, and was
finally dragged out in limp, dishclothy condition.
She was conveyed to the door, the children insist
ing upon being permitted to remain and see the
"mu-ile," which their pa sterny refused to consent
to. The family left in wretched state Of mind
Mrs. s. in state of syncope at the infdety OF her
childrens pa Mr.. s. in state of tremulous fear OF
the consequences ofhis affair and the children glow
ing with Indignation that they not permitted to
remain until it was out Altogether, the afternoon
terminated miserably and Snf1es has foresworn cir
Buffalo Republic.
BLuspERs.-The Franklin Register lately pub
lished an address by Rev. Mr.. Abbott and its next
issue noted the following correction:
For dunn swizze,' please read prominence"
This was bad enough, but the next week the same
paper had the following:
In an advertisement which appeared in our last
paper for " Bumbleton's worm destroying porren.
gers" read " Hamiltons worm destroying lozenges"
Faulkner, who edited the Dublin Journal, an
nounced in glowing terms the arrival in that city of
q distinguished member of the British nobility. On
the next day his paper contained the following very
Hibernian correction:
For 6 Her Grace, the Duke" in yesterdays Jour
nal, read g His Grace, the Duchess"
He improved the matter quite as much as the good
clergyman in England did, who, without book, was
praying, and said: j. lN
"Oh, Lord, bless all classes of people, from the beg
gar on the throne to the king on the dunghil-we
mean from the king on the dunghl to the beggar on
the throne'
COMMERCE IN FRANcE.-A recent foreign journal
says: ~
Commercial affairs in Paris although not as active
as at the same period in previous years. were toera-
bly, remunerative. The retail shops in the depart
ments having exhausted their stocks, have sent for
ward orders to the manufacturers, which are found
satisfactory. The Lyons manufacturers have received
numerous orders from Paris but they complain that
their old customers in the United States are behind
time. The Americans, they say, are probably wait
ing for the LIST OF july when the new tariff will come
into force, and the existing duties will be der-
ably reduced. Apprehension to have ceased in
the southern departments with respect to the health
of the silkworm. ..-