The Placer herald., 1859-05-14
The Crown Diamonds.

"Souibbs," contributor of the Newbury
South Carolina, Rising San, thus graphical
ly describes the opera of "The Crown Dia
monds," as rendered by the New Orleans
Opera Troupe:
A young Queen, beautiful as the morning,
when it don't rain, wanted double X to
buy striped frock and hoop with; couldn't
find red in her pocket, so she took the
Crown Diamonds and snapped them off for
what she wanted She didn't want it known,
for small thunder would be raised all over
the plantation; so goes off to the noun
tans and found some fellows who could
make money without working for it: soft
soddered the chief with handsome eyes and
good singing, made him throw dust in mems
ewes, and passed off as chiefs nece, La Cata
rna Got the band to make false diamonds
to put in place of real ones. Had hole in
back part of her garden, leading to the
mountains; crawled through it nearly every
day: One day storm came on, blew every
thing to pieces except one man who got
scared; looking round found hole saw a
light, got down on all fours and squeezed I'M;
bad squeeze though; came near losing the
game; got in among Phlistines, who shutfl
ed him and turned up Jack. Thought it
was all up; sung "now | lay me down to
Sleep" "holy angels guard my head" etc.
Catarna heard him sin ING, came out of
her hole, took fancy to him, love at first
sight, and made fellows let go-had nice
little black moustache, so no wonder.-
Wanted to keep him two or three months
to sing for her; he wouldn't promise; said he
wanted to 90 home; had to marry his cousin
and all that; but Catarna showed him her
little foot with red bootees on, which set
both to singing, and oh, let me down easy,
such notes, goodness gwacious," as the
young la y said, chow it wans," for the
sparkling notes fell right and left, singing
birds are nowhere, canaries, mockng, or any
other kind. only fit to shoot at with old
fashioned shot guns--Miss Durand and Miss
Hodson against all of you. And such looks;
little mustache must have had some secret
sorrow, or pain somewhere-he turned
red, white: first on one foot, then on the
other, until Catarina thought he was hungry,
and asked him to take pot luck, coffee and
biscuits without cream or butter; you see
COWS couldn't live in The mountains She
handed coffee to mustach, he took it, tried
to keep her hand. felt it all over, counted
fingers, smothed it out and handed it back;
drank coffee. biscuits wasn't good didn't eat
any. Iltched up chair closer, and went to
work loving, squeezing and signing; got too
afectonate, licked her the wrong way, for
she Jumped, told him hands off, made it up,
SANG little more, kissed hands and parted.
All this time cousin waiting to get married;
thought she would wait no longer, so fell in
love with fellow proving about; don't
blame her either, bigger musache than other
one, two inches long; singing master, too
expect, for the way he sang "dav and night
thought of thee" was nobodys business, and
proved he was prowllng around some time.
Little one got home cousins looked bad,
thought they'd take cramp collie every time
they looked at each other, GOT it myself seeing
them, but got over it by looking at and
taking something else; concluded to tell
each other that their love was ever the left.
wrong for cousins to marry, sin and shame,
and their pigs would come to a bad market.
Settled it by singing otis all round my hat"
thought it was that. All got happy, long
mustache particularly wanted to cut off
somebody's head, afraid to try it though
Queen came home, sent for lover, everybody
come out to see what was to pay, hard to
tell though, for all commenced singing, BIG
lunches of flowers falling all around, sticks
rappng, hands clapping, made such a noise
that the curtain fell before they were mar
ried.