New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-26
F1ippant.

heard good college story the other day, which
may as well set down here. Joe Porter Is an
sttution y in Cambridge. He is q person Of yaried
Sons Es bm i and keeps pss. house 2 cam
shandy gof" But his chef daafrre Is i fiip.h II
is reported among the students that Ganymede.
when dying-because il Is all nonsense about Gany.
mede being immortal; he left Jupiter's service,
married Hebe, set up an inn with his savings and
died at q good old age--it is reported that Gany-
mede left Porter the recipe for making boff nee.
tar and ambrosia, which recipe he surfeptitiousiy
copied from Juno's receipt-book; and Porter ,faa-
proving on the idea, conceived the happv tkonsi,t
of mingling both divine materials, and .producfse
an lnethble rage-something which shcaiA
combine the elements Of the supernal meat ~
supernal drink-a harmony Of solid and fluid. 6
which each element should contribute iss celestial
favors. He carried out the idea. He mingled M
ambrosia and the nectar, and all Olympus turned
pale with envy, for the result was fip
With such classic origin it is not to be won
dered at that underg graduates, who are nofOriouss
for their love of NEUROLOGICAL matters should frIi
themselves attracted to Porter's and there refresh
the divine beverage. In fact, such was their eyo-
ton to this branch Of classical study and d M
spired did they frequently get inspired even 70
the Pythonic pitch Of being uninteltgihle II their
speech-that the matter attracted the attention u
the president of the college, venerable gentleman
of the period, whose name have forgotten. Heart
less and ignorant persons, entirely misc0nceiyin3
the spirit in which the under graduates visited
Porter's, reported to this worthy person that the
students in the habit of getting drunk every
night on flip. 1t must be seen to. s.
The President puts on his most authoritative wig
and sternest cOuntenance, and sallies ont to blow
up the classical Porter for leading his, students
astray. First of ALL he thinks, in order to be abla
to speak more decisiyely, that he will taste this
noXious beverage with his own lips. Them there
can be no mistake. With much dignity he enters
Porter's. He is greeted with respect He inter
rogates Porter:
Sir, many of the under-g graduates come here. L
underestimate
"a few, modestly replies the landlord.
"They come here frequently, Mr.. Porters''
They drop in now and then, sill. = 81
"And they drink beverage called fiip sir pr
Sometimes, SIR !"
'They drink great deal Of it, Mr.. Porterg,s
"Well, sir, they do take considerable.,'
They get drunk on it, Mr.. Porter ~
The discreet Porter remained SILENT
Make me a-a-fip!" at length says the vener-
able President, still frowning and indignant.
Porter, whose sang troid has never for q mo-
ment forsaken him, deploys all the resources Of
his art.
Presently superhuman flip, with an aromatic
foam which Venus might have risen from, creaming
the edge of the goblet is the result OF his ef
forts. He hands respectfully, and with some anxi
ETY., to the President whose face judicial thunder
clouds have been gathering The President tastes
dercouds have not yet flashed forth any lightnings
Porter, resigned, awaits the outburst- The Presi-
dent gazes wonderingly at his glass. A general
emolient expression seems to glide over hia face
and smooth the frowning brows. The lips. relax.
and smile seems about to dawn. He lifts the
glass once more to his lips, heaves sigh, and puts
it down. 1t is empty! 8 .
Mr.. Porter y he says, the students get drunk
on this sir!n t55 M sss5s Y
Porter sees that the storm is passed, and boldly
answers in the affirmative. s#
Sir, says the venerable man, walking gTavely
away, sir, 1 don't wonder at it !'' vs.