New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-02

gems now in the hands OIL Mr.. Reed, of Paris,
member of the lhouse of Tiffany & Co. They are
valued at 100000 francs, and free from flaw or
blemish. They came from the Panama fisheries.
a Polite INVITATION DEDLINED.-A contributor
to the Spirit of the Times thus describes scene
at the Anthony House, Ark:
Late one bitter cold night in December, some
eight or nine years ago l.. came into the bar
room, as usual, to take lis part in whatever was
| going o1. For some reason the crowd had dis,
persed sooner than was customary, and but two or
three of the townsfolks were there, together with
| stranger, who had arrived half hour or longer
| BEFORE and who, tired wet and muddy, from a
| long Arkansas stage ride his legs extended, and
| shoes off, was consoling himself with two chairs
and nap, opposite the center Of the blazing log
| fire. Any one who has Travelled until 10 o'clock,
| in rough winter night, over an Arkansas road,
| can appreciate the comfort of the frution before
| that fireplace.
| The drowsy example Of the stranger had its
effect on the others, and H., who took seat in the
/ corner, for lack of CONVERSATION was reduced to
/ the poker for amusement He poked the fire Wig
| orously for while until it got red hot, and be-
coming disgusted, was about to drop it and retire,
when he observed the greatto Of of the stran.
| gers feet protruding through hole in one of his
| socks.
Here was a relief to L. He placed the glowing
! poker within foot of The melancholy sleeper's
| toe, and began slowly to lessen the distance be-
tween them; one by one, the Others as they caught
| the joke began to open their eyes, and being
| awakened, mouths expanded into grlns, and grins
into suppressed giggles- --and incontinent fel-
lows into broad laugh Closer and closer the
] red hot poker neared toward the unfortunate toe
The heat caused the sleeper restlessly to move hi:
hands. L. was just about to apply the poker, wher
sound Of click click ! arrested his intention
He looked at the stranger-the latter with one eyt
open, had been watching his proceedings ant
silently brought pistol to bear upon L. In
voice Just audible he muttered, in tone of grea
determination
.Jest burn it! Burna! Jest burn it! and II
be id if don't stir yo.t up with ten thousand ho
pokers in two seconds
l.. laid down the poker instanter, and remarked
Stranger, let's tdteId drink in fact gentle
men, al of you.h
l.. afterwards said they were the cheapest drink
he ever bought.
Just before the last election in the State of Wis
consin, it happened that one Colonel Wilson,
good Democrat, q farmer and candidate for tn
Legislature-had lost number of his hogs yer.
mysteriously and, after patiently investigating
The matter, he at length discovered that they ha
been stolen by another Democrat-one Joe Jones
fellow Of some notoriety and little political in
, huence in the neighborlood. The Colonel though
the matter over, and then went to see Joe upo
the subject.
"Now, Joe ;" said he, ~ could have you indicte
and put in prison for tfis; but, seeing as how yo
are a good Democrat, and for the success of tn
ticket and harmony IN the party, if you promis
you won't steal any more Of my hogs I'll let 20
1 otf-and, what's more III give you thousan
! pounds Of pork every year."
Joe scratched his hehd reaectiyey for momen
and then said:
To tell you the truth, Colonel don't like
f make that agreement, nohow but, seeing we al
. both Democrats, and fpr the sake of the success
the ticket and harmony in the party, I'll do it: b
darn me if | won't lose hogs meat by the oper
d tion.h
! An amusing incidenG took place in one of IL
y large dry goods stores in New York u short tin
since.
A goodlooking, hohest-faced country girl can
4 to town with her 'feller,a to do little trifie
, shopping. The magnitude of the store, the pill
% of goods, the dazzling array of articles, the filth
S cash-boys, quite overpowered our good frien
who scarcely knew what to do. Her "feller' o
If stinatey refused to 60 in but loitered towards Il
!, door,
u The clerks being all busy just then, the youi
g lady was obliged to remain standing for few m
n ments At length gaily dressed little fellow car
bowing and smiling Up to the blushing custom
, with
"Anybody waiting on you, madam?'
ia The color deepened in her cheeks as she point
t. to the door and faltefed out
eyes, sir, he is.'
: The clerk wilted."
IN "The Dymmykrat party ought to have the AM
lean aigle off its banner this election" said an he
est Patlander the other day.
a "Why?H asked bystander.
"Bekase, yon see, the aigle isn't double-head
ID burd, and the party Is," was the answer
Ia "What would you put in its place, Pat?n
~ Two Kilkenny chts. hedad.h
PRoFANITY.-Th famous DR.. Johnson never
ria fered an oath to gp unfebuked in his presen
80 When libertine, hut man of some note v
once talking before him. and interlarding his stol
with oaths, Johnson said. "Sr, all this swear