New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

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1 yeyed him. You've had . warm season, / reck
! on, said he s." but there's one consolation, ii
sweated the tan on guess, and you'll look all the
better for 1t in the end.'
/ Fanny and Nathan were married.; and often
| now, when Uncle Joshua Of winters evening sits
surrounded by his merry grandchildren, every one
Of whom refntes the old saying that Cousins chill
dren are always fools, he regales them with the
history OF the nap he once took on the old box
lounge.
Experience In Sleeping Cars ma rrcsse,, ~ :,
81. Louis Traveller.
81 Louls January Is.
We left New York late in the afternoon. pa,ron.
lzlng sleeping cars, which were novelty to me.
Ihey are much broader than the ordinary car /
was happy in the anticipation Of balIly SLIM.
bers," until looking up noticed two ominous
shelves above our seats for the upper berths and.
realizing the way in which we should probably be
such barbarity. = =
The appearance of some of our fellow travellers
was rather rough; two or three near me were an
parently droyers, going west to drive bargains as
among such variety of passengers reminded me
Of Saxe's Rhyme Of the Raii.i Certainly one
might find there Sii'
High Ri,, and q lo osly people,
On c~rmon level asa'a'e
Travelling on together
The ceremonies of the evening commenced bv
the appearance of the negro steward, a funny
pompous Old fellow, who prefacing his work with
+" Like your bed made up now sir ~ dislodped
seat after seat Of their sleepy occupants, who
lazlly pulling OF boots and coats, prepared for
tumble and scramble into the berths
At last, when almost every one else had djsap-
peared behind red and black curtain, we had our
berth arranged, bribing the comical old steward
n n mr. n a hRrTn tVo nt,l, 49,.
rending tragi-comic experience The ioltng mo.
ton of the prevented either rest or Sleep SO
we were forced to lie awake listening to the laugh
ing, talking, complaining and snoring of our com
panlons. The air became almost intolerable; and
thought, at one time Of squeezing myself through
the car window at the risk Of "selfsuiciden fo,.
change.
Mrs. Stoves night upon canal beat and the hor
rors Of the Black Hole y rushed into nv mind.
while groaned an ironical despair,
- esis q Il 4 sh All Il pleasant,
At 8 the cars stopped, and the conductor in
formed us of an accident which would DELAY us for
an hour or two.
An old man in an adjoining berth amused me
very much at this crisis. After several prodiguous
yaWns, he expressed his own views and state Of
feeling to his friend, sound asleep above him.
Broke down, have theys Wall, that's better
than to be stove up! Sometimes bust about nv
clothes, too-some bntton's give way. Wall nowl
i haiAt lost my tobarker in the night and hai't
done much sleepin' neither.n
We asked the old negro where we were. !" Can't
tell you 'zackly, marin, indeed. We have broke
right down without regard to place. We amt in
any place in particular jest now, ma 'rm.;
We passed three hours in this dubious state of
nowbereity, missing, in consequence the train for
Cleveland.
The ensuing nights, which we passed in these
misnamed sleeping cars, were passed more calmly
forsTe were thoroughly subdued and endured all
discomforts with social Indifference.
A MAGEsTERIAL EDioT AGAINST CRINoLIsE.-An
English clergyman, named Robert Mcguire, was
short time since acquitted charge Of having in
a railway car, intruded one of his legs too far
within the folds Of lady's crinolne. The magis-
trate Diminishing the complaint, in delivering the
opinion of the Court, took occasion to express his
opinion upon matter which had not been brought
before the Court, namely, the merits of crinoline
He said:
Before proceed to the next business, wish,
however, to make few observations upon the
style of dress now worn by the fair sex. ! have
often felt it my duty to express, in terms of the
strongest disapproYal my opinion upon this fashion
called crinoline. had hoped the many accidents
which its use has caused, coupled with the rdcule
which witty member of the press has thrown |
upon it, would have led to the discontinuance by
those who should set the example Of modest and
suitable attire.
Far from this being the case, it appears daily to
increase in absurdity, and have come to the con-
clusion that since accidents have failed to exercise
any influence, since moreover it would seem that |
ridicule but gains its yutaries, from intellectual
ladies to terate scullery maids it is necessary to
take some other means for its immediate suppress |
sion. 1t is to be tolerated longer that, Through
its vile and indecent agency, the characters of
honest men are to be brought into question, and |
the name Of woman to be held up to youth as the |
mindless follower of immodesty and shameiessness.
shall now direct the officers of the court to bring
before me those who guilty Of following this |
practice cannot be put stop to, the power of pub
lie opinion is indeed small. trust the press will
furnishspace for these remarks, and will also as
sst my endeavors by giving the utmost publicity |
to the cases, If any, that are brought before me.
(. JOHN Brown, JR.-The Cleveland Leader of Tues |