New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-30
Rather too Rough for Him.

following amusing instance of Indian Incredibly
Black Beaver had visited St. Louis and the small
towns upon the Missouri frontier and he prided
himself not little upon his acquaintance with the
customs of the whites, and never seemed more
happy than when opportunity offered to display
this knowledge in presence of his Indian com
pamons II 30 happened, upon one occasion, that
1 had Comanche guide who biyeucked at the
same fire with Beaver On visiting them one even
ing according to my usual practice, found them
engaged in very earnest and not very amcabIe
conversation G., On inquiring the cause Of this,
i've been telling this comanche what seen
'mong the white folks.''
said :. Well, Beaver, what did you tell himgn
- tell him bout the steamboats, and the rail
roads, and the heap o. houses see in st. LOUIS
( Well, sir, what does he think Of that -
He say 1'ze id fool.n
what else did you tell him about?r
tell him the world is round, but he keep all e.
time say, Hush, you fool! do you spose Pze child?
Haven't got eyes? Can't see the prairie? You
call him round He say too, may be SO tell you
something you not know before. One time my
grandfather he make long journey that way (poinf
to the West.) When he get on big mountain, he
seen heap water t'oher side jest so fiat he can
be, and he seen the sun go right straight down on
tother side, then tell him all these rivers he
seen, all e time the water he run; s'pose the world
fiat the water he stand still. May be he not be-
| leve me %
told him it certainly looked very much like it.
| then asked him to explain to the Comanche the
",
| and said
"What you call that magnetic telegraph,
said, you have heard of New York and New
Orleans p
ooh, yes,'' he replied
Very well; we have a wire connecting these
two cities, which are about thousand miles apart
and it would take man thirty days to ride it upon
| good horse. Now, man stands at one end of
| this wire in New York, and by touching it few
times he inquiries of his friend in New Orleans
what he had for breakfast. His friend in New Or
leans touches the other end OF the wire and in ten
minutes the answer comes back-harn and eggs
Tell him that Beaver"
| His countenance assumed a most comical ex-
preston, but he made remark, until again re-
quested him to repeat what I had said to the CO.
4 nanche, when he observed:
:" No, captain, cannot tell him that, for / don't
b'lieve that myself
Upon my assuring him that such was the fact,
and that had seen it myself, he said;
\. lnjun not very smart sometimes he's biz fool
| put he holler pretty loud: you hear him may be
half mile: you say 'Merican man he talk thou.
sand miles. | 'spectyou try to fool me now, cap
tain; may be so yott tie.''
/ AN ECCENTRIC PRISONS NorIoN ABOUT DrcKs
| AND GoLDF1NCHEs.-Th details of an interesting
trial before the Tribunal of Correctional Police in
| Paris have recently been published in "Galigna
| nj We eondense the essence of the case:
i tradesman, living on one of the outer boule
wards, stepped forward and sad
| g 1t was who gave this poor man into custody
| but am really sorry that did so.''
:" What has he done?n asked the President
g He walked off one night with cock and foui
live ducks which priced highly =
| And he sold them2''
No! he exchanged them for four godiinches Z
'Why did he do SO ~
Because he has a mania for such birds pr
well, he kept the goldfnches, / suppose?s
:" No he brought them to me II
g And what explanation did he give ~
That lie was passionately fond Of goIdfnches
| w n eTraa bpraJ had
the ducks and cocksi
What was the value of the cock and ducks an
goldfnehes2 ~
n The former were worth ten francs, and the la
ter four francs " -
And he exchanged one for the other, withor
any plausible reason2,'
9 Simply. sir, from his passion for goldfnehcs
But asI have got my ducks and cock from til
man who made the exchange, and as, besides
have found the prisoner in all other things serunt
lousy honest, ! do not wish him TO be punished /!
" Is he quite rightin his minds asked the Pres
dent.
Perhaps he is little touched. was the nj
swer.
The President then addressed the prisoner, an
asked what he had to say for himself
Please sir" said the man, again bursting int
tears, Il only made the exchange because gol6
tnches sing better than dacks.n
The tribunal, thinking he had no dishonest inter
ton, discharged him. butrecommended him anotl
Ell time to indulge his taste for goldfinches at h
own expense
FAITH N HUMAN NAruRE.-The Cafe Fov is
| celebrated Paris restaurant It has or had
standing rule never to call back, or ask an expl;
nation from any individual leaving the establish
nent without paying. The doctrine was il ti
gentleman is merely forgetful, he will rectify h
error the next day; IL the omission Is sWindle
is better to suffer the loss than provoke pubicit
and perhaps unpleasant consequences. For fiji
years an individual had breakfasted regularly
the Cafe roy, and as regularly had acquitted h
each morning. indebtedness. At last he omttt
TO do so, but no notice was taken of it. He we
on III the same way for week, bat as he was {
hdbitae. of SO long standing, it excited no unea.
ness. The waiter finally asked the proprietor if
should remind the gentleman OF his delinquene
by no means was the reply. !. He has be,
punctual in his payments for i've years and II
is less seznow, it is, perhaps that lie is in want
. money. At any rate, do not let him suppose, by
: look or word, or any want of attention, that /
recent irregularity has been nofieed.'' At the el
Of eight months the gentleman disappeared. lei
ing ms bill unsettled. IT was put down to pre
i and loss, and in five years more had passed fro
the recollection of the master of the house, n
5; long ago. he received from distant port a sh
ment OF genuine MelSa, worth about a thousa
!. dollars, and a draft upon Paris banker for d
i Thousand one hundred francs, the approxinls
amount Of two hundred and fifty breakfasts I
latter was reimbursement; the former sreet
milton of an act of decacy, rare in any station
life.n
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Singers patent which perform well as
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