New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-13
Coai 4 9 N GATE D.
tEFle late Military Fair.


szsas nsar the middle of the nineteenth century,
aid ta yard the close DC the month of April, that
alters TIigt have been seen making for the
Military Fair at i'd Fellows Hall, whittier every
n elss had preceded them. One Of these gentry,
III stsIta 0f W uniform N hch No was compressed
# oHnd oYli, she reader already knows. But
fsiene, Judge sanscourt, requires some intro
saefion His judicial errnine consisted of a black
coat and pants, white gloves and yeat-the
very Large pat and altogether he
ii&o N hSigs nasaic OF black and white mar
Ile Something of gourmet was my Judicial com
and hs friends admitted that his best de-
slslsls were oftener made around the social board
siIan ID his tribunal. certain careworn, ex-
look caused him to be mistaken for slage
XII te lamp II might much more have been
to over FEEDING but otherwise his voice
apf hdled, his face dspassionate,
one had dis yet seen it warmed up with mere
tazl d meek sort OF gaiety.
IlIlesa aiatipeashed arrivals did not attract the
aksesstSon thai might have been expected. But in
#; e SlsuIid aud compact mass of human beings in
lsa fAag NOW found the nsel YES, each individual
Eht oii ug CHE instinct of self preservation.
ROOM entrance, hall doorway and stair case
aEsItiowing With the dense swarm. such as the
Right expect TO meet with III some Indian
1ainese temple hut nov here else. Laughing,
N making rgaaning, buying and selling, some
N ss#g patriotic; always extraVagant, it spent, in
iaIiaa ort NJ eyery cent there was ID lis
ssetEaS
III sides 81 tlIe various rooms were lined with
8ssaf1ess 4eutai with geographical name above
very much like what Christiansaw at Vanity
s sKir These ,5geTe occupied by damsels in blue
s4slses and white dresses, beautiful as sylph or
hut AN ths yotlng men feengly complained,
reAefsa less ass the harpies. The TWO friends
Il s5agan ~ grow he 9iIdered with the claims made
sxis1h them They bought 80 many bouquets that
the5 niight haye STIR every step with flowers.
they bsgsn TO imagine themselves in an en-
ty nj
GIeHdAt They wondered what would become
0f them, WhGn their pocket books, whose con-
efgss were scattered over every table like
Nae leaves Of Vallanhrossa, should give out.
f2a obey been gifted with the purse Of For
5Swpuld have awaited little. Their porte.
aonnaies of the ordinary kind, they would gladly
sAEe abandoned Of once, had they not dimly COM
gtseheMaed that upon the possession OF these tails
Slans tasir safety depended.
% Every Giae wac forced, when they attempted to
aSspiianade, TO side up and down the room edge
as If dancing the German polka. The Judge
yer, was an exception, for, being as thick one
MI through al the other; forward or sidewise
Arghlnga made no difference 10 him. lie had
n Ngop1sAd NJ spend biz time like4 the young lady
SAy tO nlarFy II prince, Ia eating strawberries
rsafn, assd taass as he wandered from stall q
NtaI, TO inspect the horse-lesh they contained
But The plan was full Of difficulties The anchor
zlge was bad, aud the current Of the crowd ex
eeedingly strong If it was difficult TO PRONE
sa.sa II WAS equally impossible to stand still
lRee, when eati og stra berries ali the Virginia
%a ha dlifEesi aT iii whirlpool of skirts aD6
peEfitoass, with spoon stuck Ia his mouth as If he
" had hsen born whit there. He still keeps Thu
aala The saucer never having been able 10 catcf
az cages d amour, and the young lady tt
sssln they belong is hereby informed IN wlloat
ps@asAion they now arc. When next seen, he Wal
aGa iii tHe ooass 0f Florida among the nympb
sg ss llped sn the Asghbpfbood of II soda fountain
q efe e of anchoring himsell by tying i
legs WITH hls band erchief 70 those of the table
sgd was only restrained from doing so by the feal
running of with the stand, nyInphs and all
@ sEia fhe xorsea seized him. lie waved me al
ssfsep AZ hIs uslal Exhausted style, aud though
N NsgsaiYe latea forever
ssae 4 was nlstaken An hour afterwards Isun
peetaGly chaneet ppon him. placidiy eating
EF berries at o Young lady, after the manner d
E Via tost aIpeas at Dtdo's feast His face
EtAe Jndg was Tor once lighted MP with a blaze
ii @a atgthMsiasn. and We'll IT might be, for no one
Aasa subsequently, nsasEtaineds by her side ceuiG
eng feNaain aRlnoyed.
sIis had d eoaaplexion like the cream, and lin
sfska the berries which / could see the Judg
uelliug. Like most of the ladies who attends
tsle stallss she wore badge marked Fort. Some
filisg or SQnaRh odF, but not Pieksns or Sumter 9
her pne OF III ou may now be thinking
w hseh ia made for kissing more fl4
Eqrsass A forehead iiGet the dome II a temple
ss'e Which would have been too bold II its ez
81 preston hAa NOT been tempered by sentiment
etr aroHgess points; aud 1t was thi
yEtzsse RhAelt tAeJ EDGE was rlaM banbafdiDg.
IA gaf s1gt do aaA oa1l thus said 4 in5 d wills
Il aolsss E9f issl Hanfss towers MOu
M A sa fsHS for some OF 0tls DANES until th
fssllons changed
s5e Ply az ~ away, Y he TUNED upon me- see
& sou sec that VIC were eating "a
u hssfal slnispp antiI ypu INTERRUPTED us d
Bsst NY dear ElFs Vol must divide with me.
4 aiEGl tsIte oasly (. yen are appvoptiafin
Sbe EAasg laNsats Ssognals ii the loun ~
Ss iaa 40 eject ana Y0Wiila verRrauee
g0 e gsy sid leave iiiI5 njasters I
JIss NATION sgfnn Z lad hitIiei
hut RanIiI had been shy of appsaacl
ANY of tr, ca iss
Ass AsAna ofoss the satais aith ~ MUG