New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-04
Gatts and Gittions.

Too BAD.-Of course the readers of Facts and
Fctons readily understand that the editor and con-
tributors are fond of the good things Of this iife
No one can suppose them innocent of the doubt
that none but fools are to be justified in induging
in the decaeies and luxurias which the bounteous
gods have provided. Call them gourmands, gour-
NETS, friands, or what you will, madeira and bit
ters, turtle soup and pompauo, dark sherry
and ruby chambertn, Spanish olives and banched
celery, high venison and currant jelly, Frenchy
canvass back and green peas, jerusalem artichokes
and tender asparagus, sterling steinwein and
aeryma christi, mayonnaise and delicious topaz, |
cotelettes-en-papilot and 0tard 1885, becassnes,
papabottes and grassets, vieuX ceps veuye Cliquot
and Charles Fare omelettes- au-rhum and cafe |
royae Charlotte Russo and cr6me-d La gace, al
mOnds and malagas, sorbets and bonbons, cafe
nor and genuine cabanas, pretty women and
fast teams good books and Correggios, Raffaells,
Titiens, Guidos, Van Dycks, Wouvermans, Ru-
benses, Reynoldses, Turner's, Landseers, Vests,
Peales, Pages and Rosa Boneurs, Michael -Ange-
los. Marochettis, Thorwaldsens, Flaxmans, Powers
and Hosmers, Fortunatus' purses and the attain
ments of Admirable Crichtons or Konigsberg
Keyserlings all, all, are appreciated by them, and
we'll understood, indeed, to be intended for their
enioyment-at least whenever they can get them.
Well this being just so, >" one of US occasionally
makes arrangements for such qualifications.
Among other things he has an affection for water
motsos and motsa-cles, for white steYs and brown
stews and to say the truth, friends assisting, he
generally succeeds in getting at them when they
are about"
Not always, however He failed, badly, the
other day. He made desperate effort to get at
some of the faYorite Dishes and although
he did not succeed he deserve to do so if he does
say it himself. To command success; the posses
sion Of a fine red fish was adiudged indispensable.
The warm hearted Amphitryon who engaged to
pander to his epicurean desires gave it to be dis
tnetly understood that it was by no means certain
that the sine qua non could be procured but
arranged that in order to prevent disappointment
he would let the luxury anticipating representa-
tive know in good time what were the prospects
To ''make assurance double sure" R. F. d F
thought he would endeavor to procure the sint
qua non himself. He appealed to third friend tC
help him out, and the generous Mauritius at once
undertook to do it. He did it, and such red fish
as he secured for the purpose it makes One's
mouth water tothnk of what was lost to R. F. & F.,
when he did not get at it, And the way in which
he failed was most provokingly polite-most
courteously cutting NJ. sent the fish to its destna
ton with the compliments, not of himself, but of
R. F. 4 F., emitting to let the latter know that he
had done SO. 1t was received, of course, as com
ing from R. F. & F., and it was unhappily con
cluded as matter of course that R. F. d F. knew
all about it and would not need the promised mott
fcation from the Amphitryon-to be.if-! Delicious
were the stews and the fries, R. F. g. r. is now
tantizingly assured wonderingly and reprovingly
the coming of R. F. & T. was awaited to enjoy the
} luxurious dishes compounded with the fish 81
handsomely sent round with his compliments
Bat he went not because not advised of the happy
state of affairs and that enjoyment was lost to
T. g. F. He will try and manage it better mex
time. He has not seen his friend M. yet, to tel
him of the contrete1npS, or to thank him for tn
polished courtesy which so unexpectedly led to ii
If NJ. ever read the papers he might see this
and have as good fish story to tell to "Ma'' an
Michael and the jolly worthless who ever and ano
sit at his hospitable mahogany, as ever he will ge
J. into his well filled anecdctical repertory.
The SENsITIvENEss OF TYRANNV.-It matter
y not how delicately the msdeeds of tyrants ma
y be Indicated they will hold their power in e1Torer
over the challenger of their actions, and not Sc
v dom infict the most degrading or cruel punish
20 ments on them. We have pretty good instanc
lie of this in the following statement:
y The Dorf Zetung in Hildburghausen, had latel
at leading article consisting of two verses of I'll
II Bible, and nothing more. The verses are to
Nv found in Micah vii. and 4, and are as follows
9 ." That they do evil with both hands earnestly ii
of prince asketh, and the judge asketh for reward
= and the great man, he uttereth his mischievOus d
sire-so they wrap itup. The best of them is as
= brier; the most upright is sharper than thol
~ hedge; the day OF thy wachmen and thy visitatt
Il cometh now shall be thy perpleXity.n The san
paper contained the debate in the chamber on Il
US decision of the supreme court against the liber
he of speech in the chamber. The DOrf leitung I
eeyed a warning.
n, The insinuations conyeyedby the quotation we
doubtless felt to be too significant, too applieab
I'd, too true, or they would not have been notice
as And what a commentary on liberty and cvilizati
it is that even such corruptions as they ref
~ to, may not be limited at by the people WI
he are subjected to them
,af JUsr So.-There are too many ministers, we
4 sorry to be compelled to say, who might be mt
,ut adyantageously managed after the fashion 81
led gested by the little hero of the following story
10 "The first time took my Oldest boy to churct
aSo a minister's wife says, " when he was two yei
ln' and half old managed with caresses and froW
"a, and candy to keep him very still till the serm
+bo was half done. By this time his patience was
-"' hausted, and he climbed on the seat, looking at
:, preacher (his father) quite intenty. Then, as
~ he had hit upon certain relief for his troubles,
ISL pulled me by the chin to attract my attention,
oo exclaimed, in distinct voice, Ma, make pa
on amen"
as. Goodness knows how much edifcation rs Il
nth how much disgust is inflicted, just for2the lael
wer somebody to make some preachers say anne
ro at the appropriate time.
ing WILCOX & GIBBs Machine will sew, hem,