New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-02
April Fno1ing.

FvervhodT knows the meaning and the object
y Anril Foolinr Let us leave aside the pedantry
20 ito oriop its obseryances, and its nonsense in
,tber parts of the world and other tines and con-
5,a ourselves to home illustrations oft at present
These are by no means so few and so insignificant
,s some NAV be inclined to suppose. Perhaps one
ne the yery best ever concocted, was from the
vivid imagination and lively pen of one the MINIS
ters ofhe New Orleans Fourth Estate OF to-day. Az
all events we know of but one more clever, and sne
latter we may give in due time. But hrst, we host
recall the former. Never mind how many years
ago it occurred; it is not so many but tnas inc
majority of the readers Of these lines may wen
enough recoleet it. At that time, there came 10
New Orleans couple of very extraordinary beings.
If tine story of Llputa ever had chance OF peing
believed to have real basis it was then. TWO Oh
muutive creatures were exhibited as yertable de-
scendants of the unhappy Aztecs, whose physical
forms proved their degeneration nearly as strong
" and certainly as did their mental calibre. Of
course science was viglant and earnest as usual in
investigating the unique phenomena, and contrary
to the usual course of such investigations science
decided in favor of the claims made upon its &C.
acknowledgements and sympathies. The world was
interested in the wonderful people of the land OF
the Moptezun,as of whom the pair exhibited in
New Orleans were such characteristic examp!ars,
and it determined that all that could be known OF
them should be spread far and wide. g
| Never heed who the writer was-he Will nave
to answer for it without deliberate exposure
| never mind what the channel was through which
he sent his first of April waf floating on the stream
of time-lubitur ct Northumberland 1t VINO
may or who may not. But the jeu was sent
abroad. 1t reached Prussia, whose king was
mupiicent patron of the fine arts, OF science, and
of all that pertains to the advancement OF human
\ civilization cultivation and Generalization. flieo
with the conviction of the mighty new field before
him, the Friedrich Wilhelm of the day called
commission of his wise men together, and sent TWO
or three of them hither to investigate the Aztec
phenomena. They came they visited the Mikado
of the Camp street.
All Japandom, and especially Barney, grinned !!
The Great Mogul smiled and trembled foor
Lum was not there Fitz was out I; and hsht was
out of the question All the way from Prussia 10
{ learn the story of the Aztec children, ana 10 DC
VI silently pointed to the FIRST OF APRIL! Execra-
e BILE! But, what? Preference, par Jorce' SOFA !.
e What cannot be eschewed must be embraced y
IS and the Prussian Commission went back to record
IL the futility of their mission with the best grace
al they light. They were too sensible to publish Ii
ne to the world in all its length and breadth; but il
al crets of the prison house; and need be no more
eo explicitly noticed here.
rs Retribution comes when least expected. Eli
on teen wears of vigilant guard and stoid refusal
res listen TO the voice of the charmer, charm sh
I've never so wisely, are not sufficient to save III
ON cunning and the self-assuranee alike fail at last
,e', perhaps exactly where they were felt to
or stronger than the strongest. Woe betlde nj
the that thinks that woman's devices cannot compa
10" him. when she has resolved that 1T shall be.
e'e NAV avoid the open pits, he may carry OIL
tne paltry traps. he may break through the gossam
aue webs, but at last he is caught, bound, and held
ohS on the broche as decately skewered as any 9th
'ne g small bird"
ees' Soft was Yesterday. He. of Aztec children
arm sold roya Prussian scientific commission notorle
neu might have been seen, at an unwontedly cal
tle hour, rushing out of his house n-Heaven OF
, knows how to depict his habiments. Certes, t
my only under garment he boosted was what Ieutol
, 'ne parance styles schlatiock AS for the othe
ne'f they were used only to hide this, as best til
'ou' might for the rest of the day. Buttoned up
the chin they did good service as far as the GU
i've. world was concerned; but, oh! how they did
o'eu wardly smile who knew the joke!
ho" And vet it was not all joke. The wici
we fair-not quite as bad as Deliah-but quite
resi-. - ,a,',o,.e bod chosen killing g
elective pro te1UpOTe -nau oAoscil " hhi'n5 -
''y' iect and that in these days is one that has b
ICE lately made fearfuly real one. She woke
'no" pate,' fan,ilias of the renowned Aztec family
lure talked to him of Extras and rushing vocifer
ifon newsboys, and assassinatons! And LIST of A
= oy though it was he sprang from his Easter col
cei- and, without waiting to bestow the attent
some without which he generally considers him
a'er utterly unpresentable rushed through the str
miner III. with his sack vigorously buttoned up to
river chin to hide the lack of becoming ha
i'll Nv ments beneath, and sought to /
kteh' the truth but not before he
u"'e, been curiously asked if assassins
'es Vi necessarily implied the death of the victim,
FROM he had replied with very decisive affrma
are ., He rushed, he ran, and he thought of the
al'eu and indignant obituary he would write and
WIZ" efforts he would leave no stone unturned to Sc
for the purpose of having the base murd
u "'' brought to justice. He reached the house
~ .u0 friend, and pale, trembling, and PROSTATE
n''''s' threw himself on q couch to recuperate Will
studied the arcana Of April.fooldom. 1t '
10 anu hard subject, but it was a fair lesson al
y anu took it with becoming grace. No one was as
o'a' Mated as it is to be hoped no one will be
, iio', base cases and shocking complications no
'reh'. , standing. So be it! Vogue Ia gaiere.