Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-20

SOMETHING ABOUT THE STREETS, THE
THEATRE, AND THE HAPPY CHARLES
ADoLpHUs.- MeSSrs Editors : To use a
phrase often misqnoted, but which | will
put down correct, / suppose you have no
objection to "a looker-on in Vienna
giving you a few general ideas There
seems to be quite diversity of opinions
as to what shall be used to pave Main
street, some advocating one thing, and
some another. Anything would, how
ever, be better than its present condition,
except, probably, limestone, which is
horrid 1t is soft; the friction of the
vehicle wheels grinds it down, and forms
a very dsagreeable dust in summer,
which turns to very nasty mud in rainy
weather. All the cities that have tried
it have given it up, with considerable
expense to their citizens, and found that
it only lasted for a comparatively short
time. / am not an advocate of any one
kind, but let us have either flint granite,
or Nicholson
| went to the theatre last night and
was much pleased with Mr., Joseph Proc
tor-he is truly an actor of great worth
and merit. His "Virginius' was splen-
did piece of acting. The next best part
played was that Of Carlo. The gentle
man personating it was more than usually
perfect, and the audience had a good
report from him. Mr. Garden was No. !,
as he is in anything he does, and so was
Mr.. flanagan. The ladies, Mrs. flanagan
as Virginia" and Mrs Hicks as Ser
via" were also good. The greasy citi-
zens, among whom were Spurious Opti-
Gus, Quisbius Gully and Caius Nibbs,
might have been better. But what took
my eyes most was Charles Adolphus in
the auditorium. You know he is the
fanciest man in our town, and can be
seen at the Postoffice corner every day
admiring the young ladies as they pass
by, and believes they are all desperately
in love with him. The pretty fellow was
in ecstacies last evening over his
many conquests. You could have
seen him admiring young lady
through double-barreled opera glass.
Charley was spruced up. His hair parted
in the centre and down behind the head;
his huge side whiskers we're dyed black
and eombed down a Ia mode lie is the
paragon of fashion Ali but you should
have seen Jones-innocent Jones-who
was seated near the aforesaid young lady,
casting defiant looks at Charley Adolf
plus, while his double-barreled spy
glass was turned upon them. Ali if he
could but have seen how agonizingly
sweet was Arabella's expression of
Charley's two soda water bottles" and
noticed how archly she re-arranged her
lovely Derby, then, indeed, might poor
Jones have got an attack of the green-eyed
lobster. But Jones was innocent and
could only see Charley Adolphus' impu-
dence The last we saw of poor Jones
he looked like the Black Moor, in the
play, who lost his occupation-some-
thing like Vesuvius, when it is about to
have an eruption, and doesn't Happy
Charley Adolphus what did he care for
the play When "yirginius' killed ''Vir-
ginia" and the audience applanded loudly
he only turned around and wanted to
know what was the matter The last we
saw of happy Charley he was leaving the
theatre before the play was out, that he
might try his favorite position, at the
postofice corner, to have last fond look
at sweet Arabella. Yours truly,
gaa aap lD ~ B. HIVE.
You've MEN on THE STREET CORNERS.