Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-22
New orleans Csrrespeadshee'
Nrw ORLEANS. May IA. 1866


EDITOR News: 10
To-, week we had the paroch'a' b.
.,..,;or. which resulted in the cleo b.
ION NJ the National Democratic ho'"' CT
;n... ~;tb two aunimportant exSsP p
.;ans. IN. Folksfest or Dutch May
s .';n .hou, two hundred weddings; X
"a" Gr.s and one prize fight. GU d
. .n.es sav That things had been pretty i
hr;sh even after perusing the aeo .,
....,r,.r,. Int wait for few OF 'ne
details: J., !
M, ..yctiou did not amount ~
apy thing worth talking aDo .n A.. =.
~ Folksfs,t-ah that was the oe
Gal,ful ins,itutiun where > our corr
.Hondcn, whiled away three oa,
nd nights Of his time most ar''ci'"a
l.. started out in one OF the way
~. of the procession. for you mus, mus,
go ia, III. affair was inausura'e"
nv . Grand procession formed OF .ne
C.rrnau societies, who after
In. selected some fair dainsei oy
na,,,,ler vote for the queer o. the oc'
r.l;on marched with her IN Proces-
zoo, ~ the fair grounds, when she Is
son amidst thunders of applause
and th. drinking OF oceans Of ,Asss.
had a seat on the wagon WIN l"e
On..n and her maids OF honor
~.r.. all buxom .fIaxle'"s' anu a..
,hon,L their English was defective
snJ tL.;r breath smeiled villano"s'y
n garlic. still youth aud good paris
of,en cans.s US to overlook such tr'-
%, faults in a woman. w. haa
rav time on the way out 70 Tue "a"
rounds and as soon as the Gro" n'ns
Husin.ss as over we began to dance
R.,w..n each dance lis an 'nter"'is'
s;on Of ten minutes. during which tne
.,;ris ar,. walked up and down the
place Xix. race horses between "s'
or they are treated to lager Deer 7"u'
saees, swi,z.r cheese and mus 'a'u
I, has been a matter OF surPi,se ~
,ns ry.r since whatmy belle did WIN
oil tics. articles to which l treated
her. f,r sh. took in forty odd glasses
&c LAGER and the Lord knows nov
much sausage, cheese and other stun
N.xt to the dancing the races Oe
tween men tied up III bags attract
III. most attention; the" the h"'s
races, the chicken fights, the uaffe'
and love markings in all the Ian
,uares of the known world gong d"
=, nnca and in = loud tore ut 'o'c'
A, n;.b,. As the weather was goo,
,..any slep, on the grass Oh 'lie "s' nsi
boring fields SO as to be on hahG '".'
mex, day, and l have no douo, 81
tina, many who did 30 are rcau!
swear TINT they never erJ"Seuu,
night better in their lives. -
rood To the city was strewn WIKI Il
lon victims of John Barleycorn' Al
,h. horse cars ,owa is " ling We
d.nsely crowded both INSIDE outs.
and on top. But everything rnr'h
,n. L.,.. nm end. The Fo!ksts
* over and 80 is my account OF H.
Tb,. weddings. though numrfo'
.s.n,..d no new feature except
ib,. surprise Of one OF the ne"
made husbands upon being 'o,' u
Il. was a father also a couple OF o'
after he was married. Tie '"o,'t
Il. should have known s"n-'h
about til. matter and was very IN"
uant But as he is northern II
and uuacquain,ed with our soc''
h, NAV be better satisfied SOME
when he gets bette, posted
The prize fight was a horrld
..;r II lasted one hour anu e'
minutes. Eighty three rounds
f,u,b, and I'd faces of both
wer,. beaten to shapless masse:
bruised flesh and blooa. ne ma
OF the bru,es who thus beat e"ch
.r for money were Tom k'ns
hin Farrell. Upwards OF
thousand dollars were bet on 'h'
sr,. and over three thousand p'
w.r. pr-sen, at the fight. k'ng
the victor. :.
Local auaes,h.sia, new II
ton in Surgery, by which the
intended to be operated upon Ca
made insensible of pain ~ the
.y.noration of description OF
oil made for the purpose fas rec
l,..n introduced here. Iheoh
crates SO rapidly that IT treeze
few seconds the part to "h'eh
applied, and the part Is OPERA, y,
on while in the frozen state q
tieut although a witness TO IN
ting and slashing, pulling ana
inc. never feeling the sI'ghtes
saiiou of pain. understand
DIR. k.lls, the celebrated den
this city, has experimental v
in several operations wh'ch
had 10 perform upon the tee'
In each case i, has acted like
no, the slightest pain beng
enced by the patient afthon
operations We're severe. ne
thu, for ordinary cases OF TOO
ing. destruction of nerves. ct
it will surely sup-rcede chic
as i. can by no possibility pre-
gerous to lii. like chlorotorm
applied without inconven'
pain
Fyuiss ofMe Cira Right