New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-20

ODDS and Ends.
Well, now, Mr., Editor, for q regular woman g
letter, full of gossip and chit-chat, and with but
little Of wit, sense, or reason-Women being, you
ken, not III the possessiTe case when brought in
the same sentence with either Of those words
Womani She seems to be necessary evil, with
out which the world can't well drag on.
I've been roaming, not in meadows sweet,
but through our streets, which are anything else
than sweet. I've taken ride or two in our new
cars, and would respectfully suggest two other
rules to the list published: first, that no driver
shall stop for passengers, no matter how loudly
they hail, after there are two persons to each seat
and man, woman and child for each zach Of the
center secondly that the star cars shall not stop
for any white person, unless they are accompanied
BY their coIored employers, on the colored child
rem they may have in charge. / have no idea of
being unjust ii such matters, and as we object to
riding with colored folks in the non-star cars, we
should not be allowed to ride with them in the star
cars often to the forced exclusion Of those en-.
titled to use them, for want Of room This is, in
real earnest, matter that the owners Of the city
lines should attend to. Fair play is Jewel. As
sii old anuty 4 said to me tile other day on tile
half hour for chance to git in star kear, and
they all full d white folks. iTaint right so it
saint They wont let Us ride in their kears Now,
she was just right Ii is not the thing exactly for
white people to crowd the star cara and the nom
star cars too. In fact human nature is a selfish
commodity, somehow
hope the weather has been hot enough fwarm
amt the Word5 for you lately; and that to give
lad small touch Of the prickly heat-if so, and
you have not felt like saying naughty word
once in while by way Of relief, you'll do to take
the palm for endurance under difficulties. You
see I'm cultyating patience myself and am in
hopes sons q my friends are doing the same-it
being human nature to like company in discom
fort, believe.
Belonging as l do to the " can'tgetaway
club I've been in terrible stew for the past
Two weeks how to take the air Of an evening.
don't exactly relish a ride after sunset in car or
carriage, lest some one might fancy my ksad was
a target, andiuy how close they could come to
putting bullet through the center Of it. can't
say think the idea Of being participation in
such frolies as pleasant as other things I've seen
and one gets tired Of walking, talking or visiting
and its warm work even to read such weather by
gAslight. It's much nicer to eat iced watermelon
eherbert, home made, and have some attendant
cavalier to fan the mosquitoes away; but one
qtiFes Of even that ything gets to be q nui-
sance az times as5.s +.
While think Of it, will yon please tell me
what has become Of eli Of your whilom contrib.
utors? Are they dead; 81 next to it-married;
or gone sways that Wei see nothing more Of
themaa They should not desert friend in these
Earmtimes. There's NO excuse thatought to be
taken from them; Hoping this may stir some Of
\ them up, assi. sia 4-8ssss ,4s
4 Liam, IS ofold, year FRIEND
.48t N@ 8as8s ufsi85s JANE EAgRLEY. "A
+ s.-Are city officers ever endowed with even
"a tolerable share Of motheriwit? Here are We
suburban people notified 10 cut the grass from our
banaueftes or sideWalksi while our cutters can
boast a coating three inches thick Of green slime
and scum which would do Tie most hurt grass
# n shine and scum. q
VS. a STRANGE FISH sToag some weeks ago a
gentleman en- route for one Ok the watering
places, while going on board Of the steamer at
the lake, dropped q parcel from his hand, ana
A At once sunk out of sight He gave il US for
LOST and paid no mote attention to the matter
. But last week, while aparty Of gentlemen were
amusing themselves catching gars IN boat, some
distance from the shore, one ii these fsh Wa
pulled PIP et such an unusual size that It was
necessary to XII il before the hook could BE- taken
from its mouth. Upon opening the fish, the party
was astonished 70 find inside its stomach a brown
paper parcel, with ona6f MoodyIs stamps ubof
it. showing that il contained Shirts and On ciost
inspection the nameiof tie gentleman SPOKEN d
above vas also found stamped on The shirts !; Iii
being the same parcel he had lost overheard
Moody shirts had Doubtless proved too much 70
his digestion
For ladies Of delicate constitutions, ana subiec
to any Of the peculiar dficnlties which affect Ill
health 81 tie SEX the Red Jacket Bitters il X
commended by physicians who have made Til
class Of ailments their especial study, as an adm
rable regulator and restorative.
q ThMshefifslof heparishof Orleans will sell
auction this DAY at 10 o'clock Al X. at No. Il
Ola leyee street between Toulouse and S
Louis Streets Second District Office farnibIr,
stationery, iotef rigging, sails, blocks, etc, an
one gold watch, See advertisement
We invite the attention Of our readers to til
removal Of Mr. q T. GogartBs Catholic BOOKSHELF
and stahoneF. See advertisement elsewhere.