The New Orleans crescent., 1868-12-05
GENERAL ITEns.

entb usiastc parishoner with the object of giving
increased effect to the music !"
pious old clergyman, while vending his way
to his church one Sunday morning, caught sight Of
the two sons Of one Of his parshioners, going into
the woods, evidently for the purpose OF hunting.
Feeling certain that anything like remonstrance
with the young gentlemen themselves would
scarcely turn them from their ways, he waited un-
til after preaching and sought the old gentls-
man, their father. After recounting the circum-
stance of meeting Billy and Sammy as he had
done, be closed an affecting appeal By inquiring
Of their father why they bad not been " brought
I'D in the fear OF the Lord?" Fear Of the Lord.
parson-iesr OF the Lord Why, they hev.
They're so 'feard of him nov they dassent go
out Sunday without double barl'd shotguns on
their shoulders" lHl lll
A gentleman who owns q country seat nearly
lost his wife, who fen into q river which flows
through his estate. He announced the narrow
escape TO his friends, expecting their congratula.
tons. One Of them. an old bachelor, wrote:
always told you that river was too shallow"
A lew days since q workman on the Louisville
and Cincinnati Railroad was sent to tighten the
bolts on the bridge which spans the Bullock-pen
Greek. Arrived at the place he mounted the bridge.
which, bv the way. is eighty feet high, and soon
performed the work intrusted to him. Unuckily,
however, while he was screwing down the last
bolt he somewhat or other got the seat OF his
pantaloons also screwed down fast and tight to
the bridge, and. 10 make matters worse, Just at
the critical moment he let his wrench fall. Here
was dilemma to be in. After looking around in
vain for some one TO relieve him from his IN.
pleasant position he slipped off hrs boots, and after
wTiggliDg, twisting and squirming for about ten
minutes, managed to get out Of his pantiloons.
BE then climbed down, recovered the wrench aud
returned to the top of the structure and got his
pant ialoons loose. A woman some distance of,
SET Jog the man divesting himself of his clio hing.
thought he was crazy and about to commit sui.
cioe, whereupon she ran off to alarm some men
who were at work q few hundred yards from her
house; but before she got back the supposed lu-
nstic had doDned his garments and was quietly
seated on the bridge.
One of the odd incidents of London life is an
annual auction sale of valuable dogs, picked up
esiray by the police and not claimed by tne own
ers. At the fifth sale, held q few weeks ago,
forty. three animals were put up. The highest
price, only two pounds four shilliugs, was OBJ
tained for brown mastiff and retriever. One
dog, q greyhound, was sold for two shings. The
amount OF the sale wss fl3, which goes to q
Home for Lost and Stray Dogs, established at
IsliDgton.
talented young African of the bootblack per.
suasioD, while dancing like st. Vitus over . Gus
toner's boots the other day, observed neighbor
poriDg wisely over newspaper, whereupon ne
lookin' at dat paper furs You can't read" "Go
way, felah." replied the other Indignantly;
"euess can read, rs big huff for dat" Big
'nun," retorted the first one, scornfully. dat
ant muffin; cows big 'nuff to cotch mice, but
she can't do it,"
Within the last six months there have been
more than fifty snakes of various kinds caught in
the vicinity OF this place and shipped to Cuba.
These snakes were paid for at from one TO twenty
five dollars each, and if the demand were to con-
tinue year longer. this country would be greatly
benefited thereby because the snakes would be
compelled TO yield TO the greenback question.
Among the snskes shipped we noticed several
large rattle snakes, one Of which was eight feet
long, and one gopher snake, which looked TO be
about twelve feet long Tampa Pennsular.
The Milwaukee Sentinel relates that recent
convert, who thought he had a call 10 the ministry,
decided the matter by splitting on CHIP and flip
ping II up. II the wet side came up he deter
mined to consider the "csll'' genuine. 1t did, and
another theological student was made.
Arkansas just now Wuet be good place TO go
hunting. We read that the State is full of game,
walk the biggest logs. panthers shrek 10 the
thckest thckets, the biggest owls boot in the dark
est roads bears pTowl around pig pens. partrdges
fly in brgades, the squirrels are gathering all the
hickory nuts, and the detonations of the wood
pecker reverberate from every hollow tree.
At a recent reunion OF the royal family OF
Prussia, at Bsbelsberg the Gro wn Prince Victoria,
who such occasions is full Of fun, gathered her
own children and those of the Processes Frede.
rick Charles and Albert around the king and
queen and then said to them Children, sup
pose you were to choose another mamma than
your mother, whom would you have?" The chill
dren replied with one accord, Grandmamma" )"
Queen Augusta is so popular with her grand
children that there Is q perfect Jubilee among
them when the old lady arrives in Potsdam.
A new transparent cement called Cosguine has
recently been manufactured in England, and Ia
said to be of extrsordinary adhesiveness. Broken
glass can be united so that the junction Is invis-
ible, rendering the article almost as good as new.
Leather, wood, stone, bone, etc., can all be
cemented by it, and the joints resist fire and
wa er.
The remnant of Seminole Indians remaining in
Florida cay they wish TO remain in the state, bat
that il has become siokly in the Big Cypress,
where they are now living that they can live there
DO longer, and that numbers OF them will, in q
short time, leave the Cypress and go to Lake
Okeechobee. where they will have better health
and where they will have good land to cultivate
They say " good land Oh 0keechobee-raise corn,
cane and potatoes there plenty"
The Brewers Association of New York city Is
composed mainly of Germans, who protect them
selves from losses in business by means Of a black
book, In which are placed the names of delinquent
customers. The method is as follows: A months
credit is given TO every retail dealer in lager beer
IT, at the end of that period, for any cause, he
ia Is to meet his Indebtedness, three days grace
given, and if he then fails to SETTLE his supply
is stopped, and each member OF the association Is
notified Of the occurrence. The retailer thus
finds every avenue to credit closed, and be must
shut up his shop. The practical operation OF this
plan is perfect protection to the brewers.
A well known physician in Troy, N. Y, pre-
scTibed turpentine 10 case of gapgrene. Toe
patient protesting that the turpentIne was disa-
greeable TO take, the physician advised that IL be
given in capsules. The mans wife. not under
9 Q ding his directions. gave the unfortunate tn
Capsules without the turpentine, and, singular TO
relate. with the most gratifying results. The ply
sician was highly pleased, and at once wrote q
lengthy article on the use OF turpentine In gan
creme for the Medico ChirurRical Review. Acct
dentslly, the mistake was discovered. The article
for the review has been destroyed. the doctor is
in state more easily imagined than described.
and the man is well.
Hartford gentleman owns q dog that has .
great passion tor free rides in the horse-csrs He
leaves the house on Bellevue street. waits on the
corner till the car comes along. then jumps on the
platform goes inside and takes a seat In the cool
est manner possible. When the pssses his
owners store he jumps off and. after making q
short stop, goes back home in the same way he
came down. The conductors know him and let
HIM ride because of his smsrtness.
Rev. Mr.. jenkins, one Of the ministers OF Men
DON Vermont, lately attended q ball on condition
that he should be allowed to preach a sermon
there. In pursuance Of this arrangement the
other persons in attendance gave him their re-
spectful attention about midnight, while he
preached sermon against dancing. The whole
appears TO have been performed with the most
perfect good nature, and we do not learn that
either party was sggrieved.
Mr.. George William Curtis has been lecturing
on political morality" in ESSEX county, Mass,
and, sad to say, some OF his hearers Kissed him.