The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-05

,onnnafion considered trifing results often in |
great profits Fortunes have been en- made Dy |
noIls. dancing jacks, colored balloons, Japanese
e eites, Chinese tumblers, etc., sold along our
streets The man ts VINO Or teen
ears ago, died wealthy, and during the last
yy,eor two or three corner-stand apple women, |
dying in New York, left goodly ASSETS OF oRitea
harp-players and organ-grinders OF TINS CITY CITY |
have, in years past cleared from 5000 TO $4ooo
yearly Yesterday inquired OK the app apple 9Do
f ss mag" g to IS. Within stones throw Of
where am writing is very large s.a ,asi.
tor six years ago hawked papers and envelopes
about the city at twenty-five cents
package A few miles up the Hudson is located
n beautiful residence, belonging to gentle
man who started life as news agent on tne
railroads. Many boot-blaeks, now that ten
cents is charged, make good deal OF money.
ing and in the afternoon, and black BOOTS the
rest of the time. 1t has been computed re-
Gently that on an average m,liion OF k mo,
crammes of gingerbread are made IN the cry
of Paris, one-fourth of which is immeala1ely
consumed The sale of the article called DART
\ ole is enormous. Under this general desi gna-
GAZETTE short-cake, and brioches, Z. g., an
Sorts of cheap pastry sold on the public. streets
cent piece %s OF tSat annually
400 sacks of flour, 10000 lalogrammes OF puo-
ter, $4,000 dozen eggs IL, 600 bags OF potatoes,
5000 klogrammes OF piums, ana a n s tIo
'Sffrancs worth of prunes cherries. one Oh the
H1greatcst hits in this line was made lew years
ago by the famous character known as ~ onpe
y Touiourso 0iterally Cut Always, aliud,ng TO
his incessant chopping away at the huge short
= cakes before him. to supply his throhS ol GUS
tomersl He commenced with n little stand on
the Boulevard du Temple, near to one OF the
main popular theatres. His stand was scrupu-
Rously clean, his manners urDane, ms serNIco
prompt and adroit, his GAZETTE rich, savory,
< BIZ ell-balsed, and only one sou per wedge or
slice. Workingmen and sewing-girls were his
Rrst patrons, but the reputation OF his wares
eapidly extended. At length fashionable fla,
Heurs, male and female, tried it and found 1t
Excellent Everything goes by vogue in Paris,
Ind soon Coupe Toujours found himself IN
hshion. One day the Emperor and Empress
ffere driving by in n state coach with the little
rince Imperial. The yotngster was hungry,
md seeing the GAZETTE asked for some. Inc
bach was stopped opposite to Coupe ionJours'
kand and our friend with the white apron,
spon q nod came forward obsequiously with a
handsome plateful of his freshest and incest
salette.i The young prince took ana ate WIN
usto, and his imperial parents followed his
Example, with many expressions OF satistac-
Hon. From that moment Coupe TouJours Tor
enne was certain. He became all the rage
q he palace and the court patronized him-he
loon took large and handsome building
Established agencies, went into business Ia
aecker and now owns one of the finest con
eerns and one of the most elegant homes IN the
French metropolis.-N Y. Paper.
Is The Potato Fruit or a Vegetable This may
BEEN rather an absurd question, and most per
IONS would say if they thought it deserving OF
amy reply, "a vegetable, of eourse" The Fruit
Growers Club of New York, however, recently
Thought the question sufficiently serious to
form the subject of one of their discussions
ehough some persons may think that even then
the question was q silly one. 1t would seem
however, that there are some very reasonable
grounds for reversing the common opinion, and
classing the potato among the fruits. Hon. .
8. Cox, now travelling in Spain, writes that
Some of the best brands of Malaga wine arr
made from potatoes! Perhaps some of the
Participants in the Fruit Grow ers' Club discus
Sion were in the secret of this potato wine
business and as it has the same properties a;
the grape, regarded itcas synonymous witt
Fruits with some show of reason. However, a:
we have not the plan by which the potato II
thus turned into the soul-inspiring juice, thu
next best thing is to feed the small ones to the
horses. Some will not touch them; they seen
10 make up their mind to starve first, but som'
will Two with which we weresacquaintet
took to them greedily last winter and throv'
4syell on them. A few of the potatoes wer
mixed with the oats at each meal, using then
instead of corn. As is well known, the Earl!
Goodrich potato produced last season a grea
humber of small tubers, too small to sell ever
for seed purposes. Usually these are sold Z
q the bakers at about thirty-tiye cents per bushel
or to the starch makers for about the sam
price How to dispose of these potatoes U
better advantage has always been an interest
ing question, and even if the vino making
tttasEtiit5ie, iioTsa feeding process
of consuming them is open to trial
Il
GERS of Prussian ield-battery announce, D.
advertisement ia II Berlin paper the death
n comraie in war-a goat called Herr Schneider
The favorite had been in the corps since 1864
He always marched with tho men of the frs
~ gun, from whom he also received his rations
~ He attended parade, took his place among tn
non-commissioned officers, and appeared to lie
ten attively to the orders. When the wa
broke out in 1866, he marched ut the head c
the battery, and was promoted to the rank Z,
sergeant by the privates, who presented hir
81 with n beautiful collar, on which were en-
q broidered the marks of his military rRnl
"a When actual hostilities commenced, he wa
tied to an ammunition wagon and kept in tn
rear, but during the battle of Koniginhoh, Hell
Schneider managed to slip away, and went t
the front at full gallop, an orderly foliowin
him as fast as he could. At that moment I'll
crown prince met Thorn. On being informed
the state of affairs, his royal highness appeare
much amused, and said loosely, Let him &c
he has orders TO attack the enemy" Subs
quently Herr Schneider returned to his ammI
milton wagon, none the worse for his charg
After the battle the artillerymen promoted hi