The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-14
Tor the Rev Orleans Sunday Crescent-l
THE FIVE sENsEs.
BY A. HEAD.

At last am reduced to 5 cents-es, which is only
equal to "nickel." ! was born with centses,
INT didn't have 'em in my pocket at the time.
was born very childish, and am childess now,
never having been a mother. But am in pos
session Of MY senses, notwithstanding public
opinion 10 the contrary Public opinion needn't
be contrary about it however, unless they chews.
But Twill 20 ON and speak of the senses of man.
kind. in "open ORDER" "single fle," the LIST of
which is .-- ..
This ere is a faculty whereby man can ''goit
blind and still "see man and raise him. at the
same time. Sometimes people see double, which
IL il a specie Of End sight. 1t is an optical iilu
sion of the mucous membrane oscillsting the
abnormal functions of the visceral vertebrate: the
latin for this being IN hook Sal Ammonia UinO
VeyItos. Many folks who don't know Sal are
acouaipted with hook. The human vision, which
means seeing, can reach farther than anything
else except the imagination Of black republican
editor or Gen. Butler for spoons. Without eyes,
there couldn't be a blind man, and if some folks
wasn't blind and had guide in front Of 'em.
with words on IL TO those effect, they couldnt git
livin'. Then there is people, VINO, IN tne ian,
cua0e of ara ancient patriarch, shave ears and
thew zee not eyes and they hear, not" met a
blind man TIE other day and he held out his hat
and asked for aims. told him he had two already
and that ougFt 20 get Twin for one man. But
had taken @srm bath that morning. and my
pores were all open; 40 gave him 70 cent shin.
plaster and was about going on, satisfied that
had done good deed, when ne sung out ''tnat
amt good for nothin'; the d-n things counter
felt ~ Poor blind man i walked on hurriedly
and thought as did another patriarch chap, show
sharper than serpent's thanks it is to have
foothless childi"
Seeing il A Divine blessing except when man
sees pile of bills payable" in front OF him, or
bill for board and no stamps to pay II with. IL
IS also dissgPesable TO see sucn wretehed PAD
Jokes as mine or such fearful attempts at acting
as some of onr theaters exhibit nightly, least to
fhe whole strength of the"-eyesite!
II Il pleassst to see your girl kissing another
teller or youf wire hneglng sno'net man man w inn
SAINT TO see too much of one subject; so we Will
goto
somethIng else. Hearing Is great acquisition to
the human sgull land crossbones), IL Is so sweet
TO hear the little birds sing; the organ in the
church the hand-organ outside the church; the
gentle zephyfs as they foat-as they float on the
the summdf air. And then the murmurs OF sof
Iutes and thy fling Of cIosscut saws Dy moonlight
It's nice. Tfen too, to hear the gentle rats knaw
ing the floor under your bed when you want to
eleepi | have sometimes wished L was The
Pretty Little Rat Catchers Daughter" But
was born otherwise
Hearing enables us not only to understand an
Client lore hat also modern lower 10 the Louislan
Legislature than which no moderns have ever go
lower. II is commanded that " He that hath ear
10 heyah let him heyah ;" and the ears of mos
of the members of that Legislature are lon
enough TO hear any distance in thick fog. But
hope they viii have no
FEELING
against me for making q serious joke at their ex
pense, as Ispeak of them as body, aud am o
nv body.guard. Without some feeling. how
ever, we should be miserable sinners. Hen an
women should have some Teller feellng In tnel
arI atrfu ~ lova another / dc
But there are people destitute of all feeling, an
are too mean TO ache when they're hurt.
Feeling differs from the sense OF hearing, mas
much as you can't hear your teeth pulled out whe
YOU 20 TO a dentists, but you can generally fet
Il. II it wasn't for this you couldn't enjoy u
operation Of all. The sense OF feeling is also
great blessing in good, squar cases OF u
Sdapps, called break. bone iever' for short.
itwssnt for feeling shouldn't cry over spi
milk If itwasn't for feeling we shouldn't el
ioy the whisky sold nowadays; Tor II makes
feel worse than sleepin' all night in the rain IN
omen field with the bars down and 70
gate open and q hole in the fence to boot. b'
FASTING
rriumphs over all the other senses, especial
when YOU have TO take cod liver Oil. as nave :
or some of the liquors sold on ST. Charles stree
Resting is great gift and is simply the irritstlc
If The corruscations of the palate. which, IN u
an oc,o,,s ~ latin reads % Edimus ct ViUjHll
NON Tirimus et Edimus;;" which was not on
wrong in Edmus, but he come near getting mo
mus tOr QOluS ls ONN Wv
only hog latin. -.
Tasting 10 great quality in many respects.
have wanted 10 kiss pretty girl before nov
bad could taste 1t. Who was to blame
the giril But
Ia the greatest of all the senses. for II II was
for smelling the people Of New Orleans coel1 .
smell mice.r or the stagnant WAFER OF
back swaInps and trenches of New Orleans IN !
weather. But when it comes to sticking on
nose into other peoples business, II Is not only
abuse Of the smelling proclivity but q disgrace
the nose. Any decent person nose that.
Many a Teller
al Has been hit on the smeer,
As the poet so beautifully expresses II;
then again, .fr1
"Fun many q flower is born TO blush unseen
And waste It's sweetness on the deserted an.
This ia probably because there is nobody ro'
TO smell it. But a gain, as Walt Whitman,
poet, says, -.--..s.-t
"a. Rose. by any other name would smell
sweet ~
Who A. Rose is don't know; but suppose
-- 5s colored member of the Legislature.
Bnt can say no more on this subject, becs
lam of for Washington, where people don't
near 10 have any senses. Bye. bye; am q