The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-16

fab or TO the owners of coffee stands, who cook
them and serve them to thousands Of the working
population.
Among this aquatic class, however. is large
per centage of very dangerous and desperate
characters who will climb the side of q ship
or steamboat to rob, and who have not hesitated
on occasion to murder the watch who discovered
their presence. They are also very skillful in
evsding the revenue officers, and in carrying of
and concesliDg smuggled goods.
George Washington Honey (Phebus. what
a name y writes from Galveston to Parson New
mans Advocate letter occupying column and
half, and ends with Latin quotation, as fol-
lows Nous pdrit,r ridiculds nascitIT mus.
Now, nous may be a very superior manner of
spelling mouse, as it is generally accepted; but
pdrritllr, Psrson, tell rs about that Telegraph
your sweet Honey at Galveston-beg Of that
gushing metheglin to write his quotations more
plainly. AS the sentence now exists in the col
umns of the Christian Advocate the literal trans
lstion is, "a mus has been got up, and most ride
ulous and paltry little mouse slthe consequence"
The ''ridiculss," in all probability, refers to the
psrson himself, if the reader will only add another
to the word, and pronounce the three first syl-
tables in the French way
"What's the reason your beef is always so
rare ?" asked lobby member of the Legislature to
the luncbman of parti-colored bar room yester.
day on Cont street. because" answered the
caterer, "it's under Dunn"
II Is surprising how bold the wild fowl become
during cold weather about the steamboat landing.
team Of wild ducks will often loiter for weeks
about the neighborhood, floating down with the
stream, until opposite Jackson Square, flying up
and alghtng again in the river at the Julia street
landing, frequently passing within stones throw
of the serns Of the steamboats,. The sea gulls are
absolutely mpertinent in their indifference to man,
as they wheel over and around the caboose or
cook house when preparations are making on the
boats for breakfast or dinner. Yesterday morn
ing the young Lorenzo had all his fowler's emula-
ton reused by the appearance of two majestic
wild geese, that had dropped from their Southern
fight in the rosy depths of heaven, to rest and
battle their weary pnions in the river opposite
the ferry landing. For an hour the young hunter
fingered and gazed with covetous eyes at the
noble GENE, feeling like Tsntalus; but the river
was broad skif hire was beyond the capacity of
his pocket, and his unerring shotgun was away
Oioo1eiohOuS
rerzo ssuntered off, repeating the lines of Bryant
"Vainly the fowler's eye
Might mark thy distant fight to do thee wrong.
AS, darby painted on the crimson sky,
Thy figure floats along"
The gentlemen composing the Hancock Clnb,
and whose good taste in matters of entertainment
we have more than once alluded TO, desiring in
some appropriate manner to recognize the fire.
quent musical favors upon flute and piano offered
them in the club psrlors by Msssrs. Henry Farmer
and Leo Wheat, as we'll as at the same time, anx.
ous to testify their appreciation Of them as artists
and gentlemen, have requested that they name a
time and place where, under their direction, a
musical entertainment may be given.
In reply Messrs. Wheat and Farmer have named
the Sd prox. as the most convenient time for the
proposed entertainment, stating also that the
programme and the assisting artists as well as the
place, will be announced in a few days, and
promising all the enjoyment in their power.
Certainly, no better promise could be asked for.
Mr.. wheat's reputation as pianist, and Mr..
Farmers well known skill upon the flute, are
alone sufficient, when combined with this assur.
ance of theirs to guarantee a musical feast
such as one may rarely have an opportunity OF
listening to. The correspondence will be found
published In full elsewhere.