The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-12

potato, fab, and other merchants going about the
streets cannot cry out their articles in known
language. iItff fffH
The New York gossips say that Edwin Booth has
been playing Romeo 10 Miss Mary Mcvicker's Ju-
liet, for several months, and the probabilities are
that he will soon change the role to that of Bene-
dick.
Mardi-Grss was celebrated in Mobile by the o.
o. NJ, (Order of Myths who,i after proceeding
through the streets, illustrated characters and
scenes 10 the story Of Ivanhoe, by series OF ee-
giant tablesux.
Newbury, Mass, mourns the death of Betsy
Rogers, Q remarkable berry woman. whom bro.
ken leg killed at the age Of s6. She leaves the
memory of 5000 bushels Of gathered berries. :
snug sum of money, and five generations of de-
scendants, embracing fifty persons.
fla young woman wishes to see herself publish
ed as " fascinating, beautiful and accomplished,
let her pack up her best clothes in dirty towel,
crawl out Of the back upstairs window, some
black, rainy night, and elope with the man that
feeds and curries her fathers horses.-lEx.
In the U. 8. House of Representatives the other
day. Mr.. Robinson roared out that he "would
kick any men into the middle OF next week who
would talk about treaty with England until she
first liberated the American citizens whom she
held in prison."
The New Orleans correspondent Of the Calves
ton Civilian Gays a student attending one of the
medical schools in this city was recently shocked
to find the body Of friend, who had died at the
Charity Hospital, lying upon the marble table in
the dissecting room undergoing an operation of
trepsnning.
Somebody has petitioned Congress to prohibit
the sale of milk by iudividuas, the ground that
exorbitant prices have been charged and IN whole
some milk sold. He proposes to have the govern
ment seize the cows, remunerate the owners
and sell the milk at pestofices, any cream
that can be obtained to be the postmaster's per-
quisite.
G. A. T., speaking Of Reyerdy, says many
years ago he read the lbels upon American dys-
pepsia put forth by English writer's, and resolved
to offer himself up as sacrifice to disprove them.
Excepting only the man in New York, who tried
the other day to eat twenty.four hardboile eggs
on wager, Mr.. johnson has vindicated the Ameri.
can stomach to the fullest extent.
John Adams was remarkable as an early riser,
as great smoker, and as q lover of cider. 1t was
common with him to rise at or O'Clock in the
morning, and read, smoke or drink cider for one
or two hours before the rest of the family was stir.
ring. When he went out TO dine. he was never at
ease unless he had with him his own pewter plate
to eat from. 1t was his invariable custom to take
the latter article with him wherever he went.
During concert in the Boston Music He'll re-
Gently, when the organist was " exhibiting the
full power of the instrument" lady was en-
Enthusiastically conversing with her neighbor about
her household arrangements. She suited the tones
of her voice to those of the organ. The organist
made sudden transition from "JtT" to " plants.
simo;" consequently the audience was somewhat
amused at being informed by her, in shout, that,
owe fried ours in butter !"