The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-21
HEAD ATTEMPTS A SENSIBLE
LETTER.

On BOARD STEAMER +" GENERAL LyrLE."l
March Is, 1863.
Dear Sa--This letter, as you may Judge by the
chirography, is written on a steamer that shakes,
but 1t is not a shaky steamer, neither il my fist
shsky. So no base insinuations. e
The major DIETER known to the public as " Gre.
ole " and myself started from New Orleans on
Saturday eve, via the N. o., Jackson and Great
Northern, the Mississippi Central, ETC., for Wash.
ington and New York. We took the sleeping car,
which now runs direct from New Orleans to Louis
vile without change; SO all you have to do is to
step in, pay small fee, put on your slippers and
stay there until you get to Louisville, unless you
want to get out to eat your meals at the wretched
eating places along the road. 1t il wonderful
with what sang Jroid they viii stand at the door
and say, 81 sir" when they must be aware that
a healthy hungry man couldn't scare up two bits
worth at any of them beyond Louisville to put
into his hungry stomach. At one of them
along the route -. was = ). charged
IS cents for two glasses Of milk, because
sat at the table, but never turned my plate
over. At Holly Springs fellow passenger from
New Orleans was late for some reason and didn't
get into the dining hall until ali were done. He
rushed in, got common sandwich, and en-.
much?r zone dollar, sir !" was the ice-cool re.
ply. This Is not quite so bad as the case of
another man when Travelled over the same route
three months ago. We stopped at a station for
breakfast between Louisville and Humboldt and
there being more people than breakfast, gentle
man couldn't get served, and so got up after
vain attempts and started for the door when be
met that door keeper who stands like patience
on a monument, smiling at grief" or toad bark.
ing TO thunder 81 can't get anything to eat,
and Pm going" "One dollar, sr" "But tell
you I've sat there shivering with cold and can't
get even cup of cofEse.n very sorry. sir one
dollar. II you please ~ Now, was eyewitness of
these two cases, and as am Quaker and don't
believe in war, viii merely remark that the man
who asks me Z" one dollar " for q sand wich will
have to knock me down to collect it. But az far
as the
RAILROADS
are concerned, there is no better route than this
SO far as we have come. The Mobile and Ohio is
in as good condition any road South, and the
Memphis and Louisville and Louisville and Nash
vile will stand the test with any Of 'em. So far
on our journey we have met with nothing but the
most courteous treatment from conductors and
employees, and our trip has been very pleasant.
r THE WEATHER
On Sunday, as We passed through Tennessee,
compelled us to take off our coats and open the
windows for the day. At IL O'Clock, midnight, q
roaring fire would hardly warm the car at Its ex-
tremities. l am cold at my extremities, now,
thinking of it, although had my birth opposite
the stove. Persimmons," uncharitsble cuss.
had the mesnness to say that / needn't worry; /
should be warm enough one Of these daysl
ON BOARD
The steamer, as above, was somewhat amused,
when / went into the barber shop to get shaved,
to hear two " contrsbsnds" call each other
partner" One shaved, while the other blscked
boots and sold oysters, raw or cooked, all 10 the
same room. If the barber got leisure he went to
washing dishes; if the boot-black was "out of q
job" he did and the way he would black the
boots of one customer, and then shovel up oyster
crackers for another, without washing his hands,
was caution. And those dishes They must be
cleanl Au reuoir. A. II.