The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-14
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Inc many VINO listened WIN 30 much pleasure
TO the readings and recations by Mrs. O'Donoyau
Rosss at Lyceum Hall on Monday evening, as well
as the many who by other engagements we're denied
that privilege will be pleased 10 learn that she WILL
at the conclusion Of her engagement in Mobile,
Vicksburg and Memphis, whit ii will be within the
coming fortnight, return to orr city and give an
other entertainment. Such ,being the case we
would express hope that hes success of Monday
evening may be but prelud3 to one even more
brilliant when che returns to ils.
Carlo Patti announces chamber concert, at
German Hall, corner Bieniille and Exchange
Place, Sunday next at O'Clock. He will be ably
assisted and viii please bis listeners with some Of
The sounds from Home - and the "Lays of Many
Lands" Details viii appear hereafter.
A wagon passed up Camp street. yesterday. Q on
tsining three wooden lhe-sEe figures Of Faith,
hope and Charity, snowy Thite and beautiful
under the bright sunlight. Faith and Charity
stood up bravely, and Appealed quite able to go
it clone upon their own individual responsibility,
but Hope, bright goddess. with uplifted finger.
pointing heavenward, was dlutcbed tight in the
embrace Of brawny African, whose sable hue
contrasted strangely with the alabaster whiteness
Of her divine robes.
The crowd which lines thb sidewalks about the
Old Leyee street entrance fV the Custom House
tells alas, too plainly. what The newly appointed
officials have TO encounter before they get
things in fairly running o:der. Removals and
vacancies to correspond, don't seem to have come
quite as rapidly thus far tie faithful could wish.
a clean sweep is their ultIoatum.
Ioxt..v &tcbat .ox,o.tr,aa .a.o. a. s..:.o
especial value from some little trialng incident
connected with its purchase or possession. For
instance, @ day or two since, gentleman having
purchased four combinations for that afternoons
drawing, got into car and vent homeward. After
alghtng his attention was attracted by some one
calling to him from the back window of the car,
and shaking at him something white-what it was
lie couldn't imsgne-he didn't think he'd lost
anything. So the car went on, and the votary Of
the tickle goddess went home, only to discover
ten minutes later that bis lottery tickets were
gone. Pshaw, post haste, he bolted out of the
house, and taking the next car hurried out to the
terminus at the Jackson railroad depot. The
starter had heard nothing of anything be.
ing found in the previous car. What next
Why perhaps the indsr had gone over
TO the depot to take The evening train up
II
these tickets only could be Recovered, there was
o prize to be drawn to certainty. So, In some
haste, the loser posted over to the platform;
there, after some search, recognized gentleman
who had been in the car witL him; had he seen
any one pick up any thisg in the car "Ah,
yes,n was the goodnatures teply, "the gentleman
is somewhere about here, j believe" Just then
colored boy spoke up, " III show him to you, SIR
All O.. L..
following in and out through the crowd in the
wake of his leader, who lnslly pointed to an
elderly gentleman, ssyirs! "that's the gentle.
man. sir" "Did you 6sd sOme lottery tickets,
sir, in the street car coming out here?" "Ah.
yes" was the reply, al gave them to my son."
pointing 10 young man close by. The tickets
were politely returned IN the next moment, and
the lucky owner, oveijoyed at their recovery, hur
ried homeward again, confident that only through
such tells and tribuatons was the great prize to
be gained. he slowed his tickets away in safe
corner Of his vest pocket, and that evening
stopped in at the first policy shop to ascertain the
result. Alas, he had won sixty cents
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One of the most pleasing incidents Of the season
was the receipt, YESTERDAY, of box Of delicious
Strawberries from the model fruit farm (nesr Car.
rolltop) of our enterprisisgi young townsman Mr..
j. NJ. Praiher. The fruits OF the celebrated In
perial vsriety-the same sold last season at Hen
ming on Camp street, ard at BalIejo's, corner st.
Charles aud jackson STREETS. II our friends want
premium article of strawberries let them look
out for the square basket Imperials.
From c. G. Hsley's, 10 Commercial Place:
Turf, Field aud Farm, April 10; Sporting Tines
and theatrical News, April II; Days Doings.
April IL; rrue Flag BOSTON,, April "a Round
Table, April 10; New YORK. Mercury, April "a,
and Appleton Journal April IL.