The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-25
HEAD AREIvDs IN wAsHrseToH'
HI ArrEarrs ANorHR SENSIBLE LsrrEH," AND
WASHINGTON, March 10.

ocho ~ 1917 \
that's all. re
wrote nv last prose effusion on board the
.c..a-.I r,,ie ,, going nm the Ohio Well. We
oe.e'" - 80 ..-.s :. r,;,,;,,.s; got An
conmuereo Until We e'Ai'e~ - a.
early ham and eggs ct the spencer-pdtd for IT,
too-took the cars Of the Little Miami. and per-
ossdas Tho conductor Mr. Jas. NJ. Staughton,
ceedea. Inc coluu "a ..naoa -,o,n;ng'
came aiong ano piea' .k;.., ., ..psr-
major 'nousn' 10 .,,,a,v
simmons u n'S'. ou' - - -.
called major, cap'n, colonel ana mister snce =
left Orleans. discovered that the gentleman sd-
dressed me. 1 v ouId like to ride with that man
again. There are people who have bristles grow
ing on their heads but there is none OF the swine
about this man. ~ u. l la
Arrived at Columbus, we struck the Pump Han
ale Route. but We were not obliged to change
cars as We were snugly esconsed in the Silver
Palace Sleeping Car" On this road atrhing incl
dent occurred. The major, alias Creole" alias
" Persimmons,u who is Q lawyer. and |, we're SIT
ting ouietlv talking. when along came one OF
those car peddlers and sticking big book 10 the
face of the msjor, exclaimed. I" Greatest book OF
the day, sir no family should be without 1t take
a copy, cir only two dollars "The major quietly
looked at the title and then throwing, rather than
handing il to the peddler, said. :. No, don't
want amp such hook. and i don't believe IN Il, and
you have no business selling II; get out o. this J!
The book was, Every Man His Own lawyer!
A good laugh followed, you bet, " Persimmons"
doing bis share. l,,
We stopped to dine on the Pnmp Handle route.
and got better dinner for six bits than we got
anywhere south of the Ohio for dollar why
should this be Do you mean to tell me they cant
raise chickens that lay eggs, and ROSTERS thst
don I, ana pigs, ana pseves anu az H,nus y, veg
eoso9s 1as,e, ,rs',or ond siain 20 the STATE AZ
ssrs !, -
~ IN az conr.a NJ Tho NIGHT We arrived Mt
=" '-s O0--'e " - 90.
PirTsBuks,
Which, with its thousands OF chimneys vomiting
forth fire, looked not only IKE 80 many miniature
| volcanoes, bat resembled "Psndemonium." l
sadly pointed to the glowing, fiery field around US
| and warned "Persimmons to onange the error
| Of his ways; but he wickedly retorted, as he put
his hand in bis pocket that he " felt no change"
| A LADY asked me what they we're doing in those
| fiery furnaces. and told her they were smet-
| ipp.v She said she should think il was hot
| place for smells. I-well, no matter.
At Pittsburg we left the Pan Handle and struck
the Pennsylvania Central. II didn't hurt il when
we struck 1t. A little tune after we started on IL
along came man ana proposed s 20 issue sa
| ACCIDENT insurance poney ior soovV lot 'no
small sum OF 10 Genus Ieisniions. VIM, 90
said before, lawyer, qulcAy asaeu, IL uo
tense OF accused. suppose man loon ou1 q
policy and put u 10 DIS pocket, ana tne tram run
| on the track and smashed me an 70 pieces OF LOOK
nre ana DUST me .Wnat woulo utas poncy Dg goou
| lor NY, rsys ,le insuianoe "a ~, 49,; naso
arecord OF IL 10 my oooA nere, anu IL Jus. 10
| good when snow J. 10 tne company IL woua
be PAID" lee" oriy repne9 .fsrsm, tnat
al very well as lar az u goes Dut IL CON- go lar
enough; you're o1tute sdHte Tu"s tos~' us snu
wnen my pohcy goes, you s,u ynur oiu voeA
would be likely 10 .ioiow SUIT Inc man ieis'
and zee laughed. arriving AZ
| HARRISBURG,
At s O'Clock morning, left Persim quietly
| snooz,no and taking the Northern Central cars.
| a w Hanbriqht conductor. sped along the banks
| IF the sus.soneese. Hannah river at a rapid rate
| BEHIND me sat TWO old PENNSYLVANIA women, who
Entertained me for miles with the following bril-.
on ;sIand ain;t n .; Eyes guess ,tis.u Silence
| for a nile. "There,s another islsndD "Y.es.r
| silence again. .That's an island we're a passin'
| now.v s.Y.esr "Ouite an island, amt
it,n ayes, 'tis. Looks though they might
raise sutbjn' thar.r Silence for the space of
| several neriods. There's another island big.
ger,u anv on ,em considerable OF an island ain
it?n yes" There's barn en- it, too. That's
| considerable of an island.u
| .y,,vrn At y.sur,o~ox
-...o. "a a-e,.a a..
oooeeu lne couul.ee anu S.o"u 'uss nsy a..
~ ~ Ia apd ro;na ont Of ,hs
WINDOWS IN ,ne sioe Oh tne car sno go,ns ou' VI sue
sius uooI VI INC uepvs - 20 oen. Aie9s
looking arouno OWL iiouno place wnere icouiu
deposit my PHI ooA, con.a,nipg my sAsra mstu
rope, ana tnen, ge1tlng ssnuwlcn anu giass "
teeth. inele ssw io's VI peoPie, WIZ nau oon.e
70 save our county sven ss tne savliuSo VI per,
tonal consiueLauons von sn,ns '.oso mn ~
worry themselves soous ,uer county nuoI n. as
tne most OF en- NAG very neavy s,omacu ms, lney
60 not tnlnk 70 sneu . ,sar ~ al .ueM sieee
ness iney nnger .ouna ~ nnoss ,ol .ne Pua
pose OF discussing snouy tnausuyl 4uesuons'
ana siiei SMOKING ana oIinAns away .neil money
ano geupE Geme.s . ta, Sna oo,
pe every llisnu wiz WIZ" aney ~ esaS
they succeed ~ seung-nomei empty nanoeo' :
maDy are cailsu, ~. isw arc eTos .,rt,.s 1900
among the ssselnoleu 'n,ons s.aaao.eu up ~
genneman Mno p ooinpstssey su,;,;i ~ a VA
South, ont very wen KNOWN ' III Pon na;, anu
eVpr 49, ;Sa y a. o,s had ~
OF Texas. lno. as sUms paper ma. ia. ~. ~
10 me course OF snor. uMe uScoseIsu .nse VI.
major was =" Dadge " win tne biggest anu pes'
| men Of this gay capital, II beng " How are you
he seems TO have happy faculty OF getting ac-
qoainted and making friends OF al tnese Dig
lDjuns.p :" don't know how ne GOES u, put ne
do" He feels rather sensitive ana ilttie marc
| towards those people IN the south VINO. ne says,