The New Orleans crescent., 1869-01-31

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The identical donkey which is the property Oh
"Humpty Dumpty" yesterday made his appear
ance ON Canal street. He Is about large enough
10 stand ND, but entirely too small to lie down anu
still be visible. He meandered around CansA
street. drawing an ordinary sized cart behind him
and looking like dog would pulling street car.
His march was triumphal one, as he drew around
him mighty train Of shouting newsooys "noSe
bowls made the air bs1eous and who expressed
their admiration in loud cheers and snru wnisties'
Humpty Dumpty must be truly remarkaoie
creature If bis arani courier is SO worthy Oh op-
servation. But perhaps some Of our readers may
not know who Humpty Dumpty is. For their in
formation we submit sde following description Oh
the gentleman: -,
Now of all the merry sevils that You ever yet did
There's res nowhere found the wide world round, a
merrier sprite thai he!
His hairless head, his south so red, his white face
His harmless air, his vacant stare. his innocence
of sin, -
His swaggering WALK, his speechless talk, his
hearty love of mirth.
His monkey antics (when he spills his master on
the earth,
And leads the donkey over him, and climbs upon
the wall,
And hurs the bricks and plays his tricks. and has
his awful fall,
All these bespesk the jester. the magician who
unlocks
All the secret springs of laughter. This is
Humpty Dumpty
One Of the topic men of the CRESCENT yester-
day sew fish eagle away up in the sky, circling
over the city. What was that bald-headed bird
doing SO near the oettral nest of the buzzards
and crows that are pIeying on the carcass Of the
poor old Pelican
All that mince pie. The flavor Of il fingers
with us yet, aud shohld give our pen fresh grace
10 suitably make our Acknowledgements for it. 1t
came to our sspctum yesterday while, overbur-
dered with editorial cares, we were snatching a
few moments rest from our labors. rs grateful
aroma filed the room with fragrance, its sight
filled cur mind with delight. Thanks. o thought
full donor; may your whole life be as happy to
you as those few moments of our existence. which
were passed in enjoying your kind gift, were tous.
Let IL be remembered that Gen. Dockery, of
Arkansas, will address the merchants and busi-
ness men of our city, at the rooms Of the Cham.
Der of Commerce, on Common street. on Monday
evening next at o'clock, on the material interest
of the country, and the advantages and possibility
of opening, by slack water navigation, the COM
merce of the upper Red and Western rivers.
Would it be right to say of a musician who
plays dances 80 as to almost compel every one
within sound to csnce, that his music is soul
inspiring.
1t was either RosiDsnte or Rosinantes half
brother-we call him a half-brother because he
L.Ne
on Canal street, yesterday. Such mass of bones
we're never beheld before. Yes, we are positive
of that, for it required side view to see that he
was bona 6de horse and not shadow cast by
ghost of defunct equise.
The bill donating to the New Orleans, Mobile
and Chattanooga Railroad Company $l2,5OO in
State bonds for every mile of the road built in the
State, is made the special order in the House for
tomorrow.
We are reliably informed that there are in the
Bayou Road public school quite number Of chill
dren who claim to have been born in countries
bordering on the Mediterranean. AS the status Of
some OF these is supposed to be more than doubt
full, would it not be well that the school board
should inquire into the 1satter!
1t is astonishing the rambler of mules that are
daily sold and shipped from the city to the plsnta.
tions ~iAng the coast. The planters find IL rnn-s
to their adVantas> 10 invest in this kind OF stock
than they did heretofore investing in the
men and brother, and consequently the mule
species finds ready sale at good prices, though
the man and brother, outside Of the Legislature, is
drug in the market. Eike most everything else
nowadays, things are reversed, impudence and
rascality are at premium, and modest merit
takes back seat neglected.