New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-10
Adventures of n Prussian COunt-His Do
ings at House Where French and
spanish are Spoken.

Frederick Won Frederickson, Viscount
Nocount, is a gay and festive juvenile Of
some twenty-five summers. He is of ford
complexion, wakes his moustaches, and puts
carmine on his lips. For that reason, he
scarcely ever kisses the girls. and therefore
seems bashful.
Frederick is of Gothic descent, and was
brought up somewhere near THE Castled
Crag of Drachcnfcls" by the banks of the
classic Rhine.
He was stable boy from his youth, and
becoming disguised, as he grew up, with
his lowly calling, he donned a pea green
suit, cut and run to sea coast, took the first
opportunity to smuggle steerage passage
on an emigrant ship, and landed in this city
He had learned a smattering of English.
and thinking New Orleans French city, he
sought the first opportunity to make himself
familiar with that language. With this OBJ
ject in view, he thought he would look up
French clearinghouse. Casting his eye
down the advertising columns of the morn
ing papers, he encountered clearinghouse
advertisement, concluding with these words.
French and Spanish Spoken"
AT this discovery the eye of the count
danced with Joy. and straight way he boltcd
in hot haste for the locality designated,
which was in one Of the broad boulevards
of the city. There he found mansion of
stately and pretenticus appearances. and
into it he made bold to enter.
Finely dressed as he was. with black
cloth suit borrowed from the owner with
out leave, and huge paste diamond in his
shirt bosom, which he accidentally found in
lady's boHdoi', he effulged on the mistress
OF the clearinghouse like shooting star.
The landlady, who is a motherly and af-
teetionate woman, seeing his youth, or de-
celved by the carmine on his cheeks, vel
coined him in. Her charge for third
story room was only two dollars and a half
a week; but he, the count, rich and noble
as he was, would not impose on her good
nature, but would pay her three dollars a
week.
Flourishing his meerschaum, our count
entered his room, and deposited his travel
ing sack, which contained formidable list
of wearing apparel, consisting of a shirt, a
handkerchief and a red necktie; then
blue necktie, q handkerchief and a shirt:
then an illustrated shirt, a green necktie
and striped necktie and then another
striped necktie, a colored shirt, a bandana
and a blue neCktie.
He told the landlady, who was amotherly
and atfectionate woman, for her heart
yearned to him, the lone ''oriphan" that
he appeared; he told her that he was
of the blood royal, that his name was Fred
Won Frederickson, Viscount Noconnt. and
he must have the best in the house,
The good old lady received him in the
bland tones familiar to the bows of CON.
naught and of Ulster, and by her exouisito
manners showed that she was an adent in
all the graces of barney. He had inferred
from her advertisement that in that bnnsa
french and Spanish were spoken, hnt IN his
astonlshment he found that the Irish hrogne
prevailed most decidedly in that happy
9omlcll. lie was secretly Disguised. buf he
dldn let on. He seemed, in truth to be
oVershadowed by the very groves Of Blar.
ney,. for in few DAYS or hours after bis ar
rival IN tins FrancO-HispanioI Irish establish
m ne ne was surrounded by perfect forest
OF manageable girls, daughters of the lady
VINO Kept the clearinghouse where French
and Spanish are spoken"
Our nero, the Count Frederick Won Fred
erickson, or Viseount Nooount, became a per