New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-24

sugar in theirn; that's the principle you
people 60 upon"
! "YOu couldn't get along without Justices
courts, could you ?" limited the constable,
apologetically.
''We might" replied the prosecuted
debtor; "but l think We could get along
without so many cOnstables. There was a
debt of $lOO against me. The first man who
| came with it was a tall fellow, with a hun
cry looking mouth. The next who came
with it was a short man, dumpy and vio-
lent, who said, by G., he must have it.
| The third, well dressed individual, with a
| cane and a cock to the side of his hat; he
talked law and Legislature, politics and
| policy, Greeley and Brown. Ipaid each one
OF these an installRent, and had to tell my
story to each in order to satisfy them. Con-
found it! everybody knew of it in a few
days. Every one naturally stopped at the
! corner grocery-the man I live by-and,
over glass of grog, said: I've got a claim
against your friend The grocery man told
1t to every one else-tO the dry goods man,
the shoe man and every one in the list. By
eAS 4@OANS N44CJ NOuLu udNO pug LuC III lilC
| gutter but for the rescue of my friends
"Weil, we must have cOnstabIes-must
have courts; couldn't get along without
en- urged the collector. People shouldn't
| go in debt; then they wouldn't get into
trouble. If they don't pay they should be
| forced"
"Oh, that's all right; but the law permits
Of no plea to lgaten the load Of costs, re-
piled the debtor.
THAT'S the fault of the law, not of u.s."
Yes, but you, NE the law the way it is
now, Tor many attempts have been made to
amend it, but the influence of you consta-
bles in the Legislature stopped that busi-
ness. 1t interfered with your profits. There
is no distinction made between those who
can't and those who won't pay. The man
who lives by cheating his creditors gets
better handled than he who lives by hard
work, but whose purse is scarcely long
enough"
Lets talk business" said the constable.
THAT little bill of yours
Well said the debtor, "yOu call on
Thursday, and then III tell you when to
call again.
There is no time so hard on small debtors
as the present, when business is almost
stagnant, and the only purchasing is in the
way of Western produce and provisions,
for man can not live by bread alone"
What's the rent of this house!" inquired
a dowager with all her responsibilities,
peePing in the garden Stats.
Thirty dollars" replied the IandIa dy,
rafting the bunch of keys 4
just think of it, muHnered the mother
to grandma, who it was plain to see was
manager, "a box house, single parIor, bed
room, a room next to that, q recess they
call diningrOOm, and kitchen, no ser
wants room, and thirty dollars. Oh, we
will have to live in two rooms and kitch-
en-"
Take it and run the risk, " said mamma
Il can't do it, ma, Wen have to go up
in Jefferson"
That's just as bad"
Down in the Third District, then"
That's out of the world
Back O town, ma"
That's in the mud
We'll, then" sighed the young mother, |
Lets get wall tent and camp out ="
1t need scarcely be added mother-in law
had her way, and the good old lady now
sleeps in the parlOr, inconyeniently close to
him"
Did you read Greeley's letter " asked |
one of the third party men.
"Yes," answered the cotton man; didn't !
strike me as being remarkable
1T has been said, remarked the first |
"that Clay, when he was running, wrote |
one letter too much that candidates have |
been defeated everywhere by what they
wrote or said indiscreetly, and that Gree
ley 8 friends are in mortal terror lest he |
might say something. If that letter ON civil
service is a sample of what they would pre-
vent him from saying, l think they could
afford to let him talk on
"Just give him loose rein, unbuckIe the
check bit and let him out" remarked
dealer in good horses, "an' if he don t put
his foot in it he'll be the first man who
has run on the track that didn't Grant
has big advantage-he can't say nything.
They'aIl take him for KNOWN old boss But
Greeley must say something, if only out
o the goodness of his heart. He'll lose him
self eff he don't look out"
Here we leave the question to be settled
N the conviction of those who run and
cad" . -.a.- ..-..-
Look out for yourself - shrieked a
,ricklayer to an Irishman who was stand
ng on the sidewalk. Indeed I will, ," re-
marked he; "who am I to look out for if
lot for meseH."
A resident near the jackson railroad
hought railroads should be abolished.
First" said he, "they break loose with
oot long, sharp and loud, before cne gets
p in the morning Whats that for 2 /
sked. 'Oh, that's calling the engineer,
hen occurs series of -toot toot toot!
What's that 2 1 asked 'Oh, that's for the
witches Then there's ever SO much !
ackin' and slidin' of cars, to which is at
aehed big bellied locomotive not badly
AIMED Hercules, if the strength of that l
consisted in his boiler This is t
one by kissing of steam and the clang, !
lang, olang of bells Then gongs strike +
Ist as passenger trains. 90 ont. All day I
ing this thing goes on. think the man $
ho would invent silent Iocomotiv train !
,st vponld Dnsb alonp With mnff1ed yvbeels !