Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-14


clowns rushed out OF the Workman house
Gndflst down. upon 3 stylish stoyepipe
tbe FIRST thing, sending the tile clear over
the eyes o fine 1sarer, and were out OF
sight bsf0re The
DISCOUNTED DANDY
ooaId recover himself. The msskers took
possession OF every possible sort Of vehi-
Gle. They were mp on street cars, omni-
busses, hacks, mules, drays, handcarts
and buggies. One wsgon was supplied
with q prodigeus negro with q bosom
about two seresin extent n allowing leer
on her extensive lip bearing a plscsrd on
the breastworks inscribed, "Come rest in
this BosGm.n By her side rode q tip-top,
bsDg-up niger, with fifteen yards of col
lar and two sections OF s~tovepipe. They
made a very
PRETTY AND Attractive
couple. Another hack appeared filed
with musicians, making pleasure for a
newly married couple Of color, who were
celebrating their wedding In the gayest
style. The tribe of cow-ballisus, headed
by a drum-msjor, made 9 sensation on
Main street. Each n was dressed in q
suit Of gunny sacks, and ratified a
coWbalL, making the most execrable mel
ody, while two very large ladies, done up
in the top OF the mode, swung psnnieTs at
their backs that would have made feather
beds. These went into the OVerton hotel
and made love to the clerks with much
sweetness.
ANOTHER cARPKTBAGeBR.
Every one has read the inimitable de-
scriptiOn Of Ichabod Crane, In Irving's
Sketch Book-the soarecrow escaped from
q eornisld, his hands projecting q mile
through his sleeves, his body long, lsnk
and lean. LonG-legged, lanternrjswed
and o~sdsFerous was our Ichabod Crane
of yesterday afternoon a. ne appeared.
psrsonsting, with q n~sturalness that was
~inimitahle, the character of q carpetbag-
ger. He bore his sharp-eyed, sgile, bounc-
ing wife on one arm, who occupied her
self as she went alongin filing the yaWn-
ing carpetoag. She stuffed it with
cotton, and Ichabod's hat was made
Of raw cotton. His head wRs covered
with cotton, and she bore under her arm
q pile of cotton samples, such as one finds
Ia the sale5rooms OF cotton dealers, The
happy pair were recognized as famailiar
friends everywhere along hi streets, and
the ku-klux, in CHASTITY apparel went into
OBSTACLES when they encountered Ichsbod
and his faithful dame.
A GOOD SOUL.
A fat, red-facsd old dane had found her
drunken husband with q smashed hat
snd bloody facs, and mud-covered torn
clothes in the street. She gathered
up the pieces, dumped them In q
WheelbarroW and bore the helpless VIC
tim of tanglefoot down Main street.. She
would stop and blow, and putting her
arms skImbo, would launch ~invectiEes at
the hapless head of the sot of q husband.
He would grin and leer AZ the good dame
and she would grow frantic, and when
exhausted by scolding, she would again
tug away st the Wheelbarrow. A stupid
policeman proposed TO relisva the fat old
woman Of her charge, bat was soOldsd till
ne wss ashamed of himself The women
along the sidewalks seemed to appreciate
keenly this w~heelbsrrow scene.
NEWSPAPERS.
We saw Meals Gazstte, the Holly
Springs Reporter and Bolivar Bulletin,
sl arm in-srm, crszsd with the fun of the
sbsurdly ridiculous show, with their
mouths stretched Like the great Northern
lakes on the map OF the continent, and
toddling happily down the densely-
thrOnged thorOughfarsE.
oRNIrHoLoGICAL.
There was q huge fat boy dressed a. a
parrot, and 3 fine image OF the queer.
Qarrulous, o~hsttsring bird as ne lespsd
upon the dray that an innocsnt venerable
darkey was driving along Union street.
The negro was badly frighted as he saw
the horrid bird beside him. Re dropped
the rsins; the bird took them, lesped
from the drsy on the mules back and fac
ing the terrified drsymsn the psir and the
mule moved rapidly down the street. The
usgro's eyes we're inverted saucsrs.
rolling about in their orbits In bswildsred
terror, his arms hanging helplessly by
his side, when the dTay made q sudden
turn at the corner OF Front and Union,
The negro lesped eff and fad. The parrot
turned its fsce toward the mnIs7s head
and soon went down Main street with
the drsy full Of passengers.