New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-11
Another Account Of ihe Recent Trip TO the
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'.A:i work and no play makes Jack a
dui! bog" is a proverb world renowned
and as true as it is common. NO one, OF
course, would for moment suppose that
i.tv Give men, could exist seventy-tw0
hours on board fine steamer like the
Creole, with all except the sweet smiles
Of woman on board to make the trip jDlly-
without moro or less fun sandwicheI in
with the sterner duties of the trip. In
irving little sketch of one Of our attempts
to provoke little mirth, tie writer would
say tina: the "trouble commenced about
:: p NJ. On Sunday, after having completed
our observations. and steaming for Che
forts where we purposed to spend an hour
IN swee: communion with the wav!IAe.
Bi: 20 oar story.
One o: oEr number. a fun LOVING. long.
sea1ei. scientific man. suddenly became
exhausted. souyh. lounge. rolled over on
his "b.an erds." and if no. lost to ea,th.
vas lost 70 Us for the time being. One OF
our companions conceived the idea OF per.
forming the last sad rites oyer his lengthy
remains, and Ike the chances Of his return.
secured the presence o: thirty two as so'
bust. siace!e looking mourners az could be
| found Oh the boat, and in az solemn and
| imp, essiye 4 manner az possible commented
! reading as follows:
| Poor JEFF: a'as. Ne Is ny n,or-e
he de near twenty feet from shore
HIS features fearful sight, "a
IRON drinking vateS through the n!Sato
! Els legs so slim began 70 weaken
JUS. opposite Stake Island beacon.
Here on :!lis lounge he sought repCseo
Regard ess OF AS Sunday clothes
! Heroic soul how calm he Sleeps
! Monrned by his friends, Judge Cubiff w"epso
Who with Ouc State can this loss ''div!."
We'se yuned. sure without . !eyeee
Ani now poor Jeff has ceased 90 brcafh"o
While fears are moistenlng every sleeve
I Wei. sing the forty seventh psalmo
Commencing with the ham fat Inan.
! A: this iuncture all hands simultaneously
struck up iha: old familiar soug Of "Olt
! Grimes Is dead" etc. which was sung witt
great deal of feeling and so!emnityo /
wa, then decided that We should agail
| visi. the bar. in front of which we foun'
the waite: decreasing very rapidly. and upol
c'ose examination at each east Of the lea'
we found stratums Of sugar. silver. an
occasionally glass. Strange as it may seem
no one expressed any surprise. but viewe'
the soundings as though they had bee
familiar with them for gears All SCENE
spiritually inclined. with no disposition t
leave. Judge Curbitt seemed welded I
:ie spor. ard. with his face all a2low !roi
exuberance OF spirits. was the first one
bleak the silence by excfamins. IL hav
lived he-e 'nea. on to forty years. an
never saw SO many bar stores on this ba
'af.re': let's throw the lead again. gentl
men" Just .hen the cork flew out of a lii
rreserver with a painful: sound. The spe
: was broken. Oug ceremony had been we
intended. !,us :i.ss Old :: mili.r pop ha
| unear.led the apparently ds tunc:. eli
was NOT dead. but Sleeping" rye.cf,ange
places with sor:ow. smil.s aiso with tear
: end eac,, in turn graspei '.O!d Reliable /
the hand. y-v.sit.i the bar. sounded. the
steamed ED the .iyes with plenty OF steam
: landed a. the French Market. mads
wholesale drive fox the "Spa. flied all 81
! ,.soec:abte 6arUe: chairs in the cent?
:.a:. of the city. then returned 20 tie
, homes. And several of the party "eI
known :. sleep TIE following tort y.cis:
! hours, wit, no sign OF life other than /:
! occasional :luau or an audible whisper.
!, whi.!, disconnected sentences w"uid c
:, | cane til. sleeper. such as don't belle
. | rna,e WAS any water on that bar, "StraEi
!. how s:sery the sea air makes one. etc.
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