New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-21
Peck Again.

The st. Lonis Republican. Of the sere,a
instant, has another letter from the uh;..'
tous Peck, written from New Orleans a..
| devoted to commerce and comic alma,,.
| as follows:
DIR. EDYrOR-Dea~ Sir: II is all ss..,.,
| now, but have been good deal dovn
| the mouth about it-and 81 have the o,l.a
government engineers who have been U ,;'a
| me to look into he mouth OF the Mi,sia.;'";a
to find out what choked it. Near "a pp.p
make out, it is like IA baby-it sticks is VA. van
in its mouth. BY the by, Captain Hovom'
who superiutends scraplng the channel n,
the bar. scraped up d lawsuit last WI ~
says that the tow boat men stick shins nn y. ~
bar on purpose. Now, they bet min, Ioa a%
that he tells a libel, and are going to Is""
it to a judge if he don't. don't bsl;or"aW"
tow boats wonlh do such q tbipy for .t
only charge $500 IN hour for tuegin. s.eI
ship when she is ia the mud, and $500 ~ss
her On inch day at that price wond
pay when tOTboats are so expeps;v.
have come to the conclusion that thers h..
got IL be a canal from Fort Sc. pb;l;n =
the Gulf. bly, Western friend, want :"
ship their grain down here. and Jo,~
want it put on the bar until il i, d., iHu!
| am about to make proposal to Cnna,suu
for tho purchase of the Dutch Gan csno1 4
and have il tOwed around the Gull To -.
mouth of this river 1t that cant hs ha Wy.
on account OF General Bltler's obiaet;n"
think l can buy that dry canal onnos;..
Ficksburg and bring it down the river 'T Wo
use digging new canals, when thew ara lv;n.
around loose. and 80 handy. 'Supnosa
will bave to lock up both ends at Mini 70
keep boats from stealing through, ibavs
purchased all the land there is abovs us,..
roj1p r 's'>A .
~ there will be a city there, and Iat, Ill
be rs valuable as they are in New Orlesn.
-taxes ana costs. One of the eiyl on.
glneers will draI. q plan of the CITY. andI
will draft on you Tor tho muney That
settles that.
Our namesale'. the New Orleans RRpu,
LICAN, kindly hopes in regard to the mod.
est undersie afd that 'Peck NAV grow tn Ia
\ bushel, and live to make an almanac,
L. IA curious that the idea never occurred 70
Is before. Would you' There .haye been
40 almanaes published yet for next wear
Except hundred or SO OF patent medicine
ones, and score or wo OF "iunny mep'sn
There is ro III II r an old elIal la Supum
we only sold fifteen millions Of them At
'roht OF fifteen cents apiece. we could buv
Up all the Northern Pacific bonds by JAM
Iry. If You would Ike to test the publn
mind, and if you feel that THIS is good
week for almanscs, it might be we'll 70
'uoiish roe folio wing sample of what the
ook would be like. Print some on cotton
cckethandkercLefs, SO that Tho who
nns" may read:
PROSPECTUS.
III. x. PICKS ALMANAC-T4
"A bushei OF wheat and peck of chat,
All to Do had for q dime and half o
GENERAL REMARKS,
bun this year rises .n left limb. morning
eis evening, on ri yht limb.
MEAN DIFfEaENCE -Roosters will rise
n the night limb in the evening and set till e
forming. when the limb will be- left.
Tide rises ut Cape Horn All 63m, Sundays
Scepted. Sleeping oars through without
lange.
Aoo's clips sun toverhead) April lS.
SaH clipses her back May /. H.
gWic.t transit-Star Er,e-Veuus over the
IN.
JANUARY
ecins on New Years day this decade
aght ti,fs.s pcobably Awful tragedy IN
issouri this sensan last year Ninety four
lung ladies' sleigh and il6 young men
e~G.
Aneeaote. Squads went on his houss
mend his chimney. II his grandmother
az placing fatiron on The fire when the
1ch eHppcG from hiI hand down the CHM I
y, and if that brick knocked her head
can off into the mush pot, aud ifshe fished
10 her sprctacles ami went next door to &
II neighb0r of the los. of her head-is
III all te in the Danbury Fers next week.
FEBRUARY.
Heavy dews expected; ninety dav notes
ven IN the panic fan due. Buliy month 10
mt Sstns shoes and raise corns.
A Fataabie Rccspe.-To make q boned
rkey-starve HIM.
MARCH
Moon on its last quarter, and it is Lers
sohsr war with Spain expected and
mic; an army OIL eft-ienants In the streets;
looking up rents; will be glad to
ke piece for the Whole. I
Aneedote (for ehildr-n) Once there was \
'ad hoy who went fishing on Sunday. and
> mother knew he lied neu he told her
had been To Sunday school Before she
mined him she asked him sole rnnly if be
ew where bad boys always go who tell
cir mothers such awful liea. and he said.
es, 'mam-they go afshing." Of you
IL place your ear to this paper you can
ar that boys screams)
APRIL TO DECEMBER.
me gentle reader need Il II suppose that
Is going to get all the remainder of this
luabie work through the newspaper for
thing. He will have to buy the book
TX PECK.