The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-11
TWO HOURS AT ODD FELLOWS HALL

TWO HOURS AT ODD FELLOWS HAL
| reached this lovely city Tuesday mornin;
after ten hours ride on the New Orlean
st. Louis and Chicago Railroad. Devotin
the entire day to the important bushes
which brought me hither. considered my,e
entitled to some relaxation after such extrao
binary diligence, and began to cast about N
for some amusement for the evening. N
musical taste is not sufficiently educated Il
the Opera; I am not sufficiently reconstruct
to go to see Belle Lamar and was at som
loss what plans to make, when city friend {
mine dashed into my room, at the City Hote
and put my doubts to flight by inviting m
to go few blocks up the street with him
Odd Fellows Hall. where fair was in FIJI
blast, for the benefit Of three churches.
Now, am greatly prejudiced against fairs
having been frequently tieeced BY the fai
ones who preside at such entertainments ant
said to my friend. :. If one church fair cal
swindie a man out Of all the money he has OF
hand, what will three of them, all at once. d.
to him: But he assured me that the ladie!
Nlethodists and never swindled anybody: So
on the strength Of his representations, l wen
with him, and it is we'll that I did for.I left
the hall at half past 10 o'clock last night with
more genial views OF human nature and q
boundless charity for church fairs
As We entered the hall the first thing that
greeted my senses was the delicious odor O,
oyster soup, and before I had half recovered
from the embarrassment into which [ was
thrown BY coming SO suddenly into the pres
ence Of such an array of beauty I found N.Y.
self seated by a small table and my friend
issuing orders With the utmost nonclalance
Soup, turkey and chicken salad followed in
quick succession, until our appetites Tere
appeased, and we closed the performance bv
drinking the best black coffee ever offered to
two cold men. Turning my head aside while
my friend settled the bill, we commenced our
stroll through the room.
We had not proceeded ten steps when |
found myself in the net Of swallowing glass
of mead, and turning from this stand, was
confronted by a nodescript sort OF affair which
l was informed WAS '.fsh-pond." Feeling
some curiosity to know what kind of fish
were cultivated in a public hall, l tossed over
the fancy little line that was handed me and
drew up-trh0t [ shall not say. but advise
everybody who goes to the fair tonight to
pay his nickel and take 4 fish if he wants the
worth Of his money
A step further on was the Post Office. and.
to my surprise, l found letter for me.
though how the fair Postmistress knew of
my arrival u mystery to me. And such a
letter as il was 1t really made me feel quite
ike single man, and ii the little woman
who is waiting for me at home could have
read it over my shoulder. I am sure some
" yunI1 Il have la 60.
olanatlon. At the next table were lots of
pretty things, beautiful feather work; hang
ng baskets, which [ tancied We're made of
woven snow fakes until some one told me
hey Tere fashioned OF ravelled linen; and. |
hove al, dressing gown, which pleased me |
70 much that I pulled out my purse and |
would have purchased it on the spot, regard |
ess OF expense, if one Of the presiding |
,enluses had not informed me that it was to |
'e voted to the most popular minister Such |
isions OF comfort fitted through my mind as |
gazed on it that l was sorely tempted to
Ass myself off for a preacher, but reflected /
hat had brought no credentials with ,ne. |
nd as never preach. except to q very small.
at home. | concluded that |
-ould not stand fair showing.
On we went in our circuit Of the room.
rinking at every Lemonade stand we came |,
, and voting for everything and everybody
hat interrupted our progress, until we came
) the beautiful banner to be voted to some
ompany OF the White League. All! there
as something 10 cal] forth NV patriotic
cal So without knowing anything of the
merits Of the companies. [ QUIZ
thy deposited q vote for COMPANY G.
hortly after, my friend whispered to me
mt he belonged to Company T. so. to make
lings equal, went back and put in vote
u Company T.. At this same table WAS 4
eau.itul wax affair under glass. which I
louid certainly have purchased for nv
life. but there again the preachers were in
" way. and | turned Oft in the full persua-
on that the people Of New Orleans are
yal at least TO their clergy.
In a conspicuous part OF the hall [ came
iddenly upon the 'old woman that lived in
shoe, and Was Just in the act OF b1yinp
sr and Ill her children, when nv friend
lowed me that the hands of his watch point
to haf-past 10, and his wife did not know
here he was. Plying his distress in antici-
ltion Of the inevitable lecture in store for
m. put myself at his command. and only
opped long enough to step on Fairbank s G
ales On waiting for mel to find that weigh {
10 pounds three pounds more than when r
entered the hall. !
Outside paused momen: to count my
oney, to see if had enough lett to take me
me- and found. to my surprise, that had
cnt but five dollars. I had treated and f
en- treated a dozen times; had voted for !
cry thing in the room-and had spent but !,
e dollars
Blessings on the noble ladies who have SO I
lch charity on a mans purse Success
end them in all their undertakings. Thus 8
ayeth CANTON,
Boys in Bed. n
Nhoeve. has lifted the curtains Of boys'
owes soon after their inmates have gone to b
l, and has looked lovingly in, has seen a
stty sight Generally their faces are living
st restfully, with hands under cheek, and \
many cases look strangely younger than n
en- awake, and often very infantile, as if b