The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-06
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up TIE Herald the next morning, he there read
the discourse be did not deliver.
PLAYING PRIEST TO ADVANTAGE.
Some years since. the newspapers wished to
have an account Of Roman Catholic service
| in one Of the churches up town. There were
difficulties in the way of getting it complete,
unless admission were obtained to cLancel,
and this was deemed impossible. A reporter,
however, mingled himselfin among the priests
got on gown and stole, secured prayer
book. and took part with the others in the GER
emony. The lex was not discovered by any
OF the priests, although some Of them Won
dered TOW the report III certain journal hap
pened TO be so nearly accurate.
DELIBERATE FRAUD.
In recent divorce case that attracted a
good deal Of attention, certain letters, written
by the wife to the hus md, had been so often
refer "a to that great curiosity was felt to see
them. A constituencies scribe had the as
surance to 90 to the hotel where the wife was
aying. and to say that he had been requested
by her lawyer to get the letters then in her
possession, III order that they might be intro
duced as evidence Size unsuspectlngly gave
up the pistles, and they We're duly printed IN
/. nalnele>s Journal. which in that issue was
ANONYMOUSLY in advance of all its eontempo-
r,.rie..
TEIEGRAPHING THE BIBLE.
You may remember that during the Prince
OF Wales visit to America, a very sharp
rivalry existed among the. representatives OF
the metropolitan dliiles. Each of them was
anxious to get the first and fullest intelligence
Of 9 stupid son Of a queen to his journal :
and to that end II was necessary 70 secure the
wires. One OF the correspondents was the
first to reach the telegraph office i'll Montreal,
where thslkrince had arrived; and in order to
employ the operator until he had omething
to send, he had ten or twelve chapters of the
Bible, beginning with Genesis. transmitted,
and III this way got his dispatch through
ahead OF his competi ors.
DIsREPUTABLE ENERGY.
There are fellows connected NTH the press
here who seem to think that individuals have
no rights the press IS bound to respect. They
do not hesitate to violate privacy. confidence,
decency, il they can obtain matter for publica-
ton. They woold listen at keyholes lie
under beds !; forge orders swear to false
hoods connive at any kind of iniqnity, pro
vided that they could carry their point.
When a woman elopes from her husband,
they are perfectly ready to visit him, and
ply him with such questions as these
Did you know, before your wife ran away,
that she was in love with another man:
How long since did she cease to care any
thing about you:
HOW many lovers ulu Sne nave DeSlucS Tue
one size ran away with:
Did she ever tell you she hated YOU
How many mistresSes did you have. and
how did she like it.
Did she ever see you drunk:
Did you ever you swear at her?
Did you ever knock her down.
What is your opinion Of marriage since the
elcpeMent of your wife:
Do you think she has got the other fellow
II strings
Did your wife drink hard.
Were her habits hos. generally. or only
once IN while.
Can yon give lne an inventory Of her
clothes.
Did She wear large or small pads.
Did 81. garter above he knee.
Nele her legs straight or crooked.
such questions as these are not usually put
theyare sometimes though Us few NOR
:al men would endure more than one on two
without making hostile demonstration. wholly
!'isti.iahle. cn the interrogation.