The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-10
BAGGING sNIPE.
How an Innocent Reporter was Taken In.

How an Innocent Reporter was Iaken ln'
Not many weeks ago an energetic and as
pinng young man who fills the position OF
free luucher on one of our dailies, very gra-
ciously condescended, on urgent ln'itatlon' 10
ioin party of Young gentlemen on duck
hunt. It was matter OF much surprise ~
several of the young mans friends, who nearo
of his excursion, because they knew that one
of his characteristics was strict attention to
business, and how he could tear himself away
from the post of duty appeared to them as
rather singular.
| This apparent inconsistency, however, was
reconciled when explained that this particu-
lar hunt was exclusively Sunday enterprise,
and that the Sabbath rarely afforded our en-
bryo journalist cause for the exercise Of the
duties appertaining to his position. Some
member of this party Of gay and festive MINI
rods ascertained that our young friend was
endowed with most confiding nature, and
withal was strikingly verdant in some mat
tiers not strictly in his peculiar line.
Hunting was not much in his line, but he
had heard that capturing snipe afforded glori-
Gus sport, and evinced disposition to devote
himself strictly to that kind of game. He
was encouraged by his comrades, who put
forth the assurance, that they would attend
wholly to ducks, and give him fair and ex-
elusive swing at snipe; also, that they would
instruct him regarding the peculiarities OF the
bird, and proposed disclosing to him new
method whereby it was claimed anybody who
exercised little energy might take two or
three hundred in the course of an hour OF
two.
They said it was the only decent way they
knew of to catch snipe, and called it bagging
them. Our young friend remarked that en-
ergy was his strong hold, and if that was the
only requisite to insure success, it was all
right
He was told that the only time to bag snipe
was at night, and on arriving at the hunting
ground about midday, proceeded forthwith
to getting his ixings in order. He borrowed
meal bag from the station master, knocked
hoop off dilapidated -four barrel, exacted
string from dirty faced boy and then de-
voted himself to adjusting the hoop in the
bag, SO as to keep it open, all according to in
structions.
He taxed the station master for lantern.
and just after dark was posted out in the
marsh, about three hundred yards from the
railroad track, with instructions to keep that
bag well open, and to swing the lantern to
in of MI NJ
chaps were to march around through the
marsh and rouse the snipe, which it was
claimed on seeing the light would walk
straight to it and nestle in the bag.
1t may appear absurd but the young man
wrestled with that bag and lantern for two
hours, during which interesting period he was
visited by millions Of mosquitoes, every one
| of which he now thinks must have had pass
at him. 1t was fully 10 o'clock before the
fact dawned upon him that this bagsing
snipe was a sell, and so thoroughly disguised
was he on realizing the absurdity of the stu
alton, that he left all the snipe traps in the
marsh, and made for the station in rage
He felt strong inclination to lick every
man in the crowd, but that wore off when he
considered the odds against him, wherefore
he simmered down to an air Of dignifed con-
tempt, and wouldn't speak to anybody. He
declares now that the man don't live who can
inveigle him out Of the city on another hunt
ing excursion.
One Nichols BECKER a man over eighty
years OF age, fell dead upon the street in
Baltimore last Thursday. He was a veteran
in every sense of the word, having fought
bravely under Napoleon at Waterloo, and
subsequently married seven wives.
THE GREAT AT1RACT1oN.-Everyn night thou
sands Of persons may be seen to congregate
at the corner of Canal and St. Charles streets
to witness the beautiful display made by those
enterprising gentlemen, Messrs. DeArmas and
Leefe. They give 10 the public free exhib;-
ton by the aid OF their powerful stereopticon
representations on the scene of the choicest
works Of art, the most picturesque of land
scapes and the portraits OF noted men with
truth remarkable. Interlarded they exhibit
the advertisements Of their patrons, showing
them out in sharp definition by their hydro
oxygen light. An hour can be pleasantly spent
viewing the dissolving views at the corner Of
St. Charles and Canal streets.
ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. PIANO,
CARPETS, Oh PAINTINGS AND MIRRORS AT
AUCTION THIS DAY.-Messrs. Nash & Hodg-
son, auctioneers, sell at 1890 o'clock this
morning, the entire contents of the elegantly
furnished residence, No. AS Prytania street,
between Polymnia and Felicity streets. The
whole contents are nearly new, and in first