The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-18
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clerks desk and made sure OF the author
They were laughing all around me, so ! sa
down, pretended to be dreadtully embar
raised and nervous, Jumped up to explain
while everybody roared, then acted as If were
really caught and it was only after the long
est while that l got the floor. making thu
saagh agtnAt Wheeler ten-fold more emphatic
!han it lad been against me- 1t did me gooc
10 puncture him"
/ lneekly remarked "That forefinger o.
yours Oft II does execution that way, pune
:nring your antagonist and punctua.ing youi
sentences at the same time
Did y0a ever notice how ] use it," q!
course | had; but he illustrated the gesture
practically, and it is a most unusual one
80 III describe it here.
When he rises to speak bis desk is il the
front row- he Jerks off his eye-g glasses, letting
Them swing by their cord steps back up the
aisle, taking All the time in most rapid
fashion; he throws back the skirt Of his
roat on The left side, thrusts the left hand into
ms pocket in the pet American style, mods
that remarkable head in emphatic bob9, looks
~ If a funny thought never originated in his
brain, and then ont goes that right hand
Sometimes the index finger is sharply
pointed forward and downward in successive
movements, Il at make one think of the
pecks Of q gamy chicken administers to its
Toe; then the arm rests n minute by his side;
then he holds the hand easily in al upward |
position, arranging the fingers almost exactly
IS a Sl,illfGl boy does when he poises his
'allcy" for telling shot in ring taw.
Watch the next group of youngsters that you |
see at that historic game, only fancy the boy |
intends 10 project the marble upward instead
af forward and you have Sunset C0x's pet |
ADD peculiar gesture.
OF course we spoke of
The SpcnkcrsLip.
Matters certainly look now as # it might come
" Mr.. Cox Fernando was too eager, push
ing his claim too openly and arrogantly. Be
sides there ar some phantom forms rising
from the past Of Fernando which are not pre-
sisely angf lie in appearance, according to re-
seiyed opinions. Mr.. Randall is a great
.ayorite, and has large Congressional ex peri
snce tnt he has not been often enough in the
presiding chair to successfully meet the I
smergen' les always arising lie is not quick
enough III thought or expression to be any
match for the skllful tactics Of such a man az
Blaine viii be upon the floor, but 'Sunset,"
adroit alert, sklltul and ways ready. has most |
sfiectualy bothered pardon the ineegance- a
Mr. Blaine, many a time, so taking leaves
rom b 8 own experience he would make a e
most admirable officer. Then, too, every a
body loves him so much. 1t was one of the
sonnone~t sights on the floo- this winter to /
see extremely rabid II 4pubicans promenading o
most attcptionately with Sunset" and his n
election wall not be purely party measure Ii
" should, to be sure, miss the omtnanding S
physique of Mr.. Blaine, and dout admire
small men on general principles, but when v
once IN Q while a grand soul does take to n
itself small house, we are apt to forget the Il
tenement if we are lucky enough to know the
proprietor; 50 we shall wish for our friend &
81 manner Of good things because he richly Il
deserves them. il
vcrdnncy of New Gong -e--,nrn. II
Won't it be great fun to watch the new NJ.
q. . There viii be 80 many Of them, too II
ench one doubtful of his night to do this or II
that, each one getting bowldered amid his ,
new duties and Phebc Cozzens the other =
Jay tod me 2 story concerning one Of them -,
NAT was delicious. group were standing %
ogether, watching HE apparent confusion 70
hiring the last hours. Sad A. to g.. 81
These things are awFully mixed. II viii
axe long time for rs to become familiar
7th all th Sc rules Have you paid any nj ~,
eBtiOn to them ~ ~
SUD Is III ylrtuouS indignation '1Iave 4?
Why bless you just soon az | was nomin-
ted w mt 10 stuiyin' up tho concern I've OF
zen Sfutv.h up ever since, and I've got JEFF 49,
erscns Manual ut heart. They Won't catch
a.
| shall watcn that crudite NJ g. next winter
nth interest to ascertain how much his ,o
udyin up awaits him Z
Mr. Mor,iIl's Head. m,
Mayor Ben. having nothing better to do to-
AZ, came t. amuse me, while Morton vas
ping the on rage business after his usual
s!tion. Senator Morrill,, Of Maine, was j.
andlng NJ the clerks desk below our gal brl
~, Yu know his har-what there il of It thr
silycry white, and his bumps are SO evenly col
danced that the shape Of the head is wonder
lily regular.
Said wicked Major Esn "Do You know
hat happe "a when Senator Norrill went TO gin
Q menagerie!' Of course. didn't. "WeI" wal
ID the NJ Inr, Fan ostrich who spied his gro
ming skull, gave q squeal of delight, by
onght She was ut homo in Africa, went over
q sat upon the Senatorial caput. persisted "hA
sitting there and made it exceedingly
ely Tor any one who tried to get her off T. Il
course | laughed, but | repeat it here in Mel
ridiculous absurdity. just to show what a the
II will say when almost thirty wears NJ tick
wsraper work have enlarged his magma the
G faculties. He is so full of his Jokes and
nHense, that am never more than half sure -
IS not qmzzlng me, yet we all vote
Mayor B-n ''ever so nice" His own
-k Is over in the corner of the com a
ttee room but ho has On acknowl- bly,
;ed right anywhere under the dome. Patri- thei
h OF all the correspondents, kind hearted. adv,
", generous and witty the boys all greet
u with smiles and We feminine scrbbler- THE
es, mere iledglings in tho work, ask him c.
ors, growl about orr trbulations sure of vote
sympathy and take his advice generally, 1853;
owing that If he cant SEQ out of but one N
, his vision is "a heap" more trust. AnSt
rthy than our own. He calls his desk his entr
langlr, and pretends it's ''demnition was
nd; but lie brings to him many pleas
thing, aid we finish our letter with the ..
timtn n sentiment sentmentally ex- l.!
saed, long may ho wavei' spin
SANS SoUCl. II
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