The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-25
ON DIT.

-. The grasshoppers are following tn
1niners to the beautiful Black Hills Of Da
cotah. Locusts and low cusses.
.... The Knights Templar give grand tal
at Barnes's Hotel Mississippi City, on Mon
day evening, June %, 1875. We are unde
obligations for an invitation to be present.
=. The closing Literary Exercises of tn.
Central High School will take place on june
25, at IL A. NJ. The senior class sends III
kind remembrauces
... Company a." Ancient Order Hiber
mans, will meet at their rooms, 81 st. Charles
street, for the purpose of drill. at 7:30 O'Clock
this evening. There will doubtless be large
attendance.
-. The Garrick Club will give grand
benefit performance on Friday evening, at the
Varieties Theater, in aid OF the Louisiana Re.
lief Association. The play of London As.
surance" will be performed.
-. The Orleans Rowing Club celebrates its
second anniversary on Friday, June "a, 1875.
This club has in the short period since its
organization accomplished very much in the
way of perfe citing themselves as oarsmen, and
now hold good place among the leading
clubs of our city.
-. In speaking of Miss Freeman's per.
sonation Of Mrs. Pinchbeck, at the perform
ance of "Home" on Wednesday, the types
made us say: elf she did not impress us
favorably, We attribute the cause to the
actresses failure" etc. 1t should be: "We
aft h1t In fo o,rb na.'e n
developing and finishing the character.
" The attendance to duty is q serious
cause of complaint against the officers who
are entrusted with the service Of warrants OF
arrest issued from the First Municipal Police
Court. Several days, in cases, have been
known to elapse before parties accused have
been arrested, not because they could not be
found, but because the court officers did not
exert themselves Judge Evans should look
to this
-. The Collector of the Port, Col. James
f. Casey, is reputed to be good-natured
man, loving his ease and not being over fond
of the cares and excitement of business.
Whether he deserves this reputation or not
the folio wing incident will serve to show:
Quite party Of gentlemen having congrs-
gated il the Collectors Office to discuss the
topics of the day, another gentleman entered,
and, saluting Col. Casey, said with an affecta-
ton Of extra suavity: "Colonel, desire to
claim you two minutes for business, and then
two hours for pleasure" The Colonel look
ing up languidly and with a somewhat quizzi-
cal expression, said: "Can't we have the two
hours of pleasure first?
49,. Our friend, Mr.. W. B. Tullis, for
long time past connected with the great house
of Bayly & Pond, leaves us tomorrow for
Terrell, Texas, young but thriving place
about thirty miles below Dallas, where he in
tends establishing himself in business. Mr..
Tullis is a man of great energy and enter
prise, is high toned and honorable, and pos
sesses the happy faculty Of making friends
wherever he goes. While regretting his de-
parture from our city, we wish him God
speed and full measure Of success in the
new sphere OF action he has chosen for him
self. ~
We have received from onr friend Mr..
Henry Abel, bloom of a Century Plant The
dover is decided curiorsity, though why
the plant should wait just one hundred years
to produce it, is botanical conundrum that
no fellow can ever hope to solve. As a
-" Boomer" the Century Plant is not sue
cess-an ordinary cactus can beat it to death,
and water lilly is a miracle beside it.
1t is to other plants what the stage coach
of other days is to the railroad of to-day,
but nobody has ever yet discovered way to
make the Century Plant 60 back on its record.
1t can no more be made to bloom a day or an
hour before Old Time blows his bugle to
signify the time has arrived for it to cele-
brate its centennial, than the earth can be |
induced to stand still.
The rumor that the century plants around
here had hurried up their floral displays in
order to do honor to the Bunker Hill celebra-
ton may be considered as hoax.