The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-07

admit that have never seen any collection o
faces SO invariably handsome as the on
ranged before my eyes last Monday in CO
logne, and it was not a beauty OF paint ant
powder, or that delicate fragile loneliness tina
seems SO tender that breath Of wlntry wind
Or touch of grief may cause it to wlther, bu
a substantial, enduring sort of loneliness, sucl
as tells of health and vigorous life.
And SO we went tramping along, elbowinG
our way, staring in every direction, wadinG
through half-tfozen cutters, slipping upo1
stones. covered with dirty, trampled snow, ant
beginning to feel that we were paying rather
dearly for our whistle, when suddenly there
was grand huzza, and a rush followed which
told US the procession was coming. Hurrying
on with the impulse Of the crowd, we at last
secured a moderately good position and
waited for the graz pageant, whose pealing
music could already be heard in the distance
Al length it came a grand cavalcade Of horse
| men, immense triumphal cars, regiments of
grenadiers, batteries Of gildsd wooden artil-
lery, troops of mounted American Indians,
everything OF that sort, and very much like
we have in New OIleans, but certainly finer
that is, more gorgeous than our day procession
though far less magniicentthan those match
less night displays given by the secret So
cities at home.
The cars were truly superb and some Of
them lowered to great height, coming on d
level with third and fourth story windows.
Mounted upon the pinnacle Of one Of the
very highest was q 5ant!c shell in which sat
thlnly attred goddess. who, If her airy seat
had been jolted from its resting place must
inevitably have broken her neck upon the
stones below. Upon all these cars were
parties of gandily dressed persons who
showered handstul of confectionery into win
bey ba
crowd in the street. There were nc advertise
ments, but thousands of slips of poetry and |
Carnival Jokes were distributed into the /
crowd.
OF course there WAS II fearful crush in the
narrow streets. and | expected every moment
to see some one crushed beneath the wheels
Of the cars, or trampled upon by the horse
men, many of whom rode very spirited AMI
mails, and could hardly control them, for the
horses seemed to be excited by the noise Of
he brass bands, and being confined in q
mall space, did fearful amount Of rearing
nd prancing All the while the snow was
alling thicker and faster, and the air growing
more intensely cold, and at last the storm be-
anne SO severe that the multitude began to
isperse.
What became of the procession have no {
dea, tor when my friend and turned to seek
he railway station, we left it standing at rest I
I one OF the city squares, and | imag line that t
ne actors must have suffered greatly with $
old n their fancy costumes, as when we saw
ne last Of them, they were just dimly visible c
trough the thickening snow storm, and the t
len seemed to be keeping up their own
oirits by putting other spirits down. AS to the !,
omen and the poor children who formed II
art of the spectacle, they must have been t,
Dry hardy if they came out without colds il
i'd pneumonia Ia
Alter wandering blindy through maze of Il
cooked streets, we at last caught sight of "
10 vast old Cathedral looming up dark and q
i'm through the teathery storm, and then I,
e were able to find our way to the q
alton, where we arrived half-frozen tired, i
,jected and forlorn; and as / sat in my OIL
aggled "toggery in the great waiting
ON, thought Of the meltngly hot days sc
d seen in New Orleans on Mardi Gras and GO
what my Louisiana friends would think Of W
wing such driving snow storm as part Of ,'5
cir Carnival fun. Yours, ";
STAKEHOLDER. sit