The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-03
NEW ORLEANS AS SEEN BY A KNIGHT
TEMPLAR.

One of our recent visitors, Knight Tenn
plar from Springfield, Ills, writes as follows
to the Sdngamon Monitor, concerning the hos
FATALITIES extended by our citizens.
After describing the trip down the river on
the Idlewild, he continues
Our boat reached the wharf about o'clock
in the morning, and we found Knight Tenn
plar with orders for our movements during
our first day in New Orleans. AS
NEW ORLEANS
has been described by innumerable pens, I
shall say nothing about it's general appearance
in detail as it presented itself to my mind from
the Idlewild at the hour of o'clock in the
morning. One thing did occur to us as novel
and unusual, and that was the necessity of
looking down upon o city from the deck Of an
ordinary steamboat
river passes along the border Of populous
city, much higher than the city ITSELF Yet
such is literally true of New Orleans. In fine,
for this occasion, we took q bird's-eye view Of
New Orleans by gaslight, went to our berth
and caught short map and many mosquitoes
as large as jay birds, and hustled away TO the
French market early in the morning. Well,
we'll, Epicurus would surrender at discretion,
if he were to look in upon that vast hive OF
human ,eings selling every conceivable thing
for the table, from q mouse to an alligator
However, we cannot think OF particularizing
anything we saw belonging to the vegetable
and animal kingdom. If we did this account
would be longer than continued story"
In the afternoon parties-in couples and in
single file-radiated from the boat in all
for the purpose Of
''DOING'THE CITY.
We went to the orange groves, evidently
Goods first temples" and plucked the de-
Hcious fruit from the native stem, by special
invitation of the owners of the orchards. Ger
tainly, if there is such thing as first class
we received it on this, our first
visit, about the city. We passed slowly along
in front Of large, elegant mansion, when all
at once a servant came tripping down the
walk, opened the gate and invited the party
to walk in. We accepted the invitation with
tleman of the house, his wife and daughters,
came out, and we introduced ourselves and
made known our visit The young ladies
took possession of our young ladies, and the
old lady took possession of us and the old
ladies of our party; and hither and thither we
went, wondering and specializing at the
wondrous beauties to be seen around us.
We left the premises literally loaded down
with oranges, choice flowers and kindness.
Imagine piece of ground about as large as
the State House grounds filed with trees q
size smaller than apple trees, set out in the
same order, filed with yellow oranges, and
YOU see an ordinary orchard just before pick
ing time. :,
The boat was reached before any considera-
bic number of curiosity seekers had returned.
All told about the many things they had seen
especially the ladies, not Of our party-who
dwelt with delight on their rare good luck in
having found where people are buried on top
Of the ground! OF course our ladies, with
peculia smile on their faces, made arrange
ments to visit the cemeteries early next
which, Of course, they did.
Lake Pontchartrain was visited, where We
went up in the light house and looked around
but could not see anything but water. Saw Rol-
Ia kill, with a shotgun, sea-gull found the
ladies' caressing strange looking cats and mys-
terious poodles, and then took the cars for a
1--WE mile run back to the city, stopping the
cars on the way for the purpose of letting the
passengers gather cart load of palm leaf
weed, for the purpose of throwing it over
board when they returned to the Idlewild. l /
kept my seat I'm afraid of snakes, and can
stand good deal of punishment doing moth
ing, anyhow.
We also called upon Kellogg
KELLOGG
for the purpose Of passing the compliments
Of the season. Pitt is manifestly not happy.
and it did occur to US that Fulton county, in
this State, would be more conducive to his
general health than holding forth in the old
S.. Louis Hotel, as military de facto Cover
nor of Louisiana. Take away the United
States soldiers and the fish women of New
Orleans will run Kellogg and his garg out of
the city, Ask any decent Republican who
made the trip with us, and he will tell you at
once that it is shame on civil liberty, for
people to be put under the iron heel Of such