The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-24
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FAIRY STORY FOR THE DAY.

and ogres and giants had all gone? No, indeed
Listen ; mine is sad story, but you have tcndt
little hearts and will pity the sorrows Of til
beautiful lady 1 am going to tell you abou
Well, here we go:
Once upon time there was q beautiful LADY
and her name was Louisiana. She had always
bright and anliling face, and from years end t
years end she wore crown Of roses Of every tin
and shade the gentle ''b,ush rose" the deel
crinsoned giant of battles" the perfumet
"queen rose" and the golden-tinted "tea rose
She wore always dress of rich green, winter
and summer. She had many sisters and sons
and for long time lived very happily In the
came land where the beautiful lady lived was a
great castle, called Castle White House, and in
the same land dwclt cruel ogre, called Grant
Now the old Ogre had long waited to live in the
Castle for he could murder and rob all travellers
as they passed, and 20 become rich. He pre-
tended to be very kind 20 Louisiana and her ss-
tiers, and pretended to put away great sword
thst he had worn and that had killed many peo-
pie, bu. in reality, he only hid it and he got
into Castle White House, and took with hip a
great many other ogres belonging to his family.
And now the poor lady's troubles commenced.
A band Of robbers came down to take possession
OF her riches aud her happy gardens, and tho
Ogre was to keep them.
The Lady Louisiana has beautiful orange
groves, where the oranges shine like fairy balls
Of gold; fields OF sugar cane, whore the sugar
in juice was hid deep in the rich purple stalk, and
cotton fields, that when the cotton bolls burst,
almost beat old Jack Frost.
The name of the robber- chief was Kellogg, but
he had many other robbers to help him, and with
them came robber named Loags,ee. Oh! he
was worst OF all; the beautiful lady remembered
the day when he had led her sons to battle for
her, and he had said: Louisiana, will defend you
with my life, and she had trusted him, and now
he came out against her with robbers. All! my
dear children, it is worse to be traitor than
a robber. Now, when Louisiana saw that she
was both robbed and betrayed, sho called on her
sons and said: 'Arise, and save me /" And her
sons came. and they called on their brother
Strong Arm sturdy and brave. with bright, fair
hair, and said: "Come, be our general and
lead us, and we will defend our mother"
and Strong-Arm said Come; !" and they
went out and met the robbers Kellogg and |
Longstreet, and all their followers. All! dear |
little children it was like the Bible story, when |
David in simple truth and right went out against |
the Giant in his armor Of might. Tho robbers |
all fed and hid themselves in great granite |
castle in Louisiana 5 land, called Castle Custom
House.
Then said her sons, ''Will you leave us in
peace, or live with us in peace, wi ling for
eithsr?" The robbers pretended to want little
time to think and Louisiana, wise and gentle
said "wait." But the robbers in the castle sent
a messenger to the old ogre Grant, in Castle
White House, saying, If you do not help us
Louisiana will escape u.s.
Then the Ogre sent out and called all tho SOL
ders in the land together and said $50 down
and holp the robber Kellogg" Now, many Of
The soldiers were brave, honorable men, and
blushed and hung down their heads, but never
theess they went. The Ogre sent wicked man.
nicknamed "Gentle Phil Sherry and whom he
knew would murder men or women, or even
lear, innocent little children to comma nd the !
soldiers, and they set ire the robbers and put
hem back in power. The poor lady, with the {
wreath torn from her head and with her breast !
Wounded and bleeding, said to her sons, "Bc q
,atient." i
Tho soldiers marched into the halls where her a
ons were sitting in council, and drove them out Q
With the glittering bayonet and the fierce musket a
till their mother said, "Be patient" At last r
hey took this lady and chained her to rock and
ent large bird called the eagle american eagle
to feed on her heart and they put flag called n
star spangled banner on ths rock and Knocked g
I her. s. i
Louisiana's sons, who were brave and loving, II
aid, "This stall not be" Then spoke the true ID
nd beautiful lady: l have sent a message to my :"
Isters, and they have sent to the all-powerful
ueen of the Fairies whose is True Liberty, fl
I'd in the stiffness of night hear a sound like 8,
lie thunder of heaven, 4 roaring like the sea of h
nth. My sisters and her sons arc working for N
e and ere long You wi see the mighty army of re
ruth and Right advancing; you will see me +,
we'd and the last OF the wicked robbers and Il
10 cruel Ogre. And now, dear little ones, fir
have patience" as the lady said, and will W.
'olitell you the rest Of the story, and how the NJ
eautiful lady was saved. XII
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We know that the new and neat little Church In
the Annuncation, Race and Camp streets. in
ii be taxed 10 its utmost capacity this evening, e
throng OF worshpers anxious to hear once e,
ore the eloquent Bishop of our sister State of hi