The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-09
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Mr.. Stockton sold number of lots o
ground and warehouse in Farmersville 70
$500.
deputy Marshal Stockton, just arrive'
from Farmersville, reports that the Ouachit'
River is running up stream on account of tn
back water from the Mississippi.
| " 1t is understood that the Committee o
Arrangements of the Board of Delegates of th,
Rowing Association will call meeting of tn
board at an early day.
| The census returns from St. Landr,
parish show the following: white 2O,199, col
ored 10, 1885, In 1870, the returns were: Whit
Is, 776, colored II, 694.
-. Kinsella's report relative to the Gus
tomb repairs investigation was sen
North on Wednesday morning. 1t weighed
over four pounds and the postage was two
dollars.
-. No jury yet in the First District Court
The jury commissioners were notified, some
days ago. that one was needed but have mo-
responded. Wonder if they will stand the
expense attendant on the continuance o.
cases fixed for a hearing.
-. Passengers on the Rampant and Dau
phine street railroad line complain loudly o.
the crossings over the Mobile and the Pont
chartrain tracks. 1t appears each of the
three companies refers the matter in cir
cumlocutory way to the other.
-. There is an ugly hole in the bridge
ho nrlaonc Canal of tho Nifv D.
two thousand dollar horse came very nea,
breaking his leg in it yesterday, and the city
would have had to purchase hi: carcass al
that figure. Better spend one dollar now and
save the nineteen hundred and ninety mine.
q The approaches to the levee at the
head Of Canal and Customhouse streets are
in shockingly bad condition, being almost
impossible to heavily loaded vehicles. There
are many ugly holes and ruts which should
be filed. The weather being clear and dry,
this would be . favorable season for such
work.
Pools on the billiard match were sold
last night in the ST. Charles Exchange by Mr..
G.. w. Roper. There did not seem to be
much money on hand. The pools sold on the
general average about even.
In the first pool sold, Miller was the first
choice for $50, and Maggioli sold for S51.
In the second pool Maggioli went up to s25
for first choice and Miller was bought at SIG.
The other pools were small.
-. The Funding Board, in response to the
call Of the Acting Governor, met yesterday
morning. Present: Lieut.. Gov. Antoine,
Auditor Clinton, Secretary of State Deslonde,
and Treasurer Dubuclet. No quorum. Lieut..
Gov. Antoine was instructed to summon
until Wednesday next. There was in the
hands Of the Secretary applications to the
amount of about S450,00
As q hint to clearinghouse keepers,
we make public the true statement Of Potter,
around the corner. He says he has been
luxuriating for two weeks past in model
boarding house on Camp street. The land
lady is polite, the table is loaded down with
delicacies of the season, and every attention
is shown him. 1t was a mystery to him at
first to see none but the old boarders having
appetites for dinner, he himself having none,
until sly Joey B. let him into the secret.
sold boy" said Joey, edo you see that
water cooler in the hall, near the hat-rack
Well, the old woman chucks it full of lemon
ade at 2 o'clock each day, and new corners
always go for it strong when they come in to
dinner. The consequence is they haven't airy
an appetite. You don't see us old ones
touching that cooler. A man what drinks
lemonade afore dinner can't eat. tell you
the old woman's a team on those lodges"
Potter don't go near that cooler any more.
We want to say to the young gentle
men who belong to our various dram attic
clubs that the greatest unkindness that can
be shown them by writers on the press, or by
occasional critics, is to speak of their per-
formances in the same terms of glowing
eulogy as would be employed in describing
Salvini, Booth, Barry Sullivan or any other
finished and accomplished actor.
1t may be very fattering and pleasant to a
young gentleman who has only trod the board
q few times to see himself referred to in
newspaper as having done "superbly," or
or "magnl6cantly," or as
"quite eclipsing many professionals who
rank as stars" but the trouble about this is
that in nine thousand nine hundred
and ninety-nine cases out of ten
thousand such adjectives and observa-
lions are the most fulsome aattery,
absolutely untrue, and what is worse, must
be fel. to be SO by the recipients of the adu-
Iation. We cordially believe that severe Gen.
sure is better than injudicious praise, for the
former, if the obj act have the true spirit of
manhood in him, if he have the suspicion of
real genius, will rouse him to redoubled ex-
srtions and inspire him with determination
10 extort praise from the very critics who
|ouud fault; while the latter will lull
him into the false belief that he
aas attained excellence at one bound, has
as by miracls-(alas! these are
not the DAYS of miracles)-a Howery road to