The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-20
ON DIT.


The little town Of Milneburg probably
never before saw such crowd of persons
within its limits as gathered there yesterday.
-. The gentlemen of the st. Johns Boat
Club deserve the thanks of the community for
the grand success which they made of the
regatta.
=. Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad
brought to the city yesterday 1925 head
mixed stock, quite receipt by rail for one
day.
One hundred and thirty sacks of oa's
from Texas, consigned to Messrs. Kirkpatrick
Il Keith. reached here Sunday morning by
way of Morgan's railroad.
The carriage road down to the Lake
was little heavy yesterday, but we noticed
with pleasure that Mr.. "Somebody" had
kindly fixed the few bad places in the bridges
We salute you, sir, whoever you may be.
-. Eleven cars full of colored folks left by
the Mobile Road yesterday morning at 104 for
given by the Clay Base Ball Club (colored) of
this city. A brass band accompanied the
party.
=. The following is portion of the cargo
of the steamer Bee and barges, which arrived
last evening from st. Louis BOOTS bushels
of wheat in bulk, 1852 sacks of corn, 1877
barrels of -four, 1904 barrels of meal, $50 bar
rels of pork.
The British steamship Oberon has an
engagement to carry 40, 600 bushels of wheat.
The steamer Warrior which left here last
week for Liverpool, carried out 80 900 bushels
of wheat. Gentlemen of the West, send for
ward your wheat, and we will find the ships
to carry it abroad.
-. AT the Custom House there was hardly
anything doing Monday morning, the whole
topic of conversation being about the day
regatta. In the Marshal's Office preparations
were being made to make an early start, and
the clerks of courts were sitting on chairs ex-
planning the difference between the English
and American stroke with brooms.
=. 1t is the popular belief now that Mr..
Cheves, who pulled in the Charleston single
scull yesterday, is made of steel springs and
whalebone. For small man he certainly
puts an immense amount of power into his
pulls, and at the finish yesterday he looked
like little steam engine working at very
high pressure.
- The boats in which the Comedians won
two races at the great Saratoga regatta were
both made of paper, while all the other boats
were made of Spanish cedar. In referring to
this fact, VIM. Blackie, in his special report
of the regatta to the N. Y. Herald, remarks:
For years paper boats have been in use, but
seldom till now have the Messrs Waters, of
Troy, their makers, been successful with their
skies. This time they may certainly be well
pleased with the result, and it will be in no
way odd if next summer half the university
boats are of paper.
-. There was quite narrow escape from
a serious accident yesterday during the boat
race. About o'clock, several gentlemen on
board of the United States revenue cutter
them was that veteran dentist, DR.. F. Il.
Knapp, who, when reaching the pier, stood
upon the gunwale of the boat, in order to
reach piece of board by which he could
draw himself up. Being very heavy man,
be capsized the boat, and consequently six
of his companions had the benefit of free
bath. DR.. Knapp was pulled out by rope,
by two peelers who were conveniently present;
ais confreres, being young men, saved them
selves without much exertion. Like Mr.
Mantilli, they were "moist, unpleasant
bodies" and solemnly asseverate that they
will never go to see with a fat manikin.
Whenever rain falls while the sun is
shining it is the custom in some countries
or children to be told by their nurses and
elders that the "Devil is beating his wife.
lust how the saying originated, or how it was
ever ascertained that the devil had wife, or,
having one, that he beat her, will probably
never be discovered. 1t is one of those
oid sections of wisdom which have been
landed down from that dim OAR
yinian era, "when monkey ceased |
md man began from generation to genera
ion, sort of nursery wonder to puzzle and
middle the heads of thoughtful children. If
here be any truth in the saying who
AN successfully refu.e it-then the Devil and |
lis wife have been having devil-of-a-time for
he last forty ght hours for it has been almost
continuous struggle during that time as
o whether the sun should shine or the rain
au-the contes. 80 far having resulted in