The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-14

manner. There was a party Of four young
| fellows who had engaged an open carnage
and, dressed in the most grOtesque costumes,
| went driving all over the city. One of them
| had provided himself with an instrument, or
rather continuance which opened and shut
like one ofthosa portable Lat-r 4cks. composed
Of slender strips that are joined together with
| pegs, so that when closed, the whole affair IS
only few inches wide, but when opened,
VIII reach some six or eight feet.
| The contrivance in question was on the
same plan, but instead Of six or eight feet was
capable OF being projected from the carriage
at least fifteen. The end joint was made so
as to catch up anything, such Is d slant hat
| or cap and as the carriage from which the
| engine OF war was worked, stood opposite an
| open window, there appeared from within a
gentleman holding in his hand full gl.ss OF
wine, which he placed upon the window sill
| and looked away fora moment. Instantly this
long machine shot forth from the carriage,
grasped the tempting glass, and having secured
il firmly va, drawn IN again amid the uproar
Of laughter from the crowd, in which the
gentleman ia the window heartily participated
And after the .nterprsing youth IN the veh-
Gle had drained the glass lie returned it to be
filled again. which WAS ob.iginSly done. after
which the party drovs on to seek
new fields Of adventure The boys
who appeared III great numbers. had
mostly armed thsmseiyes vi h q peculiar
kind Of weapon Of otfense, which they piled
most vigorously; this weapon consisted OF Il
inflated bladder OF PRODUCTIONS size fastened
by means OF = string to the end Of a stick.
he little rascals would rush around until they !
found some uulucky girl or woman without a
mask on, when they would belabor her over
the head and back with their formidable |
looking, but harmless weapons, making every
blow resound like the strike OF a cu1gel, and |
following up the rereatlng victim for cOnsid |
cradle distance. " banging away as hard AZ
ever they could drive the whole time II
my German had been sufficiently good to
have stood the test OF one encounter of words
with these little street ruff ms, | should have
probably rem onstrated with them, and sug-
5ested that they bestow their attentions upon
boys of their own size who We're capable of
defending themselves; but being conscious of
my own weakness in the command Of Ian
5uage, and fearing that | would make a
spectacle OF myself, as the Germans say Of
one who places himself in a ridiculous posi-
Ion, prudentIy torebore any remonstrance,
md suffered the young upstairs to proceed
With their ungall mt attacks unmolestei. It
S a point of etiquette among maskers not to
)lay tricks upon each other, but it is said
)arty will sometimes capture some untortu-
late individual III plain dress and carry him 5
if to a saloon, where he has to purchase his {
liberty by standing beer for the crowd | !
hink, however, that the weather was so cold {
his time as to chill the spirit of mischief, for ,
neither saw nor heard Of any such parctlcal
ricks being perpetrated upon the IN |
masked. Il was rather funny to meet /
'arty of ten or fifteen students in a cafe" :
y which our friends at home are not to I'M n
erstand drinking saloon, but a place whore r
eope 90 to eat pastry and to get a cup of 4
otf9e or chocolate The young gentlemen !,
Tould enter as if in a furious state of excite
lent, throw themselves into seats, and when f
he waiter, always female, comes to receive 4
heir orders, they would al speak at once, A
nd the vain Efforts of the fair creature to get 0
II idea Of what each one would have, was q
musing TO see. The comical appearance :,
resented by a party OF raskers with their i
cards raised above their eyebrows, or hang IN
e beneath their chins, as they drank cotf D
nj demolished cakes in a ravtnOuS way. " "
Try sinking. There Is scarcely any drunk
lneSS 10 be seen, but a great many were
ushed with beer, and rather ioyial. gener-
ly, though III many instances /. would have
zen difficult to determine whether their wild
amer was due to the stimulus of natural or
duced spirits.
On each night of tn Carnival that is, Sun
y, Monday and Tuesday there were grand
Ills, none Of which ! attended, as it was rep
sented that they were rather rowdy affairs.
d after walking about the whole dav in the
3D. one gets enough of the masquerade
thout keeping i up half the night. am
Id that one who is acquainted can have any
lount Of fun, SO that by the time the next
rniyal comes off | hope to be fully posted
d to make up for all that | failed to see this
ne as q comparative stranger, and it is par
ularly to be hoped that the weather will
We less Of the Arctic III it, so that one can M
low the pursuit of pleasure without having in
teeth TO chatter with cold all the time 81
Yours, STAuIFEDEE as
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