New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-09
A New York correspondent of the Loui
Vile Courier Journal eava:

Vile Courier Journal GAYS:
The crowds that pass through this cirv,
either coming from or going to the outekirta
OF follsdeiphia, are really enormous Every
horse car IL filled with Wandere.p. eested
ON carpet-bags ON the floor. The Fourth
avenue line, which runs to the Grand Cen.
trail depot, is strung along with cars which
suggest cotton bOsss ON the Mississippi
moving maze OF csrpet-bAgs. The Erie road
ON Friday evening rent ont twenty seven
cars 10 ono trdin. including seven sIe~pers.
boarded . centennial tram Ut New Beupe-
wick aud rode thirty odd miles amid an
odor Of hay stacks, villagers and eggs.
Across the aisle from where eat was q
gentleman clad in russet. He Va. about
eixty years Of age, and surveyed mankind
from under hat made on block which
must have Crumbltd into powder centuries
baked mud, which seemed to annoy the
proprietor Of it, for he occasionally
ecrsped his feet on the gaping iron j.ws
of black bag, an evident heirloom. A
young fiend, who roamed upmolested
through the car with . basket ON his arm,
sold the old fellow three bananas, objects
~ surprising t. him az any chapter in the
Revelations. In front Of him sat his son
and daughter n-law, . pleasant civilized
couple, and dido't seem proud of the old
man. Hs divided his bananas with them.
ana proceeded solemnly, and with evident
misgivings, to peel the ono he kept. He bit
looked dubious. bit again, and got away
with half OF it; then he concluded to take
the remainder home to the old woman
about three days journey. Inpelled by
this spasm of generosity, he took mp his
carpet-bag in order to stow away the frag
ment of the feast. As he opened IL he
discovered that the ecrapings of his
shoes lad left scant slowing room; where
upon be tumbled ont the geological lorna
ton into the lsp of his Temporary companion,
a pleasing Hebrew seated at bis eide. The
Jew refused, with great indignation. this
tender Of real estate, although 1t cost him
pOthing-incredible IA 1t icy seem. Now
the old pilgrim, wishiL z to deposit his
moiety OF banana in the bottom of the bag,
where it could not e Injured, made gen
ersl Jail delivery, and OUT of thxt bag came
Q baid-headed hair brush-or nearly s0-s
few hairs alone remaining; . fine tooth
comb, which to clean would have been -
dangerous ~ to remove times accumulA-
tione on the CANVASS of an old master; some
extremely worn shirt collars, Horribly soiled;
q red flannel undershirt; como stockings 40
rent and tatfered that, concluded his GUS
tom wss to wear them outeide of his shoes;
spd half peck of fragmentarv sand.
wiches, which appeared 70 20 the result
Of . feast that had exploded in same
mvsferious manner, Tho old man chased
bita of ham about, and cornered biscuits,
every once in . while laying . particularly
fat pieoe of ham on the jews trousers, IN
unconscious delicate attention. species OF
mossic charsde. Having cleared ont tho
hold and restored the cargo tho old man,
Who seemed devOured with raging thirst,
made his twentieth trip to . glaes OF water.
In getting ont of his SCAT be crushed bis
dsuehfer'S bonnet and tumbled over tae
jew, When he returned be was doubtful
about bis ability to get into his seat: which
vas next the window. He took hold OF toe
back of tho seat and c!ung to It: ana tnen
lifted one leg over the child o. Ietoss.em,
but could not make up his mind. having no
faith in himself to speak of, to let his
hand loose until he had some to anchor.
This evolution resulted in his getting the
jews head into chancery. With one arm
around the neck of that prosecuted
Israelite he tumbled over into his place
with the neck upder his arm. The victim
rf the maneuyre came to the surface In
total darkness, with his hat driven down on
10 his neck, while the daughter straight'
Ems d ont her bonnet, which had again Dron
crushed. The jew metspborically hung me-
barn upou the willow He fed to the smok.
mo car. The triumphant old granger tel
asisen in his shoes, to the intense grief OF
fhe Whole company think liberal sub.
scrintion couid have been taken up on the
srot TO have had that old man wound up
sp r.;n an that he could have run to the end
II the tourney. A pleasant gentleman seated
Has;da me-. who had been roaring with
Isnvhter and uas AZ much pleased as II me
=, cient had been his father. told me tnat no
Jaw this unconscious instrument OF mlrsn ~
The Cen tennial negotiating for tne P1scnass e
If an apple from y smart yo1nk 'oM an~T in a
,nl1ng an h:sr sres osnss
Ihe Old man, "wby. 1 give 'em away to me
h"gs ct home" "That's what We are 10
No." retorted the young woman.