The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-07


of the knights who didn't get whipped ant
ridculed those who did, who couldn't bisct
for the fights in this good old time" Away
ended in one or the other Of the combatant
being made q subject for a coroner's jury
something. by the way, the people of that ag,
knew nothing of.
This was the age in which those mer
dubbed knights had all the rights, and thos,
men who were not knights were vassaIs anc
had 70 rights.
In his representation of this age the Lord
OF Misrule introduced St. George and the
Dragon he fought and killed.
ST. George fought the dragon for the sake
Of one Of the distressed damsels of the time.
This distressed damsel was the daughter of a
king, and was chained to a rock, aud the
dragon came along to eat her up, and just
then St George came along also, and there
was com bat, during which the dragon ex-
pred.
Following st. George and the Dragon came
number OF knights followed by their squires,
all on horseback, trave ling up hill to the
gate of a castle.
Following came Jason-who everybody
knows went after the Golden Fleece-as the
representative of the ...
AGE OF ADVENTURE.
Columbus, surrounded by his sailors, Just
landing on the shores of America, and pl mt
ing upon them the Spanish flag, was another
picture Of this age.
THE PRESENT AGE
came next in the pageant. The age of all the
ages. This is the age Of gold and silver, for
gold and silver now govern the world. II is
the age OF bronx, for with bronze we can do
more than the ancients ever dreamed of. Il
Is the age OF iron, for iron in the present is
the metal which is more valuable to mankind
than all the other metals. Gold and silver, it
is true, may pay for the iron, but without iron
we would have no gold nor silver. II is the
age of chivalry, not the chivalry of the
past but the chivalry which rewards virtue
and Furnishes vice. 1t is the age of adven-
ture, tor in it the North Pole has been visited,
and the wilds of Africa explored.
The Lord OF Mlsrule represented this age
by the figure of an old man. This old m an
was seated and gaZed thoughtfully on the
many symbols of art, science and literature
which surrounded him. In the succeeding
picture the Lord OF Misrnle made rather
sarcastic allusion to the condition of things
in the present age in this State. There was
large cannon, loaded and primed In the rear
of. this Cannon. facing to the rear, was the
form Of a herculean negro The figure was
armed and bore defiant attitude. This
picture told the story of the negro being
backed by cannon when there was no enemy
to face-in word, told the old political tale |
THE FUTURE AGE
came next. Minerva was there gazing
over the course of the coming years, and
looking with wonder on troop of Amazons, |
armed and equipped with weapons Of modern |
warfare, which came with the advancing
years. Then came
THE END.
Old Time was dead. His body rested |
against clock, whose hands were broken and |
whose works had run down. His eyes were |
glazed, his beard matted, his hour glass
broken and his sickle dulled and rusty. Dead
Time passed on, and the crowd wheeled in
'ehind. The pageant made the rounds, and
vas finally lost at the Opera House, and the
parade OF the Twelfth Night Jewellers was
hing Of the past.
AT THE OPERA HOUSE
After the pageant there was surgng aud
waying mass of those who held invitations
eeking entrance through the portals of the
opera House. In the throng ladies were
ushed this way and that, their escorts were
bowed and hustled; but nobody minded the
ushing or the elbowing and hustling, and
till the stream poured in, carriage after car
age dropped its freight, and in short time
ne building, iron parterre to gallery, was
rowded. Il
The tableaux were received with MANY
authorizations of appreciation and approba-
on. They - there were two of them
ere made up Of the pictures presented on
le streets.
The merry couples whlrled away to the :
veetest music Those many dancers made
? gay throng, but as they danced time
ent by and the jewellers disappeared, and
i'll time went on, until the last Of the gay
NJ ar bod ~, |
Ill OF the Twelfth Night Reyelers was a
ing to be remembered with the pleasant
emories Of the past
INCIDENTS
The Examinations in honor Of the parade
the Ravelers, was as usual very brilliant
le display by the stores and club houses
ong the route of the procession was the
hject of universal admiration. The deco
ton OF the Pickwick, Orleans, Boston and
'ess clubs were particularly noticeable; that,
'wever, OF the Orleans coming in for more
an the usual share of praise, and long be-
re the hour fixed for the parade, crowds
thered 10 front of the mansion of the Or
ms Club, to admire the beautiful bunch of
apes, which hung pendant from an arch,
lich was surmounted by circle, in the
ddle OF which was star, the whole being
med by globes of light.
W bile the procession was passing the City
III the mules attached to the float which
re the Globe got excited, and for time
re beyond the control of the driver. They
re, however, quieted, and startled people
o had been gazing on this runaway world
med the line again, and the procession
we'd on.
1T the corner of Gravier and Camp streets
S same Globe caught fire, and was. in about
, minutes and halt by the watch, entirely e
lsumed. -
nst after the procession started the Lord
Alsrule sent out his couriers and his aids
distribute to the people a programme OF
parade.
This is a new departure, AID one to be :
amended. The general public generally ito
aking is not up in the classics, and when VI
Sc pagean:s are understood they are the s
re appreciated. CO
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