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

Lord of Misrule, was bearded warrior wit
q rude helmet on his head. In his left han
he carried skull and in his right sword.
Following him came two men and fou
; women, grouped around the doorway of
stone hut
After the age in which the first men lived
came the time when God made man sin Hi
own image" This was
THE BIBLICAL AGE,
when man knew Of the true God and dreamed
Of others when the races Of men were divided
in their worship-some doing reverence t.
their Maker. aid others doing reverence t
the gods Of their own creation The Lord 0
MIsruie represented each.
There was an idol with distorted form ant
hldeous vlsage, very monster in appearance
The whole aspect OF this figure indicated thai
then, as now, the religion Of many WAS basec
not on their love, but on their fears.
This idol was succeeded by two figures, o
man and a woman kneellng with caspe
hands, and eyes raised to heaven, watching
the ascending smoke, which bore with it their
prayers, and which rose from sacrifca fire
burning on the top OF hill
The next age represented was
THE GOLDEN AGE,
(which, wi hout any avepger, of its own ac-
cord, without laws, practiced both ia tn and
rectitude. Punishment, and the fear of it,
did not exist, and threatening DEGREES were
not read upon the brazen tables, fixed up to
view, nor yet did the supplIant multitude
dread the countenance of its Judge; but all were
in safety without any avenger. The pine tree,
cut from its native mountains, had not yet
de- cended to the flowing waves, that it might
visit foreign region; and mortals were &C
quainted with 10 shows beyond their own.
Not as yet did deep bitches surround the
towns; no trumpets of Strengthened, or
carions of crooked brass, no helmets, no
sworis then existed. Without occasion for
soldiers, the mind, of men, free from care, en-
joy+d an easy tranquility.
The earth itself, too in freedom, untouched
by The harrow and wounded uy no ploy-
shares, OF its own accord produced every
thing, and men cDntented with the food,
created un Ter no compulsion, gathered the
fruit OF the arbute tree, and the straw berries
Of the mountain and cornels and blackbsr-
ries adhering to the prickly bramble- bushes,
and acorns which had fallen from the wide
spreading tree Of Jove. Then it was an eternal
s Jring; and the gentle Zephyrs cherished the
flowers produced without any seed. Soon,
too, the earth unplowed yielded crops of
grain and the land without being renewed
was whitened with the heavy ears of corn
Then rivers of milk, then rivers of nectar
were lowing and the yellow honey Was dis
titled from the green holm oak"
In this age the Lord of Misrule introduced
Una and the Lion, and following her
came man and woman who lived in that
happy time. The man wore golden armor
and clasped around the waist the woman
who was clad in vestments rare
They stood On'a raised dias wrought in gold |
md all around them were flowers and sweet |
smelling shrubs and vines.
Succeeding the golden age was
THE SILVER AGE,
which was 'inferior to tina. of gold. but more
precious than that of yellow brass. Jupiter
hortened the duration Of the former spring,
nd divided the year INTO four periods by
leans of Winters, and Summers, and un
teady Autumns and short Springs. Then,
Or the first time, did the parched air glow
18th sui ry heat, and the ice, bound up by the
'inds, Was pendant.
"Then, for the first time, did men enter
ouses. Those houses were caverns, and
lick shrubs and wigs fastened together with
ark. Then, for the first time, were the seeds
Ceres buried in long burrows, and the oxen
roaned, pressed by the yoke Of the plow-
lare"
From tradition the heather poets, no
oubt, learned the story the Bible tells of the
rst days of our first parents in the Garden
Eden; and this was the G olden Age. From
aaition they also learned Of the fall, when |.
e ground was cursed and Adam and Eve .
ere elected and there was 'placed at the east :
the Garden of Eden cherubim and a
ming sword, which turned every way to :,
,ep the tree Of lite"
It was after this that God gave his COM :
ands to govern men, and the Lord of Mis- !.
le presented a figure of Moses bearing the
|>}nrS nf ctr nhi oh IL.
Next came Solomon. with the Queen Of :,
leba beside him. Richly dressed pages :
ereFin attendance and chained lions guard.
the st ps of the throne.
THE BRONZE AGE
loved. The Age Of Brass, g. fiercer in dis :,
sition and more prone to horrible war
re-"
This was the age in which man, having ad
need in civilization, acquired the art OF
citing copper and alloying il with tin, and T
,m these metals making weapons Of war :
a I'm elements of peace. This is the age in | :"
iich we first fluid traces of the horse the "
, tae pig, dog and other domestic animals :,
The present day.
5 me naturallsts think that the people of :,
S age had a commerce. :. :.
Foster says .
= While copper is not sparingly distributed =
'oughout Europe, tin is restricted to two or ~ ~
zee known localities, and the fact that s
lely separated people, like those Of Ireland, W "
gland, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, etc, g
re able to supply themselves with this rare -
essential metal, implies that there must TT
'e existed at that early period a maritime ~ :,
ion wi h whom they cultivated close COM =, =.
rcial relations
This age was represented by two bronze y,
riots, one following the other. both drawn ~
Assytian horses cast in bronze. ~
he succeeding age was ~
THE IRON AGE,
;ch Just preceded the Historic Age. -
Ii Is omphatically, to a knowledge of the :"
of reducing and tempering iron that man "
o largely indebted for the mastery which ~
has been able o acquire over the forces Of "a
ure. This art has enabled him to replace y,
rude implements with others far more -
,ient, and consequently to add greatly to a.
comfort. This was :" the Age OF Hard en- en-
a." sp
The sailor now spread his sails to the NJ, W.,
DIS, and with these as yet he was but little