West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-07-14
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
"'rhese pencifd figures are
Even such as they give out.'
TimOn Of Athens,


Even such as they give OUT
Timon Of Athens.
Dear .M.. Editor.-I have determined to
employ half an hour of this lovely sum
mers evening in writing to you. Ifyou
will listen patiently will endeavor to
tell you something of New Orleans cell
ehrities; the bad, the good, better and
the best people we will talk Of The
winters in the South are noted for their
miidness, it never SHOWS here, and last
Winter do not remember of seeing any
ice frozen naturally, here. Gone must be
explicit. you understand, in these modern
dHvs Of invention.) With the winter
season comes an influx ofstrangers gam
hlcrs. thieves of Il: lower order tourists,
farmers, theatrical people. drnmmers, ect.
You can designate the gamestcrs by their
snowy attire and sanatsOid manner; the
tourists by the way they patronize the
different places of amusements, and their
habitual hauteur the farmers, by their
Jeans attire, large slouch hat, shoes half
an inch to small for them, and by their
general rural aspect. The farmers are
easy prey to the gamesters who watch
as eagerly i>t' their arrival as Vultures do
for carrion. I'll cndeavor to give you
an illustration of the way the verdant
farmers are duped. Scene: Street cor
ner. Farmer standing on the corner
dressed in jeans, slouch hat and the in
evitabIe short shoes. He is gazing with
wondernent at large tiaring theatrical
poster. Up steps Il dapper little gentle
man. taps Mr.. Farmer familiarly upon
the shoulder and with q gushing ''Why,
how are you, Mr.. Brown. how are you.
Glad to have the pleasure of meeting
you again. When did you arrive III Ne"
Orleans ~
Farmer Gazing doubtfully into Mr.
Dappers face.) Waal who air ye:
Mr.. Dapper looks offended, but replies,
"Why, have you forgotten an Old friend: !:
Don't YOU reccollect mellow pleasant
ly we both got along together five au-
tunns ago coming down on the "boo.
Lee ?
A clcam of pleasure and surprise fits
over the face Of the honest old farmer,
member his friend (!) lie stretches out his
! sunlrowned hand and heartily says
| why how air you Mr.. -'
! "Johnson,r editics MIR. Dapper, with il
smile. How are you, Mr.. johnson! WIN
a squeeze of the hand that causes MT
Dapper inwardly to curse the 1ervol
these hardy SONS of the soil possess IL
their hands.
A conversation so begun is materially
| improved by Mr.. Dapper, alias Johnson
who by sly questioning and acute per
ceutiou learns that Mr.. Brown has visitec
N. O. to invest his earnings in supplies
for his farm.
'.It must be very expensive, this 1afn
supplving:" mo, not very, two tho'ls
and ill dew it," about halfyour profits
Mr Brown. | suppose - ''Waal prctt!
nigh onto it,
Upon the proposition of Dapp"r th
duo decide to take II stroll. Pretty gen
erallv tn. route is down St. Charles st
to Canal, or Royal to some ccrtaiu mum
Der.
Dappcr and farmer Brown have walked
about half u block, when Dapper stops
clasps his hand over his brcSt pocket ant
exclaiuis '.oh. | forget ali about it,.
"About What" inquiries the verdant far.
mer. "Why, purchased IL ticket i'll the
lottery yesterday and the drawing cam
off to-day at ten o'clock. 1t is now cl
even. Would you object to so to til
Office with me % ''Sartainly not, JUS
move on" They move on, and MI Dap
per leads the vcrdant youth up to No lt
where he inquiries of Il man behind u hug
desk and mahogany ratings as to Whethe
ticket 424 has drawn prize.
After pause the answer is ''i24 te
and ninety dollars. Yes, your ticke
drew one hundred dollars. Here you art
sir, just step up to the DESK Dappe
pockets the money, treats Brown, aud
the enthusiasm of the moment improsse
\ upon the farmer the propriety {
, purchasing ticket, The farmer
excuse is that hc leaves for HON
early the following day. THAT nee
not he any hindcrancc-a lottery
J about to be drawn-suppose, Mr.. Browl
, you purchase u ticheC. 30 ptonpteu, VA
b. buys Il ticket for $3.50, waits in su!
pense for Il few minutes-he then heal
that his ticket, No. 100, has drawn tc
dollars. Elatcd by his success MI.
! invests several times more, and cac
time is successful in winning. He is
\ the act of leaving the ''oflice' when NJ
l Dapper takes him aside and whispe
y coniidcntially to him to purchase who
ticket No. 40, that it is going to win. /
can see it, be knows how these lotteri