The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-25
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Bel9T hIsh wftgr mark Of 1874 Indicates
The weather yesterday did its worst The
.nd o Tb all s ana s ata
with freight aboard hai rough time putting i
apish dschareipg, and hal t? lay over. She
the north. and \ e 70 be hoped that 70 day will
The Bedford arrived yesterday from Mobile
and is lying Zero, acr?ss the river at the Ocean
ls making his headquarters at ". Menge n
Co.'s, wants toput her TO work. and is open TO
The Gate CITY. from Quincy. Ill. arrived yes
The New Orleans and Red River Transporta-
count Of The weaher leaves peIp at ' D. M
for Shreveport. Capt. Charlie Truslow IN com
mapd, G; "; Drown clerk.
steamer Golden Drown. ". T. Walker master taste
e. 1. shinkle clerk leaves to morrow at D. m.
p9sitiveely for Cincinnati.
the Soden 6 RSHnaH sas sRt = y H'r' follows
The CITY q Az, Augusta was detained also By the
for White river. Joseph Elliott In command. O..
T. Rather clerk
the John Porter and, barees. owing to the
morrow, sure, at 8 y. m. for .Pittsburg direct
Wa Mahan In command, A l. Kennedy clerk.
1.-The departure 81 the 2 Stein for the Qua,
her advertisement Withdrawn.
!, See the advertisement q the Bayou. Sara and
ger packet Mary Ida In another column.
mny w H at *. Az
morning. receiving TO leave tomorrow, posi-
hyely. st , p. m, for Memphis and the bends
In sundays DEMOCRAT we mentioned that the
ord out Bayou oq I sp uhsfet es
cepts TO that statement. and claims for the As
eqmption that honor ln trip made last season.
portion Of the sugar was from the coast below
sfsst Win wss +, due s,os e ss, from
equal to $500 baies. and The Henry Frank from
Memphis a,I with cargo equal e 9soo bales
Hvs, Charles, peBouohel master, Sept. Toca
clerk; leaves leg. this 70 a m; promptly.
and the Ashland plantation. Ascension parish,
Messrs; Wood and Dean clerks.
leaves At N s sSs,p m sf ss
lower coast. rs far az the Greenwood planta-
The New Orleans and Ouachita River Trans
por!ation Company's steamer John II. Hanna.
,. w. Blanks master, b. @. Oornwell clerk,
Axe Sosn d2r g S. @ master
promptly for bayou Sara. carrying the United
>, The tri. weekly, coast packet Mary Ida, J. A.
10 2; M going az high as Jacobs sawmill;
]. White master. Holmes. Smith, MnCrinde
and Murray clerks. leaves tomorrow at o NJ
for VicksburR Greenville and all bend land
The Merchants and Planters Independent
Line Bayou Lafoprche packet W, j.. Polite
clerk. Ia receiving to leavs tomorrow at 8 D. m.
for Laurel Valley,
M II md In
%. ~. for St. ,Martinsvllle.
flower, A. r. Trousdale master. II. .Molaison
clerk. leaves to morrow at ., m. for Washing
Exchange clippings.
1t. Louis Republican: i
THE Mates YARN
Talk about bard times" said old Fatty
Hynes to a crowd Of roustabouts who had col
lefted about him on the levee. this amt nuth-
ITd Ike to know what you'd and harder" re-
lees ga man starves hisself.',
himself on pile OF sacks and putting away at |
his pipe With the air and Gomposure Of a. pro
, e, philosopher You think you know It all
Ne one deiRnpins a reply; Fatty continued:
You should We been with us In the summer |
OF 80, In Orleans, when the WALLER fever was 80 !
bad, Il you wanted to know what it is to be hard
How'd that summer lay over any o'her2"
We'll, II did" replied Fatty. pressing the to-
becco Into his pipe. aud casting n patronizng
glance around. 1t WAS the rufTest In the busi-
ness, and you never eeed anything like You
can bet your bottom dollar"
There was momentary pause. and Fatty
went on:
You soc, the Mary Ann got to racln' with an
other boat. and the captain ben' an ambitious
bow s boa sa n Pow W. Peat e asr her
much. and the mex, day them wasn't killed
noated back TO the city on what was left OF that
Dunch OF boards. Thar was sixteen of ua, and
only "a In the crowd. Az said. the yaller fever
was ragin and AZ we hadn't money enough to
e sns he ons q Il ten We
poorer and poorer. and In a month we was SO
thin that the whole sixteen Of US wouldn't make
hadn't any more effect, on us than il we was
lamp posts, We was about gone up the spout.
sure 'nough. One day, we was sitin' down on
US away, when. hsppenin' to look up the street.
! seed Teller comm a runnin' with all his |
was the heftiest lookin' eritter ever seed. and
looked az though he'd weigh a ton He seed US
settin,, thar, and stopped and takin' the funnel
You pns appear 70 be hard up.
r told him in whisper. the best as could.
Tor was awful weak. that we was
Strangers In these parts2' says he.
We all nodded.
Hungry
We all nodded asin.
Like to have suuar meal?'
Yes We all answered at once.
Then. said he, speaking to the next man 10 |
him. you shall haveit Take this funnel and
put the small en- end of i to your mouth, and rush
One of the boys tried the thing. and In about
i've MINUTES he came back. lookin Ike bal
Il, and the rest o. EN- took their turns. and
when, we got through our. own mothers
wouldn't have known us, We lived on wind fiji |
we got so light thar we had to carry our arms
.ull Of boulders to keep US from BLOWN away.
We got TO be mighty uncomfortable. you bet |
One day we W $ all siuin' on the landin watch.
m Of the sea Gulls flynn about over the river.
and wonderin how long II would be afore the
ial season would set in and we'd git berth.
when some boys who thought they'd play a
oke come up from behind. and commenced for |
o stick pins into us. seed EN- in time to get
,ut Of the way. but the other fifteen got their
skins pricked and immejitly commenced for
o kerIaps. and in five minutes later thar warn't
authin left Of EN- but thar skins and bones,
and you could put them all in half bushel
measure. I got kinder skeered at this. and
sain,t took a funnel breakfast since. But this
hahn thin to what I've seed In old times.
e0uId tell how apyentpAn of /