Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.

NEW ORLEANS. July 81, 1879.
EDITOR INTELLIG ENCER:-I have just been en-
joying a delightful siest0 under the plum trees.
partly lulled to rest by the musical hum Of the
bees, and-shall confess threading 'OuIda,'
| and have awakened with an enviable sense of
| satisfaction with myself and the whole world.
| 1t Is Saturday evening, and 1. like all other
members of the "can' tget-away club" have
been cogitating where l shall spend to-mor-
row Sunday. That is the universal query,
Saturday nights, of us poor untortunates whose
pursea are light as our hearts. and weigh .
great deal less. But after all we ''can't-get-
! aways'' have fair share of summer recrea-
tions. There are the dollar excursions on the
Mobile road to the d dnerent watering places over
! the luke; there delightfully."- cool ''tn cent"
| rides 10 the New Lake, CarrollLon, Spanish Fort
and dozen other places All kinds Of amuse-
! nents for the different classes OF people, tho
wealthy mrchant and his family, or the poor
| working man and his pale. delicate looking
wife, whose eyes light UP with Lstre sell
dom seen as she breathes inio her very soul q
| new life with the refreshing breeze that comes
from the lake. One would suppose, from the
Casual glance at the northward bound trsins,
that all our society people had left the city, and
yet an attendance at the
| JOCKEY CLUB ENTERTAINMENTS
shows that there still remain goodly number
OF our fashionable society. The members have
a magnificent building for their club house.
three stories, broad galleries and wide flights of
stone steps. The house Is elegantly furnished |;
| fine enSrarings and pictures, heavily carve
| furniture, and every thing that wealth can buy
and taste amt culture suggest. The grounds are
laid of in the most artistic style, and on the
| nights of their entertainments are illuminated
with imported Chinese lanterns. band OF
music Is stationed in apavilliOn in the garden.
and throughout the evening renders choice Oper-
attic selections. Four calcium lights lend their
| btil!iancy to the already fairy-lIke scene. View
ed from the upper gallery of the Club House the
brilliantly lighted grounds, the rIchl y dressed
| ladies'. :hc soft musical strains from SOnnam-
Dula, mingled with the subdued hum of voices,
all combine to torcibly remind one of q scene
from Aladdin, or some other wonderful fuiry
tale, such MS used to delight our childish years.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH"
Passed OIL as every other 4th OF July generally
does. Steamboat excursions seemed the order
OF the day, and nearly every little ambitious
ferry and tug boat held picnic party of theil
own. The Clerks' Benevolent Association gave
their annual pyrotcchnical exhibition ut the fail
grounds. The displaying of fireworks was or
an unusually large scale.
The annual exhibition of the Fruit Growers
Association opened last Wednesday, at Exposi
tion Hall. On the closing night
"FnRE LuNcH''
Was given the public OF the bread, cakes, jel
| lies, fruits, &c, which had been on exhibition
The people seemed to think it q wonderful,
bright idea on the part of the superintendent
and testified their appreciation in u substantial
manner.
One of the standing institutions of New Or
leuns is the
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
They hold weekly prayer meeting in theI
reading rooms, and have accomplished grea
deal OF good, i'll fact, SO much so that one OF GU
most noted divines, DIR. Palmer, said in publ
address, that they were interfering in u work tina
belonged exclusively to the church and hel
ministers. l believe DR.. Palmer to be deepl
earnest in his religious convictions. Amid tn
tumult of free-thinkers anu atheists he stand
firm as rock In the midst of foaming, turbu
lent sea. But there noble hearts AM
kind hands among the Y. NJ. c. A. and thos
hearts that were 50 full OF pity and love for thei
suffering ielOw-beinss during last summer
that helped to bury the dead and comfort tn
living, that aided freely the widow and orphan
deserve mans highest need of appreciation anC
assistance. Dr. Palmer's conduct has caused
great many remarks net altogether compliment
ary, and Is considered as but another evidenc
that seif-prescrvation, or to reduce the term
It's lowest form-setshness. ID us pre- valeu
among christians among Jews and Pa.ans
and is in morals what sravtation is IN nature
unlvers al, ineXOrab!e. There is 4 world of via
dom in the Jewish adage OF
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