The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-11

r Lord 81 Assessments with roll marked COZ
y epienously ASS. and the Keeper of Accounts
e club In hand, and the Hon. Engineer q
j. Chantles and Plugs and last Of all the JAG
9 ct Spades and the Proprietor OF the Leve
o Dues.
. A noble hummer, red and bunny, bears alo
r a banner with this device: "Our Guests-Th
Dead Beats who never miss the occasion,
with noble army Of some Of the super fluol
'kernels" and "majahs" around town, stron
!, !, In numbers, behind IT. They sport borrowe
u cigars and stolen umbrellas, and are looking
:. little fatigued aud anxious for the processio
to end and tho free lunch at which they figt
so nobly, to begin. There ls consderabl
, hlarity displayed In the crowd rs they recoa
niss ia this gang the faces of several wei
living On the community for several year
past; and more than one lookerOn. who's
!, lineaments bear too close O resemblance /
those OF one OF the Beats. flnshes up In anger
and, elbowipg his way through the crowd
. beats hasty retreat from the impertinen
Kiggles with some very profane remarks o
how beastly stupid the whole thing is.
Standing on the top Of a flaming roof, witt
squirt In hand wherewitb to wash out the con
naKratton, comes another guest Of Brothe
Jonathan the representative of the fire de
partment In whose iineaments some pretent
To discover our worthy fellow towflsman Tn
OU-nn-r. Next la our bold "melistl," rep
resented In the person Of Gen. Win J
h-n. The float bears strong testimonials
to the noble action OF our "m.llsh" in those
glorious affairs Of February % and July 4
when they fought 80 nobIr for the country
Indeed. none but envioue and disagreeable
persons will reeollect the only defeat in their
proud record or glory, the unfortunate affair
q February %. few years ago, when
owing to a shower, our citizen soldery
were unable to turn out from fear OF get
ting theis' feet wet. The desperate courage
OF the soldiery Is allegorieally repre-
scented by small and sickly Chinaman.
whom Gen. BIN has slain, and who lies
crushed under hia foot while he utters those
death to all tyrants. A bnttle and glass
set In one corner Of the float, have EVIL
IDENTIFY been left there by mistake az no one
would dare to Suggest that our "melish" ever
devoted too much of Its time while la camp to
| the study and consideration Of the bottle.
The Cotton Jammera' Benevolent Associa-
| tion follows. Everybody knows the cotton
TANNERS, who are the favorite processioDizars
other OF our associations. Their attire is a
gem In its way. full dreas suits, beaver hat,
swallow tails and long white duck vests. The
usual marshals and line OF carriages lead and
Introduce us to the A No. chip 'Sally Ann"
upon whose decks WI see the cotton jammers
buslly engaged In Hcrewing the cotton Into
the hold. A long line Of the TANNERS fol-
low. winding up the fret part OF the process
sion.
Section O. led by a band, contains the va
rious foreign societies of our city. The John
Crapeau Francois Sooiete }enticie' leads Off.
It's banner bearing the emblem of a frog upon
its pole.
A float representing Moses in the bull
ruahes hunting Tor germ follows. In the
features OF this Moses some pretend to detect
DIR. S-m-l Ch-pp--n. He has finally solved
the great questions of infection. bacteria.
quarantine, etc, having succeeded In catch
ing, with the aid of a fishing line, a fever
germ Ia one OF our palmetto swamps. Asfar
ae we can see, from hasty glance at the
aforesaid germ, 1t is a golden insect, looking
much like doodlehu but the m uIes to that |
float are frtsky and dash of SO rapidly that
before we are able to get good view Of
this terrible munster. 50 as to Identify it |
In case we should ever encounter 1t out
hunting, 1t dashes by.
Ie Ancient Disorder OF Hibernlcons'
follow. They are but new arrivals in |
the country, however. as they evidence
IN their knee-breaches and long stockings |
the traditional dress of Irish peasants
Their cooked hats. OF the finest felt,
from which the graceful snow-white plumes
about their necks. their rich reUalla Of green
silk and satin. with golden h.rps. sun bursts
and shamrock worked upon them, and the
costly bouquets OF cape jasmnes and Kerani-
ums that their lady admirers have presented
them with. recall 90 m,ny pleasant memo-
ries Of March II that 1t Is impossible for us
to fall to recognize the originals of this body.
Next to the Irish come the Germans, led by
their patron saint Gamhtinus, mounted un a
throne of beer kegs arranged In royal robes
and crowned with flowing cup of lager. In
his pleasant face We race the iineaments Of
that Eod Of beer. j. B-ltz. On the four cor
ners OF the beer float are standing four repre-
sentative Americans n Frenchman, n negro,
a German and an old Irish woman, patrons
all of the beer keg. #
The German Union follow, rs near those
beer kegs rs possible. eyiug them IA II they
expected to cool their warmth and wash away
their fatigues Herewith as soon as the days
march WAS over. Their banner bears a large
cabbage mot as yet sauer-kraut) ~ emblem
OF the German empire. and n motto which.
freely translated. means that the Germans
want everything In this country. The Ital-
Ian de Macaroni Christie Colombo Socletee
follows. The precision and order with which
our fellow-citizens OF Latin origin march Is
They have evidently been
drilled, as Is evidenced by the
fact that no two ranks are even and no man
Ia where he should be.
And last Of all comes the grand wind-up OF
the New Orleans procession, the booming
S-mb-la, the man who fires our saiutes and
ls not responsible for broken glass. His
manly figure bestrides q cannon, where he
sits, sword In hand, ready for a contract to
boom" And thus ends the pageant OF the
Priority Phunny Phellows, having given us 4
view OF some two hundred OF our leading and
most influential citizens.