Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-25
ROUNDABOUT NEW ORLEANS.

comfort. Early Oh Saturday, We erected
a landing. We found the Crescent City
alive with business, everything indicat.
ing the best prospect Of any previous
season since the war. In that respect,
the croakers seem to have vanished.
In the evening, by invitation Of our
friend, Col. Columbus II. Allen, one Of
the proprietors of the Brook Rice Mills,
on Tchoupitoulas street, one Of the larg-
est and best conducted in the city, we
accompanied him across the Pontchar-
train to the beautiful resort Of Mandc-
vile. The trip on board the new Came
lia was q most delightful one; the wind
was blowing with sufficient force to re-
mind one Of the butfcting waves of the
briny deep, and the cooling breeze seem
cd to impart new life to the system of
those who have faced the whole summer
in the Sunny South.
Arriving at Vaudeville, the crowd Of
passengers forced its way to the front
street, where carriage awaited our
party to transport us to the residence,
where Col. Aliens little family have
been spending the SIMMER After we
had "stabulatcd' ourselves, as o friend
Of ours would say, COL A. and our hum
bic self sailed out for Q moonlight
stroll.
The evening was clear and cool, with
the bright rays Of the moon casting it's
soft and dreamy light through the
branches Of the moss covered state.
ly oaks, which line the shores of the
lake, under whose shade tho red men,
once upon time, assembled their coun.
ellis. Our friend suggested that it would
bc emincntly proper for the Mayor Of
the Highland City to pay his respects
to His Honor of Vaudeville, at the very
time when the domains under bis ,jnrjs-
diction were clothed in their most poet
ical garb. We quickly assented, and
called on the Mayor, who happened just
then to be ont attending to a medical
call, as he is q physician.
We were greeted, however, most cour-
tcously by his amiable lady, who rem
dercd our visit Il very pleasant one.
In due time, we returned to our
friends home, and after taking somc ice
water with little sugar and smoking u
cigar or two while famed by the deli
ci0us lake breeze, We retired to our
couch to dream Of the Choctaw warriors,
the Crescent and the Capital City, and
of everything that makes life happy in
this part of the world.
Sunday broke on rs q brighter
day than the preceding one. After the
ablution and breakfast, We took our
place in the Coloncls carriage, beside his
lovely daughter, who insisted on acting
~ the driver. Onward we rode through
the pinewood rs far as Lewisburg,
where we came to halt opposite the
residence Of Mr.. b., where we alightel
for u call. We found the family Mt
home, who received our party most gra.
ciously. In fact, after making the ac-
qnaintancc Of all the charming ladies
present, the conversation became gen
eral and interesting, and time flew as if
by magic. We were listening to the
Coils recital of that story Of the Virgi.
MIA gentleman on whose grave fragrant
mint ever grew, this while we slipped q
very palatable beverage in which some
of that very species of mint had been
mixed up with crushed ice, and we were
forgetting all about the sanctity of the
Sabbath, between the mint and the
beautiful young lady at the piano, whose
dark eyes heightened the sweetness
the moroccan she was rendering so cx.
quisitc)y, when 10 and behold, q fresh
lot of visitors appeared, church folks at
that, so that the music, the mint, the
dark eyes, all disappeared in twinkle.
We had been caught in the act of break
ing the Sabbath. Some kind of q weak
excuse was given by. somebody, and we
soon retired in rather rdcmOralzed state,
as they used to term it in the days when
we were marching along.
In the evening we drove out towards
Mr.. Knott's residence and pecan grove,
the largest in the State. 1t is situated
on the shores of the lake and contains
400 trees regularly numbered and laid
out Mr. X. was kind enough to take
us around his beautiful place, bath house
over the lake, etc. Dusk came, however,
and we started for home preceded by the
Colonels bright boys who on their ponies
had led the way tot us right handsomely
during our travels.
On Monday morning we returned to
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