New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-20
JOHNNY BOUQUETS WALKS.
RrHIkD TaE SCENES or LIFE.

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HISTORY ~ RoBsRr FULTON
fs ,,se al the flower Is to bring about the multi
,,,estjon u Tire slant by sesd.p This Is q solemn
truth, and observe that most Of my flowers arc
taakhs 70 bring about weddings. and weddings are
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Powers come in everywhere 10 affairs # love.
Thev ara every where understood to DO delicate
.sn,enjsiens Of love. even where no symbolism, or
fsrey. or scnsibil;ty or sentiment prevails in the
aoc;ety. The earliest occupation Of Adam and Eva
WA uuIlibe flowers. The frse aes was making
elothinFof leaves. The first murder was because
TIA Lord preferred dead sheep 70 fresh bouquet'
Cain. Who killed nan rather than sheep, had q
son named Encch. and Cain buiidsd Q CITY and
called II Rno.h.s otter the name OF his son. This
was the arss csty that sver was, and man who had
m instinct 6fr flowers founded it. and therefore
Johnny Bouquet is the oldest Knickerbocker
There IL no sale for flowers tin you start city;
eeantry people may appreciate fowsrs but they
dorm undsrssrd fbom and all the science that pur-
eued chs flowers, watched them and made them IN
ss1liriblc ana eloquent came from the crowded
hsnnts Of rnsn. Tho first knowledge OF flowers was
81 Babylon next went young Aristotle to Athens
at thsage Of eighteen and learned al that Pieto
knew there. and more. aud walked about his garden
- Iectuxe suscng the flowers every pupil with one
Of my buttollhole bouquets ON his lapel
Then Pliny, while Nero was adding. fighting
and kicking his wife, was taking notes on
Covers and nature at Verona and after Che tyrants
fail kept up his work ~ ysspzsian's side in Rome.
thn dogsl SECRETARY.
Bagdad ard Constantinople were the great hot
houses Of Europe and Asia. and the Arabs and
Greeks competed for superiority In ower-culture.
Not till Lianmas left UpsaIa for the big cities Of
Holland did his classification of the flowers blossom
into books HE wandered about Paris with Jussieu.
and told him that there was sex In howers-and
perhaps that is why there is love In them also. Dr.
Draper, finally. looked at the lungs Of the flower
and dssectea its windpipe in thecentre OF the City
Of New-York. ~. l@....se +.
hope these remarks will lead to generous pat
ronaRe when am next seen with my tray OF japon-
ieas tnberoses and violet spras at the doorbels Of
tho learned deriving that beat of SMELLS roast beef
through the kitchen grating
sTUpx OF CAIN.
Yea Cain founded the FIRST city, and has posterity
In them all. As Cain Aed before the Lord and bid
b.eif in city, 50 the errant girl the restless heir
the uneasy SPECTATOR the soui bsrbed and bleeding
with genius, the possessor of anything admirable
hut not consoling. whether beauty, or skill, or
address, lose themselves ia the device of Cam, and
new life and sensea arise within them-resources,
refinements, the arts. organization-and from this
citadel proceeds the government OF the globe by
man, ,1De day in London he beheads the divinely
rightedD king; tomorrow In Boston throws allie
glance y away; next in Paris, he puts to scOrn
nobility: and to-day, in st. Petersburg strikes
down the head of his religion and State Yet bow
near are the sons Of Cain to the soul Of Abel
1t was not long ago that gentleman said to me-
he was In wine" Johnny win take your best
bcuquetthat big one on tray, fit to be the bridal
bed of Eye-if you viii carry il to this address,
"An RIGHT, boss was my response, as ! took hts
ten dollar bill and observed rather deyilish light
In his eye while he wrote name on a card. Il was
beam of the light that shcne in the eye of Cain as
the discriminating fame of heaven shot past his
offering and blazed on AbePs altar. However. 1
wasn't particular about what was rong on in his
mind, and he slipped the card in tls bouquet and
started OF to deliver it Stopping close by 10 change
INV note and eat bit Of lunch, good many people
gathered near the great prize bouquet and began to
talk about it and to smell Of ii. and 30. whether
some Jealous rival stole that card whether had
dropped it on the street. the card was issing when
] took UP the great salyer Of flowers again.
Ihastened back to the place whore had met the
gentleman. He bad gone away n q carriage. told
my trouble to the hotAl clerk the genial Gillis and
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nau pfed on Aoefs s.ocA' anu ns''o q.oi
out fhe consequently isaia 70 mysen' inoe1
fiowors wiz wither Tor whlcn nave Deen PAID !
believe ne meant 20 sena them 70 nus WIFE, ana
WIZ SAKE 'nem tnefe.
BEHIND The SCENES
rang the door bell OF his house and asked Tor the
lady. shown into the parlor saw my buyers pic
ture over the mantel. The house was nos expen-
svsly furnished. but looked like the abode OF per-
severance in some moderately compromising profess
sion and slow but gaining conquest on half fortune.