The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-02-24

seems TO me Wltha painting. The pleas
ure we feel in looking at a painted land
scape is to be reminded Of similar scenes
that you remember lor may have almost
| forgotten) and the associations and sweet
memories that cluster around it and
which are gently and truthfully recalled
/ by the beautiful imitation on the canvas.
No painting can be as beautiful as nature
| Tor perhaps I should except portraitsI /;
but the admirer of the artistic and beau
tiful can pass many a pleasant hour in
the Art Gallery Of the big exposition.
There are lots of sights to be seen in
all parts Of the city, such as Jackson
square and statue, Franklin and Clay
statues, French Market, the river front,
the U. S. Mint, etc, but they have all
been described over and over again.
JACKSON SQUARE,
is situated near the river front, in the
old French portion of the city, faced by
the Cathedral the colaJos0 Ccity prison.
and Place d arms, Tor old colonial arse
nall. These two latter buildings bear
the marks OF passing time, but were
doubtless considered palatial structures
in their day. The Jackson statue rep
resents "Old Hickory" upon a prancing
horse, and upon the base OF the statue,
in capital letters are the words-onc of
Jackson's sayings:
'THE UNION MUST AND SHALL RE PRE-
SERVED ("
As this statue was erected some years
previous to the war, l can't help but
wonder what the rebels used to think
when they read the einscription they had
placed there themselves, and which bore
for them an answering reprimand. Up
on the base of the Clay statue, at the in
terseetion of st. Charles and Canal
streets, is a strong anti-slavery saying by
that immortal statesman a fit compan-
ion sentence to the sculptured words
that speak from the statue of Jackson.
THE FRENCH MARKET
Is a long row Of market houses on the
river front, below Jackson Square and
between that place and the Mint. There,
from the earliest hours of morning,
until noon or later, you can buy almost
anything desired. The French Market
is particularly celebrated for its coffee,
which may be had, inky black in the
French style, creamless and sugarless,
in a small cup. 1t is so strong that one
cup, well-stirred into a tub of warm
water would make excellent boarding
house coffee, sufficient for many days.
The old French portion OF the city lies
on the south of Canal street and consists
of quaint old buildings and narrow
streets, such as only George w. Cable can
adequately describe, and of which he has
so charmingly told us in his cold Creole
Days" and other realistic stories. Here
you can hear any language spoken, al
though the French is predominant.
You see Mexicans, Spaniards, Italians,
Cubans, Indians, Chinese and even an
occasional Japanese, Turk or Arab, and
the narrow paved sidewalks OF the old
Rue Royale, Rue dOrleans, Burgundy
and Daupbine streets are always pictur,
esque with motley, cosmopolitan groups
AMONG THE SPORTS.
New Orleans is a great cityfor gaming
and the doors of gambling rooms are
wide open-the hook is always ready foI
the sucker. You miss some of the city's
celebrities when you fail to visit the
"Club Rooms" at 70 and is Royal street
where you can indulge in almost any
game of chance known to the civilized
world. Faro, keno, roulette, hazard
or any card game may be INDUCED in
without fear Of police interference. The
Louisianians are inveterate gamblers
and what they don't drop on the State
Lottery and the races they generally
leave in the Golfers of the diminutive
Monte Carlo, of Rue Royale and about
midnight, when the rooms are full anC
business rushing, these gambling-housel
are-.to the innocent abroG q lme for in.
stance "a veritable curiosity well worth
a visit.
PERE ANTOINE's DATE PALM.
Did you ever read Tom Bailey Aid
rich's sweet little story OF 'Pere An
toiue's Date Palm?" Well, YOU can Sc,
the same towering palm, though now
rugged and no longer slender and deli
cate, Just where it has stood since, accord
ing to the little story told by miss Blon
dean, it grew from the grave in which
the good old priest so teartuIly buried the
gentle little Anglice. The old tree rear
its fan-like leaves in plain view of the
passer-by, at the corner of Dauphin,
street and Rue d'Orleans.
SPEAKING OF CABLE
reminds me OF the truth OF the proverl
that a prophet is not without honor
save in his own country" Gable, VIII,
has made himself almost the idol of az
admiring literary world at the same
time became so unpopular in the city il
which he was reared that he has remov
ed his family to Massachusetts,, and will
hereafter make the Bay State his home
Il 10 oDDfbar aoga Of rra77fr71 and q Ii r.