Houston Daily Mercury (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 88, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1873 Page: 2 of 4
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fore, socb a pestiferous rasa, we pre-
sumed at once that the King intended
in him to satirize the State Militia,
but since we know the Adjutant Gen-
eral to be a much handsomer man than
this'fellow was, we take it all back
and say to him " Fa, mouche !"
A hook-nosed old "Densio'ner" fol-
lowed, wearing upon his head-one of
those coffee-pot caps worn by ""our
armv in Mexieo," in '46. fie'iaeaa*
dered along like a neglected Eeroctf
the past generation, and seemed to
be wondering how much "fight
there was inside the fancy uniform wore,a
in front of him. If anybody had
cried "On to the Bio Grande l;,. .whide;
he was passing by, we venture , to as^
aert ho would have been the first to
respond, but as.it was he moped like
.Othello, for his occupation was gone!
But for the police rattle grasped in
his loccat hand, and which he. wielded
with energy he could have been mis-
taken for an escaped effigy from a.
wax-works show. _
Dancing along behind him was a.
fair maiden, tricked out in. t
gaudy finery of the modern fashions.
Her head-dress was surmounted by a
moth and her bustle was the long,
curving body of a green silk worm,
tipped with a bow of, bright ribbon.
She! wore neat satin buskin3 and a.
flashy polonaise,; and bore a unitjue
parasol, formed from a butter-fly im-r
paled upon a bodkin. She seemed
the exact counterpart of a" , pretty
French milliner, whose chief adver-
tisements are always upon her
person. The envious eyes of ;
a lady recognized the picrace^ pr
the elegant costume delighted jj
_ f ■ r
An admirer followed j at least 'We"
took h:m for onev from the vigorous
manner in which he serenaded her,,
with a dollar-store fiddle.. He was a;
unsightly old black chap, and Iooke<
to the life like one of those black
grasshoppers, with which we are fa-
miliar. He looked as dead in earnest
as if. he was "kaiserlich-X-ouigSU^eri,
oberhnf Jcjppelmsister" to Comus'
household. The solemn cast el hja
countenance may have been dae io the
fact that he knew who was/behind
him and was uncertain but that & .'
on ■nyn)'' >Ana every aay
murderwar rellow will come along and
level a gun at them, and perhaps end
even that care T ' " "
4 fie was followed by a sweet faced
girl-mouse, of the Albino species,
wfio'tfaadled her hoop as merrily as
IT anybody haf
,t so innocent a'looking little
couliL be! guilty " Of nofliing
t^in ,§%hitgjsi&itft. pjace
1 pie, (aj^m^ghtoUttjehand
Jip jam jppi She was slgek and
and hence ^le could not have
ir was not atali itn
Witfcfthe ideas of the Shin
we find this timid little
_ encased in th6 form of a
olkOTV-Sir&a rabbit, set d<Jwn te a
f?vfool£Bh. cowarJL" While the feet"
on' t^tet abstract may be true* yet we
Vwa
lovaly: httlegyp^fyt.
£btons,; w^ wo^r
ease^feqt^er
enough
*
Cof m
0 term/*).,. .
H^'tvpogr^hi(
rflbresentation is .
trotted along like^i regtuat <ctramp,
s?s
-bnnfch of -toote which Wtf could .not
ct his hands ★ere excellent things
rattle Wo have
time to be annihilated was at hand.
Tha party alluded to was aB
Head Moth, in whowbody now
the soul of an i^ider taker.. y
apt oohjunctioh. of affinitive J
and spirit! He carried a'Scythe,
which he occasio nally made passes
at theshinsof the fiddling individual
in his front. Hra appearance wfisas
cheerful as the door"Of a ehMfity
hearse. We allow him to paaa oa
wife pleasure. '■ ^ wjmI 1
A-queer looking affair in the guise
of « sheet-iron Stag Beetle followed;
carrying in his hand a hammer, which
he might have put to a good use *
knocking the undertaker in the he
He was animated by the soul of a
mechanic—a member of the second
administration of the world's jteo.
gress. -The mien of this party was
not a vary amiable one, to ail appeal
anoeS, for he seemed to be upon the
wiur-path. He may have been a
"striker" against the reduction of
wages, or one of the crowd which
been raking the "Boss" over the
coals recently. At any rate, he sua
tained his character right well and
may have been only Comus* cooper
after all. ,, „ -
In close proximity walked a gigan-
tic Tobacco Worm, cigar in moath
and carrying a box of Hpbana Vhi$ier
one arm. The picture was a splendid
one. There were the features of
President Grant as perfect as ever
were -traced, and his head sur-
mounted by a cumbrous" Ha
vanese hat Every man, woman
and child recognized him at once and
cheers greeted the caricature wher-
ever it appeared. The F
looked as happy as a child with.a
stick of red candy, and puffed one of
the rare weeds," (probably the box
was presented To him by Arthur Con-
nell,) with much relish. Should we
have a war over Cuba, we shall expect
to see him return from the fray in
just this same style.
Closely pursuing the Chief Magis-
trate was a pretty, curly-headed dam-
sel, bearing upon her head the figure
of a Mosquito-Hawk and wearing
upon her back a pair of duplex and
trembling gauze wings. She co-
quetted at him with her pretty -ej^,
but the stolid old man hada'tany-
thing to say to her, "as usu^U'/V. HeTH
robes of brilliant blue could not even,
ehann his eye. So she had hespaiafr
for her labor, but was a most persis-
tant little minx, and whea we last saw
her was still setting her eap foe. the
"American Sphynx."
Last of all, in this division, came
an agly, fuzzy, villainous and vicious j
old rascal, whose garb told only too
plainly what he was. He looked like
the great grand-daddy of all the mefm-
and poisonous spiders that ever ex-
isted, and as he marched along, hold*
Sover his venomous head a huge
ier-web umbrella, we felt like set-
: our foot upon him. He was
doubtless out upon a raid—most Ukely
trying to get the fly to walk into his.
Next Fashion's votaries the world espies ..
Transfigured into gandy SutUrfiim. -
The succeeding pair of figures were I
sp brightly beautiful as art and fancy
could make them. They were attired
in the Court ball costume of the times
of Louis XIV., and were gotten up iai
a style which places the costumerjqi
labors among the fine arts. As the%
gaudy wings swayed to the bree|£
and their garments of many colors
draped gracefully, they seemedfairer'
by far than the pets of natare herself.
They were loudly and enthusiasti-
cally applauded.
As a matter of course, the Iran
spareacy representing two squirrels
rampant on an scorn introduced the
m w
the
pmk
sta&tf.bn
pro
came an Ui „
be-the holder
one
ity.Ue
auy a JSime, aw «fee te say
that Houston has hone'Of them. Otur
typos arrf hard-workers and square
. men aff ^^hrough, ^ A^he
passedot^^s^it he put us in mma
;Tl)e biff'-*:
next, With
earn*
pturned tail, from
" Shms^«kebli^!
Theold
_ bats ihogenight-
"thoiaght a married
'need notiput on
airs:-' - W^have fcearA of
tfc^ 'poesnm, but «re are
e^r^iayed itmorbper-
^Ifi 'thM Old iady did last
< !:BKe wm set down as a "for-
tUn&-feeeking-: widow,'' and'from hp-
pearances will be one all her iife, for,
Wiih figr pK^eny to ca«y along, she
is the worst advertised candidate for
1 matrimonial honors wo know of.
Si finishing chairacter of this dir
'w« a fenale Kangaroo, who
3 in sach a fashion as to make
it highly probable that aha was ani-
matedby thd soul dt setne defanc*
devoteO to the Greotari Bend.
tioo>wd4re a fritied oapi and had an
aproAfu® c6 youtig 'gar«ofc" The
representation of theranimal was an
excellent one and was-admirably man-
aged^iifsr «sart>3 o.'H'jT'I jxji
'This figure closed the Rodents'
iartttffijppinte
; A fine yellow #heatraheaf trans-
parency btought to ■view the
> --ffi rtiiH
With Kumaswatt i ±t w«havs to
And Brewer's souls shpllonce
In Sh* Mifa £u£i, tlJ8
^iniluiattered ~
lrnn—
riasbe By000I edventarer 1
ring Buitamm when tbev i
Into the
of vlahi
^^^RS£S3EB@5SS
ril set
Xbe lyndgtof wetaan of life's tuoobted rerf it
From OiratTe shotiklcrs lift their necks so
cried servants in their zarbs ornate
[ f«teS shaHoo e*ch "SigkrmV Wait
wing F;|ail)
"proad bird of freedom,
absence, a chicken-hawk!
and scalping«
3 to be th
.•posed ft be the
was—immortal Big Tree—in the act
of paying his debt of gratitude to
Governor Davis for releasing him
from the Hnntsville Penitentiary, by
renewing his raids agiinst Bdrder &etJ
tiers. King Comus ordered him to
come down here and behave himself
during the - pageant, because", it was
his Majesty'sdesire to exhibitbim as
a:8fcriii>}e of "Iio, tte poor'Indisn,
whose untutored ^sind leads him to
nitirder settlers- or1 steal their fatted
kihe"—for whom the Government
has eatablishetP.Quaker mission* and
Governoi' Davis started a pardon bu-
reau. Th stinging satire to Ok well,
and a shout of "How are yoti,"Big
Tree?" arose spontaneously to the
Hps of the mmtitudi as the -fijpMe
passed byf'f' * rt"- ' c'7*'. 195!n
The double-hUmpfed Camel came,
next, supporting herself upon aferook
and wearing ah Atabiab hOodj with
chin band. Ab a repri enf>ittion of
tbe date, of womefi who are. made
drudges aiifd burden-bearers for the
rest of the world. sbe was Well maii-
aged. There are many, many wpinfen
over the land, liot blessed with re-
fihementand easy cireumstances, who
atr4 fearfully overworked. They are
the toilers into the treasnjty of whose
labor the* dainty hands of :fne rich are
thrust to drag forth-abdfina
linen, dyed with' the blood and
bleached with'the <eafr#:Of-fh'e o|h
preteed poor, -ft Mis father sf dis-
couraging outlook id- present'tO them
futurity iiade up 6t the Same hard-
Ships and toils" that then ar# nnder-
fie' going in human form. • ■ ■ 7~<i^ ;
" Urging forward th.e camel,- came
the Giraffe, qi camel-leopard, arrayed
in' aBthe magnificence amd garishness
of a'?®eU© iof th^^eriod.";: She-
^carried a;sniall parssol' fct fee top of
a jr^ijr long staff and wore Won-the
top of her elevated head a *lO%y
hat and feathers.Her hak'wte iar-
rangedin1 the latest style, asannOnnC
ed by Keats, and Was ornamented.
Her blue basque wte trimmed rear
plendently and she Wore at the base
of her patent extension neck a
Elizabethan ruff, and had her :;'
glety-waggle-stuck-np-behind-dflm-
phoolishness" decorated a la mode l
Shel^ripped idohg^te'iraughtfly te
Princess Nellie Gian t upon the bofcte^.
vards of Paris. Her costtttiie Was
bht 'tlie ^oys W
' she had most koto
much rie&!tp^make hugging a^reea-
-ble." , *
She wte succeeded by"'ir' /ellow
, _ tben upon too seen
A "4 ^gjrn of mortal aonls tkeir
tot threogfaoct all man's time his pmj breath
Is lifted up to conannmate their death.
And so they claim that he who fairly foile
His life-time enersy, should have the spoils.
Tha Seztea's eool into a MoU skin flies—
Into a Sart/t the War-Skeedadlcr's hiee-
Ths swift Tale-Bearers to the Squirrel goes,
And petty pilferers wear a 1ioiut't nose—
While foolfch Cowards turn to JtaMOs fleet,
Tie "Loafing Printer" i* a Rat we greet.
Tke "fortoneieekiBar widow" OpHtum gets.
And Kangaroo* are Grecian Benders' pets.
Leading the tribe came an individ-
ual in a ram-beaver and carrying a
spade, who might have been taken
from the play of Hamlet, so much did
ha resemble the "2d Grave-digger.'?
The east of bis countenance was a
perfect mask of the Mole, the bar
rower under ground. He was so
made up. however, as to elearly indi-
cate his Hibernian descent, and may,
alter, all, instead of a sexton, been a
section-hand for the "Boss." He car-
ried out his part of the performance
with becoming dignity and gravity.
A swift-paced, scared-looking crea-
ture came next Upon his head was
a soldier osp mid slung to his side
was an army haversack. The man-
ner and equipments of .this party
stamped him at once as one of those
War-skedaddlers so detestable in the
eyes of all true soldiers. He war la
good running order and displayed mi
overweaning anxiety to "cut stick and
git" upon the fireffavorable opportu-
nity. Sut Lovingood used to say
that, "when he got bad skeered, he
didn't know anything else butto run,"
which we imagine was pretty much
the esse with this soldier-Hare. /
A bright curiey-headed boy was
made of the Squirrel The picture
was uniquely wrought and a very
charming one. We were pained only
to know that the frisky form enwrapt
JL AB Wftll
And leatlhigFraulein Cow the sight* to see.
Triekad out in all the gandiness of
a bright and iiaaelled court costume
pahsei a Raxn . representing fee Shoddy
rich .man, m iL'gtacing satire. The
sfc*hs of his dresa oame from a date
wfceo « l-oiI welle and wild-oat rail-,
roodG were loxuries as yet Unheard
of. c H3s fleece.Wte iadSeative of his
wesife'and which was-saconveniently
dispceed m to: permit of its being
sheared by every ifearper who chanced
to eome along. * His horns curved
gracefully: back and gave him fee
appearance of (having his hair parted
in fee mil Ale. The figure was ad-
mirably gotten, up sad was borne
quite well by its animating existence
bithiiL^i 7>fnos 'io <r.i - il
FsDowing hixa eame his Dolcinea
del Tobosa, ia fee feapo of "Ma*y'S
little lsznb," which was fixed up in
all fee extravagance of qphool-giri-
ishness. She wore a bread Gypsy
'satodown*. trimmed with, bright rib-
bons, Which streamed down to-her
littte bustle. i She soemod to be vary
spoony on ' <ye Bam," bnt be was
evidently pre+occupied or fickle, as
4he left this precioua heiress, clothed
in finest fieeee, td wander disconso-
late. me made a: very excellent
counterpart of fee preceding figure,
and fee tJpadr of mntton-heada" were
muchiy oWrved, wpednlly by, the
bntshsxai-i' yd fi-^ .•■.-.'•t vi ^oi-
We next found^tmreelf regarding
and admiring fee antlered head of a
stag, wlio eamo boldly along the line.
His body wax encircled by a "hunts-
man's winding horn" and in his hand
he bote a three-dollar shot-gun. fiat
was npem the scents game and eager
ta. bring it down; His game-bag,
unlike Bip Van Winkle's, eonldshow
several "tedders" ferongh its meshes.
As this rambling animal Kimrod
marched on, we could almost imagine
he was Acteon, bo perfect was the
hamafto-animal action of feeeharee-
ter, and involuntarily listensd for
the yelping pack, which in this case
should have been pursuing. The
figure was remarkably wall made up,
and delighted the spectators exceed-
iheW- Vi:;t .
Oar next ac<iuaintance was a
"beary" good one, being fee Gany-
mede .of Old King Gambrinus him-
self—ye agile and honorable Buek,
the patron saint of Beer! file well-
armed head had a saturnine counte-
nance upon its front which spoke
silently but eloquently of how little
a^ the
arm
' *ay lie was
using the mug when he passed us,
feat could not have been very long
after,< Those who indulge in fee
foamy beverage brewed from, fee
somniferous hop, admired this fellow
greatly and Jsphet wanted to make
his achtMWtapce. This old "Sir Wil-
liam Goat," however, kindly g*ve
them to understand that "his book"
was foil, and his keg nearly empty,
so he was making no new acquain-
tances just then. He was greatly
observed by fee devotees to "zwei
Now came a great shaggy, short-
horned beast wb|eh we soon found
to be an American Bison or Buffalo.
We do ndt know whether he is fee
same fellow feat fee Bayoti Was
named after Or not, but he was
dressed out in full 1 [ndian rigging,
breech-clout, war-paint, spear and
Ruining. upon &' stick in' his hand^
The Btyle of his mask proved'hlm an
^Egyptian, and his appliances' of
trade bespoke Mm •/jaggier. His
little black legs bore bim around in
lively. enougbstylW, afid it didn't take
a fellow who had visited Bobinson's
circus to decide that this was a Ze
tea. Following aloi^. ^ meekly h<
bore well the character of a liveried
^servant to Made^poiseHe Giraffe, and
since the] employment of c^^has
played out, we may look for fee in-
-novation hare forefeiadowed at bO
very distant day, thatiaif the Egypts
catt-be persuaded to come hither.
The concluding figures of feis di
-vision were a Bull and Cow, pat up
:in fee conventipi^rstyle of rhsiics
on a visit to thehity. The first named
was certainly modelled after the usual
caricatuxea of old John Bull, and we
must confess this grum-looking bo-
; vine appeared, to fresh fcom fee
green pastures of DevoiHihire. His
partner,, the Cow, was arrayed ini a
matronly manner and nursed a puck-
ling calf wife quite an interesting
air. The figures were finely epnceiv
ed and as. admirably, execute^
A transparency at fee .head; of fee
fteett diyision, bearing upon its front
fee picture of a bleeding heart, wife
an ox-skull and . crossed' beef-bones,
introdooed.fee ' .-f'
Cantfrsrs.
The Carnivora claim oar large respect
For some of us their lineaments reflect;
gome countrySaste.sliaito tongned with wit,
Will in the Htdethog t pric>ly bo<^r fit,
Joker to-a Coon torn,
as a Fox new tricks shall learn;
high o'er a3l the racing Boat we bail
As baSTaHaataBto en theft^tter trail, j
Bat o'er the way a larking Husband walks
5^.^ .S;
Dumb friend of jnan found oftenesttrae; - ; '
The fleet Greyhound the liveried -coaehssam
While Suit Dog to Rough '' confines bis
Bnt PoJioemen pnt on the fifauitr
T^keagrtrwling heshaads, illest class of earth,
The Ltopar'dt spotted skin thejr'lfw^ar,
Drops sweetest bone to grille in «ipooril
The raging Xion rushes fcom hia lafc,
Atad eotabs anew his taaglsd massof Dair. .
Tor millionaires give up to him their souls,
And in a golden fioad he oonsiant toUa,
But longer tine ho ahail aot thus endon
For Pharaoh, in his IV#«r-skin, is sure
To be his Banker and to.cash his " che
tJfitil he's drained of all his feeldmi " sbeeks.'
f In fee van came; * bristling little
dwarfish woman, trailed into a hedge-
hogr Shewore a granny-capmpon her
head and carriedin ohe band a crutch
in fee other a book; ■ She re-
minded us very much of fee old lady
in Mother Goose's Melodies, whose
name was Hubbard aai£ who owned
an always sapient and-'hungry purp.
She is denominated In the. poem "a
Country Dame, sharp-tongbed with
wit," by which we understand her to
be one of those rheumatic old bel-
dames who'thinksshaie better versed
iia all worldly matters -feaa anybody
else, and is always volunteering her
counsels, to the disgust of fee neigh-
bors and the destructioB of all fee
girls' fun on pic-nio days. The acer-
bity of her looks satisfied us/and wa
are willing to lei her "go it alone, " if
A sound of grating music in fee
shape of a song attracted our atten-
tion to the next figure, as it came
rollicking along, giving vent to fee
folferiHng :: -,iJ
f' Tm m gay old carpet-bagger.
Now uat'sinst wtat I am, i,
I eame from Maasaehosetts,
And am going to Dixie's land P
He wis a figure fo etudy. tfpon his
head he wore a caved-in beaver feat
looked as if it had been used for a
camp stool when not doing service as
a dome tor fee head. The face which
it shadowed was that of a sharp-
nosed, wily and cunning fot. lb his
hand was a collapsed carpet-bag,
through fee thread bare sides of
which its contents were plainly to be
seen—feev were a paper collar,
dirty sock, a ragged shirt and an
empty whisky flask wife corn-cob
stopper. This party was a splendid
portraiture of those fellows who come
down here with baggage enough to
keep one band busy and out of other
people's pockets—who has a smatter-
ing of law and enters into police court
praotice—and afterwards becomes
a politician, (God save fee mark!'
palming office as a reward for his
services to fee oonntry (most proba-
bly rendered in fee penitentiary of
his native State!) Old Fox-r-old
shyster—your days are nearly ended!
Ton are only kept now bv Comus to
be turned into a pickled specimen
for the edification and warning of
future fenerations. Wo bid thee a
long farewell wife no regrets at your
departure,:' £ -v. " ; ,s>,
•;X *Ud Boar, of the most fero-
cious appearance, came. next, hel-
meted in the most approved style of
ancient times. His enormous tusks
fras a look
"!£jr
wed
evibnent in
boded no
He was put
which fee soal of Big Dixie's
companion, San tan ta, hMDeeu-me-
tempsychosised. Hewas*Sbad look-
ing shoat, at any $|te,- and mean
enough to have been a "Modoc or a
Ute." He seemed to get riled everv
once ie while#and fee way in which
he> would raise his stout bristles wouldJ
have made the bravest boar-hunter
quail. He was a customer feat we
didn't oare much about tackling, so
we sidled away from his neighbor-;
hbcA-u-i - ...
■ The next man we saw was a jolly,
grinning party in fee guise of a coon.
He appeared to be "that Mme old
coon" who used to figure' in Whig-
procesaions, in fee good old days of.
ante-bellum. He was the "little
joker" of fee lay out, and nodded his
sage bead and twinkled his merry
eyes with much good humor. But,
what if Davy Crockett had come along
about the timehe was being so frisky!
-There would have been one coon less
in the lower world and Comus' menag-
erie been minus a very pleasant look-
ing member. -We were much tickled
at his antics^ and recalled many a
snatch of coon-hunting songs, which
we used to siiig through fee woods
while hunting other members of fee
family-ofcoons! * ir . h ■
■< The succeeding "critter" was a
eheiropter— (dictionaries for sale at
Baldwih'sJ^-and wore upon his funny
hetad as very ludicrous Spanish priest's
hat- This was a veritable skinny-
winged bat, suoh as we imagine hold
'nightly revels about the dark cor-
ners and sombre galleries of the Al-
ii ambrft. The poet who carried into
efteettlje transmigration business of
feeKlan putdnto tbis hybrid body
the soul Of w nightfeief and made
him fear patrow saint -s- He was "vil-
lainous and repulsive looking enough
to have been the patron of any body
of scoundrels, and his saintly garb
did juot redeem hjs„ appearance any.
The costume was oiie well calculated
to excite attention, as itwas very true
to nature.; jr:[
- Then came si precious looking • in-,
dividual—a slim yaller Tom Cat, wife
a enrvatured tail .hanging over his
ann and bearing: in either hand a
'cane and a bottle labelled "Whisky."
He wore a fashionable, hat collar and
cravat and presented fee appearance
-of a sky-larking rake, who had just
gotten well into a "regular tear."
His dissipated and lascivious looks
Were too patent to make a reference
to fee poem aacessary in c«der to de-
termine his character. He was just
-feuch a he-feline as roams about of
highta W -the tor* of walls and
houses, and^yowls.vnth all his might
Park aUeys along which fee coquet-
tibh Tabbies- reside are his favorite
haunta, and he is in fee habit of
batcff-wauling around th^m^ and
should,; Tanoflbea, interfere 7 in his
amours, of humping hjmsel^ curving
his spine and me-owing, ana spitting
and scratching, like (^d ^ick in a
sheet-iron purgatory.This very fel-
low looked as r though hei had set
'whole neighborhood* by fee ears wife
his yowling, and canseid fourteen fel-
lows in fourteen rooms to raise four-
teen window-sashes, and shy fourteen
boot-jacks at one ana fee same iden
tical cat. He was the cause of much
merriment along .fee line of march.
' Behind him came his loving and
prudish Bpouse, Madame Puss, weflir
nil sporting her new
fore. She seemed to'
a weather-eye on
Tom, ahd^stemed very anxious that
he should do nothing in pxiblic to
bring disgrace upon fee feline family.
' She made a very dembrei married wo-
man and did not appear to be rerjr
strong minded. Her chaxaoter was
well made up, and she represented the
sober-sided, stay-at^home puas wife
very great success. . •*-- f •
The part Of this division 'which
now passed- in review was feat em-
bracing fee canines." The first of
these was a trim and active Grey-
hound, dressed in the livery-of a
coalman and carrying his whip in
hand. ! There was a keen air" of-buti-
iess about fee cut of his nose and a
general appearance Of energy/ life
and faifefuhtes8. He was about such
a coachman as drove Comus through
fee labyrinthian mazes of Central
Park or "over fee bright and level
shell-roads of fee Crescent City. His
Character was unmistakable. -
i A Dundreary chap followed, and
displayed fee usual character istie sil-
liness of fee tribe. He Was dressed
up in the suit of aSkye Terrier and
was animated by fee soul of one of
thos^ swect-scented' 'Chawles Augus-
ttdses, " who ogles htdite upon ' fee
boulevards with his dainty eye-glas-
Bes, and remarks "Aw, weally, I
didn't pwerpeive you, befoth! *Ow do
ye do? Damfoine, myself, you know,
you kpowr? We could nave beeb
sworn that tfiis 'g^nt, with cockn^r
Mde^wh^fcOT^^a^imifirte'^^
celebrated character of ,^am<" 'The
portraiture "wair,irery -oorreel," 'hnd
among feir m^«t unique in fee whole
line of fee prooeksion.
'We Wde puzzled; to determine
whefeer fee next figure was intended
for a prize-fighter or'an Section day
Bhonlaer-hifcter. The party might
have been demonstrating fee fnab-
ly art;t)f self-defence under the
inspiration of fee Beaieia Boy's
sobl, or spoiling to > "put a head
On" some "bloody Badikelr" He was
a genuine bufi-dog, gotten up in P.
K. rig, wife boxing-gloves^ drawers
and belt.; He would 8p(u* around in
a lively manner and gyrate his hands
jas "vigorcmaly" as if fee gloves were
ihot dampHng^a As a-braiser, he
looked as though he was the best of
successes. - :• .. 7;-
Following -closer upon his heels
came the dangerous Sleufe-hotmd
Dressed in fee paraphernalia of a po-
liceman, grasping a cluband wearing
a numbered cap, he seemed intent
upon capturing the "be-jazez" boy
wife fee boxing gloves. Of course,
he made no arrest Who would ac-
cuse one of tbemof arresting anybody
bnt a fellow so drunk and helpless as
to offer no resistance. This "peeler"
must have been transported hither
from New Orleans, for he resembled
no member of our fdrce in looks, but
very greatly equalled them in that
"masterly inactivity" which is their
forte. The only good thing he seem
ed fit for was to "eat, drink and be
merry," while the*"thieves cracked
their cribs at leisure.
The next figure in order was that
of a surly Bear—fee apropos repre-
sentative of a very mean class of in-
dividuals, "growling husbands."
This white, or Polar bear put on and
wore a diabolical grin, which seemed
to say that he was monstrous glad he
had escaped from home and fee old
woman's complaints. This frigid
rascal, crowned wife a coronet of
icicles, was the perfect representative
of fee ever dissatisfied Benedict. He
is a creature to be shunned, for his
friendship is delusion and his gram
is death. He looked even more cold-
blooded and crnel than the white
Ursa which was here wife fee circus,
and seemed just as natural. This
was undoubtedly a splendid charac-
ter.
The Brown Bear—this true Ameri-
can Bear—was attired in an Esqui-
maux Or Alaska suit and represent
fee chief ax-wielder of a whaling-
boat. His fur cap and shaggy coat
became him well, and fee general
make up of the figure was admirable.
He wore' gapntl^s and ^earned a
meat-ax, and some-people said he
was an Bieohtioner. _ Oh, don't!
. The «cce&|ing party ia (his boat-
load waSthe.Old Admiral.Sir Hip-
popotamus. *.Althongh hygN looked
gram enough to be Iiord Higji Ad-
miral of His Majesty's fleet, yet wo
found him to be quite nf genial and
good hearted individual. ' He wore
the,uniform of. a naval grandee, and,
reminded us strohgty 01- certain jolly,
old sea dogs whom we know. The.
figure excited no little comment and
upon fee whole very creditable
performance. • .
' Alovelyfemaleface and well-poised,
queenly head were joined to the body
of a beautifully spotted leopardess.
She carried a bow and quiver. The
features of this personage closely re-
sembled those of Madam Jjaura Pair,
Whom she was made to: represent.:
The characterization was a good: one
in conception and execution. She
carried her bow and arrows to signify
fee power fee has to excite passions
of so-called love and adoratiob in
men, bnt we failed to see fee pistol
wife which, as in the case of Critten-
deb, she gets rid of them when they
eease to please. Sopner can you ex-
pect them to change their spots than
reform their ways. The executipti
of this figure was highly finished. ;: r
In the crouching, stealthy atid
striped body of-the next figpre .we re-
cognize fee aptest ."illustration of the
Pythagorean dogma produced by; the
San thus far. Thia ghoulish and
detestable hyena wore fee exact and
perfect countenance of a certain mili-
tary hero who figured in New Orleans
during "the late unpleasantness,"
and whp made for himself a reputa-
tion of such infamy as will cling:to
his name as long as we are a people.
He was happily ehown up in this
characterization. His old cocked-eye
looked askeW in' a recess sort t>f way,
as if its sole duty was to look out for
flying brickbats. His- bidd head,
flabby cheeks and heavily-moustached
hps made up feasemblance perfectly.
-In One hand he carried a horrid skull,
dag fresh from :Some human grave,
and made to tell fee tale of shameful
villainy,:since it,spoke of Johnston's
desecrated ^raveand Dreux's despoil-
ed tomb. But "the most unkindest
cut-el all" was in the.huge;sU,yer
spoon which fee Beast was doomed to
carry. It told of bouse?! pillaged and
valaables carried ^eway-.to a reating
place in liowell. Thus marched,fee
Hyena of New Orleans! : ., ft : f.
.k Then we hadthe raging jjionin the
character of ft millieneire* combing
his disl velledlQckB,:aftepa night of
revdiy ..and debauchery. He, too<
must have been dome military chap
before he was turned into a lion, from,
fee manner in which bb acted fee Ju-
, pit«r TonanB of this affair. .. He was
one.of tbcee fellows whose power lies
in his golden acquisitiens, to fee
cHnkiag of which his friends make,
blue dray-tail
crowrfbeav<Br witb^ re
it, and: a red craftat. He carried f
thist^-hifl sort of Celery—in one
hand and anon held his beaver in the
other. Be made up about the weak-
est ass that ever came under our
notice, and for a fellow of hia (y)enrs
displaced as: few.- symptoms of sense
as one could figure down. He looked
very " much like some young men
about town, whose stupidity or vapid
silliness, as the mood happens to be*,
is a paibful. commeB.ta17 upon the
times. We know one or two young
Byrons and Shakspears in this eity.
Who could have acted fee character
somewhat better than this party, and
that too Without the aid of a mask.
They imagine they are genuineseg;
but people of sense have long since
painted their mental photography to.
suoh: a degree _ of perfection as to
makeithis fellow appear to be.a per-j
Bonification bf fee very individuals
themselves. He excited mooh mirth
and rollicking good humor, ond then
poised on out of sight. c..; ...,r
Qndronam. ,u .rv>r
On to tho Monker tribe—a chattering sreW, ,
Which Monsieur Darwin holds up to our tIsw,
As it he ancestors of the human racer-
And for hiniself lie counts it no disgrace—
If so, then ballet dancers into Chaemat run.
And Bearded. Xpei call every Quack a son.
Then MandriU t own the " color'd
bold,' >iV. 1
merry and time their flatted - This
figure was a splendid triumph^ in cos-
tuming, since ife Was wettexebnted in
every detail. We were much delight-
ed wife it and it excited comments
from fee crowds of spectators who
thronged the line of march, ii-jr f <-
I Of .«onree^.fee .next figure.should
be the Tiger, and fee ^er it was,
This was a royal Bengal fellow,, from
the style of hie dress, and yet he
might have been (and we:are sure
was) the delusive yet irrepressiblo
tiger who "lays out" on the green and
goes for the shekels of fortune's
tempters in a style very similar to fee
HeafeenChinee..! jHisdroffb, formed
with a pack of modern playingqards,
was a unique affair and fully bespoke
"the nater of the beast" This® the
sort of a tiger which oiarl! interior
friends often see, bdt which they de-
nominate "fee elephant" when they
return -home. This fellow has a
; greedy maw and misery followp in the
path of his .stealthy: and) cat-like
march. With, fee wonderful jnslau-
menteof rnibj playing cards/j in hhj
hand, he walked erect.and shameless
before fee multitude. - , fie, was
brought forth from hiis lair as a cap-
tive specimen of the tribe and to
teach a wholesome :les90n—"Never
bet your money against fee tiger!"
: A large castle-shapc^l, transparency
appeared nex^ across .fee '-.face of
which was wriiten - r * i:')-. r
Tho " Uig naar/'Tiu^ta^V; pwnoaV
Shallbean Etephanf Ste4liiafce4b«-feptmBdi'
WkOe tough, shipowners make Bhinoetr-oiiit,
And blooded boys" are turned to^'tiijing,
Tbe hotel-cook—sleek, and fM, and'stirly— ''
Turns to grnntiag Bog, aaid the tarly-barly.
| In the front of feis division came
fee African and I Burmese elephants
(white and.bkck) traveling: together
as good natnredly as. if they were
"big bugs." The first was arrayed
in. much magnificence, crowned and
loaded^- down, with ivory; ijpild and
jewels from hia: native land. He
might have been fee wealthy .Presi-
dent of Liberia, Or Bome. ofeer sea-
port townl At feast be filled fee Ml
indicated by fee poem and was-a very
successful representatiiaa cif A heavy
pian of feeebmmunit^iiji -
. His'- partner, fee old black fellow,;
was a good fgnrhand paired off wife
him very admirably.. < f j They were
both profusely decorated and made
very prominent and much admired
j Old Keptune ari^ed with. luis1 tri;
dent, next came into view in fee
guise and seeming of- a BMboiieros.
Dressed only: in the folds of/his own
tough hide, " this "old -maa.of the
sea" looked as natural and lifelike as
ever a rhinoceros in tho. menagerie
did. He ambled 'along, in. A good
hamored and lubberly way; making
a pieture iof much interest J . As fee
inspiration -under which he existed
was fee soul of some tough old ship*
owner, we do not wonder at fee sour
looks he sometimes pot on* for they
are fee erossestgrained and meanest,
when they care to be, of apy class of
people. Old Nep looked b&feeugh
he was in' a hurry to "Cross the line"
and passed on.. -m •'
A fat sleek andsurly white Chester
Hog came on, attired in the cap and
apron of a hotel cook and beanng a
tray of good things. He was certainly
a victim to good feed, but was prob-
ably fee only party about fee hotel of
which fee remark could be. made.
These cooks have a way of cribbing
all good bite of food and fixing pri-
vate dishes for their epicurean pal-
ates. This fellow was tat enough to
make a whole winter's pork for a small
family. Westphalian hams wouldn't
be anywhere beside one of his. He
seemed to enjoy fee sensation of serv-
ing Comus, and wentalongright mer-
rily upon his rear legs.
A fast looking youth, dressed in
Jockey Club regulation snit and
wearing fee head of a "blooded
horse," could be nothingelse than one
of the "village boysl" With whip in
hand and top-boots well drawn on, he
seemed ready for a "run." The ex
pression of fee face was determined,
and we'll wager that, if tnrned loose,
he would show rapid work. The
figure was an excellent one and took
wife fee boys right well. We ad-
mired him very much ourself, seeing
feat we were well acquainted wife fee
speoios.
The concluding figure of this very
interesting division was thus "talked
about" by the Klan poet: •
Hero next wo And a frequent guest
The social bane—the public post-r.- t .
Yet such a crowd in every walk of life,
Link to their genus, with its species rife,
That everyday we pass at least a score
And oft in rite them to come in oar door,
Bat all of them at length shall meet
and each his "Brother Am" shall greet.
This ass was gotten up in the most
stylish manner imaginable, awtbad
a head' as truly faifefol to nature as
could pofsibly be '$&ad&, He lh>re a
able, and had
iand corner (looking <
gallery, anddfecoorsed
sic. We
coat, a-whiter:-bell-; ^®.banJ
1 warriors
•4nd fierce Baboont their officers^n^gold
The Chimpanue shall <
.tots.
And wild'Oranot take everyfiatbeat tar.
But chief of all these—lovely too at that—
Behold Gorilla, with his crown-lfke hat;
^Tii he wbo enters all'the P&lls.ef Stat*
Unfair" and give to other men their vote!
wti bars one here among us—.you all know him,:
So 111 not name him'iri this fleeting poem!
: This division—the last one of this
;grandand pre -eminently satisfactory
pageant—brought to vie^j as stated
in5 the goem, "The Monkey Tribes."
These are tho delightful looking ap-
proaches to humanity which Darwin
contends feat we sprang from, by
bopie magical method of progression.
The first figure was that ot a
Bearded Ape into' wno&T corpbs had
flown fee soul -of. a Pedlejr. and now
wifea troy of, trinkets hp.. was stroll-
ing down the line of the procession,'
attempting to sell his jewelry to ,fee
•colored girls "so sheap like you never
- see some more I" ... , . . . „
Here came a jfirl dressed up;in fee
style of. the last century, wife, wide
mouthed bonnet and flaming red
shawl. She evidently thought "her
feSlow"r—the pedler—should treat her
to anew jaair. of'ear-rings upon feis
gala OMa^ipn. She .followed iift his
wake tike "Dcathrofter asick nigger.
Then into our siglii came another
Simian form, decked out in all the
golden glories of "the "Blonde" mode.
This mpnkey"'w«is an orphan, to all
intettte^d pbrposea, and had been
forced tb'earn a precarious livelihood
on th# stage in fee Lydia Thompson
troupe^ She had a beautiful suit of
clothes on and a "flax mane and tale."
She may bkve been a Paulifle MaTk-
ham, btit tliis Wfebre inclibed to doubt
notwithstanding she took the rag off
tho bn«h1 with aB fee-men-monkeys.
The next follow1 locked very fami-
liar to tfe, and We gazed upon his in-
telligent countenance twice before
■deciding that he was a stranger to
:He^ was an-orderly from his looks, or
an outrider for the King, as he wore
'a cap 'which might- have been for a
"sojer boy'- or' a jockey. Ho was
over anxious to make love to fee
tblonde monkey in-inmt and threw
^multitudinous kiseesto her from the
ends'bf; his fingers. She paid little
attention to him, and-be seemed very
much agonized over her cruel treat-
ment, bnt We reckon be is moUified
ere b«ir.y-j ,'i^nrsR' m
: Anbther fearfully ugly Jocko came
along, ;wearing upon his bead achap-
laia's bap and robes drooping from
his£ shoulders. He was an ornery
monk, snd did not have enongh fun
in hSS make up to raise a smile oira
fool's biask. : ' id* - dJ iuo iuioq.fi
FoSbwmg, come fee Hindoo' or
Brahtfiin' priest, wife his ,staff and
' idolsrWearingupon his coepannthead
a monstrOus beer-keg tiara. He seem-
ed to be webderingwlien all this thing
would'stop and himself tnrned loose
torolMek awhile. eiff ip
The last figure in the pa^eabt—
and how ;s<wry were -all to see him
oome bito view so/sooh-^was a Gor-
i,- genuine to a hOir and sporting a
.. oWtt. 'He<Wte & lovely-look-
ing specimen, - and ought to be fee
> twitf brother of Du Chaillu, -if fee
feeOry of Darwin is correct' He was
setdpWn as ptiebf those elegant black-:
birds who gets' himself elected to the
Legislature and becomes fee butt of
his coHeagues-^fee Mr. Menyman 6L
fee eirens in fee Capitol. His banjo
was slung to his Side and well taken
eare of/^fee"lively moke." After
he;had:p«Ssed^ there was t*.
sigh'of regret feat a foil year mnst
paW> before another Comns pageant
will march fee streets of Houston,*! j
•; . ri
[ dos not know of anything we
could add moreindicative Of obrgOod
King|s object in Bhbiringj.feis' '^od-
ern Dream" tlian, by giving fee clos;
ing lines of fee^>oem;V
Thus have wo run throud|i all thechaia
Of apimal progression, tnstt is lain '■
T wixt us to-night and that primeval day
When flrat .tho ideal maa" waanwda from
Or ratfurr from the hcrat when life began,
Accord iag to the learned Darwin's plan.-
'nrini
famed, .P-7'SUql totlw
In that fair land where first philosophy was'
framed;' ai->k E■.£?>
But let the Moral gpealt itself to every mind
As ia -this transient pageaotit is Iln'd. J .
Enongkto say
Not to.ra-enter beastly tonna.areairthly clime.
But rest in that bright worn more fair than
this-r ... • . . ... ... „ 7
Where all is beaaty, knowledge, bliss!
LeSus live better then.—not sink to worss,
And merit thus the Pythagorean's mik.
,1 iL-
at the opera house.
ting tho
Gorgeous Tableaux
V:sj - ' Seven Ages of
After the procession had passed through
Franklin, Main, |Congress, Hun a second
time, (from'Congreas to SfcKianey,) Mc-
Kinney and Travis streetsj it entered the
Opera House, from the rear by means of a
stout stair-case, erected from-the plaza to
the awning root In tho meantime the
commodious auditorium was packed to its
utmost limit with, the, fair and chivalrous
people of our city and " their quests.. The
dress-circle presented, the appearance of a
; slice but from a Brobdignagian bouquet of
flowers.1 The vast horse-shoe which reach-
ed around the parquet was crowded with
our beauteous women, arrayed in all the
lUzuriousness of the present fashions, the
whole presenting a most Charming picture
for the eye to rest upon. So much radiant
beauty, female loveliness and costly and
elegant trappings were never before gath-
ered together in Houston. It fairly made
our head swim with dazzled confusion and
the whole scene to appear like a gigantic
gyroscope, where every phase of beauty
and taste revolved. It will be long ere the
recollection of this resplendent scene fades
from onr memory, §nd we feel sure that
Sling Comus must have been greatly
charmed ^nd flattered by the unanimity
and gorgeousness of the reception given
in hi« honor by hia leal and loyal subjects
of Hcust n., j V-\
The parquet was - reserved until the
last and was occupied by only a few ladies,
the bulk of its occupants were gentiemeu,
many of them being distinguished citizens
of our Stato. Among the number were
Gen. Barnes, Hon. John Cardwell, Hon.
"Web. Flanagan, Hon. J. G. Tracy, the
Mayor of the city and several councilmen,
and Capt. J. J. Barton, of the New Orleans
Picayune.
Tho orchestra wn* stationed in the left-
abont 10
-The K3& en
o'clock, and In a'
nag up the curtain up*i
FIRST TABLSAb.
At first, the infant, >
Mewling and poking in the narso's arms!"
The scene presented here attracted the
liveliest attention and great applause, and
wa? an aptly designed and uniquely exe-
cuted picture. The Infant was cradled in
the center, with the'Leech at its head, ad-
ministering some balm to soothe its aHiriga.
To the left sat the Bull and the Cow,:
father and mother of the ney-honr Bossy,
while Norse fcerriwipkk stood ^to the.
right. At the right liand and looking on
complacently, were "the Giraffe and the
CameL Grouped about were the Hat and
the Mole, (the' .Sexton whose services
might be needed,) tfife white lUbbft/with
Waiter and paregqri6 bottle, and the Kan-
garoo ; the White Souse and the Squirrel:
in front, anfl the Hare in the at&Of taking
his deparfnro.' Over the Wholtt' Wkff
thrown a bright green calcium, light, mak-
ing the tableaux one of transcendent
beauty. ..' _ ,, ...
TA8USAU BECpjSp.
"Then the whining SAool
ind shining mornin]
[Tnwillingly td schoc
. Everybody was feverish to know what
this would be, of -course. When the cur-
tain, was roiled up and revealed it, a queer
and ludicrous pfetare Was presented. The
scene was laid maaphool<rooffi ; a priestly
monkey was the saaster, fee Tadpole was
reciting A-B, while General. Gratia the
guise of a Tobacco; Worm, Occupied the
dunce-block. Banged upon a form to fee'
right, and' diligently* conning their various
lessons in the alphabet were two Black
Monkeys, the Sheephead, fee Sfea-Pragon,
the Flying Fish, the . Lobster, fee^ Shrimp,
aud the Dolphin, who persisted in jabbing
crooked pins into-; the Shrimp's. teii- . A
blue light thwwli Upon; this rendered it
aupramo^rJyaBafewg -satlata siodv
TABLEAUX THIED. . ,r T,rj1 vr .
" And then, the Xos*f,
This scene was greeted with still great-
er interest, and. ^ras e^erly scanned by
the delighted sffictators. Upon a dais in
the back center Sat the Seat in
convention with fee^ lovely Mermaid,
while upon either hand stood the gaudy
Butterflies upholding b festoonery oft flOWt
ers. Banged upon tbe right aad- .left
hands, in .A state of incipient. courtship,
were fee Jtajoa and Bwe, fee Buck , and.
the Blonds Monkey, rthe Fly and. tl
.quito Hawk, fee Pearl and tttB
the Bearded Ape and fee Chacma. 'X rose-
colored light bringing these into relief
assisted admirably, ia their effect, and the
scene 'was loudly and roundly encored, but
Comus steadily, refused to "repeat"—and
therefore was like Shakspet#ei;; B sjl
; j' ' ; ._ TABtKAirx ibOata!f'
' j Jtiea: k Solder,-noi*'' '
Fan of strange oaths, and bearded likethepatd,
Jealous in honor, sudd«n and ^uickin qaarrel,
Seeking the bubbl6*Y*putatroh 1
Byeniatflw um(—'■ tit!
This picture illustrated the heroic.phase
of mMihood whea the i4te)n #larums of
war, call him to the field. Thif was
represent a 4re ,parade pJ^r Comua' body,
guard, we preaume^ before.^ departure,
for Cuba, whither he goetfta settle politi-
cal affairs amicably for fee benefit of
people. The Captain df fee Hogt Wfei
Lion, seconded by Beb. Butler, alias
Spoons, aljafi Cock-Eve, aHits' fee' fiyi
Behind stood the gentlemen of thte Wavy,
' fee Admiral,' the Commodore and fee Gap-
tain. -^Efight face forward" in front were
ranged tfae Coral as Drum-Major, fee Silk-
Worm ' as Yivandiere, the Locust and
Grasshopper .as Drummers, the Stag
Beetle: as Trumpeter; and Black Bear,
Walrus, Bison, Boar and Whi^ Bear as
soldiers. The whole scene was
, mm removed my Studio to the
OAPIToL AKD K2XJLM STREET,
Gommeroial Hotel
I ASP BESTACRAST,
Onama Btur, Orroara Usion D^ror
HOUSTON, TfcXAS.
Ltquors.
Ilils is the most oonTentent hoao for MMln
In Houston. Train* start dlrooti/
FKEEMAS JWL8P,
* ui i ^ a-vasota, IVj
4l;i j . „ r*A M. rBXBMAH.
4^
t!
lo
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H
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worthy to bo tranrferred. to canvas
the painter and was loudly feezed.
TABLEAU FIFTH.
Full of wise ssws and modern kMaaoes,
And so he play8 hie part."
This, was an t admirable- police: court
stene, but n« t.Beeord«r hy.wiy
means-., /?n the tench sat fee Rhinoceros,
crowned andwife.a trident in his hand; the
. Scye-Terrier aade a. splendid clerk, '|he
Bulldog was the prisoner at the bar, the.
Fox was attorney for him; addressing a
jury compo4ed of tbe Ghamelecfa', Iguana,
Grey hound, Flying Ksh, Frog and Zebra.
Sponge was uplfor being "dnmk apd dis-
orderly," and was hating the law tsade
plain to htas by the sharp eldGoen. The
Snake and thBSeorpion werein thebsek
ground, white the. 81eafh. Hound, as*
"peeler;" was briagjagthe tipey Fhmr-frr
Luce into oourt. This picture was one of
astoni shftig fidelity and exp^ed fee pleas
oounp«9taof eveiy g>e^^..: „ . a
; itfi '"-eiq • fldgB tan^, f-ilJ ai k
s ,-r ttri?|j|xar^ aiMi>'•
Xnttf the lean and slipper'd pantaloon; ■ '
For his Arunk shank: and hUbifcaaai
Here we Imd a gambling scene. in the
house of "fye gentleTiger,'".Who stood,
over the table and watched whfle fee Al-
hgator dealt fee cards. jRiev Wlate Ele-
phant and fee PUypus could Sfeen'
to win in that a^ine' affd wef e not
The Turtle and the'Horse 'w«ie -playing
heavy, while Corn stood alooff and aeemed
engaged equally \a wottdertOg low much
he might win anyhow much: he could buy
with tho proceeds of his ornp. The pic-
ture was ond to contemplate, and waa ap-
plaudedi: iljir hh -rr arf} fwrnrn Totj
-iooif !fAaau.n-flsvaHT .
IS-Vot f}0.
** ' Tiint ifipf f4
childishneBS and mere MlmiM*: -' •
Satis §anteytt, mMflift, tan *r*rj/0 mg!'
This last of the ' Agss" waa looked for-
ward to With great: interest /and., expect-
ancy. : When the curtain lifted tp reveal
itjWe at once pronounced it; the most per-
fect of fee oveniog, , ; (FeeU , ag^d and
Ktiag, Gfab was atretched upon a
feet in * franu baUi, anf h^funl
by tiio M H^heg. Af hls
head and above him stood fee agly
Deafe's-Head Moth,-indicative/«ff speedy
diesotupofe, *"'■ " . ,1v .
To the left stood the Salamander ready to
offer his services, while the Leopardess,
Black Elephant and Brahmin Vctokey
stood to his rear. Upon the right hand
were the Whale, the Verbiaa jand the
Passion Flower^. Mria. .pioture waa
wrought out with care, ond net only tta
lighted but-astonifeed fee spec ta tore.
Thua .we aee fee. "f^TOn
illustrated hta style perfw^y,
with modern ideas and fee subject of the
procession. The Elan covered itself; wife
honor in their display;
-t--: . IHa BAIX. - ' is
As we left the theatre, the flooring over
the parquet was being rapidly laid down,
and ere nowithe revelers and feeir guests
are whirling in the intoxioafeig circles of
the merry dance. With so. many beauti-
ful ladies, gallant gentfejnen.and good
music, there should be a moot enjoyable
affair made of the dance. We will pub-
lish a detailed account Of it in Our next.
noanm. -
The Klan called and paid its respects toi
the Mayor, at his residence 00 Congress
street and King Comus was handed the
"keys of the city." This is an honor and
ceremony never neglected.
The Hook and ladder Truck, brilliantly
illuminated, and Liberty Steam Engine,
No. 2, occupied the front plaza the entire
evening. ... -jv = t - >
More in onr next—time presses, fee
forms close, and the foreman says to ns,
"close up." . ■ r,..n i''-
Mv wife, USA PONS, having left MJ bod
and bosrd, I hereby notify the public that oa
and after this date I will not bo rsspoaotbls^Or
aur debts of her con'Tactlpg, - ' - '
H«BT PONS.
REMOVAL.
to execute the moat superior
Portraits, in Oil on
Also qualified
that purpose,
to toe
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Galleries 1a T.w,
Qalvsston, & a. t illysr.
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CHEMICAL PAINT DEPOT.
lOzed for immrdlnVt
BO Oil, I
H* R.* ALLK^i A||01k(i
TMTisSt, next door ta A I, Schmidt's Drag
ittvfe. ■ sagS-ly
Hetels and Pnbllc House*.
Sohrd^n ukm.
JTOHW AKTO, Jr.,
■a
nil uov«n,
N. P. TURNKR, Proprietor,
aoann bt th* bat. * aa ©a
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€A*PBELL 4 ROBERTS, Prwpt%
TUT AR
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P the only ttwt «asos HfM la BqrtfaefaTisase.
McCLEtiLAIO> HOTEL,
Waco,
TtjSorty testctassHotel lntho dly, oootala
lag over ctoe hundred rooms. '
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THE CENTRAL HOTEL
J. L. POOL, Proprietor,
MAJX8T&EKT, Bsw KtT.C. B. B. DBFOT.
o At. taa,
TEXAS.
hSr
OEUTCHFIELD HOUSE,
' i jobb8ob a KoiLBxssT,
DALLAS,
TEXAS.
ear oknbbai. staox omo*,
jfmiiiym the best aoonaiaodi
Rbrthacn Texss.
H
Oi P. RUSH.
OOMMEBCIAL HOTEL,
, Ill'SR & KOLLRVBKCK, Profri.
; | Oorost of Bias and Jefferson Sts.,
We gnsrantee the best tsble and the best beds
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FtJBKLSHED ROOMS
BT MY OB WKK, :
13.......ST. CHARI.ES STREET....
Oonren:«nt to
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offices, ItaUroads and
Beetaursnta. 1 Xw-tn*
CABS SOX TO AXD FROM JACKS OA
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Cordially EatMtaloed.
MBS. W. BL SLACZ,
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BBV£I * CO,
ti-d '■
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WOO Heir Mattrasses,
ALL SIKSS—ALL QUALITIBSi
tWiicti Joa .imz ;t*nui i- ,
PUled with every variety of—aSerta
J wrfrif&JvmvtN? -
>att>bts Br Bathrus werfc.
< js^'. ■
47 Ptuomt aanrorouM vkbmamb at
! DEWEY & CO., '
1 feilUsilary f.iassds, WawSsaii.
g CONBADl,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
«i MAIS STREET,
i (YAB ALSTTBB'S BDILD1BO,)
HOUSTON,
TEXAS.
VAWHRI, CtO<:K«, JBW1
Ware. Utdiss'aad OenUemea's Gold Watahes
and a lasts supply of Silver
MOHD BPBCTACLCB.
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T. J. DO^NELLAN,
8TPDIO—1* Own uss gtisjat, (TTp
HOU8TOK, TEXAS,
pobtbaitb mm
TOGBAPH8. '
. Also every variety of
Si^B.. Baaaar and 8oeate FaiBtiag.
WASLEV a LOCKABT,
i e> tA. 1 ESfcitacto .Agentii,
Ossfrtu Street, Bsastsa' Vans*.
We five specUJ sttssrttea ta the hoy tag
I selling 01 BBAL ESTATB is all perls of Teres
[LOAHS eOsoted. KOSET LOAKBD and OOL -
LBOTIOK8 MADE
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Baker, J. H. & Wilson, J. H. Houston Daily Mercury (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 88, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1873, newspaper, December 19, 1873; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232937/m1/2/?q=%22cat-bom%22: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.