| Show MILITARY TITLES the insatiate craving among among a our people for distinguished titles is proverbial and the host of G e colonels majors captains judges t esquires etc etc which a foreigner meets with in I 1 traveling through our country causes much surprise a n d frequently creates many amusing incidents Afew A few days ago a young youn et englishman 0 who had just arrived came to this city with a young 0 sacramental Sacra whose acquaintance he made at a t the Ba yand who kindly offered to chaperone him and introduce him to the celebrities of the place they entered the orleans bar room and found it crowded with legislators and their friends who were then just gathering 1 of course there were scores of titled gentlemen gentit e and it so happened that the englishman en lishman was introduced to three quasi gene generals rals rais tito tivo colonels five majors and one captain before he had bad been in the room an hour john bull look looked edat at the distinguished gentlemen with surprise at seeing no sign of a uniform and turning to his friend he said III 1 I say is this a blaw sted garrison no 11 said the other 1 why do you ask why ive lve see none but generals and colonels and arid a lum looking set the they are too so I 1 thought it was a bloody for fort t dont you see the joke was t too 00 go good to be lost ost 1 and the joined in the laugh as heartily as any one sac standard |
