Путешествие на Луну

           Bankers,farmers,sailors,cotton-planters,brokers,merchants,watermen,magistrates,elbowedeachotherinthemostfree-and-easyway.LouisianaCreolesfraternizedwithfarmersfromIndiana;KentuckyandTennesseegentlemenandhaughtyVirginiansconversedwithtrappersandthehalf-savagesofthelakesandbutchersfromCincinnati.Broad-brimmedwhitehatsandPanamas,blue-cottontrousers,light-coloredstockings,cambricfrills,wereallheredisplayed;whileuponshirt-fronts,wristbands,andneckties,uponeveryfinger,evenupontheveryears,theyworeanassortmentofrings,shirt-pins,brooches,andtrinkets,ofwhichthevalueonlyequaledtheexecrabletaste.Women,children,andservants,inequallyexpensivedress,surroundedtheirhusbands,fathers,ormasters,whoresembledthepatriarchsoftribesinthemidstoftheirimmensehouseholds.

           Atmeal-timesallfelltoworkuponthedishespeculiartotheSouthernStates,andconsumedwithanappetitethatthreatenedspeedyexhaustionofthevictualingpowersofFlorida,fricasseedfrogs,stuffedmonkey,fishchowder,underdone‘possum,andraccoonsteaks.