Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-12-20


! tanned.
After the downfall Of the old dynasty
Baron James offered his eo;d-fiiied band
to the monarchy o. tha JE r revolution,
anil the hand was grnatiGilT gfasned.-
The Baron and bis wife now Attained
the often before refused ostfee 1t Court,
! ars: the Princes oftas 2. peated n isoths-
elildss saloons.
Thus, under Louis Phiiippe's rule, tte
Influence OF the Rotirscisi.ds, dsiiy and
visib!y increased. In fart ogfo raigaesi
supreme, and even art and talent con
tended for the honor, and often in ya7n,
% Obtain the entree to the hotel in the
RE Laftte for Baron James was often
very particular III :he choice Of his
guests.
OB]y towards literati he was amisbIe,
especially towards Il, Heine, the riqnant
aud spirited hlsmorist, who often had
his fun even al the expeEse OF ms host.
Thus at the close Of a brilliant banquet,
severa! bottles of Lac1rim0 Christi had
been consumed, Rothschli sad 10 the
poet.
What peculiar name for a wina,-
What can he The origin Of it =
The @tymoIogy Is perfectly simple,
replied IEeioe. Christ weeps at the
fact that Jews should drink such excel
lent VINE
Deuce take gour stnartuess. . eSc!aim
Ell Rnt.,chiId, amid the conyulSiye laugh
ter that followed.
Ordinarily the two eonversed in the
German Jewish dialect bat heine would
never permit Ro;tchjid to assume to-
wards him the condescenling nabob style
he ALWAYS exhibited towards others. #
they had dispute, the poet threatened
The man Of mcnev to publish their con
| versalion in tie Resue des aeus Mendes.
The Baron immediately turned pale with
! apprehension, ard at once took the most
bun1bIe step towards Cancellation.
1t is well known that since 1852 the
peculiar fnaucief has become Consul
General Of Austria.
The secret history OF the first half Of
Louis Pl.lllippe's reign has yet to be
written, hnt only one is thoroughly ac
qnaiuted with the life and business OF
| Baron Rothchid viii he able to write il.
correctly. At the time of the coalition in
1889, for instance, the millionaire fnan>
cier alone created rain or sunshine at
his will The Tailerles aud the hotel in
the rue LATTE stood in the most intimate
couneetion, and the Duke de Montpen
sier was one Of the regular dancing part
nets Of Mile Charlotte Rothsehi'd.
The banker Baron obtained the royal
concession for the northern raifoad. and
the demon Of stock job5ing awakened
| by him socn spread over the entire ma
ton. to the injury Of small spectators
and to the exclusive enriehing Of the big
fnauc,ers who il IS said divided half q
| billion among themselves.
However. there are many traits and
instances Of pasriarchal benevoence TO
be told Of the Prince OF the Bark
Vixen the shor; harvest of l846 seemed
to threaten universal famine ia 1877,
Baron Roth>chil1 attempted to avert the
impending evil, by buying upon his own
account immense quantities of Bread
ssutfs in Europe and America, At the
hail in Paris sraiu and f,ur was then
| sold below the market prices, and the
profits of this immense speculation yere
to be applied to furnishing bread for all
the needy and hungry
A special bakery sold bread to the
poor al very great reduction from the
price charged by the regular bakers
But the people in this instance would
/ not believe the beneGoieut intentions Of
sor, rallied against imaginary
n grain, believed. the most absurd
Jealous reports, among others, that
lid had bought sr oiled -four, ana
.de it paiataple by an admxtare
sect almonds. OF course. they
thought that such an s.dmixtufe
d have made the bread three times
XPehslve,
these same sweet almonds OF Baron
Ro,hscl.ilds contributed a good share to
| the + february revolution.
Ever ready for adding fuel to the
flames, ever ready to. excite the masses,
and. like the New York Herald, delight
ing in string up mischief, The National
said Of the Raron Roihschild, that he
! had mixed his flour With the sweat OF the
people, which, Of course, would have
preiuced very Objectionable bread. Al
the same time number Of pamphlets
agai,,s, Rothschild made their appear-
ance. and whilst the people thus rewar~
ded his charitable efforts, their henefac