The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-12-13
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

altar three sisters.
YIN. CA. are the initials of young
lady in New Hampshire. Several young
men are anxious to join her.
A GREEN BAY woman knits, reads, rocks
the cradle and presitles over a sewing So
ciety at once, and fiourishes like green
bay tree. II - .ITh
band liar eight years ago, and he has not
spoken to her since, though remaining
in the house.
AT San Diego, Cal, on Nov. S, the Their
mometar registered 81 degrees in the shade
and 106 degrees in the sun. Seasohable
weather for November.
IT is knolNn that over Que hundred young
ladies in the United States are now pre-
pairing themselves for the legal profession.
A CLEVELAND dry-goods drummer has,
during the! last season, sold 1000 worth
of goods, travelled II 600 miles, and mar
ried four wives.
A BoST9N court has decided that if a
woman lends money to her husband she
cannot get it back. The decision will not be
new to MANY wives.
B1sHoP HENNEssY of Iowa has prohibit
ed dancing at Catholic fairs and festivals
in his diocese, stating that hereafter church
es viii be built without dancing.
THE Chinese declare that Noah'sI real
name was All Roo, and that. he resided IN
Pekin. These heathen will be claiming
beautiful Snow " next.
Mrs. MACoMBER, of Middleboro, Mass,
died recently in her one-hundredth year.
Another sister, Mrs. Atwood, survives at
the age of one hundred and four.
Mrs. AsPINwALL, of NewL ondon, Mimi,
shot and Killed three deer recently. The
first two size dressed herself, the third she
called neighbor to assist her in dressing.
A NOBLE and determined woman with
severn children and drunken husband
supports all hands handsomely at Wheel
ing, w. Va, by the sale of cigars and mo-
lasses taffT.
BERKs county pa poor-house is said
to be seldom troubled by tramps. because
of a regulation which requires all tran lent
dodgers to do two hours work the follow
ing morning by way of payment.
THEY take things differently in different
localities. In Maine man hung himself
when told that he was the father of twins.
In Wisconsin man presented his wife
with horse when she showed him trip
lets.
THE Stationery Department of the
British Government has effected a saving
of $1,000 al year by collecting, mending and
reissuing the quill pens used and thrown
aside in different public offices.
A STUDENT at Princeton College believes
in "a place for everything, and everything
in its place, . so he nailed his slippers to
the wall about four feet up, and all he has
to do atevening is to wheel his easy chair
in position and insert his feet therein.
BISHOP MEEoHIsEDEGH, in work just
the Low Danube called the Napo1eonists.
They worship Napoleon the First, assert
ing that he is not dead, but at Irkoulsk, in
Siberia, where, at the head of a powerful
and invincible army, he ifs ready once more
to overrun the world. f
ABOUT year ago, says the Arkansas
Traveller, Sus-qu-ne. a Little Usage, left a
package at Capt. Norton's, and few days
ago returned TO get Something FROM it
The captain stood by while he opened it,
whenhe beheid twenty five human sca1ps-
Comanches--consis of men,s. wemenls
and children's, to some Of which tie ears
were hanging.
AMONG the thousands who wear alpaca
cloth very few know what it is made of.
The alpaca goat is species of the Hama,
whose home is in the mountain regions of
Peru. 1t lives on the eoarsest fare, the
scanty heritage of the rocks, and has a
beautiful wavy coat of light chestnut
brown wool, (which. isEaneaFly foot in
length, very soft and elastic, and nearly as
fine as that of a. Cashmere goat. This is
sheared off and sent to England, whereit
is sorted, woven, dyed, steamed, singed,
and turned into the market. -
THE Midland Railway of England is. fit
ting up four trains, including fourteen
Pullman cars, with Olmstead's electric
brake. They will have Miller platforms
and Allen paper wheels. The electric
brake is to be tried in France, RussiassAus-
tria, Norway, and South America. Is it
not singular that the inventor of the palace
car should be named Pullman Though
perhaps not more so than the head of one
of the great express ompanies-1whicli
conveys articles to.the uttermest parts of
the earth--should be named Fargo. ss
ALL 'sboys in blue" who have become
homesick and retired from the service with
out leave viii be interested in the follow
ing order from the President: 1.-THE
President of the United States commands
that it be, made known that all soldiers
who have deserted their co1ors and shall,
on or before the first day of january, 1874,
surrender themselves at any military
station, shall be pardoned, they only for
feiting pay and allowance due them at the
time of desertion, and shall be restored to
duty without trial on the condition that
they faithfully serve their time"
The Australian butchers have invented
an improved method of slaughtering bull
locks. AT Sydney the animals are driven
by five at a time into the slaughter house,
where there is no person to be seen.
While they are quietly staring around the
strangely quiet apartment, man silently
passes above them. walking along the open
beams which closely cross the house. He
is armed with lance with point like a
mortsing; chisel. One by one the beasts
are pierced with this weapon just behind
the horns; they drop instantly, and as
soon as all are down the other men, watt
ing IN theInext apartment, enter and bleed
and dress the carcasses.
WE announced some time since, saws an
English paper, an important discovery on
the north coast of Australia by the Cap
tain of her Maiesty's ship Basilisk. We
now learn that the whole of the Island of
New-(Iuirsea has haan fatfan poecaes;oy, S,f