The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-10
DoNALDsoNvLLE "a SATURDAY OCTOBER TO-

one but very lame gentleman owns
up to having been in the omnibus on
that occasion. med ~,l
Thomas Hill, the late president, is
man with some marked peculiar
ties. He was so very young when he
became the head of Harvard that the
boys had not got over the bad habit
of calling him Tom Hill." He was
careless of his personal appearance as
to fashion, and much like the late
Horace Greeley in his disregard of
the precepts of the tailor. After GO
ing to Portland to preach, having
plenty of time aud much inclination,
he worked in his garden assiduously,
and SO as to excite the admiration of
a female neighbor, who persuaded her
husband to go and engage him to do
their gardening. President Eliot has
had similar experience, having made
such strong impression by his Wig
orous use of the axe, that man in
search of a good chopper called upon
him and proposed an engagement. So
it can be seen that muscular chris
tianty.has. .devotees at Harvard.
Mr.. Peabody, the theological man
at Harvard, has the good fortune to
be hero in some stories of the period.
On one occasion he was out for Z
walk and meditation. After little,
he became 50 absorbed in the latter,
that he forgot entirely that he had any
thing to 60 with the former. The
consequence was, that he moved along
automatically, aud in meeting people
he got gradually crowded half over
the curbstone, with one foot treading
along in the gutter and the other ON
the sidewalk, which was considerably
higher. This in due time began to
impress his mind with q sensation,
and he was at length convinced that
he was afflicted with an unaccount-
able lameness. So made for home and |
sent for q physician at once to attend
to his case in its earliest stages /
At another time he formed one of
q pleasure party who were on their |
way to osome mountain resort in Maine.
The journey would take all day, and
20 it was important that time should
not be unnecessarily wasted. When
the distance was half accomplished,
the stage stopped to change horses
and lunch; which being done, and
Ill ready to start, when it was dis
covered that Mr.. P. was missing. And
70 they hunted and hunted-in the
house, in the barn, in the sheds, in
he garden, in the grove, and in all
'ther conceivable places, but the man
vas nowhere. 1t was we'll along to-,
ward sunset when the lost savan
made his appearance in company with
parcel of boys, with whom ne had
,een fishing. He was entirely un-
conscious of where he was, why he
vas there, or how he came there.
Agentleman in one ofthe street cars
me day took his seat by another, and
'assed the time between Boston and
cambridge in telling the good things
le had heard of this professor. On
eaving the car at Harvard Square,
he party who had been entertained
landed his card to the entertainer,
n which was neatly engraved the
anne of A. P. Peabody. So much
Or psliteness.
We got many other stories from our
ausual friend, but can not give them
ow. ALERT.
The Mexicans have their Fourth
f July" on the 26th of September,
nd they celebrate it much the same
8 we do.
The Democratic parish convention
1hich met in New Orleans last Mon
ay, was not harmonious or digni- ,
ed body by any means. From the !
of the proceedings cleaned
'om tho daily press, we infer that at
mes the assemblape more resemhlad