The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-31
Laughing Gas.

AH otu SdHuei WAS recently kllleu
in Virginia ut the age'of ninety The
name of the fortunate boarding house,
that drew the prize is not giyen.ses.x.
1t seems hard to see an Indian
apolis woman of sixty five seeking a
divorce because her husband wouldn't
let her wear a red dress to camp
meeting. - - eaZasssssa II te ,lu
An Ohio Constable has. ..absconded
with the sum of So 25. D, not, gen
tie reader, turn up Your nose, for it
was a 1.-THE public money he could
get hold OF. .szs@s5 ~ saats a>aa r. 81
Stanley is going to take "a Bible
weighing twenty-five pounds into
Africa with him, and if ;f handle can
be attached to it, it will pro, g a most
destructive Weapon. f,stEa re- TfsfssH
When widow in any neighbor-
hood sets her cap for a Young man,
there isn't o3ie chance in million for
any young woman to win, even if she
holds the four:aces. a4 sh' NJ Efr . :
Mrs.sNpeDf Iowa caps get supper,
split ki1flings, wash the dishes, milk
two cows aud feed the hogs while her
five boys ard two girls are playing a
game of croqnet. s5$' '*zi "' =
: The sensitive boy lives in Della
aware. He arose at midnight, footed
half a mile and aWoke a store. clerk
and bought a fine. comb. He didn't
want any one hear him ask for it,
Now, after lapse Of ninety years.
it has been discovered that splitting
on the. bait doesn't help in the least
to catch the fish. Is there any one in
America who isn't us mad as blazes
50 ''Men scbrn to kiss Themselves. '@s
And scarce would kiss brother ::
Al But women want to kiss sosbad, ,A
They kiss and kiss each. other.
There is a Postmaster !, in. Illineis,
who draws a salary Of 81 per annum.
His object in seeking the office was
to get married andraise a family ~:
.,a Milton, the blind author, was one
day asked by a friend of female ed
ucation, if he did not Intend to in
struct his daughter IN The. different
languages. "No sir,' replied Milton,
zone tongue is sufficient 4 for a
woman
"Ben. Billings stole cattle and
then lied about it, so his friends took
him out and performed surgical
operation on him from which he never
recovered" is the, way tho death Of
a Nebraska man is recorded ia a 10
cal paper. ~ a' s'- -.':Lsi1' '*
The scandalous Washington Chron-
icle, says: . When Mary Walker
reaches Turkey we hope the Sultan,
that absolute monarch Of all he sur
veys, will make her take herbreeches
off" Mary won't listen to any such
inSultan proposition. She isn't that,
kind. =. .-
Talk about your ragged edge of
despair, just think of the superan-
nuated dandy, who, after cutting a
great spread ameng the tourists on
an Erie palace sleeping coach all one
afternoon and evening, got up next
morning, and, after hunting all over
the ear for his false teeth, aud ac-
eusing every passenger, IN turn. OF
stealing them, finally found them
safely slowed away in his vest pocket.
A wag walked into saloon the
other day where three men were sit
ting around the ilpless stoye- As he
entered all eyes We're turned towards
him. Apparently taking mental
inventory of the number Of people in
the reom, the new eomersstepped up
to the bar and blaudly ordered four
glasses Of beer. The boots that had
adorned the top of the stove nov
sought the aoor, three men cleared
their months of tObaeeo,and all look
ed at the bartender as he filled the.
glasses and placed them In row on
the bar. When every thing I was
ready the three loungers rese and
the stranger paid for the beer Then
starting with the glasses fnrthest from
the door, he emptied all that the bar
tendefihad filed and quickly left the
saloon. The three chairs were IT,
AIMED