The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-08-01
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

in tbe country has on It's WINE llsI Joidu
nisberger, Yquem, and Veuve CnquoI,
vet the vineyards of these three together
would scarcely supply single Wlle-dlifliiA-
ing city.
THE street railway companies OF bunal ol
have instructed their conductors 10 eJGce
from the cars passengers VINO sPiI On 1l;t
tioors The tobacco-chewing riders spit
in defiance. and get put off. Several cases
are in tbe courts, the point for settlement
heino how far the companies may Legally
y 90 iIl compelling passengers TO be decent.
ACCORDING to the Providence Jo'sr'eat,
the fashionable ladies at Newport nave ols-
carded lap-dogs for cunning little. klttens,
which are made a feature when drives are
taken. The proper thing is to hold the
kitten nm facing the horses, so that II may
survey the landscape and enjoy the view as
much as its mistress does; and no doubt
the kitten does.
A MAINE rogue has been selling kegs
supposed to hold ten gallons OF liquor each:
=. A pint of rum was sealed up inside eaeh Oh
the kegs and so placed that, taking OUT
small cork, the purchaser could test the
LIQUOR, but while there was pint OF hquor
there were nine gallons and seven plnts ol
water separated from it.
SOMEBODY has been attacking many OF
the citizens of Atlanta upon hundfeds OF
postal-cards sent through the post Office.
So great is the ensuing excitement IN tnat
city that public meeting has been held 10
devise means of detection. The accepted
theory is that the wife of merchant VINO
has been socially sighted, has taken 10
SANDER as method Of vengeance.
THE woman's rights question is delayed
another year in England. During the
present session over one thousand petl-
lions, signed by over three hundred thou
sand persons, have been presented in the
House of Commons in favor OF bill to re-
move the electoral disabilities of women,
but Mr.. Disraeli declared that it was im-
possible to spare the time for discussion
so near the close of the session.
A CORRESPONDENT who has been max
ing the tour of the colleges to write ul
the boating interests, says that the mosl
rigid rules of abstinence are enforced, and
the men who burn with ardor for victory
have kept them faithfully. No temptation
could induce one of them to smoke CT.
oar. or to drink glass of wine, or to cal
an Ice, or to touch pork or pastry. An
chorites could not be more abstlnent than
these young men.
THROUGH the influence of imagination
cholera has been introduced among men
A few wears ago the Austrian Government
tested this fact. TO several convicts await
ing execution free pardons were offered Oh
condition that they should sleep for one
night in beds that had been occupied BY
cholera patients. But instead of placing
the convicts in cholera impregnated beds
the Austrian officers gave them Others
that had never been used. Yet every ont
of them was taken with cholera, and some
of them died.
IRA BREWER, of Pottstown, Pa, wa
for thirty years an inveterate fisherman
Almost every day found him out among
the trout streams, and he never tired o
the sport. His diversion brought ills
however, and year ago rheumatism, pro
duced by exposure in bad weather. lait
him up. But he is determined to fish
He has had tank built in his yard, int
which live trout are put; and there he sit
every afternoon, propped up in an cas-.
chair, throwing the fly, landing the fish
and having vast amount OF fun.
The most curious relic of the Ashante
campaign, brought home by the newly re
turned English troops, is said to be a Cap
Coast bull, perfect kitten of the species
He is described as not so tall as an um
brella, and. judging from his build and &C
tivity, might be as safely trusted to peram
bulate the fragile groves of CROKER
warehouse as the most docile dog. He wa
allowed to be loose on the deck, and wa
the pet and plaything of the crew, VIII
tease him until he runs at and butts ther
as the goat does. Twelve of these animal
were shipped as fresh food on the voyage
and some idea may be formed of this rel
resentative of Lilliputian " live beef whe
it is stated that of the eleven that wer
killed not one exceeded forty seven pound
in weight as dressed carcass.
PRoF. CAMERON, analyst for the City
Dublin, stated recently before the Adu
teration Committee of the British Hous
of Commons that much whisky was sol
Immediately after being made, and it the
contained amylic alcohol, which wa
worse than any adulteration. 1t was S
"a fiery. that it bore a large dilution of waite
1t was his opinion that it was new whisk,
and not adulterated whisky, that did Il
harm. When asked whether as an analy
it was his judgment that it was the new
ness of the spirit rather than the adulter
ton that was the Objectionable feature,
answered: ''That is my deliberate opil
ion, having had great experience in the e,
animation of spirits; and it is most desir
BILE that the sale of new whisky should |
controlled. However, when you give Il
poorer classes mellow, old whisky the
don't like it, as they say it has not
''bite.'"
YESTERDAY, says Southern ColoraG
exchange, we saw man, a woman,
good-sized boy, two babies, five or 81
blankets, buffalo robe, and two strin,
of chill ON single pony. Every availab
inch from his ears to the root of his ia
was taken" The poor animal was vel
small, thin as a towel-rack, OF a sick
pale color, and one foreleg was about fl
inches shorter than the other--the KIN
joint of that leg was very large, so we su
posed that the missing part of the leg W
driven there by the weight above, so tn
when it was relieved the leg would street,
out again like turtles head. In fact,
his legs were short, and the crookede
convention of legs that we ever saw. 1
credible as it may seem, the why little a
imal passed us on trot. When he car
down on the short leg, and the faali
''kerplumped" with it. it would ha
made the oldest man living laugh. Bo