The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-09
Assumption Correspondence.
NAPoLEoNvILLE,sLA., March I


EDITOR CHIEF:
Ono would conjecture from appearances
that gentle spring" was again with u.s.
What with buds, blossoms and leaflets, the
hum of bees, intent on repienishlng their
storehouses with the early sweets, the voicif-
erations of the ploughmen, and the extreme
mildness of the weather, humanity feels like
shucking off oppressive garments and don
ming a more suitable wardrobe. But neither
the persuading zephyrs, breathing inspira-
ton and all that sort of thing, nor the lndo-
lence of youthful, various-hued howerefs
can, for a moment, allure your correspond
emit from the reality Of q comfortable hre-
place, to wander through the dewy verdure
fbefore breakfast), or indulge in the sugges-
tive aspirations flowing from an llluslEe
Parnassus. You, as a newspaper man, are
we'll aware that with the first warm speil'
after March sets in, the average poetry man
is seized with the rhythmic spasms, and
"Gentle Spring" suffers accordingly, to say
naught of the agonies inflicted on ye editor.
Helicon and the MUSES. are well enough TO
converse about, but until the April showers
shall have passed intend 60 avoid the toll
some ascent of the former, even though the
nine females offer me their assistance. FL
nally, tell your patrons to keep On their
oyer-shirts until at least month after Mar
di Gras, by which time John Frost will have
hung mp his whitewash brush and quit his
antics.
Last Sunday there was quite an unusual
excitement along the landing, caused by an
almost general exodus of our citizens city
ward to pay their customary tributes and
prisons at the shrine of His Blessed Majesty,
Rex. Many took the early boats down to
Thibodaux, thence by rail but the majority
preferred the up route, via Donaldsonviile.
The Henry Tete led the van, starting at
daylight with dense crowd OF passengers,
the most of whom had remained on board
during the night and participated in ball,
etc. The noble st. Mary steamed along
next, beautifully bedecked with countless
flags, while the enlivening strains OF music
produced by the ST. Joseph's Band of Thib-
odaux, added greatly to the prevailing en-
thusiasm The Blue Wing, next on the list,
appeared to have a preponderance of the
colored fraternity as passengers, with a
band that harmonized in hue though not in
tone. The Assumption, said to he the fast
est boat in the trade, came along late in the
day, with the balance of creation" Occu-
plying each and every habitable locality on
board that cOmmodious and magnificent
water palace.
As witnessed the last departure, it sud-
denly occurred to me that as near ~ every
body else had gone. perhaps the best thing
/ could do would be to take trip in the
interior where milk, eggs, ETC., were abund-
ant--whieh the same nourishing eommOdi-
ties having been my principal sustenance
during the haleyon term OF youth, still i'm.
parts to my gOrmanfizing imagination
yearning for the tangible reality; and, with
this desideratum in view forgetting my
promise to run the town government during
the absence of the Mayor, onward strobe
adown the banks of tho Attakapas Canal,
to the distance of about two leagues when,
observing an assemblage of the kline genus,
large cOncourse of the fowl species, besides
other evidences of thrift and plenty, came
to the conclusion that my destination had
been reached !; SO accosting an aged, benev-
client specimen of humanity as to the real
ization of my fond hopes, found the Mecca
had been attained. do not wish to aggra-
vate your astronomical sensibilities by de-
failing the resources of my hostess larder,
or the inroad made therein by your fastidi-
ous correspondent, but from your personal
knowledge of my calibre in epicurianism,
you may have some imaginings as to the
extent of the depredations committed. How
long | might have remained there would
have only been decided by Messrs. Host g.
Co., had not u citation to appear ut a ball on
Mardi Gras eve changed the programme,
and with many regrets l adjourned sine die
from that habitation of hospitality, lacteal
fluid and hen fruit.
With the exception of few cayalcades of
maskers, and individual specimens of juye-
nile harlequinism, no great display was ex-
hibited in honor of Shrove Thursday or in
commemoration of Rex. The fewpersOnages
remaining at home having aided the absent,
with their cash and best toggery, to visit the
Carnival scenes, showed but small disposi-
ton to further glorify the festivities, want
ing the wherewithal for inspiration.
But the ball-well, you had one at the d.
s. C. B. Hall; just imagine ours on u more
diminutiye scale, and excuse an aching head.
Yours, ETC., LEO, No. 2.