The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-15
Our BrOadbrim Letters.

Our BrOadbrim Letters.
The Oolored Citizens Favorite Weapon
-Talmages Church Fair Injured In.
nocence at the City Park-Mormop
Immigrants-A Rural Divine "Roped
in," etc
| New YORK, Nov 8, 1879.
| EDITOR CHIEF:
On Tuesday last, was leaning
against one Of the granite pillars OF
the new Post Office, '"refecting on
what mighty nation We would be i'll
1889, when, suddenly, l received a
violent blow on the back that nearly
knocked the breath out of me. l
looked up, and tall, lean, lank,
white headed specimen of humanity
stood before me, apparently about six
feet two in his stockings; he held /,
newspaper in his hand, and looking
me intently in the face, said: "Mis-
ter, what is the affinity between
razors and niggersq" 81 suppose"
replied, that niggers being frequent
~ BARRIERS, use razors in the exercise
Of their business" ANY relation
between barber and barbarian 2" said
he. "Don't know" replied. "Then
look at that" he said, handing me
the paper that he held, and therein
was recounted, how Joseph Simmons,
on the night before, had made .i,ince-
meat Of William York, with razor.
l don't know but it may be doing my
colored brother injustice, but to such
Il pitch has this habit become,
that the impression has gone, abroad
that every citizen Of African descent
walks around with razor iD bis boot
Or his breeches. Of course in the
affray between Simmons and York
there was sable fairy in the case,
and the difference of opinion between
these rival darkies witt. regard to the
immaculate character of the lady,
cost Mir. York bis left tarand q valua-
bic slice Of his nose. Mr.. York was
at decided disadvantages, as Sim
aions was the chi, oi1o provided with
a razor, and the result was, that
when he got through with Mr. York.
he looked us though he had been
used by some anatomical demon
strator, for the enlightenment of a
medical college. During the past
six months there have been no less
! than twenty or thirty encounters be-
t" cen negroes, liz Whicl; the lazor has
been used with terrible effect, and in
three or four instances, death has re-
suited from. these at1:ayS. Only few
days ago, ajealous Negro lover who
had been deserted by his mistress,
met her in the street, and rushing up
to her, threw one arm around her
waist, and with the other drew a
a razor acrnss her throat, nearly
severing her head from her body /;
aud only few days before Negro
| rutfian, who had ust been discharged
from States prison, while engaged in
a drunken blawl in one of the Thomp-
son street dens, made a miscellaneous
attack with razor on the assembled
crowd, and when he got through,
there were thirteen wounded men
and women, and the floor of the
room looked like the interior of a
slaughter house. Something must be
done to suppress the razor, and keel
it exclusively for shaving purposes
or else we may have to get up sol,
Of annual Zulu sacrifice, and slaugh
ter the darkies that use them.
Brooklyn was enlivened this weeE
by a church fair at the Talmage
Tabernacle. The resources of thi.
eccentric preacher are marvellous; al!
most every other day som.
adroit enemy supposes he has lait
him ON his back, when hey, prest,
change, like I. good cat lie lands 0,
bis legs, and such legs, and bcfor,
they know where they are, he ha
their scalps hanging at his belt lik,
onions twenty in a row. The presen
fair is one of the most brilliant tha
Brooklyn has seen for years. Th
decorations were superb, and TIN
music Up to the standard of til
Tabernacle. Of course there WA
Rehecca at the Well, Ruth and til
Reapers, Mizpah, Rachel, and lots Q
other female angels, that make fel
low wish that he had lived three O
four thousand years ago, when sic
kind of calico was plenty )" and i
addition to the other attraction,
there was 4 fine art collection, which
. though small, WIS equal in claractt
to the hest of Onr Fall eyhihitinna
anybody down your way imagine
that the Brooklyn Plesbytery Ii;
either killed or MANNED brother Ta
! mage, you can tell them that he
t about the liveliest ghost that eyt