The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-09-18
Our Broadbriln Letters.

A Bit Of Romance Curious Case Of Ab-
duction- Trials aud Triumphs Of Fe-
male Evangelist.
New .YoRk, Sept. il, 1880.
EDITOR CHIEF:
If there is anything especially dear
to the reader of the city letter, it is u
little bit Of romance; and l am, for
tunately, in position this week to
give you little story, which, if not
quite as good as Robinson Crusoe or
Sinbad the Sailor, at least has the
merit of being true. Many years ago,
a German emigrated to this country,
aud by dint of hard saving and thrift,
lie accumulated a little money. At
that time the outskirts of what then
was the city of Brooklyn, was divided
up into farms, and our Cousin Ger
man bought a patch of land. After
the war, the city grew, like Jonah's
gourd. The fields, which had been
valuable only for potato patches and
cabbage gardens, were sold for city
lots, at fabulous prices. Our German,
however, was not of the progressive
sort, and, ensconsced in his little cot
tage, covered by grape vines aud
wild roses, he saw the city grow about
him, occasionally selling lot to pay
his taxes and assessments. One day
in 1868, our Cousin German was found
dead, and what is more remarkable
still, he died intestate, aud for time
it looked as though the whole of his
estate would revert to the State of
New York. But, when did rich
man die without relations3 Poor
fellows often "kick the bucket" and
after they are dead it is more of
mystery how they came into the
world than how they got out of it.
Search the records, and you will find
that they never had father or mother,
sister or brother, or even cousins and
aunts, and SO it happened with our
German. 1t was not long before a
brother turned up, all the way from
Hesse D;.rmstadt, who proved his
identity beyond question, and New
York, waving it's rights in favor Of
him, he entered into possession of the
estate. This man sold off the most
Of the property, and then he died.
Then suit was brought by a sister,
who proved her relationship, and con-
sequently her right to a portion of
the estate. She died and the suit was
continued On behalf OF her chill dren,
one Of whom was a scissors-grinder,
and the other laborer in the custom
house; and, after a protracted trial,
the suit was decided this week in
favor Of the heirs, and magnificent
plot of ground, covered with the most
costly residences, passes into the
hands of the poor men, making
them almost III millionaires, aud in the
meantime, it reduces several opulent
families to ruin.
We are now reaping the crop of
the Boy Preachers evangelical efforts
in Brooklyn. Recently young lady
who had attended his meetings, had
to be carried to a mad-house. She
feared that she had committed the
unpardonable sin, and for couple of
weeks after the revival had ceased,
she sank into hopeless melancholy,
and subsequently became raving
maniac.
A curious case of abduction by u
fellow who considered himself regu-
lar lady killer occurred here not long
since. His Juliet was the goddess of
lager beer saloon, and her Romeo
was barber. 1t was case Of love
at first sight, and, in spite of the re-
monstrance of frow Won Groot, one
night the lady scaled a fence, and
eloped with her quondam lover. But
al avenging Nemesis was on their
track in the shape of a deputy Sheriff,
and when they were found, the lady
was in boys clothes, with her hair
cut short, aud nice little moustache,
the whole surmounted by an elegant
stove-pipe hat. AS the girl was un-
der age, she was sent to the House of
J Detention, aud the gentleman, for a
term, will cool his toes On Blackwell's
Island.
never liked St. Paul /; he was al
ways getting into a row with some-
body, and, being a crusty old bachel-
or, lie had special dislike for the OPP
posite sex. He may have got the
"mitteu from some of the fair maid
ems of Judea on that memorable day
when he wrote that execrable passage
about "women speaking in meeting"
1t is fortunate for his saintsl.ip that
he lived early in the first century
instead of the nineteenth, for l am
nrettv noeitiye that If ha had fluur-