The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-01
The Firemen's Entertainment at
NapOleOnville.
Visit of Cofleld,s Band-rhe Trip-Inci-
dents and AdventuresLThe Concert
Roads-Pretty- Girls-Mac's Mishap.

dents and Adventures-Th Concert
Roads-Pretty -Girls-sIac's Mishap.
DoNALDsoNvILLE, April 26, 1880.
EDITOR CHIEF:
Thursday, the 22nd inst, Cofeld's
Battery c Cornet Band went down to
to he given that night by
Pioneer Fire Company No. 1, of said town.
We started from Donallsonyille at 3
o'clock, and after a weary jaunt over
wretched and horrid roads, reached our
destination at Z. We were kindly re-
ceiyed by the firemen and citizens of the |
pretty little village, and after playing a
few pieces and taking lemonade call
we were conducted to private
apartments in the spacious and elegant
hotel kept by that prince ofgood fellows,
Chas. Dupaty, where the boys went
through the additions which the tedi-
BUSINESS of the trip made necessary I'm
mediately thereafter we wero escorted
to the dining room where q tempting
and s'lmptuous supper was spread, and
no second invitation was required to
sit down and partake."
Shortly after supper the band was
called together and marched in body
to the new hall of the Fire Company at
which the concert was to take place.
After several airs by the band the chr
tain was raised and the performance be-
gan, with an instrumental duet, which
was we'll rendered by two very charming
young ladies. The programme was quite
lengthy and throughout was we'll per-
formed. But the events of the evening
were the songs 10y the Misses Jones and
Miss Mollie Folse. The Misses Jones
sang duet entitled the Cousins. And
candor forces us to say that it was splen-
didly, eXquisitely executed. The charm
ing singers went through the amusing
ballad with an ease, grace and facility
that was truly praisewortly, and the
storm Of applause which rose upon the
air at its conclusion, clearly demonstrated
the admiration that had been awakened
in every heart by the sweet, soul-reach-
ing melody which emanated from the
ruby lips of the fair musicians. By this
one appearance in public-and one of
the ladies told the writer it was their
tirst-the accomplished Misses Jones have
made for themselves reputation which
will ever live in the hearts of those who
had the good fortune to hear them sing.
What VIC have said Of the Misses Jones
we might also say of Miss Mollie Folse,
who sang LIE Barber de Seville, in sweet
and effective way. Miss Folse has a
truly musical and lovely voice, and she
sings with snch a soft ana melting pathos
that none can listen to the notes as they
smoothly glide from her pretty mouth
! without feeling. every musical chord
tremble and keep time to the rapture
inspiring symphony. Miss Folse is a
very graceful and winning young lady,
with lustrous, melting black eyes, that
sent shafts into more than one emotional
heart OH that lovely, joyous, happy eve.
! Miss Folse bids fair to become one of the
first musicians of our sister parish.
| The concert, taken altogether, was
very pleasant and amusing. After the
programme had been exhausted the
benches were cleared away, the band
struck up Il waltz and the ball opened.
Dancing was INCREASINGLY kept up until
3 o'clock, when shawls, cloaks, hats and
other articles were gathered up, and the
joyous jewellers sought their quiet homes.
Before the hall was cleared, the atfa-
ble Mr.. Helluin, foreman of the fire
company, came and invited the band to
go to Dupaty's bar-room and partake of
liquid refreshments, which they did, be-
ing tired and thirsty; and after every
member had refreshed himself with lem
onade, the band played several pieces,
finishing with a musical "smash lp," /,
composition consisting Of thirty or more
different melodies. They then entered
their hack, gave three cheers for the
fremcn Of Napoleonville, and amid the
shouts Of the gratitied fire boys, drove
away playing a lively tune" The fire
men of Napoleonvllle are composed OF
the material Of which heroes are made
and shall ever be held in high esteem by
Cotield's Battery G Cornet Band.
On the way home we passed the resi-.
dence of the Misses Jones, and as mani
festation Of our appreciation Of their per
Torrance of the evening, we halted III
front of the picturesque mansion and
gave them farewell serenade, which
they courtcously acknowledged.
Napoleonville is small village, but il
is noted for the beauty of it's fair ladies
and justly too. for we saw "ever sc
many" of them.
The roads between here and Napoleon
Vile are i'll miserable, deplorable con,
dition, and certainly reflect no credit
upon the officials of that parish in
many places they are perfectly impassa
BILE, and more than once the boys
blessed (?) the Police Jury, road syndics
and others at having to walk SO much o.
the way. We had only one mishap be-
fall us and that came very near result.
ing seriously. Our young friend Lenard
Dutte1-familiarly known as Mac"-
was arrayed i'll Il suit of glossy broad