The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-08-13

true, and if it hadn't q veteran said,
"What do those boys caro- for rain =
speaking of the Associiation of the Army
Of Tennessee, "tley roughed it four
years they'll come If it snows.' 1t did
not do the latter, though it was showcry
all day. We watched and waited for
the. train. which came much earlier than
usual, and s:lw her arrive from the third
story of the University building. Baton
Rouge never presented a livelier appear
ance than when the boats were stcaming
across the Mississippi to meet the excur-
sionists. We spent most delightful
time all morning at the University. MIR.
Jadot, the Steward Of that institution,
who also superintcndcd the Veterans
dinner, said wo might have q peep ut
the table in the mess llall-jnst what We
wanted. l stopped in astonishment Mt
tho door, for tables extended the whole
length of the hall, ioaded with every
substantial edible, every delicacy yon
could imagine or suggest. Who could
think Of every thing necessarily What
an amount of patience, tasto aud care
displayed in the arrangement of this
dinner! We felt hungry, but had scarce
ly discovered that pang before Mr.. .Iadot
sent an elegant lunch for us down to our
impromptn leo cream saloon. We SIX
girls did as much justice to tho rcpast
as six hungry veterans would have done,
I'm sure. Finally the dear old AssOcia-
ton Of the Army Of Tennessee arrived
amid EXPLANATIONS of delight, with our
I. S. G.. Band ut their head, only to glad
den our sight while passing on to the
mess hall, where the doors closed them
in from view, but not from memory or
from the knowledge Of tho good time
they were having. But to return to the
ice cream saloon: we were ut n loss what
to do. The excursionists-nOt the vet
crans-seemcd not to know what VIC
were looking so wistfully at them for.
| As o last resource whispered, "Gir]s,
| I'll tell you what to do: three Of yon sit
| it that table in the centre Of the room
whore they can sec yon through the win
dows and doors, and wc three girls will
bring you ice cream and wait on you
Rattle your spoons, don't laugh, look
business like, and sec if it won't have ef-
feet" We did it with martyr-like air,
and it was refreshing to see how the
young gentlemcn's faces cleared. Atlasi
they had solved the mystery: they knew
what those rooms were fitted up for, and
in two minutes we could not fill the
orders of the crowd that poured in
Otherwise they might have stood on the
gallery or in the hall all evening, vague.
~ wondering.
| l am not going to say u word about
Che concert, for guess you've heard o.
read i dozen descriptions Of it. ! think
the greatest compliment that could b.
paid the performers was the silence tina
rcigned in the audience, except at TIN
end Of each part, when u burst of APP
pl,nse followed Though | hoard tive
of our young l.ulics remark just before
tho concert that "Baton Rouge people
could not appreciate any music, not ever
Yankee Doodle, if played with varia
tions.' thought afterwards that it wa
really true in regard to themselves, 70
in all that assembly no one stirred
scarcely breathcd--all We're speli-boun'
excepting the orignators Of that re-
mark
Baton Rouge looks dead since the OK
cursionists departed, but hear there j
to he another next Sunday. OF course "
aye not dependent Oh such events 70
our amusement, for soon We intend ol
ganizing a Musical and Literary Clul
Won't that be splendid? At every meet
in. each member will be obliged to rea
an original essay, poem or something {
the sort, or else perform some instrumel
tai or vocal music. Many pleasant eve
nings can in this way 10 passed, bot
amusing and instructive.
l see On Dit was we'll supplied wit
Baton Rouge items last week, making
very interesting to ,ls. l cxulted Ovt
the other girls, having escaped this tim
:. noticed that the young gentleman VIII
must have furnished them almost tarYl
: some very amusing Incidents in regal
to himself. What 4 lucky thing | ii
> not have !, chance to whisper to On u
ahout-wpll, won't "give him away
. but l do wish Gu Dit knew who the fl
low was who, after devoting all oyoni,
at the party to the young lady-she L
y, whom the trio was atfecte1-owing
nndroiduh1e circumstances would not c
cort her home but scarce had she sun
, to sleep in the first dawn of mornin
lone past her residence and in hisdcspa
pinned his Tcrpsichorcan badge to Il
" han door, where il blazel forth in Il
!, morning sun and made people stare
they passed to market, wondering
:, there was Il wedding or any thing OF Il
= sort on hand that the house was SO TAI
decorated When we saw it. tile lie
nj yht air and sun had robbed It Ct
i brightness, and as gazel at this tdke
&c it seemed -emllematical Of lis blight
le hopes, blighted heart, lighted hapl
iiess. Bat of course | would not Il