The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-12-17

for the rest of the Winter will have to
get along without her; how they will bo
able to do it don't know, but they are
going to try. ~ only ask ten dollars
seat" she said bewitchingly, "and that
amt much to have person like me i'll
50 wealthy a country as the United
States. have sung in England, as
special favor to Mr.. Guy, for twenty-five
hundred u night, but that, you know, is
very low for me-"
What are we coming to, and where are
we going, that any person, l don't care
who he is, or who she is, can have the
incompatible cheek to demand ton thou
sand dollars for an hours work Yet this
woman did more. Steinway Hall will
hold $500 people; aud for thousand OF
the seats they exacted ten dollars seat,
and five dollars for the other thousand
although she had not the decency nor
liberality to engage respectable orches-
ira to accompany her. A few parvenues
and papcr-L eaded fools, with more money
than brains, paid the ten dollars Tor a
seat. but. thank fortune, there was not
enough of them to make it a pronounced
success. She was very much disgusted
that the gentlemen did not wear swallow
tailed coats and white chokers, and the
ladies' dresses were not decollette. DIS
gusted with New York, Oh Monday night
she fed to Brooklyn, under the manage
ment of Mr.. Abbey, the gentleman who
so successfully piloted the inimitable
Bernhardt. 1t was announced i'll the
papers that the inhabitants oe the getty
Of Churches must not be astorlshed II
the population turned out en- masse and
drew her to the hotel, substituting do:o-
kies for horses. The concert was inn
mense; there is no other word in the
English language to describe it but one,
and that is, "bully!" Brooklyn was out
il full feathers, and Abbey determined
that for once the people should have
cheap music, because, he said, he did not
like the idea of over-charging his coun-
trymen just to pamper few impudent
foreigners-not he-so he resolved, III
the magnanimity of his soul, to charge
only FIVE dollars q seat; dog cheap for
such concert. Well, he bagged about
IS, 900 the first night, which, after the
expenses were paid, only left him the
paltry sum of $1,000 for his nights anx-
ity not much, you will say, but Abbey
| says. "he is satisfied" But tho clever
est thing of all was the carriage affair.
After the Diva had got into the carriage
at the close of the performance, lot Of
fellows i'll swallow-tailed coats, white
chokers and kids, rushed out with rope
and, taking out the horses, fastened the
rope to the pole and drew the songstress
to her hotel. Barnum, great as he was
and is, never did cleverer thing. 1t i,
true that the oldest inhabitants of thai
city never saw any of the donkies before
and they don't expect to see them again
till she comes back. I should he sorry
to think there we're dozen such Ameri
can donkies among the million and
half of people i'll New York and Brook
lyu. but these are hard times, aud mel
must do something to make living.
Tuesday witnessed the conservation
or, rather the re-orlination of the Rev
w. H. Newman into the Congregations
Church. He has had varied clerica
experience. He started as an Episcopal
ian; then he turned Methodist. He mex
leaned towards Presbyterianism, and a
last brought up in the Congregations
Church. He had frightful row witt
his congregation, who tried to get rid 0
him, but could not. They threw th
church organ out of the gallery, put
skunk near the altar, pelted their minis
ter with rotten eggs, and finally burne
down the church, and immediately afte
arrested the parson and his wife for arsoi
Notwithstanding all this, Brother New
man still holds the fort, and long ma
he wave.
We have had taste of winter-no
much-but just enough to tench US wha
to expect. Business rather dull; stock
OFT; no revivals. Everybody like n
cawber, waiting for something to turn VI
, Truly yours, BROADbRIM.