The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-01

o"u ou ~ 10 iuAt cscfy S1OIe, cScu tuo
stai1 dry goods stores, display toys and
dolls. wish all the children in the
country could go the rounds and see the
| various, wonderful contrivamces invented
for tho amusement Of children. There
is qnite as great progress in such manu-
! factnres as any otllsr. However, the
country children are the happier for not
seeing NJ much, il it be true that "Igno-
rance is bliss"
1none window there is = perfect shower
of dolls--netl,ing else-of every size and
descriptions. They are sitting, standing,
walking, creeping, talking, crying, sleep
ing; dressed as maids, infants, ladies,
brides and queens. A beautiful sight,
truly, but to see the number Of poor
children psessing their dirty little .'inl-
pied faces against the glass aud strain
ing their eyes (some of them beautifully
for feast Of vision-nothing more
makes my heart ache and sigh that there
is not Santa Claus for the poor as we'll
as the rich. All! had but the magic
wand Of Fairy Queen; every mud
thatched cottage, every time-worn tene-
n,ent would have its Christmas tree
and every knee-patcled little boy and
bare footed little girl should wake up in
Paradise once u year. Alas, ye little,
poor ones! There is nothing for you
save the sight and the sound of others
joy. Ye can but stand in the cold winds
and gaze at toy laden boys and wagons
deposit their loads at the rich mems
doors, and sigh that ye are not rich mems
children. Ye can but list to the lovely
Ginning bells ring out the glad tilinss
that the Christ Child is born and take
consultation that though We be not
clothed III purple aud fine linen, that He
will visit you aud pour into your hearts
the joys that vanish not. For, has He
not said, "Sutfer little children to come
unto Met"
No doubt you were as much surprised
as t,e rest of It's at the disclosures made
in the contempt case of Mr.. De Buys.
What dreadful thing to do, and how
light the penalty! Let poor, freezing,
starving man steal :, surplus coat to keep
him warn, or loaf Of bread to sustain
life and lie is sentenced to expiate his
fault, caused perhaps by his misi"rtunes,
to years confinement in the peniten-
tiary; hut, u gentleman, with his money
attempts to corrupt the Judiciary, to
poison the fountain of Justice, and he,
t"rsooth, is sent TO the Parish Prison for
ten days and fined fifty dollars! May all
the Judges. like JAAge Lazarns, have
strength of character sufficient to follow
the right, to keep the vows solsmnly
taken and wear the ernline in the truest
Specification Of the term. For, what.
refuge would we have from the Thousand
and ono ills that this Grand Republic
has had thrust upon it were the Judi
ciary to becotue c"rrnpti
4 grand aud elegant entertainment is
being held at G.unewaId Hall under the
auspices of the '.Ladies Of the Hebrew
Aid AsSociation," for the purpose Of
building the T"no Hospital for the H--
brew sick and destitute. A fine site L:a
been selected for it, far up on Magazin.
street. Thi. is = noble work and arp.:.l.
to the charity of every one, beca'is~ il 10
for the lenttit Of the sick and destitute,
aud because the Jews and .}ewr-,rs Of
this city have always been kind and ge.,-
ernns to the Christians, giving money
and hel ping in person, when solicited,
aud throwing open the doors Of the He's
pital during epii~m'cs to Jews .snd
Christians alike. All, what All example
are they, in many things, to III Chris
tians, s''-cal'rd. A peculiar people! A
wonderful people! A patient, a xa,a,rr, u
religious people! When ssw you one If
them a b+ggar III the str.etf Nn.n saw
y"u them tlrnl,ka,tis, or In cutise-liouse
brawlsf When saw y"u them III jails
and peniten.ialies When saw .va, their
club-rOO,,s open on their Sabbath day
or night7 When asked you them t" aid
you in building II church OF an asylum
and they refusedf Never! Can you say
as much for Christianity Az uiswerv-
ing us they are from the rules Of recti-
t.,de, So are they from their religious be-
lief. Change sucl, p~opir' As well
try to reverse the wheels of Time. Thou
sands aud thousands of dollars have been
expended by the "English Mission to
jews" and the result is: fire Jews pro-
fess conversion A slow process one
would sadly conclude, and naturally ask
the question, how ong before the whole
race will worship Risen Lord I
The Fair is the place to see Jewish
beauty in all it's types. The ladies in
charge of the different booths give son
little time to admire them, so soon do
they divert yOnr attention to what they
have for sale. Restaurants, a Floral Ar
i,or, n Vienna Bakery, n Post-uttic., a
Telegraph, office, al,.i Of course keb:cca
ut ID. Well are ct,arn,ingly and tempt
ingly arranged. TIE y'rrclantA Wed
with each other IN presenting handsome
things and Il great deal has been realized
By rattle. Before the Fair opened the
ladies' had realized tz3oO Ivy confrihHti"n
aud raf1iing. No doubt large sntI of
money will he made, for the Jews under
stand the art Of managing fairs. l was
told i,y jew that several years ago, =
fair go,t.s, up in New York, il. which lie
took par:, for the purpos. Of bailding n
Jewish Asylum, realized the sum Of