The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23


Ithipk, sometimes, that the summer lighs
2 Shone out Of Heaven through open chink,
And angels smiled at the joyous sight,
Beside the spring where we used to drink. I
The days are gone which were Joyous then,
I The school Is closed, and the brook is dry;
: The girls are grown, and the boys are men,
The spring still murmurs its lullaby;
The grsss 10 green In the meadows there,
Still grow the daisies beside the brink;
But the moss has gathered upon the stair,
. Above the spring where We used to drink.
THE SACK OF DIAMONDS.
None but old inhabisants remember
DIR. Grambois, lie Pharm0cien, whose
drug store is at the corner of Esplanade
and Burgundy streets. He was native
of Marseilles, perfectly yersed in the
science and practice OF his profession,
and so familiar with the diseases of this
country that he gave useful advice to the
poor who resorted to his pharnaocie. gfa
The business of New Orleans drug
gist is in one respect somewhat like that
of soldier There are periods of ac-
tivity and repose in both. When an
epidemic of any sort occurred, DIR. Gram
bois was necessarily employed. When
the public health was restored and the
city slumbered through her siestd of the
summer, like an Andalusian beauty, DR..
Grambois would sit ON the banquette
before his phGrm,ocie, to enjoy la Jraiche
as the evening Gulf breeze swept up the
noble .Esplanade, while the Creole gos-
sips dropping in, one by one, would find
spacious chairs and a hearty welcome.
There they would exchange greetings
and cigars, discuss the latest news from
France, or from the parishes. The solic-
itude OF the Creole Of that period rarely
went beyond home and motherland
DR.. Grambois long since realized the
dream of every Frenchman. He has ac-
quired competency and returned to
France. as ,.rs5 e1v. ehaH .rr.s ,..stf
As the topics of talk at LIE Pharmacie
Grambois have become traditional, it
will not be unacceptable to those inter
ested in the earlier customs of our people
to read sketches of those days from the
narration of the old men who have re-
membered them. is aei2
We give, then, as veritable legend,
the history Dun sac en- citir 1oIeip de
dianla,ats.'
'1t was," said the narrator, Gin the
year 1S42. I was clerk in the mercan-
tile house of Louisiana Creole, estab-
ished in Rue Boule Rouge, Paris. had
been, as my old friends remember, sent
to France for education. It was mis-
take common among our people at that
time. It is much better to train up
youth in the. country in which they are
to pass their lives"
"Je ne 1oease pas CONNIE ca" inter-
posed LIE Pere Remand, "Je prefere aller
en- Mexique. Je maine pasles coquins
Americans moi" a.--s. ..--
The old gentleman arose, walked q
few steps on his banquette, took pro-
longed prise of course granulated Per-
ique tobacco from a small silver box. and
sat down.
The narration of MIR. Paul went on
'It was the custom of the Creoles of
Louisiana, of whom there were many in
Paris, to assemble in our counting rooms
after business hours, as We do here, to
hear and tell the news. A, letter, or a
newspaper, was then special conimuni-
cation, and we would learn with interest
of the duel between the young bloods at
Le Bayou au Chenes, with the scandal
on the sos6aet, which had occasioned it.
The marriage of some, or possibly the
separation du biens ct d,s corps of some
incongruous or improvident couple, or
the death of some old citizen, with the
shares of each heritier- all of which
would revive the memory Of the persons
mentioned and furnish subjects of con-
versation. ttt
"The head of our house had transac-
tions in Mexico and South America. SO
that some persons interested in that
quarter of the world came sometimes
to our house to learn casual news
or to talk about people or events
which had in former times interested
them.
"One evening there came the citizen
l.. Roux. He was an H,sissier, or an
officer corresponding perhaps with our
Constable. Anyway he had to sell the
chairs and tables of the poor, which duty
he disliked, and would say that he would
rather belong to le corps du Douane,
and fight with the thieves and smugglers.
There was no doubt such duty would
have suited him very well, for he had
been soldier of the Emperor to the last
and though now advanced in years was g
man of strong frame, yet kindly in hit
| manners, as such brave natures usually
| are.
1--WE were speaking of the good fortune
of an acquaintance in the cochineal trade
who had bought quantity of that com
modify from Guatemala across to the
ports of Mexico during the war between
Spain and England, and especially how
he had once drawn mule load of silvel
dollars through Mexico, through thu
honesty of the arrieros of that country
and In spite of the ladrones on the on,
side and the Custom House officers Oh
the other. -
"Mai8 oui,' remarked LIE Pere Re
maud, you may trust los cargaderos, san
recu, better zan re bon of re maudit,
gouvernement of Pensilvanie, Arkansas
or Meeseeseepee. Je pefd mon argen
wheech Mazereau, le grand avocat, av,
tell me was safparfaitment. Mais oui
LIE arriero Mexicaine. he weel keel z
soldat du gouvernement or ze brigant
pour proteger votre argent. Ze charge
du mulet of re silvair dollar is wiz i'm a.
re prise du rabac.'
"The Pere Renaud illustrated the in
tegrity of the Mexican carrier by severa
quick inhalations of Perique, and b,
brushing from his vest the particle
which fell from his fingers.
''When the adventure of the cochinea
merchant had been discussed, LIE Rou
remarked, with laugh:
"1 had myself chance to have mad
coup in the same manner, but m,
mules were not protected 80 WE'LL
"tAnd your coup, Mons. LIE Rouxi
asked the head of the house.
''You shall hear. It was after the fal
of France into the hands of the barbar
ians of the North. I had been brough
wounded into Paris. When came on
of the hospital there was no employment
for me. Paris was in the hands of ou
enemies. 1t seemed that our own peo
pie were more jealous than others. Al
wished to gain the favor of the Bourbons