The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-12-31

lemonade. For one night at least plan
ters and merchants forgot to note if
cotton had all upward or downward ten
dency, or if corn and pork were steady.
1t would be jnyid;ous to particularize
beauty and dress where every lady was
belle aud every gentleman q beau; |
need only tell you therefore that =. ISIS A.
never looked lovelier than Oh the night
beauty, that Miss C.'s costume was OK
Iusite in the extreme, that Miss D. COM
bined in her elegant toilette aesthetic
taste with the richness of mod
ern dress, that Mrs. E. enchanted all
admirers with her fascinating manners
and witty brilliancy Of conversation, and
that Mrs. T. was, as she is always, much
noticed on account Of her grace in the
dance. As for the gentlemen, finish the
alphabet and imagine them all Apollos
Bilyidere, Counts Dorsey and Lords
Chesterfield. My descriptive powers are
entirely too feeble to do them justice.
Not that I was there to note all this; l
regret to say that at the very hour when
,nirth, the feast and dance were at their
height, slept the sleep Of the innocent
aud just. And by the by, now that l
think of it, those very same excursionists
owe me debt Of gratitude which can
never be Cancelled. When I retired on
the night Of the 2Sth it was with the
deliberate determination of joining that
Happy Band srthe next evening. When
1 arose the following morning, the
leaden sky betokened a heavy rain, and
as am both sugar and salt, of course I
was obliged to forego my trip, sadly
murmnring to all who'd listen, .=--
Twas ever thus from childhood's hour,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay.
By midday tie sun came forth iii all
his splcndor, bht it was then too late to
start for town. am morally convinced
though, that had I gone the rain would
have poured down, for I can not remem-
Der q single instance in all my life
where, when / attempted to go upon
any pleasure excursion, the elements did
not vigorously protest. OF course then
their pleasure would have been spoilt,
but Us it was, remained at home, there
by insuring them fine and pleasant
weather; accordingly, ! feel myself q
public benefactor, deserving at the very
least civic crown.
How many young hearts there are, to
say nothing Of Older ones, rejoicing at
the near approach Of Santa CLANS. We
have lovely little -.flossy haired darling
in our home circle, WHO fearing that the
good old saint might overlook her in his
annual distribution Of dolls and goodies,
anxiously dictated letter to him beg
ging to be remembered, and consigning
the 'missive to an opportune niche in the
fireplace, reliyiously believes it was
spirited away by some mysterious mail
carrier to Santa Claus domains Twenty
times day that trusting little heart
with childish innocence asks all Of MS,
from "Grandma down to Buddie
john" if We think that Santa Claus will
come for sure. Another small petitioner
begged me to please inform Santa Claus
that this Christmas he should very much
like to receive a real meat horse" for
indeed, he gravely averred, he was tired
to death Of the tin and wooden make
believes which heretofore his saintstip
had paiined off upon him! Sweet faith
and crednlityf Of childhood, long may
tlieir little hearts cling to the dear old
fables of infancy. SF3 p 81 9<aif
& I have just received a letter
from n far away friend, Which, al
though no unusual occurrence, is re-
markable in as it proves otherwise, to
ny satisfaction, the cynical statement of
the male sex that school girl friendships
are without snre foundation and evanes-
cent as the morning dew. For sixteen
years this dear friend and myself, once
school and classmates, have correspon-
dea regularly; through good fortune and
i'll and all the scenes of life's vicssi-
tubes have our letters gone to and fro.
Monthly comes to me the closely and
neatly written epistles, and l feel that
naught but death will ever write fms to
these missives of affection.
| remember once reading-I have for
gotten where or in what-of u lady who,
long past her youth, aud lonely with the
solitude of the friesadlsss, made one of
large corps of teachers employed in an
educational institute. Reserved in man
ner and without the art or gift of at
tracing friendship, she lived unknown
and nnnoticed by those around her
Finally there came a day when the
shrinking and weayied teacher found
freedom from LIES cares, and happiness
in the arms of the qni versal friend Death.
When her scanty possessions We're ex-
amined to find the address of relative or
acquaintance, those who searched dis
covered a large box Of letters, neatly
tied with ribbon i'll packages and every
envelope sealed aud addressed to friend
of the poor teacher, who had died years
before her. Some of the letters were
yellow with age, the ink dim and faded,