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

I Having established himself in d new shop
Oh Raflrnad Avenue formerly property Of
MIR Jos. lIiss), is now better prepared than
ever to receive old and new customers, and
to execute with neatness, eheapness and
lispafch all orders for work in his line.
Tl,anking the public for the liberal patron.
age heretofore extended him, he respectfully
<solicits a continuance Of their favor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-08-13
VALUABLE
VALUABLE
Town Lots for Sale
ip the growing village OF
DARPnWu1T.I.E IA.

DARRoWV1LLE La,
Opposite Donaldsonville, left bank Missis-
sippi river, the River Ferry Landing being
located near the centre of the town front,
and the proposed New River Road forming
the Western or upper boundary line.
A plan of the Town can be seen at the
Recorders Office. i
For further PARTICULARS, apply to DIR. A.
c. LOVE, at Gibson's Hotel, Darrowville,
or to the undersigned, at Gem Plantation.
ii BEN GIBSON.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-08-13

Sewing Machine Depot ~ tana Street
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-08-13
President La. Press Associa

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

Mason & pA,a5e, Attorneys.
Uohaldsonyi!le, La, June ., 1881.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

A KAFFIR GIRL TEACHING HONESTY
Recently story was told of certain man
belonging TO Massachusetts. who resides
in Canada on account of having misappro-
priated certain funds intrusted to his care.
to the effect that having become converted
he wished to join a church in his present
abiding place, The minister, however,
suggested that he ought to prove the sin
cerity of his repentance by returning to the
United States and meeting the consequent
ces of his misdoings. As contrast to this
story. the following is suggestive of what
Christianity can do among the heathen:
Kaffir girl in South Africa went TO a
missionary and dropped four sixpences into
his hand, saying, THAT is your money"
You don't owe me anything" replied the
teacher. Il do" she answered.; land |
will tell you how. At the public examin-
alton you promised a sixpence to any one
in the class | was in who would write the
best specimen on slate. gave in my
slate and got the sixpence; but you did not
know then that another person wrote that
specimen for me. Yesterday you were
reading in the church, about Zaocheus, who
said, II / have taken anything from any
man by false accusation, l restore him
fourfold.' took from you one sixpence
and bring you back four.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

ANECDOTES OF CARLYLE.-Mr Stuart
Reid saw Carlyle some years ago in Hyde
Park, and, though n stranger, he could
not resist u strong desire to speak to him
he vennred to ask the friend who was
with Mr.. Carlyle if he might do so:
He was told; and then he turned those
earnest, searching eyes upon me, and
looked at me slowly from head to foot,
and back from foot TO head, and at last, in
rather grutf and unpromising tones, as he
ended his scrunity, And who are youo'
For moment felt staggered by my own
insigniliCance; but promptly recalling a
passage of John Sterling, | answered
with flash of mother wit, : | am Il black
dragoon from Manchester That was all
but it was enough The old man threw
back his head and laughed heartily. and
then motioned me to sit down by his side,
and ut once began to question me with
unlocked for thoroughness At the close
OF our conversation, he stretched out his
hand kindly and said in grave and en-
phatic tones, Well, sir, wish you well
now and always wish you well, and
that with all my hearth And then us |
turned to 90 he fixed his eyes soemnly
upon me ana said. in tones which thrilled
me through and through, Aye. aye, and
what we know not now, we shall know
hereaftern"
"Once more saw him latter on, by
his own gracious act, at his own house. in
the dull, quaint old street in Chelsea.
was ushered into that quiet room upstairs,
which his genius and his presence has
now forever made sacred and historic to
every lover of English literature. What
chiefly passed on that occasion, rs we
talked through the beautiful May after
noon. cannot be told here or indeed any
where else; yet never shall forget the
sympathy and help so generously given
there and then Suffice is to say Carlyle
talked freely of his own early struggles
and intellectual difficulties, and gave me,
with kindly earnestness and utmost gentle
simplicity, some weighty words of counsel
and OF cheer. His speech glided on from
the great events OF his own life to the
trivial affairs of mine; from Goethe and
Emerson TO Manning and Moody; and
everything he touched he TRANSPORTED
with the light of genius. Well do | re
member the scorn with which he spoke OF
the Romish prelate as one who was for.
ever play actoring with the Almighty
Manchester EIamtaey
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

A WONDERFUL ND.-Captain Law
son has written book about his journey
to New Guinea. He discovered large
river flowing north, and on us shores he
counted in one hour no less than three
hundred and fourteen crOcolles He tells
us that New Guinea abounds with mon
KEYS, tigers, deer and butfaloes, (of the
latter he passed herd numbering over
ren thousand head within quarter of a
mile), while it is a we'll known fact that
Australia and the whole of the Poyne-
sian islands are almost solely occupied bv
quAdrupedS Of the marsupial tribe He
is fortunate enough to kill serpent
measuring forty feet in length, and he
-Lartles naturtists by the description of a
butterfly measuring one foot with spread
wings, and of an elm-like tree which
reached the respectable height of three
hundred and thirty-seven feet, having a
circumference of eighly-ive feet. On a
big tree the traveller counted over one
thousand birds nests, the whole group of
trees containing not less than twenty
thousands; and, to perpetuate his name, he
discovers and describes new species OF
ducks, although we should consider It
rather precarious undertaking, even for
crnithologists, to classify on the spot any
new species of birds without having the
means of referring to cognate forms. But
the most marvellous feat performed by
Captain lawson is still in store for us
Leaving his camping place at the foot of
Mount Hercules (two thousand feet above
the level of the sea), at o'clock in the
morning, he ascended the giant mountain
to the height of twenty-five Thousand
three hundred and fourteen feet, and
reached home again at 80 o'clock the
same evening. This is smart work. in
deed, considering that for ten thousand
feet the traveller had to pass over snow
fields.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13
TAKING COMFORT IN LIFE -Soone

TAKING COMFORT IN LIFE Sooner OF
latter, friends, the time for folded hands
will come to us all. Whether or not we
cease from hurry and worry now, we
shall one day shut our eyes upon it, and
lie still untroubled by the stir and fret oil
things about us, Why not take comfort
as we 90 onP You, proud mother of a
beautiful, active boy, OF what use will 1t
be to you to remember how exqusitely
fine was his raiment, how daintily spread
his bed and how costly and profuse his
toysP What the child needs is mothering
brooding, tender resting on your heart.
and he needs ii every step of the way from
babyhood to manhood. Take the comfort
of your opportunities. Never mind though
the dress be coarse, and the food plain,
and the playthings few, but answer the
questions, tell the storeis, spare the half.
hour at bedtime and be merry and CAV,
confidentiar and sympathetic with your
boy And you, whose graceful young
daughter is just blushing out into the
bloom and freshness of wondrously fair
womanliness. do not he so occupied with
your ambition for her and her advance.
ment in life, that you let her ways and
your own fall apart. Why are her friends,
her interests, and her engagements so
wholly distinct from yoursp Why does
she visit here and there, and receive visit
ors from this and that house, and you
scarcely know the people by sightp You
are losing precious hours and the comfort
you ought to take is flying fast away on
those wings of time that are never over.
taken, - Golden Censor,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

rHE HEARTH FIRES The story recent
ly published of an old man who had kept
his kitchen fire always alive, for fifty
years, and from the day when he first
went to house keeping so that his wife
might never have occasion to complain of
having to kindle fire. is full of instruc-
tion to Young married people,
Anticipate each others wants; provide
fnr them before they occur; smooth the
rough spots III the road of life in antiepa-
ION, and before they are reached: that is
the way to live happily.
Keep the fire on the hearth always alive;
when it is not bl zing have the Goals
covered so that they will not 70 out; DO
this no, only literally but fguratively; ;
keep all sweet and pleasant memories
alive; keep up the manifestations of af-
fection as in your conrting days. If these
rules were observed the number of di-
vorces would greatly diminish.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

THE BETTER WAY--"If any one speaks
Ill of thee" said Epictitus, consider
whether he has truth on hi. side; if so,
reform thyself, that his censures may not
affect thee" When Anaximander was
told that the very boys laughed at his
singing. Ave said he then I must learn
to sing better" Plato, being told that he
had many enemies who spoke i'll of him,
said ut is no matter; will live so that
none shall believe them" Hearing at an.
oher time that an intimate friend Of his
had spoken detractively of him, he said:
II am sure he would not DO it if he had
not some reason for it," This is the surest
AS we'll As the noblest way of drawing the
sting ont of reproach. and the true
method of preparing man for that great
and only relief against the pains of CAL
umny-a good conscience
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

HARD TO PLEAsE.--Somo people are new.
or content with their lot let what will hap.
pen. Clouds and darkness are over their
heads, alike whether it rain or shine. To
them every incident ia m accident, and
every accident calamity. Even when
they have their own wav. they like it no
better than your way, and, indeed, consider
their most voluntary acts as mrtter4 Of
compusion. We saw n striking ilIustra-
ton the other day of the infrmitv we speak
of, in the conduct of child about three
years old. He was crying because his
mother had shut the ptrlor door. Poor
thing" said a neighbor compassionately.
you have shut the child out" ats all
the same to him." said the mother, .'he
would cry if called him in and then shut
the door. It's a peculiarly of that boy,
that if he is left rather suddenly on either
side Of door, he considers himself shut
out. and rebels accordingly" There are
older children who take the same view of
things. -
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

WHICH WAY DOES YOUR EXAMPLES
PoTNTP-We find the following in one Of
our daily papers: "A little boy, for trick
pointed with his finger to the wrong road
when man asked him which way the
doctor went. As result the man missed
the doctor and his little boy died, because
the doctor came too late to take a fishbone
from his throat A the funeral the minis.
ter said that the boy was killed bv n lie.
which another boy told with his finger l
suppose that boy did not know The mis-
chief he did. OF course nobody thinks he
meant to kill little boy when he pointed
the wrong way. He wanted to have a little
fun, but it was fun that cost somebody
great deal; and. If he ever heard the result
of it, he must have felt guilty of doing a
mean and wicked thing. Christian. which
way does your example poinP You may
not SaU anything contrary TO Christ, or
His gospel; you NAV speak no word con-
trary to His teachings, but be sure that
your silent example does not point men
into the wrong ad.-Selected
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13


GODS LAW OF ACrIvITY.-Do you see
how every living thing in the universe has
some employment? Consider the Heavens
and the earth, vegetation, animals all
organized beings; thev labor to exist-it
! IS nature at work. TO the idler, or the
ina1tive man, the Scriptures say: Go to
the ant, . slnggard, and consider his ways
and learn wisdom Had this great law
of labor not been imposed upon man as
the habitual eXpation of his faults, still
it would be given to him to exact the
homage of his being towards the sovereign
Lord, to whom we must render an ac-
count OF every moment.
Bnt often 1t will be said, | have II posi-
/ ton which is assured to me, | have moth
ING to do. You have nothing to dop If
You please, tell me how can that beP Is
it because you are rich? Very well, let
me use the words of pious bishop, and
say to you: Because you are paid in
advance, does that release you from the
obligation of striving to merit your
salary?'
What a useless life most men of the
world livel They have been vouno men
little hobituated tn lahnr and fpdinr
thcpSalveS-in in q distinonishad rank of life
consume their fortunes in idleness Visits
sOirees fetes banopets frivolous re.j;no,
this is Tho ou,l;no If thair in,;,,niGonot =
istepce '0''
We ofen 500 those who lo,J, ,ri,h as
dain pnnn tho MON who hy no sn,n',, of
his brow g,ins snontn .nb .iS,onoo fa,. hia ",
lit,Ie G,n,iI,' No,wihStonJinn 'hasa ,.,n" ,i,,'
lnborprs nr. in ,hn disch,rne of ,T' aroo, poo
dntv for Ihoy ,yorl anJ tbo hraad Sth""
n,t Is hnrab, bT an oct;wa Iifo mbiIa ,S".o T"vn
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

In conclusion, let me say to you who are
willing to seek or encourage a higher edu.
cation in the farmer, that the seeking of
this higher culture should he bpsol on
higher consideration than mere dollars
and cents. 1t should be sought for its own
sake and the pleasure il brings And
while gaze on the earnest faces Of these
fathers and mothers that are gathered here
tonight, and upon the beautiful and inieli-
ligent Young flces Of vOur children. am
moved 10 say to you in this matter of edu-
cation. that it is a great work You have to
do-a grand work, noble work, hut YOU
will be amply rewarded for your toll by
seeing your children take higher posi-
tion-aTe' in occupying a higher position
yourselves.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

QUESTIONS FOR SKEPrGCs. The Euan-
geIiSt puts the following questions:
What is that which makes the epithet
. Christian mean the best of its kind,
whether applied to civilization, to a
community, to individual conluct, or to
an inward temper? Not long ago ship
was wrecked Il )on the reefs of IN island in
The Pacific, The sailors, escaping to land,
feared lest thev might fall into the hands
of savagns, One climbed bluff to recon-
noitre. Turning to his companions no
shouted: Come on! Here's n chrrohr
A simple story, but involving profound
question: Why was it safer for ship
wrecked men to 90 where church up.
reared its cross than where there was
none? These are great questions. that
probe the skepticsm of cur time to the
heart"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13
Other Worlds.
MILLIONS OF TONS OF THEIR FRAGMENTS
ON OUR GLOBE.

If the seasons We're exactly equal to II
Sidereal year, our pole star would never
change. As the earth grows old it lags
the more, and the slower it moves the
quicker we get new pole stars, until finally
our world will give up the ghost like the
moon. Its axial motion becoming slow
and its nights and days lengtnening 10 a
month each, its waters first and then its
atmosphere will be absorbed into the in
terror of the globe and pass away; and the
useless old hulk will probably, in the
course of time, gravitate, with crash
into the sun. That has been the fate of
countless "other worlds than ours" Plan
cts, like men, live their lives and have
their day.
Our little systems have their day,
They have their day and cease to be-
They are but broken lights of Thee.
And Thou. o Lord, more than they"
That day." for most worlds, is one OF
| almost inconceivable duration 1t is doubt
less millions of ages. The planets grow
in measureless time to their best estate
develop life, evolve man and the rose, pro
| duce their maximum population and civil
ization, and then as slowely fade and fall
| GrAw old: and when, in the lapse of vast
cycles of time, their mission is fulfilled,
and ocean and atmosphere shrink up and
disappear, then the rocky ribs of the planet
itself will slowly crack open, in that long
nighttime of drouth and death; and subse-
quently the planet, parting first, perhaps,
with portions of its substance, and in the
| shape of what is called meteoric matter
and throwing off and joining some of the
measureless meteoric trains that circle for.
ever around the sun. or plunging in the
form of meteors upon other planets, will
| itself sometime very likely plunge bodily
into the sun, it. parent source. That has
been he orull history of many a planet in
this our own solar system; our own globe
bears upon is surface millions of tons of
fragments of other worlds--worlds that
have slowly passed into the sere and yell
low leaf of their planetary existence, be-
come dead worlds, and eventually burst
asupdcr, to send their tiving fragments to
Jupiter or to Saturn's mighty rings" of
meteors, or to some other planet OURS
perhaps includel-or else TO 90 rushing at
last, bodily and unbroken, into the parent
sun, and thus help to maintain his endless
power, --Hdntord Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13
WI \ .

Once was a httle:maid
With eager heart and mind;
And through the wond'rouS hours sought
Something could not find
No single thing; twas that to-day,
Tomorrow it was this:
And wistfully heard folks say;
"A funny little Miss"
"She queries so! She wonders so,"
They said THE pretty thing ~
But what sought, or wished to know,
They quite forgot to bring.
And now that am older grown,
Aud do as I've mind,
When little lips ask "Why?" IN own
To answer I'm inclined
Their Howl" and WHAT" and WHY" YOU
see
Mean that they too would reach
And find som ithing that they need
In some ones friendly speech.
st. Nicholas.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

A NOTE AND ERRY.-Wife (given to
literature and the drama)-" George,
what is the meaning of the expression.
Go to- you meet with 80 often in Shakes
peare and the old dramatistsP" Husband
mot reading man)-"Don't know, I'm
sure, dear, unless well-p'raps he WIS
going to say, hut thought it wouldn't
sound proper ~ Punch.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

Probably the largest dividend ever paid
is tina Just declared by the Mckay sewing
machine company of Boston, which pays
dividend of si1tv per cent the 10th of
The present month.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

It IS sometimes pretty hard 10 decide
which gives US more pleasure-to hear
Ourselves praised or TO hear our neghbors
run down.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13
f Church Properly.

Nhl ~ apF'i iJs
rduinn. On the constitu
t prpyiding for the taxa
D'rty. passed by the la,
hampshire, was drliv
ns rIurt. at It's Marcl
e.d IN Concord. W,
WErTr CoNGREG tTIONAl
MANCHESTER.
p'er ~. of the laws o
ur '' property. whether
suai bv any church A.,
fn, used rVrlusiyel,
In, MT exceeding ten
value. shall be rxcnp'
49, 'rrh associations
aHIuE thurch property,
rHrt| In excess Of ten
s,Isy, shall 10. taxed
ri..r properly for the
HI pGcps-
.I.rrHtT z,.,i.t,, ,,,.,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

1t is the p. /. man of the New York
Herald who says Ben Hill has had an at
tack of brayin fever
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

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for Notices n Liberation, Fstravs .r Formation
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13

uupn. On the cOnstitu-
t prpyiding for the taxa
p'rty. passed by the last
hampshire, was drliv
us rlurt. at It's March
r.i IN Concord. We
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-13
Much too High.

Time for your catkins to dy," said the
Wind to Willowtree that stood Just out
side of a great city.
You don't know what catkins are? Well,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23

in it for the benefit of their health,
andthfee but Of every four you meet
on tie streets are pale and eadayer-
GUS looking inyalids.
Tbe lass place I'VE Visited was
Manitou, seven miles from Colorado
Springs, which you reach by a mar
row gauge railway. This place is
far -famed for its mineral springs, in
the vicinity Of which are seven more
noted than the others, as follows
s.Nayajo,Y' "Maniton,," "Comanche"
"Mispa Tunga," "Araphoe," "Paw-
nee" and "Iron Ute" They are all
highly charged with medicinal ele.
ments, and come bubb ling to the
surface fresh from natures laboratory
sparkling like champagne. The
agreeable temperature, pure, dry at
mosphere, mineral springs, and I'm
surpassed scenery, r attracting
thousands Of health-seekers Their
every year. To those who have thu
time and money to spare for a triI
through Colorado and New Mexico
over the Atchison and Topeka rail
way, a construction unequaled ii
the country, it is an investment tina
will never be regretted. G.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23

Malone vas the poorest invest
ment the Republican party ever
made. 1t. is such things which be-
tray the real frailty of the party's
confidence. The popular and super
fetal eye might argue from the re
cent success Of Radicalism in a ma
tional contest that it must feel i'm
bued with the strength of a giant
The party itself, However c~onfesses
that it is "as weak as a cat" by max.
ing an immoral and contemplate
bargain with a disreputable "Con.
federate Erigadier."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23

In case of failure to be re elected
Senator, it is said that Conkling
will bring up articles of impeach-
ment against President Garfield
Garfield is to be charged with using
unlawful means to procure and en-
courage the. use of money in the last
election, the violation of many per-
sonal obligations, and an alleged vic
lation of the tenure of Office act, fail
ing to have before the Senate, thirty
days after the Office is vacated, nomi-
nations to all vacancies as the law
requires.