The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-07-16
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,

How People Live In New York-The vari-
Gus Tricks of the Confidence People-The
Experience of Jones, of Des Moines-
Waking up the Wrong Passenger
Ladies and Young Ladies try Hand at
the Confidence Game Where the Money
Goes-Great Building Enterprises-The
Produce and Stock Exchanges. Etc.
New YORK, July 9, 1881.
EDITOR CHIEF:
The Summer solsticc, which threatened
to give lis the go-by without notice, has
favored us with touch of his quality,
and the heart of the Coney Island land
lord rejoiceth in it's torrid heat. Only
six days ago we were shivering, wraps
and winter flannels were the order of
the day; this afternoon you feel, with
Sidney Smith, that you would like to
strip off your flesh and sit i'll your bones,
1t has been season of meteorological
surprises; part of the time we did not
get exactly what we looked for, and tho
other part we got q great deal more than
NO CAlCSlCu. 1uC1C may LII
Gilcad, after all, for the seaside and
mountain resorts and the Summer tourist
may yet find delight by "The sad sea
waves" or 4" Under the greenwood tree
In seeking the cause of these mcteoro-
logical disturbances the deductions arc
very much mixed. One thinks Vcnnor
has put up u job on us to prevent the
annexation Of Canada another says that
it is caused by iccbergs breaking loose
from the north pole. The more wise trace
our unusual weather to the comet, while
some sage astronomers see in it a sign of
celestial displeasure at the deadlock i'll
Albany-tho present instalments Of cal
oric being intended to give these wicked
representatives taste of what they may
expect for their misdeeds when they get
on the other side Of Jordan. If we could
not freeze them out perhaps we can roast
them out; it is worth trial any way,
so pile on the chips.
GLOW do you all live!" said friend
from the country the other day. "What
do you do; how do you got enough to
cat, and who pays the bills, and where
do you get all the money from and how
do your women get enough to dress so
fnc' I'd just like to know, for can't
make it out" Well, admit it is puz-
zler. The fellow who spent his life in
patiently looking for the philosophers
stone would give up the riddle in de-
spair; yet it is not uninstructive to give
the matter little study, and to be con-
vinccl that in city there are greater
opportunities for financial improvement
than the country can possibly afford.
els Mistress Simpson at home9" said
motherly looking old woman as she
popped her head into room 81 in an ele-
giant French flat OH the Fourth avenue.
"She does not live here," said the occu-
pant, Indignantly rising; ~ think, mad
am, you might have Knocked" "Yes,
SO might" replied the old woman, /" but
you see, sary is my oldest darter, and
she don't mind it from me-" The door
was closed aud the old woman tried an
other with the same success; five different
rooms she visited, till at last she d:scov-
cred one without an occupant. The lady
was visiting nelshbor Oh the other side
of the hall. She had only stepped out
for minute, but it was Il costly minute
for her ; quick as lightning tho decrepit
old woman rushed to the bureau and
emptied the contents of the drawer into
a large basket, which she carried; a
calnefs-hair shawl was quickly concealed
under her own; then seizing Il small
jewel case that stood on the mantel- piece,
she stepped out into the hall and down
the stairs. The whole transaction was