The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-11-26
Doualpsollbille Gbicf.
rNn Dalihrs a Year.
vILLETrE's vIvAC1TIEs.



November %
There. The murders oft. Need say
hasrth est"sAn pattssnee ofsJos or
Xantappe's Husband, waitsz tar .1isis
g5oomg dismal, mnrky, lowering, rainy,
foggy, sniCiasl nsoutls--wl,ich ID best de-
scribed9hy @nssatiss, skas per petnats the
ehoye; thanks to Hood for having pic
tussd i in such feeling language. Idare
say though you have fonnd out the wins
try, Novemberish change without wait
ing efor me to announce it. BryAnts
lines. suppose, are in great leauisition
at.rssest Aua lsekiag felwara r 4
much interest to see how many times
q The melancholy days have come,
The si,adest Of the year
will be quoted. ! counted the lines in
SEVENTEEN different articles last season.
lsttle did Bryant imagine what ap ines
otinable boon he was bestowing upon
mankind at large anl Americans. IN pnr-
ticular, when he penned them. Is he not
worthy of a statue in recognition of that
never-to- he sufficien1ly- thanked for serv-
ice Come forward, ali ye host who
hasts u4lynsssf the " Melancholy days"
a'alscedta ute your quota toward the
hsah&Ss,tSf the beusfactor of ne wspa per
and letter writer's. Now, 1atter myself
that the verse with which, commence
this is not quits ~ hack ney..l. Il may
be conceit o" my psrt, l,ntreally think
deserve praise for stepping aside from
the old '.satgn p.th md substituting
something fresher for Bryant's thread
bare poem. ~ 49, .
This 3 !" Thanksgiving" nosth at.the
North. (AhotI,er needless piece of in
formation, suspect you think.) Why
is it VIC epn't have Thanksgiving here
Ls4 p LoA II grscsDps aud bo,,ntifal
to us as to oars Yankee cousins, or does
He only supply hem with pumpkin pies,
dough..nuts andgraosfs There is no COM
munity Of festivals with us. Tie North
crners haye~tbeir Thanksgiving and
Independence day il perfection. while
re raiaice oppeSftlon on Mard Gras
md Edster: Both sections @acttsated, l
imagine, Ivy the same feeling that must
have stirred in tho heart of the naughty
Lyrian warrior, lien he exclaimed:
" Aa MT Abana and Plnrpas, rivers of
Damascus, better than all the waters of
Israeli" Stay! Il forgot; there is one
Fes,st at.which we NH meet rs brethren
of one family. The neutral "Ground of
Peace" like unto that strip of land upon
sahish, il tho days ofcl,ivasry, belliger-
.ent knights were wont to meet without
fear and without arms, the trusting and
the trusted, eating ut one table and
drinking from one cup-the feast that
tho shortening days bring nearer and
nearer, and to which the Angel Of Love
comes annually with the Heavenly mes
sage Peace on earth and eeol viii
toxfd ke"p Sc
The Crescent City is rejoicing in all
era Of prosperity. l see that brilliant
winter b predicted for her. Madam
Gossip says the gaycties in::New Orleans
swill 10 - = 49, AZ
Thick as Autumn leave that strcw
- The lr2oks " vflopbrosa ~
tbat-tfrassss,, tho SrSvsj Saals ard parties
will be exceptionally fine, and that
subject most dear and interesting to the
feminine mind-Worth and Olympic,
priest aud priestess of Fashion, will con-
tribute the most ravishing costumes for
les bellies danes of our Anglo-French city,
which, like Johnny Gilpin, wish most
ardently that ~ may be there to see.n'
Honestly now, do you think there ever
: was greater nonsense written than those
srite lines indi!ed by TLempson of The
BeAA0ns" fame! viz: 20
Neasis ala oftforeixn otaaacnt,
Butts, Masn AaAdorncd, a.lcracdsthe most.
do not go SO far rs to say that "lress
makes the man." or tho woman, either,
but it certainly is great prop to those
who lack other essentials. Attire Venus
in an unbecoming gown and last winters
hat, and Farmer Hodge will bargain for
her services as scare-crOw in his corn
field. Not the talents of /. Patti OF Ris-
tori, the virtues vi Il Hannah More orthe
philanthropy Of an Elizabeth Fry could
compensate any woman for the misery
OF walking down tho aisle of II faslliun;.-
bic church, with the consciousness 50
stamped upon her asonized soul i'll char
acters larger than lie my sterious writing
on Bclsinlxzut wall, that her dress il
ill-fttins-that the fiounts., should have
been cut bias instead Of straight, or that
her poke bonnet is not SO fashionable as
the coal-scuttlc style. Show mo the
woman who is proof against such heart
panss and will produce to sight raru
,aris--' white black bird, tho COW that
Janpes' "ssSr, tls sa"o"s the writer vi
.Jn"ius lcttsis, Of ian. body " any thing
Else as nnattainabIc. Che MASCULINE
mind cannot grasp the isnmenSi,y of
suffering HAT polonaise rcrsxs v3erskir.,
can int1lct upon lile sensitive heart Of
\ @iieas.n's last, bess gift to man. ]
fiety, xsA5',s aud Earning g"dowu BE-
fore it AS the reeds bend to tAe shac! Of
the hurricane. IL has often Ltfap Il fruit
tul subject FOR lue.lltation with me to
account for the emplosmcnts aud pleas
ares Of the tawny DANES of b:.rbarous
lands, which may compensate them for
the ungpessed delights of shopping al
tasl,iou iuIulrei in by their fliIrr aud