The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-11-26

pared to that deprivation Words fail
les{ know not what article takes the
place Of the hair pin with the gentle sar-
aOrses; but IEell know that the civilized
| world wonld totter from its foundations
shenld osme hideous mischance 4dspEiye
| MI ist,Ap Ut that nDiversal.yscon-
cedeg afhcle pneral-nse. Py tnrns a
shoe buttoier, Il g1ove- fastener, a cork
screw, an ink-eraser, shawl or vell-pip,
| bodkin, nut-picker, an eyelet piercer,
q sewing-ripper, ol.ule, measure, pin
GERS and tweezers, it is emphatic:.H:y a
'ss't4n in 1urro, m plsst1ss ns.tno. the
IPrekefs and possible <asea IT which are
merely limited by the ingenuity Of the
average female mind. If, as it is said,
".sis soAan rnasss The. ws1ld, 7, Fam lost
in wonder that missionary boards have
not recognized the value Of 50 important
Il factor ns a~ha.r-pin would be in the
work of christianizin1 the heather. In
conf Nnctfon with red aannel shirts, Mrs.
W'inslow's soothing.syipp, atapglesfeos "
Y biskey. Dr; Aver syrup fsarsaparilIa
blue-bea necklaces and other anchor
ating 'Issassions which civilization gen
orally Destows will, the Gospel nl."n
"men bcnighted," the wilderness would
soon blossom like the rose sd pagas,ism
be thing Of the past.
The subject Of paganism reminds. me
Of q sbod story originating III that City
Of Culture" Boston, which may be new
to some Of your readers, although it has
appeared before, and which, if not quite
apropos dc bottles, may slip in col'atero''y
:ts itwore. Atap cveuing entcrtai,,r c,,t
III the Hui" the hostess observing anr
Of her guests looked weary and bored by
the Idle c'litalat around him, requested
M intimate lildy friend, shining light
fH literary circies, t. engage lin III con
versation. 4"iie has rc.entiyz written Il
work on Lxttcr," she rsmafls~'l. . Y"n
en- iIii4rcstl,in M tie subject, 50 IL, try
to entertain him" The friend, though,
much puzzled at The great anxiety Of her
h"stests Interest the gentlema" III qnr--
lion upon subject Of which Sic knew
SO little, and which from the intellectual
cast sf his, features sl.e thought lAoDusa't
tor soar Above; neyes: Ileless cheerfuIiy
undertook tie task Of rawing him out"
She commenced with tie weather, sea-
sonable topic from that the transition
was easy to nature, the country, ia rming,
anil last, butter. S,e-racAcd her brains
on that ole;.ginous subject; she went
back into past ages for Illustrations; she
quoted Scripture; she eioiuently spoke
of the eathern churns OF the Orient, Of
camel butter OF the Bedo,liis, mares
butter Of Tartary, the butter-tree Of
Africa, and last but otleast, Of oleomar-
gariue. She actually was astonished at
her own eloquence. She had not imag-
ined that SO oily a &allject copLt have
proved so learned u one, and yet her new
acquaintance evidently manifested not
the slightest interest in her conversation
He refused to be charmed, charm she ever
go wisely, in fact he looked more bored
than ever, and finally taking an abrupt
leave Of his fair entertainer, left the
house. ~ did NY best" size exclaimed
to the hostess, s. went through agonies
to prove the interest l felt in old and
new butter, but twas all in vain"
"Butter" cried tho hostess, "Great
Heavens! to that mar Of all men; what
ever possessed You to choose such /. topic
as that" "Why, am sure" returned
the other, warmly, "ssfou~ told me that
butter was his strong poist, aud that be
had recently written book about it,"
/" BuddoA I" franticaliy crisd-the hostess;
II said lie had written about Buddah,
aud l know 1t was an<interestinS theme
to you, also, therefore my reason foFask-
ing you to converse with him. And
then they looked into each others face
and said, not londly,~but deeply, Ny
goodness gracious!!" :
YILLETTE.