The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-01-14
@ona'loso',oille Gbief.
Two Dollars . Year.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER..

OUR NEW YORK LETTER.;
Holiday Wicklow a Nice Young Man
Kupt Christmas Eve-An Aged Lawyers
Erims-A New Departure for Brother
TalMa9e-How to Iin . Church Mort
kses.-Ths Last Of tho Old Walton House
: ~ MsCasiey's Observation-Disclosures for
The AEiIsesa, Etc.
Nxy York, January 7, 1882:
EDITOR CHIEF:
Every good thing which We enjoy in
this world must be paid for. Tho destruc-
ton Of whole aocks Of turkeys; the
slowing away of mountains of mince aud
pumpkin pies; tho fooling with apple
jack and old rye; the coquetting with
Tom and Jerry, or egg-nog; all of these
things have their price, and We never
realize it more than we do in holiday
week. Last week was q week of antici-
patton; then all Of our hopes we're in
front Of US; now many Of Us are looking
back among the ruins, and asking our
selves, like tho darkey i'll the poem of
Nsbuchadnezzar, Is dis yah me, or not
met" have young friend, who is 9
tony boy; his clothes are always Of the
latest cut, his jewelry in the most exqni-
site taste, and his shirt-front immac-
ulate. Well, this tony boy went out on
Christmas eve to get little Santa Claus
for friends children; he bought q rock
ing -horse, two tin trumpets, q drum, =
box Of blocks, couple of jows-harps, y
dancing jack, doll, and doll's buggy,
some big china alleys aud little wooly
dog that could run about the floor, so
that by tue time his purchases were all
made his arms were pretty full. The
cars being crowded, there was no room
Tor him and his bundles, SO there was
nothing to do hut to walk, and his friends
house was about two miles away: He
struggled along manfully, however, till
he camo to Tim Hennsssy's saloon, and
Tim had u fine layout of lobster salad
md sandwiches, backed up by Tom and
Jerry. Ny friend was tired, SO he laid
down portion of his load aud went for
the lobster, at the same time calling for q
glass of Tom aud Jerry. Tho glasses
were small and the compound good, so
lie ordered a second just then crowd
Of acquaintance came along, and they
ordered another round. At last they
got fooling, and one pleasantly Knocked
hnother's hat over his eyes; who In turn
seized . mug of Tom and Jerry, and
emptied it over his friends new overcoat,
which he had just got from the tailor's.
and for which he had paid forty dol
lars. Trying to avoid the shower, the
man jumped back aud put hia heel right
through the drum and dolls carriage,
which lay upon the floor. My friend,
now excited by his loss and the Tom and
jerry, struck out right and left. Hem
pessy jumped over the counter to stop
tho row; - no landed ON the floor my
friend gave him a lcft-hapdsr under the
car. Tim copntere4 on his right optic
then all became dark, and OH Christmas
morning my unfortunate friend woke up
il tho station house. He did not 60 to
early church. to hear tile Christmas music
for good and sufficient Eenso"s, and to this
hour he does not know what became OF
the toys he bought on Christmas eve for
jso .Brown's children. His eye will he in
mourning for the NEXT thirty days, so
his lady friends will have to excuse him
from New Years calls, unless he should
tes able to find one Of those clever artists
who "paint your eye while you watt"
The conviction and sentence of lawyer
Stone in Brooklyn is veliAcation of the
old adage that "the pitcher which goes
often to tho we'll gets broken ut last. y
Lawyer Stone was deeply versed in all
tho quirks and qualities Of the law. and
= we'll acquainted with oil the loop-holet
through which criminals escape the con
sequences Of their crimes. Pe'jurer and
robber, he appeared to have escaped fol
eighty -four years, deceiving his fsllow'
with his extra professions of piety, thu
: crime for which he was convicted, being
s.. the robbing Of Q couple of sisters of al
the property they possessed, and then b.
series Of the most brazen per}uries try
ing to cover up his crime. Justice u
last reached him, and it is satisfaction
+, know that this sanctimonious old vii
lain has at last got his desert. He wa
scutepceA on Tuesday to State prison, u
bard labor, for three years. The closin
scene Of the trial, when the aged crimina
made Il last appeal for mercy, was yer
heart-rending, but the court in pronoune
ing sentence could not forget the ruin Ii
had inflicted by MS perjury on the hell
less women whom he had robbed an
ruined.
The sensation of the week in the Cit
Of Chnrchce has been the announcement
hy tho trustees Of Brother Talmage
chnrcl, that the free pew system is a fai
pro and will have to be abandoned, au
ell this i" consequence Of the meanne'
Of the brethren and sisters. 1t appear
that there were lots of protesting Chri
tinns who were anxious to occupy Il
best seats in the Sanhetlrim, but when
come to paying they were willing to i
Jim who feeds the ravens pay tho &
l,ills anl furnish tle miuistar's s..lar