The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-09

DIS eyes ulu not care aOont Trying a
knock cut with the police but when his
name was called, jumped upon the stage,
and telling the audience the duress in
which he was placed, announced his
readiness and his willingness to knock
out any man for thousand dollars and
half the gate money, which was a good
five thousand more. "Glorious country
1 said to myself, as saw the champion
with his fine clothes and diamonds, his
plethoric bank account and his aristo-
cratic surroundings. l could not help
wishing, for tho moment, that | was a
knocker-out. 1t is evidently a very
respectable business at any rate, people
pay more to see it than they will to see
paintings or statuary, or any such non
sense. A Wall street broker hit the nail
OIL the head. He said people make a
great to-do about seeing the Dying
Gladiator in stone. Here we have the
real thing and no fooling. And that is
just what New York pays its money to
see-a dying gladiator-and thoy expect
Mr.. Sullivan to furnish them the treat.
Let the announcement so forth to-mor-
row that Mr.. Sullivan would kill man
in one of his brutal encounters, and /
believe that there is not house in New
York that would hold the people. We
are very ready to indulge in virtuous
homilies about the savage buii-fghts in
Madrid, but bullfighting is innocent
amusement alongside the barbarous ex-
hibitions which are given here under
police protection, and which, from II mere
monetary standpoint, are ten times more
profitable than Patti or Langtry; Patti,
at her best, never drew over ten Thousand
dollars; Mr.. Sullivan alone, without Or
chestra, or scenery, or support Of any
kind, drew over twenty thousand do!lars-
Hail Columbia happy land! Yankee
doodle dandy! l almost forgot to men-
ton that Tom Allen, like all Of his tribe,
has fallen q victim to rum. This once
terrible fighter, whose very name was a
synonym for pluck and endurance, could
now he thrashed by half the bootblacks
and nawsboys about the Park. The
affair, which promised to be u great sen-
sation, turned out to be a regular fizzle.
Everybody declared themselves DISCUS
ted. They had paid their money to see a
man knocked out, Ind they did not see
it; and an Englishman who had been
bamboozled out of dollar and a half, as
he mournfully left the exhibition, said
mnsingly to himself, This is yer blarsted
free country! Bah! it's no good"
It is settled that. We are to have tho
French Goddess of Liberty Enlighten-
ing the World" 1t would seem to be a
very small thing to provide the founda-
ton for this magnificent statue, if France
was willing to give US the statue itself.
The affair has dragged along for several
years, and the meeting of the other night
only goes to prove that if the call had
been made earlier tue foundation might
have been finished and paid for by this
time. l fully believe that, in proper
hands, $50 men can be found in New
York, each one of whom would have
given $1,000. The estimate cost of the
foundation is $250,oOo; but when it is
finished it will be one of the most gigan-
tic monuments of human genius ever
reared by mortal man. The torch will
fash with magnificent electric light,
which shall bo for ages to come beacon
to the storm tossed mariner, shining out
through the darkness and gloom, and as
he catches the flash Of its CHEEKY beam,
he will, in the language Of the immortal
Webster, thank God that he too is an
American.
We arc fairly into the holidays, and
the shops and stores are all i'll gorgeous
array. Plenty Of us are now figuring
how to make one dollar do tho work of
ten. A dollar does not go very far these
days. You go into Il store to buy some
tritling present. You take up ali article
that you think is worth about fifty cents
The salesman turns it bottom side up,
scans it all over and tells you as it has
been marked down, you can take it for
six dollars and a half. Everything looks
very beautiful, but it is very costly.
The streets are full; business Of all
kinds, except stocks, is good. Whether
the bulls gore the bears or the bears eat
the ball is matter Of very small mo-
,nent. If they could only finish each
other like the Kilkenny cats, then, in
deed, would we have cause for Thanks
giving and praise. Tho imprisonment Of
fifteen of her Aldermen in the common
Jail has given Brooklyn additional cause
for Thanksgiving-the only regret the
people feel is that it was not the pcni-
Tertiary or States Prison. Hoping that
your turkey and mincs pie, not to men-
ton the pumpkin, sat lightly on your -
conscience, AM,
Truly yours, DROADBR1M.
Many young girls are unfit for active life. and
thousands of mothers drag out miserable
ness which they absolutely refuse to cure.
They are full Of aches and pains, are poor,
weak, frail creatures, irregular each month