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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02

The steamer II. J. sDickey has made
her advent IN tile Bayou Lafouiche trade
with Capt. j. D. Coneanx on deck and
Nfessrs. L. d. Gossin, Jos. Dalfsrcs and
Jos. Gauthreaux in the office. With such
81 combination Of owners and officers as
the Dickey possesses, she is bound to be
fixture in the bayou trade and to COM
mand full share of public patronage.
She leaves New Orleans Wednesday at 10
A. NJ, aud Saturday at 5 r. NJ.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02
List Of Letters
Remaining in the Post-oftice at Donald.
sOnyille. Ascension parrish La


Remaining in the Post-office at Donald
sonville, Ascension parish, La,
November rs, 1882.
Anderson, Levy Jackson, Peter
Collins. Mrs Betsey Jones, Manuel
Carter, Miss Salley Joseph, Sam
Dedr1ck. Gen W W Joseph Dorsa
Earle, Chas H GU Landry, John Baptise
Eollma, Mrs Ellen Preaux, LIP
Gattey, AntOney Soniat, Leonce NJ
Hotel, the Washington Sedgwick Thophile
Hernandez, Aug D Yerdem, JB
Hill, Joseph (2l Vincent A
Washington. Albert
WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 2.
Breault G E sNarrato, Thos
Cox, Mrs Skippin Pfarre Martin
Curtis, Mrs Martha ~ Packems Kuffen
Cater Mrs Henry Rease, Mrs Mary Jane
Colman, Miss Marry Resell, Miss E
Dorsey, Nose Barry, Ban
Deano. Albert Riley, Johnnie
Ferrant, Frank Riley. Mrs John
James, Mrs Gabrielle Squtes, Salneter
Landry, Mrs Emma Spencer, Joseph
Landry, Mrs Sally Ann Smith, Mrs A
Lsisy, Jacob Wallace, Jonas
Wright, Willis
If not called for in four weeks viii be sent to
the Dead Letter Office.
LOUIS LEFORT, P. NJ.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Fine Fruit.
Sale Of Ferry Leases.

Sale Of Ferry Leases.
DUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that I,
Il President of the Police Jury of tie parish
of Ascension, viii proceed to sell to the highest
bidders, at public auction, at the Courthouse
III the town of Donaldsonville on
Tuesday, the 9t! day of January, 1888,
at II o'clock A. NJ, the leases of the following
ferries for and during the year 1888:
Lumville ferry on Bayou Lafourche,
Dominique ferry, on the Mississippi river,
Manchac ferry, opposite Hope Villa,
Anite ferry, opposite Port Vincent.
Terms-C0sh.
Donaldaonvi!le, December 2, 1852.
r. T. HANSON,
President Police Jury.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02

A marble slab was placed in the He
brew cemetery Of st. Patrick street, last
Wednesday, to nkrk the resting place OF
the mortal remaits of little Mabel Levy,
the beautiful infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Noise Levy, who died eleven months
ago at the tended age of 81 years. The
mournfnl ceremony included appropriate
religious services conducted by Rev. Mr..
Eisenberg, Rabbi of the Congregation
Biknr Cholim of Donaldsonville, aud a
number Of the friends of the bereaved
parents attested their sympathy by their
presence.
Mr.. Geo. w. Joists, Jr., Of Assumption
parish, now 4 student of the Vanderbilt
University at Nashville, Tennessee, kind
ly favored us with an invitation to at
tend celebration and joint debate Of
the Philosophic ami Dialectic Literary So
cicties of that ms Tuition, held last Thurs
day. Tho proposition chosen for discus
sion was: " Resole4l, That the full rights
Of citizenship shou d be granted to wo-
men," A fruitful q,eme, which was, no
doubt, handled III skillful way 10y the
future statesmen aid political economists
who participated IL the debate.
A report Which Was circulated on Tues
day led US to believe that it would
become our painfal duty tc announce in
this issue of the CHEF that the wife of a
well known citizen residing on Railroad
Avenue had been laid in an untimely
grave, but next day the pleasant news
came that, instead OF being diminished
by death, the gentienan's family was
increased by the advent of a hearty little
stranger Of the masculine order. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. G.. Wilkinson are tho happy
parents, aud we heartily congratulate
them upon the erent.
Readers Of the CHIEF who have ordered
trees, vines, etc, from the Roselank
Nurseries will fnd among our new adj
vertiseinents notification that the ar
tic es are. atsthes Lee Hotel in this town
ready for delivery according to contract.
We are assured that the lot comprises
tue finest assortmentp of roots sent out for
many years from ties. famous nurseries
aud those who secure them will have
reason to congratulate themselves upon
their good fortune. Mr.. r. L. Garner,
the geutieManly- agent of he Rosebank
firm, requests that customers will call
for their trees promptly, in order that lie
may not be subjected to unnecessary
delay and expense in delivering his Don
invoice
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02
Terms and Conditions


One fourth of the price of adjudication in
lawful current money OF the United States,
shall be paid Gosh on the day OF SALE by the
adjudicatee at the time of the adjudication.
and for the balance OF the price of said adjudi
cation, the purchaser shall furnish lis three
several pToinissory notes. IN equal amounts,
drawn ard subscribed by him to his own order
endorsed by him, aad made payable at the Office
OF the Parish Treasurer Of the parish Of Ascen-
sion, one, two and three years after date, and
stip1lating to bear interest respectively at the
rate of eight Per centGm per arnun from date
until full and final payment, which said prom
issory notes shall be secured by special mort
gage with vendors lien and privilege on the
lots sold and adiudicated as aforesaid. together
with all the usual and necessary security
clauses, and tsn per centum attorneys fees in
the event Of suit to collect said notes at their
maturity in the event of aon-payment.
All acts Of sale Of said property and lots Of
ground to be passed before the Parish Notary
al the expense of the purchaser.
A plan Of the lots may be seen at my Office.
and viii he exhibited GA the day of ssle.
Sherif's Office. Parish Of Ascension, Deem
Der 2, ies2. Pa. JONES,
Sheriff, OF the parish OF Ascension,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02

The breaking Of the fly wheel at the
Mt. Houmas sugar mill, which occurred
several days ago, will cause suspension
Of work there for week or more. The
:cci.lsnt has taken place ut very M
fortunate time, as TIE cane was yielding
its best aud the weather is simply superb.
These conditions are likely to be changed
for he worse befo.e the Mt. Houmas
mill gets nnder way again, though we
hope this will not be the Case.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02
IN DONALDg1NVILLE.
BY TEE SHERIFF OF THE
Parish of Ascension.

10Y VIRTUE of the authority vested in me- By
- the President of the Police Jury of the par
ISL of Ascension, pursuant to Police Jury Ordi.
nances No. q, New Series, being Ordinances Of
the Police Jury OF this parish, adopted on the
18th day of July, 1882 and the amendatory Or.
dinance thereto, being Ordinance No. %. New
Series, adopted October 81 1882, will offer for
sale at public aut;on at the Courthouse doc,
Of this parish, in the town of Doneldsonv;Ee
On
Saturday, the 9Th day of January, 1888,
between the hours of II o'clock A. M, and 4
o'clock 2. H., the following described property
viz:
Lots Nos. 157, corner of Opelo,,sas street ant
Railroad Avenue, 1856. 1o5 and 1874, fronting
Railroad Avenue, 1853 forming corner of Rail
road Avenue and Claiborne streets, 146 fronting
o. Claiborne street, i45 forming the corner O
Claiborne and Hou,nas streets, 144 and III
fronting On Houmas street, 98 forming tht
corner of Houmas and Opeiousas streets ant
81 and a6 fronting on Opelousas street, in square
No. 3, bounded By Opelousas, Houmas, Clai
borne streets and Railroad Avenue-former!,
Cabahanosse street-situated In the town o.
DonaldsonviIe, IN said parish of Ascension
being the same property granted to the Police
Jury of said parish by the State of Louisiana
by an Act OF the Legislature approved Marcel
80, 1888, entitled "An Act granting to tn.
Police Jury of the parish of Ascension the lott
and buildings erected by the State. at the tow,
Of Donaldsonyiiie, commonly called the State
House.
Said lots Of ground measuring sixty fee
front, more or less, by one hundred and twent!
deep, more Or less. French measure, with the ex
ception CT the key lots Nos. 155 and 49, which
have a depth OF one hundred and fifty feet
more CT less.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02

Mr.. Henry Cook has finished grinding
his cane crop and is now 1T work on i:
few acres belonging to his neishbor, Mr..
Henry Droege. Mr.. Cook obtained As
large hogshesds of sugar from % acres Of
cane, including several acres Of very in
different stubble. He is we'll satisfied
with the yield, but was greatly harrassetl
10y the delays and expense resulting from
Il number ofaccidents to his machinery.
He will plant more cane next season than
ever before.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02
4 = Pas pages s always ;EIEGANTLY ILLUS
ed, sewed and cut to open like book

u - pages always ELEGANTLY ILLUS
+o TRATED, RICHLY printed, and fold
ed, sewed and cut to open like book.
Tnl1e, all about Farms. Farming and Farm
ltIlS matter, How TO MAKE MONEY on
to raise i What Horses Cattle, Hogs. Sheep
Fruits to raise and how to get good results
therefrom. Where to find the good markets for
everything. EMPLOYS only the BEST Tall
EET:, Has no HORBIES to ride. Has nothing
to sell or give away-not even brass or pewter
jewelry listed at fancy prices as premiums.
EVERY ISSUE Is WORTH THE StBSCRIP-
TION PRICE FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
NJ n Politics, no Sectarianism. no Demogo-
~ query no highfown Virtue in the Edi-
torial Columns while the advertising
columns abound in quackery. humbuggery.
obscenity and Righteousness but clear, clean,
PURELY AGRICULTURAL PAPER, invaIu-
able to FARMERS who have an eye to advanced
methods and good results.
1t tells how to get home. how to build
house and how to furnish it cheaply and make it
attractive.
1t has ATTRACTIONS FOR EVERY ONE
about the house. the Farmers WIFE. SONS and
DAUGHTERS, all find something good and
useful In every issue.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-02

Mr. Ben Gibson is making sugar from
remnant Of his cane crop which escaped
destruction by the waters of the Landry
crevasse. Having few acres more than
lie will require fornext seasons planting,
he decided to manufacture little sugar
a,M molasaes jnsf to keep his hand in.
We hope Uucle Ben cleared enough OH
his fns rice crop to cover the loss of the
bulk of his cane, and that next year he
will realize handsome return fio.E both
rA,,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-10-12
Take Care of the Mixers.

The care of cows during the hot season is one
of prime Importance to the daiIyman. This is
the season when they necessarily shrink in the
quantity of milk given unless properly fed and
looked after. The results attained by those who
take pains TO keep up the flow of milk in their
herds show that 1t pays to supplant the food ia
ken in pastures by regular feeding in the stable
You cannot get milk unless the animal has food
TO make II from. When pasturage is short and
scarce, and it takes about all the animal can
crop to sustain life, extra food is necessity if
respectable yield of milk is expected. Nutri-
tious selling with whatever the farmer happens
To have. whether corn, oats or rye. 1t is even
mOrc profitable to feed grain, or shorts meal
cake, when pasturage is thin, than to allow the
cows TO dry up. Drink should be given at recu-
lar times. Twice day, when the cows are
brought up to he MIXED morning and evening
is often enough in the hottest weather, and fire.
quently they will only drink once. The food
upon which they live contains from 90 to 30 per
cent. of water. and the succulence supplies n
large proportion of the moisture needed ii cat
tie are watered in this way at n trough or brook
of clear running water, they will not need water
IN the pasture where IL il often swamp water or
otherwise impure and filthy. Extra feeding al
50 allows cattle to lie down in the shade during
the hottest part of the day, which is a desirable
thing. Ii has been said that excessive heat is
more injurious TO a milk COW than short feed
Shade in the pasture is Therefore almost n neces-
si'y, during the hottest part of the summer
Flies are also extremely irritating to cattle at
this season, and there seems TO be no means of
avoiding them. If the farmer is lucky enough
to own land bordering upon a large creek or
stream, the cows can gointo the water and stand
for time. switching the water upon their backs
with their tails, aud thus keeping themselves
comparatively free from annoyance of insects
but as this is not often the ease, the giving of
extra feed will permit the stock to rest portion
of the time, and the eSertion is not so great in
driving of the flies when they are Obliged to
crop the pasture and whsk their tails at the
same time In fact, too good care of cattle is I'M
possible at this season of the year and the man
who makes the most ont of his herd is the one
who treats them with the greatest generosity.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-10-12
Sugar as Food.

In the last number of the British aud Foreign
Medical Rerier there is an interesting paper on
.'Sugar rs Food and as a Product ofthe Organism.
In alluding to the uses of sugar in assisting as
sanitation, the reviewer quotes Mr.. Bridges
Adams: 81 know by experience the difference
in nutritious effect produced by the flesh of tired
cattle a march, and those slain in a condition
arising from abundant food and healthy exer-
else. In the former case any amount NAY he
eaten without the satisfaction of hunger whilst
in the latter a smaller amount removed hunger
Bnt / discovered that certain other food of a
different quality, such grape-sugar and fruit,
would help the tired meat to assimiate, and
thus remove hunger" Puddngs and fruit tarts
not, therefore, simple batteries of the palate,
but digestive agents; provided they are not,
themselves, ofrebelliously indigestible materials
which, in English cookery, is too frequently the
case. The reviewer alludes to the fnndness of
artisans for confectionery, and of patients just
discharged from the hospital asking for Sweets ~
in preference TO good substantial food, as exam
pies of a correct instinct. There is no doubt that
in children, in whom the requirements of growth
call for rapid nsformatiOn of food into tissue
the demand for sweets is very imperious; aud
parents should understand that the jam pot will
diminish the butchers bill and increase the
amount of nutrition extracted from beef and
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-10-12
The Secret of Good Butter.

Every one knows how superior Is the reputation
of Philadelphia butter, and many the attempt
been TO account for it. Perhaps the most popu-
lar notion was that it was due to the prevalence
of the 'tsweet vernal grass in our pastures and
hay iiclds-the grass that often gives so pecul-
lar fragrance TO meadow hay. But it needed
very little reasoning to demolish such a theory
as this. This grass is one of the poorest for hay
or pasture purposes, and scarcely exists, except
ON cold clay lands, partially shady places near
groves or low woods. Yet while this grass is the
exception, in low pastures, OF in the hay fed to
our cows, good butter is the general rule in all
our markets.
1t has long boon the opinion of our best asri-
cultural generalizers of fact that owe much
more of the sweetness of Onr butter to the album
dance of springs and spring houses in our State
than to anything peculiar which grows in Ourr
pastures. Milk has peculiar affinity for any
odors of the atmosphere, and water has some;
hence whatever impurities get into the atmos-
phere of the spring house is drawn out by run
ming water, and the very best security is provId-
ed against their being absorbed by the cream. .
We notice this through observing an inquiry
whether the light of a Kerosene lamp in a dairy
could possibly affect the quality of the butter;
we should answer, and observed the fearful bat.
tie that was most decidedly in the affirmative
All odors of every description should be careful
ly avoided if the very best brand is desired
There is one little incident in this reputation
of Philadelphia butter. hich must never he for
gotten. The followers of Penn made up large
class of the original farming population. With
all these people, cleanliness was especially one
of the virtues. 1t was not a mere sentiment that
II was next to godlHess, but an every day tes-
tmony in all they did Aided in these cleanly
practices by their numerous springs and spring
houses, we have little doubt we owe to them MS
much as to any other circumstances the eminent
character which Philadelphia butter enjoys; and
we believe that If other quarters would give
special attention to these little niceties as good
butter might be had in any part of the Union rs
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-10-12
Old Age.

An old person has feeble circulation in the feet
and legs. Nothing contributes more to relieve
the difficulty in breathing, and the chronic cough
aud other troubles about the head and chest so
common among all people than keeping the feet
and legs warm.
Mr.. s., banker had been sitting in n bank
for nearly fifty years. He came for advice about
short breath, wheeling and coughing
Your feet and lungs are very cold.r
'Yes, but how did you know it,.
"By these troubles about your throat and lungs
There is congestion-tOO much blood there. If
the legs and feet were warm, if they had their
share of blood, this congestion about the upper
parts would cease and this short breath, wheez-
ing and congh would be relieved at once
'.How shall make my legs and feet warm,
wear as much clothing abont my lower extrem-
tiles ever did, and yet they are like icIcles -
Il will tell you q secret. An old man with
low vitality must have two or three times as
much dress about the legs and feet as a Young
man with high vitality. Now You must put on
two or three thick knit wooden drawers, thick
stockings, and broad shoes Your legs will be
warm enough. If not, put pair of leather
draws the knit ones With thick pants
over these you will be warm. But they must
be kept warm. In some cases this will not keep
the limbs warm. So You must add, till they are
warm. This is the way you do with your body;
why not the same with your legsl You will
thereby save your throat, lungs and head from
many common troubles-DiO Le,ris in To- Ddy.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-10-12

Seeing a farmer near me building n new hen
house the other day, took occasion to give him
new Idea. He was putting in his roosts in the
old-fashioned way, one being above the other
at an angle of forty five degrees. In this WAY
the fowls are led to attempt get upon the
highest roost; and II gets full the weaker ones
get crowded off and fall to the ground and be-
gin again to climb up, only to repeat the same
performance, until it gets dark that they stop
climbing, resting content upon the lower roosts.
The fowls will not go down as they went mp,
from one roost tn another, but fly from the roost
to the ground. In this way, and by falling from
the roosts to the ground at night, heavy fowls
especially, when very fat or very full of eggs,
are often crippled in the legs, or otherwise in
lured. Many likely hens have been complete
ly spoiled in this way. told him that should
build the roosts of the same height, and no more
than two aud a half feet from the ground, put
ting them about fifteen inches apart. Before
left had the satisfaction of seeing him COM
mence to undo the work he had done, and build
the roosts as suggested and hearing an old far
mer who was present declare his intention of
taking out his roosts, which are of the ladder
style, and putting in new ones level and lower.
think they will save hens enough before spring
by doing so to pay them for their labor
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-10-12

There are scores Of respectable and reputable
heads of families in this city who take regular
lessons in the manly art of self-defence, and who
spend an hour every evening in swinging clubs
and otherwise developing and hardening the
muscle. One of the most enthusiastic of the let
had finished his boxing lesson, the other night,
when the trainer said:
~ am sorry to lose your money and your CON-
pany, but feel it my duty to say that / can
learn yOu nothing further. You have the science
and muscle to clean out a crowd, and heaven
help the man who stands before you"
The citizen went home with q consciousness.
that only towards carry revolyers, and he won
dered how man would look after he had given
him a sockdologer straight from the shoulder.
The next morning, as he was leaving his house,
along came strawberry man, who was yelling
his wares at the top Of his voice.
"Do you sell any more berries by yelling in
that mannerr asked the citizen, as the peddler
drew rein.
'0h, take in your noseD was the reply.
'Some one will take your whole body in some
day."
fBut it won't be a man with wart on his
chimp
''No impudenee, sirw
"And none from you, eitherp
"iou deserve good thrashingw
"And perhaps you can give it to me-"
There was the golden opportunity. The one
had received thirty eight lessons in boxing-the
other fairly ached TO be pounded.
Don't talk that way to me, or I'll knock you
down" said the finished pupil, as he gently
threw himself into position to mash a brick
wall.
"oh, you will, ell 7" Then let's see you do il y
Even the graduate couldn't tell exactly what
took place. He remembered of being kicked on
the shin, struck on the chin, and twisted oveI
horse block after he fell but when conscious
ness returned, his wife and children were cry.
ing over him, and the peddler was two blocks
down the street, shouting:
''stra-bu-ries-great big ones-perfect daisies
two shillins quart, without any thumb in
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