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

lHm at Bloomiigdale, where he had he
confined for OVER two years lis insani
- was that he insisted on helping the no.
aud needy, andin believing that he ha
right to be ile almoner of his ow
wealth instead Of leaving it's disbursf
ments to his relations when he ba
crossed the Syx. When the asylur
authorities fonM that they were ljkel,
to ne convicted Of having kept in con
hnement a sane nan for over two YEAR,
they quietly ashe, him to go ont, but ne
said, "No; yo1vesept me here for two
years, and iii stopaere till doo1nslay or
death, but you sliaIhcknowledse that /
AN not, and never vas insane And
'"e' nc went -"nt teing the Judge in
open court that he ws,ld ns.iust as he
always Il:lb done, and WOULD MAXI, what
disposition Of his moneythat he saw g.
These things have occ"rrd so frequently.
that the public is thoroughly aroused.
and it will not be satisfiedtill it fintl4
out if some other poor wrctAcs are not
confined IN dark rooms for explaining
of the murder of their fellow Iisoners.
It's no nse talking, VIC are gowing no
better very fast. As yon are doubtless
aware, this is the season Of pic,ics and
excursions, and those who can afford it
generally try to have IL good tine. The
wife of al eminent Brooklyn politician
went in the country for her health, aud
of course Mr.. X, as we will call him, felt
lonesome The heat Of the city was
oppressive, so he thought he wonld Just
take u little trip to Glen Island, one of
the lovelest places on the Sound. Mr.. X
feeling lonesome, as / said, just for com
pany took the wife Of u ncighbor; but
when he arrived at Glen Island, to his
horror and ast0nishment he found his
wife sitting on tile wharf waiting far
him. II is scarcely necessary to say that
Mrs. X. made it lively for Mr.. X. and his
next friend. The gentleman. did not
have quite as pleasant II day as lie cx-
'ecfed' and after atiording q deal of
amusement for {" large crowd, the party
ook the first train for New York. Moral
you take somebody elses wife out to 4
'lcn'c, be sure that your own wife is not
here to meet you.
One Ut the signs of the coming love
east Is that all of the Democratic paners 4
ppear to think that John Kelly is nnf( ~
UGH bad Democrat after all; the II, I'll
VII" swore year ago that they VIA b
ave Johns scalp or die, have nothed' e'
Dd they hayc not got his SCALP John y
an walk into the next convene" II he
esircs, and not take bach ss't either; !,
re- highest in The sanhedrr will not be .,
% good for linn. John aries Co,0CO ht
pod solid votes in his yckets, fellows B
'at vote early and oftn, and in short 1t
hn never get .isea eff ,ntin.g: they can't 81
I'd that out, so Joln'ho!ds the key t"
'c situation, for tha 10000 is jnst the J.,
Sact number hat vii carry the Demo- ),
'atIc party safe Over Harlem river. It's -.
ugh, after all tie bitter things they >,
I'VE said of him, to have to go down on -
cir knees to the great Tammany
lchem, but there is 40 help for it; they
ust do it or be satisfied to remain out c'
office Indefinitely. There is music in G
c air. The fellow that says Hank, ! Il
ar an angel singing" is mistaken r
'gels don't come that way from that
ace. We shall see what we shall see in
few weeks. At the present writing it's
e toss of /. penny which party wins.
ont bet on either of them; if you have
" spare .lanyc give it to the Missionary
'ciety, or send it to ne.
Yours truly, BROADBRIM. :