The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-03-04

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of the stars of her profession. As
reco1lect Eliza Newton years ago, sh
was an attractive and talented woman
but sickness came and friends grew
scarce, and she who had once dazzlet
the eyes and charmed the ears of de
lighted audiences become at last sic.
panper in the Bellevue Hospital. Neg
lected and forgotten, she struggled with
disease for months, till she could battle
with death no longer, and so she passed
away-carried with the unclaimed dead
to the Morgue. She who was once the
idol Of the multitude was about to be
consigned to Potter's Field; but at the
last moment one who knew her in her
more prosperous days came to the rescue,
and, aided by some members of her pro-
fession, gave her decent sepulture.
Another member of the profession,
heart-broken at the loss of his young
wife, shook off life's weary load, and
sought to join the loved and lost in that
| bourne from which no traveller returns
Another "black Friday" remarked
| Mr.. Murphy, occurred in Wall street on
Wednesday, and the bulls /" got ter
| rible raking. The men who stood like a
Roman phalanx through the shock
of the Union Generate took water
like wharf-rats at the news from Chicago !;
and what between wheat, cotton and
stocks, it is pretty evident that some
body has got hurt. By the time this
reaches you, however, the crisis will be
past. How many unseaworthy boats
will then be afloat is entirely problemat-
ical. That quite a number will g 90
under," there is not the slightest doubt,
but those that remain OH the top of the
water will be happy in having profted
by Baillie Nicol Jarvie's advice, "Never
put yer hand out any further than ye
can pull it back"
The spectacle of How beautiful it is
for brothers to dwell together in har-
mony," was admirably illustrated by the
fight between Brothers Conway and
Fulton of the Centennial Baptist. Church.
Brother Fulton, for a follower Of the
meek and lowly, resembles Peter more
than he does any other Of the Apostles
He is, beyond all question, fighter In
the Hanson Place Baptist Church, he go1
the congregation by the ears, and mad,
it so warm for everybody that he had t,
"get out' himself. He then got into ;
| row with the assembled ministers il
conference, and by them was ignolnini
onsly expelled. He then started tbs
Centennial Baptist Church and hired the
old Skating Rink. He secured the ser
vices of Temperance Evangelist by the
name of Conway, also Baptist minister,
agreeing to pay him $1,000 year, but
when Conway went for his ducats,
Brother Fulton told him he was a child
of Satan and a servant of Belzebub, and,
in short, that he was only fit for that
place where iced drinks are not to be had
for love or money, and the temperature
is considerably higher than Wrangle
Land or Benefits Island. Brother Con-
way appealed to the congregation, and
Brother Fulton accommodated him
from the church with bell, book and
candle and the Anathema Marantha
but Brother Conway would not stay
communicated, so he appealed to his
brother ministers, and they decided in
favor of Conway. Now Brother Fulton
says Brother Conway is a liar and
cheat, and Brother Conway says Fulton
is another. As an exhibition of Christian
humility and forebearance, it is Ger
tainly exceedingly edifying, and is cal
culated to exerscise a most wholesome
influence on those young converts who
are seeking the way to a better life. I" If
a man smite thee on one check, turn unto
him the other;" if be taketI thy coat,
give him thy cloak als"."
Brooklyn is shocked at the unseemly
exhibition, while jubilant sinners are
exelaiming, in the language of shylock,
" These be your Christians ?''
After spell of weather that would
have tired the patience Of saint, Spring
has come down upon us as suddenly as
the last snow storm. The most of the
week the weather has been balmy as
June; all the world has been in the
streets, and early flowers, and lace
shawls, and capcs have taken the place
of seal-skin sacques and dolmans.
Prepare yourself for some extraordi-
nary Spring styles. Goods are in all the
store windows, which, like Joseph's
coat, are of many eolors. Get big sun
flower, if you expect to be anybody.
Already the large houses are issuing sun
flower advertisements; in short, might
say that people are Wilde on sunhowers
Ha. ha! ha! This is intended for a
joke no extra charge. The act of Con-
gress against people making fools of
themselves has not yet passed; aud, until
it is, expect to see sunfiowers all the
rage. notwithstanding the fall i'll wheat,
cotton and stocks, general business is
good and steadily improving.
Truly yours, BRCADBRIM.
Mrs. Nancy Harman. of Mansfield. o..
writes: Il have been under the care of .
physician during the past seven years.
Sometim / would feel better, and then