The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-02-24

proved tone of our theatres. It is safe t.
say that there is not to-day first -clas
theatre in New York to which any man
unless he was hopeless bigot and Chad
, band, could object to take his wife OF
: daughter, if he simply desired delight
J full evenings amusement. The Standard
Wallack's, Union Square and the Fifth
Avenue theatres have all Of them mos
J excellent plays, elegantly put upon the
} stage, played by ladies and gentlemen
who are artists, the plays themselves
being pure, delightful and morally sound
Take, for instance, the play of Iolanthe
which for months has been running at
the Standard. It is burlesque, linked
together by witty dialogue and sweet
and pleasant music. After hard days
work at the bank, the office, or the fac
tory, it is just such a thing as wins you
to forgetfnlness, and you rise from hear
ing and seeing it with a delightful sense
of rest. A great benefactor of his race
is he who invents or produces such an
amusement rs this. For years it has
been the dream of the church man to
have sn ideal theatre; here it is ready to
your hand, and our church people are
beginning to realize it. Hardly conn
try minister, church trustee or deacon
comes to town but finds his way to the
Standard theatre, aud he returns home
thinking that the playhouse is not such
a bad place after all. DR.. Collier has
had an excellent performance of Patience
by tile mem ers OF his congregation in
thelecture- room of his church, and SO far
nobody has becn hurt.
TO show the kind of judicial timber we
have in this hiyhly-favored region, on
the other side of the river is place called
East New York, but it is suburb of
Brooklyn; so that it is actually in the
bailiwick of Beecler and Talmage. 1t is
there that q Justice of the Peace, named
Watson resideth. The other day fight
oCNuIi SA liz SouIU DGt"CSll GlG uuSc
Negro servant and another man. The
Judges sympathies were enlisted in favor
of his henchman, SO he planked up ten
dollars that the white man could not
whip him. Seventeen rounds were put
in and the battle was declared draw,
and the Judge was very much surprised
on Tuesday last when he was arrested
for aiding and abetting at a prize fight.
This, however, ought not to he consid-
cred an offense in Brooklyn, where
notorious prize-fghter was elected an
alderman, and another bruiser, after he
had returned victorious from one of the
most desperate battles on record, was
Immediately appointed Clerk of the Dis
trict Court.
Quite q sensation occurred early in the
week, by the attempt of n young girl to
assassinate all officer of the 22nd regi-
ment. From all I can learn, the girl,
who is young and beautiful, claims to
have been betrayed. That she fired five
shots and hit no Que is one Of the most
marvellous feats on record. LieutenAnt
Hart, who is said to be an excellent SOL
dier, showed his acquaintance with Won
Moltke's tactics and art of war, etfecting
a most masterly retreat without serious
loss. This, the old warrior says: "Next
to victory, is the commanders chiefest
glory" 1t is presumed that the girl had
good cause for what she did, for Lieuten-
ant Hart did not care to go into court to
prosecute. That sonTe Innocent person
was not killed is little less than miracle.
| passed two men in Fulton street the
other day. One was professor of matll-
ematics i'll IL celebrated institution of
learning, q man who had devoted his
long anf useful life to the cause of e1u-
cation; his salary is twelve hundred dol
lars year; he has large family and
tries to live in a genteel manner, but he
has many mouths to feed, many feet to
sloe and many backs to cover. SO the
task is a hard one. His overcoat was
poor and tlrcadbare; it would have been
miserable garment for a chilly day in
the fall; lie shivercd like an aspen leaf
as he walked along. Right behind him
came Joe Coburn, the personYfcation of
comfort and responsibility. On his back
was fifty dollar overcoat, on his head
an eight dollar hat, twelve dollar pants
and fifteen dollar boots, II diamond ring
and pin and all the appointments of
gentleman; and why should he not7 He
can earn with his fists i've times as much
in q night as the Professor can earn with
his brains in q year. Ergo: prize fight !
ing is the business.
The weather has been like the stock
market-on the ragged edge. Every
body is grumbling at the weather, and |
nobody cares to go in on stocks. We are
i'll hopes that for want of other game the |
bulls and bears will fall foul of each |
other, and that the bears may eat the
bulls and die Of Indigestion.
Lent, the season of mourning and fast !
ing, is npon US, but we don't expect to
grieye or starye if we eau help it.
Yours truly, BROADBRIM.
Messrs Pasteur, Chamberlain, Roux |
and Thriller have been Investigating
rabies They find that all forms of IL |