The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-05-12
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we ANCIENT PHILOSOPHER.
He Discourseti OF Assumption Affairs, Ad-
sninisteretll Taffy to the Ladies, and anon
Relatetf the Perfidy of Jerusha Small
Pox, Much Weather, Zine Crops.
EAPoLEoNvILLE, May 3. 1888.
EDITOR CHIEF:
This burg is fiattened out on pretty much
The SAME spot Of ground on which it stood
some thirty odd years ago when l first
planted my number thirteens on it. l do
not suppose the town limits have increased
in magnitude since 1850, but " all the same,'
the village has bulged out on the south
west side, or to the rear, and the then va
cant spaces have been more or less occu-
pied by habitations, the indwellers of
which seem to care naught for outward
show. But though Napolconville isn't much
of city and its buildings and general ap-
pearance do not 10 ON up magnficently at
distance, or show u more brilliant aspect on
closer Inspection, let me tell you, Sachem,
there is much more enterprise and stiff
upper-lp energy lying loose arc und here
than shorts sighted, slort-haired philoso
pher would Imagine And then, should you
ever pull the latch-string and enter some of
chose residences whose exterior require a
thicker coat of paint than my Faber is capa-
BILE of producing, you would enjoy the con-
trast; the 60 true invardness would remind
you that ragged shirt may often cover a
warm, generous and honest heart Also,
mixed up and pcrmeating around and
through the general air of comfort and tidi-
ness, dffusing an enhanced attraction and
beauty over all within, one could not fail
but notice the impress left by the presence
OF women.
Speaking Of the ladies reminds me of a
little occurrence that Happened yesterday.
/ was on the levee, watching the unloading
of ice from the barge, recently arrived, and
the rapid transit of huge blocks of frigid-
ity from the boat to the storehouse, when
my attention WAS called to the opposite side
of the bayou by the enhancing melody of
ripping, heartfelt laughter emanatng from
feminine lips. All Sacnem! woman's
smile has caused many d man to become a
hero; and sentmore to - ahem, perdition
but her joyous, soulinspiring laughter,
especially when accompanied by the million
and-two other wiles that constitute the stock
in trade of all the gentler ~ sex, would
send a man "raving- becust to the asylum,
or to hunt the big end of IL rainbow to climb
In frlnrv III In known 1,n;r
lives away writing poetry. You will, per-
Aaps, better appreciate my feelings on the
occasion above referred to, when inform
you that it was not the first time had lis
tened to her laugh. recognized the magi-
cal ripple at once, for no one else outside of
heaven can do the trill business in better
style than my Jeruslla | couldn't tell
exactly how l felt at the time-sort of an
all overishness, as if had swallowed one of
those large chunks Of ice that Henry Cook
was storing away for the summer solstice-
but when | looked across the bayou and saw |
her waving her parasol at me, when l saw |
how happy she seemed to be-riding with |
another felow-and awhen | reflected that |
Rod. Webster charged me five dollars for,
and the pretty hat that cost me an X at |
Israeps, last Spring, you may suppose there
was considerable of turmoil cavorting
around under my vest. Young man. if YOU
have ever been afflicted thusly, pity you;
If not, don't let Jour ambition run in that
direction. don't advise you to
Go feel what have felt, ETC.,
for the charms that now surround the wig
wan would soon be non, est. Things are
not quite clear yet, but have some indistinct
recollection of Dupaty's saloon, the size of
his glistening beer schooners, and cooling
off process in the ice depot.
Had the alleged Texas meteor fallen
among the townspeople or the Mississippi
cyclone swept through our little village,
a greater degree of CONSERVATION
and excitement could have been manifested
than that experienced last Friday, on dis
covering that small pox patient had been
conveyed to our town and
left to the hospitalites of our good Samari-
fans. The sufferer was a young colored
woman and when first found was endcavor-
ing, by dragging herself along to reach the
bayou in order to quench her thirst
Blinded by the disease, though within a few
feet of the stream, she could not see it, and
her agony was saddening in the extreme.
The authorities, after much delay, and diff
iculty in procuring suitable persons to at
tend the case, have at last succeeded in
placing her beyond the reach Of contagion,
and up to latest reports the case is improv-
|ng. Various rilmors are in circulation as
to the locality from which the afflicted one
was brought l overheard colored man,
with others on this topic, say ;
that the girls brothers brought her from
near Paincourtville, and left her here, with
the threat that if she told who they were they
would kill her. There is no law, l believe
to punish them for such heartless act, but
IN case the miscreants should be unearthed, .
think slight deviation from red tape re- ,
striction might have a wholesome effect in
The % sweet bye and bye r
The weather now in circulation among the
Assumptionites is strictly tirst-class for the
agricultural portion, and no serious aver
ion to the rather warm days and cool nights q
s exhibited by either the colored top rails b
# their more modest pale brethren. But, G
or me, individually, l was brought up to v
'elieve in seasonable weather March should I
'eblustering; scmethngon the John Forcha 8
lyle, don't chew know9 In April one is u
expected to tote around an umbrella to pro-