The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-29
OUR GoosEQUiLL LETTERS.

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NO sam Randall as a Juryman Novel F,
oh tertainment-Scenes from Far yveste
Life-Dog MISREPRESENTATION of Frnf,
Plants and FIowers-A Man OF Family
'' manage to the Wheat Crop, Etc.
lie PHILADELPHIA September Il. 1881
ed EDITOR CHIEF:
te told you in my last that ex-Speak
he Samuel J. Randall had been drawn as net
III Juror. That he answered to his name an
IN took his seat with view of serving throun
8, the term created quite stir in the cor
3. munity What! Samuel j. Randall net
he juror! Oh, no. He would feel degrade
'e TO Tile in with lot of ignorant, commo
II men and beside he would not be willing t
8 sustain such loss to his business. Whv tn
l. jury will sit at least three weeks Sue
It were the EXPLANATIONS on all sides. And s.
MT Randall, Congressman and ex-Speaker
S as foreman of the jury in the Court O
1 Quarter Sessions, and Mr.. Hoyt, the fin,
: lawyer and Ex-Governor of the State, de
3 tending case before him, affords a spec
! tacle to which the people are totally uuac
customed and atwhich they gaze in wonder
, AS rule everywhere, I believe, the business
men contrive to get excused from servino
on the jury They will not sacrifice them
selves Or their business interests to duty.
and then complain that their matters are
submitted to such incompetent men and
that the ends of justice are so often de-
| fp2t2d rb -,
themselves! If the best men would serve
on the 5ury-the sober, honest, intelligent
ana educated men-would we not have an
administration OF Justice that would be an
hohor instead Of a reproach to the land?
would not even the most trifine larceny
cases be carefully, inteIligently and fairly
disposed of! In this city, at this day, our
crlmlnal courts are somewhat in disren1ta
many men, rather than go into them as wit
nesses would allow crime to 90 nnconyicted
ana unpun1shed, and the distinguished law
yers are averse to appearing there-do not
Sonsioer mem the proper sphere for their
labors For this reason the appearance of
Mr.. Hoyt in the Quarter Sessions Court
created as much surprise as that of Mr..
hahdaH. fe5 there was time wien the
most accomplished and fastidious of orr
lawyers did not hesitate to appear there. and
IN IN race, Mt. William B. Reed, than whom
mere was no better lawyer OF more elegant |
gentleman Id Philadelphia, made much of /
ms tame IN the Quarter Sessions, After ali. |
M: randall and Mr.. Hoyt have but done |
the,r duty; but they have done it manfulIy I
ana gracefully setting an example that
every sincere lover of his country sbonld
follow. '0'-~'
An exceedingly novel entertainment has
tlau successful run out at the Gentlernen's
1
prairie nero, Capt. Bogardus and DIR. Car
yer, two famous shots, lot of buffaloes
ana about one hundred Indians and COW
boys took active parts. The idea was. TO
present as really as possible, life in the far
Nest, With A., men who had actually taken part
m the thrilling scenes OF frontier life. For
instance !ourneying stage coach was rep
resented hsled with travellers. In the midst
u u Inc Wild regions, it was attacked BY In
1 Ii Who1n their saVagery and war naint,
aitnough assumed, made ones blood finp!e.
me occupants defended themselves with j
great sklilsand courage. The herd of buf7a
oes was let loose in the Park and the COW
,oys displayed their skill with the lasso, as
yeA is wonderful training of their horses. q
neie was an exciting sham battle with the
holans: pony buca1ng. and last, though not a
EAST, shooting match between Buffalo t.
'lli, ". Carver and Capt. Bogardus. They Il
are masters of their rifles. One
ay When the cowboys were ATTEMPTING tn q
irlaI the buffaloes, one took fright, leaped
yer the fence and dashed into the crowd of
ien' women and children. Imagine the r,
~ scare, The scamperlng and screaming. ;,
Il. carver was about to draw his rife on I'll
le poor, frightened beast, when the COW Il
oys las5oed him and took him back to the !,
'ena. One boy was trampied on, but not y
'rlousiy hurt. Another day. too, the peo- d:
10 got little more than was on the pro Ii
canine. When the promiscuous firing -,
'o5hs on IN the stage scene, q private ~
(Ilj2nce i missed s oisshing gF With ii
f. 0a Masssated its neck and fell ga
e h m1s, = uttered, but strange VI
TO oussy 4e z,--------- in il were not
u run. by cf.E--s====z"-.z-ee was very
ID an all vehicles, PRESEASON. ait, SIT
/ aga INST tree, disIoc,- ara ~
II a so relzfa tb baF fsSg was
= nurt. Ihe crowd in attendanc.
; la eaeh day although the place vI,.
e ne troublesome Of access. ana III
e alshlJ eel1ghted with the exhibition" =
r proves and skill. In fact it All saan,aa y y
real that the excitement was intensa 0a : :
ma2 very rough. noisy and boisterors .,
oourse, or 1t would not have been q ~, ~
hea,i, en, tsat ana the oly way was to 90
| &c
plted very rich. He was the o,serra y 80 -
e. e. observers Walking On Chestnut st1.eat
IL c1iy picturesque in appearance. looys
Ahe Z spanish, wears a moussacha. Inn, ba;s
waving over his shoulders and = br ,l'al !
brlnneG hat. az" d ofoad
ia you ever see a dog race? Iexnect
cr,-,4 - - - 9i'of0 not very common in this
country It is only few years since = Us
introduced and gained any e,1corraS,a-,,a a.
~ .,is city bnt it is an old time short in
1E5!Siano, particularly in Lancaster on, -
fofkshlre In England there is scsrl., ..''e'
| l'oof man WHO does not own his rr4,,,!, q
uog, hoping thereby to win money eno,-..ts
H. ~ asols! very materially in the su:,nort Of
ms 1S ianliy And that dog is cared for ,,-;t,,
all the tenderness and consf;esation lo a., WIN
u ah ch3lu. There is money in the dog and The
o,!iofen are an expense. SO whiIa ~
LniiaIsn may be put off with onlv a crnst -
plsad, me dog must have the best If Mil
i ilna oeef5teak and, if needs be- his ovrnar i
70 peu. IN England it is no uncommon time !
$3.50 ~ STg I've hundred dogs in race. A large |
sSro%o, including quite number af wb;tss
headed Englshmen, went a fa.- u Halte-
70 see james Dawson's ninth ON ta o.
COG racing handicap" James Dayssa1 nl. 10
!, she man who introduced the sport hero I'D -
~ 2asn tiieIe are now over two hundred
u, shat VIII be ready for the course with
III a year. The dogs were weighed and |;
be, 81 I'VE we're entered for this race. The first
1eat was Won by Let Me Co. the second hu
6eeaaty, the third by Robert the Devil thy
pasta ~ Deer and the fifth by Anthony The the
;reassss sScltement prevailed and the BET
ny ran nigh. When the final heat was I'M,
Ia at the cl1ck of the pistol, the Ave doc 5
founded off, general shout Wsn I've m uo sI5
long the line and hats and handkereh;e a.. a
we're waved ecstatically. It was = nIo.s
5 hce, the dogs reaching the stake in
lump, anthony in the lead, maxim the 7
l lstanee OF two hundred yards ia AZ =
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