The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-12-15

that their object il simply self protection,
and they claim the light to form and main
tain their organization, which is beneficial
in every way. The manufactures are sus-
pended, each one laving only about ten or
| fifteen workmen. The busiest season is in
February and at tbs rate there will be no
goods in the marlet, for, even now the de-
mand is greater tlan the supply. Oil cloth
| printing is difficult to learn. Apprentices
are taken for ysar, but several years of
constant application are required to alta n
perfection. From nine to twelve dollars a
week are given to best printers-twen y
dollars when very extra work is done.
About twenty Of tls printers have gone to
New York and Their are still openings fl r
more in New Ensland. AS the factories
| here have no means of filling up yacancles +,
| the printers, it SEEMS to me, have a fair
chance of winning IN this fight.
| The 4th of December was the fftieth an
niversary of the organization III Philade.-
| phia of the Nationll Anti Slavery Society,
and in order the better to keep alive men,
| ories of the past, there was a celebration,
attended by infue1tiai white persons and
| freedmen from different parts of the country
and from Philadelphia. Robert Purves,
who presided oyei the meeting, Elizar
Wright and the poet, Whittier, who could
| not be present, are the only survivors of the
sixty who organized the association. Mayor
King detailed a number of Negro police
men, all he had, Ipresume, to attend the
meeting; not to keep order, no necessity
for that, but just topose as statuary against
the walls and listento the good things that
were said. Letters were read from a num-
Der of we'll wisheB, among them George
William Curtis. Samuel Longfeliow, Wen
dell Phillips, 0liva Wendell Holmes and
John G. Whittier. Mr.. Whittier's letter was
long and. though retrospective, was full of
kind feeling, quite in contrast with one
from Abbey K. Foster of New York, who
said, No, there isno peace, but Ku-Klux
regulators, shotguns and, last and most
brutal, the United States Supreme Court
wiping out constitutional guarantee" A
number of speeches we're made. Susan B.
Anthony took occasion to wedge III her
hobby. Said the American nation was to
be commended for Wiping out the " foul
blot of slavery" but that there was much
more to be done. Woman must have her
rights. All the great events in connection
with slavery were reviewed and relics of the
old barbaric days were exhibited-among
them an auction block on which thousands
of Negroes had been sold in Virginia, and a
chest in which Negro girl was shipped as
freight from Baltimore to this city. William
Still, who owns and treasures this chest,
told the story-how that Lear Green was
pretty girl and was SO anxious for freedom
that she allowed herself to be shut up in the
chest with no means of getting air except
the hold of the vessel for eighteen hours;
that it was taken to his house and that Lear
lived and became happy wife and mother.
Resolutions we're passed to keep up the an
nual meetings.
By way of variety, we have had fight be-
tween two dentists and as a result some ar
rests in high life and one or two suits for
assault and battery. The cause of such un-
happy proceedings was nothing but envy
and deficiency of that most excellent gift
of charity which prompts kindness and love,
one to another. Three years ago three
gentlemen ( fonnd ndlobh thha1ansehlyas F. hyass, close
other down. Each empfoyeu so 1s nsfseak ssa each
"barkers "-men to promenade the side
walk in front Of the Office and solicit pa
tronage, from persons passing by. This, to
say the least of it, is an improfessional
custom, deserving only of public contempt.
Messrs. Neal & Cassidy employed two men
one was stationed above and the other be-
low DR.. Stoughton's Office, and when they
could not coax people to go into the office
of Messrs. Neal d Cassidy they endeayored
to freighten them with the horrors of DR..
Stoughton's Office. The rule was to accost
DR.. Stoughton's patrons with such remarks
as Don't go in there unless you want to be
robbed.' HHe win give you chlorofor1n. +"
"He will break your jaw. !" "He gets his
teeth from the cemetery" The other day,
lust as the Doctor was receiving q lady he
heard the warning given her and called out
to the barker to shut up. Immediately
he felt himself slapped in the face and the
next moment the two were having lively
| fight on the Sidewalk. Subsequently DR..
Stoughton and D.. Cassidy, in hopes of
settling their differences, had squabble of
words and fight with chairs. So endeth
the chapter. The sequel will give The trial,
costs for damages etc, of the disgraced
parties.
And what of Mr.Irving? Why, the most
absolute disappointment following the
eager anticipations to see England's boast.
Must 1 go more nto detail? Well, you
have seen severe citicisms of him. They
we're not exaggeraions, they were just. It
is true that he has ylaring faults. Take his
Hamlet, for insta1pe. He played Hamlet
here for the first tine in this country and
gave us an opportunity to compare him
with Booth. He sbuld not be mentioned
in the same breatfwith Booth and does not
equal Forest, Bar1dt Or Mccullough. His
stage management and the scenery are
perfect. His CONCEPTION of the character is
good enough and lis facial expression very
fine. That is all. His voice is not good,
and when not in onyersation he draWls it
out very disagrealb: his utterance of words
and sentences is deidedly bad, so much so
that at times one lses altogether what he
says, and his carrige is exceedingly devoid
of dignity or grae, it is slouchy. In the
play scene he iSnteresting. In that he
shows the wondet1l power ne has over his
countenanee; othrwise his rendition of
Hamlet is positisly wearisome and one
tries in vain to e4lain the mystery of his
great reputation nd the fact that England,
having had the Eeatest actor, in Mac
ready, that perhas ever lived, should wor-
ship at the sIlrineef an Irving. Miss Ellen
Terry is lovely every thing-a fascina-
ting Portia, erfectly ideal Ophelia.
Philadelphia audtnces are not much given
to applause, but 1r Miss Terry as Ophelia
ing applause. Solally, Mr.. Irving has been
received most Aldly here. Yesterday a
breakfast was gihn to him by the Glover
Club, at Hotel Baevue. The usual table is
in shape like bur leaf clover, but as it
would not seat gty-fve guests the form
was changed toEhat of a horseshoe. OF
: course the mentwas superb, the decora-
tions beautiful, te wine and toasts good.
But, the bas-relid feature of the occasion
7 Edwin Forrest kned and carried to Mr..
, Irving by Hon. Thomas Donaldson. Mr..
l Irving was muctouched by such prefer.
} ment and his paing remark was, "I thank
. God that cameo America, and I thank
God that have1een able to meet these
friends"
: sAGMENTS.
= The produce nrket is very dull.
I Pavement waing is illegal from this
. time until ApriH-fne, $5.
], A raid is bag made ON Philadelphia
= = theatrical manfprs for the annual State
+ license of $500
- A wish bone Btead of horseshoe, thai
= remnant of bar,rism, is the proper thing
q q to be married der now.
= It is suggesteshat the Democratic bat
% tie cry for 1S84s " For Randall and tht
n Conservative pay: down with free trade
= One Of Irvi.'s company, passing OF
y, | e4roe parpo rto1 fhof bo r,o