The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-06-14
Reverend dean Marie Jeffroy.

| The funeral Of thelate Father Geffroy took
place in st. james parish last Friday at 10 A. M.
| Ii his parior the body lay robed in saeerdotal
yestments. and hundreds called to view the re-
mains, and stayed to whisper u prayer for the
repose of his SOUL The body was carried from
the house to the church by the following priests:
Fathers Bigot. President of jefferson College,
| Ceuppens. Harnais, Rayoire. Durel, s. NJ. of
st. MichaePs, Rapier, s. NJ. ThouFenin, s. M.
of jefferson College. On eatafalaue in front
of the altar the colin containing the re-
mains of the dead priest were placed. The
| spacious church was filled with friends of the
deceased, and if flowers be the language of
| love. how dearly beloved must have been the
departed priest. Before mass mathis and
lauds were claEted by the clergy. Solemn re-
QUEEN mass was sung by Father Juhel, assisted
By Fathers Gnillemin s. NJ. and Jobart as dea-
con and sub-deacon. Father Harnais acted as
master of ceremonies. At the close of the mass,
the panegyrlc was pronounced by Rev. Father
Chasse, who preached at Father Geffroy's first
mass. 1t was d warm and affectionate tribute
to worthy priest, made in the presence of
death and the dead priests friends. He spoke
of the heroic and unseltish life of the good little
priest, who left his home and all that was dear
to him aEd came across the seas to live another
life; who gave himself holocaust to God, and
made sacrifice of everything that Il mans
heart naturally eherishes He said the ten
years of his priestly life were full Of rich and
noble promise. That he does not go empty
handed. for good priest does not die as one of
the simple faithful cloud of witnesses attend
him. for he had in his company all those whom
he had assisted to their last end. He asked all
while mourning his loss, to be mindful of him
in their prayers, that he on whom God had be-
slowed the merit Of priestly virtue, may also
receive the reward. and in Gods own heavenly
home, with the congregation of all the just, he
may sit down to rest forever more. The fol- |
lowing clergy were present. Rev. Father Chase,
chancellor OF the diocese; Bigot, s. NJ, Presi- |
dent of Jefferson College, Harnais of Plaque |
mine, Coupons of Donaldsenvlle, Jobart of
st. Charles Juhel Of Iberville, Dubourg of the |
Vacherie. Ravoire of st. John the Baptist. Du-
rel, s. NJ, of st. Michaels, Rapier and Thou |
venin s. NJ, of Jefferson College. G..
The BABcoeR BALL.-Our young friends of |
the Ascension Babcock Company had fine |
tliuS <tb Iiitli Dtit vi SfSuItfS. dIiu
the entertainment was one that reflects
much credit upon their organization. The
attendance was good; the music furnished !
by Mrs. Gaudet and Mr.. Terrio was first |
class, as usual; the light refreshments, con-
sisting of ice cream, sherbet, cakes, lem
onade and wines, were excellent in quality
and reasonable in price: the Babcocks were
present in full force, looking very attractive
in their bright new uniforms, and paid
every attention to their guests: the various
committees were assiduous in the perfor-
nance of their duties, and all these combined
to make the occasion one of pleasure and
enjoyment 70 al who participated. It was
two hours past midnight whenthe festivities
closed and the guests departed Appreciat-
ing the Individual and collective merit ofthe
Babcocks, the CHIEF is gratifed to record
the success of their first entertainment and
hopes they will achieve still moro gratifying
results in all their future undertaking of
this character.