The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

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come for the severing of party ties ane
the sundering of old time friendships, tt
an extent never before experienced in oul
history. Some of the men who stood BY
the cradle of the Republican party are
now the most ardent friends of the
| Democratic candidate; and lifelong
Democrats whose featly to the party was
never suspected, are following the forlorn
fortunes of Butler Or are openly working
for Blaine. A prognostic as. to results
will be much safer on the fifth of Novem
| Der than on the third. 1t is the desire OF
every one that the whole affair was over
Whichever party wins, the election will
| have left demoralizing effect behind from
which it will take us months to recover
| one of the worst features of the campaign
being the manner in which the most dis
reputable elements come to the surface and
| assume an importance which is destructive
| of order and of law. Known criminals are
publicly courted by the opposing can
didates, and magistrates tremble in the
fore them. The Judge ON the bench and
the rascal whom he sentences are altogeth-
er too closely related. don't know whether
it would be any better to elect the Judges
for life or during good behavior; one
thing is very certain, and that is that moth
ing can be much worse than the present
state of affairs
This is indeed city of sharp contrasts.
This week Baron and Baroness have
been discovered, the Baron working as a
common laborer for dollar day and the
Baroness adding to the family wealth by
picking rags. These two we're none of
your bogus frauds either, but real simon
pure, genuine old stock. The lady born
in a castle and in her girlhood waited on
by an army of servants. The Baron too
had his castle and retainers, but he offended
the Emperor by his marriage and he was
banished from Court. Burning with re-
venge at his disgrace he joined party of
revolutionists, and on the defeat of his
party was forced to fly the country. He
reached the United States having little at
ter paying his passage but his wife jewels.
They parted with these precious souvenirs
one by one, till at last all were gone. Neither
of them had been brought up to labor and
they could not seem to learn the language
of our country, and their means being
exhausted they sunk into the direst poverty.
HIM nd n he
man into the streets and after time he
got work as common laborer. His wife
looked with envy on the chiffoniers as they
gathered the rags in the streets. at last
she took her sack and hook and every
morning wl,ea slEs shop girls and the
mechanics are fastening to their work, the
Baroness may be seen staggering along un-
der her load of rags and paper, most of
which have been gathered while others were
asleep.
Strange as this may seem it is only about
two years ago that a party of four gentle
man entered one of the lowest of the Bow
cry dives. It was near the hour of mid
night and the proprietor was preparing to
close. Among the painted and bedizened
females who thronged the place was one
whose brazen behavior challenged the sharp
est criticism. The gentleman gazed at her
intently and at last draw her into conversa-
ton in her native tongue-German, and it
was soon established that this wretched
painted creature was the heiress to a vast
fortune and title besides. So infatuated
was she with her vile life that it required
all their powers OF persuasion to induce
her to abandon it; at last she yielded, and
in couple of weeks after sailed for Ger
many to enter into her title and vast
possessions. Stranger than all this is the
inpositions successfully practised year
after year by clever swindlers, aud the
dear public seem never to tire of being
gulied. Only a few years ago magnificent
Turk appeared among US; just imagine a
most fascinting and engaging and deluding
Turk. He was here to purchase for the
Turkish government 500, 900 stand of arms,
200 cannon and five millions of rounds of
fixed ammunition. He was catch in mer-
camille sense, and various large manufac-
turers sought his acquaintance, loaded him
with presents, and very humb'y solicited
his favor. More than one anxious mamma
Bosphorus, and if there we're not more than
five she was willing to let her darling go.
At any rate his magnificent Turkship had
a Jolly good time. He lived on the fat of
the land, he wore the nobbiest of clothes,
for the extent of his Turkish wardrobe was
dandy little fez; the rest of his costume
being in the very height Of the prevailing
fashion clean down to his patent leather
CATERS. This wicked Turk made love to
all the pretty girls he met, and he promised
at least round dozen of them to renounce
Mohammdeism and turn Christian for
their sake.
To make long story short one morning
he turned up missing; his hotel was out
nearly $1,000; he had borrowed right and
left Of everybody who would lend, and
even captured several diamond rings from
the girls he had engaged himself to. Then
| on inquiry they found out what they might
have found out before that the Turk was
NO Turk; but very clever Jew who was
we'll known in Constantinople, where he
mad Deen IMPRISONED 1OF SWlHQItlHS, Anu
| more than once he had suffered from the
| bastinado. Fashionable society which had
| feted him was shocked-but it pocaeted
the insult and imposition and said nothing
about it; and waited for the next. He soon
| came in the person of an English noble
man, a regular tip-top swell. He set up an
establishment here that an English noble
man might envy. His coronet was on
| everything-his carriage. his paper and the
| button of his lackey's coat. His dog-cart
was sight, and it was said that his drag
was the finest ever seen, but it hadn't ar
rived. He captured the town, painted it q
bright vermilion, and succeeded in making
| himself nine days wonder. He too has
| disappeared, and the places that knew hin
once will know him no more forever.
] It has been \ tremendous week fol