The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-08-12
Burnside Notes and Leaks.
By Henry C, Braud.


Mrs. C. S. Mcfarland was the over
night guest of the Saxons last Week.
Both the steamers Virgie and Ruth
passed their annual United state
government inspection satisfactory
recently. :,
One of the oldest, most venerable
and plain cold timers in Donaldson
Vile is 80 years old, Mrs. FeilX
Gauthreau was born in this parish
August 3, 1910. A sufferer for
thirty years, she is still in physical
and mental vigor. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Saxon gave my little
guests, Mary D., Alice Elise and II.
c., delightful trip to Baton Rouge
last week in their new Hudson SIX,
the latest automobile to make Its de-
but at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. K johnson have
! returned and are occupying the top
floor of the depot building as a resi-
| dence.
A letter received from Dr.. Miles,
| dated Orillia, Ontario, Canada, Au-
| gust 2, reads: owe have had cool
summer and | have had some very
good fishing. caught one bass weigh
ing almost four pounds, and h" GER
tainly put up big fight on my 8
ounce rod. The golden rod is bloom
ing and many autumn berries getting
red and see . few ducks flying, all
Of which looks like fall and makes na
glad, for | am always thinkin" OF
| coming back home when | am away
There is no place like the Houmas to
me, filled with hundreds of such hap
py days and memories. | ENJOY
reading your weekly letter to The
! Chief
The building of a new levee at
Riverton made it necessary to s;a;'-
! troy all the trees fronting the re l.
dence, only one solitary live oak re-
| mains near the public road. The old
Ievee which was replaced by the new
| was built 43 years ago. At that
| time one-half of the beautiful oak
grove was destroyed. Today all
gone. Sad memories
[ have been favored with a copy
Of an address issued to the voters OF
Shreveport by Hon. l.. E. Thomas,
in his race for mayor of the second
city of the state. Mr.. Thomas appeals
to ''forward looking men and women
of Shreveport for support Again
he says: "As your mayor it would be
my purpose to attend all great con-
ventions and congresses and see
that the natural advantages of
Shreveport are duly presented by ad-
vertisement, speech and otherwise.
From private information given me,
he will be elected. If so, then | pre-
dict that at meeting of all the
mayors of the country, held any
where he will be as the late Newton
C. Blanchard was in the Southern
States Convention of governors held
in Chattanooga, Tenn. in November
1905, to discuss yellow fever and
quarantine, the equal if not the peer
of them all. A
Dr.. Arminio Fra ga in company
with DR.. Ralph Hopkins, visited the
Leper Home this week DR.. Fraga
was sent to the United States year
ago by the Brazilian government to
make study of the principal hospi-
tails of this country, and especially
to secure data on leprosy. The doc
tor reports that there are 5000 lepers
in Brazil. The latest statistics gives
the total in the United States as
1900, with 500 sojourning in Louisi-
ana. Of the, latter number ITO are
at the Leper home.
Some eighteen years ago, a plan
tation negro labor, born on the
Clark plantation about thirty years
before, became patriotic and quit
"the plow and two mule and joined
the army. Jackson Whiteside is now
on furlough, coming from New
| Mexico, near the Mexican border,
where his company is stationed. Jack
is visiting two aged uncles and other
relatives. He called to paw his re-
spects to me. | found him as polite
and courteous as any true soldier can
be after serving his country faithful
ly for eighteen years.
Mrs. P A. Poche and her step
daughter, Miss Ivy Poche, left Wed
nesday for New Orleans, at which
place they took steamer for their
home in Havana, Cuba. The visi-
tors spent four weeks here as the
guests of Mrs Poche's mother, Mrs.
Ozeme Landry.
| 666 cures Bilious Fever.