Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-12-20


elsewhere Try him. e, sai in .e
aa "Why Didn't T0u Carry
f.. ts> fs Louisiana 60 IT
Extract from a ie,terreceived by the ed
itors, day or two since ts4o "a.
why didn't you carry Louisiana! We
all expected you would up there.
You .'all expected y we would up there.
did you? Well we expect you are con
foundetly disappointed. We expected to
carry Louisiana down here, but we didn't
for the enemy t.;p!ayed on harp NY a
thousand strings" and deluded too many
people into voting the wrong ticket -.
+ You want to ''know how this happen
! ed!" Well tell you in short order
quicker than short horse waseyer curried
!, ! n the Catholic parishes the people voted
against our ticket because they were told
by the high priests. scribes. Pharisees and
,Sad,lucees ofthe enemy, each one OF whom
..played on a harp Nv a thou sand strings"
that we were opposed to Catholics.
!. In the Protestant parishes. the people
voted against our ticket because they were
told by men in authority that we were OPP
| posed to tprotestants because we had nom
mated a Catholic as a candidate for Cow
ernor, and each man in authority, as he
concluded, .'played on a harp NV thoa-
/ sand strings and thereby enticed the pee
/ pie to follow in their footsteps.
! And, then. five sixths of the foreigners
voted against US because they were told
that the d;abo!ical konw.N otilinss inieu-
ded to harlstriilg every mothers sun Of
g., them, after the election, and the orators
!, attire said, in the most earnest manner
;. Imaginable, ''playei on a harp Nv thou
sand strings and the foreigners followed
the music. u '7i' l'i -.+f Hdi}"'t Hff
I And it ra;ned all over the interior on the
day Of election, and 50 about two thousand
of cur felix's, having fear Of we:tinS their
beloved feet before their eyes, and havim.
j each one purchased a ''ha'p ur a kton- sand
strings" concluded to stay II home and
practice music. - ~
I Furthermore, and in addition TO the fore.
going rcasons,. we didn't and coullnt-
! found i, utterly. irnpossible--to get votes
/, enough, for the enemy '''played on harp
Nv a tsou- sand strings" and great multi.
tudes followed and joined with the har.
; pers. ~ a.2s' 3 '''.s '.'.'. $"
Fl p. S.-Ifour correspondent isn't salts
| fed with this luminous explanation, he
4 must put his interrosa'ories in diiiercn
I shape, and we will endeavor to answer
them, at least to the best of our ability
4 We may 1--WE want this kept secretly BY
I continually trying our hand, arrive at til,
true reason ourselves ts Gs'i'f 'so'''
u n. B.-l is positively untrue that tn,
E American party has ordered ten thousan'
p harps-each NV thou sand strings
use during the next Presidential campaign
We desire to nip this atorcious Calurln.
IN the bud.- Crescent.
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q TAXI A PAPER FOR YOUR WIFE,
!, friend, says an exchange, not long sine
y told us aestoryiin relation to one Of our sub
$ scribers, which contains good moral TO
J. husbands, and also fnrnishesan exanpi
4 for wives which is not unworthy of imiia
ton under similar circumstances a5a
I The subscriber referred to, said OIL
! friend, in the presence Of his wife, sal
d that It had bcenhis intention to call at tn
ii Dispatch Office, pay up his arrearages an
I and discontinue the paper. iias
] ly7His wife very promptly asked: a5 8ia
i "Why do you intend to discontinue tn
d paper?' .o''ar ~ = aaii9sa 10
7 ''Because, said the husband, 81 am S
I much away from home on business, an
e have SO little time to read, there seems t
lie be very little use in my taking the paper.
D. ICY es," responded the wife, 'sitmay b
Of little use to you, but il is OF great u.
ito ilne.l i remain at home while you al
= gone, iand / wish to know what is goin
/ ON in the world If you discontinue II
is paper | will go straight to town and sui
!. scribe myseit'faaslI Z
!, As the paper has not beendiscontim''
2 ,ws sdppose,the 'wite's reason was concl
y sive. IL dsi1e1 adj Re reb5oso3 oari'
y tlgs The moral Of this incident must not |
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