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The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-12-27
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81 ONE Of the best improved plantations
on Red river. twenty miles below Alexan.
dria. containing one thousand acres cleared
land under fence, with good Steam Gin,
Sugar house and Grist Miil; With out
houses for two hundred negroes; mules aud
plantation implements viii be rented With
TIE place II wished; for terms etcas apply to
|H. s. Losee, Attorney Ice House Hotel,
Alexandra, La. GE0.ISsavtIsSON,
December 18th, 81. Agent.
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[ q Il i.
Have re,opened in this city an cfice fur
the Purchase, Sale. or renting of Houses
and Lots, Plantations, lnimproyea lands.
&c. Orders for the Survey and subdivision
LOT Plantations and Maps thereof, attended
| TO promptly and in . satisfactory manner
An experience Of twenty-five years in tile
Land Departments Of the State Of tie senior
partner Of the firm qualities him to furnish
the most reliable information ia this branch
1 Of our business. ',.' So i8'';" Eefaf
The services Of an experienced and irfa.
entail Attorney in Washington City have
been secured to attend to tie settlement az
|all Gains IN the Departments there, that
may be entrusted to tue Grln. 'i 81
December 6. 3n. Y
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REAL ESTATE AGENT.

REAL ESTATE AGENT, d
For the sale Of plantations. Town
lots, Prairie. and swanp lands,
also, for the rent Of plantations.
E Persons wishing 10 sell or tent
through my Agency will furnish nie
with Plans Of their property; giving
full description Of improvements, and
stating their lowest price. ,ssq,,
November l, 3pss
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Martha &. Texada,

Martha 9. Te4ada, State of Lou
vs. isiana, y.
Robert Crnickshank, { Parish OF
Her Husband. RSapides.
By virtue Of an execution issued
ont Of the ninth judicial district court
and directed to the Sheriff Of The
Parish Of Rapides. entitled Martha
3. Texada against her husband Rob-
|ert Cruickshank. Will be sold on
the premises tothe highest bidder on
Saturday the 9th day of January,
1866, the following described proper
Ity. to,wit Five hundred and fifty
acres of land situated on the south
iside Of Red River about eight miles
iaboye the townof Alexandria, bound.
led above by lands Of S. Mead,
below by 'lands Of Y. r Cotton and
in the rear by lands Of the estate Of
lMcNntt, together with all the i'm.
tprovemcnts thereon or in any wise
|appertaining also, II head horned
cattle, 90 head Of hogs, S head oi
horses and mules, 2 wagons, 40 bales
|of cotton, household and kitchen fur.
lnitnre. i,,. 43.3
! Seized in the above entitled suit to
satisfy and pay the sum Of twenty.
lone thousand six hundred dollars with
Interest thereon and all costs.
| TERMS or SALE.
Cash with the benefit Of appraise-
G. v. LEDoUX,
by. Sheriff.
nov. 8 ids. PRS. fee $27. Sd !
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Notice to Creditors ana Debtors.

s All persons who have claims against the
Estate cf John Began. ST.. decd are here.
by requested to present them TO my Attor.
ney, IL. S. Losee, at Alexandra, and those
who are indebted to said Estate. viii please
call and settle their Indebtedness at once With
the undersigned.
& ,,3 J. BOlAN,. Administrator.
Alex. La, Dec. 49, l865y-3ts.
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SUCCESSION SALE

DUUUlNplUN pAlII,
James Simpsons | No. los District
Succession. Court Rapides Parish
PURSUANT to Decree rendered in the
above cansc. and an order from the District
Court Of this Parish, I shall sell at Public
Auction on the premises on Saturday, the
9th day of January next, the following
property Of the Succession of James Simp-
son,!deceascd viz:
a tract Of land lying on both sides of
Bayou Lataincr In this Parish, bounded
above by lands formerly belonging to
NJ. NJ. Raorer, and below by lands Of J. B..
Reeves, containing by estimation 500 acres.
Al Head stock cattle, I
mule, 81 ~ .,4..x,y, .
] four.mule wagon, - ttt
l saddle, .s1s ha
piows, v
IS head stock hogs.
TERMs.- CASH, in q. s. Treasury notes.
- '9s' JOHN r. WILLIAMS. Sheriff. !.
Sheriffs Office, Nov. 25th,tl865, ids. 8 &
Nov. 29tb. ct, Printers fees SIS IS.
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M CDTICEl
TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS,

A LII persons Indebted to the Estate Of
II. Greens Sosld, deceased, are requested to
settle atsonce with the Undersigned. and
those who. have claims against said Estate
will present them to me for classification.
MYER R0SENTHAL,
December 18th, 81. Administrator.
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NOTIFIES

N OTICE.
y / HEREBY constitute and appoin.
H. s. Losee my Agent and Attorney
in fact, to transact any business in
the Parish Of Rapides in which may
be interested. n. WEIGH.
Sep! IS, II.
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l. B. BQDLEY ( CO.

|. B. BJDLEY 4 CO..
No. 8 Perdido Street, adjoining
the Masonic Hall,
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
JAMES f. UTz, Agent Alexandria, La.
PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
/. S TEAM EN- NGINES.
Circular Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Cot.
ton Screws, Cotton Presses, Hand
and Power. Circular Saw Mills,
Auley and Cross-cut Saws.
ALL KINDS Or
Plantation Machinery and Agricuhu.
raj implements,
Wood Working Machinery and Floor,
ing Machines, Shafting, Belt
ing and Pulleys. 4.
steam and Water Pipes and Fittings,
Saw Gummcrs and Files,
Pumps, etc, etc.
Having connection with Foundries
and Machine Shops, in the North
west, We are prepared to contract for
any class Of Machinery, FOR 81 Leedy
delivery, upon the most favorable
terms. From long experience in the
Machinery business Of New Orleans
and the Southwest, we know what is
needed, and win always be prepared
to supply it.
Having facilities through c6nnec.
ton, with the house Of J. P. MANGO
q Co, Cotton Factnrs, No. l28
Gravier street, New Orleans, for dis.
posing Of Cotton or other produce, on
the best terms tue market affords,
parties can ship produce to that
house, when ordering anything IN our
line, and their orders will receive as
prompt attention as if they sent US
cash direct. m
A full supply Of CANE CARrs, PLAN
TArIoN WAGONS and TIMBER Wheels,
from the factory of Joshua Bodley,
Wheeling, Virginia. constantly on
hand.
THOS. B. BODLEY & co.
& No. 9 Perdido Street,
New Orleans, La.
Oct. 25, 1865.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06

GERMAN EcoNoaIY.-A late tourist in
Germany describes the economy prac-
ticed by the peasants as follows; Each
German has his house, his orchard,
his roadside trees SO laden with fruit,
that did he not carefully prop them
up, tie them together, and in many
places hold the boughs together with
wooden clamps, they would be torn
asunder by their own weight. He has
his own corn plot, his plot for mangel
wurzel or hay, for potatoes. for hemp,
&c. He is his own master, and there
fore he and his family have the strong
est motives for exertion In Germany,
nothing is lost. The produce of the
trees and cows is carried to market.
Much fruit is dried for winter use.
You see wooden trays of plums, cher
ries, and sliced apples lying in the sun
to dry. You see strings of them hang
ing from the windows in the sun. The
COWS are kept up the greater part OF
the year, and every green thing is col
lected for them. Every little nook
where the grass grows, by the road
side, river and brook, is carefully cut by
the sickle, and carried home ON the
heads of the women and children in
baskets on tied in large cloths Moth,
ing OF the kind is lost that can posi-.
bly, be made of any use. Weeds, net
ties, nay, the very goose grass thai
covers waste places, are cut up anc
taken for the COWS. You see little
children standing in the streets Of thu
villages, and in the streams which
generally run down them, busy wash
ing these weeds before they are giver
to the cattle. They carefully collec
the leaves of the grass, carefully Gu
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-01-06
Difficulties Of Editors.

Editing paper now is a very pleas
ant business. If it contains too much
political matter people won't have it.
If it contains too little they won't
have it.
If the type is little they can't read it.
If we publish telegram reports, folks
say they are nothing but lies.
If we omit them they say we have
no enterprise, or suppress them for
political effect.
If we have in few jokes, folks say
we are nothing but rattle-head.
If we omit jokes they say we are an
old fossil.
If we publish original matter they
censure us for not giving selections.
If we publish selections, folks say
we are lazy for not writing more, and
giving them what they have not read
in some other paper.
If we give man complimentary
notice we are censured for being par
tial.
If we do not, all hands agree we are
a greedy animal,
If we speak well Of any act OF the
President, folks say we dare not dc
otherwise.
If we remain in the office and at
tend to business, folks say we are t.
proud to mingle with our fellows.
If we go out they say we never at
tend to business.
If we don't pay all bills promptly
folks say we are not to be trusted,
If we do pay promptly, they say w
steal the money.
If we wear poor clothes they sa.
our business is poor. i
If we wear good ones they say W
are spendthrift.
4 Now what is poor fellow to do ?
!, Exchange.
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CuRlSa HAMs.-After trying various
ways of curing hams, we prefer the fol-
lowing as cheapest and best:
AS soon as the animal heat is gone,
rub the hams thoroughly with bot
salt, pack them edgeways on q, large
table in the cellar, let them stand three
or four days and repeat the process,
and let them stand as much longer.
Then smoke and hang them in a cool
place. If not used up before warm
weather. cut the ham in slices the
same as for frying. and fry until nearly
done. Pack in stone jar and turn the
fat fried out over the slices, having as
much MS two inches thick over the top
Of the meat. Cover the jar air tight
and set in the cellar. lmal qsBroJ
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African Proverbs.

He who disappoints another is not
worthy to be trusted.
4 pig which has wallowed in the
mire seeks clean person to rub
against.
When you are warned, warn your
self.
Peace is the father of friendship.
He who strives to shake the trunk
of a tree only shakes himself
1t is easy to cut a dead elephant to
pieces, but none dare attack live
one.
A matter dealt with gently, pros
pers; but matter dealt with violently,
brings yexation to the author
The time may be very long, but a
lie will be discovered at last.
The dust of buffalo is lost in the
dust of an elephant.
He who claps handsfor fool to dance
is no better than the fool himself.
AL men are related to one another
He who cannot take up an ant, YET
tries to take up an elephant, will find
out his folly
An ungrateful guest is like the low
er jaw, which when the body dies il
the morning, falls away from the up
per by nighttime.
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to do he generally did it in n straight
forward way; so, after lingering lit
tie while after the stars began to come
out, the two walked into the Deacon's
kitchen. The old man looked q little
Supplied at first. "Well after all, mebbe
it's all for the best" said he in re-
ply to Johns honest words, Eyes,
yes, you may take her--your old moth
CT needs daughter. I'd kinder got
my mind set ON her marrying the
minister, but you know how twas, and
come to think ont there want much
70 his sermons the idee was scarce,
and as to the New Jerusalem, the less
folks pretend to map it out and divide
it up into city lots the better off they
be. You know what st. Paul says
and he'd pretty good chance to
know--that he see things that want
lawful for mar to utter. After all, |
thought there was Providence in the
chmaey's smolia' so unaccowitatty that
Sunday sort Of opened peopie's
eyes a novel use Of smoked
John gave little laugh, and draw
ing his chair close to Becky's began to
whisper to her--I believe whispering
is allowable between lovers He was
giving her a little mixing of the phi
losophy OF chimney fues. eff you
put big fat stone ever the top of a
mcetin' house chimney--not quite
over though--what do you reckon'll
be the effect on't?" Upon which
Becky opened wide her black eyes, and
made The Kitchen fairly ring with
laughter After this the Deacon some
what lost his interest in Theological
Seminaries. He said there didn t
seem TO be SO much improvement in
preachin' as he expected the Gospel
was the Gospel when you're done.
In conclusion l win add the Rev. j.
Leander Hill returned from his visit to
the hills Of Allegheny, q wiser and !
trust a better man.--Pordand Tran
script
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No. 43.
their potato tops for them, and even,
if other things fail, gather green leaves
from the woodlands Christian Re-
cortlcr. v .l- a.oI lfaf t.T.

ID. b.
HOME CONVERSATION TO subordinate
home training to school training, or
intermit the former in favor of the lat
ter, is most palpable and ruinous
mistake. 1t ia bad even in an intel
lectual point of view. To say nothing
of other disadvantages, it depriyes
girls of the best opportunities they
can ever have of learning that most
feminine, most beautiful of all accom-.
plishments--the noble art of CONVEX
sation. For conversation is an art as
well as gift. 1t is learned best By
familiar intercourse between young
and old, in the leisure and unrescrvc
of the evening social circle. But
when young girls are banished from
this circle by the pressure Of school
tasks, talking with their school-mates
till they come out into society, and
then monopolized entirely by young
persons of their own age, they easily
learn to mistake chatter for conyersa-
ton, and small talk" becomes. for
life, their only medium of exchange.
Hence, with all the intellectual train
ing of the day, there never was a
greater dearth of intellectual CONVEX
sation
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A PREPARATION FOR PRESERVING LKATH-
ER-We translate from the Gerber
Courier receipt for preparation
which is saidsto insure great durability
to leather and to make it very pliable
and soft. It consists of four articles,
tallow, soap rosin and water These
ingredients are prepared as follows
Twenty-one parts of tallow are melted
in vessel, three parts Of rosin added,
and the two, when melted, mixed well
together In another vessel seven
parts of good washing soap are dis
solved in seventy parts of pure rain
water. After it is dissolved and the
mass heated to the boiling point, we
add the part prepared before. let it
boil once more gently, and. the pre-
paration is ready for use. 1t is espec-
tally adapted to boots, harness leather
and belting-.Shoe and Leather Re-
porter. '~
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For The Transcript.
ruE VILLAGE GRAVEY ARD.
BY ELLIE BROWNE.

\sDcath spares them not.
a,or haired or rosy checked, or young or ole
The Reaper spares them not.
Tread softly;whcre the dead reposc
Is holy ground;
Calmly they seets-ree frilm life's Woes,
The sleep no earthly waking knows,
And rost is found.
Peaceful repose no care nor strife
Can enter here.
The woes with which our days are rife,
The sorrows Of this mortal life,
They never fear.
The Young, the old, the strong, the brave,
All here are found,
And moumfuDy the yew trees wave
Above each lonely, quiet grave
And lowly mound.
Tread softly; the sod gently swelling
From carth's green breast
Is another voice unto me telling
That soon within this quiet dwelling,
We too shall rest.
December, 1864.
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Cans FOR BABIEs.-Some miserable
bachelor, or other, whose ear has new.
er been attuned to appreciate house
hold music, petitions railway corpora
tons for separate car for babies, in
this wise :-"If it is too much to ask
for separate car at first, let the ex-
pertinent be tried on small scale.
Make one end of passenger car q
nursery. Lea it be separated by cry
tight compartment Let it be sup
piled with an open stove, with porrin-
gers and skillets. Let there be
locker for pap-making ingredients,
and let it contain all the other infan-
tile paraphernalia which the fruitful
wives that hang their clusters about
the directors houses will suggest to
them with more force and propriety
than my limits or knowledge well per-
nit" I
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An Incident or Married Life.

n VIII young leuOW HltIIleu ~ io'c-
ly girl, and having been addicted to
habits of dissipation, even the sincere
attachment which he entertained tow
ards his wife could not entirely dis
entangle him from his snares. His
occasional irregular hours would have
given any but one of SO pure and
sweet n disposition every reason to
expect she did not hold that place in
his affections which was her right; but
this reflection scarcely ever intruded
upon her spirits.
1t happened once that he was called
out of town and in his haste left be-
hind him q letter, in which, to please
an unprincipled friend, he had spoken
of his wife in terms of carelessness, if
not of derision, and dilated freely
upon his general cousk of life In
agine the anxiety and suspense of the
startled prohigate, when he found
himself borne by rapid steamboat
upon journey which must of neces-
sity be of several days duration, yet
remembered distinctly that the fatal
letter was exposed unsealed upon his
wife S table. lie recollec.ed, too, with
pang that he had wantonly, in an
swer to her inquiries, boosted that it
contained profound secret which he
would not have revealed for the world.
He paced the deck in an agony of
grief and shame. He pictured her
opening the letter, turning pale with
horror and indignation-perhaps faint
ing with Notwithstanding the ser
vants-fying to her father and re-
nouncing him forever.
As socn as possible he returned, but
with sinking heart he entered his
dwelling, bracins himself to meet the
fury OF an enraged and wretched wo-
man. He opened the door softly.
She was bonding over the table busily
writing. A placid smile sealed her
mouth with perfect beauty, and spread
over her glowing features the mild ex-
preston OF JOY and peace; and even as
she wrote, the fragment of sweet
ballad fell from her lips, in low music
that only flows from heart entirely
at rest The husband stole noiseless-
ly around, and read rs her pen traced
her gentle thoughts.
"Your letter is lying by me- The
very, very letter containing the pro
found secret Now l could punish you
for your carelessness; but, my dearest
Charles, how could 1 look you in
the face after your return, after hav-
ing basely violated your trust in my
integrity, and meanly sought to graf
ify a silly curiosity, at the expense of
honesty, dehcacy and confidence. No
The letter is unopened: and lest you
should feel uneasy, l enclose it to you
with the sincerest love of your affec-
tionate WIFE" &C.
"What an angel uttered the con-
science stricken husband.
She started up with cry of pleas.
ure, and as Charles met the light o.
her clear, unshrinking eyes, he was
humbled that he should have suspect.
ed her, and deeply struck with re
lpentance at his own condl,ct. H,
henceforth severed all tics that drew
him abroad; and if the pure being
whose influence had lured him to the
path of right, had perused all his sub
sequent letters, she would have fount
nothing concerning herseli save burst.
of the sincerest admiration and the
warmest love.
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SfS- If few civil words will render
a man happy, he must be a wretch in
deed who will not give them to him.
Let another man Light his candle by
your own, and yours loses none of its
brilliancy by what his gains.
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BY A cockney tourist met a, bare
footed lassie near Glasgow, and asked
her if all the people there go barefoot?
Part of EN- do, and the rest of EN-
mind their own business" was the
quick reply. ana a eo,es IA.
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Becky Peabody and her Lovers.

have tremendous secret on my
Mind and woman-hke | must out with
b. In the southern part of my own
.Sate-New York there is a township
tvhere people do live in primitive sim
'pliclty, where the cattle Craze on their
.plative hills, unterrihed by a passing
:rrain and the birds fly fearless of
telegraph wires. 1t rests one after all
h think of such a place. The Gale
ghany bills are proyerbial for being
Ssold and barren, the summers brief,
.the winters long. About twenty miles
From Erie railroadmay be seen, on one
sof the peaks Of those jagged hills, a
tplain farm house This is the home
Iof Deacon Seth Peabody. He is now
seated in his capacious kitchen by the
Sbig freplace-for wood is no object on
4those hills, all of which are to be
cleared -meditating on last Sundays
fSem0n This Deacon Seth is a good
oman His religion is like Merrimac
8calco, warranted to wash and wear.
Every line of his face is full of honesty,
and MS manners are truly patriarchal.
\ The Deacon fills one corner Of the
Efreplaee, where he sits with folded
hands, gazing into the glowing en-
berS His wife, a brisk little woman,
Ispeparing the breakfast. At length
Tie door opens, and in come five stout.
o'erSrown boys, lusty and full of life.
DuI boys any way are great, rollicking
fellows, scarcely worth mentioning
IT'S the Deacon's daughter, 1 have in
my minds eye Becky Peabody, now
Just rlpening into womanhood. | al
most lear to'enumerate Becky's attrac
uohS' lest l may seem to be satirizing
4 every other young lady in the land
4 Inc Truth is, the air of those Allegheny
I mis- IS pure and inyigorating and as
inherent from the atmosphere Of oul
"'6e eltles as that chalky composition
brought around in tin cans is from the
4 llpu creamy milk of some favorite old
"ooiy or Bnndle, There are a great
many things worse than second hanc
No'llhg as exhibited in some jews
adjustment, any thing but SECOND
Z @erl
OUT | am wandering. Becky wa
'uor' and plump, had set of teeth
''A' dentistry would soon be a los
~ Il everybody had such-as hard a
o'As and large ones too, as if mad
actual service mirthful, blacl
w a clear, healthy complexion
-' 'leeks Of a dark rich red Beck
gFl that never had been 'ner
'I' IN her'hfe, was always sleepy a
'''lae, and wide awake at the hon
se'ung up ; she never had tn
H..
'"'Ache nor confessed that she wa
'DoA She could ride an unbroke
~ rs well as her brothers; she love
""". snakes, or go blackberryin
sue hills and was always ready fo
"Onc OF any kind In dispositio,
~, was ! am sorry to say, like Ii,
l y a little yilful, but was genera
Fgood and obedient.
Now Becky had lover, and her
' wear Reader, l beg you to observe III,
s'ory actually begins. Next noiql
Sam y Deacon Seth lived the Wido
n "u and her son John. The
POSSESSIONS consisted of a few acres
va. Ian lana and a humble dwelling.
E',, WIN difficulty that the widow be
ree";. want nom her door, and she hs
viewed many kindness from b
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nH-A fellow, who has some emusic
in his SOUL" says that the most cheer
full and soothing of all freside malo-
dies are the blended tones of cricket,
a tea-kettle, a loving wife, and the
growing of baby. isfni 40
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sf,,- The last best frp;t ,vh;,.,, come

skD- The last, best fruit which comos
to late perfection even in the kindliest
soil, is tenderness toward the bard,
forbearance toward the unforbeasing,
warmth Of heart toward the cold, and
philanthrophy toward the misanthro~
pic.-Jeaa PaM. i'9fSstt go ia
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s<1- He who lives with good wife
becomes better thereby, as those who
lay down among vioIets arise with the
perfume upon their garments. 1Hq
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