The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-07-29

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bursts of decided appreciation, attest
more in their favor than any eulogy
from our pen.
The speaking over, then followed the
good and pleasant part of this fine de-
monstration. The five large tables were
piled with Beef, Mutton, Pork and
Breads, and soon did the vast crowd
show their appreciation of good Demo
cratic fare. In forty minutes time the
keen appetite of the crowd was satiated
and then there remained of the frt
thousand pounds of meats barbccued
besides five hunnred loaves of bread
nothing but bare bones and crumbs
The crowd soon retired in good order
and in fine plight, not the least I'M
pleasant incident having occurred te
mar the general enjoyment and hilarity
of the gala day.
The winding up of this grand de-
monstration was tho Ball at the Ice
House Ball Room, given to the colored
Democracy, which certainly laid in the
shade anything in the Colored Bal
line, ever attempted before in Rapides
The large room was tastefnlly arranged
and decorated with evergr els and
flowers, while the large, eontented and
well dressed cOlored folks OfbOth sexes
truly lent enchantment to the scene
the closing scene of day, that the
Democracy may well be proud of, one
that will be long remembered.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The MODERN AND ANCIENT ULyssEs-
AND HOW HISTORY DoN'r REPEAT ITSELF
soMET1MEs.--The Belfast. (Me.) Journal
has the following good thing on "the pref
ty boy Ulysses"
Away in the Greek times there arose q
little uppieasantness with the Trojans, on
account of good looking girl called Helen.
Ulysses tried hard with the rest to get into
the city of Troy, but failed until be came a
horsejocky trick over the Trojans, and got
inside the belly of wooden horse (not d
saw horse. So it will be seen that the
Ulysses of to-day comes fairly by his pro-
pensity to "talk horse" After this little
affair, Ulysses, in his wandering, fell into
the power of the grand Cyclops-but invit-
ing him to take something" the Radical
nominees namesake drank him drunk in
seven minutes by Waltham watch, put
out his one eye, and vamosed the ranch.
1t was thought to be good joke, but Cyc-
lops couldn't see it.
When Ulysses again went to sea he was
furnished with a very large bag of wind
for his personal use. How exact the par
allel This bag of wind, designed to pro-
time, and blew Ulysses just where he didn't
want to go. damaged his craft good deal
and forced him to bear up for repairs, with
no insurance on cargo, and no claim for
salvage, general or particular. Ulysses
next landed where part of his followers
became swine. with permission to "root
hog or de-" And for some time Ulysses
himself followed the occupation Of swine
herd, becoming about as badly off as the
prodigal son, with no fatted calf ahead.
He was SO constantly with his swine that
he came to understand their language, and
used it himself, until he became known
as Ulysses Grunt. Here the coincidence
is very remarkable! At last, in little mis-
understanding with his son concerning the
market price Of spare-ribs, the progency in
serted a few inches of Steel between his
parents own ribs, and that finished the
namesake of the Radical nominee. This
is supposed to forecast the fate at the pre-
sent Ulysses Grant. II he don't 20 the
whole hog, Ben. Butler will have him i'm
neached