The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-02-24
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.
A MODEL POLICEMAN-ExIT THE SNAKE
sIEN-THE COMING FAIR--A MODEL
MISTRESS, ETC, ETC.

New ORLEANS, FEBRUARY 1e.
FRIEND DEMOCRAT
Like q man who has been on a "tear
for q month or two and tries to sobe
off, keeping steady for a few days ant
then going off again, the weather witt
us has been trying to get steady an,
decent, but every now and then i
breaks out again "wus ner it wa
afore." Still We begin to have hope
that a dry season is close at hand, whel
the mud will dry up and blow away
saving the Street Commissioners tn,
contemplation of q great deal of work
Isn't it singular what a nice sense .
duty some people havei Now, wa
going along Second street the othel
day and the road is awful, no pave
ment, and the mud something less thar
ten feet deep. A negro man was stand
ing beside a cart loaded with wood
the mule which was to pull it. along
would not bulge, when the driver tool
q thin slat of wood and said 'he'd lex
if he wouldn't" Just then a Dutch.
man, with q light moustache, wearing
the uniform of our Metropolitan Police,
rushed up "Now sthoup dat ]" he cried,
"Can't make the mule try to pull iti'
asked the negro. "Nah ! you sthoup OF
vat I dells you, / dakes you NIT dc
CHART hoose swintw If there is man
murdered on the streets, or waylaid
and robbed, or some child accidently
burnt to death, do you ever hear of a
policeman being on hand3 Not much!
He dakes Won leetle shleeps all de vile,
ven sooch drifles coomes on bat daire
mustn't pc nein grivilty NIT der hani-
miles ven he vos daire! This reminds
me that the showmen with tho T.
LIVE ANIMALS STUFFED WITH STRAW
who have been doing Gland Office
business" on our levees for two or three
years past have at last vamoosed the
'anche. These fellows were the great
sst outrage and most intolerable nuis-
.nces ever allowed in a civilized COM
nunity. Pretending to exhibit ami.
nails, snakes and other curiosities, they
Induced persons to "step inside and see
Inc wonderful ZEBRA" and then coaxed
hem into some confidence game by
which they were robbed of their mon
y. If they refuse to play they were
Knocked down, stripped of money and
and thrown out on the
treets to be picked up. by some valiant
and taken for drunk to the
Soose. 1t is only short time since q
'onng girl was invited into one of these
ems near the Flench Market and out
aged. The robberies and other out
ages committed have been duly an
ounced in our papers without any et-
ort having been made to abate the
uisance. How do you account for
hat9 Was it that they paid large Ii
enses to the city, or was the forbear-]
nee of our city authorities due to the
Id rule of ''honor amongst thieyes.n-
peaking of shows, we must not forget
ne next
AIR OF THE MECHANICS AND AGRIcUL-
TURAL ASSOCIATION,
'hich will be held here in April next.
ur people have only about six weeks
prepare for it, and every one should I
y to do something to help along the
ood work. Through this exhibition
ew and useful inventions will be in
and old and valuable ones,
lade familiar. Look at tie increase
the sale of one article, sipA the first
air, that Of Charter Oak Cooking
toves. Over six hundred thousand
ollars worth have been sold since that
me, and the agents in this city, Rice
rothers & Co., have opened and fit
ID up their new emporium, Nos. 80
I'D 81 Camp street, throwing the two
ores into one, making one of the
lest sales-rOoms in the whole coun-
y. Yet the demand for the Charter
ak Cooking Stoves increases SO rapid (
that Rice Brothers & Co. find they |,
I'VE not too much room, although
ey occupy, besides their two stores
Camp street, with warehouses in I,
g rear, the elegant store No. SOS
agazine street and the warehouses
os. 81 and 80 Julia street. The cele-
ity of the Charter Oak Stoves has in
eased their business in it's other ID
and they have now as COM
etc stock OF foreign and domestic !
ardware as can be found in the coun- II
=. OF course all this requires work,
ergy, management, prudence and :
re, and these qualities the Messrs. !
ces have called into play to aid them !
taking the lead in their Department. !
commerce. They are quiet, unas- f
ming gentlemen, polite and courte- It
S In all their transactions, prompt u
q faithful in executing all their con-
'cts. Success, that prize for which .
cry one aims, and like Caesar. thew lie