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The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-08-14


than phosphate. Peruvian
gnano, Sulpliate Ammonia or
Nitrate of Soda are the best com.
lDercial fertilizers for this purpose |;
100 10 200 lbs. of the first--lOO
to $50 lbs. of the last two, per
acre. If a permanent meadow is
to be made, quite a variety of
grasses should be sown.ao Within
our observation, Orchard vatid
Herds grass are the hardest and
most desirable varieties for the
South-growing we'll on rather
poor land Timothy might be ad.
ded to the list where the land is
good, and clover should likewise
be included, if the soil is stiff
lhe clover will take the lead at
first, but in three or four years
will yield to the grasses. Where
clover and grass are sown togeth.
err for hay, such grasses should be
selected as come into bloom at the
same time as clover. Orchard
and Tall Oat grass suit admirably
in this respect. 1t is always best
to seed heavily-let every spot OF
ground be occupied by the. grass
and clover plants, 80 that weeds
and other foreign growth can find
no room to edge themselves in
The following quantities for one
acre, will give good results: Red
Clover, 8 lbs. Orchard grass, -
lbs; Herds grass, IL lbs Timothy,
9 lbs. If possible select land free
from stumps and rocks, 50 that
moving machines may be used
These machines are of very great
value, not only for cutting the
grass, but for cutting down the
weeds and keeping them under,
before the grass has become fully
established and taken, possession
of the land. , 8. ,,.,. .,t..
... BARLEY AND RYE. larra-t
Good, large patches of these
should be prepared for winter
grazing and spring soiling. The
land intended for them should be
well ploughed this month, and
large amounts of manure thor.
oughly mixed with it. 1t is bet.
ter to have one acre really rich,
than two acres halt manured. A
wei lied plant will resist cold and
make growth, when a halt starved
one will perish or remain dor,
mant. In this case what is need
cd, is rapid growth when it is still
cool, and mannro should take the
place OF heat, as far as it possibly
can.--So. CuJtivator, for Aug.'
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-08-14

The same general directions for
preparing land, time and mode
of seeding clover, apply also to
grass. The manure used, should
however be ammoniacal rather
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21
Interesting Discovery.

An iutei. sting discovery has bee.
made IN tn" South at Franee. A Al.
tingni>hrd "enl"gisf has found in III.
P,y,ennres, only slient distance h..
low the soil, the re,iiaihs Of prei,is,a:i.
cities. The discoveries ATE very n,
ntr,ors. and uill help in pushing III.
t,nm.in al history stsll father hack i'm.
ia the past that il has eve, gore h.
tnIe. ~PItrinns Ia 1859 we. had mo- i,,..
If la.n>Irinr haliiaiinn~.. hut in t1a,
year iln. winter Was particularly c,i,n
and cold in Sw itZril.nd, and she leral
81 the wat ia WAS !nw,,ril in All m.
lakes. Tie inhabitants "f Mriln b.a
pr..fit,d 10y the low witer to rai.e.
latte dixie on he hrrleis nf LIN, Ia.
ric,. Diving down SOME pi.,s. ther
encountered obstacles. and found tI,.,
piles and enormous Thick oak pla,t.
h ii al,.a ally been driven down. Be.
tween The pieces of w"a.l they di,cSt.
cred stone aud hone instruments, clnm.
ny In,ttery, etc sThrSr al. iisiI. lnr.
such - resemblance to those in us.. n,
tie lnim!it.e ,a.p'.. TIN. il was n
nnre concluded tIu; HE Mtil.n lia.
coveris-S Vet, at !rc greatest anf,au,tv.
The ''ir>t m-n" "f that eonns,y wrrs
supposed to- have built tl.ci, l,.,Lita.
iIol,s above the water, and il the liz.
p"t!,esis we've just. tie same ,es,i.ss
of another age wOu!d bc tnnntl at tn
bottom If the principal lasrs. Thrae
rnnjvc'nres were. s,n,n confirmed. TIE
fishers remembered thar on former &c.
casiOns tt,eir-nets had teen caught nm.
on piles driven i'll tl'e lake i~tton,s
ard pottery. had ais" t,ceu fuul.d. tas
had l~cE ascribed to- u bate date. AZ
last every ote weGt Ia hnhtin. IN the
lakes, aud INT at the depths of The
Eirlv:tiah lakes tliey drew TAP Ia tie
light al mud.rn day II rivilizatiab here.
t1sare unknown IL Switzerland ,nats
than two hundred '.statians," ma The
discoveries called them. or relies II
p, imIfive villages, w.,c fonhd. Bat
they did not ali belong to tie sains
epoch SOME were classified rs In, ihf
,cen built in the st"uc age. cth-ts N.
| the hrs,nze age, and still others in the
i:"m age. Tlw discoveries III t'. py.
rrnnrcs disclose halitati,.s "f the
same general cl,a'ac,er as t,,ns- under
the Swiss lakes. In all the westrrs
ParI If tie PytrneCan Chain these lze-
itatiops .sra' VERY nun,s.rans- ai,as oela'eg
to the stone age. The archaeological
society Of that district ia making Il.
forts, ut great expense, To develop
these discoveries igtn IL species ri his.
tory "f the people III" inhabited -
houses = Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

ST.. JAMES GRAMMAR SCHooL.-We
are requested by Mr.. A. \. Ogden, Jr.,
Head Master pi this school, to state
that he has secured the. valuable SER
vices, as assistant aud Project, Of Mr..
Wm. L. B.iugliurst, A. NJ, gentle
n,au wi.,se educatuu aud experience
fully quality him for the positinu.-
With suci, assistance, and the ample
accommodations HfhiS home and school
l,oast, the Head Masttris prepared to
receive anl provide for as man. boys
from the town and country as may b.
sent to him. In this connrctinn we
will also report the very crt.itahlr
manner in which he candidates for the
Medal of Elorution, awarded by the
school. acquitted themselves on last
Friday. The large audience who at
tended the exhibition can testify to the
satisfactory character of the contest
The medal was awarded tn Master
Benoist RACIAL, oi this town.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

IN nnthing is the decay of polite
NESS more remarkable than IN the
relations lHtwe n the sexes. Men
aud wrMem are antagO,,istic az we'll
as familiar. We will start no vcxe,l
questions to account for this anta"-
Onis,n, hut suggest that it must II,
in some sort the result Oi ST am and
smoke. 81, ce it began with the rai.-
ways. In Oi,lpn tinh.s--.iOt SD very
al rithrr-whcn tie st Il GO coaches
were our best and rcallicst means
vt traveing, women commanded
the lIe AMI at'ent o. II thu gair
liant. In ease Of raii., gentlemen
ralinquisl,td their comiortal',e in
side places and mounted to the rOni
in tavOr OF the ladies' Coats, c:Oaks
an,l umbrellas, every available con-
venienc. was al their service. They
were wait. Il upon nj inns, handed
IN and ont Of the. coach, assisted
with their luggage-takan care OF,
| in short. Now, the sight of a wn-
nan III railway carriage sends
the knight further. He rushes
from compartments nMtiI the obnOx
inns flowers or feathers that alaim ~.
Il hin, are absent, and he gain.
that Injurious .livan appropriate ia
the stronger sex, aud called 81 smOk
ing carriage. 1t the warming wins
tie precilitate him into the comm,,
ny OF the fair sex he. leaves it Il.
qnickl. as he can, and Il IL not t:,f
ry to offer a hand or i.rotect a hand
box. 1t is just possible that those
ladies who have taken to cigarettes
may fimd s0Ore favor with the war,
masculine traveller. The urbani
ties OF domestic life aM,l the civil
tiles Of society are equally lost i,
smoke. Men herd togethe, in clubs
where the pipe, emblem Of low liz,
lin the last generation. is the cala
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

met Of peace of this Women who
dislike the oil n Of To-
hacco need not expect W be liked
by the men. They are sinrly bore.
Thus, # men prefer clubs too! aw.
ng-r"oms AMI pipes 70 ';i,,ies, wo.
men. asserting their rights in tn,,
form xepcrate soti'is =. They hava
,h-ircluhs, reading rooms, meetiu,,
ant! Interests apart. They become
what il called ">fr"ns- n,ii,lr,l !,
aud the either sex vl'n "ur:,kc chin,
neys OF their. nosrS," as james =.
not imaptl> said, pn on rldlcu:s
instead II putting out poIitrn.ss-
I Temple Bar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

MARRIAGE OF BROTHER AND
SISTER To EACH OTHER. Some time
ago one of the as.> lums opened for
the reception and detention of ,ruants
and delinQnents, in New York City,
sent a batch of children, of both sexes,
ont West. A girl IT. sixteen aud a
lad of about the same age had been
inmates Of different asylum> for sew
eraI years, and they we're among the
Transports. They were brother and
sister, bnt were early left orphans
On arriving in tie West they adopted
the names of their respective en-
ployers, and'in ,ll.-. course Of time they
met accidentally in the city Of St.
Louis, aud, after brief engagement,
were married. They have mt present
ii large family but they are ignorant of
the fact that they have committed the
crime of incest.-(N. Y. Mercury.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

PRoPiIEcY.-Ahe enthusiastic ntatos,
thi0nsh thu. Memphis Avalanche, Pr.
dicts the foil wig astonishing ,aii,aaf
performances im,!:c near future:
.'T4,r t'a.. is not far distant " Ten the
nc,if"iiv+ tr..iu will start IF from Hin.
and, rushing ni hy the Ara.
hian G'if ,h,rHait Persia and syria,
h;fsi 'i,m".l' ''cs.atcs "s Snz; theru
al"Hg the e";,si nj the Mcdittiraueaa,
leap or rlnHgs u'<!er TIE St,ai,s 1T Gi.
braltat; h'Hrenp Il rnmgl, the Psrap'
rrs into France, III re meeting another
tain that comes iliunilriing down The
sleeps Of Asiatic and Russian Sil~fis
thi"n2h Germany. meets n third v hid
emer.rs trm the SHOW capped pesLs
If Monn, Gems, fresh fnm Italy, apd
another jn>t cn.r2cs ir"m the eaiih
underneath the British Chanhel. frca
Dover ia Calais, and all rushing t.
g-,l9r to Point ~. Nazaie, thel
i0nnsl across the Atlantic, ard landing
1T New York. Nnri"lh, Charleston =
Brunswick, sets ont again "p liz .'atp
mp the A!lrghanny slopes atd d"sn y
this valley, where it meets With .
tain laden with the spices and silksd
japan. China and the Corea IsiandA
landed at Mazatlan ur San Dei:o, an
GENE Numbering ~, this way. ilrouta
i Pitsi,ldru Del Rio GlaU,,e. Ansiiu -
Antnhie, jefferson aud Shreveport 2
the cit. 1T Memphis.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

ity -connting the old annuity "f $sItO
would he about $:sc, !6O, which would
enable it to maintain a faculty of NJ"
less than eight professors, free Of all
cost ~ the cadet for tniti"n.
Whether this institution il I" have
any portion, ar all nf the Agricultural
and Mechanical Cel!sg- fan'ls. will. ~"
,loaht, I've determined by the Ltgisla,
ture ut thu. canning session. The fund
ia 81 small tina, ! think it w"nl'i ne I'M
wise to divide il. Louisiana has al
ready to" many little sickly c"lleges
and Universities, and not single good
one.
Let the Legislature consider tie Wis
dom of such future poll y IA will
t. nd I" combine, VI possible, all the
presemt so-caIIed and mis-. named col
t-ges and universities {Onrs Among the
nuntNr,) into one university; t" IT,
worthy Of Louisiana and Useful t" 'e'
people.
The accompanying circular letter fa)
will aprrise the honorable Beard at
Supervisors ut scheme new on f"'t,
t" serute the passage If aH act Icy Con
grpss that will give to- each State and
Territory "ne million acres If ih'. pub
lie lands for the endowment "fone. and
only n,e college "r university.
Copies Of this circular have been
sprt tu prominent u,en If almost every
class aud profession, all over the Uni
ted States, aud to every Senator in
Congress, aud t" many Representa-
tivrs. l AIN glad t. say that man!
persons are earue ,tly considering the
y,ruject, that NJ, few warmly approve
il. and that hill to- tina; effect WAS in.
tro,iuce,l into tue House, Dt Represen-
tati.es on the ihh inst.
Should This scheme, or an eqWlva-
lieut., t9c"u,e a law, and I believe il,
will, snOner Or later, the higher cduca
tiunal interests If Louisiana will be
we'll cared for. Aud may We not hope.
that the General Government will not
only provide lar each State, cut Of its
puiiic domain, real university well
founded and welt appointed, tut n
g,an.ler enc still, Ia great National
University, one that will t"wer high
aimve the State, University, and event
nally sHri,a-s all the universities Of the
world, as surely as this great nation ia
destined to excel all the nations Of
aise earth.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

- The jewels belonging to the APP
"llu Gallery of the Louvre. were con-
ctalrd dining the Commune in IL small
r"'m, carefully walled mp on The se-
c'Dd story of the building erected by
Fr"ne"is l., over the Sale Henri II.
and the Salon DIES Sept Cleanliness.
The wmk had been 81 skilltnlly exccn-
ted that the insurgents, during tlci,
TWO m"ntls' occupation of tie lalact,
must have passed before it e Thousand
times without snspectlng that the
treasury "t jtwclry, rock crystal. rna-
mels. &c, estimated at $4,000, 900
t,ancs, was 81 near them. The credit
of this success is due to Count Clement
de RS. Conservation. and to the EN-
pl..yces Of the museum, who were sev-
erul times on the point ot being shot
for refusing to disclose the place ol
concealment.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

MODERN ECONOMY OF TiME.-One
man can spin more cotton yarn now
than 400 men could have. dome in the
same time in 1863, when Arkwright,
the hest cation spinner, tn.,k our bis
first patent. One man can make Ms
much flour in IA day now as 1871 men
could century ago. One woman can
make now as mucl, lace in day as 100
women could II hundred ears ago. II
nNw requires only rs many days to re-
tue sugar as it did months thirty years
ago. 1t once required six mouths Ia
put quicksilver Ou glass, now it needs
only forty minutes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

ns- The people of Alexandria and
Pineville were mere than hal.py on
Monday morning, TO welcome and
shake by the band, the old veteran,
Captain John HEM. He has been
on sick fs,rloush for more than a
month, but i, once more III command
of his favori,e. We trust the good
old man may long be denied another
such ,bsc, n,,c, and may long live to
command he respect aud good Wiz
OF our people.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21
A SMALL Pox PATIENT BURIED AL1y,


A SMALL Pox PATIENT BURIED ALIVE
The Milwaukee Wisconsin vonches
for the following:
A few days ago a man residing in
the Ninth Ward, named Ruskowki,
after being sick with the smallpox
for long time died, as was supps.
ed, According to the regulations re-
Gently passed by the Board of Health,
he WIS buried shortly after his de.
cease. His sister, who, it seems, was
not satisfied with the hnsty manner
in which her brother was Disposed
of, was 50 worked up by the circum-
stances and SO certain that NIL was
not right, that to satisfy herself she
had his body exhumed some six
hours after the burial. To her own
Joy, aud to the an1azement of those
" ho had pronounced the man dead,
it was found that indications of life
still remained in the body of thu
buried one. He was at once takel,
back to his house, and after consid.
cradle exertion, and the appl, ing OF
the proper restoratives, he was virtu
ally brought to life again. He i.
now living and doing we'll.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

BEECuER STANDS BY CARL SCHUEz
Henry Wind Betcl'er, whose politi
cal orthodoxy can not tr questioned.
says il the Christian Union IF this
eek, in reference to the policy of ex-
Guiding Sontherers from participate"
in pnlitical affairs. as follows: wv.
commend to the attention, Ut the gen
tlen,en who arr. afraid Of amnesty tn.
present condition, Of Louisiana. Arr
the holders If political power in that
community such select and sirtn"Hs
class that the admission IF ex- seccs
s;onists would l"wer the averag,
quality : In fact, was there ever {,
sect If more worthless atfventmver.
than thOse who are wrangting ave,
the officers in New Orleans Have ".
not had evidence en""gi, If the wretch
I'd missOvernment Of half the South
Since We can not directly cure it, le,
ns at least leave the people perfectly
free to d" the best ti,ey can fer them-
selves. Let as- not shut "ut all tl,eii
lid and trusted leaders from the oitic.
Mhich thu verirst riff-raff are free 4.
enter. We are excluding this class
the most intelligent aud capable neI
in the S"utll-tor supporting n cans
which the whole white I,"pnlati"n SUP.
ported. Surely it is time fDr this in
justice and fully t. end.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21
U We NOUN for the rilns.. If q

u We NOUN for the cause If No-
man suffrage. says the Cincinnati Eu-
q"ier. Its days are numbered. The
injn''iciOus course. If many OF it's res
Pectable adherents tailed To kill it f.;
II survived the hack ,ction Of the.
Wyoming Legislature; it might eve,,
Exist under the ot'l"l"y which i"eviia.
lily attaches tn every thing the un-
clean Ciafiin gang t,mci,. All tt,es. il
might endure aud tive. But when il
permits itself to w. cllaMpi"ned by
Beu Butler it il dead aud danaue,l--
und ought to he.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

~ The Maria Io1ise took down
~ New Orleans seventeen of our best
citizens, all under arrest and i'll charge
of IA Drpn U. S. Marshal, for the al
l.ged assault of two Of the natiuns pie
cinns wards. They are accused "t
committing this assault in August last {.
When it is known that the District
Court was in session here for over six
weeks in December and January,
which certainly has eneuisancc of such
cases. and all its officers are right on
the Grant goose, and further that we
have Il q. s. Commissioner here, these
arrests will appear strange. The plain
truth u.s. hat this wholesale arr"sting
and packing to New Orleans of civil
ians, is getting to be too frequent and
ought certainly tn he about played out.
These seventeen citizens are mostly
planters, who are now l,usily attending
their plantations, and such persecution
by il Government, who should protect,
is simply Infamous and uncivilized.-
How much lnnger these ontiages will
he commit in the interest of radical
ism is hard to tell. We only mention
it to add another to the record of it's
iut;lmies.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21


How. HIRAM WARNER.-The APP
p.,inin,ent of Chief Justice Warner hya
Governor Smith, elicits universal con-
gr,ltnlati"ns. The following fr.m the
catte's. illt. Standard aud Express Is
good specimen of the general COM
ment
"This incorruptible and great Judge,
we are truly glad to learn, has been
appointed, AID his nomination ratified
10y the Senat.., as Chief Justice Of the
State IF Georgia. The apl'oin, ment
wilt lie hailed with pleasure by thu.
people Of the State, aud l.. none NOR.
than the members If the Bar. One III
the first great minds Of the Bench, he
remains at his post tO diffuse the light
which beametl around it When his de-
parted coml~rrs, Lumkin and Nislet,
shared with him its uMtarnislNSl honors.
Lung may he live TO dispense that
justice which was administered in the
oldrn times, When virtue and talen,
were un"l'sc,Ired 10y the lesser ami nu :
reliable officials which were forced
upon us by cOrr"pt and selfish admin
istratiOns-[ Atlanta Constitution.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

to Fortune has the same rosd'
over Princes that il has over -
ri,rs over a,inns that IT has 0Su
citlts--anal the same power Ovn
cities that it has over private mtt
Wln.ies that estate that may -
he followed upon the heel viii "
mine and b"egM. that dignity
which the next moment may :"
he laid tn the dust z thai klngas.
tina: is spcute from tlesola 'Mn
rum? The period o all th'nss s
1T hund, as we'll that which t1.s
ont fortunate, as the other tiia' =
livpls the unhappy; and that VIZ
may tall ont at any time, may
ont this very day.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

To We return thanks to the gen
tleluen who honored us with the tw"
Serenatles last week. We were moi
expecting anything of the kind, ans!
consequently We're not prepared; bur
in case they sbonld surprise rs Will
another, we will hol.l Ourselves III
readiness.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21
C.upe s,:ion OF the Louisiana Leg
isIature.

II VAS been known TO the 'hitid'
led among ns.tor a long time that
s.n,e tw. mtg or more Of those VII"
claim to he members OF the State
Legislature have 40 h'gal right t"
ncnpy So. ts in that b"ly-soinc
of them because they had M domi-
ri in the parishes AMI districts they
assume to represent, an!t- others
i,~cause in the capacity at regis
,Iars of voters. appointed 10y Gov
crnor WarmOth, they were enabled
to return themselves as Iertcd I"
The General Assembly, when Other
persons hat. been elected. The fol
owing list of names comprises
th0s.. to whom We allndt:
SUPERVISORS OF REGlSTRATION
CLAIMING SEATS IN THE GENER
AL ASSEMBLY:
J.. w. Devices, DeSOtO, HO'ist'
Ot Representatives..
u. &. Stanton, Bos>i"r. E"nse.
L. J.4.Soner. AvOA cl'cs, H"ns".
T.i,. Worrml!. JcfJrl SON, HonS..
ID. l.. Mcfarland. st Martin
Hnuse.
G. w. Carter, Cameron. If0rs".
W. Il. Whcyiaui, tsincc dead
Sabine. House.
j. II. Gallup, West Baton I! ou.t.
Senate.
Members OF General Assembly
returned as elected who were non
residents Of parishes they claim to
Tel resent:
John Il. Gallnp, West Baton
Rouge. Senate.
l.. B. jerks, 10Th Senatorial! dis
tiict. Senate.
Charles s. Abel. Boss rr. House,
y. w. q. Brown. Ascension
House
Mortimer Carr, DrSoto. House.
q. II. Hampstead, lberviile'
iIOnse.
e. F. Houston, East FeIic:ana,
House.
IC La Sail, ;e,e. ST Martin
House.
u L Mcfarland, St Martin,
House.
.homas Ong. st Bernard II..nsr,
L. j. Spner. AvOyellps. House. :
DC Stanton, BOssieI. House.
Thomas u. Worrall, J-ffe,sOr
House..
w. Il Wycyland, fde,d) Sabine,
House.
job Gartskamp, Jefferson,
House.
We are informed that ut tht
time OF the election, Thomas H
NO!antl, returned us Senator from
the 14tii Senator tai District. CON
prlsi"g the parishes Of West BatO,
isOuSr, itervisle, ST. Martin and
Iberia, lie was acting under Gov
eruUr WarmOtl,'s appointment N
Tax Co iector in tLeivii!e PaIisi,
Ills CIelk, Charles + HaIs,ead
was at that time acting IA Sum-r
visor Of Registration.
Now it must liz. evident to al i'm
atrial ~ !nds that il the in,livi,ln
ais named in the foregoing list IN,
amcntlable to the charges we brin:
agai' st them. they are not eli.,bI,
seats in the Legislature. W,
have no d0nbt the charges can IL
sustains.l. 1t follows tla: Govern
or \ armOth having the power t.
appoimt the Registrars Of voters,
responsible for their nc in thu,
/ capacity, and it is no strained in
ference. to say that h.. is rOgniza,.
Of their conduct, AID IA prove
,hereof.-[Brc.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

BEAT last he weather has return
ed to b.-autifu clear and snnshiDn.
days. The whole of last week, with
the exception Of one day, was really
beautiful, and great deal of work
is being done. The roads, with the
ail of he SUNSHINE, aud little work
ing are getting passabie.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21
TEMPERATURE
AS REPORTED BY LEVIN AND FERGUSON

GREAT MEN.-Cardiual Wolsey was
the si'n Of u pork butcher.
Oliver Cromwell was the son of q
London brewer.
Whitfield was the son of an inn.
Ike, per at Gloucester.
Columbus was the son of a weaver
aud u weaver himself.
Bolivar WIS druggist.
Mehemct Ali was barbcr.
Virgil was the son Of a potter.
Milton was the sun Of scaveng4r.
Burns was plowman.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

""B"> }" said an il'-temperctl old
fellow to noisy lad, "~hat are yen
h"llerin' tor when am going by r.
''Hnmph," returned the boy. "~hat
arc yoa gOin' by fUr when lam hol-
lexia'iv
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

SLArE.-We direct the attention OF
our readers, and particularly those
who intend building, to the notice OF
W. E. Elliott, No IL Commercial
Place, New Orleans. Give him IL
share Of your patronage and we guar
antee satisfaction.