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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
The Fair and L.. Prospects.

From member of the managing commit
tee of the contemplated Fair, Industrial
and Agricultural Exhibition to be held
near here next month, in whose Judgment
and reliability we have every confidence
we learn that its prospects as success, are
much more promising than we could have
supposed possible Under the circumstances.
In the first place the institution is al
ready on permanent basis, and not at all
dependent upon chance or fortuitous cir
cumstahces for continued existence, though
of course as in all other similar enterprises,
a combination of favorable or unfavorable
events might make or mar more or less, the
success Of any particular meeting.
In the first place the ground, the race
track field, have been purchased from the
old Jocky Club, many of whose members
became stockholders in the new enterprise,
IN the second, funds have been collected to
erect suitable buildings, which are now in
progress of completion under the super
vision of one of the directors, an energetic
and experienced gentleman, perfectly an
fdit in all such matters, and lastly the di-
rection is in the main composed of as good
material as could possibly have been select-
ed, practical and intelligent planters and
business men, who can appreciate the
wants of the country, and take the initia-
tory steps to supply them, and one of their
initiatory steps and a very important one
is the undertaking under discussion. Of
course NJ one would have the folly to ex-
pect to see in any department or class, any
display even Instantly, approaching that
of rich agricultural and stock-raising
States. such as are now to be seen at the
Fairs of st. Louis, Louisville and Cmcinna-
ii, but they will see beginning and a
good beginning too in all. and as every
thing must have beginning. let us hope,
land certainly We now have reason to hope, }
that we are making beginning in Rapides
which will lead TO many other improving
and beneficial enterprises, Railroads, En-
migration Societies. &C., &C., and more i'm
portant and desirable than all to more
charitable and tolerant spirit among all
classes of her population. Let every one
then do all that they possibly can to for
ward the success of the Fair, for in so do
ing they forward their own.
Since writing the above, we have visited
the grounds and found active preparations
going on, and no doubt everything will be
ready at the appointed time. A building
enc hundred and ten feet long and thirty
FIVE feet wide and two stories high is more
than half done, aud lumber is on the
ground and being hauled for several others.
The large building is intended for the
grand stand and exhibition rooms. AL
ready some of the good which will result
to the entire population from this enter
prize, is being distributed in the shape of
wages to mechanics and other employees,
and to lumber dealers and teamsters, and
from them it will of course pass to others,
and the community generally.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

ALEXANDRIA, HOMER AND FULTON RAIL-
ROAD.-A few days ago, Messrs. Will A.
Freret and NJ. j. LIMIT, of New Orleans.
passed through Homer prospecting on the
Alexandria, Homer and Fulton Railroad
route. They were seut out under the d.
rection of Senator Sprague, the great capt.
talist, who proposes to take this route in
hand and build the road OF once, if the peo-
pie along the line want (which latter
must be proven by disposition to aid the
enterprise, upon basis entirely reasonable
and safe. 1t is proposed that the parishes
through which the road will pass shall OBJ
ligate themselves to take certain amount
of stock whenever the work shall have PEN
etrated each respective parish certain dis
lance. The plan, as explained to us in a
brief interview with these gentlemen, seems
eminently just and safe to the parishes and
the people. We have no doubt but the no.
lice jurors will take the necessary action at
once, and can not think the people will fail
to ratify such action. Now is our time and
our chance to Rave road. The PROPOSE
ton is safe and reasonable Homer Had
9th
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

~ The Police Jury at its late session
having passed such stringent resolutions
relative to Road Syndics, we republish the
sections relative to Road Hands and tools
now in force, compliance with which
Syndics in their own defence will Oe com.
PEELED rigidly to enforce. Thepublic roads
in this parish are disgrace to any civil.
zed community, and .hey have become SC
entirely through the demoralized state OF
public feeling, which looks over the gross.
est and most open violation of the law, oil
at least takes no step 20 vindicate it.
SEC. 1876. The Overseer shall give notice
TO eacl, person, what kind Of tools they and
each of them shall bring and work with on
the roads, at the time of summoning. Nc
person shall be liable to any fine for not ap.
pearing and doing his duty, unless he shall
be summoned ten days before the day ap.
pointed for working.
From and after the passage Of this act,
all MAILS residents of this Parish, be
tween the ages of seventeen and fifty years,
shall he subject TO work on the public
roads at least IL days In each year; provi-
Geo, IL bc ntttsSDst 10 tApcuU 10 MUCH Ia
Dor in keeping the roads in good order in
the district in which they reside. or have
resided within Thirty days previous to be-
ing ordered out 10 work by the Syndic
further, that if any persons liable to road
duty under this act. shall fail OF refuse to
attend ut the time and place assigned by
the Syndic. after having been notified,
within ten days previously, such person
shall, upon conviction thereof. be fined not
less than 81 so for each day they shall fail
to work rs required, or shall BE- imprisoned
in the Parish Jail for a period not less
than ten days; further, that the penalty
prescribed in the foregoing Sections, shall
be enforced by indictment or information
before the District or Parish Court, and it
shall be the duty Of all syndics in the Pa
IRISH, to prosecute all offenders under this
act, before the Magistrates of their respec-
tive districts, whose duty it shall be to re-
qnire all offenders against This act to Civ
bond with good security for their appear
ance before the District Court or Parish
Court. or in default thereof to commit them
to prison.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
fl Grange .NOpeSssessf.

We have received from Shreveport, an
address from league or fellowship, intend
ed to be composed exclusively of farmers
and farm laborers, and having for its object
directly the interest and comfort of the
agriculturalist.
We shall publish this address in full next
week Prominent among the movers of
the institution are the names of such we'll
known men, as Reuben White, II. J. Loon
ey, Samuel Peters. T. w. Durant and o. L.
Van Creelen.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
Hone II Married Nam Sesex a.
cations. ~
From the Danbury Sews.l


II is bad enough to see bachelor sew ON
a button, but he is the embodiment of grace
along side of married man. Necossity
has compelled experience in the case of the
former but the latter has always depended
upon one else for this service and unfortu-
uately for the sake of society, ID is rarely
he is obliged to resort to the needle himself.
Sometimes the patient wife scalds her right
hand, or runs silver under the nail Of the
Index finger, ON that hand, and it Ia then
that the man clutches the needle around
the neck. and forgetting to tic knot in
the thread, commences tn put on the but
ton. 1t Is always in the morning. and
from five to twenty minutes after he il ex-
pected to be down in the street. He Laws
the button exactly on the site of its prede-
cessor and pushes the needle through one
eye, and carefully draws the thread after.
leaving about three inches of il sticking
up for the lee way. He says to himself:
well, II women don't have the easiest
time ever see."
Then he comes back the other way, ard
gets the needle through the cloth well
enough, and lays himself ont to End tho
eye, but, in spite of great deal of patient
stabbing, the needle point persists in buck
ng against the solid part of that button,
and finally when he loses patience, his fin
ier catches the thread, and that three in
ches he had left to hold the button clips
through the eye in twinkling. and the
button rolls leisurely across the floor. He
picks it up without single remark, out Of
respect for his children, and makes an
other attempt to fasten it. This time, when
coming back with the needle he keeps both
the thread and the button from slipping
by covering them with his thumb, and Il
is out Of that part of him that he feels
around for the eye in a very careful and
Judicious manner, but eventually losing
his philosophy as the search becomes and
more and more hopeless, be falls to iabbcr-
ing about in loose and savage manner,
and it is just then the needle finds tho
opening, and comes up through the button
and part way through his thumb with
CELEBRITY that no human ingenuity can
guard against. Then he lays down the
things. and presses the injured hand be-
tween his knees and then holds it up un-
DER ms arm, and finally. jams it into his
mouth, and all the time he prances about
the floor, and calls upon heaven aud earth
TO witness that there has never been any
tning like 1t since the world was created,
and bowls, and whistles, and means, and
sobs. After awhile he Gains down, and
puts on his pants, and fastens them to-
gether with stick, aud goes to his husi-
nces very changed man,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
Extract from Printing Lascs.

That all printing and advertising autho-
rized to be done by this act, whether State
judicial, parochial or municipal, shall be
paid for at the rate authorized by section
ten, item seven, OF this act, which reads as
follows: For all matter published in Off
cial journals, in obedience TO the provis-
ions Ofthis act, the Printer shall be allowed
one dollar per square for each insertion. A
square shall consist of the space of ten lines
solid agate; prorided, that the standard tor
the measurement of all printing and adyer-
Using authorized by this act shall be
mnion type or its equivalent
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

The man who has begun to live and work
by artificial stimulant never knows where
he stands, and can never count upon him
self with any certainty. He gets into his
castle servant, who becomes the most ty-
rannical of masters. He may resolve to
tur him out, but will find himself reduced
to the condition in which he can neither do
with nor without him. The use or stimu-
liant to the brain-power brings on disease
In whose paroxysms man is no more his
own master than in the raving of fever
q disease that few have the knowledge to
understand, and for whose manifestations
the world has no pity.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
Comfort for the Fusionists.


This extract is taken from the St. Louis
Globe of September 9.
The nature of the startling disclosures in
relation to the Louisiana election frauds
recently alluded to in the Globe, is now
known Warmoth's supervisors and conf
Dental men, Disguised with the ingrati-
tud. shown their leaders and themselves by
the Fusionists, have made a clean breast of
it, it is said, with the tacit consent of War
moth himself. Blanchard, the chief State
register, who appointed every commission
or of elections throughout the State, testi-
fies, under oath, that in New Orleans alone
there were over six thousand fraudulent
votes counted for the Fusionists, and three
thousand Republican votes illegally struck
off the register or taken out of stuffed box
ee. f,lI "
/ In the country parishes nearly three
thousand Republican votes were fraudul-
emily excluded, and four thousand eight
hundred Republican votes were cast but
not counted. Blanchard concludes his testi-
monv by saying he believes and knows
that had not the fraudulent practice recit-
ed by him been resorted to in the interest
of the Fusion party the Republican nation
al and State tickets would have been shown
w ndNo ACSOiNCo idtSc hdJoiity Va tuo
votes cast, but notwithstanding these
frauds the Republican party did still re-
ceive considerable majority OF the votes
cast on November 4. Blanchard's testimo-
ny, which is supported by original docu-
ments, tabular statements and proofs, is
corroborated by w. L. Catlin. his chief as
sistant, w. s. Long, McEnery's late Assis-
tant Secretary of State, and 7. J. NJ. Carey,
chairman of the Fusion naturalization COM
mittee.
To cap the climax, Hunsaker, chairman,
and s. NJ. Todd, member of the returning
board appointed by the McEnery Legisla-
ture, swear that the returns never were
canvassed by them as a board; that they
had been opened and tempered with before
coming into their hands; that they never
signed or authorized the signature of their
names to the returns which were published
over their signatures, showing that Greedy
and McEuery carried the State, but from
the examination they gave to the returns
they are satisfied that w. P. Kellogg was
elected Governor of Louisiana by the actu-
al votes cast. All these statements have
been most firmly sworn to, and as the facts
leak out, are causing no little competiou
among the Fusion politicians,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
PARTICULAR NOTICE.

From this time until further notice, all
Judicial Advertisement and other public
matter will be set up in BREWER type, eight
lines of BREWER constit ute square, and
the space occupied by the heading and sub
scription of Judicial Advertisements count
as full lines. All printing fees will be
specified below the body Of the advertise
ment, and are due after first Insertion, and
siH not be continued il not then paid, so par
ties interested may govern themselves &C.
corGingly, as the rule will not he deviated
from in any case. ~ -
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
QVARAMVXNE.
ALEXANDRIA,, La, +,
September 10th 1873. /

u
The Police Jury met pursuant 70
a call from twelve freeholders. Pre-
sent-T. g. Compton, President.
j. w. Osborn and VIM. Kelso. All,
sent-Jesse' Clifton and j. P. Smell.
ing.
On notion, Be it ordained by tho
Police Jury Of Rapides Parish, in
Special Meeting assembled. That
in pursuance Of the authority vest.
de in this body, by Section No. 3063
Revised Statutes, the following
named place is hereby declared 70
be infected with a contagious and
epidemical disease, te-wit: Shreye.
port, in the Parish of Caddo.
Be it further resolved, That from
and after this date, il shall not BE-
lawful for any person or persons
coming from Shreveport to enter
the limits described below, nor shall
it be lawful for any Steamboat, SkiF
or other watercraft coming from
said place to land within the said
limits; or to put off any Passengers
or Goods in Boxes or Bales or -
stop on the North bank Of Red
River in said limits.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That
the limits above mentioned be, and
are hereby declared to be, from tho
Lower Falls above Pineyille. to 4
point one mile below the Ferry
Landing at Pineville.
Be it further ordained, etc., That
it shall not be lawful for any one
within the said limits to 60 aboard
of, or hold direct communication
with any Steamboat or watercraft
coming from Shreveport. The fol-
lowing named parties shall be and
are hereby authorized to enforce
the above ordinance, viz: Louis
Abadie, j. L. Walker, e. j. Bar
rett, NJ. I. Dozier and Phillip Spot
ton.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That
this ordinance shall be, and remain
in force and effect as long as in tho
opinion of a majority of the Com.
mittee appointed by this ordinance,
there is a contagious and epidemical
disease prevailing in Shreveport.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That
should the Yellow Fever at New
Orleans, be declared epidemic by
the Board of Health Of said city,
this ordinance shall be enforced
against all STEAMBOATS, from said
city Of New Orleans. The Jusy then
adjourned.
T. G. COMPTOI,
President of Police Jury.
A true copy:
CHAS. OWEN,
('lprE If polica Turx-
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

UNWILLING TO BE ExHAUsrEp.-In an
other column will be found the somewhat
sarcastic surrender of our old friend Shaw,
of his official position in Grant. Dan it
viii be seen is rather down oh the Cover
nor in dignifed way, and we are some
what disposed to agree with him, in begging
to be excused from being exhausted in the
manner he alludes to.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
9 9 9 9 9 . 9 9 9
JudiciaI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Judicial 4 Advertisers ents-From
this date no Judicial Advertisement, will
be inserted, unless Endorsed as follows by a
responsible party 4 wiU pay for this adrer.
tisement at legal rates, a. soon as presented az
ter the first insertion. (Name.)
II Seven-cights of an inch measured up
and down the column constitutes square
nd any fraction over counts rs . full
quare.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

The RAPIDEs GAZETTE has been selected
as an Official Journal of the State of Louis
lana. to publish the laws enacted at the
late sessions, extra and regular of the Leg
islature, and contract to that effect, sign
ed by the proprietors and the authorities
designated by law for that purpose, and
also as Official Journal for the parishes of
Rapides, Vernon and Gram.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

II We do not publish the report Of the
Committee on the Court House this week
as we intended, because as the Contractors
have given fresh security, to complete the
work by Jannary next, it was deemed best
10 iet thrm 20 on with ".
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

~ Parish paper, or certificates of in
debtedness are going up. There is con-
siderable demand for them, and some were
sold here the past week at IS eents on the
dollar, or Is per cent above State warrants,
PRETTY cooi for Rapides.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

~ Our contemporary of the Richlsnd
Beacon, will see that We have complied
with his request, we wish we could say
with pleasure, and hope sincerely we may
never have TO call upon him to return the
couTtesy in kind.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

~ 8. M. Pettengill & Co., 10
State Street, Boston, 81 Park Row, New
York, and 70l Chestnut Street, Philadel-
phia, are our Agents for procuring adver-
tisements for our paper, (Rapides Gazette, }
in the above cities, aud authorized to con-
tract for advertising at our lowest rates.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

n Particular attention is called to the
admirable article on Emancipation in an.
other column, taken from the GALAXY Of
this mouth.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
Here is what F. P. Blair, ST., thinks of

General Grant:
never underestimated the man. He has
2 great deal more talent than he gets credit
for. He is endowed with that unknown
quality called CT mmon sense. He Is very
quick in his perceptions, good judge Of
men as well as horses, looks at circumstan-
ces, weighs everything carefully, and when
bis mind is ouce confirmed in his deductions
no acts as decisively and successfully as
any man ever knew in all my long ex-
porience among public men. He 10 supe-
nor to his party-much better than his
party in every respect.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20
TERMS /:

TERMS:
THE GAZETTE is published Weekly
at So 80 per annum; 81 25 for
six months.
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
ADVERTISEMENT inserted ut the
rate of 81 90 per square for the
first insertion and 30 cents for
each subsequent one. H
EIGHT lines of BREWER, or space
of one inch in any other type a
square, and any number of addi.
tional lines over four counts as a
square.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

Preservers Of fruit and vegetable get
what they can. and can what they get.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-20

New ORLEANS, La, September 9, 1878.
To His Execellency w. P. Kellogg, Govern.
of Louisiana:
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Snbnqne, Soma, Mittuod, ben 30. Mbril 1873,

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