The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-01
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11nour, Letter from Cameron Parish.
eo1 IrEsBURc. Ia, July 28, 1874.
Editor Weekly Echo
cello Thediscipleof Aesculapius. from
,foqa Calcasisu, now aspiiing to'senato.
lecti0 rial hoDors ID the tenth district of
this State, has dashed himself into
'eA "a fury over several articles sent to
3 y;eI your paper for publication, and
yemb. among others over two signed by
"a very mysterious being, who per-
sists ii keeping SID rosa under the
nee appellation of Sigma The Doct +
date became 50 angfy that be actually
\ W committed alb innovation upon b
I ~. long established custom Of his
& and answered (if his letter can be
Dan digni6ed with the name Of answer,
Ii az what he styles & ANONYMOUS letters
IRISH .or anonymous charges, and pro-
Asse tests, rot only for himself, but for
T I gs1 the public also, whose special
guardian he seems to be, agaius
these false anonymous charges. 3
ice In plaintiVe and pathetic tones be
Tal cries. Who is Sigma ?" and the
d dormant echoes, waking from their
Lair lairs hare taken up the cry, and
ecta shout back, Who is Sigma 81
There is only one thing they do
seii know about SIGMA and it is this
,olm great unquestlonable, .and unim
T@S peachable authority has declared.
Stigma is not tho mouth piece oil
lis the Cameron Democracy.
q Can But what false charges hassSig
5hea ma brought against the Doctor
NJ, Sigma appeals to his c0mmuaiea-
~ tiors, and asks a candid public to
decide. Sigma did call the Doctor
lea "a worthy gentleman, justly held
u u. lin high estimation, and Sigma
rg hopes, nav, is sure this IS no false
charge. The assertion that it is,
can find but one explanation. and
that is the fatal influence Of the
on moon over the mind OF man, which
sometimes becomes, like sweet
.iop bells, jaugled out OF tune Sigma
nd feels sorry that the Doctor ever
did consult that rather antiquated
authority, Mr.. Ainsworth, who put
the notion of the moon in his
NE head, as it threatens to interfere
with his candidacy for the Senate. |
! While Sigma feels proud Of the
.TR celestial honors so readily ac-
corded him, be ID penetrated with |
'rit poignant regret that he can not |
lror return the compliment to SO ter
a restial being as The Doctor, but
IT Sigma could, ty any means lug |
the Doctor into the eerulean dome, /
ASH N would he ii the shape of i
comet, the most prominent feature
,H Of which Is not its solidilY
of Bue All this moonshine aside, /
~ and u matters more to the point. I
" AS To the market bin, Sigma has
I'd never yet made any reference to
i'd ii, and will not do So now, ha pre-
- fers to leave 1t 60 the able pen Of
Democrat, who has already an
v awered, so conclusively, Che two
conundrums pFopounded by the
Doctor ia the convention. Sigma
proposes to ask the Doctor few
~ questions, and us by this time the
Doctor knows who Sigma is, he
can hardly, with Justice to himself,
refuse to give an answer. ia the
a appropriation bin for the year
ii 1874, under the head oil "lliscel-
laueous. there are d few items
which II would BE satisfactory to
know whether the Doctor endorsed
\ and supported So Sigma asks
!. the Doctor did he vote for the
Il following items
4. Appropriation 10 pay ID. R.
y Wagner tor draping State House
y in mourning, and for furnishing
material upon the death Of Presi-
dent Lincoln, two handped and
thirty-tWo dollars and fifty cents.
L 2. Appropriation Of fifteen hum
dred dollars for the erection of
] atomh fol- the late Lieut. Governor