The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-09-30
DASHES HERE AND THERE

FLASHES HERE AND THERE
-Theswar dogs are loose, Grant S
in a rage and the devilish deuce is to
play generally! Thirty two companies
of the boysein blue, three Monitors
and one thousand U. S. Marshals
swornin anew, have reported for du,
ty in the gallant Crescent City! Yet
we still live, eat cheap beef and Dash
er is still on watch to make this re-
port, and report for further duty to
his readers and constituents!
Cheap beef! choice beef! Dash
] er's grateful thanks for the present
of a twenty pound roast, which in
these hard times, with bacon at TWEEN
ty cents, is not to be grinned. at and
not hard to take, are profusely re-
turned and right here dashed into re
membranee!aSeeond Street, 4one door
from the cor,erof Jackson, William
N. Calvit has opened and keeps fresh
beef all day for. sale, at the reduced
rates Of six and seven cents per
pound.
just Little Dance and refresh
ments handed round! Such were the
talismanic Niger hints, whispered
in Town on Saturday, to the. gay ones
'Iof Afric descent, and the hint was
well taken, and not six miles from
Town did the "Little Dancer come
off. None but the colored folks, de-
faint of the Civil Rights Bill, were in
vited or permitted to shindig it on
the heavy gizzard foot, and thus the
E"white trash were not counted in
1t was exclusively niger, true mig
ger to the backbone. The Little
Dance was opened with the favorite
tune of "Cotton eyed joe" all went
lively under til passing round of
the refreshments, till the sudden
crack of Navy Six was heard in
quick succession-confusion, fright,
black chaos and scrimmage reigned
supreme. All this was not i n the
small bills of the 'Little Dance" but,
however, she cleared up after a short
respite, and among the debris the
discovery was made that honors were
easy, and that two gentlemen of color
and two ladies' of the same "suasion'
were wounded, more or less badly,
supposed to be from leaden balls
showed out Of the pistol alluded to
above. LDasher must here put in his
protest at all such foolishness, and
hopes the 'Outrage Man, will report
all about it to Boss Packard and
swear the White League did it ALL
1t is good foundation start for a
first class Radical lie and outrage to
Rapides' debit!
| -Caucasia has warning article
to somebody, who has been behav-
ing bad i'll good company, and comes
latin at them, and then explains it tC
them, fearing they may not be learn.
ed in the classics! Well to Dasher
all this is mysterious and he can't
see it, and like many doings in and
around here is news, mysterious
news to him. However, as the "Ow]
;. Club" is once more in blast here, the
4 warning may be official and should be
needed. 1t is hardly Dasher's bust
ness, hence he trusts he don't in.
trude, but merely makes mention in
the way of a Dash.
I "A few weeks back two very ar.
dent and honest leaders and head
ones of the "White Mans Party OF
Rapides, struck Dasher below the
belt, because he dared name, it, in
some extracts taken from the Plea
yune, the "People's Party which he
took in good part as a co-laborer in
the same good cause. But fast time
these fast times changes lastly; and
Dasher on every corner post in town
now sees conspicuously stuck W
Posters, with a. fancy border al
around them, fixing and announcing
a Barbecue to come off at j. E. Der
Inns, Wiley's Precinct at some day
named. Come one, come ALL" thu
old slogan words are in sensation
caps, and some promise that all viii
be welcomed, and the topics Of thu
day discussed! So far, so we'll, bu
what party gives this meat treat, ant
the principles of what party in Rap
ides are to be explained? No name
Of the Party is announced doing al
these good things, and again Dasher
though on detached duty, is one
more enshrouded in the mystic do
ings Of the clans, he is striving to aie