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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14
Paper Beats.

We suppose there must be-, at thu
most modest, calculation, between fif-
teen hundred and two thousand per-
sons in this vicinity who get their
newspapaper reading for nothing, in
cluding the unconsciOnable individuals
who steal papers from Deighbors, or
Hoaf around where a newspaper is sub.
scribed for, and paid for, and monopo-
lie it to the exclusion Of tho rightful
owner. We have had several suhscri-
bers stop their subscriptions, for no
fault OF the carriers, as they admitted,
in non delivery, but because their pa
pers, after being delivered, were taken
by some individual, as short of con-
iscience as of cash, who would take
possession of it. Thus, a newspaper,
which ought to be well supported by
a community for the general good it
does to that community, is made to
support the town, in q measme-that
is, it is expected to live without re-
sources, and TO advertise the life and
business of a town without the support
which is requisite to enable it to keen
up TO metropolitan standard Of eX-
cellence. An Individual should blush
to read a paper habitually which an
other individual pays for. There are
too many people who read papers
which they do not pay for, aud this is
for their eyes especially, with the pur-
pose ofsear!ng their conscience, if they
have any, aud for the purpose of ap-
pea]ingto those who do subscribe and
pay for newspapers, to keep them filed
aud not permit them to so out of their
possession, in justice to themselves as
well as the printer whose capitol and
labor are invested in business which
serves to advertise the commercial sta
tins of a city in proportion 10 the en-
terprise its substantial patronage ena-
bles it to display.-[Nashvjlle Banner.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

ED A young man went out in search
of his fathers lost pig, near Scranton,
Pa, accosted an 1rishman along the
road with "Have you seen q stray pig
about here?" Faith" said Pat, "and
how could tell a stray pig from any
other9"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

u Somebody having put forth a
statement to the effect that the Lieu
tenant Governor of Rhode Island
writes poetry, the Indianapolis Sentinel
says this is the first instance on record
OF Lieutenant Governor doing any
thing at all.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

gSy Mrs. General Buckner died at
Elizabethtown, KY, on the 9Th inst.
She was a resident of our Town dur
ing the war, when her husband was
III Confederate command here, and
endeared herself to a great many Of
our people.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14
The Prospects Of a New Election.

The chances of new election, as
reported by dispatches from Wash
ington, continue to grow brighter
It is said that Grant, fearing the ex-
posure of the sins Of Durell, who set
up the Louisiana government, favors
the plan and has signifed his inten-
ton to sign such bill. Some of the
ablest Of the Republican Senators
openly avow it to be the best plan to
pursue. Ard the Democrats, des-
pairing of the recognition Of the Nc,
Emery government, will press the
matter vigorously. In q few days
we will probably know the result.
The overthrow Of the legal govern
,ment in Louisiana was one of the
greatest outrages Of Che age. The
only way to have repaired it was to
reinstate the legally elected State Of
fcers. But this was more than any
one could hope for from the Radical
party. Still, they find it necessary
to do something. The elections at
the North last Fall showed plainly
that the people would not stand any
more corruption from the party
Hence the efforts now to repeal the
salary bill and to repair somewhat
the wrong done to poor Louisiana.
Assuming, then, that a new cleo
ton is to be ordered we have no fears
of the result. The Radicals affect tc
believe that they can easily carry the
State. But if they believed so they
would not be so chagrined as they
are at the prospect of a new election.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A WELCOME V1srroR. Our Home
Journal and Rural Southland, make,
without doubt, the best weekly agri-
cultural and family paper published
in the South. The continued exer-
tons Of its publisher are shown by
the steady advancement made in i'm
proving the contents and value OF
the paper. 1t is q journal that il
once entered into home will always
prove a welcome guest, being alike
useful and instructive to the family,
az the Fireside, rs we'll as in the
Field, Orchard, Stock Yard, Diary,
Apiary, Vegetable and Flower Gar
den, etc. 1t is just the paper for ev-
cry Southern family, and its practi-
cal articles make it worth ten times
its price to every planter or farmer
in the South. The price is So, and
pair of fine chromos are sent to ev-
cry new subscriber, the pictures alone
are worth the price. Address, "Our
Home Journal and Rural Southland, :"
New Orleans.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

"a Moses Rosenthal, at his old
stand, is still on the commercial ram
page and is fully competent to serve
his customers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14
ALEXANDRIA, La.
NOTICE Z!

TNHE RIG HI REVEREND J. P. B..
L WILMER, d. D., B shop of Louisi-
ana, will visit Alexandria and Pine
vile, on SUNDAY, JANUARY 18TH.
Services will be held on that day at the
EXCHANGE HOTEL HALL, Alexan-
dria, at II o'clock A. NJ, and at the
CHAPEL, in PlNEVlLI.E, at So Z. M.
A. N. OGDEN, JR.,
Rector of St. James Church.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

eY We learn that h e Masonic fra
ternity, Of our Town, have in coutem-
plation the giving OF a Grand Ball and
Supper on the 18th of February next.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

10 The mails, which should have
reached here on Monday, t h 9 9Th
inst, from New Orleans, failed to do
SO, but come to taw, right side with
care, on Friday, the 9th, four days
older by the trip. All this is due to
Colonel Green, Route Agent on the
steamer Natchez, W h o failed to at
tend to his duty and deliver it on the
wharf boat at the proper time. We
can't, in the name of the suffering
public, thank Colonel Green for this
neglect.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

TY Mrs. Southworth has written for
ty novels.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

U Prosperity is poor scale to
weigh our friends in.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

g8a The gilt-edge packet, Texas,
passed up on last Friday. AS usual,
her clerks, Geo. Fee and Ed. Smith,
left us full package Of the very lat
est papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

s1 The Police Jury did not have
their session-no quorum and the
District Court in the way-will meet
sure and certain the first Monday in
next month.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

" The women of Switzerland are
all taught how to shoot.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

- The Mayor and Councilmen of
Alexandria have passed the Ordi-
nance License for 1874. It can be
seen in our columns to-day.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14

eg W. H. Crisp, the talented and
veteran actor, we'll and favorably
known here, died in Dallas, Texas,
on the LIST inst. .. .
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-14


n Weather changed to the gen.
ial and endurable-river gone to fall
ing-Sheriff DeLacy gone to Baton
Rouge with eleven Rapides represen-
tatives, one white and ten colored-
District Court adjourned at last, His
Honor now sitting in Grant-Parish
Codrt here next Monday.-Town dull
CT than deserted grave-yard-no
fights, no whisky yelling and no one
paying the Democrat for subscrip-
tons long due.
...s
70 The boys Of the bully Hooks
are to have u pleasant reunion to
morrow night at the Hall of the Ex-
change Hotel. The Mayor and Coun-
cilmen of the Town have been invi-
ted to participate in the festivities OF
the occasion; on their behalf we ten
der kind thanks to the Company for
their remembrance.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30
KATE T. WARDNER


VARIETY OF FooD.-The Scientific
american is of the opinion that we re-
quire variety in our food. 1t says ex-
perience has proved that, for some rea-
son unknown to science, variety is essen
tial to health after reaching the age
when we are free to choose our food
The perpetual recurrence of the same
edibles, even though their number be
considerable, becomes in all periods of
life, except infancy, not only wearisome
but positively injurious. Salt pork,
salt fish and potatoes, pies poor bread,
and Japan tea, are the staples of food of
thousands of families during our long
winters. 1t should be understood how
needful a change of diet is from time to
time Fresh vegetables, particularly in
the country, are readily obtained and
preserved, and should be unsparingly
used. The edible roots, as turnips, car
rots, onions, beets and cabbages, are as
well worth preserving as the omnipres-
ent potato. All these vegetables need
thorough boiling and more than they
generally get.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30
AUSTRIA AND THE POPE.

Who would have dreamed ten years
ago that, without any revolution in the
political state of Austria, the Emperor
Francis Joseph and his Parliament
would be found, at this early period,
cutting all the bonds that held the En-
pire in vassalage to Rome. But they
are doinglt. Priestly prerogatives have
been taken away one after another !;
priestly tyranny has been destroyed ;
and now the last remnants of the Con-
cordat are about to be abolished. Aus
tria is taking her stand alongside of
Germany in saying to the Pope that he
Is no longer to reign in her dominions
by an army of subservient ecclesiastics.
The new religious bill has not yet pass
ed the Reichsratb, but having the sane
ton Of the Emperor, it is likely to pass,
despite the efforts of the Pope, who has
Just written letter to the Roman Cath
Ollie Bishops of Austria, exhorting them
to combat the pending ecclesiastical bills
in the Reichsrath. He says the meas
ures are calculated to place the Church
in ruinous servitude, and take occasion
to renew his protest against the rupture
of the Concordat The Pope has also
written to the Emperor Francis Joseph
personally, adjurlng him to protect the
Church within his dominions. But the
emperors and people of Europe have had
their eyes opened somewhat to the true
character of popery; and the days O
its political influence, if not its spiritua
power, are ended.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

SHARING WITH CHRIsT-It is a sweet,
joyful thing, to be sharer with Christ
in anything. All enjoyments wherein
He is not are bitter to the soul that
loves Him, and all sufferings with Him
are sweet The worst things of Christ
are more delightful than the best things
of the world His Affections are sweeter
than their pleasures, His approach more
rich than treasures, as Moses. accounted
them. Love delights in likeness and
communion, not onl y in things otherwise
pleasant, but in the hardest and harsh
est things, which have not anything in
them desirable but only that likeness.
So that this thought is very sweet to a
heart possessed with this love. What
does the world by its hatred, and per-
secution, and revilings for the sake of
Christ, but make me more like Him,
give me greater share with Him in
that which He did so willingly undergo
for me? "When He was sought for to
be made a king" as St. Bernard remarks,
"He escaped; but when he was brought
to the cross, He freely yielded himself"
And shall l shrink and keep back from
what He calls me to suffer for His sake
Yea, even all my other troubles and
suferings l will desire to have stamped
thus with this conformity to the suffer
ings of Christ, in the humble, obedient
cheerful endurance of them, and the
giving up of my will to my Fathers
Le5qht0n.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30
HINTS ABOUT WORK.

CATTLE.-The cattle need special at
tention now. 1t requires a constant
watchfulness to see that none get sick
or out of condition on their long course
of dry feeding. Cows that are forward
with calf must be protected from injury
and abuse from other stock. They should
be turned into loose box stalls in due
season. Our experience teaches that it
is better in the long run to have COWS
go dry long enough to let the bag get
to its smallest possible size, then when
they again come in they will have
good deal more milk through the season,
than if they had been MIXED right
through.
Breeding Fowls should be separated
from the main flock, and only the very
best selected, if we would either improve
them, or keep them up to their present
character. Breeding at random, is too
much like saving seed corn from the bin,
or planting potatoes inserted And
selling the best fowls and breeding from
those which are left, is like planting
seed peas or beans from vines that have
supplied the table till they were no
longer worth picking
HAULING MANURE.-If the ground is
IN condition, and the manure can be
hauled now before the roads and fields
become muddy, quite saving may be
made. Our advice would be to spread
1t evenly over the ground as fast as
drawn. 1t is an old saying that 'what
every body says must be true" We dc
not admit a thing is true because every
body says 1t is, and yet we have a good
deal of respect for the opinions of the
majority. In this matter of applying
manure, we find there has been grea
: change In public sentiment within tn,
l past few years. 1t used to be the com
mon opinion that manure wasted rapidl,
If spread on the surface, and that i
y should be ploughed under Immediately
to prevent this waste. We remembe
Z when there was but one popular agricul
: tural journal of our acquaintance whicl
e advocated surface manuring as an eco
IS nomical practice. Now many practica
IL farmers favor spreading manure direct
e from the cart in winter, on land to b
planted or seeded the following spring
" and instead of one, the majority of tn
# leading papers favor this course. Eve
!: If there were slight waste from evapol
s. alton, the loss is more than made up i
s. the saving of labor during the busy Sc;
u son of spring, when every hour counts
N e. Farmer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30
2fericatltltral department.
APPLYING LIME FOR AGRTCUL-
TURAL PURPOSES.

There is no substance used as fertil-
izer so liable to loss by misapplication
as lime. I have known of some laugha-
BILE incidents connected with its use.
A gentleman farmer from New York
City, lived on q small farm III New Jer-
sey, at time when l had charge of a
farm there, owned by David Felt of New
York City, some % years since. AS
Mr.. Felt was building largely on his
farm, Mr.. Tobey got leave to remove
the shavings from the carpenters shop.
He set his men to work laying layer
of shavings, layer of muck, a layer of
lime, and so for some two weeks the
pile grew to be large pile. One night
Feltville was aroused with the cry, To-
bey's house is on fire The farm hands,
some y men, were aroused with others,
we went up to help subdue the fire, and
10 ! it was the compost heap The resi-
due of that heap was used for corn, and
brought good crop. But for the Jumps
of quicklime that kindled the shavings
it would have been valueless.
Another man bought some lime and
slaked it, and got too much water on it,
4ba4 Il oh
gle dropped about pint in each hill,
and then planted potatoes, smoothing
the lime out in hollow form, and cover
ing it little with earth, and dropping
his potatoes and covering them The
potatoes were of the small variety, but
were handy to dig, for the lime hardened
and they were in dish, and by strik-
ing hoe under the dish and turning
it over the potatoes were brought up
with it; and for years those Jumps of
lime, changed back to limestone (or to
nearly the same nature of the original
stone,) were found in the soil, and that
man, from that day to this positively
knows, that lime is decidedly bad fol-
potatoes.
Another man to dry his hog manure
slaked barrel of lime in it and having
already put in sand, he soon had fine
bed of mortar That mortar in harden
ed Jumps, for many years was found OF
the field where the manure was put
The truth is that lime, after being one,
thoroughly wet, can never be advantage
ously applied as manure until it is driec
and powdered. and then it has compare
lively little infqence.
1t should be applied when dry Stake,
and caustic, on a dry day, when tn
land is dry enough not to lump it, AM
be we'll worked in with fine harrow
If there are many Jumps from the siz
of a pea to walnut, those humps vii
rapidly by exposure to the air chang
to carbonate of lime, and will be so il
, soluble that you will see them for yeal
in the soil. 1t wants to be immediatel
f dissolved, and as it takes some 40 pound
r of water to one barrel of lime, it will
at once seen that on dry land it shoul
be applied in small doses, and even Q
v heavy land in small doses even if nece
S sary to apply often.-L. II. Whitney 4
n ". h. Homestead.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30
2Relieio,ts Department.
NEVER FORGET.

Never, my child, forget to pray.
Whate er the business of the day;
If happy dreams have blessed thy sleep,
If startling fears have made thee weep,
With holy thoughts begin the day,
And meier, my child, forget to pray.
Pray him by whom the birds are fed
To give to thee thy daily bread;
If wealth his bounty should bestow,
Praise him from whom all blessings flow !;
If he who gave should take away,
o ne'er, my child, forget TO pray.
The time will come when thou wilt miss
A fathers and mothers kiss;
And then, my child, perchance you'll see
Some one in prayer, meier bend the knee ;
From such examples turn away,
And ne'er, my child, forget to pray.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

PRAYED.-Rev. Mr.. Kilpin passed
very profane man, and having omitted
to rebuke him, he awaited him in the
morning in the same place. When he
approached, Mr.. Xii pin said;
"GOod morning, my friend; you are
the man l have been waiting for"
80, sir, said the man, ..you are mis-
taken, / think
81 do not know you; but | saw YOU
last night when you were going home
from work, and l have been waiting
some time to see you
'Sir, you are mistaken; it could not
have been me; l never saw you in my
life before, that 7 know of.
"Well, my FRIEND" said Mr.. Kilpin.
81 heard you pray last night.
"Now | assure you that you are mis-
taken; | never prayed in all my life"
80, said Mr.. Kilpin, "If God had
answered your prayer last night, you
had not been seen here this morning.
L heard you pray that God would de-
stroy your eyes, and ruin your SOUL"
The man turned pale, and trembling.
said:
DO you call that prayer? I did, l
did
"Well, then, my errand this morning
is to request you from this day to pray
as fervently for your salvation as YOU
did Tor your damnation and may God
In mercy hear your prayer p'
The man from that time became al
attendant on Mr.. Kilpin's ministry, an6
1t ended in his early conversion to God
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

A COOP DAUGHTER.-There are other
ministers of love more conspicuous than
she, but none in whom a gentlcr, love-
her spirit dwells, and none to which
the hearts warm requitals more joyfully
respond. She is the steady light of her
fathers house. Her idea is indissolubly
connected with that of his Preside. She
is his morning sunlight and evening
star. The grace, vivacity and tender
ness of her sex have their place in the
mighty sway which she holds over his
spirit. She is the pride and ornament
of his hospitality, and the gentle nurse
in his sickness.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

A Worthy Quaker friend writes 81
expect to pass through this world but
once. ''lf, therefore, there be any kind
ness | can show, or any good thing |
can DO to my fellow human beings, let
me do it now Let me not defer nor
neglect It, for will not pass this way
again"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

We are cmphatically in the age of profah
lty, and 1t seems to US that we are on the
topmost current. One cannot go ON the
streets anywhere without having his ears
offended with the vilest of words, and his
reverence shocked by the most profane use
OF sacred names. Nor does it come from the
old Or middle-aged alone, for it is fact, as
alarming as true, that the younger portion
Oh the community are most proficient in the
degrading language. Boys have an idea it
Is smart to swear; that it makes them
manly; but there never was a greater mis-
take In the world. Men, even those who
swear themselves, are Disguised with profan-
lty IN young man, because they know how
OF all bad habits, this clings the most closely
and Increases with years. 1t is the most
nsldlous of habits, growing on so invisibly
that almost before one is aware he becomes
On accomplished cursor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

HOME misunderstanding child
goes astray, not because there is any
want OF prayer or virtue at home, but
simply because home lacks sunshine. A
child needs smiles as much as flowers
need sunbeams. Children look little be.
yond the present moment. If thing
pleases they are apt to seek it if 1T dis.
pleases they are prone to avoid it. i
home is the place where faces are son,
and words harsh, and fault.fndipp !,
ever IN the ascendant, they will .spent
as many hours as possible elsewhere
Let every father and mother, then tr,
to be happy. Let them look happy. LIE
them talk to their children. especiall,
the little ones, in such way as to max,
them happy.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

TEA BIsCUITs.-Make good soda or
cream biscuit, mold it and roll it out
half the thickness of common biscuit
spread it over with three or four spoons
full of melted butter; then over this,
sprinkle half coffee cup of the best su.
gar; then begin and roll up compactly
as you would roll Ofjelly-cake. Slice
your roll off into inch-thick slices; lay
these fiat on your tin, and bake as bis
cult.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

1t is estimated that only five Der
cent of the butter sent to market is really
choice. This means only five per cent
of farmers and of farmers wives are
neat and careful enough to make good
butter The loss sustained for want Of
those qualities may be rated at millions
of dollars annually.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

A gentleman who rather suspected
some one was peeping through the KEY
hole of his Office, investigated with a
syringe full of pepper sauce, and went
nome to lind his wife had been cutting
wood and chip had hit her in the eve.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30

1t Is asked, What can be wetter than
woman with a cataract in her eve a
waterfall on her head, creek in he,
back, forty springs in her skirt, and high
tied shoes ? And it is answered. Wby
one with notion in her head, and swim.
ming In tears.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-03-30
When we are fullest of boovon1u i

When we are fullest of heavenly love
we are best fitted to bear with human
lnhrmlty' to live above it and forget its
burden. 1t is the absence of love to
Christ, not its fullness, that makes us so
impatient of the weaknesses and incon-
sistencies of others.