The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
HERE AND THERE


The Dasher to keep pace with
the harsh and monotonous music
flung to the breeze hereabouts, must
indeed this week scratch his sleak
Uranium, and look for inspiration
elsewhere than in our dull market.
To make the best of a hard bargain
and to keep up appearances, he must
dash in few pine knots in the cold
furnace, if but to make the smoke
come out of one chimney. -
Our young neighbor, fair and
plucky Caucasia, had its usual and
varied good sheet, clear and glossy,
sent around to it's expectant Glen
telle, and none more glad to eagerly
graspit than this Dasher-en pas
SAINT both it's Town Editors left us
for few days and visited the Demo
cratic yeomanry Of Paul's precinct
and took pot luck with them at the
Barbecue, and expanded their lungs
to receive and imbibe the pure and
fresh air of that healthy spot We
learn they did some good talk to our
people and dilated at large to them
the sacredness Of our cause, and
woke up Jake genially-as we are
dashing, we are only partially posted
as to the Barbecue, and when au fait
it shall be duly noticed elsewhere.
old and short nag soon curried
and rubbed down-the old one Of the
Official dished US out a poor and un-
interesting sheet this week, save
perhaps a few local bon mots, which
pleased some folks and catered to the
hungry news monger. Well he has
gone and left on sold come to stay"
and did not even bid US goodbye
this must account for his poor sheet,
for the old one is not well and has
gone for rest of mind and body, and
turned over the Official to his Attor-
neys.
In old staid Connecticut, the
land Of wooden nutmegs and straight
Democrats, strange quarrel has
sprung up between two papers, about
their own State carpet baggers and
Jefferson Davis, and actually the lat
ter is adjudged to be "the best man"
The discussion commenced by the
Meriden Republican saying: "Jeffer-
son Davis is out Of a job. Let him
carpet-bag to Connecticut" Where
upon the Norwich Advertiser rotor
ted with the following ferocity: "Mr.
Davis has the reputation at least
Of being an honest man. Though
once secessionist, he is not a thief.
We apprehend, then, that the prop
erty Of our citizens, even including
their hen-roosts, would not be in the
slightest danger from him, were he
to ''carpet-bag to Connecticut
which is vastly more than can witt,
truth be said of Southern carpet bag
gers hailing from Connecticut"
"A step nearer home, and We love
home and home folks, brings us in
proximity with cid John Helm, who
has rolled up his sleeves once more
and is in earnest with his Packet
theory, which he swears he will put
into practice. We like pluck, grit
and a will, and the old man surely
has these i'll on eminent degree, al
will be understood and readily per.
ceived by glancing at the proceed
ings of the meeting of the sharehold
ers Of the Peoples Line, held a few
days since at the Exchange Hotel
A fair shake and no odds is asked
by the good old Captain at the hands
Of his old friends.
| And as the final dash of tn,
week, we rather guess now we know
why the Maria Louise passed up il
such haste and excitement, and per
haps it was for the better-the negr'
witnesses in the Colfax persecution
who were on board, were all well sup
piled with new fire arms and eager t,
renew another hell in Grant Parish
and cared not to stop here-well VI
repeat it was all for the best-let u
have peace.
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| 60 We see that our old chum
Donald McMickle, has been raising
little hell on his watch and tried t
bully and levy black mail on Captai
Brinker, Of the Maria Louise, bu
came off second best-he wanted on
dollars for every negro Colfaxite o
board Of the boat-but he gat mar
!, red. ',3