The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-15
DAsuEs HERE AND THERE.


every body's business is nobody's
business, still this Dasher, bold and
game to the last, steps to the front
and does what ought to have been
done by others, equally interested
with himself, for some time past.
Taking into consideration the great
est good to the great mass OF our
people, we make the dash for them,
and seriously ask all elements, who
wish to beat Radicalism, to heed the
call of the Mass Meeting, to be held
in this Town, on Saturday, the 9th
day of August 1874. This Dasher
has made it after honest thoughts as
to the responsibility, backed by the
urgent wishes Of many of our true
and good ones from different locali-
ties ofthe Parish. Come one! Come
all! and come with will and pa
triotic determination to do your level
best for Rapides, and Rapides' good.
-Dashing of the good things we
are constantly urging on our people
in the unity line, for in true unity
there alone is true success, We must
enter our protest to the change Of
programme of the recently announced
Colfax Jubilee. First and foremost
we were told it was to bea grand
gathering of the people to welcome
home our prosecuted boys, and feel
good all around for the glorious dis
pensation of their deliyerance from
the polluted hands of an infamous
party, and it was so announced, but
now comes a commercial firm in
Montgomery who make a new an
nouncement, with day fixed and an
entirely new purpose announced
Further this Dasher saith not, and
washes his hands clean Of this new
move, which knocks into fits all the
good originally intended, and causes
us to pause at the thought now too
frequently hurled at us, that the ne
gro has got more sense than the white
man in pulling together politically
Au reuoir! .f.att
-Caucasia comes dashing to the
front on Saturday, with crest erect
and in dead earnestly with a slash
err against the Railroad. CAacun [
son govt, young confrere, but this
Dasher trusts you will argue we'll thu
important subject to Rapides and he1
material interests, and reflect on he,
sad situation and seriously ventilat'
the patent fact if there be any thing
worse in store for her, and if an,
} change or even taxed experiment
+ can worst her. She is sick, very sick
, and as old Hickory once exclaimed
for similar patient, by the Eterna
t she sEant die! But, Caucasia, pro
e cure good physic from an experien
ced Pharmaceutist, administer wei
| the dose, for perhaps in her presen
y low state nature can't act nor he'll
her and the Doctor must be called in
G Then, perhaps, we can help save he
and she may live to green old agt
$ prospecting with happy and confer
8 ted family at her bed side to clos
n her eyes in natural death! g;
Pleasing thoughts and pleasurs
9 BILE home sensations come to oil
: Dasher's matured mind when he see
s the sons Of old Rapides, to the mane
q born and on their native heath, pr
+ serve and honor the old family e.
cutcheon. The columns of the Ca,
o casian were graced, in it's last issu
with the cause which had the efe,
O on our better feelings, and a tho'
r sand times, made us love the Ian
, of our birth. A neat, chaste and e,
h ceedingly classical address from OF
young friend, Frederick Seip, whic
o was delivered before the "Alexandr
% Grange" on the 9Th inst, was pull
Il lished in the last Caucasian, and ce
n tainly merits an attentive perus
q from every Rapidian. We regret v
e have not the room for it in our CO
umns, but cannot help dashing f
vorable good word for it.
E And notre pot,ie, ofthe Gazett
= we can't close our final dash withov
our regards, and regretfully hear
: your approaching editorial dennis
The Dasher sorrowfully drops te'
at the sad fact, and wishes you mo
., than luck in your next new debu
J and if he be not fatally mistaken !
, is sure you are buckling on your a
~ NOR for the grand fight, and the ne,
y where you will be heard of viii! be
!. the hottest Of it, and that your plum