The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-04-08
DaSheS Here and There.

Aside from the McMickle raid, the
Democrat has but few incidents, worth
recording, to relate OF local nature
during the past week. The weather
and river, which just now are more
than important institutions, for veal
or woe, are certainly on the improve
and both merit words of commenda-
ton. The first has improved and sun
slined muchly, to the great benefit of
man and beast, having ouly given bnt
half Of the time rain, but rain as q
rain, a real old Noah shower. On this
head our readers can always be relia-
bly, posted by glance at Ferguson g.
Schnack's weather observations, cor
rected and published weekly in our
columns. f.;
Our second institution, after some
eight inches rise, up to Saturday morn
ing, came to dead stand aud started
to decline the same night. Up to the
present jotting it has fallen ten inches.
So weather permitting, Old Red, this
time, will fail to run over.
Business more than usually dull,
stagnant and on-payiug-but We
opine all this is due to the good NOR
ais and pious intents ofour good Town
people who observed "Holy Week. in
a proper fern, and from their different
religious stand points held sac,ed the
tencts of heir Faith. The ':Pass Over"
by our Hebrew citizens, and Easter
Sunday by our Catholics and Episco.
palians, were solemn and sacred days
of observance, ard those worthy chris
tiaus, the Methodists and Baptists held
divine service also in their places Of
worship. ell. .....yss2 as=a
And apart from the sacred duties of
the day we were pleased to see the chill
dren, i'll a few instances, celebrate old
Easter, in the manner and after the
fashion Of our haleyon boyhood days,
when all our pockets were crammed
and jammed with neatly dyed and
caiicoed eggs, and we strutted cock of
the walk with our invineible guinea
egg in hand. Those joyous days are
gone to'us and our generation, but
their rehearsal clusters around us
sweet and happy thoughts of that bet
ter past when we were boy and
knew not sin and unhappiness. Our
Easter boys, whom we admired on that
day, despite all, seemed to be happy
and contented, and the Democrat
trusts they may all live and fight eggs
many days to come.
We are pleased to announce that
the Thespians contemplate shortly to
give one of their pleasing entertain
ments, at the Exchange Hotel, for the
special benefit of the "Sisters of Mercy"
In our next we hope to give full par
ticulars aud information to the gener-
Gus and charitable public of our Town
and Parish. - a..f secs
"A we'll founded and trustworthy
report, has small pox raging to fear
fol fury among the negroes, on large
plantation on Bayou Beuff. Let vac.
cination be inaugnrated everywhere.
Though freishts are few and far
between, the fiue Steamer La Belle, Oh
her last trip up, had on monster load
and was full of people. We don't ven
ture, however, to whisper what rates
of freight she was able to command.
Our own St. Mary, owing to some
little rnpleasantness, was non est last |
week, but all is now smooth and right.
and she. is again of and with us. and as
a matter of course goes down this day
at i'm. Stick to your Packet.
Mr.. Mickle, our flash iu the pan
chum, whose name is Jim and not
Donald, passed down early Monday.
morning, on the Texas, bound for the
Crescent City, in good spirits and Gag.
nr to get home, sweet home. 81 |,