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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-02-10
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AT Oxland Plantation, on January 2eth
1875, by the Rev. A. N. Ogden. DR.. JOHN
s. COMPTON to AMANDA, daughter q
the late Major Willis Bonner, all of this
Parish. No cards.
With the above announcement
came the usual refreshing wine, ETC.,
to the Editor. The Doctor has GER
tainly been signally distinguished by
the smiles and partialities of fortune
in having his life thus linked with
one so worthily qualified to render
him proud, contented and happy
The influence of a companion cannot
fail to throw around him in life all
the refining and peaceful pleasures
that complete mans existence. We
trust that the surface of their life's
little sea, now calm and smiling, may
never be troubled by the, breath of a
single care. That the hopes and the
happiness that now illumlne the
morning of their married life may
continue to beam upon their hearts
like the softening influences of an
angels benediction, and in their long
lifetime of coming years we hope that
day will improve on day and year on
year, without pain, a trouble or a
tear.
OK the end inst. at the residence of
the brides father, Miss REBECCA WE'LL,
to Mr.. SOLOMON MAYER.
Many thanks friend Mayer, for
the sparkling beverage sent US with
this notice. We quaffed it with
thoughts teaming with kind and ar
dent wishes that your future, may be
as full of happiness, peace and pros
perlty as your present would seem to
promise, and as for your fair and &C.
complished partner, we trust
'That she may be blessed
With all that heaven sends,
Long health, long youth
Long pleasures, many friends. :
May joy and ease
And affluence and content,
And the quiet conscience
OF life well spent.
Calm every thought
Enspirit every grace
Glow in her young heart
And smile upon her face"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-02-10

BADLY MIxED.-In Winconsin, the
other day, wedding procession and a
funeral procession met and got so badly
mixed that half the people living near
the scene declare that they saw a fune-
raj procession accompanied by brass
band, while the other half are ready to
swear that wedding procession passed,
headed by hearse.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-02-10

"A RATS bite has been the cause of in
tense suffering to Mrs. Mary Carom, in
Springfield, Massachusetts. While assist
ing to kill a rat it bit one of her fingers.
In few days her hand and arm swelled
frightfully and one side of her body was
paralyzed. She was at times thrown into
commissions, and for many days had to be
kept under the influence of morphine.
Four physicians were in attendance. At
last accounts she was rallying, but was
still much emaciated.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-02-10
NEW THIS HI. DAY.
TEMPERATURE
AS REPORTED BY FERGUSON 4 scny,c,
Town Ordinance Licenses for 1916
DE 1T ORDAINED BY. THE MAYOR

"
DE 1T ORDAINED BYTE MAYOR
- and Board of Councilmen of the
Town of Alexandria, State of Louisiana,
on this the LIST day of February, A. D..
1879, that the Licenses for the year 1875
In the said Corporation, shall be fixed.
assessed and collected on each and eve
ry person, proprietor or firm, owning.
renting or carrying on any of the fol.
lowing trades, occupations. professions
or callings, as follows, to-wit:
On each and every person, pro-
| prietor or firm, owning, renting
or carrying on Butcher Stall $40 90
On each and every Coffee House
or store of any kind where liq-
uor is sold by the glass +. =. 50 90
Store of any kind having over
$4,000 stock, and selling liquor
in less quantity than gallon
and not less than bottle -. IS 90
Store of any kind having over
$1,000 stock and not selling less
than a gallon OF liquor at any
one Clme -. 20 90
Store having less than $1,000 stock
and selling liquor in less GUAM
tity than a gallon and not less
than bottle ........... Is 90
Store having less than $1,000
stock and not selling less than
a gallon of liquor at any one
time ............. ........ Is 90
len-Pin Alleys, each. ........ II 80
Livery Stable !................. % &c
Daguerrean Or Photograph Ar
list 49,. 10 90 |
FRUIT stand ....,............... IS 90 |
Colfee stand III Market. ........ 10 90
Coffee stand in street -. 10 90
Confectionery, where cakes, fruit,
coffee, ETC., are sold 1919. 20 90 |
restaurant :..... ..:........... 25 90
SOFA fountaln..:.. ............. Is 90
warehouses;, each ............... 25 90
M!iilhery store 80, ........... % 90
Billiard Tables, each y 70
Bagatelle or Pigeon Hole Tables. % 90
Iiacks Tor hlre, each. =. -. Is 90
Dray running within Corporation
either for public or private use Is 90
Hotel or Boarding House having
~ more than four boarders. 49,. :. 25 90
circus, each performance. ....... 10 90
concert, each performance. 80. 800
auctioneer -. .....-............2 rs 90
IruS STORE -. ................. 25 90
street Peddler. ........... 10 90
JeWelry Store ....... $3.50. 25 90
5ift Enterprise, less than 80 days u so
5ift Enterprise, over 80 days. % 90
Dealer in horses or mules, having
ten or more head of stock, and
selling in Corporation. ...... 10 90
Approved:
EDWARD VEIL,
A. h1LToS, Mayor.
Comptroller.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-02-10

WEATHER very cold, and freez-
ingly so, since our last, and at this
writing the sun is shining beautiful
ly and brightly, and the loafers bask
ing under its genial rays.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-02-10

AT Oxland Plantation, on January 2sth,
1873, by the Rev. A. N. Ogden, DIR. JOHN
:. COMPTON to AMANDA, daughter of
the late Major Willis Bonner, all of this
Parish. No cards.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27
A Gambler Beaten.

The scene occurred i'll a railroad car on
the Union Pacific Railroad, in which two
men were gambling, while the rest of the
passengers looked on. One of the games
ters was type of the professionals who
''work the road-a desperate trickster.
sleek and ugly; the other was rough,
grizzled miner, fresh from the mountains.
and carrying abundance of money. The
game-draw poker-was for large stakes,
and played silently and watchfully Finally
a huge pot accumulated Each man had
evidently good hand and was resolved to
stand by it. Each man raised the other,
until finally the miner called The
gambler showed his hand-three aces and
two quecns-at the same time covering the
money with his hand The miner uttered
not word he merely took two of his five
cards and laid them down they were aces
This meant five aces i'll the pack. The
gambler had dealt. Then the miner reached
back like lightning, drawing huge navy
revolver lie cooked it and placked the
muzzle between the eyes of the gambler
Not a word was spoken, but each of the
two men looked steadily into the eyes of
the other, Soon the gamblers hand upon
the money began to draw back, and the
gambler form as well The revolver fol
lowed, The gambler stepped into the aisle,
and at this point passengers in the car
seemed to lose their interest in the game,
most of them trying to get under the seats.
The gambler backed down the aisle toward
the door, and as he passed out the muzzle
of the huge revolver still stared him in the
face. Then the miner put up his pistol,
pocketed the money, lit his pipe and was
as other men. Not word had been
spoken from the time the ''call'' was made.
1t was merely one of the rare occasions
where gambler on the Union Pacific mis-
takes his man.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27
NO. 50.
a Plague Of Richness.

We all of us believe that blessings somc-
times come in disguise, but few of Us
could imagine how the Plague Of grass
hoppers by which some portions of the
West have been dcsolated can be regarded
as visitation of that sort. Yet it seems
that science is likely to demonstrate this
marvellous proposition.
Professor Thomas Taylor, Microscopist
of the Department OF Agricutre. has invcn-
ted plan of utilizing the grasshoppcrs,
and Is sanguine Of the immediate success
OF his invention, which is not patented. \
Washington correspondent informs us that
the Professor has subjected quantities of
the insects to the most searching microscop-
ic and chemical analysis, and found them
rich i'll oil, and, by the iodine test. highly
nltrogenous. After extracting the oil bv
either OF several processes, the residue can
be converted into rich fertilizer. worth
In the markets from thirty to fifty dollars
per ton. Or it can be used in maxim"
prussiate of potash, largely employed in the
manufacture Of Prussian blue and in gold
and silver plating, Where it is not practca
BILE to use the residue in the manufacture
OF chemicals and fertilizers, it can be purified
and mixed with corn meal and made into :,
nutrlcious article Of food highly relshcd
by the Indians, equal to the pemmican of
Arctic commerce. In this way it would
be useful in solving the Indian question. or
rather the question of feeding him econ
omically.
Since the days Of the Pharaohs no one
has until now proposed any practicable
method of utilizing the grasshoppers. In
some regions they darken the atmosphere
as far as the eye can reach, and can be cas-
lily and cheaply gathered by the hundreds
of tons. 1t is believed that no one has
even thought of making a chemical analy-
sis of the insect until Professor Taylor
took the matter in hand IF his conclu-
sions are correct, it seems that what has
been considered for thousands of wears as
a terrible curse is really source Of incal-
culable wealth
While the battle-fclds of the old world
have been ransacked for bones. and the
Peruvian guano islands nearly exhausted,
vast fields of our trans Missouri region
covered at times with Il richer fertilizer.
more valuable than gold have been wholly
untouched, and the insects left to ravace
the country. If Professor Taylor has
shown conclusiyely that the grasshoppcr
can be made source of national wealth,
he deserves to be immortalizcd as one Of
the world benefactors.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27
The UnWritten Side of Men.

We always think of great men as in the
act of performing deeds which give them
renown, or else in stately rcpose, grand, 81
lent and majestic. And yet, this is hardly
fair, because the most gracious and magni-
fcent of the human beings have to bother
themselves with the little things of life
which engage the attention of us smaller
people. No doubt Moses snarled and got
angry when he had severe cold in his
head, and if flea bit his leg while he was
in the desert, why should he not jump and
use violent language and rub the sore place?
And CGsar-isn't it tolerable certain he
used to become furious when he went up
stairs to get his slippers in the dark and
found that the Cal alphurnia had showed them
under the bed SO that he had to sweep
around them wildly with u broom handle !?
And when Solomon cracked his crazy bone
is it unreasonable to suppose that he ran
around the room and felt as if he wanted
to cry? Imagine George Washington sit
ting on the edge of the bed and putting on
clean shirt, and growing at Martha be-
cause the buttons were off ; or st. Angus
tine with an apron around his neck, having
his hair cut or Joan of Are holding her
front hair in her mouth as women do, while
she fixed up her back hair or Napoleon
jumping out of bed in Il frenzy to chase a
mosquito around the room with Il pillow (;
or Martin Luther in night shirt, trying
to put the baby to sleep at 2 o'clock in the
morning or Alexander the Great, with
hiccoughs or Thomas Jefferson getting
suddenly over Il fence to avoid dog or
Duke of Wellington with the mumps OF
Daniel Webster abusing his wife because
she hadn't tucked the covers i'll at the foot
of the bed or Benjamin Franklin pairing
his corns with razor; or Jonathan Edwards
at the dinner table, wanting to sneeze just
as he got his mouth full of hot beef; or
Noah standing at his window throwing
bricks 1T a cat
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27
A Breathing Cave.

In the range of the mountains in West
ern North Carolina known as the Fox
Range, most singular phenomenon exists,
1t IS a breathing cave Ia the Summer
months current Of air comes from it sn
strongly that person can not walk against,
while in Winter the suction Is just as great.
The cool air from the mountains in SUM
it felt for miles in direct line from the
cave At times Il most unpleasant odor is
emitted upon the current from dead ear
cases OF animals sucked in and killed by
the violence. The loss OF cattle and stock
in that section in Winter is accounted for
in this way. They range too near the
mouth Of the cave, and the current carries
them in. At times, when the change from
inhalation begins, the air is filed with var
ious hair of animals : not uufrcqucntlv bones
and whole carcasSes are found miles from
the place, The air has been known "a
change materially in temperature during
exhalation from quite cool to unpleasant
hot, whitening vegetation within reach, and
accompanied 10y terrible roaring, gurgling
sound, like a pot boiling, 1t is unaccounted
for by scientific men who have examined,
though no exploration can take place It
is feared by many that volcanic eruption
may break forth there sometime, Such
things have occurred in places as little uu-
eX,,evte,l
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27
A Veritable Glass Eater.

John Miller, native OF Prussia. who
came to America in 1861, after more than
ten years service in the Prussian army,
and now a resident of Ia Sale. Illinois,
Is glass eater. Incredible as the state
ment many seem, it is nevertheless literally
and strictly true. Pounded or otherwise
crushed glass, however kindly compounded
with other and more palatablc and dgesti-
bic substances, is commonly regarded as a
fatal diet Tor rats, and has never been
recommend by physicians and sanitary
boards as an element of hygicnic regimen
for human beings; but the experience of
the hero of this sketch proves that he, at
least, can cat glass with impunity, whatever
may be the fate of rodents indulging in
such diet. For a small wager he will
chew and swallow 7X9 pane of window
glass or beer mug, excepting only the
bottom and handle on the solidity of which
latter he is slightly avcrse to exercising the
strength Of his jaws or the reliability of
his molars. There is no slight ofhand or
trick of deception in the performance
numerous respectable witnesses will attest
that they have seen him bite out mouthfus
from panes of glass, chew it, show it to
them i'll the process of mastication, and
then swallow it, following it with draught
of beer. Ilcwas sabout fourteen years Of age,
he says, when he first attempted vitreous
meal he has often repeated it since, and
his teeth are none the worse for such
service. He estimates that during the
last two years he has eaten an average of
ten pounds of olass ner annum.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27
DR.. ]. L A N T 2,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.

S has his Office on Main street, in the second story
Of Dr. : Waton'S brick building, nearly opposite the
Stroudsburg House and he faers himself that by cgh-
ern years practice and the most earnest and
careful attention all matters pertaining 10 ms pro-
SjOn that hc is fully able to perform all operations
10 the dental line in the most careful and skilul man
Special attention given saving the Natural Teeth
also the insertion OF Artificial Teeth on Rubber
Gold Silver or Continuous Gums, and perfect hts III all
eases insured.
Most know the great folly and danger OF en-
trusting their work TO the inexperienced or 10 tose Nv
ing at distance April IL, 1S74-u
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27
r. MAINONE,
Maker, Tuner, Regulator and Repairer
OF
Pianos, Organs and Me|odeons,

Parties residing in Stroudsburg and vicinity, wish
ing their instruments thoroughly tuned regulated and
repaired at most reasonable price will please leave
their orders at the Jefiersonian Office
lh"se wishing to purchase Pianos other instru-
henS VIII find IL to their dvantage to call OH Hav
ing had practicle experience of twenty-siN
years in the musical line, prepored to furnish
the latest and most improved instruments ut the lowest
possible prices have located myself permanently
here and solicit your favors.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27

San Francisco sets down her aggregate
manufacture in 1871 at S52,G03, ,475 in
value, without including gold and silver
refined for 1874, total value of S67 1893,
$50, an increase of nearly % per cent, in
three years, and, with these results. San
Francisco puts in claim to step into tho
front rank as a manufacturing city.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27

During the month of April the Post
Office Department issued the unprecedented
quantity of S3,600,000 worth of postage
stamps.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27
DON,T YOU know that J. EE.

II McCarty q Sons are the only Under
takers in Stroudsburg who understands their
business? Ifnot, attend Funeral managed
by any other Undertaker in town, and you
will see the proof of the fact.
June Is, 74-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27

They build large residences out West.
An Iowa paper says 1t is only twenty
one years SINCE the first house was erected
in Burlington, and now it contains 20l20
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-05-27

An intelligent jury in the Boston Supe-
rior Court, the other day, returned vcr,
dict "for neither party p
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-30
WISE CANINE.
A Faithful Night Waterman

There is a dog in Allegheny that
is remarkable for its instinct; it is also
rare specimen of the canine breed
noted for its many good qualities.
This wise "spurp" is the property of
-Otheer Mitchell of the night police
force, and is common looking, me-
dunn sized, jet black dog. Mitchell
tells the following gcry concerning
the sagacity of the canine: He came
In possession of him one bleak winter
night last season shivering OH the
street in starved condition. He was
taken home and provided for and
ever since he has proved a valuable
addition to the police force by assist
ing the officer in the discharge of his
duties. He follows the officer unceas-
mgty on all his rounds, and when
another officer raps for assistance, the
dog makes haste with all speed to
the spot and commences to bark.
Should any of the officers have
occasion to give chase after any one,
the dog marks out the man, and
catching him by the pantaloons
detalns him by worrying until the
arrival of the officers. A short time
since, the Cfficers succeeded in cap
turing prisoner that without the
assistance of the dog would have
escaped. The canine can discern
intoxicated persons from others, and
should he meet with such a case on
his own perambulations, he keeps up
howl until an officer arrives. The
police always make it a point to go
to the spot where the dog is barking,
and they are never fooled.
The most singular feature of the
dogs life is that he will not accom-
pany Officer Mitchell in daylight
when dressed in citizens clothes, but
is his "right hand bower" when the
blue coat and brass buttons are put
on. He sleeps in daytime and is
always on duty at night with the
officer, who prizes him highly.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-30
The Deacon and HIS can.

Last Sunday, Just as one of our
straightest deacons was getting ready
to shake the lines over his horses
backs and say "ge dap, ''his wife hap.
pened to remember that the calf
hadn't been fed. The deacon looked
at his Sunday clothes, and observed
that he did not deem it incumbent
upon him. to suffer for the neglect of
others; to which the deaconess replied
that such language in the presence
of the children on Sunday morning.
and from pillar of the church, was
enough to shake ones belief in the
professions that had been made by
some one she could name. The deacon
handed the lines to his eldest bov.
and climbed over the wheel without
saving a word. He went round to the
front door and took the door KEY
from under the mat, came round to
the back. door, and as he was trying
to put the key in the hole, the key Slip
ped down from his hand and slid
down into the snow. Finally he got
into the kitchen and started for the
barnyard with the milk. He set the
pail down on the ground and called
to the calf, but the beast whisked its
tail in the air and beloved at him.
Then he captured the animal, and
pulled it along by the ears, and jam.
med its head into the pail, bu; the
calf gave spring, sending the milk
in cloud of spray over the deacon's
front-shirt. In trying to reeapture the
beast the deacon dropped his hymn
book out of his pocket, and before he
could rescue it the calf stepped both
feet on it and tore the cover off. The
deacon got mad. He took hop pole
and belabored the calf. One end of
the pole struck the shed, and, bound
ing up, knocked the deacon's plug
hat off. 1t rolled directly under the
calf, who set his foot through the
tile, and then went tearing round the
yard with his tail in the air and that
hat fastened just above the knuckle
joint. The deacon went into the house.
and as he unbuckled his shirt collar,
he called out: "Maria you 90 to |
church, and if anybody asks after me
tell them l staid home to feed the
calf" Marshall Statesman.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-30

approached the negro and offered
him sum in advance of the amount
rendered by the first bidders, Still
the darkey held out; he wanted his
price or nothing. While the ques-
ton was under discussion, a huge
shark, twelve feet long one Of the
largest seen IN these waters of late,
gently took the Jewish in, cutting
the head from the body as though it
had been done with sharp knife.
Everybody looked on in amazement,
but the most astonished individual
in the group was the fisherman, who
appeared much aggrieved, when a
laugh went round. Turning to the
last bidder, he said grayely: 81
b'lieye you know dat shark wos dere
all the time. y GdlUeStOa. Meas.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-30
A Domestic Incident.

81 think, Philip said Mrs. Sheri-
dan yesterday "that Whitelaw
Reid's poem about the ridiculous
Winchester affair has made you
Vain." "Pooh?" said the General.
who was polishing his sword with
sandstone and wool, "you have the
wrong pig by the ear. Whitelaw
didn't write the poem-it was Bu-
chanan." "There you go again, :"
interrupted Mrs. Sheridan. 'SUpoh
my soul I've heard of nothing since
1 came into this house but cannon
and sword and blood and thunder.
And such a remark 'as a pig by the
carp Now, I do wish you'd forget
the camp for a little while out of re-
spect for pe.' The General remark
ed, "Hang it!'' in low tone of
voice; but it was observed that
while out in the yard splitting wood
his face wore a fearful expression,
and his language drowned the noise
of the fast-dscending axe; and, when
turning suddenly, he discovered one
of the servants laughing at some
thing, he flung the axe msdly across
the yard, and strobe into the house,
muttering, "I'll get a twist on her
yet, by Jove!" The General has an
emotional nature, and we are afraid
there's trouble ahead. @
Rochester Chronicle.