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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

for future reference. Tho history of
every lavee is matter of record.
Since it's organization in December
1871, the Levee Company, we are in
formed by the Secretary, has constrac.
ted and received estimates for AIS le-
wees, aggresating, to October |, 1875,
5,6l7, $50 cubic yards, or all that it
was required to build. Crevasses have
occurred in but six of these levees, and
three of tliese-bel0w New Orleans, in
l874-were closed during the then high
water period. The Morganza and
Bonnet Care crevasses occurred in old
leyees, which the company did not
build, and for which they were not at
all responsible.
The amount charged to the State by
the company for construction and re-
pairs to October, 1875, is 1906, 337,
05. Of this it has received $l,736,40O,
in all or about 3Oc. per yard for levees
actually built. The balance, yet due,
on estimates past due, is 81, 529, 947 ,O5.
United States Engineer General Alb
bot estimated the average cash value
Of levee work at 40c. per cubic yard.
The great Kempe levee, in Tensas
Parish, containing 643,926 cubic yards
cost the Levee Company 4sc. per cubic
yard. The Bonnet Care levee of 1871
cost the contractor who built it 53fc.
per yard, or sll0,907 for 1850 cubic
yards, and it is not SO high or large as
the levee to close the present crevasse
will be.
Popular prejudice vests in the Levee
Company, without discrimination, all
the sins Of omission aud commission
chargeable to its predecessors, the
Boards of Levee Commissioners. No
bonds have ever been issued to the
Levee Company or in its favor. The
general belief is that the company is
bound to build and repair every levee
in the State, with or without orders or
compensation, that any one conceives
should be built or repaired. It is con
sidered responsible for every overflow,
whether due to crevasses in Louisiana
through old levees, or to the want of
levees in Arkansas, which food the
rear portions Of the upper Louisiana
Parishes.
At least 100000 yards of levees
are now needed in Louisiana alone, and
there are means to build 800. 900 only.
The State cannot pay for more, but no
one will be censured but the Levee
Company.
Truly there is no accounting for tho
Inconsistencies of popular clanor and
prejudice. INVESTIGATOR.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

How TO AVOID CoLDs.-An edito-
rial in the British Medical Journal.
on catching cold, concludes thus:
"The Practical considerations
which the outcomes of this review
of the pathology Of colds are these:
Never to wear wet clothes after &C
tive muscular exertions has ceased,
but to change them at once; to meet
the loss of the body heat by warm
fluids and dry clothes; to avoid long
sustained loss of heat which is not
met by increased production of heat,
to increase the tonicity Of the vessels
of the skin by cold bath, etc, so edu-
eating them to contract readily on
exposure, by partial adoption in-
deed of the hardening plan to avoid
too warm and debiliting rooms and
temperatures; to take especial care
against great loss of heat when the
skin is glowing; and to prevent the
inspiration of cold air by the mouth
by some protecting agent, as re-
spirator.'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

EVEN UNDER THE NOSE OF THE
Posr MASTER GENERAL.-Savs a
Washington special Of the goth:
'sThere are ugly stories afoat, with
doubtless some foundation in fact,
regarding job in the Post Office
Department building. An appropri-
alton for a new heating apparatus
was put through at the last session,
and contract Was made with a firm
in that line TO put in the apparatus
for about $4,000. After doing the
work, further claim Of about &c.,
900 was made for extras. The APP
paf,,tus is said to he a complete fail
ure, and as the old system worked
satisfactorily, the adssir has the APP
pearance of a job. Further details
will probably be had soon.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

1T was a young and not at all
so0' looking lady VINO yesterday
''epped out of a Third Avenue car
auu disappeared into a store in the
0sery, after apologizing to the con.
1''or ior asking him to wait while
one purchased eight yards of muslin
NJ ANU materials for a winter Dress
was back in less than ten min.
a' she subsequently complained
:" ~ astonished policeman, shut the
sar was gone"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
TuE REVENGE OF A HUNCHBiCK,
,,rppEnrSG TWO OF THE BOYS WHO HAD
MADE FUN OF HIS DECOR
NIFTY.

In August last great alarm was ere
ated in the village Of CASA, near Flo
romeo. by the mysterious disappear
ance of two children--a boy 8 years
old on the morning Of the 2lst, and
another bog ofeight on the following
evening. 1t was supposed that they
mioht have fallen into the stream
where they went to fish and hattie,
Init no traces Of them or their clothes
could be found.
All kinds of exaggerated ideas GOT
aaoat in the village, more partica.
larly as these were not the first chill,
dren who had suddenly disappeared
and it was asserted that there were
children killers in the adjoining
woods.
On the Goth, while one of the wo-
men of The village was arranging her
hair at the back window Of her room,
she heard frightful shrieks, and re-
cognized them as coming from Anne
RICO Turchi, boy nine years old,
and that they proceeded from the
workshop of one Carlo Grandi, a cart
carpenter. She ran down into the
street and alarmed the neighhors,
who made for the workshop, which
they found closed, the boy crying
loudly for help from within. After
vain attempts to get Grandi to admit
them, they burst open the door, and
found him struggling to force the boy
into hole. He had cut the child
fearfully about the head, and from
bis mouth blood was flowing, caused,
as the boy afterwarl narrated, by a
wedge Grandi had tried to force into
his mouth to gag him.
After the man was secured it was
observed that some Of the bricks of
the flooring were loose, and on these
being removed the first thing seen
was child's hand. The place was
quickly dug up, and the mutilated
bodies of the two boys who had dis
appeared ten days before were dis,
covered; and on the hole into which
Grandi was trying to force Amerigo
Turchi being examined, a number of
other children's bones were found at
the bottom.
No sooner was the thing known
than the village became a scene of the
widest excitement, and the authori-
ties had to send off. in hot haste for
whatever military and police there
were in the vicinity, and sufficient
force arrived just in time to save the
wretch from being torn to pieces by
the populace.
II seems that the murderer, Gran
di, was dcformed man, of diminu
tiYe stature, high, rounded should
era, very large heal, upon which
there was not a scrap of hair, and re-
pulsive features. As is too often the
case in Italy, such unfortunate crea-
lures become the object of open pub
lie ridicule. The boys of Incisa had
been in the habit of teasing and tor
menting Grandi and playing all kinds
Impractical jokes upon him, and it
was in revenge for this that he had,
as opportunity offered, enticed now
one and then another of the ringlead-
ers into the workshop and there muir
dered them, burying them under the
floor.
Amerigo Turchi said that Grandi
had invited him into the workshop
under the pretext of having some fun
with the other boys; that to accom-
plish this he was to hide in the hole
Grandi uncovered, but that immedi-
ately be entered it Grandi attempted
to strangle him. Rome Cor. of the
London Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
NEW THIS DAY.
TEMPERATURES

AS REPORTED BY FERGUSON & scHNAc
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
HE was smoking a cigar in a cs

HE was smoking cigar in a car
where there were ladies. A lady
took out her purse, got ten cents,
and handed it to hesmoker. "What
is this for?" said he. "It's to buy
you a good cigar when you smoke in
the presence Of ladies'" He threw
the cigar out of the window, the
scrip in the lady'a lap, jerked the
strap, and jumped out.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
Notice:

LII PERSONS HAVING COTTON
n ginne.l at my Gin will be required
hereafter to either pay the money or q
sight draft, on delivery Of the same at the
Gin, as / have not the time to 60 around
and collect, and in some instances have
lost it entirely.
A. W. McLAURlNE.
Sept. sth. 1s75.
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Bridge Notice

O11uSV 4vVU1OOS
TINE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSION.
J. ers will on SATURDAY, the 5th day
of DECEMBER, 1875, let out to the low.
est bidder, the building Of the new bridge
on Bayou Rapides. known as the "Texada
Bridge" Bond and security will be re
quired guaranteeing the work for five
years. Greeubacks, not Parish Script,
will he paid on the completion of the
work when received by the Commits.
sioners. j. A. CRUIKSHANK,
WEBB E. TAYLOR,
JOHN Fl. DAWSON,
Nov. 3, 1875. Commissioners,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
&C. W. Guilds is writing for til,

&c. W. CHILDs is writing for the
Washington Republican now, at least
we find this in this paper:
While smoking on powder-keg,
He dropped cin1er down;
Then he rose like meteor,
To wear the golden crown.
Gone to meet a fellow who struck a
glycerine- can with a sledge- hammer
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

-ALwArs ready for a tare-the
sugar dealers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

e5 tn GOO PER DAY. AGENTS
.pc W ~~V wanted. Ali classes Of
working people Of both sexes, young
and old, make more money at work for
us, in their own localities, during their
spare moments, or all the time, than at
any thing else. We offer employment
that will pay handsomely for every
hours work. Full particulars, terms,
&C., sent free. Send US your address
at once. Don't delay. Now is the
time. Don't look for work or business
elsewhere, until you have learned what
we offer. G.SrINsoN & Co., Portland,
Maine.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29

Tha following cure for balky
horses may do in some cases. MIR.
]. S. Bardwell, NJ. d., Pennsylvania,
says:
My former treatment, when a
horse baked, was to take a piece of
board or a barrel stave and go at
him as if | intended to kill, yet
would not mar or injure, but would
scare him so that he would go. But
this treatment would fail sometimes,
and it was always very unpleasant.
Three years ago L bought a three
year-old mare Of a neighbor, with a
recommend that she was "sound
and true" One Sunday morning /
hitched her to a buggy to visit a
patient, but was surprised to find
her balky. L whipped her and
forced her to 90, but the defect grew
upon her until she would stand a
severe fleeing. Last summer /
made up my mind that l would
never beat her again; that she was
too nice a beast 10 be whipped.
and that there must be some other
plan. / was on my way to a black
smith shop to have some kind Of a
snap made to snap in the nose to
lead her with. but in stopping in
hardware store | saw a snap that
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29
AN EDITORS TABLE.
BY W. NJ. CARLETON.

The editor sat in his sanctum, his counte-
nance furroWed with care,
His mind Mt the bottom Of business, his
feet at the top OF chair,
His chair-arm and elbow supporting, his
right-hand upholding his head,
His eyes on the dusty old table with different
documents spread.-
There were thirty long pages from Howler,
with underlined capitals topped
And n short requisition from Growler, re-
questing his newspaper stopped,
There were lyrics from Gusher, the poet, con-
corning sweet flowers and Zephyrs,
And stray gem from Plodder, the farmer,
describing II couple ofheiiers:
There were bllets from beautiful madens,
and bills from grocer or two,
And his best leader pitched to n letter which
inquired if he wrote or who?
There We're raptures OF praises from writer's,
ofthe smooth and the ellitluOus school,
And of his rivals last papers, informing him
he was IA fool
Therefore were several long resolutions, with
names telling whom they were by,
harmless old brother, who
had done nothing worse than to die,
There were traps on That table to catch him,
and serpents to sting and smite him
There were gift enterprises to sell him, and
bitters attempting to bite him.
There were long staring 'ads." from the city
and money with never one,
Which added, "Please give this insertion, and
send i'm your bill when you're done"
There were letters from OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ings, wants, and their laws
Which said: "Can you print this announce
ment orthe good of the glorious cause?"
There were tickets inviting his presence to
festivals, parties and shows,
in notes, with "Please give us no.
tlce," demurely slipped In NJ the close.
In short, as his eye took the table, and ran
over its ink-spattered trash,
There was nothing ii did not encounter, eX-
cepting perhaps-it was Cash.
From the New Orleans Bulletin.l
From the Sherman Register
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29
A MODEL LOVE LETTER.
A Breach OF Promise Case-The Rap
lures of Cupid.

lures oil cupid.
"MY DEAR Mrs. M.--Every time
! think of you my heart hops up
and down like Il churn dasher.
Sensations of unutterable Joy caper
over it like young goats over a
stable roof, and thrill through it
like Spanish needles through pair
of'tow linen trowsers. AS Il goslin
swimmeth with delight in n mud
puddle, so | swim in Il sea of glory.
Visions of ecstatic rapture thicker
than the hairs of a backing brush,
and brighter than the hues of II
humming birds pinions, visit me
in my slumbers, and borne.on their
invisible wings. your image stands
before me, and reach out to grasp
it, like pointer snappinga at blue
bottle fly. When | first behold your
angelic projections was bewildered,
and my brain whirled round like a
humble bee under a glass tumbler.
My eyes stood open like cellar doors
in II country town, and | lifted up
my ears to catch the silvery accents
of your voice. My tongue refused
to wag, and in silent alteration |
drank in the sweet infection of love
as a thirsty man swailoweth a hot
whiskey punch.
"Since the light of your face fell
upon my life, | sometimes feel as if
l could lift myself up by my boot
straps to the top of the church stee-
pie, and pull the bell-rope for sing
ing school. Day and night you are
in my thoughts. When Aurora,
blushing like bride, rises from her
saffron-colored couch; when the
jay bird pipes his tuneful lay in the
by the spring-house
when the chantieleer's shrill clarion
hcralds the coming morn when the
awakening pig ariseth from bis bed
and grunteth, and goeth forth for
his mornings refreshments; when
the drowsy beetle wheels to droning
flight at sultry noon-tide; and when
the lowing herds come home, at
time, l think Of thee, and
like a piece of gum elastic my heart
seems stretched clear across my
bosom.
"Your hair Is like the name of
sorrel horse powdered with gold,
and the brass pins skewered through
your waterfall fill me with unbound
ed awe. Your forehead is smoother
than the elbows of an old coat.
Your eyes are glorious to behold.
In their liquid depths | see legions
Of little Cupids bathing, like a cohort
Of ants in "a old army cracker.
When their FIRE hit me upon my
manly breast it penetrated my
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29

VNHE STATE OF TEX AS.-To the sheriff
| L or any constable of Dallas county, greet
| ing. You are hereby commanded that, by
| making publication of this citation In some
newspaper published in the county of Dallas,
four weeks previous 10 the return day hereof,
you summons Richard Lloyd, Mary Agnes
Lloyd, Mary Il. Lloyd, Sarah q. Lloyd and
Richard l., Lloyd, who are non-reside nts of
the state of Texas, to be and appear before
the district court, to be holden in and for the
county of Dallas, mt the court house thereof,
in the town OF Dallas, on the first Monday in
June next, then and there to answer the pc
lition of 5. j. Adams and j. L. Leonard, part
ners under the firm name of Adams Leon
ard, gainst John Lockwood and Richard
Lloyd, partners under the firm name of John
Lockwood ~ Matilda +. Lockwood, Emma
+. Lockwood, Augusta g. Lockwood, John
@. Lockwood, George W. Lockwood, Ella w.
Lockwood, the said Mary Agnes Lloyd, Mary
T.. Lloyd, Sarah q. Lloyd and Richard l.
Lloyd, and alleging in substance as follows:
That John Lockwood and Richard Lloyd,
partners as aforesaid, are indebted to plaint-
IFS In the sum of fourteen thousand three
hundred and ninety one and eighty five
hundredth dollars with interest thereon
from the 10th day Of August, 1874, at the rate
of two and one-half per cent per month for
money lent said defendants for the erection
and construction of gas works, fixtures, etc,
for the Dallas City Gasllght company, and
alleging that the said John Lockwood had
frnudulenty transferred stock in the Dallas
wood, A ugusta q. lockwood, John c. Lock-
wood George W. Lockwood and Ella NJ.
lockwood, and that the said Richard Lloyd
had fraudulenty transferred stock in said
company to Mary Agnes Lloyd, Sarah q.
Lloyd, Mary 4, Lloyd and Richard l.. Lloyd.
That said transfers were made without con-
sidpration, for the purpose of defrauding and
injuring the creditors of the said John Lock-
wood and Richard Lloyd, and are void, and
asking for Judgment for said debt against
said John lockwood and Richard Lloyd,
aud asking that said transfers be set aside,
and said stock so fraudulently assigned, be
subjected TO the payment of plaintiffs said
debt, and a writ of punishment issue against
said Dallas City Gaslight company to an
swer and show what stock said defendants,
John Lockwood and Richard Lloyd, held in
said company, ana for general relief.
Herein fail not, but have you then and
there before said court this writ, with your
return thereon. showing how you have ex-
ecrted the same.
Witness, A. Harwood, clerk of the district
court of Dallas county.
Given under my hand and seal of said
court, at the city OF Dallas, this Sth day Of
May, A. ID. l-75.
7fllts5w3i A. HARDWOOD. Clerk.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29

ehoIf uuf.Wuy mU lmd or bIfd
ahnf iIrWu IHN'.NU HpU.n tnur
n1ao w. hUu r rHunI pl pnrIuu
marble. nnI Yuufmnu'l b. pnohrrol
with Hwon'ro NrDIur lIng0rs pn
ynur lIpf liso honey ou 70 honrs
ww upd myrOl8 NJ up1Udpol
kiacs oro thprr, ruudy ~ 0y out
and light somewhere like blue birds
from their parents most, Your
laugh rings In my ears like the
bIcat Of n stray lamb upon u bleak
hillside. The dimplos In your
checks are like bowors in beds Of
roses, or holIows in cakos Of homo.
made sugar
81 AIN dying to fly to thy presence
and pour out the burning oloquoncc
Of my love, as thrifty housewives
pour out hot coffee. Away from
you / I'm us melancholy rs n sick
rat. Sometimes can hear the June
bugs Of dependency buzzing in my
ears aud feel the cold lizards Of dos
pair crawling down my back. Tn
couth fears, like u thousand min
nows, nibblc at my spirits; and my
soul is pierced with doubts, rs an
old cheese is bored with shippers.
"My love for you is stronger
than the smell OF Coiiey's patent
butter, or the kick Of young COW,
and more unsclish than II kittens
first caterwaul. AS song bird
bankers for tho light of day, the
cautious mouse for the fresh bacon
in the trap, us mean pup bankers
for milk, so | long for thee.
"You are fairer than II speckled
pullet, swectcr than II yankee
doughnut fried in sorghum moIas-
ses, brighter than u top.knot plum
age on tho head Of Il muscovy duck.
You are candy, kisses, raisins,
pound-cake and sweetcned toddy
together.
"If these few remarks will enable
you to see tho inside of my soul,
and me to win you affections, |
shall be as happy rs q woodpecker
on cherry-trce, or stage horse in
Il green pasture. If you cannot re.
ciprocate my thrilling passions, |
will pine away like Il poisoned bed
bug, and fall away from n flourish
ing vine of life, an untimely branch (;
and in the coming years, when the
shadows grow from the hills, and
the philosophical frog sings his
cheerful evening hymns, you, happy
in another's love, can come and drop
a tear, and catch Il cold, upon the
last resting place of,
yours, aii'ectionately, H."
Verdict for the plaintiff, and $500
damages.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29
VERS DE SOCTETE.
BY GEORGE a. BAKER, JR.

old coat, for some three or four seasons
We've been jolly comrades, but now
We part, old companion, forever;
To fate, and the fashion, bow.
You'd look well enough at dinner,
I'd wear you with pride ut aball,
But Pm dressing tonight for wedding
My own, and you'd not do at all.
You've too many wine stains about you,
You're scented too much with cigars;
When the gaslight shines full on your collar
1t glitterS with myriad stars,
That wouldn't look well nj my wedding;
Thev d seem Inappropriate there;
Nell doesn't use diamond powder,
She tells me u ruins the hair.
You've been out on Cozzcns' plaza
Too late, when the evenings We're damp;
When the moonbeams were silvering crO'nest
And the lights were all out in the camp.
You've rested on hlghly-oiled stairways,
Too often, when sweet eyes were bright,
AMI somebody's ball dress--not Nellie's-
Flowed round you in rivers ofwhite.
There's raprobate loOseness about you,
Should l wear you tonight, believe,
As / came with my BRIDE from the altar,
You'd laugh in your wicked old sleeve.
When you lett there the tremulous pressure
Other hand in its delicate glove,
That is telling me, Shyly but proudly,
Her trust is as deep us herloVe.
So go TO your grave in the wardrobe,
And furnish feast for the moth,
Nell'S glove shall betray its sweet secrets
For younger, more innocent cloth.
IT'S time to put on your successor
It's made III fashion that's new;
Old coat Pm afraid it will never
Set as easily on me as you
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29
The Texas wheat Crop.
IColman's Rural World ]

We have just passed through Tex.
rs, from its northern to its southern
limit, and have had II good oppor.
tunity to inspect the wheat crop of
that state. AT the state fair at
Houston we met representative
farmers from all sections Of the
state, and talked with them of the
prospects for wheat, and from our
observation, and the best iniorma.
ton we can gather, we can state
there will be by far the largest and
best crop of wheat harvested that
has ever been produced in Texas,
There is u very large acreage sown,
and those that think tho wheat crop
Of Texas does not amount to much
will be greatly mistaken. We
thought we were pretty well posted
in Texas agriculture, but we found
moro than ten times rs much land
in wheat rs we expected to find
and great many millions OF BUSH
els will be added to the general pro-
duct from that state. 1t is already
well headed, and in u week more
the noise of the harvester will be
heard in most Of the wheat fields of
Texas. Texas is to become great
wheat producing state, and thirty
bushels peg acre is very common
Weld.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29

l0llad mo. aDl lp1o iolu.ry. hand
10 lobonmll'a fnnp. ~ load yIrlops
mt'.a IbI8wm inat what I eaDtod,
anil tiol toit 70 lov foot NJ tofl,
and throw 10 iD my buNiy. mad tho
Grt tlmo eho stopped I g,t out aud
snapped 10 in hof nose, nnl pulled
ON tho cord iu front Of hot "
course she sollIol back bat finding
that she could not pull much that
way, began to walk up loI her
around " liltlo, and tied ono ond Of
tho cord to the harness and got in,
and finding her disposed to go all
right, removed tho snap, and never
had occasion to apply it but once
thereafter, and now she has no dis
position to want nose piece. |
think tho most vicious horse can
be handled with tho snap, and ii
docs no injury but the snap should,
| believe, be made about ono.third
larger than the common snap.