The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-12-13
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high and the supply by no means
equal to the demand
The duck market is we'll sup
plied by itinerant market men and
no newly married man has any ex-
cuse for not carrying mallard to
his "ducky darling" every day.
THE election for Mayor comes
of in January, and candidates are be-
ing brought to the front. Among
che number we hear the name of
Robert P. Hunter, Esq, prominently
mentioned.
the supply is small and the de-
mand great for wood at 800 per
cord. This is much more than wood
Is worth in this wooded country, and
there is an opening for cheap wood
yard here.
LEOPOLD GEHR, and 2. j. Byrne,
merchant dealers side-by-side under
the Town Hall, are vying with each
other in their varied eating and luxury
sunpIies, and both with renewed energy
and Youthful ambition are putting on
their best holiday paint and seem deter
mined to merit their full share of
Christmas patronage.
-CoTToN, sugar, molasses and cot
ton seed are all cominn to Town ra-
pidly aud several steamboats, have
lately been loaded with all they want
at our wharves. Her position at the
head of low water navigation gives
Alexandria the decided advantage OF
the other towns and cities on Red
river.
THAT staunch Democratic colored
man "One Armed Lewis" is building a
family residence on Lee Street which
though it is not pretentious gives an
evidence OF the thrift and good will that
follows those colored men who voted
with the white people to secure good
government. That is the kind of in
timidators we are in Rapldes.
carr. Graham, the Lessee of the
Ferry between Alexandria and Pine
vile is now putting the machinery in
his new boat. He has taken advantage
of the low water to navigate the old and
dismantled boat by means of a rope
stretched across the river. ''1t is an
Ill wind that blows nobody good" and
the same low water that has bothered
all the other boats navigating Red River
has aided Capt. Graham.
the revival Of Keno reminds us
Of the Frenchman's explanation OF
that game which is the best we have
ever heard Meeting q friend just
after he had been indulging in Keno,
he asked: "What you call re game
where re men all play wiz re cards
mil ze buttons and one man he say
Keno, and all re uZzer men they say
oh, hell! Perhaps Keno Anderson
has heard this before.
Tue astelection cost the Parish
of Rapides $4,000, as shown by the
proceedings of the Police Jury. This
is an expensive business and only ar
insignificant portion of it is borne by
the Radical party in this Parish. II
we are hereafter to foot the bills We
would like to have more sayso in the
management. and we don't think that
we ask anything unfair when we re
quest to have Rapides man as Reg
istrar next time.
-THE average Rapides darkey
with no money in his pocket, no meat
In his house and but little corn in
his crib, is now wondering how he is
to have a Merry Christmas and med
itating upon the intricacies of that
difficult problem how he can at the
same time be a prominent Radica
politician and successful farmer. i
he could invent some plan by which
be could attend to the calls of Radi
cal politics and pick cotton too he
would be a happy mortal.
Our Streets are right now enliven
ed by the wagons of the Pinewood'
farmers who are bringing in their cot
ton crops and laying in their Christmas
supplies, and many of them next years
supplies of such articles as they need
We see in the q phase of life as dilferen
from that which surrounds us in the
bayous as we could discover in a differ
ent State. The hill farmer is hardy ant
Industrious aud raises around him al
the prime necessities of life and know:
more Of true independence than any o.
our large land owners who are depend
ent on negro labor.
CHRISTMAS is nearly here, but the
hard times generally and the uncer
tainty in the affairs of the State anc
National governments will make it {
dull one. Our people are too poor tt
afford the outlay that used to make
Christmas times an occasion of Joy tt
young and old alike. Santa Claus will
have a hard time in doing justice t
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