The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-05-12

VERNON;
PARISH OF VERNON, !
April 20, 1877.

Dear indicator
From short piece in Your issue of
the 2lst, | am led to infer that our
Legislature has enacted a law grant
ing extra compensation to the Chair
man Of the different Committees OF
the House and Senate. Now it does
appear to Your correspondent that
the per diem and mileage, which the
members receive by the authority of
the Constitution, are sufficient salary,
without !. resort to the "extra COM
ppnsaton dodge" The Democratic
party, in the canvass, struggled hard
to carry the different: proposed amend
ments to the Constitution, and par
ticularly, tie one reducing the mileage
and per diem of members of the Leg
islature. But when Democratic
legislature il assembled (if. my de-
duc,ions are correct from the piece
alluded toy tho members discover
that seven dollars FER dry is not
enough, 10 pay Reform Chairnien, OF
Reforp, Committees, of a Reform ed
Dev"crattc Legislature. That looks.
Mr.. Editor, ito an unsophisticated
pine woods many like Democratic'
| Reformation id BADLY deformed:
Inotice in ten mile Bob's evidence
before the Commission, he SAYS, that
a majority of the white men or peo-
pie in his District, (which is con,p"s.
ell of the parishes Of Grant
Rapides, and Vermont are in favor OF
Packard, for Governor. No" he
knew mist POSITIVELY that the reverse
was the trnth, and, 80 far as the
parish of Vernon is concerned, i
would he il foul SANDER on her citi-
lens, if he could SANDER any body
There may possibly be a half dozel
men in this parish, who, FROM M"
tives of sclf.iutereSt, woNld he viii
ling to see Packard Governor, bit tt
take the o,tpstion, lenuttd of self in
tcrest, l suppose there would be jus
, white men in Vernon, who prefrre!
him ~ Gov. Nichols, as he (Packa1d
received 2 votes in Vernon. Thong
even th1t Is; not conclusive evidence
for one, or even both those votes
might have been cast by negroes, a
, there were, | think, some 20 colore
voters here at tie election.
! Our nsiially quiet little town (
Leesville, was awakened from il
) fetllargic condition, short time since
by the announcements, "there will b
, preaching at the Courthouse on no,
! Saturday and Sunday" this is some
: thing unusual for LccsviIlc, and ever
one was on tiptoe Of expectancy, e.
$ pecially our worthy Clerk of tt
: Court. Our Courthouse is two-sto,
{. frame building; the different officer
u CLERK, Recorder, &c., being on Il
a lower floor, with the Courtroom {
\ the upon. BY, the Clerk, bel!
j. devotionally inclined, repaired at tt
e appointed hour on Sunday mornin
d to the Courthouse, and not wishing
IS be disturbed by the congregation |
It stairs, took up his position, inside Il
II II Clerks Office, upon a bench, plac'
=! u with it's back against the wall; 4
i. thugs being in readiness, the Mini
s. ter arose and announced Ills te,
le BLY, threw himself back with !
n head on the back Of the bench, pr
IS pared to receive the water of eve
a lasting Truth as it flowed from t
n Tips Of the holy man up stairs. Abo
i that time some one up stairs dischat
II II cd a heavy 7olu ne of tobacco joi
le behind the washboard, (the house Il
lie being ceied) which struck BY f
id in tie face. Uh! look out up the'
!" mind how you squirt Your ID
of bacco Juice. Wooh! ooh wat'
ne water!! He'll! roared BY, a
~ out of the office lie rolled, and stru
II, VI bee-fine for Castor creek, abb
", " three hundred yards distant, bcsto
= ing blessings on tobacco chewers g
orally, in language not exactly
coming a christian but BLY, So
N appropriate to the occasion.
Yours, &c.,