The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-08-15
FROM our OWN CORRESPONDENT
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, LA.,)
August II, 1877. !

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, LA,
August II, 1877.
DEAR DEMOCRAT
I see by your last that you are
complaining Of hot days and nights
in Town, and I am not disposed tc
doubt the veracity of your statement
It brings out the natural cussed
nessp of a fellows character just tc
think how hot you all are and how
cool we are out here in the pine.
woods. We have warm days, it is
true, but our nights are delightfully."-
cool after bed time, and even during
the hottest time ofo days we enjoy
a cool and refreshing breeze that
robs August of all terrors and makes
US bless the pinewoods.
THE B'HoYs.
A large delegation of the boys
from Town came out on Tuesday
last, and they have enlivened US up
considerably. AS they will perhaps
not be bashful at seeing their names
in print, and as they have been on
their good behavior so far, I put
them down in my list of distinguish.
ed visitors to this fashionable resort,
and here they are: Rev. M. Klein,
DR.. J. Geiger, Prof. Hess, Colonel
Gravity, Hon. Jonas Rosenthal, Major
General Henry Heyman alias Wolf,
of the Bashi Bazouks, and Judge ia
cob We'll. They are staying with
Mr.. Bethel, at Capt. Welch's place
across the Creek, and have up to this
time had a gay time. DR.. Geiger
caught 16 trout before breakfast yes
terday and didn't half try. Judge
We'll went fishing for Rev. Mr.. Klein
and caught him in the finger. He
landed his fish but the fish objected
to being fingered so roughly and de
klcined to be caught any more
General Heyman, of the Bashi Ba-
zouks, went foragiug and got lost.
found him standing on the bridge
across the Creek and he didn't know
which end of the road carried him
home. was over. to dine with them
yesterday and had very fine dinner
Judging by the price I paid for it.
l was trying to learn how to play a
little game the boys call slack pot
the principal feature Of which is that
the more you put up the less you
take up. "a little learning" will go
a long ways with me and I don't
think | care to know how to play
Jackpot any way. We had a gay
ride over to the Springs in an OK
cart with the Bashi Bazouk as dri.
yer. Before I take any more such
pleasure rides I'll have my life in
sured for $4,000.
CLEAR CREEK FISHING.
Our genial Tax Collector, District
Attorney, Mr.. Charles NJ. Flowe,
and Mr.. McBridgc came out on
Thursday and brought tidings of The
fishing in Clear Creek which makes
that Creek formidable rival of Bic
and Trout Greeks. They found Dr.
Fish and Mr.. Fred seip just return.
ing to their camp on Big Creek from
a trip over to Clear Creek, and they
tell me that they had so many trout
in their buggy that they had to ride
with their feet hanging outside
That's a whopper, but rs I have the
word of the Tax Collector for it, and
Tax Collectors and Lawyers always
tell the truth, I am bound to believe
it. DR.. Fish he says had caught
twenty odd, and they both together
had forty odd fine trout. I had Just
caught nineteen trout at one sitting,
and fifteen of them out of one hole
without moving, and I thought that
was pretty good fishing. have got
a photograph Of mine and have that
advantage over them. l can show
the counterfeit presentment of my
nineteen trout and I had them scien.
tifically arranged so that I can add
to numbers and size to suit the ne.
cesslty OF beating anybody ell ,e's
Fish story; and now that I come to
think about it | believe that there
were twenty-eight trout on my string.
One of them l think would have
weighed seven pounds if I had
weighed it, but as l did not am
willing to allow pound, and l won't
claim over six pounds. I wouldn't
lie for one pound anyhow.
They told me also Of another bis
crowd which had just got to Big
Creek as they had finished their fish
dinner with DR.. Fish and Mai. Seip