The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-11-03
LOCAL HAUL
Pouched During the Week.
Pithy and to the Point.

Sickness throughout the conh'r! Has
been .ispe1led. We hear very little talk
nf if and our Doctors don't look happy
Dash me, if there isn't Washing Ma
chine man in town; he's boar1" at foh-
tcnot's.
Cant. George Hamilton, the genial
gentleman, is on the deck of the Durfee.
George knows how to ring the bell.
Our friend Charley Smith, runs tho
pDa. and about 29S men beer there du
ring the week.
"Caltrls' Coscy' is the Front street Sa-
loon, where the nptowncrs take their last
drink las they 90 vending homt,' (hic). |
Judge David Picrson has retur ,cd from
Desoto, looking as well and as Happy as
ever
The remains Of Forests Cavalry de-
parted hence, amid the tears of the en-
tire community.
Mr. Joseph Aaron has returned to Nat
chitoches, from an attempted residence
in Mississippi
Our young friend Jimmy Noise is tho
crack biliarlist of the place. Treble
discounts the best players.
Dr.. s. 0. Scrnggs was with MS last
week. We have not had the pleasure of
seeing the Doctor for many day before.
The marked men are porking their
b(e)fore in some time.
Murky, dark and lowcry, is the wealth
er some days, when on others tho sun-
shine dispclls the gloom.
Young man, if she doesn't ask you in
after seeing her home, don't waste any
more oyster soup on hcr-t's hopeless
case. I.
The talk in Natchtoches goes on; this {
time it's about Cotton Factories, and it
will be about hundred years before the
takers come down to action.
Our river Reporter at Grand Ecorc
has got the shakes; he's afraid of too ,
big q rise. Grand Ecore wouldn't be a
"port" then, you know.
The Whites stole three bales of cotton
from Petitjean, and, after selling the
same, sloped. Deputy Sheriff Collier is
in pursuit.
Somebody has opened barrel of sa
cred whiskey i'll town. We heard
loaded cuss singing "Old Hundred" last
Saturday. {
The rains continue this week, and they
are disastrous to the cotton crops. As
far as we can learn the rain fall is gcner
al all over this section of the State.
Maj Lane, parish Tax Collector, has
l been in town dnring the week. He is
looking well and reports the situation in
his neig hborhood undsturbed.
Our old friend DR.. j. w. Cockerham r
paid Natchitochcs flying visit, The
Doctor is rusticating in VIM, and looks ]
as genial as ever.
IF you call that Coffee" said conn
tryite to dispenser of the fragrant" at
ten cents cup, "you arc not acquainted
with beans" It
Elijah Cox beats the corn men with
on ear from the Hills. 1t is of the straw i
berry gourd seed variety, and the grains {
number 1880.
Antiley's pepper stalk wasn't a yarn.
He brought two in town from which
nearly half bushel of peppers were ga.
thesd. +
Tamalas-that is, mush stuffed with Il
chopped pork and boiled in shucks, is q d
beverage at the Phoenix. Ellen is sell t.
lin them. Il
1t is said that hard times don't make
sascals; they only bring them to the :,
surface. Lord, what hard times have II
We had in this country lately. ~
young man talking of beginning life Il
IN this town with only ten cents in his T.
0reechss pocket! Why sir, we know
some men who began life here with no
hreechss at all. 81
ihere is one universal howl over the q,
smailness Of the loaves of bread our ba-
ker sells. 1t takes two to make slice -"
OF toast, That baker is not well bred, ',
VI ne would give US bigger loaves. ~
when you see young married man r.
contemplating baby carriages with
calm eye you may infer that the matri- .
mon'al sky is bright, serene, and little N
Sonny" '''"' m
Ashley the old Telegraph operator has
ssen succeeded bya live young man.
eend 10 your orders. The line is deter. T.
n'aed to waddle along ahead of the bio 50
mule in future. in
W rim tn
..v W Il. Tunnard, Clerk, reports the br
:. .V'loWing marriage liceses issued during he
the week: NN' NY at
YUMA Derbanne to Miss Feline Kerry "
sohn Ray to Miss V. T. Koriard
out city tax collector has become fully on
ION. convinced that tufts Of grass wont bring on
e sne tax delinauents and ho 10 G.