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

Sleek AND E>f and even the barn
yard fowls seemed to cackle III
notes OF contcntmcnt and l,appi-
ness. But those were the DAYS of
sold t"%Hi>m,' and we heard the
croakinSS Of "har'l timcs' even
then from many; indeed, we have
never lived in times that were not
hard. just then, with many; hut
stu when we look back and com
pare those primitive times with
the present, we know they were
not hard.
GRANT.
COM' ChrOnirlr.-Thc river has
rose. fol v ten feet in the past
|.srveu days.
We still continue to have 0c.
ca>ional heavy rains, cloudy and
windy weather, with very little
sunshine.
rN1CS'
-Eumrihc Hrrord.-We hear
that some OF our citizens alc
troubled with dogs prowliug
around their premises at night,
picking mp everything edible and
sometimes, when possible, going
into houses to drprrdate. They
are great nuisance, and the
sooner all sheep killing ours and
proving hounds are sent to the
happy land Of canine, the better
for the community.
SMALL POX.-We learn from
recent exchanges that this loath.
some and dangerous disease has
again invaded this section of our
State. There are several cases in
or near BaStrop, and one case is
reported in Monroe. 1t would be
we'll to use every prccaution
against it; the most et1rctual pre-
tentative known to medical
science is vaccination.
EAST BATON ROUGE.
-Idr0cute The planters complain
that they have had too much rain.
! Monday morning began with quito
, a GhGWcr of rain.
Corn throughout the parish is small,
but is looking healthy and promis-
! iny. L
MOREHOCsC.
Hoeir"p TI0rioa.-Evcry "o}d croak-
err in the State, afraid to do or say
anything last summer for fear Of ma
king false impressions at the North;
and who was on the fence a few weeks
aSo, uow comes ';; b" nd, to to the front to
time
The weather seems encouraged by
the puff we gave it last week. 1t is
whims,ral-almost pcevis|-in its
anxiety to make rapid and contrast
ing changes. Last Sunday We had
moon. light, starlight, %iud aud rain,
all at the same time.
I SUDDEN DEATH or PARSoN BRowN-
low.-Knoxvil|e, Tenn, April D.-
Ex-senator William 6. Brownlow
died at his residence; on Cumberland
street, in this city, at five minutes
? y. III. lie had been afflicted tor
; years with paralysis agi!ans. and the
:, immediate cause Of Ills death was All
extension of this disease to the bow
els, I,ayaly :ing the same. During the
| last two months his health had been
better than usual, and he had taken
more interest in domestic affairs du'
ring the past week than for il yea'
previous. lie had wulkmcn employ
ed fixing his porchcs and fences,
experimenting tho matter In person
and walking about the premises Wit
more than his accustomed vig"r. Yes
,cr.lay afternoon he paid off the me'
himself, and retired at the usua
hour. During the night he was takei
= i'll, when Drs. Y. Boynton aud Jas
I Rodgers were su'n'l'o4ed, and, thons!
! his illness at length yielded to the Of
j.. feet of remedies, yet the acute pair
endured had so weakened his ner.
! vous system that he never rallied
aud, refusing to take stimulants, hit
family realized that his time Ia!
+ come, and in their presence (Ms wifi
= and children standing around his bed
y sile) his spirit passed calmly snt
= mnIcs>ly away. Ills remains vii
u he placed in casket Tonight, AM
l. the funeral services will take~pIac'
a Oh Tuesday afternoon at Gray Gem
n c,ary. His death took the comm"nl
}. ty by surprise, aud tho sorrow is gen
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