The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-06-05
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Axe AVERY ArFEc,E|,lssse A 4 l!Ell'l|
On one dfI5lle muddy bridges in
Ghept stand two large, brazen ina
gcssof. falher-an snih III obtained
this distinguished mark n r. Of, the adj
mirasionr Off their felloY,citizcns by
the ,fplllldswing:ingildf|elnt .asn s4l.3
i44B Both the fatherianld ties son were,
fer seine, offence against, the State,
condemned 10 die. Some favorable
i circumstances appearing ,on the side
Of the sol son, he was granted q .lremis-
sion Of his sentence, updcrf certain
,pEoYisions;t.in short he. was offered
4 spardepe on ia most crpel and abar-
bareuss condition, namelysi that he
would become the executioner of his
fathers lHea at first ,resolately re-
fused ito preserte ahis nlife, shyq means
so fatal and deatestables STAisis not
TO, be.F wondered AS fer LET, US hope,
fpro.tAes honor sef ,pataresuthat
..!thereafe very fsys seusdYAo MOULD
ippt:s haze 1spprped With abhpHence
life sustained on a ,candisiqno olhor-
gid .aaasnnpatuNfsasll.s The SOP, though
,lopga ipfsxihle. was aat length ever
coma byit the tearss and eatreeasiesa of a
fpnda fathey,ewho represents dtos him
that, at al leYylents, his 1.-THE father's)
life was forfeited, aud that it would
Se hs greatest possible tonsolstion
-lor hin. iii his last moments That in
kis DEATH he wasI am INSTRUMENT of
iii. i Issppsa pfess.sfSatiepp. TbeI youth
cdusentaddftos adoptaothe iloitible
means of recovering his llife ahdlib-
esftyn be! lifted .the,laxerbuts as it
was about to fall ,hils arm sank nerve
lessa ann the, iaxel dropped from his
hand Had eho, aas many, lives as
hairs, he could hare yielded them
alb one aftera another rather than
again, coneelve, much less perpetuate
such An facts Life ilibertYn,eYery-
thing vanished before the dearer in.
sterests, Of fiialafectious he fsllupon
hislffather's neck, and embtacinghim
triumplantly exclaimed.siil, 3aaf
any father NE die ,togetherl' and
then called for .anotAef exeeutioner
to fulfill the sentence of the law:
Hafd mist theif hearts indeed be
asbsrsft fetety sasantiim ent oflviritue,
every sensation u hdmaiiftyMwho
could Stand 'fn5ehsibls spectators Of
such q scene. A sudden peal ii in
voluntary appliance mixed With
inoans dnd 'sigflsy, affehs atiies air. lrhe
Isx es1tion' WAS q spsndea;,s ahd, in q
simple. report IL tlSe attanssctioa to-
GRE Authorities, botG ewefs spaardoaned.
High rewards and iiioanofs were con-
fsrred On tie son; and finally these
two admirable ,btazeh hinges were
raised toa As mpIpisegmpeoratet aAtransac-
tion, SOL hl Honorable to human nature,
an and ad transmit .i4rl it at9 the instruction
and emulation, Of pqsterity. The
statue presents r l4se the son in the very
as t "a Of le ling fall She sxea ta.li
J, how dye do, Mrs. Gsa,i,esf full.
are al your folks pretty swellY asked
one hieighbpr off another, v whom, i she
met a few days ago. "Oh, yes, pref
ty well, thank you--tbat Is, about as
well as ~ ns 4lsl. Father hasn't been
cutie vel yell since BE- banked up the
cellar sell " last fall /, and overworked him
sell, .' thinks ils1 he hurt his side;land
mother mot bel has As got the, rheumatism so
bad ss!l she hasn't has been able, ta get down
stairs for a week; Matilda Ann has
slight touch Of the; diptheria, $50 the
doctor s'is|gr, said; Jimmiss can't speak
aboeyea vhisper,ffor q sore throat;
Susie is just getting anotherd rising
in her ear, andsthe baby has had two
more spells ofsecronp ytflsusband
can hardly dosanyi work.on account
of hisssore eyes andoI stl,ought31'd
die,last night with afeuralgias sim my
head-bntiwe're'alI alf about ais com
mon.ii tHow'ss your folksr,ij asad
aalg reA44---+E-s-sS>se.es4-s a4 sss-sss-iisfag
m NJ. BIOSsAT, AGENT FOR, THE,
L WILSON, SEWING MACHINE.
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