The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-08-31

Look for him. There is life insur.
ance agent from Chicago going around
here. He talks abf ut the dread messen
ger, the silent tomb aud cold death as
though he was selling a patent spring
mattrass. He can weep like sprink~
ling cart, and his trademark is a red hand.
kerchief with an onion in it.
Our coiored friends had better keep
out of trouble. Keep away from these
church. political meetings aud steer clear
of Blunt's crowd of political bummers
The white people intend to make this
canvass red hot and all those who have
robbed us in the past must keep dark and
look small.
Blunt told coored man tho other
day that the whites had established but
one school in the parish and that was in
this ward and the teacher was incom-
petent Blunt is an unmitigated liar
and about ten feet of hemp over limb
will be his portion yet.
Statistics prove that editors are the
most moral men III the community-tley
always do write.-Ex. Not so correct as
they should be, however; for they do not
always render unto scissors the things
| that are sciss0rs.-Ex.
| A number of our city citizens are pre-
pairing to rnra1ze in tho event of fever.
Messrs. Lemee and Chaplin have built
summer cottages at or near Trammell's
mill, in the long leaf pine woods. Sew
eral families arc ont of town among
them those Of Messrs. c. l.. Walmsley, W.
II. Jack, Judge D. Person and Mayor
Dranguet.
| The Jack ass club is notified to assem-
BILE in front of the several churches in
this city on tomorrow Sunday. A
numerous attendance of Young ladies is
expected and this opportunity to stare
them out of countenance should not be
neglected.
Thieves at Work.
The store Oft. Schuman, corner Front
and St. Denis streets, was entered by
thieves on Wednesday night and full
sack of Coffee stolen. The thief is sus
pected and will be caught unless he es
capes from the parish.
Pic ayune, colored man living on
Cane river above town came near being
killed by his horse on Wednesday eve
nlng last. During the thunder storm of
that evening there was an awful clap of
thunder so frightened Pecayune's horse,
that he threw him and he was drag
gel some distance by the stirrp and
bruised in a fearful manner. Fortunately
no bones were broken.
Religion is good thing, nor is politics
bad but both mixed are, to all decent
people, most disgusting, The colored
people have heretofore lost the conf
dence of the whites by mixing these hui
man ingredients and we learn that the
same old game is being practiced. Well,
some men don't know when they are safe
and rush in where angels fear to venture.
Our latest from New Orleans report the
number of yellow fever cases in all, up
to last Monday, 2060; deaths 626. The
fever is raging in Plaquemine fearfully.
'rhe cities of the North are responding
with monies to aid the destitute and sick
of the fever stricken districts. Thousands
of dollars are being subscribed and for.
warded. Memphis, Grenada, Vicksburg
and Plaquemine are the greatest suffer.
ers.
II rose at six o'clock this morning and
see what l found in taking a walk in tho
highway said the fond father, display
ing silver dollar lis not that proof of
tho advisability Of early rising?' NO."
replied the SON. And why asked the
father, just as people always do in fables
and;Sunday Schools stories. because the
fellow who lost it," boldly replied the
son, got up too blamed early for his
own good"
Gone aloft is little Jimmy;
In the pantry ne'er again
Will be gather mothers pickles L
To his little stomach's pain.
From the topmost shelf he tumbled,
Crashing down be fell ker slam, i
As petrifed cucumber
Pierced him through bis diaphragm
-Andrews' Bazaar. ;
"Did understand you to say" exclaim- -.
cd candidate for police juror to his
competitor in the midst Of his most
brilliant passe, "that you were once rich
and now poor" 81 was, and am" re-
Piled his competitor. And honest" ,
1ueried our friend. Eyes, sir !" ''Then.
al have to say is, that if you were once
cich and now poor and still honest, you re
n id bad condition. +
Hafz, the Persian poet and very few
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