The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-10-02
DON QUIXOTE OUTDONE.

ote, and sent a messenger to see, who
found it to be 50. We saw friend
across the street few days ago,
with paper in his hand, and read
ing and laughing and holding his
sides. We ran over to enquire what
it was that was so amusing. Said
he: "The Police Jury Of Grant have
had called meeting, and solemnly
resolved that their sister Parishes
have gone crazy, and that whereas
the Police Jury Of Grant have dis.
Governed new disinfectant for yell
low fever, they will cheerfuIly CO.
operate with their sister Parishes in
applying it as soon as the said sister
Parishes are restored to their rea-
son." And said he ssthe best part of
the joke is that new disinfectant. A
fellow on the steamboat with a hick-
DRY stick to keep yellow fever from
coming on board, or from going off
it gets on. Just to think of that
fellow rafting Yellow Jack over the
head with that stickw "Why, SIR"
said he, "Don Qaixote fighting the
windmill wont be circumstance to
him." "Ah" said he, "if the Police
Jury of Grant plays any more such
jokes as this, they will be the death
of me!' @ gF
Being unable to get anything more
definite from our laughing friend, we
left him alternately laughing and
resting, and few over to our sane
tum to examine our exchanges, and
found the resolutions. We found
that our friend had been a little fa-
cetious, but after all allowances for
that. there has been enough left to
keep our Town laughing for the
whole week. We flew of to find the
President of our Police Jury, and
found him with the "Colfax Chroni-
cle," reading and bewildered and
dumbfounded and pinching himself
to see if he was the same man who
wrote a certain letter to the Police
Jury of the Parish of Grant, propo-
sing to unite with them in establish
ing a quarantine. Said he: "Bios-
sat, what does this mean2--sWhere-
as, the yellow fever panic has driven
our sister Parishes beyond the verge
Of reason, Resolved, that when mob
law cea es, and the other Parishes
have recovered their reason, VIC, the
Police Jury Of Grant, will cheerfully
cooperate with them.''' Said we,
"that means that the Police Jury Of
Grant are about to send committee
of physicians to examine the mental
condition Of the people Of Rapides,
and as the only way to do that is to
examine the President of their Po-
lice Jury, you will be examined;
and as all insane people, or people
suspected of being insane, are exam
ined on the topic of their insanity,
that committee will bring that let
ter you wrote them about quaran-
tine, and you can't be too careful
how you answer any questions about
it," Said we, edo you think they
know your signature or hand-wri-
ting?" A faint smile of relief play
ed over his troubled countenance as
he replied that he thought they did
not know his handwriting. We told
him, then, the best plan was to deny
the whole concern.
We left him still disconsolate and
bordering over the "Colfax Chroni-
cle," at the place where the ordi-
nance of the Police Jury was print
ed. We returned to our sanctum al.
most as much amused as our faceti-
GUS friend, and delighted with every
thing-with guarantees and disin-
fectants, and Police Juries and our
mobs, who are all dressed in buckram
green, and were counted only when
it was SO dark that you couldn't see
your hand before you, and especially
delighted that our Town and our sis
ter Town across the way, while sc
many Of the towns and cities below
US are desolated, are blessed with
unusual health; that we have nov
reached point which, with the same
care and caution for three weeks
more which has characterized ou
quarantine, is absolutely safe, ant
when Jack Frost comes and yellow
Jack dies, we will join in one univer
sal shout of gratitude and thanks
] giving, and laugh over our quaran
tines and disinfectants, and tn
} thousand and one heated contro
yersies. ~