The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-01-22
THINGS ABOUT HOME.

Since the advent of the New Year,
1879 so-ealled, the clerk of the weather
has been on continued spree, and we
venture the assertion, without any re-
Election on Professor Tice, that the like
was never printed and promulgated in
any Almanac. Our home readers are but
too we'll posted, and disgustingly at
that, of these weather antics up to this
writing, to need our rchearsing them
over, for we shall rest contented to con-
time where we left of, and not dot in
malice his doings since our last.
The first three days Of our Democrat
week, showed and pressed our Their
mometer up to Sc, thus giving us dull,
dreary, damp, cloudy spell TO wade
through, with an inierlude of few
hours rain on Friday, which washed
the streets pretty clean, and then our
erratic clerk pressed into service cold
Sol" who has been putting on some Of
s\beautiful rays, gentle III contrast
with the i'll treatment we have received
from him the first OF the year. He has
continued in .his beautiful mood, up TO
this writing, and we chronicle a beau
tiful, Southern Sabbath, like unto the
olden times. Fine, white frost and
therm ometcr down to 45 OH this pretty
and fair Sunday.
The roads are drying and improving
fast, and as for our streets, three hours
sunshine almost carpet them dry and
pleasant for pedestrians.
There is yet OH the plantations con-
siderable sugar, molasses, cotton and
other truck awaiting transportation,
and our planters and farmers are al
ready breaking up the earth, for the
"other crop" and that other venture
in making livelihood, for all which
they have the best wishes and fervent
prayers Of this writer.
Steamboats, have been few and far be-
tween the past week, and one favortie
Pool-Liner, the lone star rexas. has
paid the snas tribute and now lies we'll
sunk ON a bar in the ''Bon Dieu," a
few miles from st. Maurice. This
event occurred on the 18th, on her way
down, with good load, and full Of pas
sengers-no lives lost, the deck load all
saved, and about half of it, and the pas
sengers and crew, were taken by the
Danube.
The first boat up early Thursday NOR
ming, was the gilt-edged Maria Louise,
that passed by in a d--n big hurry, just
touching the uppir wharf for a passet'-
ger hail, and did not have Il single pa
per, word of news, just disappointing
the loafers aud causing this Editor to
pray for her and her clerks. Ongour
next up venture Eugene Barrow, we
look for omething better from you.
Some time Thursday night, the little
Frank Willard, also gave us the go-by,
having left the Crescent City some 76
hours before. We merely mention this
to keep pace with all passers by in the
so-called line.
The beautiful, blue Danube. in place
of our Bart. Able, in command of Billy
aided by the officers of the
Packet, 4S hours behind time, with the
fat truck of the Inflated Texas, passed
down two hours before day Friday NOR
ming, refusing all freights and even
passengers, and went off to her Ores
cent City mornings rejoicing.
The next arrival up, and 40 hours be-
hind time on account of continued and
dense fogs, with the U. S. Mail, was
Captain Woods big carrier and excel
lent boat, the Silver City. She had a
fair freight for Pineville and our Town,
her Billy Quleksall leaving us large
package of papers, and she too went on
rejoicing to Shreveport.
The big whopper, the Kate Kinney,
passed down Saturday evening, with
all she wanted in the way of cotton, oil
cake, Texas bulls, and sundries ad in
Ifintum.
Our towl-namesake, the tidy, little I
came to taw Sunday event.
ing, with a light freight for this point,
but had two late papers for this office,
one of them Friday Picayune, for
which we tip our medium beaver three
lines for her captain and clerks.
The Jewel, the bijou of the Pool-line.
passed down Sabbath night, and only
laited here long enough to get some
,atables.
The Laura Lee, for Shreveport, with
good freight and fair passenger list,
,assed up Monday evening.