The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-03-26
THINGS ABOUT HOME.

Another week has been dropped
into eternity's charnel basket, and OF
we live to record it tolerably fair VI
and seasonable one, with here and g
there q rare exception. For two u
mornings we had thin coatings OF Z :,
ice, though our Thermometer marked /
two degrees above that point ana T
vet we hear of no harm done to the T,
fruit or any of the tender young +
plants. On Saturday this same DID, :
but reliable, Thermometer went up I
heatcdly to 81, AID by next morning !
was down to 40! These variations
must be put down as the vagarles OIL
the weather for equinoctial week.
With all this, our planters ana
farmers have booked it as a GOOD
week for their operations, and don't
in the least croak at it, nor are they
half as particular as this dotter about
these changes. Corn doing well,
looking fresh and vigorous, cane
ditto. and even some cotton already
nm and did not catch the sore Sims.
: AS an "olla podrida," put down our
! mast week as one that has passed.
> muster roll, and let us move along
!, to its %
:. RIVER NEWS. eeIs q
8 The institution known as Red
}, River, running between the Towns
= , Of Alexandria and Pineville, Is still
d falling and, for this season Of the
g year, is really a low stream.
Is On Tuesday of that week, at pre-
o. cisely Q P. NJ, noiselessly, but swan
=, - like. our late and pretty night owl,
~ the Bonnie Lee, glided by Town ano
at every revolution of her kick up-be
OF hind seemed plainly to tell US: "oie
Sg DEMOCRAT, your lately sanken favor
II. tie, phenix.like, has risen from ne
do O. K. sand-bar grave, and is ono
ZEN more herself, and in her renasssa''c
me ereets you anew" And right gla'
w. is the old DEMOCRAT to record this
vill and wishes his "Bonnie Lassie
ing Pool Liner happy and prosperou
lot' future. = :.
lar About an hour behind the newi!!
tho born one came her savior, the salv'
- No. 2, who did her work SO well al
tain quickly, and now has gone to 9th
part streams in search of new wrecks.
ney The same night the Silver q
hem passed down and, considering t
the lowness of the river and dull tin
they thrown in, had an excellent trip
y 90 around. '.s'''
nsss The next day was the Packe
It is departure day, aad ''you bet" {
bout was on time, but the harsh music
er to the dull season hardly granted he
-; half load. But you know, the ia
ower ct is our institution, one OF US,
veto ways stays in sunshine and ste
him, and, like hooks Of steel, she cling
Keep as in veal and woe. '.' =
n ~, After some three weeks rest,
,tates blue Danube was ordered to
then / front. and was the Wednesday
ments boat for Shreveport and all coast'
10 No a sp- landings. She reached here a
, u 10 o'clock Friday night, with
, Gov trip, aud passed on with the
neces- possible delay. w.
an al The same night, three hours q
: i peU wards, the Jewel, with full
rights from Shreveport, passed down,
ia I'M. Eugene Barrow sent Us out q
in any Shreveport Times. So a
choose. From Minden, with . full lo'
Don the cotton, the Alexandria passed
riation early Saturday morning and Is
) right at the upper Wharf for a
and, minutes. "
40 mat Our old reliable and ever pun
propri- Packet, the peerless Bart
reached this port about noon
main day, with the biggest kind Of 9
,tv. and and a fine passenger list. II
! th;nt when she left the City, on SAT-
s she was Fat to the guards 10
q 'fom' We are glad to record this In
Of Captain Sinnott's fine .and
McMa- side.wbeeler in the river. Ma
,ders in continue her prosperous care
, vb;ch July, at least, and always be {
;, as q special favorite. Punct
III Ran time, she goes down this {
Ter ieaa sharp noon. ys445 .a15
,e. The Our weeks report ends wi
to gov Yazoo Valley, down Monday
e Demo and the Silver City, up thu
ese laws night.
at may. H. .,o,t;on IN last r,
ue shail passed on we'll and perfectly
sepresen- and encouragidgly to the Dem
,tion. 1t party, and II other folks out
Of merely1the wet are not overly pasass
=. .n,ro the result, they have no one =