The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-02-05
THINGS ABOUT HOME.

We may as we'll on onr home start,
for the past week, sing the old song
of dull and hard times, for every
other individual we meet now ,a-days,
still plays on that old harp ola thou
sand strings, and to be in fashion we
Join in the refrain. However, we
think and believe that in all this hard
music, there is more of the croaker's
lament than real cider, and less of ii
and little more earnest ticks in the
right direction and with the right
will would pay better percentage.
and cause less torpid spirits. A lit
tie less of cigarettes, mean segars,
worse tobacco, turning the pictures
with the red and black spots, and
certainly less imbibing tanglefoot Ii
guilds, and in lieu Of all these non
paying and expensive Injuries and
vices, the money placed in a proper
way would surely turn the so called
hardtimes tide, and needed necessa-
ries of life would amply fill the lar
der, now empty because these vices
are too much and too often satiated,
and then, and then only will solid
prosperity take the place of the Ia
mentings and slobberings Of our
and those stalking in their
grave clothes.
We can't bank high on the weather
for our calendar week. We have
had, it is true, no rain and no very
cold weather, but it has been foggish,
misty, dampish. and rather warm, the
Thermometer for fonr days averag
ing as high as 70. There is no tell.
ing how it will culminate by the time
this goes in type.
Old Red, since Wednesday has
changed base, has risen fully four
feet, up to the present writing, and
Judging from the drift and the big
white foam on its surface, this rise
is anything but a local one.
Our home jottings, in the steam
boat line, begin with the packet,
Bart. Able; she passed down, on her
regular day, Wednesday, and blew
her whistle at 10 o'clock that night.
She only took on here sugar, molas-
ses and passengers, not touching a
bale Of the staple. She had full
load, and was crowded with people,
these were that dozen of Jack
Wharton's deputies and 80 Natchi
,oches prisoners.
The "big-toter," the Kate Kinney,
Zoe Dodd's flagship, came down a
booming about s o'clock Thursday
evening, and did no filling up here,
simply because she was loaded, and
hat load consisted mainly of 1882
,ales of cotton, 800 sacks of oil cake
md 100 sacks of wheat.
Our pretty day lark, the Bonnie
Lee, reached here from the Crescent
City Friday evening, having left
Tuesday, but was detained by fog
'ully "a hours. She goes to Mindep,
or which trade she had a fair trip;
The put out here a considerable
freight for Messrs. Baer Mann;
ind a package Of assorted papers for
ibis office.
The Pool-line's favorite money
steamer, the Silver City, also
here Friday evening, about
,wo hours behind the Bonnie Lee,
he fog keeping her also behind
T.
Usual time. She goes to Shreveport
or which destination she had a good
'reight and some people. Her head
'lerk, Billy Quicksall, made US up a
zig package of New Orleans papers,
besides leaving US the President of
he Pool lines usual contribution of
Eastern and Western papers.
The Jewel passed down about mid
light of Friday with 1862 bales Of
cotton, ia barrels cotton seed oil,
3 tons Of hides, and the u. S. Mail.
The new and really fine Laura Lee,
eft the City Wednesday, with the q.
J. Mail, a good freight, plenty Of
passengers, and passed up about 3
o'clock Saturday morning. Her eff
,ient office clerk, Walter Parker,
landed US huge bundle of all the
New Orleans papers.
The gilt-edged Maria Louise pass
ID down on Sunday night, had a full
Dad consisting of cotton, oil cake,
Texas bulls and the last truck of all
'orts from the wreck of the Texas.
The Alexandria has finished her
yrecking job, and went up as high as
Joushatta for load of cotton.
The Bart. Able was again logged
his trip. but reached here with a