The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-09-03

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large circle Of friends and family
connections by links Of confidence
and esteem, and which excited fond
pride in him as a friend and citizen
of Rapides and Louisiana.
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ANOTHER PIONEER GONE.
Hypolite Beauboeuf, one of the pi-
oneers and withal remarkable man,
at the ripe age of four-score and one,
died at his prairie home eighteen
miles North of Alexandria, a few
days since. The deceased was a
"Francais de France" born in la
Vile de Paris, was highly educated,
and in the prime Of youth came to
this Town in 1920, with letters of
recommendation to John Archinard,
the then "Commandant of the Post"
and at once commenced clerking for
Landreaux Martineaux, then mer.
chants at the Post of Alexandria.
He remained with this firm only a
few months, when his fine qualities
and polished manners attracted the
eye Of the then Prince merchant
here, Laferiere Lesvecqucs, who then
kept a large store right across the
street from this office, in the we'll
known building recently occupied by
j. A. Williams & Co. For about
three years he was book keeper, in
fact, factotum for that establishment
and served his employer we'll and
faithfully. At that time the Prairie
was already we'll settled by the best
class of Creoles, who traded alto
gether here and principally with the
French Merchant. 1t was then the
custom for man, wife and children to
ride to Town horseback, and remain
several days shopping. Beauboeuf,
then, besides being a JOLT garcon, was
the favorite with the people of the
Prairie, and soon one of The dark
eyed Hours of that settlement won
his maiden love, and as customary
then, wooed her with the least posi-
BILE delay.
Entering then new life and hap.
|py as Prince, to the great regret of
Laferierre, he threw up his situa
ton, and with a thousand dollars in
gold, beltcd around him, as lie has
often told us, shook the dust Of Alex
andria from his heels, and with his
bride left for his Prairie home. For
the last forty-iivc years Beaubocuf
has been thriving and prosperous
farmer and successful stock raiser,
and in that time has cured more
sweet, juicy clear bacan sides, and
brought to this market more than
any man in Rapi.lcs. He has been
regular and punctual in this, mud the
Oldest and best of our house keepers
here have been his customers for
near half a century. He has been
married twice, and each wife bore
him twelve children, of which eigh-
teen are now living. lie was a pains
taking, saving and sober man, bis
word was his bond, and he always
had Ga little laid up for a rainy day."
A few weeks since, young man sold
him horse for sixty-fve dollars,
for which he paid him the gold, re-
marking that he made it twenty-five
years ago and has been saving it
ever since.
Thus lived and died purely good
man, and fair sample of the "Pio.
neers OF Rapides Parish" We only
learned of his death on last Sunday,
as we were about to make some On
qairy of him, in order TO learn
much from him to aid US in our
sketches, when we were shocked to
learn his death. Apart from his de-
serving tribute from the pen of the
Editor of this Journal, who has
known him rs far as "memory rea-
ches" as he has paid Natures debt so
suddenly, this extended and humble
tribute must serve as his imnortelle
in our early sketches.
-THE Sabine Inder, the new dem.
ocratic journal, mention of which we
made in our last issue, will be "set
and made up in typo style" by two
Alexandria printers, Levi Stewart
and Eddie Buddenbroek, and If ru-
NOR serves US right, our former fel-
low townsman and RapidiaD, Robt.
P. Hunter, Is to be one of it's Editors.