The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-12

way and horse, with q handsome youth to
drive us to our new home. We were whisked
away at u better speed than the old horses
appearance gave promise, and In afeW min
,ltes we were going up the steps to one OF
those very wide galleries 80 suggestive oil the
house extending as far out as possible In nos
Ditable greeting, and meeting you part way.
Our hostess was not behind the houses prom
ise In her own cordiality, and we soon felt
like friendly visitors, instead OF one side In
that armed neutrality which pertains between
landlady and hoardsrs.
Arcola is 80 near Amite as TO be the lesser
In q pair OF twins which, at telescope dis
lance say OF New Orleans, would seem Just
one; but the residents of Amite and Itself
feel
ALL THE CORPORATE INDIVIDUALITY OF
CITIZENSHIP
In either place. no less than do househoders Of
New York or Philadelphia. Amite boasts O
very HOuriehlng industry which furnishes
employment to d large number OF men OF the
most varied skill, since gins are manufac-
tured In every detail, from the crudest mate-
rials to the last decorative finish for trade.
We saw oil stages or the work, and were inn
displayed. The improvement by which an
automatic ginner is substituted for the negro
Of the past who 30 frequently got his fingers
cut off, or, as Mr.. Outlet found, still greater
incentive 1 to Inventions stopped work ,, and aud
wonderfully simple also. The greatest limo
walton, to my thinking, Is the condenser,
by which the cotton cones from the gin In
huge yards of batting, calling to mind winter
comforts" instead Of being blown all over q
lint room, as Of old, makinga
BEAUTIFUL BUT INUTILITARIAN FAIRY
stood admiringly by In my best drap Fete
gown, while Il snowy heap OF folds WAS laid at
my feet, and came out unwhttened by sim
gle feck, which was b fore more impossible
l.
The spots On the sun Of the great Industrial
enterprise which illumines Amite and vicin-.
age and generates q heat which lights and
warns many humble flresides, Is the circum-
stance that connected with the factory, there
IL O store, and that the operatives receive the
major part of their earnings In orders upon
1t, while the goods, groceries, etc, are cur
rently believed to be held at higher figures
than elsewhere In Amite. All OF which has y
tendency to keep the workmen In bondage,
making spending seem a greater Wisdom than
saving. There are, consequently, few living
In their own homes but nearly all tributary
In rentals also to Mr.. Outlet, who moves q
saw mill, school, farm and factory upon
THE PIVOTAL FuLoRuM OF THIS LITTLE COM
MEKClAL "IDEA,'
which is as successful as "Jean Teterols" and
by when he Is enabled to manage each enter
prise with equal regard to that economic vir-
tue which Hamlet cOnmends to HoratiO.
Amtte WAS warmly enlisted on the Ogden
side Of the nomination contest. The General
made visit to this part Of the country. from
which, at least, he returned q conqueriug hero.
Amite Is, besides, the nativity town OF Hon.
Il. John ELLIS. 1t was here, consequently,
that q recent editorial In the DEMOCRAT Gre
ated the liveliest sensation. | have seen that
copy OF the paper passed around like refresh
ments, and always followed by the same hila-
rious effects. Gen. Ogden canvass disturbed
the stability OF opinion, and
EVEN SHOOK MY OWN FIDELITY
for time until could sum up the desert in
SERVICE" by which Lieut.. Gov. Witt bore off
the palm by an excess Of merritt In one partlcu-
lar case, which IL left to me to celebrate, to
wit: His very handsome conduct last winter
to the lady aspirants to citizenship. 1t is
true he might have gone further and actively
espoused their cause, without prejudice to
other marital contracts; but we shall hope
that, having held In allegiance his kindliest In
clinations, the occasion presenting itself,
they may burst forth the more gloriously
when fairly seated in the executive chair, to
which the Convention SO pressingly and
unanimously Invited him last Tuesday night
In Baton Rouge. FATIMA.