The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
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KICK NE!
BABY MINE!
-CoNcERr tonight.

SORRY her lot who loves to swell.
Have you paid for your paper2
THE deer law is over; now look
out for yenison.
--THE Northern papers are mostly
filled up with horrid accounts of
crimes.
Tue colored individual who had
a heavy iron pipe to fall on his head
on Wednesday, is all right again.
The lady who discovered wig
gle-tails in her milk, has discarded |
her milkman. Black coffee is now
used.
Thar hilarious youth, who took
lessons from Baron Munchausen now
boasts of being ahead of his master
at the art taught him.
-THE Pacific Fire Company meet
tonight at 8 o'clock, and the Hook
and Ladder Company tomorrow eve
ming at the same hour.
-THE man who was pulled up
with false pride, is now endeavoring
to get rid of the evil, he is actually
seeking something to do, even work.
--OLD Tanglefoot has such hold
on some one in our midst, that the
public, as with one voice, is crying
out: Shame! Let him, whom the cap
fits, reform.
The youth Of Alexandria who
has sown his "wild oats" and speaks
of settling down and doing for him
self in the future, deserves unmeri-
ted praise. Go it while you're young.
--ON Wednesday morning in the
Town of Pineville, there was set-to
between two men, q la Heenan. The
sponge was thrown up by him who
was made to see stars, by left
handler planted in the eye.
ON the corner of Sixth 8 jack
son streets, the sidewalk and ditch
need repairing. Persons living in
tha4sportion Of the Town, End it diff
ficult in reaching their homes after a
raias Whose business is this?
--CoTroN, we are~told is opening
fast, and bagging and ties are going
out daily. Before many days bales
of cotton will be coming in, and then
look out for business and plenty OF
greenbacks So mote it be.
-4SoIILoQuY If the reformed youth
Of our Town: "I'll accumulate funds
sniIfcientt 10 purchase slittle' home
of my own, etc." What fine OPP
portunity is afforded the girls i
they oniy knew it. Look out young
MIN, there may be danger ahead.
In the rear of the DEMOCRAT
Office, frontipg on Jackson street
William Hustnyre is having bull
large, commodious cotton shed
Joe Larcy, next to Governor Mill
the oldest carpenter in Alexandria
is the builder.
On the last issue day of thi
Journal, we were again the rcciplen
OF a hountiful quantity of those large
juicy figs, sample Of which we &C
kuowledged at the time. They cam
from the same "fair lady and lieg
loid'' and our hearty reinforcement
are hereby returned for the same
PRAISE from the travelling pub
lie, in the way Of Hotel accommoda
tions, is praise indeed. And suci
we hear almost daily with the far
ALI around received at Sans ES
change Hotel. There you can &c
the worth of your money, and at tn
most moderate. prices, and recely
courteous and hospitable treatmen
either from "the head of the House
or his attentive clerk, James OShet
ON last Thursday, five men wer
brought up before L. v. Marye, ESQ
for not working on the road as pc
order of Syndic VIM. Mccall, on th
Bayou Robert road. Two were dis
charged on account of sickness
which was established by 3 physi
clans certificate, and three.were sen
fenced to pay one dollar per day TO
two days and costs fsuit, in defaul
of which were sentenced to five day
each in the Parish Jail, subject t
labor at the bidding of the Sheriff
If the Syndics throughout the Pal
ish would follow tue example of Ml
Mccall, good roads would soon TAX
the place ofsthe bad ones. Keep tn
ball in motion.
The Red River Stage, on Thurs