The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-03-13

The city authorities have perform.
Cd . long needed Improvement. IN
tho most excellent method which
they have insugurated In tho com.
plete and most excellent ditchine
and drainage ofthe streets. Yet this
work will be Of no practical benefit
whatever. II carts and wagons and
horsemen are allowed to travel IN
the bitches, or close to their edges.
thus filing them up. and destroying
their utility. It 10 to be hoped that
the City Council will enact IN or.
dinance, Furnishing severely its IN.
fringement, and that our very worthy
and energetic Mayor will give those
disregarding such an ordinance the
full penalty Of ito Infringement, pro
bono pnb'ico.
We have sympathy for that class
OF young men who sheer at the IL.
borer 40 he tolls from day to day;
Who have q horror Of . horny hand;
whose delicate feelings are hurt by the
CRIME and dust and SCOT which stain
the mechanics honest pslms. Yv,
bow many are there Of just such
character, In every hamlet, town VII
laRe. and city In the land! They are
the drones In the great hive Of huma.
uity. who toll not, neither do they
spin, but are content to live of the
labor and sweat Of their fellow men /;
leading an simless life, and never
leaving . single impress on the ssnds
OF time, to guide hereafter some for.
lorn and shipwrecked brother. They
heed not the poets refrain:
LET Us then be up aud doing,
With . heart for every fate,
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor, and to wait"
Will some one rise and explain
Why 1t 70 that no enterprise, no mat
ter what ito nature can either meet
With success OF attain permsnsncy,
In this city? There are not wanting
men, both young and OF maturer
years, men Of intelligence. enterprise
and energy. TO insugurate projects
for the mental. moral and physical
culture OF themselves and their fel-
low citizens. But these efforts seem
to be- merely sporadic. aud after q
brief strut upon the stage Of life.
they vanish into thin, airy nothing.
like the ''barsless fabric Of q dream. /"
The great need to achieve q perma-
nent suocess 10 any object, 10 . deter.
mutation to overcome every object
and know no such word a. fail"
Mother Symptoms prophecies,
which have thus far been strangely
verified, begin to attract attention
again.
What matters the vain pomps.
vaDiiies and glories Of this mundane
sphere, II
In eighteen hundred and eighty.one,
This world to IN end shalt come"
Ifthis 10 true, Jews and Gentiles,
Christians and Turks. CsDnibsls.
Africans and Hottentots; the mgr.
lads OF esrth's living humanity
must put their house In order for the
general coni1sgration. It will not
matter then who b President OF the
Uuited States F.: whether Alexander
II rules Russia or Ireland IL filed
with war or famine. Debtor and
creditor will square accounts anu
there will be q general summary Of
all things earthly. Watch out for
1881.
The nights have been most deplor.
ably dark Of late, There has been
20 silvery rsys Of the witching moon
to illumine the leaden.h ued storm
clouds. It has been 40 dark a.
Erebus or that which fell upon
Egypt when the plaques we're vesist-
I'd on that land. This reminds 10 OF
. conxetemps which occurred one
night recently. A citizen attempted
to 80 through tho courthouse hall.
ae thought hs knew the way; be
wss cure Of It. He stepped boldly
along. when mireb'e diets be came ny
kerchunk, against the plsstereu
Wslls, made . protrusion on bis head.
skinned aud nearly broke hts nose
from (which the crtmson life-tide
freely exuded. He said that be
cav more stars, than dotted the ceru.
lean Empyrium on . cold and frosty
winters night. Aud then ill his
friends. tho next day asked him 10
sympathetic tones, what was the mat
ter With that nose? II Was red, sore,
skinned. and solue persons openly
expressed tho sentiment that he had
been on . "hilsrity."
noRAL-Msn. proud man. 70 IL.
oorsnt OF that Of which be 10 oitimee,
m0at anauFed.