Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-30
bile command have turned to "Pump-

Kin Studs"
They have vanished. Scattered as B
are sands Of the desert by the wild v
Simeon. h
The noble Colonel, rumor had it, n
had persisted; for he was among the :
for time. Whittier he af- +
wendell his way, we cannot
tell, as the blinds were pulled down
on him during the three years of
bloody war which followed.
Whether tour Aleck'' fought and
bled in the Quartermaster's Depart, I
ment or the conscript service, or
danced by the lannon's roar as his
favorite orchestra, is not part ofthis
legend. II
Peace at last resumed her sway DER
a distracted South. A Radical Con-
gress moved by hatred and feelings Of
revenge, decreed that the ex-Confed-
crates should be punished handled
without gloves-the most loyal and
bravest Of Louisiana's sous were dis
franchised and the former slaves,
newly emancipated, would rule the
commonwealth.
The "boys in blue,' mainly those
who had snuffed the battle from afar |
the Northern waits whom the dis
banded regiments had dropped IN our
midst, took the matter in hand and
the devils white, yellow and black,
ran the machine with a vengeance,
in way that we all remember. At
that time East Baton Rouge had her
San Domingoan hero, J. Henri Burch,
who was "the ruler of the whole ma
wee" within her borders.
Twas with him only, that ore could
treat who hankered for small bit of
the chicken pie. At least, tour Aleck'
thought SO.
He had been unsuccessful as Con-
federate hero, but he might be more
fortunate as a Union convert and
} native Republican. So he arranged
his little plan. Knowing that vine
gar never catches flies, he took occa-
sion to invite J. Henri to a little
breakfast, of which other congenial
spirits partook; and when came the
moment when reason, wine and sen
timent flow, the ex-braye C0nfeder-
ate Colonel discarding the reminis-
cences of his past ambition to soar
r above the heads of mankind as SOL
der whose name might be emblazoned
? in victory's laurels, gave utterance, in
: the humble tones of pious brother,
. to the following prayer-toast:
Bless us "a we together meet
J And satisfy the food we eat;
Blessed be the Bnrch who office gives,
The pap by which our spirits live.
: Thus did Colonel Alexander Smiths
dream give way before stern ant
r dark reality, that he might obtair
a illnesses of pottage."
sFrom this moment "Our Aleck'
: prospered. His prayer was duly an
G swered. He got one office till h
d secured a better one-the postottice
is which he still enjoys.
b But, alas! he has again become
: ambitious. IT'S no longer the fam
d which is won on the battlefield tina
d he seeks; tits that which is reaped il
3, the halls of the National Congress.
" The blessing which he gave unit
himself and j. Henri has brought it
le fruits.
T., $50 far so good,' the boy said wh
II poked his index in the jar of pre-
J. serves. "Our Aleck" thinks likewis
al so that if that first prayer brouglI
= him where he is, might not another
a we'll directed, bring him into clos
Of communion with Garfield, Conkli
W and the rest Of the fellows
|y He needs but the golden opportun
IN ty, and Congress will furnish it.
Will not the good people of Ea
ii Baton Rouge help the "old boy
r. to get there9
el Claiborne Guardian: We have a
OF heard of the boy who was advised
ar keep his mouth closed so that itmlsl
n not be discovered that he was a foo
is A similar injunction should be lal
ar upon Gen. Grant for different reasO
his that it may not be found out TIL
OF he is liar.
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