The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-03-06

0e0lIpe tho tIuDk OF Nm. JUL
Hartman. appeared before be Homo
Judge Tucker. for preliminary e
animation. Lest Saturday. Thoa. :
Chaplin, Esq.,. District Attorney y.
tenn. declined to prosecute him. o,
tho ground that there Wss no Sta,
evidence tsodisg 70 eliminate III
accused. Al order wss issued 70
biz release from custody. Il seea
the trunk was put on . boat With Ii,
baggage Of the Fay Tsmpleto,
troupe. and wss carried 70 Shrev,
port. On the return trip Of tho boa
~ beoaCns beck and returned 4
the owner. Martin jsckeon protest
ed bio innocence throughout, ane
Was doubtless rejioced that BIZ
character W. thus vindicsted. HI.
arrest was more o. circumstantis
violence and mere euspicton, rather
ban on any positive Information
hat be wss guilty Of the crime I'm
puted 10 him.
B. Cole. who Il quite a live coal, IL
1is way. was tncsrce,ated /" jail, lss,
Tuesday. charged by 4. ". Bell, o,
Grant parish. with having on O,
bout tho 9th day Of December las
'tolen, taken and carried away ou+
'ale Of cotton, Ut the value Of at,
'"lIsfs. the properly Of st1asnt. Cole.
'tll have some Of tho livliness ex
rscted from bis corpus. should b.
. found guilty Of the charge. Cot
~ though "a extremely light an
deecy substance, Turns into q very
"tiShty matter. under such circum.
,tsnoeo ~ these.
4 lady cent her con. Qilte . youth
uto tho garden recently TO sst on
'ome cabbage plants. After per.
forming the task allotted to him b.
returned to tho house. whom biz
uother naturally inquired:
"Well. con. have you flushed Get.
lug out those plants ?"
"Yes. ma, sail hopeful. and !
planted EN- with theie roots oil u
.ad the tops 10 the ground"
what did you do that forP" Ask
I'd the sstonished mother.
Just 90 the birds couldn't pick
Tho tops OF ZEN"
Tbat boy has been called. cabbage
eveI since.
Some Of the boys. ~ should more
properly say youths. Of THE city, hsv.
'uraed up In . new role. Last Fri
lay night . number Of them occu
lied the back sests and congregste.,
10 the vestibule Of st. Fssocis'
Cathedral. and we're 20 noisy, dlsor.
ierly and turbulent % cot only Il,
disturb tho congregation. but ole.
,ssvsoted shoesi II their vieioity from
osesiog orsojoying tho services. /
U cryioG Shane. . soaadslous d.
&rsce for youths on tho verge Of
manhood. to thus dsport themsetvee
% . public place Of worshtp. II they
''sve no respect for theaselveA ~
ense Of shame for such rspssasosi.
Ole conduct. they should st lsas'
have some regard for the ieelings Of
aherD. The house Of God tSs place
Tor worship, and not 70 bs turned
into . don Of disorder BY youthful
cowdiss aud UonclsooeIses boys.
Chief Of police Hudson would b.
commended II be would arrest some
II these parties and put them In the
lock up for . few hours. The pun.
ishment u needed. and would POI.
sibly bring them 70 their senses.
AAothsr relic cf the long ago. be-
gone down before the march OF Ia.
peovsnant. The old tree which
stood 1esr Tie 1lte Of ths Old olbley
house W. found to be 10 the way.
the keen edged axe was brought into
last Monday and soon
5he ancient woodland monarch VA
laid low. There Va no one 70 cry ]
"Woodmsn spare that tree,
Touch not . single bough,
10 youth It sheltered ne,
Ard III prOteet II now"
All gone. the family circle. de-
uoes covered root which shelterec
hem long years ssons. and one ate, |
mother, the trees bsasath who's
shadows they gathered and rompsd
There will soVn not remain . sinsl.
land mark TO remind our oldest citj.
Iens Of the spot where once dwell
10 Sibleys. Tho march Of progrs<s
;rsmples down beneath 10 ir.'L
reed some OF tho brightest relics
oonecting the past with the present |
leaving only their memories behind. !
"Diogle! dingle! dingle! bell. |
Ding.donR, dog. dong bell" But ~
lug not Of the Chimes Of Normandy, !
ut rather Of Tom. who heretoforr
manipulated the bell rope of thu
Protestant E ,iscopsl Church. Ton !
'limbed into tho belfry, not long
'ince, not intent TO ring forth . NOR. |
J peel from tho silver.tooed bell, !
'ut rather bent on capturing thost
'irds who are nobody's aud every |
'ody's property yolepe plgeons. Tom |
.ccldently slipped and fell TO th,
,soOnd door, aud thence rolled dow |
o the 6rst landing 10 tho belfry |