The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-03-30

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--I'nE buffalo gnats made their .ap:
pearancc last week, and one Of soll
planters Informed lis on Thursday that
he3 was cDmpelletl ito take his mules
from the plpw son; the day previous
Planters Should take the necessary pre-
cautions against these little pests, and
by1 a free use of fishoil' and7 other APP
plieations prevent them doing injury
to their: stock [St., Joseph Journal.
a--TnR performance s'about to con
menee, at the Circus here Monday night
when an ina,lisitive tabby stole ilup-
der the TENT The felineswas' evidently
surprisedby tlIeiglaresof the lights, the
music of the band and the, buzz of hu-
man voices, and ran. about wildly
Several attempts were" made to catch
him, but without avail. 6iAt last the Cal
found a PLACE of. exit amlFldisappearetl
through the aperture Ikea streak oil
lightning. = Morgan City Free Press
" --WoRK, nnthe cotton seed oil mil
is, going on rapidIy. A large number
of laborers are making excavations 70,
the large reservoir Which is tn be on q
level With bayou lesson. Mr.. Bour.
din, with a number oftRssistants, lis
rushing forward the erection of com
modious buildings for the, yarions de-
partments Of tho fectory. All is bus,
tie and'activity around that site, and
iinlea few months, the manufacture Of
cotton seed oil coil cake, &c., viii be a
i i've & iii! industry ofiqpu town,5I[opelou-
sas Courier. 49,.
Is --PApABoTs have flna,le their appear
ance on our prairies. These fine birds
are, migratory in their habits. and visit
southern Louisiana twice every year
in the early spring and in the summer.
In the spring they do not become very
fat, butiinsthes summer when the seeds
begin to mature, they become so fat
that if,sliot whcnoai the wing, the skin
frequently bursts from the faH.5ffI i
some States they are called the old field
,snipe; but we have never heard of
their reaching the high standard Of
excellence as a table bird, which they
attain from. feeding on our Louisiana
prairies. When fat they form q dish
fit for q king. y a gentleman told us
this week that he had, a. few days ago
killed four at. one shot.-[ Marksyille
REVIEW. prl! t41n@E .siasHy @fs w
- LoTs OF MONEY ! FOR SOUTHERN
FARMERs.-A few weeks.ago we; pub
.lished statement that Eastern CAPT.
talists had been lending money, for
several years, to Western farmers, on
mortgage security, to, enable the latter
to cultivate and improve their lands
Now the New Orleans Daily States
says party of English capitalists are
about to offer several millions of dol
lars, asloans to Southern farmers, at
eight per cent. per annum interest, on
long time, with mortgage security, to
enable the. waste places oftlle South
to be cultivated and improved. If
true-and the States says there is no
doubt about it-there will lie soon a
vast advance iii the material prospect
ty of the, , Southern st ates.-f Lake
Charles Echo. AI .ejgis at!i !tasi71 $
A man remarked to us on the
Street last week that Eve should do all
iii our power to prevent the extension
Of tile railroad to slireveport, as it
would ruin our city. We favor the
and if Monroe cannot stand
the improvemeht let her fall.-t Mon
roe Bulletin n 80 igam51nG .ain.sl.A
q. We congratulate our, liberal minded
confrere unon, the views, he has ex-.
pressed. The policy Of building q,
Chinese WALL around every town or
comnlunity,t is the very one that has
kept our State--tl.e most, productive
in the Union- rattt the tail end of the
list Of her Southern sisters, Let every
parish ii Louisiana be linked to its
with iron fastenings, /, Rip
Van Winkles,to,the rear!is Gle motto.
II Baton Ronge tCapitoian.,a ''''o -,
.: --oSr Of tie attractions i, which re-
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