The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-05
Spirit of the Louisiana Press

o parish, In the following style:
b We we're shown the account Of tw
q bales Of cotton shipped by DR.. s.
Walker, one Of our enterprising mel
= chants to John Chaff & Son, New OF
J. leans, which brought IA and Is cts
a per pound. The bale that brougb
Is cts. was raised by Mr.. Albert Tho
mas, and was gather ed by his daugh
ters-hence the quality OF the sam
pie. The young ladies' deserve al
praise tor their noble efforts, and W
/ hope fortune will soon smile upol
;, them 80 that they may be able t.
. avoid such labor In future. Mr.. s
J. W. Reed raised the other bale whicl
, sold Tor IA cts. per pound. Is on,
' OF the most thrifty farmers OF War;
. five, and his example Is praise wor
thy.
Mr.. Albert Thomas has reason t.
be proud Of his daughters. They
, have shown conclusively that 3 small
quantity Of cotton we'll and carefully
.. gathered, Is better than q large
amount carelessly picked. What /,
lacked In quantity Is made up In
quality. Lucky is the man who ia
so fortunate as to get one Of those
industrious girls for q helpmeet.
The St. Tammany Farmer makes
a suggestion in reference to the use
OF bagasse. which sugar planters
would DO we'll to heed. 1t says:
TO burn the bagasse and utilize
the heat tberefrOm, Is very we'll; to
work it up into paper or paper stock
Is better; but to chop it up small,
scatter 1t broadcast over the land and
pillow it under, is best OF all. We rob
our lands unless W. return to them,
as near as we can, what we take.
What 80 we'll represents this as ba-
gasse
Some time ago it was mooted
abroad that the New Orleans Coun.
Gil proposed to remove the Clay
Statute from its locality on Canal
street. Why, to US Of the country,
Clay's Statue is what the compass is
to the mariner; the light house to
the tempest. tossed vessel; the prom.
inent sign post to point the bewilder.
ed visitor to his place OF rest. We
endorse what the Richiand Beacon
says:
In their name we enter a protest
against the innovation. Clay Statue
is land mark and az the lighthouse
Ia to the tempest.tossed mariner on q
dark night. 80 is Clay Statue to the
country visitor. II he gets lost on
the streets Of the city he begins to
look about him for that landmark,
and II it Is gone how Ia he to find
himself, or in other words, get the
bearings. Without Clay Statue as
bis guiding star he would be az hope.
lessly lost Ia the city as q citizen OF
the city would be In Big Creek swamp
without some landmark from which
to take his bearings. Therefore, We
appeal to our city cousins to let this
landmark STAND az kindness to
CDelr country COUSINS.
The Thibodaux Sentinel wisely.
tersely and pertinently discourses
about the GROWERS at the new Con.
stitution In this wise:
Any man who cannot see that the
present Constitution with its defects
Is not infinitely superior to that OF
1868, must be blind indeed. Let any
fault finder who Is q tax payer hunt
up one OF his tax receipts during the
reign OF Kellogg and Warmoth and
compare them With those he pays
now and he will SEQ II there be any
difference,
1.-THE taxes are still high 1t should
be remembered that one half Of the
State tax goes to pay the debts Gre.
ated under the pliable clauses Of the
constitution Of 1868. II there be
some honest faults about the existing
Constitution they can be remedied by
future legislation. It Is the silliest
,nonsense to cry for new constitutions.
Let we'll enough alone.
We emphatically echo the senti.
ment "let we'll enough alone.
The advocates Of Local Option"
do not stop q moment to consider
that there are two sides to the ques.
ton OF the use and abuse Of alcoholic
beverages. Recently 1t appears as
II this question had become one Of
the leading topics OF the times and
the anti-liquor sentiment Is spread.
ing with wonderful rapidity. We
certainly have no reason to advocate
the cause Of bsr.rooms, yet reiterate
what We recently published In these
columns, viz: That immoderate use Of
liquor can be stayed only by moral
force and the innate and determined
will Of those who are Ito devotees. |
Stringent laws to suppress 1t will
avail little. here are some sensible
remarks on this subject by the N. O. |
Picayune
1t is true that z man Is often tempt !
ed to drink; but AS a rule bar-rOOms
do not follow him about town, and
lager beer shops have never been |
known to 70 after 8 man, call him |
out OF bis house and keep aim away |
half OF the night. There are two
sides to the temperance question, and
the young man who has not made up
his mind to be 9 worthless drunksnd
should keep on the right side.
Says the N. o. States:
There is u newspaper 10 San Anto.
MO edited in New Orleans. Solid
chunks OF New Orleans loaded bre.
vier are scooped by the Texas jour.
nal, and people out there think that
paper 10 the ltvest and longest head
ed ever published.
Which only goes to prove that the
scissors Of the San Antonio editor
are considered mightier than bis
pen and that the "OeoDle out there"