Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-10

LOCAL MATTERS.
Ghursdan's edition.
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic Regulates the
Bowels
The warfare on our dilapidated pave.
ments still continues. s.
Now is the time to plant tarnips. Let
those who failed to get good stand
replant; the outlay will make q good
return to the dillgent husbandmau.
Those of our farmers who have made
o crop of cow-peas should not fail to
gather them. Let them recollect the
high price that peas commanded last
spring when they wanted some to plant.
In another column will be seen the
card of thanks of Messrs. Arbour d
Bro, who tender their acknowledge
ments 10 those whose aid was so timely
in preventing the burning of their mill.
The stone work on the State House
commenced Monday, and the workmen
are pushing the work forward with a
ID, loh Va
stand that the working force will be in
creased as fast as possible.
Bear this in mind, We confreres of the
press. The Press Convention which as
sembled here last Monday, was the first
body to meet in the State House since
the prosperous days of Aud Lang
Syne. May it be the welcome harbinger
Of their return.
Several different parties had surely
seen signs of deer down on the Highland
road, and the eager Nimrods gathered
in numbers. After many tedious drives
through the tangled vines and under
brush the hunt was suspended without
sight of the 'deer things"
The rain oh, the glorious rain 1t
fell yesterday in sufficient quantities to
lay the dust, cool the atmosphere and
refresh the people and things generally.
We feel better, and we are certain every
body looks livelier and brighter. God
bless the rain, and give us little more
The best farmer, says an agricultural
paper, is the one who thinks as well as
works, who knows what he intends to
do day, or at least q night, in advance
who believes that thought has as
much to do with successful farming as
plenty OF muscle There is more truth
than poetry is this.
On last Sunday night some sneak thief
entered the residence of Mai. r. J. Bird,
and ritied his pockets of little small
change. The thief took his pants from
the sleeping apartments into the dining
room, where, after searching them thor
oughly, he left them, to the great annoy
are OF the gallant Major next morning.
The gallant little Morning Star is now
making her daily trips to Bayou Sara
with the same regularity that charac-
terized her runs to Donaldsonville. Her |
rates of fare are very low, and the |
travelling public who desire to come to
this place or connect with the NO.
Pacific Railway, should patronize this
dashing and punctual steamer.
The Gardeners Monthly calls atten-
ton to the recently demonstrated fact
that n dead branch on tree makes
almost az great q strain on the main !
plant for moisture az does a living one.
IhbJ bCCuuuu lOT IuC IuiluTG Vi ITulU |
growing in this country. A little care
may prolong the life of the trees and
produce better fruit,
Sambola Jones of the Advocate is not
bad looking fellow, even if he does
yield the palm of Handsome" to the
CAprrotIAN. This modest yield at the
present time only places us under the
necessity of stating that the handsome
part of our paper is on an excursion in
New Orleans; therefore his failure to
make some appropriate reply.
The alarm of fire last Tuesday about
noon aroused the natives. 1t proved to
he pile OF sawdust which had ignited
at the saw-mill of Messrs Arbour & Bro.
Little lamavp was done ovoon+ en- 4; |