The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-08-24
TOBIAS DISCOURSES on VARIOUS
THEMES,
Dear Democrats:

THEMES.
Dear Democrat:
, This Sunday finds me all serene an
at peace again with all the world. Til
) white dove has built her nest on m
roof tree and | feel like going out t
see if l couldn't find a Sunday Schoo
class to teach-a "forlorn and ship
wrecked" brother to relieve, or a gam
, of Jack Pot, to while away the morn
ing hours. | am afraid, though, tina
if | attempted either of the former D.
motives might be subject to miscoli
struction, and as the latter is produc
tive of domestic infelicity and all man
ner of evils that is the "boys" tell M
so, not that | know anything about i
by experience | have settled down
to the conviction that had best re
deem my obligation to you.
A SHORT TRIP. AND A RUSTIC MEAL
took a short trip one day this weel
to James Bluff with Il friend of "Chat
TVS" We were to be ready for al
carly start and l got up early, lad {
hurried breakfast and repaired to tho
place of meeting. He did not come fol
about two hours and then | had to &c
for him. He said his horse had got out
but l think he had fish for breakfast
At last we got off and reached our des.
tlnati0n and crossed the river and
found ourselves amid picturesque sur
rounlings Of high bluffs, with tan
gled wood for a back ground and a
magnificent view of the river rolling in
trout. | wonder ifyour readers know
that within two miles of them are to
be found such wild, romantic and in
tcresting scenery as that at James
Bluff? There is no prettier place for
a picnic and it's easily reached from
this side of the river. Having com
pleted our business we found ourselves
at wood cutter or rather single ma
kcr's shanty Of rude boards and were
just in time to see him making his
primitive Preparations for his mid day
meal. a fire of small twigs was burn
ing cbeerily and a small skillet aud lid
were being heated. The Genius OF the
Hut, to whose hospitality | have cree
ted in my memory high and lofty
granite monument, soon made up 4
pono of corn bread and put it in to
cook. My companion having had a
late breakfast was off hunting sweet
gum for his better half aud Chatty,
but proceeded to interview the afore.
said G. of the H. as to the probable
time it would take that corn bread
pone to cock. He fixed the time at
quarter of an hour and promptly at the
expiration of the fifteen minutes it was
done and he broke me off Il piece
Maybe that bread wasn't good! The
G. of The Il. asked me if would have
some butter with it. | took butter,
Which he got down from the roof of the
hut in tin can. He then went inside
and brought me out a cup of nice,
fresh, sweet milk and I was Just wait
ing for him to bring out his boned tur-
key, shrimp salad and pound cake
when my companion got back with the
gum AND spoiled the Illusion THAT
gum was spread over half dozen gum
leaves, and it kept on spreading while
| was finishing that rustic meal. By
the time we started he had stripped
fair sized sapling of all its leaves and
still it spread. If "Chatty" chewed
any of that gum | fear that sue won't
have time to write you letter this
week, and know that toothpicks were
the order of the day in that household.
If ever the world uses me badly
am gong to move down to James
Bluff, build me a board hut, make
shingles for a living and live on corn
bread, butter and sweet milk, seasoned
with such an appetite as had the 9th
er day.
"JACK POT"
What l said awhile ago about this
interesting game reminds me that some
body has written a book about it,
Jack Abbott and Jack Pot,nI believe +
is the title, and it is just out. | don't
know what Mr.. Abbott knows about if
Ind | suimise that the extent of his
knowledge is about as much as Horace
5recley knew about forming, but /
lad "llttle experience" once in nv
,onnSer days when I was considerable
'fresher" than l am now, and the sum
ma substance of my experience was
nat the more you put down the less
'ou take up.' 1t is'a game where the
est hand takes the money and some y
Their "ieller" always had erhap1 m
han mine. | am told that the strensn CT
the game is in knowing when t1a,y NJ
own your hand. l always trasht tn
iat my hand was the best "a that cr
'o other fellow was bluffs | am
olng to study Jack ABBOT before NJ
y it again. NJ
rs CIAp1TY. e III
This is a broaa word aud it is made he
> of all sorts Of people. None of us 81
o perfect pad it is doubtful il any of us
are altogether bad. We all have til
If foioles or faults, but they are al Gu
est always Offset with good traits Of TIL
ne sort that redeem our natures from lit
odium of inter wickedness. The COZ
'rld would be brighter and better bu
we could be induced to overlook the; ne
ats of our neighbors and to sec be- oe
nd and behind them those good wa
ailtles OF heart or hand that give us or or
higher idea of human nature in gen ah,
Al and consequently a better opinion lie,
ourselves. - nv, NV
'irtuous and vicious every man mus, an,
be, ''''''' loi
W IN the extreme but all III the de- lut
gree; SHIT
c rogue and fool by fits is fair and ass
wise, Hr- ~ att
III even tle pest, " fits, what thew sou
dcspise." ''''' Ivy vic
The charity of which the great lio D
post'e of the Geniles'' dlsconrses l
is the ch,.it- DIS