Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-27
on THE ELY.

Residents 0I LeOlia Station on the N. ~
! Pacific, have returned, says the Natchi
toches indicator.
| The genuine ootton-eating caterpillar
has appeared in Avoyelles, though The
cotton crop on the bayous will be on
abundant one, saycth the Marksville
Bulletin.
| The Southron rejoices that the iron
horse Of the N. o. Pacific will soon be
neighing In Sabine. We extend the
right hand Of fellowship to our sprightly
contemporary who will soon he tied to
us by that same iron link.
| The Red River reporter Of the Marks
vile Review had that stream guaged the
other day by stalwart named Eddie
Edwards who waded through that his.
toric stream, at korman's landing, as
easily as rolling off log.
Bacon II cts; hams III cts; -four $40
to sl3; lard 70 cts, are some Of the eff
fects of u dried up stream and no rail-
ROAD within seventy-fve miles, accord
ing to the Natchitoches indicator.
Hail Columbia, happy lande
The Vienna Sentinel thinks that the
journalists who are elanoring for Con
stitntional Convention onght to point
ont the objections in the present Consti.
Triton, which it adds can very we'll be
perfected by the adoption Of well weigh
ed amendments.
Prom beer to the bier" is the cpl.
taph which the Marksville Review pro-
nounces over the death of car pointer
named Davis, who after imbbing nine
teen bottles Of beer, was found dead on
the brink OF the bayou. He had evil
IDENTIFY gone to water himself when his
capacity to hold beer was exhausted.
The Whitehall Age, considers tina. the
new Constitution isn't worth a tinker's
d--n tor the following reasons which a
whole raft full Of people think are lust
the things they want preserved.
Object to that clause Of article 2o7
which exemptS church and school prop
erty from taxation 4
Object to the time and manner of hold. |
ing elections, also the time of holding
the sessions Of the Legislature.
The length Of time that Judges and
members of the House of Representatives
bold Office,
Object to the consolidation of the par
lSh offices, and,thc entire judiciary sys-
TEN.
"Chatty' the spicy correspondent |
whom everybody knows in Baton Rouge,
has been enlivening the columns of tho
Alexandria Democrat to such an extent
AZ to cause Hope" another correspop-
dent, through the State Central Express, |
to enter the following mild protest. "But !
alas' IT seems We are q faulty people, |
and we are undergoing the pleasant pro-
cess OF being literally picked to pieces.
Some one has said, that it is we'll for us
to know what people think Of us-that
1t teaches humility but | an afraid,
that in spite of the summer days which
are upon liz in all thrir might and
strength, we still haze energy left to
enter feeble protest, and CRY '.eponsho
to the tar correspondent Of the Louisiana
Democrat leupposc we claim for our
selves only, the right to find fault will,
each other and our surroundings. When
the rcprOyiDg voice Of the stranger ~
heard, we band together and become in
diSnant We don't deny that we love
wee bit OF gossip. 1t adds that spice to
social converse, which French women
who surpass all others in conversational
talent, declare lends the highest charm
10 their sprlght1y saIons--but | fear we
do not enjoy the observant eye that sees
through the muddy depths Of orr OPAQUE
river, or the keenness of the taste that
detects the age Of orr "Cake," or tough
ness OF the beef. II nobody" oHos
'Chatty,' knew as better perhaps she
would find beneath an unptolnising ex-
terror, those sterling qualities which
when sorrow or sickness lead the way.
iprlpg forth with tender hearts and help
ng hands to succor the stranger. the
poor and the rich alike, irrespective of
caste or distinction, We may be indo-
lent and indifferent to reform, as long an
things 20 on ia their usual quiet course,
but let IN occasion arise when energy
and sympathy are needed, and not man
rye, nor woman, nor child, but what
rushes forward eager to lend their aid.
Dur colored population too, work with
hearty good will, without expectation