The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-16
HELP YOUR TOWN.

,ial column of the New Orleans
Democrat is such an apt com-
nentary on recent article In the
Capitolian- 1du0cate, that We are
to reproduce it, and enforce
the lesson anew:
It is well-estab|is|Ied principlc that
the people make the place; not its facll-
tiles for business. 1t is true that an en-
ereetic and prosperous people may be
kept back by lack of natural advanta-
res. but this is not often the case. A
thousand towns are kept in check by
the greed and lack of public spirit OF
the people, where one is kept down ny
the location. Push and energy over
come ali obstacles; greed and want OF
energy will kill the most promising TO-
cality. So a village is to be just what
its citizens make it. If its land owners
hold its lots so high that manufactures
are kept out, this will act as a weight
to keep it down. If the citizens prefer
TO patronize the merchants and mtcnah-
les of other places, that helps to keep
the Mace down. What is wanted is Tor
the people to be united as far as pnonc
GOOD is concerned. - PatroniZe each oth-.
or "a far a. possible, any new enter
prtses. especially manufacturers, give
wsrm greeting to any new settler, ana
Give aid so far as may be in everything
that Shall tend to the public GOOD. II
this policy is pursued, village VIII
ranidIv grow, and become thrifty and
nrosnerous town. If, on the contrary,
the people refuse aid to every enterprise
unless they are to get big slice OF the
profit, look upon every new arrival as a
pigeon to be plucked, and patronlze
their neighbors only when they cannot
do as well or better somewhere else,
then a place will grow slowly if at all,
it's natural advantages will go to waste,
and count as nothing in the question Of
prosperity.
Every town that has Z vigorous
municipal growth must PEI force be
animated By tie spirit here de-
scribed. Every Citizen must learn
to make temporary concessions OF
his own Interest aud his own feeling
| in order to advance Tie general pros
perity. A1d in nothing is this dis
position more usetully manifested
than in sustaining the home news
paper. It is the standing represcn-
tatiye of the civic progress; the con
slant advertisement Of its preten-
sions, and the intlexihle advocate of
| its claims TO consideration. No 9TH
er index is reea. del abroad Of the
sentiment tia. animates the people.
A slow, sluggish community is
| known BIZ its dull un enterprising
paper, while if it has vim and elan
there is sure indication of it in the
paper, that is the record of its pro
gress. TIE Courier Joawnsl has
done more to give Importance to
Louisville than any one enterprise
of the city, aud if Baton Bouge is
known abroad as an ambitious litte
burg and one which has a knack Of
accomplishing its purposes, we viii
not have 10 90 far to find a similar
cause.
1t is the one purpose of this paper
to communicate solidarity to thu
aims of our people; to repress TIT
factious spirit, and to unite al
hearts il the great work of realizing
the just aspirations of Baton Rous'
to the position of great CONNER
cial and manufacturing city Capt
ioliau Advocate.
We repub'ish the above becans
of its truthfulpess, and endorse ever,
syllable therein contained. 1t is a
equally applicable to our city and it
people as it is to Baton Rouge. Thi
can not be denied by anyone EE
: Mr.. Daniel Mills, wellknow
inventor of Philadelphia, has sue
ceeded at last in producing buttor
: hole sewing machine which it
claimed, by simple automatic pre-
cess, works serviceable, durable an
properly barred button holes fc
shirts, cuffs, collars and undergo
ments. The machine makes a bn
ton hole which, can be cut either b.
5 fore or after being sewn. The se7
ing is begun at one end; one side
e sewed until the required length
e reached, and then several stitches al
made that reach the whole width I
the intended hole, which are Gale
). barring stitches, and serve to pr
# vent the ends from heing torn gu
The great obstacle in the way Of pr
;. ducing a perfect automatic machiI
= has been the devising of simple N
" chanism that would properly fes
s. the work On each side successive
W and produce the barred ends tt
st same as it done by hand. This NJ
f. Mills invention will accomplish.
!, company of capitalists has been c
d ganzed for the purpose of manufa
% turing the machine.
y SAYS the Shreveport Times: [
E A. ?. Brown, of Jefferson, about ty
- years ago placed a number of. sh
~ and salmon in Caddo lake. The M
:, shall Herald has this to say of t
10 exploits Ola party of twelve fishs
;, men Of that iIk who recently spent
# week fishing in the lake: eth
q caught upwards of thousand fish
;, Sassafras Point and around Pine
70 ,and. Among the fish were TIN
, salmon, weighing from pound tt
i, pound and half, the largest Q
i. measuring ten inches long, and TIL
"a shad, measuring each about fourte
or inches long, and weighing thI
IA pounds. This will warrant the g
nj eminent in placing more of tn,
ho tine fish in the lake, and stimul
il parties having fish ponds to secl
=; more of them. Mr.. Judd, who Ii,