The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-10-31

l25 cents per pound, which IS greatly
in excess of that usually received by
those who ship to the Crescent City.
The whole thing argues we'll for Mr..
Afeman, and proves conclusively that
he must be good cotton planter. If
for no other reason than this, we think
the above a sufficient inducement to
all who would come amongst us. The
fact is plainly proven that the land of
this Parish is as arabic as in any other
section of the State.
New Louisiana Syrup from the Coast
and nev Hulled Buckwheat, no,c open
ing at Mrs. Sarah Geh's, corner Sec
0,ad and DeSOto streets.
IN last Saturdays Express ap-
pears a communication, signed by
number of the friends of Judge H. L.
Daigre, of this Parish, requesting him
to 60 before the State Convention as
candidate for the office of Attorney
General. They pledge their earnest
support to him, and are anxious that
he should be a candidate at the COM
ing election, to be held in April next.
Signed as the communication is by
such men and reputable citizens as
Robt. P. Hunter, E. North Cullom,
Jno. G. Wickliffe, John G. Ryan, L.
B. French, Ben. Turner, G.. W. Boil
ton and many others, who are ready
and willing to vouch for his qualifica-
ticns, no one could doubt the Judges
fitness for the place. By way of clo-
sing this paragraph we would say that
the gentleman possesses legal attain
ments of no small degree, besides be-
ing finished scholar and accomplished
gentleman. If he should consent the
use of his name, and after which he
should be nominated, we have every
reason to believe that he would per-
form the arduous duties of said Office
with honor to himself and credit to his
constituents.
If you want nice, fresh Corn
Meal, go to T. NJ. Raxsdale's MIL.
The price has been reduced from One
dollar (Sl) to eighty cents Per bushel.
Give him trial.
ONLY an old graveyard! They
call it the French graveyard; and as
you take the blind path which leaves
the main road, You find Yourself in the
midst of Wondering graves, some to
pieces in heaps of bricks, some half de-
molished with their marble slabs either
broken or thrown aside in the midst of
entwining. May esnsy are all in a
row-some short. some long. The
ovcrhanging limbs Of oaks, hichories,
black jacks and pines, with their hang
ing end clustering vines have formed
overhead from side to side a canopy
through which the rays. Of the sun DIM
y penetrate. You breathe heavily
tie mouldy air. One slab stsnds al
mos. perfect; the name is "Znlma La
cour." Lacour! Why that was years
ago! Tie Hill is the same, Red River
still flows at its feet, and way of, as
far as eye can reach, are the lands
which know them no more. Here are
the Billiards, the Bretts, and all the
names which have passed from our
memory Of men. According ato the
present way of reckoning, it was ittiahy
years ago. They were the original
settlers Of this country and were of
French extraction, easy in their cir
cumstances, fcnd of pleasure and salts
fed to take life az it came each day
was but the prototype of the enjoy
ments in store for the next. They con-
sidered three or four bales to the hand
a large crop, and the soil rich in its
virginity brought forth in abundance
all the necessaries of life. Their pro-
perties although large enough for their
support were close enough to bring
them in close proximity. Two or three
times a week the settlement would
meet at some Of the neighbors, where
patriarch and matron, married and sin
gle, would join in mirth and dance !;
the blowing of horn was sufficient
signal for them, they all understood it.
1t was when a stranger came in their
midst that their sylvan hospitality was
extended without stint At whatever
house he would stay the matron would
say: "Well, my children, we must
have dancew 1t was short way of
introducing the stranger to every one.
The horn was at once blown and ines
sengers sent with the message that (:
ut was raining" And pretty soon
they came from everywhere, all with
umbrellas; and the stranger, being &C
cepted at once as a member of the
universal family, was whirled into the
maze of a reel. From that day he be-
came public property, and he only re-
gained his freedom when he had taken
the rounds of the whole settlement,
But the crash Of 1887 came. Money
had merely been for them the means
Of enjoying life, and those trying days
found them unprepared to meet the
storm. The panic became general,
and the sounds of departure were heard
everywhere; with one accord they
abandoned the homes of their fathers
and wendell their way to Texas. The
stranger came and sat at their hearth
stone, and one by one the landmarks
of the departed were obhterated.-
Canebrakes and forests disappeared tc
make room for teeming crops of cotton
and corn, and the stately equipage
rolled where youth and maiden once