The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-06-27
FROM BRIDGET D0NAHUE,"
ALEXANDRIA, LA.,|
June 81, 'S3. {

- IOtSS AAfs LAtCUS-
K It is some time since l astonish
: the natives Of Alexandria and its
c'nlty by one of my luminous luc
. orasions, and / think it is high tin
TO recall myself to the recollection
= the good people hereabouts. "Out
sight, out of minl," you know; al
l am afraid if l remain mach long
silent they will forge, such beir
3 as "B:idget" ever existed. The fa'
. is, that my aspirations after literar
fame received a cruel check by I'll
sudden and unexpected demise {
We the People, upon whose earl
grave the touching epitaph "Died i
Infancy" was 50 feelingly inscribe
by some Of the would-be wits of tn
Town. All my nascent hopes of un
dying renown as a newspaper scrib
bier were unkindIy nipped in til
bud, and I have been wearing th
deepest mourning ever since. Ii
deed, some folks have supposed tina
my connection with that lamentet
journal and its brilliant young edi
tor was so close that we covered our
selves with the same hat, and wore
The same shirts-and unmentioaa
bles. THIS, however, was mistake
anu intend to prove it by illumina
ting the DEMOCRAT with all the bril-
liant coruscations Of wit and genius
that were once destined to enlighten
the readers of We the People. am
afraid, however, that it will be rather
difficult for me TO light up anything
just now, unless / 60 on the lucus a
NON tatcendo principle, for the present
state of the weather is enough to
take, not only the light, but the life
out Of anybody. 1t is enough to
make US wish that our great grand
mother, Eve, had never heard of an
apple, since her eating one necessi.
lated the wearing of fig leaves. For
ny part, l don't wonder that the
south Sea Islanders are so hard to
;ivilize. When one considers tina,
'lothes are a necessary consequence
# civilization, and how much more !,
'leasant a costume de natural;bus
aust be in their climate, one car
ardly wonder that they still prefer
d9euner of cold missionary to all
he blessings of christianized pee.
lie. The abnormal condition OF the
thermometer for the last few weeks
as undoubtedly had disastrous eff
ct on peoples tempers; otherwise, {
is difficult to understand how the {
Dung "bloods" of our Town could 40 .
r forget themselves as to enter up. c
general free fsAt on the street. Q
Sunday night at that, when all 8
Gus and peaceably disposed people
ire thinking of saying their prayers
d going to bed. The gentlemen in 8
es'i0n, besides being very proper .
and heavily fined by our indignant i
d inexorable Mayor, had the add. II
nal misfortune of getting their Il
mes into the Toscn Talk, punish fl
mt so disproportioned to the of. t
ice, that our christian charity n;
npels US to condone the fault and c,
y the victims.
Our "little village" has been quite Of
lately 10 spite of the hot wealth. bl
"Concert, party and ball =" has Of 01
N quite the order of the day, or al
her night. l attended a party o. o.
self not quite a century ago; I he
han't particularize for fear of get. re
g into scrape. 1t has passed a.
truism that the days of chiv. ri,
Y are over, and l add the dictum co
Z good manners have followed ="
% to that undiscovered country de
n whose bourne no traveller re. tic
rs. 1t made what few gray hairs '"'
I'VE left stand erect with horror to fol
around me at that party, and fo'
ark the ''capers" can't use apy s DIV
e d'gnified term-of the "gilded sci
To" of this age. 1t has long been mo
nstom among the young gentle oh c
OF our community to select some ant
favored fair ones as the recipi. wit
OF their attention, and to calmly sto
re the existence of the balance: pat
'at unless young lady happens p!a
slong to the chosen coterie she her
great risk of meeting the fate tra'
e girl who went to a party "and Gu Gu,
and sot, and sot, until she lust fair
t TUX root" This, and round wor
es' compounded Of three parts -, n o.
ing to one of dancing, promeua- MAX
in dark corridors, sitting in tow
steps out Of the ken of vulgar wy N.Y.
etc., ETC., all these have become far
non occurrences; but when a the
g lady displays her activity at sc" o.
ty BY jumping over chairs and orig
les we venture to assert that e"!l