The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-12-04
E MONROE.
= Dsseslpt,on By Proper names.
written tor Times Democrat.l

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MoDroe, the queen c..y of Nor"
4ouls!sOa, ID situated upon the Oauk-
Il lhe beautIiul OuachIta river, wh'c.
5nvldxs Il inlO Ea,l auu West Mouru.
Viewing tue cay irum ihs rlver,
>. ranger would not Os lavUIabiy Itu'
.sreseed With las beauty, as The BANKS
lave CAVES aud CKEVICEs, WnI,.
,TUBBs, anu STONES, auu STACKS :"
ooBRs, au0 " OOD, sie prOuAsocuouo'.
,cal.egeu about. Tue general Top.
.rapDy vi tue country IS level, aud ~.
,oii anything but rocky, although IL
stie in.as, uf the town VIZ nave~ HILL.
"d, n%sr tue ra'troad, stands a RAT
c> upon WHICH RAY Ut iIEn
4 a.ay from window IL tue les.
ira..ssH Que vi our judges.
. Tue climate III SOMMER 10 plessan.,
9. quent SHOWERS Cause tho Flow
Gss 10 BLOOM, wnlcn, famed ny III.
.ei,.le WYNDs, last un,li iale III IL,
tall, when the " INTEKs, FROST, HAIL
de, anu Change the beautiful GREEN
grass to u sOiubre BROWN.
Our streets are usually more note.
,r dust than tuud, but sometimes
HAAS settles over The city, Obstruc.inl
ne rays Of the sun tor days Together.
Al such times many country farme''
-et STUCK in the MEYEK Ut our street.,
md sometimes have difficulty in exti'-
eating themselves; however, just Ou'
BARNS with STALLS for the accou.-
.n..ljaIiOn Of traveiers and their teams.
Ordinarily, Monroe is above ove'.
dow, but u few iOUDlts ago one Ut gu,
millinery nblIsbDenls WAS vis,,e..
~ih FLOOD. No damage was sus-
'aiued, however, by The hsn, anu,
after y few inont hs' duration It pass.u
.uto the hands of NEWMAN.
The BROADwAYs vi the city ar.
ourdered with beautiful OAKS thu,
cast their shadows upon tho bosom o.
a placed LAKE. Laughing BROOKS
aud r,ppliDk RILLs make their Wa,
trough the streets IL the WOODLANDS
near by, where the gentle winds RUS.
SELL among the leaves of the trees
Tue BLoCHs Of the city vary in s.z-,
,s the houses vary III SIZE aud f"ru.
If architecture, but generally the cl,i-
Zens adhere to the old style, two
oToRYs, with GARRETTs, HALLS ano
5ELLARS.
WhIie there seems to be y scarcity OF
Cash, solDs Of our cit'zeus show slgr =
II GROSS ex,ravngeDc-', and keep no'
'u,y a COOK Ou, STEWART, 10 wnou
bey resign their KEYS, aud thes.
uOersliy putrOnlze the BEHRMAN. a
snort time ago Mnj"r Be'k"ap, super
.nteudeut If the w., s. aud p. Rail.
rusd, used BIBB, aud showed yer,
title regard iur the PRICE ot BAKER
The DULL munoluuy uf our Lone
DAYS auu NIGHTS Is renewed by ih.
..reseuce vi sweet (?) SINGER, h
sIes with IA LARK, MARTIN, BArTL
aud other BIRDS III refreshing TIT.
spirits o. our citizens.
Que remarkable feature in the St.
c.ety of MOnrue Is the fact that Ii yuunL
hONK ulIugl.s 10 the society OF yuun,
'nu,es without giving utfense to ths
,,xher authorities ut his church. ii,
,lso eats " ITHERsPOON Instead of Il
tAULK, The ladies of thus little CITY
re- uoled for their WHITE HANDS auu
he DOWNEY stiffness OF their >kln;
netr features also are worthy Of no,. /;
few weeks ago We had visitor Il
ne city whose CHINN WAS simply
y. rfect.
Three PRoPHITs are established
'puu jackson street, VITO are 50 accu
ate In their predictions that cur pe"-
lie are not Subjected to the ssme atar,
:,ven the iuhabitxn,s OF the GUT coas
" WigHius, of Canada.
Monroe also bUsts Of euterpI Using
editors. One of them, wishing to inakt
ats paper MOORE interesting, imported
At Atisnta " TIT 10 share with him
me ups and DOWNS of newspaper
,te.