The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-09-18
TIDINGs FROM TRUMP.
ONE OF HIS CHARACTERISTIC EPIS-
TLEs-LATE NEWS FROM HIS
HOME SECTION.
Coon CREEK, }
NEAR CoLFAx, Z
Sept 10, 1889.

ED. DEM0CkAT-
Once and occasionally, the mail
brings me your paper free, gratis and
for nothing, and have been feeling
so devilish mean because | have never
thanked you for the same, that l have
concluded to drop you few lines
(hoping these few lines may find yon
and your family enjoying the same,
etc., giving you some little news from
this locality, the home of that striped
varmint that is so delicious to the mig
ger, but so destructive to corn and per-
simmons.
The general outlook for the farming
community here is fair enough; cotton
will be good average crop, corn
enough for home consumption, Fall
gardens we'll under way, flower gar
dens in full bloom, and contemplated
marriages in full blossom. Oh, would
l were boy once more!
I'd roll and kick on mama's floor,
And with nail I'd scratch the wall,
And spit ambitious juice on Sissy's doll
Please remember, Mr.. Editor, that
| am no colt, having first seen the
light of day in your city fifty four
years ago. say your city, but where
wac she fifty-foar years prior to my
arrival there? On that very spot the
war-whoop of the Indian chief was
heard to echo from Fishville to Sugar
Town. Where is the hideous war;
whoop nova 1t has gone the way
of the wicked, and to-day as
you walk down Front Street, the
frightful yell Of the Indian has given
away to the busy hum of the machin-
cry that drives yonr compress, your
ice factory, and the N. Y. Lumber
mill (when she runs.) And / am told
all this is due to the energy and get
mp of Judge Blackman, Jim White
and Jay Gould. | don't wonder at
your great progress when such trio
have the reins, for that team can drive
anything from Levin's OK team to an
lnman steamship. | wish to God
they would strike Colfax one time
just for luck, but not during Cour,
week.
Yes, my dear old town and het en-.
terprising citizens have everything tc
be proud of for they have a presiden,
that can do less, make longer eAcur
sions and shorter speeches, catch more
fish, and allow the American eagle to
ask more apologies than any othel
ruler on eaeth. They also have mer
in Congress who would sacrifice thei
lives rather than rob the Government
of any thing-they couldn't get ava,
with. And if we keep ON progressing
as we have in the last few years, there
will be nothing left of the Constitu
ton but the Freedmen's Bureau, Wo
mons Suffrage, and the 18th Amend
ment with Prohibition in the back
ground.
| am aware that the war is over
having fit, bled and run away from
there myself, but what has become o
Stonewall-not old Jackson that il
dead-but the Stonewall that used t,
write for your paper? He is a brigh
light, and shines like pewter dolla
in a mud hole when he tries to be lu
minons. would like so much t
hear from him if alive, and if dead
would like to know where he sleeps
Please advertise for him and forward
bill to this creek, where it will b,
honored for its full face value-ir
coon skins.
Enough of this nonsense, and lie
me say to you that every man here i
looking for railroad to come along
over his place; every fellow that own
an acre patch is going to have rail
road, and then every mans patch will
be railroad center, and there will b,
more money come along (but neve
stop than is In Vanderbil,'s vault. I
will just fall into our laps; no NOR,
work then, have quit now, and an
awaiting the foot of the whistle. Goo
bless the railroads, the plank road
and the old dirt roads, but bless al
the roads that lead to the prosperity o
my old native town, is the prayer o
your old friend, TRUMP.
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