The Progress., 1892-09-24

Exchange: A self-acting sofa, inst
large enough for two, has been in
vented. If properly wound up, it
will begin to ring warning bell just
before 10 o'clock. At che minute
after 10 o'clock it splits apart and
ca RES the daughter of the house up
stairs. the other half kicks the young
man out of doors. They will come
high; but the people must have them.
Plaquemine Home Journal: We
have been told that fish and crabs IN
large quantities are dying very rapid
ly in bayou Plaquemine, near the In
dian Village, and that fish of all
kinds can constantly be seen near
the surface, and seem to be IN
sickly state, showing that there is
something wrong with the water; Ii
we mistake not, the same thing hap
pens every year when the trees begin
to shed their leaves, and as large
quantities of them fall into the water
the tannin, or poison they contain is
extracted by the immersion which,
being absorbed by the fish, results IN
their destruction. Parties will act
wisely in not eating any fish taken
from bayou Plaquemine at this time.
We have warned you, now beware!
Lake Charles American: In an
ticipation OF a big fail trade our mer-
chants are putting in larger fall
stock than ever before. They can
see that booming business will be
done and are ready for it.
American: We learn there was
quite hard wind last Saturday In
some parts of the eastern portion OF
the parish, which blew down the ripe
rice quite badly, making it bad to
handle with the machine.
LOUISIANA FOR IMMIGRANTs.-Ameri-
can: The land is rich. Nearly
everything in the vegetable and fruit
line grows The rainfall is good and
the water transportation Is better
than any ether State in the Union.
Timber IN great variety and best
quality. Grass good all the year
round. Railroad transportation Is
good. There is no such thing as
crop failure except along the Miss
issippi from overflow. 1t is better
suited for cane than elsewhere, nine
tenth5 of sugar made in the South is
made in Louisiana. 1t leads all
other States in the production of rice.
1t is the place to make sugar and
rice, the two best paying crops
now in the country. The climate Is
unsurpassed, there is no better. For
truck-farming, for early market gard
enings no better place can be found.
The chief editor of the Chief will
celebrate birthday anniversary to-
morrow. It's nobody's particular
business how old we are, but we have
no hesitancv in declaring that we're
still on the sunny side of forty-to-
day.-Donaldsonville Chief
The sunny side of fortys Now, see
here, friendl How do you count any
way? Do you reckon one and half
years in DOnaldsOnville for one? We
know you used to skip around the
base ball diamond, but you didn't
fool US and make US believe you were
young. Go long man.
Chief: Mrs. Ella Bently has been
appointed vice-president of the CEN
tral Louisiana Fair Association Of
Alexandria, and desires to thank the
directors for the compliment con-
veyed in this selection.
Chief: Three weeks ago a well
known business man in New Orleans
who has been for a number of years
subscriber to the Chief notified us
to discontinue his subscription, and
within the ensuing two or three days
his place of business was destroyed
by fire. The moral is obvious.