The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-14
Dots From Montgomery.

MONTGOMERY, La, Sept. 10, 1884,.
New cotton is beginning to come in
and our merchants are making brisk
start by paying almost New Orleans pri-
ces for same. We trust our merchants
will be able to hold up at paying out
side figures on cotton, as the farmers
need moro than they will he able to get
ont of this crop.
Our school opened up on the first Mon
day of this month with fair attendance,
considering the busy crop gathering sea-
son.
Up to this writing our musical depart
ment is without teacher. The position
was rendered Miss Mildred jackson for
another session, but she having accept
ed position in Magnolia, Arkansas. has
declined to take the music school at this
place.
Misses Ruth Patterson and Fannie
Callam, two Of our pretty and popular
young ladies, left us last week.. much to
the regret Of their many friends. The
former has gone to Mansfield College to
attend school, and the latter is on visit
to her sister in Galveston, Texas. The
woe-begone, troubled look upon the
countenapce of some of our young gents,
tell US in unmistakable terms, that there
are lonely hearts to cherish as the days
are going by.
Mr.. w. H. Latham, your genial pub
Usher. was among his many friends at
this place on last Saturday and Sunday.
1t is reported of him that he has found
new route to Montgomery, by
coming all the way down on the west
side of the river.
Quite q crowd Of Montgomeryites at
tended religious services at st. Maurice
on last Sunday. We had the pleasure
of listening to very interesting and in
structive sermon delivered by Rev. JOY
ner, of your city, at IL .. m. There
was preaching also at 8 p. m, by Bro.
Patterson, preacher in charge. who will
protract tho meeting few days. The
singing was excellent, Miss Eva Mccain,
. highly accomplished young lady Of our
town, with her usual queenly style and
many womanly christian graces presided
at the organ, assisted by few gentle
men and q bevy of as pretty young Ia
dies as ever surrounded Princess. Veri-
ly, it was good to be there.
1 cannot forbear mentioning an anus
ing, and which came near being a seri-
Gus incident, that took place on our
streets early Sunday morning. About a
dozen of our young gents rugged mp q
four mule team for the purpose of con-
veying all of their crowd to st. Maurice,
and had improvised seats by placing two
long planks full length IN the outer edge
of the wagon body, and after all had
gotten aboard, facing each other; tho
word 90 was given the driver, and much
to their surprise they went; the mules
started of down grade, towards the fer
~ landing in full sweeping runaway ;
just such tumbling out of the wagon
You never Jaw, come fell on their backs,
some on their heads, some on top Of 9TH
ers, the wagon ran over one, but fortu-
nately no one was seriously hurt, and
the mules was checked up before running
down to the ferry landing. The boys,
undaunted, with . determination to 20,
after gaining their equilibrium, busted up,
got their team Strengthened out, and of
they went again, every one in good spir-
its, and everything went smoothly until
they had gotten about two miles out of
town, the mules became frightened again,
and this time ran away through the
woods, with the result of another gene
raj tumbling out, and the mules and
wagon became lodged against the sap
plings; everything was soon straighten-
ed ont again, and the balance of the
trip was made withou. any further mis-
fortunes. DOT.