The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-10-06

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ri don't complain
Whom the Lord sends rain,
When the tanks in the sky run over;
For the rain you know
Makes the corn to grow,
And gives lift to the clover"
But my humble friend, CODE, says
we've had bout enuf and he wants it
to stop right now. "We've had a
'bundance," says CODE, land I'm
afeerd there won't be any nubbins to
feed the steers on this winter and no
seed Eaters to plant next spring"
Another one horse farmer says he Is
afeerd he will make more cotton than
he can get picked out.
Was there ever such a bountiful
crop year? Wheat, corn, cotton, po-
tatoes and fruit! Mr.. Roberts, who
farms on Pumpkin Vine creek, says he
feels sure of 1000 bushels of corn
from one field Of ten acres--that ne
can select one or two acres that Will
Weld 100 bushels each, and there are
several square rods that will make
bushel to the rod. That would make
100 bushels per acre, if every rod was
as good. Mr.. Roberts is no brag. He
is conservative, truthful man and
good farmer. Mr.. Alderman made
twenty-five bushels of wheat to the
acre right in the suburbs Of the town,
and he has more beautiful fruit than
was ever grown here before. Our mar
ket is running over with good things
apples. peaches, pears. grapes and
melons. Country wagons drive to the
: residences every day loaded with deli
cious fruit and you can buy at your
own prices, for the supply is greater
. than the demand. We luxuriate
! on soft peaches and cream, which
q is the next best thing to
:. strawberries and cream, and we
buy fine large cantaloupes at nickel
a apiece. Old folks lose their relish for
d meat, but they never get tired Of fruit.
u 1 was Illuminating about the kind
= ness of Providence in arranging the
succession to suit our health and ap-
q petite. Strawberries, raspberries,
a dewberries, huckleberries, blackber-
= ries, June apples, cherries and then
4 peaches and grapes, with melons
thrown in, and before long the town
!, will be flooded with apples. Oh, the
- - Jelly and jam and preserves that my
" folks have put up, and the sugar that
!, I have had to pay for. Thank good
y ness, I bought it before the KcKinley
trust cornered the market. A clever
republican neighbor told me that the
s. Almighty was smiling on the land be-
IL cause good men were now in power
10 and he quoted scripture which sale
~ when the righteous are in power thu
LIS people rejoice.
eyes" said I, "the devil can quot
at scripture to suit his purpose. Davi'
IS understood the situation when h
8, said: L have seen the wicked in grea
es power, spreading himself like greer
I'd bay tree, yet he passed away, and i
he was not.
ey I don't think the Lord is payin
er much attention to congress or the ad
he ministration, but He does seem t
ne have pity on the people, and is show
er ering blessings upon them.
W. There was campmeeting stor
50. that old Allen Turner told when I We
boy that I have not forgotten. H
- was preaching about the perils
,e- riches and said there was good oil
ID darkey who had kind but unChri
ad tian and skeptical master, and he trie
* in his humble way to convert him, b1
ia his master only laughed ct him an
t's one day said to him: "Now, Unc
Jack, if the Lord is SO wise and {
y. good end loves us all SO much as you sa
a n what makes him let Jim Austin get
". rich and keep on buvina more lar
Luz and more nlggers and mules, whe
en- you know that Jim Austin is the mea
gu est man in the county. He swindl
~ his neighbors and Expresses the poo
ell He drinks and CANDLES and curse
ne. but everything he touches makes hi
nd richer and richer. How do you e
Ia. plain that?"
las "Master! master!'' said Uncle JAG
''u "dat is all jes' SO and it's becaus'
He Lord don't keer nothin' about il
ro- Austin, his name amt on de boo
ess No, sir, de Lord amt payin' no tie
ar. ton to him at all and de debil
70 runnin' him. No, masterl I tell y
Nd how it is. When de Lord take Tiki
she to man and got his name on de bo
IN. He don't let him get fat and slick Ii
mt Jim Austin. Whom de Lord love
ber He chastiseth, and dat's de reas
md your ginhouse git burned up and 20
in. buggy mare die, and maybe dat's W
Miss Juliann take sick away off
-. school and come home in de coff
. " She was blessed child, she was, a
= seems to me dat sometimes away in
80 night I hear her calm you. Mast
W. old Jack don't like to trouble y
' a about desc things and he wouldent
W., wv, your name wasent on de book.
an Uncle Allen used to finish up
ap- story with the masters conversi
and Jim Austin being killed.
"a Better times are coming ST
use. enough, but politics has nothing
do with it. Politics dident give
great crop of wheat and
short crop in Europe. Ny frie
Kirkpatrick, of Atlanta, says these
vulsions in trade and prosperity go