The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-06
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IDLY IKE fENCLoTHEs.l
October days are warm and bright.
With mist the evening shivers,
And one wakes up about midnight
To reach down for the 'skivers. y
For.a long time it has been all
verda could do to stay on the map.
and we plodded onward in silence
bearing our grief with calmness
and doing all in our power to at
tract attention, aud at last our eff
forts have borne fruit and verify
we are on the map now, in "box
ear letters; able to sit up and
notice things.
Things have changed. We now
have a skating rink. Mr.. Zachius
Lotion is the afable and urbane
srinkist." He welcomes one and
all at 10 cents per welcome, and,
for % cents additional, you may
have pair Of skates fastened to
your system and then go out and
dislocate your collar bone and
spine by falling endwise upon
yourself with terrible force.
A trip to Colfax recently showed
10 my observation that Grants
capitol is getting to be no SLOUGH
Of town, and that new Jail and
Jim O'Quinn's artesiaR we'll are
not bad improvements. With the
exception of the annoying red
sticking mud I enjoyed the day
savagely. LODGED the sheriff and
town marshal, thus escaping the
bckup.
Rufus Rastus William Johnsing
Brown Cock6eld, one of Verda's
shining marks and most handsome
young gentleman, made a flying
trip TO the rural "diggings" last
Sunday, and everything being just
right we think Bill popped the
question on this trip. A future
letter will announce the result.
Bill has been pleading with her
for several months to change her
mind and accept him for good or
worse.
For the sake of convenience, and
other reasons, too many to enumer-
ate, the Ozone Lumber Co. has i'm
ported colored people to this town,
and no longer is Verda the town
with exclusive white population.
The ebony hued African mingles
far and near, from early morn till
setting Of the sun and goes un-
harmed, for verify the laity are
not 20 rank and heroic as was re-
ported. Where is the brave and
fearless warrior who was going to
s'run the niger Off" Stay in your
place, gentlemen, and obey the law.
and yours will be great reward.
The Ozone Lumber Go. has the
law on their side aud will be pro-
tected in working whatever colored
gentlemen they feel like.
The Verda high school is now
progressing nicely with an ENROLL
ment of over two hundred, with
many more to come. Prof. Au-
brey, of Mansfield, is principal, and
Mrs. Aubrey, Misses Grace Hyde,
Maude Tison, and Matte Dunn
are assistants. Many improve
ments have been made among the
buildings, and it Is said the school
is better now than ever before.
William Hicks has resigned his
"posish" as operator here and will
60 to Aloha. Bill says he can't do
as much work as there is here for
$35 per month.
Our twin sister town, Lotion, is
putting on style now as they will
have new mill by Jan. LIST They
will run their old mill till they get
ready to change the machinery to
the new mill. They have been
having trouble about water Some
time ago their mill pond washed
away. Since then Lotion has
been . very dry town and the mill
could not run except when q little
water could be obtained here and
there. However, water is plentiful
now and the mill is doing fine.
With regards to the late grand
jury, / remain your humble SER