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Gallon Island House.

\ TIE undersigned has opened EEz=ss==H
4 House on this pleasant and much admired e4M1z.EA
island. This island is situated about twenty miles west
Of the mouth of Bayou Laforche and about twenty two
miles east of Last Island The table will be supplied with
what the country affords and all the uxures of the Sea
Shore No pains will be spared add the comforts of
those visiting this island The proprietor has also Hospital
for sick where every attention is paid those sent
to his care. He has good supply of medicine such
instruments necessary By strict attention hopes
to merit share Of public patronage. Call and see.
w. s. CAMPBELL.
Reterences.-Judge H. c. Thbodanx. Drs j. A. scndday.
J. W. Danks, Messrs. r. G. Darden John Collins Tenney
and A. b. Ragan rhay6-1m
will have boat running from bayou Lacache to
Gallon Island from the first day Of june during season.
This boat will make trip week-eaving the Island
every Thursday at six O'Clock in the morning. returning
layed on the route X n. w.sC
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THE GREAT SEA SERpENr.-Capt Seabury
OF the ship Mechanics Own, which arrived
here on the nth inst, informs US that Feb
i, in lat 40 s., lon. 80 40 W., he saw some
thing lying upon the water, with its head
out, which very much resenbled a serpent
When first seen, it was forward of the beam
OF the ship, about fifteen yards distant. The
ing two large tusks, about eighteen inches
in length: and many smaller teeth. The
animal was about the size of a barrel, and
showed about twelve feet out of water when
first seen. 1t was apparently much greater
in the middle, as it tapered towards the tail.
Its color was dark brown Most oflhe crew
had time to get to the side to see it, when
he settled his body down and went off 10 the
windward with his head out of water, max
ing wake similar to an eel Capt S.
thinks this was veritahle sea serpent
NJ, Rail- ,rI
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PRETTY GooD.-The Louisville Democrat pub
fishes at the head of its columns each day the
names of the jury who tried Matt Ward, in
Hardin county, Kentucky. One of them has
written to the editor, requesting he will attach
to his name, Storekeeper at the Cross Roads,
where all descriptions of goods may be obtained
produce"
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ON HUNDRED. THE

"OLD HUNDRED. The history of this old
Psalm tune, which almost everybody has been
accustomed to hear, ever since they can re-
member, is the subject Of work recently
written by an English clergyman. Martin Luther
has generally been reckoned the author of ''Old
Hundred but it has been discovered that it
was composed in the sixteenth century, by Will
liam France, German. In the course of time,
it has been considerably changed from the
original, and it is said that, as it first appeared,
it was of more lively character than at
present. Concord Republican.
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SHERIFFS SALE.
~ STATE OF LOUISIANA-Fifth Judicial District Court
sitting in and for the parish of I.afourche
Raymond Oseette


~ STATE OF LoUIsIANA-Fifth Judicial District Court
sitting in and for the parish of Lafourche.
Raymond Oseette J.
ys No. 1880
Michael Kahoe.
TAKE NOTICE: That by virtue OF an order OF seizure
ana sale, enanang from the above entitled Court, in the
above entitled and numbered case, have seized and will
oer for sale at public auction the Court House in the
town OF IhibodauN SATURDAY, the LIST day Of JULY,
iooi at ~ O'Clock the following described property,
to-wtt:
CERTAIN FRACTIONAL LOT OF GROUND situated in
inc town o. TihotauN, containing about three thousand
sN hundred and forty superficial feet being the southern
ha OF II half lot of ground sold by George s. Guion
pintl on the 18th November 1S45 being the northern
Nail OF lot No. 16I plan of eleven ground made
by James b. Grnage u S. Deputy Surveyor on the 10th
OF May lsf2, which northern half is bounded North Inv
lot III on said plan, East by Harrison street, West by lot
6S and South by the remaining half of said lot said lot
having front of thirty feet Harrison street by
depth ef Zo feet, bounded by the ming portion of
said half lot No l61, the North and South by the half
lot No. l6i, now ownedby r. Van Lew by lot
los, and East by Harrison street. and belonging to the
said defendant.
TERMS AND CoNpIrIoNs.-The sum of two hundred and
siXtysX dollars and sixty six cents, with eight per
interest from the Sd April 1854 of suit cash and
like of two hundred and sXty-six dollars and sixty
six cents, due in March, 1855 like of two hundred
and siNysN doll and siXtys due in March, 1856
and like interest each nstament after maturity which
said amounts secured by mortgage the above described,
property per passed before iona White then Recorder
of said parish, on the 2lst October 1853.
June 10, 25-tls NJ. BOCRG, Sheriff.
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FACTS ABOUT FRIDAY.-From time immo-
rial Friday has been f.owned upon as day
ofill-omen. And though this prejudice Is
less prevalent now than it has been of yore,
when superstition had general sway, yet
there are many, even in this matter-oEfact
ageof ours, who would hesitate on a day so
inauspicious, to. begin an undertaking OF
momentous import. And how many brave
mariners, whose hearts unqualified could
meet the widest fury of their ocean home,
would blanch TO even bend their sails on
Friday But to show with how much reason
tins feeling is INDUCED, let US examine the
allowing important facts in connection with
onr own settlement and greatness as ma
lion, and we will see how great cause we
Americans have to dread the fatal day ,sli
On Friday, August Sd, 1892, Christopher
Columbus sailed on his great voyage d
discovery. On Friday, Oc,ober12, 1892, he
ffst discovered land. On Friday, January
oh. 1892, he sailed on his return TO Spain,
which, If he had not reached in safety, the
happy result would never have been known
which led to the settlement Of this vast
continent. On Friday, March, 18th, 1893,
be arrived at Palos in, safety. On Friday,
November 22d, 1899, he arrived at Hispano.
tu ubS SOcOuu SOy0SS W nuSttS0. Ou
Friday, June 18th, 1494, he, though unknown
70 himself, discovered the continent Of
America. .ssae 7ss.e 'sts''a7 ss'af &C.
On Friday, March 5th, 1896, Henry VII d
England gave to John Cabot his commission.
which led to the discovery ofNorth America.
This is the first American State paper in
England. AOn Friday, September 7th, 1865,
neendez founded ST. Augustine, the oldest
sstilementi in the United States BY more
han forty years. On Friday, November
10Th 1920, the Mayfower, with the Phi.
gsiMs, made the harbor Of Provence.own.
On the same day was signed that angus,
compact, the forerunner of our present glo.
nous constitutions On Friday, December
22d 1920, the Pilgrims made their final
landing on Plymouth rock. On Friday,
June 18th, 1775, Bunker Hill was seized and
fortified. On Friday, October 7th, l777, the
surrender Of Saratoga was made, which had
such power and influence in. inducing
rance to declare for our cause. On Friday,
september ped, 1880, the treason Of Arnold
vas laid bare, which saved US from DIES
uoetlOn.h 'ssf 7t4tse rE .sfe.l s,iih ii b szEH7'e
On Friday, October 18th, 1881, the sur.
nader OF Yorktown, the crowning glory OF
,aeAmerican arms. On Friday, June 7ih,
,I6, the motion Of Congress made BY John
ADAMS, seconded by Richard Henry Lee,
'nat the United Colonies were and Of right
o0gAt 10 be free and independent.
mus BY Numerous examples We see that
however il may be with the other nations,
nnmefseaas need never dread to begia on
friday any undertaking, however momen-
'ous i may be.-NorfoN Beacon. ..a
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Michel Kahoe

d
Michel kahoe. J
sACtEL; QUEEN vertue dun orre de saisie et De ,ene
lance par la s,lsde Cor ct dams la ci-dessus inlee
ct numerotee Jai sasi ct oirrai publique,
Alason de Conr dams Ii vile de ThibodauS, SANIED de
JULIET, lo54 Ia prcprietGe s'iivante, SAVIOR:
UNE CERTA1NE FRACTION DE TERRAIN situe dams Ia
vile de Thibodux contenant environ rois mile six
quarante pieis superice Giant la Motto Sud dun dei
terrain vendu par George S. Guion plaintiff lie 15me
jour de Novembre, 1Si5eant Ia moitie Nori du No 1877
sur un plan de terrans fat par James Grnage,
Depute Ingenrur DIES Flats Uns, he f0me jour de Mai
1872 uel partie Nor de Nord hornee Nord par
No III sur lie dit pan Est par Ia Harrison Quest par
lie lot No 16S ct Sud par Pautre Notice du dit
lie dit terrain ayan facade de treHedeux pes Ia
rue Harrison, par 100 peds profondeur borne par
Panre portion de Ii dite moe de terrain No 167 la
partie Sori ct Sud par Ia motto d lot No 49, maihte
n,nt X Vn Lcw, Quest lie lot No. l6S e: Est par
la rue Harrison, ct aplartenant au dit defendant.
TERMEs EFT CoNDTIoNS.La de DeuX Cents SoiXante
Six Piasres ct SoxaneSx Cents inerets hut pour
cent partr du Avr 1854 ct les fra de process COMP
TANT-et une meme somme de DeuX Cent SOiXante-Six
Pastres ct SoiXane-Sy Cents due Mars 1S55-et
meme somme Mars 1856, ct I'm nteret chaquo
placements apres echeace, quels dts sont
hypotheque la propriee cdessus decre par
ace passe pardevant iona e. Wte aors Recorder la dte
pafosse, lie u Octobre, 1858. ..
JUN 10. 25ds NJ. RCTRG. Sheriff
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RI Al . late trial, the defendent who was
not familiar with the multitude of words which
the law employs TO make trifing charge, after
listening awhile to the reading Of the indict-
ment, jumped up, and said, tsThem ere alleg-
atoms is false, and that ere alligator knows it.
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THE ANERICiN'S FRIEND,

LNlte1 NTV7e&,--
most humbly and sincerely thank you for the immense
patronage which have bestowed upon my Pills take
this opportunity Of stating that my Ancestors were all
American Citizens, and tn entertain all that con
Germs America and the Americans the most lively sypa
thies, so much so that originally compounded these Pills
expressly to suit climate HABITS constitutions aud
manner of living intending to establish myself among you
which have now DONE by taking premises in New York
TfIOM AS HOLLOWAY,
IS, Corner Of Ann and Nassau streets Ve,r y1rE
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DANGER OF PAINTED PArLs.-"I would
desire 10 direct the attention of the readers
Of the Scientific American to the danger Of
using pals which are painted inside, for
containing water, for domestic purposes,
The -oxyd Of lead with which they are
painted, is . dangerous poison, and know
it is productive Of evil in many cases. Last
week, having taken drink Of water from a
painted pail, which had been in use for some
months, | was convinced from the taste OF
the water, that it had taken up a portion Of
the paint, and having analysed the water !
found it to contain very minute quantity
Of It. sufficient, however, if large quantity
of the water were taken, to produce those
fearful diseases peculiar to lead poisonings ;,
-,..9 ,l.ss.f sjs JAMES MANLEY.
We advise all persons TO avoid using
painted pals. A coat Of varnish, on the
outside, is all the establishment we ever
desire to see on water pail.
atrr' - St+73 7A rScien&iHc american, 4
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THE CHEAPEST IN TOWN!

.. TNIZEIIt1 StIIS- NICLeOd q Wal.
q lorys Extract Sarsaparila at Is cents bottle Prof
Ure's celebrated Rat Killer, at rs cents box; Mcleod
Water at 80 cents per bottles etc. etc Also various
other Medicines ut the very lowest prices. apI22
SUPERIOR "GOLD SEED" RICE.
~ 1000 bushels selected from the best lands Of South Car
oba by order of the Louisiana Rice Mill Company" Of
New Orleans expressly for planting in this State This
considered the best aquatic rice in the world
For sale by [may6-tfJ VAN LEW BELI.o.
ERFSH ARRIVAL of MEDICINES.
Il 2t3 packages of Drugs, Medicines, Paints and Dye
Stutfs daily expected per steamship Clifton. Planters
Country Merchants, and Druggists will find it greatly
their interest to give call. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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REMARKABLE Work OF ARr.-The eclipse was
daguerreotyped at Philadelphia, in a series of
twenty eight pictures, showing every position of
the sun and moon during the time of conjunc-
ton.
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IL The best cough mixture that has yet
zen made consists of pair of thick boots,
p paea with lots Of air and plenty of exercise.
x .sople who hug the stove and grow lean
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A WHISPER TO W1FE-Study your hus-
bands temper and character; and be it your
pride and pleasure to conform to his wishes
Check at once the first advance to contra
diction, even of the most trivial nature
Beware of the first dispute. Whatever
might have been concealed as a defect from
the lover, must with greater diligence be
concealed from the husband The most
intimate and friendly familiarity cannot
surely be supposed to exclude decorum.
Let your husband be dearer and of more
consequence to you than any other human
being; and have no hesitation in confessing
those feelings to him. psa
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~.It is not little singular, that the
letters that spell debt are the initials of the
sentence, "Dun Every Body Twice." and
the letters which spell credit, are the initials
Of the sentence, "Call Regularly Every
Day-pll Trusl.'
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A Love SICK SwAIN-"Sal," said lisping
Bill, elf you don't love me and don't like to
thay tho squee1h my handtll."
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70 A man who has no enemies is seldom
good for anything. He is made of that
material which is so easily worked, that
every one tries hand in it. A sterling
character-one who speaks for himself: and
speaks what he thinks-is always sure to
have enemies.
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A FAIR H1r.-We copy the following
from the Boston Commonwealth:
can exchange paper publishes story,
in which it is stated that man who came
very near drowning had wonderful recol-
lection of every event which had occurred in
his life. There are. fsu of our subscribers
whom we would recommend 10 practise
bathing in deep waterw
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Two LADY CORRESPONDENTS.

THEORY OF neutrality-suspicious. by
Mr.. Gaudichaud, to determine the theory
that the radical tibres descend from the
leaves to the graft! He uncovered root
of poplar-cut it in two and put the ends
Notwithstanding them in that position
then surrounding the cut part with moss,
and then covering the whole with earth.
The graft succeeded, and the root united.
According 10 the Phytonian (vegetation)
theory, these are the radical threads which
descend from the leaves and come in contact
with the lower piece Of the root, penetrate
the bark and then go down to the end of the
root.
Now, according to my observation, this is
not the case a, all. This is what compre-
bend about it, viz: part of untricuiar (cell)
tissue is formed around each cut end of the
root-those cells have been called the gen.
Grating bed-the upper one stronger than
the lower one-this is however of re, impor-
lance. Arriving at contact with each other,
their growing tissues, they solder together
the whole or part around the cut ends In
side Of this fbrous vascular vascular air
vessels) fibrous air vessels-in the same way
that excresences are formed on wood where
the bark is taken of-and new bark is
gradually formed.
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ga say, Pete, some id loco
stole half my pig last night" Chow do
you know it was loco, Billa" "Because,
if he'd have been whig he'd have taken
the whole of itn We left then
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70 The Penalty of buying cheap clothes
is the same as that of going TO law-the
certainty Of losing your suit, and having to
paw for it.
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DISADVANTAGES OF BEING SMALL.-A sick man
was told that nothing could cure him but quart
of catnip tea ':Then l must die said he,
III don't hold but pint
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LAWS OF HEALTH-Coarse bread is much
better for children than fine.
Children under seven years of age should
not be confined over six or seven hours in
the house, and that time should be broken
by frequent recesses.
Children and young people must be made
to hold their heads up and shoulders back
while standing, sitting, or walking. The
best beds for children are of hair.
Young persons should walk at least two
hours day in the open air..
Every person, great and small, should
wash all over in cold water every morning
Reading aloud is conducive to health
Sleeping rooms should have fireplace
or some mode of ventilation; beside the
windows rE
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&C. Love that has nothing but beauty tt
keep it in good health is short lived, and APP
to have ague fits.
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SELF.RA1slNG rLouR.-A lady went into a
grocery lately, and asked for some self
raising -four The clerk for the moment,
was green Irishman, who, opening the
barrel showed her some of the ordinary
superfne. THAT is not what want" said
the lady with some pique: II want self
raising -four. "Oh," said Pat: with prompt
tude, "a divii bit will you find fault with
its not rising; the whole barrel went up
and if that don't suit you are hard to PLACE,
intirely." The lady disappeared in huff.
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Succession de Pierre o. Nagwin ettem,ne.
ETAT DE LA LOUISIANE-Co,

~ du Cinquieme District, paroisse de Lafourche.
ATTENpU: Que JOACHIM BADEAUX, de la de paroisse,
Administrator de la de Succession, jour depose
compile final de Administration lie Greier dc Ia
dite Cour, demandant quill soft approuve
En- consequence toutes personnes u pouaient avor
objections dit compile par les presentes notifies
les dedure Greier de la de Cour, bureau, dams Ia
vile de Thbodaux, dams les rente jours qu sivron la
premiere publication de avis simon lie dit compile sera
accorde ct confirrne scion la loi.
Temon ma main ct lie sceau de la dte Cour ce
HIST 10 JUN, mil-huit cent cinguante -q,iatre.
f25-5tl ~ l.. s. ALLAN, Greffer.
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CuRE FOR CRour--A medical .correspon-
dent of the New Hampshire Journal Of
Medicine, states that for three years he has
used alum in Group, and in all that time has
not seen a fatal case which, was treated with
it from the beginning He usually gives
about ten grains, once in ten minutes, until
vomiting is induced, using at the same time
tarter-emetic or hive syrup freely, the latter
subdning the inflammation while the alum
has more of a repulsive action. s-r*i
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THE FARMER AND THE ARr1sr-"Of what
use is all your study and your books" said
an honest farmer to an ingenious artist.
"They don't make the corn grow, nor pro-
dnce vegetables for market. My Sam does
more good with his plough in one month,
than you can do in one year."
"What plough does your son use!' asked
the artist quietly.
"Why, he uses --'s plough, to be sure.
He can do nothing with any other. By
and raise three times as much as we did
with the old concern 4sg-
The artist turned over one of his sheets,
and showed the farmer the drawing of his
much praised plough, saying with smile,
I" am the inventor of your pillow and my
name is --n e.sf1 I.-...-..
The astonished farmer shook the artist
heartily by the hand, and invited him to
call at his house, and make it his home as
long as he liked. ,.-.
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INTERESTING TO BARBERs.--It is said that
gentleman residing in one OF the large
towns Of England, whose face rather ex.
ceeded the ordinary dimensions, was waited
on BY . barber every day for twenty.one
years without coming 10 settlement. The
barber, thinking it "about time to settle, y
presented his bill, ia which he charged a
penny a day, amounting in all to 81 lbs. 3D.
The gentleman, supposing too much charg-
ed, refused to pay the amount, but agreed
to proposal of the barber to pay at the rate
of 5000 an acre. The premises were accord.
ingIy measured, and the result was that the
shaving bill was increased 10 f7S IS. 3d.
%A" [Rochester Dem.
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Hollo,ray's Ointment and Pills are supe-
rior Remedies for Bad Legs and all kinds Of
Wounds. The surprising sale of these in
valuable medicines throughout the Union, is
the most convincing proof of their efficacy
in curing bad legs, old wounds, and scrofu-
lous sores. Thousands of people who have
suffered from these dreadful maladies, have
been cured by their use. after every other
remedy had failed and it is fact beyond
all doubt, that there is no case: however OBJ
stinate or bad. that may not be shortly cured
by these wonderful medicines, therefore the
afflicted should Immediately try Holoway's
Ointment and Pills. &3.s 1873