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RULES Or fnEAETH IO2 MARRIED La
plrs-Get up Al 3 O'Clock in shs morning,
sisss eat tho stove, take up the ashes:
sweep the fioat side walk and scrub the
ksal steps,. s.,rse the baby. put the mick
sselts seak. build the Gre. grind tho coffee,
q .ese your Husbands thiags 10 warm,
esihe shirt sired, boil the tnaekssel,
saah, H. cefEre, set The table, rouse the
isuse. carry up some bot water for shave
u 10 hat hn,is of . hssbaad, and dry the
aenile paper.i By fhis time you will
have "a apostle for breakfast. Hold
Ne balg during the meal, - yoa like your
heakkk cold. g4ie..;,as 4log sua,cmoa
! .Ahes. breakfast, wash the dishes, nurse
" baby, dust every thing, wash the
yisdowA wash and dress the baby-(that
eaat9 wants cleaning out and scrubbing)
-eurss the baby draw. the baby ave or
III nilss IN tho wagon for his health ;;
sune him whea you return put on the
lslalpes and the cabbage -iurse the baby
~ ~ cornsd beef-donn forget 70
as.a - bahy-apd the, turnips- nurse
- hby-svesp everything /; take nptbe
dsasE, 81 tls table, gu the castors, change
q. laAe-cloth- there, the baby twasts
.AaGt Eat your dinaer cold agaie
as1 nssse ths baby. sram rs sgsisys.,
- aeser, wash the dishes, gather
y y u dizzy clsahss, and put them "a
susk;sse the the baby every half hour ;
foco6vn .SAn.1lfs c.fle 3,ftArsnaread With
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nc readers (:
Wheat. sixty pounds.
Corn, shelled, fifty six pounds.
Corn, on the cob. seventy pounds.
les Oats, thirty.six pounds.
Rye, fty.six pounds
Barley. forty-six pounds.
i Buckwheat, fifty.two pounds.
Irish Potatoes, sixty pounds. H.
Sweet Potatoes, fifty pounds.
Onions, fifty. seven pounds.
Beans, sixty pounds. .
Bran, twenty pounds. .., e.
Clover Seed, sixty pounds.
Timothy Seed, forty.five pounds.
Flax Seed, forty five pounds.
Hemp Seed, forty .five pounds.
Blue Grass, fourteen pounds.
Dried Peaches. thirty three pounds.
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HO, FOR THE RAILROAD!

TonN BERGER ha. r!,eed Stage n-SAR
u snd Express upon the line from @X2ES2r
Houma the Railroad Crossing, Tsrre- 9
homie Depot capable If carrying twelve passengers
The Express will leave Houma every morning Mt eight
o'cl.ck and returning to Houm, will lenve the Depot
Immediately the arrival of tho from the City,
say n half past III.
will leave Houn,a every day l,etween hn past ten and
eleven O'Clock, in time meet the their return
from Bayou Buf that for New Orleans Viii
have about three hours time in this pl,ee th.a
heretofore
FARE EACH WAY, Oh %
He hopes by attending to wants and convenience II
the travelling public merit share Of their patronage
He has constantly on hand cnnvcyances OF kinds -
Houma In convey passengers in any direction. o
Hotel and Stable. i.ti.-
The undersigned would also inform his
friends amp the public that he is prepared to aceommo
date all Who may I'll upon him. with comfortable lodg.
nes, and his table is always well supplied with the bese
that procured In in the market Every exerton
will be maize to administer Comfort and conyeuencs u
his guests.
His etahles wen stocked and means a Conveyance
may he procured at all times Travellers conveyed %
part OF the country At all times, and the most accom-
modating terms. es ~ @- Nl;L-.
Dec 6ti -ef.- .t JOHN BERGER
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WRITING INKS and In1 Bes: 49, I'''
" .ssstyed q De ri 1oCHA pxcc ef01es
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SCOTS "LITTLE ClANT"CoRN AND COZ MILL
Pdented May 10th, 1854.


Patented May 10th, 1854.
THE sattentention Of Planters. Farmers
l. and Seockeders general 10 respectfully called -
this mill the Important article Of the kind nov II
use; only veil adopted Tor grinding es6 ~ Ct stock.
bat Hrts fo the sie, and especially Bread Meal from
not fully ripe dry in the fall - ..5-.L
In set,Wg this mill no mechanic ~ irvine work u VASE
ed, only requiring = " fastened to 6o0r pAegD
Easily adjusted aud used by anybody, even achild
late uural Fairs in Missouri Kentucky Maryland.
and other States and that in the complimentary maa-
Der; we'll the tons Of fhe hoasa6e
Witnessing it performance. lilo
and No WaTnDted to grind 10 bushels Of See4 -
Iur with horse, and offered the low price Of 80
nj complete resdy fur attnchiag the teamNe ct Us.
srinds 20 bushels ger hour with two horses
bes, Baltimore; scet Hedges, Cincinsed.' =
r - - 1898. .; From the Cincinnati Daily T1ass.
TT: 1lTTtx GIANT by Invitation ve called = e.
operations Of whst the nveatos has denoinated III es
tie Oiant Com ana Com Cob Mill" II ever name wo9
well applied II Is in the instance The mill Weighs
only ahoul TIRES hundred pounds, md weh Single hoOo
attscecd 10 foot sbai il eats up and cob with
a vengeance" 1t got up an improvement q tie
best patent Of this kind attained, and y 20 aups
in lis construction that be put together and .: n
used with ease BY anybdy. It will GRAD with ssss iron
1910 "A busncis per hour. 5 -
1oihs farmer this nin % simple n in eousuctss.
occupying % it.s propelled by POWER awsys q
Of the greste eonveniens 10 have ever sss
Wherevss they have been they have univef-
nal fhwor. Let every Interested in agricultural ruus
call in ~ Scott Hedgea No. Water Street, e1smaes ssA
For sale in ThibodHux by the undersigned vhahsssoe
! novf-nie - B. P. HOLDEN.
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Education, &C.,
THIBODAUX COLLEG

THLBODAUI COLLEGE
I TAKE pleasure ia announc.
Il ing to parents, guardians, and the public - -
in general, that havirg secured the SER 0
vices Of competent gentlemen, shall henceEsth, under
the above NAME conducl my inst tuition larger scale
The plan pursued will be similar ~ th,t adopt
ed BY best colleges and the tuition comprises all the
branches usually t,uyht in such establishments.
am ready receive b,arders Of which. parental
will be taken, ~s..t a,.
TERMS. ..
Regular Engl,sh Course, 96 90 per month.
Every addition Language. ......l 50
Board and TUITION vi6O W - abnun
Pur further parc u terms, cosditions etc, ap
ply to, CHARLES SOUTHEASTERN, Prineatnl.
N. B. A prospectus will be issued 2otf.
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s@hga% RlOughs: lsloSs4hs! .iio
THE SUBSCRIBER has on hand aboot

II oss haidsed Planehs, A. J. Young 4 Mcf1snahan's
Manufacture 0 Maysvile, KY, sizes from No. 70 No. 4
which or the sake Of closing the eonSsnmentJ he cesD
for sale March credit from ~ to u per plough lower
than he has before sold in this market, prices 5ro0
Is 90 10 SIT 90. few Bull cungues Shovel fSoaghs
tuny supply themselves with good and cheap poulha
Respectfully, -fIs k5i l-t,slB. ,. HOLDEN.
Thibodanx November 1T, la55-nI6-y.
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WnAT MAKEs BUsuEL.-The follow.
ing table of the number Of various articles
to bushel, may BE- found Of interest to
our readAra.
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Never.
BY O. W. CUTTER.


may be asked, as have been asked, whe
am for the dissolution of the Union! I an
'wer-sEvEn! NEVER! NEVER /! !--Htnyy Ciay
" You ask me when I'd rend the scroll
Our father s names are written O. er,
When would see our flag unroll
It's mingled stars and stripes no more,
When with worse than felon hand
Or fslon counsels, would sever,
The Union Of this glorious land
l answer, never, never, never
Think We that could brook to see s.
The banner have loved 10 long,
Borne piece-mcal o er the distant sea
Torn, trampled by frenzied throng-
Divided, measured, parcelled out
Tamely surrendered up forever
To crafty soulless route, ,... ...
OF Traitors never, never, never.
Give up this land to lawless might,
To selfish fraud and villain sway. ....
Obscure those hopes with endless night,
That now are rising like the day
Write one more page of burning shame
To prove the useless vain cndcavor
Our race from ruin to reclaim,
And close the volume? never, never
On yonder lone and lovely steep,
The sculptor's art, the builder power,
A landmark o 'er the soldiers sleep.
Have reared lofty funeral tower
There it will stand until the river
That rolls beneath shall cease to flow,
Aye, till that hill itself shall quiver
With natures last convulsive throe.
Unon that columns marble base,
That shaft that soars into the sky,
There still is room enough to trace
The countless millions yet to die
And would cover all its height,
And breadth, before the hour of shame
Till space should fail whercon to write
Even the initials of name.a
Dissolve the Union mar remove
The last asylum that is known,
Whose patriots find q brothers love
And truth may shelter from throne
Give up the hopes of high renown,
The legacy our fathers Wild,
Tear our victorious eagles down
Before their mission is fulfilled
Dissolve the Union while the earth
Has yet u tyrant to be slain.
Destroy our freedom in its birth
And give the world to bonds again
Dissolve the Union-God of Heaven!
We know too well how much it cost.
A million bosoms shall be riven
Before one golden link is lost
Is E. S5ia
Nay, spread aloft our banner folds,
High as the heavens they resemble,
That every race this planet holds
Beneath their shadow may assemble,
And with the rainbow's dazzling pride,
Or clouds that burn along the skies,
Inscribe upon its margin wide
HopE, FREEDOM, UNION, COMPROMISE.
Mr.. Clay's very words as he pointed to tn.
monument that stands upon the height neal
Frankfort, above the slain of Buena Vista, in
luding the remains of his own son.
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Aoalantit Skettb.
THE SCARF & CROSS
OR,
"There's Magic in the Web Of It,"
FROM THE FRENCH
BY ROSE ASHLEY
CHAPTER I,

CHAPTER I.
The noble chevalier Herman. of Mer-
niger, loved the young and beautiful
Matilda, of Malsburg. He was fortu-
nate in being also beloved by her. 1t
was during the time of the Crusades,
that great heroic era Of Christianity,
when Europe and Asia, the Christian
and Mussulman federations, Rome and
Bagdad, Christ and Mohammed, Popc
and Caliph, had shown themselves un-
der the walls Of the city of David, to
determine an old quarrel of five centu-
ries /; and the two rival worlds equal
ly collected their subjects to the pros.
ecution of holy war. Reused by the
ardent summons Of a passionate friar,
the people Of Christian Europe started
and awoke. Their souls were full OF
enthusiasm, and, in a moment, the sup.
posed voice of religion, her multitudes,
seeking glory and adventure, covered
the thousand pathways of France, Eng.
land, and Germany, lance in hand, red
cross on white tunic, and banner wav.
ing in the wind. Kingdoms were to
be conquered; the oppressed to be
rescued and sustained the holy sep.
ulchre to be delivered and, above all,
that beautiful sun of Asia, that mag.
nificent country of the East, filled with
marvels, and abounding in light and
perfumes, was to be yielded up to
Christian keeping.
The noble Herman was among the
rest to cry, Deus vult PIT is the
will of God" He shared in the enthu.
siasm, had taken up the cross, and
sworn at Notre Dame to accomplish
the warlike pilgrimage, now almost
enjoined by the Church as Christian
duty, to the holy sepulchre. No won
der, then, if the young Matilda should
be sad, sad as an autumnal evening
if the tears were seen to stream from
her blue eyes down her fair, soft
cheeks if her eyes were now, from
time to time, raised towards Heaven
in as much dependency as hope, as il
there seeking the aid and protection
which earth seemed only to deny.
1t was. in those days, an old and pi
Gus custom among those who loved
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mistellallu.
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

"Men should not marry" it is COM
monty said, "unless they can not only
maintain for themselves the social po-
sition to which they have been accus-
toned, but extend the benefits of that
position to their wives and children.
A woman who marries is entitled to
to be kept in the same rank and COM
fort in which she was reared" We
entirely disavow these doctrines. It
should be the aim of every married
couple to make their own fortune. No
son and daughter, who become man
and wife, are entitled to rely on their
patrimony, but should willingly COM
mence life at lower step in the lad
der than that they occupied by their
parents, SO that they may have the
merit and the happiness Of rising, if
possible, to the top. Imagine the
case Of an aged couple who by great
perseverance have acquired posses
sion Of immense wealth, and are living
in style of ease and splendor which
is no more than the reward of their
long life of industry.
Will any body say that the children
of such "old folks should live in
the same grandeur as their parents ?
The idea is preposterous. They have
no right to such luxury, they have
done nothing to deserve it, and if their
parents are honest in dividing their
property among them, they can have
no means to support it. Yet marri-
ages are contracted on the principle
that the married couple shall be able
to keep up the rank to which they
have been accustomed under the pa.
ternal roof. 1t is such notions as
this-engendered by Malthusian phi
losophers, and fostered by lazy pride
that are filing our country with
poor old maids" with coquettish
yovng ladies, with nice cigar smoking.
goodfor-nothing young men.
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NUMBER 4.

addressed the company. With his
glass filled with the rich wine of Hun
gary, and pursuing his purpose only
with the desperate air of one who
leaps to performance at which he
revolts, since he feels that he cannot
deliberately pursue it, he drank to the
mutual release of himself and betroth.
ed alleging as his reason for this de-
cision, that she had been faithless to
her vows.
Terribly fell the blow upon the
young fond heart of the poor innocent.
The tears gushed from her eyes ; but
checking, with sign, the ardent kins-
men who were prepared to rush upon
her slanderer, she slowly and with
the most dignified meekness, silently
left the scene in which she could not
conceal her sorrows. Great was the
confusion which followed. The guests
were confounded. Words of doubt,
dispute and anger were heard ON
every side, and the noble Count of
Meringer himself, now that Matilda
had disappeared, was shocked and
humbled at the offence of which he
had been guilty.
Suddenly, and while the confusion
in the hall was at it's highest, the
doors unfolded, and a stranger showed
himself in the habit Of a pilgrim. He
was known to but one in the assem-
bly,, and that one was Herman. The
newcomer was the famous singing
master, whose charming powers had
won our baron from the .thrall of the
Saracen. He came forward holding
in his hand the fragment of that pre-
cious white scarf, which in the hour
of his gratitude, our knight had given
him. Scarcely had the Lord of Me-
ringer welcomed him, and made his
acknowledgements, than he became
conscious of other features in those
of the singing master than he had be-
fore discovered. A gradual change
was in progress, at the same moment,
in the face Of the stranger and in the
heart of Herman. Surely it was Ma
tilda of Malsbourg that stood before
him, in the habit of the pilgrim
These are her eyes only, this her
mouth, and these the features of life
and beauty, the tout ensemble of which
made the whole perfect divinity which
his soul had ever found in woman.-
The eye of the spectators was quite as
quick in the discovery as his own.
How had he been blind so long! He
sank at her feet penitent, and re-
preaching himself, and entreating her
in terms of the deepest self reproach
and contrition.
Do you ask if so rash an offender
was admitted to pardon? Can you
wonder that she took him to her mer-
cy, she was SO full of grace? If her
heart, which had so much love and
constancy, so much chastity aud pu-
rity, had pity also in as great degree?
She raised him from her feet to her
arms, with one of those sweet sighs
which, from the heart of mercy, al
ways informs of the excellence of a
world at once more happy and more
pure than ours.
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CHAPTER ".

Situated at the summit of a high
mountain, the chateau of Meringer re-
sembles, at distance, some gigantic
patriarch watching over the flock
which lies scattered at his feet. Ii
was night, and numberless sparkling
lights scintillatcd fantasticallythrough
the divided panes of the high win
dows, which were distinguished by
that peculiar shape which in archi
lecture is termed ogee or ogive. A
burst Of sonorous Instruments, with
powerful and harmonious voices, min
gled with the murmurs of the torren,
which descends into the valley. The
Count Mcringer has prepared feast
One SO magnificent had never beer
held in the old chateau. Here he hao
assembled his friends and connections
Noble lords and stately danes gath
cred from the contiguous country
Matilda, too, was present. She came
at the urgent entreaties Of her lover
filled> with a secret presentiment o
happiness reassured and made Sc
cure. She was magnificently attired
and in the midst of the youthful
company, with such finished and per-
feet features, with looks SO equally
chaste and sweet, and smile sc
pure and pleading, one felt that sh.
was lovely without a model. Yet
there were some to compare her t,
Dina in the midst Of her nymphs, who
even while sporting in the simple
pleasures Of the fields and forests,
kept ever in remembrance the pre-.
cious beauties other young Endymion
The fste went on without interrup
tion to. it's pleasures until nearly al
the close, when the noble Count Of Me
ringer, who, during the evening. had
cast many a mournful and plying
look upon his betrothed, now rose and
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CHAPTER III,

The Lord of Meringer, thus rescue'
from his bonds, naturally wished t.
return Immediately to his beloved Ma
tilda. His liberator desiring also t.
return to France, they embarked to
gether, and arrived safely at a place
about two days journey from thu
chateau of Meringer. The traveller!
stopped at hotel, and here the sing
ing master said to Herman
Brother, at this place we separate
We now take different routes. Ipray
thee now, at parting, that thou give
me, as remembrance, a small piece
of the scarf Of which the history is 81
wonderful, that / may be able, when
relate thy story, to have the proof in
hand The knight gladly yielded to
an entreaty so moderate. He anx.
iously desired some means to prove
his gratitude to the generous pilgrim
who had procured for him his freedom
He cut off bit of his charmed scarf
accordingly, and gave it to him, with
thanks and blessings. Exchanging
other proofs of mutual esteem, ano
promising to see each other again, as
opportunity offered, they separated
with much and sincere feeling.
Herman FASTENED to his betrothed
Once more he beheld the young heir
ess of Malsbourg. He finds her still
beautiful as when he left her. Hel
smile still glows for him, and she is
in all respects the same dear and
beautiful Matilda. Yet there is diff.
ference. There is something more
proud in the movements of her form
There is sight shade Of mystery in
her actions. From time to time hel
hands seem to seek for a dagger al
her girdle, and her fingers pass more
hurriedly than they were wont in for
mer days over the chords of her harp
There was darker shade in her com,
plexion, as if she had felt the smiles OF
warmer sun than that of Malsbourg
There was surely no reason why Her
man should not be happy Matilda
still beautiful, and still loving as OF
yore. But our knight was not happy
Fearful imaginings and suspicious
filled his brain. They had told him.
on his return, that mystery hung
about his betrothed. She, too, had
been wanderer. For twelve months
had she been absent, and none knew
whittier. She had gone without a
sign and retured without an explana.
ton. Our knight was miserable
His thoughts by day and his dreams
by night, filled his soul with equal
torturcs. His peace was gone, his
hopes were vanished, all his sweet al
lusions were wrecked like the frail
paper boat which the Hindoo maiden
sends down the Ganges. Evil pur-
poses fill his. soul, and sense of
wrong makes him dream only of re-
venge, that banquet Of supremest pas
sion, which some one fables is worthy
of the gods. In his gloom Matilda for
gets to smile. She knows not what
to do or say; but she has hopes
hope, indeed, would seem natural to
the fair, pure damsel, whose scarf
and cross no weapon had been able
to destroy.
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hand the noble Lord Of Meringer had
fallen. He was curious to behold the
man Of whomihe had heard this mat.
ter, and Herman was. accordingly
brought before him, when he deman.
ded to know the history of his magic
scarf. The chevalier meekly told his
story, saying frankly that the scarf
had been given him by tho damsel
whom he loved, the virtuous and beau.
tiful Matilda of Malsbourg, of whose
continued chastity and truth, the cap.
tive declared the sanctity and white
ness of the scarf to be sufficient evi-
dence: Of its power for his own pres
ervation, the. proofs were every day
apparent, "''
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tives, his choice fell upon Herman,
our knight Of the white scarf and
cross of blue-that cross which the
sccu"ge could never rend, which labor
could not soil, which neither blood,
nor toll, nor exposure to the pitiless
storm, could impair or deprive Of its
first sweet purity and whiteness.
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The whole world act upon the papal
doctrine Of Rome, in granting indul-
gences to the rich.
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may be asked, as have been asked when
l am for the dissolution of the Union? I an
swer-xxvER! NEVER |! /! NEVER !--Hayv Clov.
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