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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-16

Pursuant to call the members Of the Police
Jury assembled at the Court House on Monday
April 9th 1866, at 10 o'clock 3. m, when the
following answered to their names. Jos Braud,
John A. Bird, F. R. Allain, Zenon Allan, ALI
Hebrt, Dan Hickey and John NJ. Brooks. Pres
ident in the chair. The minutes Of last meeting
were read and adopted.
+. R. Allan offered the following whieh was
adopted.
Resolved = That the parish Treasurer be au-
thorized to pay all warrants already drawn on
the Shcool Fund, so soon as the parties holding
those claims are legally authorized to receive
the same.
The Jury then proceeded to appoint commits
sioners of election for Justices of the Peace
Constables and members of the Police JURY as
follows: 1st ward, ]. Broussard, Albert Hebert,
and Dorvale Tuiller; I'd ward, Trasimond Lam
dry, Amede Landry and Ed White; Sd ward,
Judeon Doiron, Adonis Thibodeaux, Ed Ailllet; !;
4th ward. Joachim Aillet, Guy Labauve and
Adamis Hebert; 5th ward, Hermogene Babin,
Omer Hebert, and Theo Blanchard: 9th ward,
Phil Bauer, Armand Dubroca, Theophile Allain !;
7th ward, Richard Hanrahan, Henry Evans Maj
Woods 9Th ward, Leon Lejeunb Evariste Henri,
Marcelin Lemoine; 9th ward, B. r. Chinn, A. G.
Woods, DR.. W. s. Lobdell; 10th ward, B. ".
Clark L. S. Lobdell 7. Robertson; llth ward
Resolved and adopted
That when any repairs are to be done on any
levee within any certain ward, the Road Levee
Inspector is hereby Empowered and authorized
to call out all the male residents. irrespective OF
color to perform said repairs. Should the force
thus called out be not strong enough to perform
the work required, then said Inspectors shall call
upon the inspectors of tho two neighboring
wards for assistance.
Resolued, That should any one fail to report
when notified he shall be subjected to fine Of
not less than SIS nor more than SO
Resolued further, That should any Inspector
fail to perform his duties when called upon BY
two citizens residents of his ward, he shall sub.
ject himself to fine of not less than $50 nor
more than 500, recoverable before any court Of
competent jurisdiction, one-half to the informer
and the other half to the parish.
There being no further business, on motion ID
journed.
H. J. HYAMs, DAN HICKEY
Clerk President.
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VIS-A-VISSALOON,
PHILIP BAUER, PROPRIETOR.

nESPECTFULLF informs his friends that he
Il still keeps this popular saloon open at che
Ferry Landing, for the accommodation Of his
friends and patrehs.
~ A fine assortment of excellent WINES
and LIQUORS can xtwsys be found there to
which the attention of connoisseurs is invited.
MA first class BILLIARD TABLE is always
ready for those who indulge in that manly game.
"a. Attaehsd to the premises is LIVERY
STABLE, whore parties can always be accommo-
dated with saddle horses, buggies or carriages,
1t prices 10 suit the times.
u. He respectfully solicits share uf public
patronage.
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squeIching a Jacobin.

The correspondent of the N. Y. Her
aid relates the following capital anecdote.
The person alluded to was Republican
He had looked into both sides and had
nearly come to the conclusion that the
Presidents policy was the only safe and
sound one for the country. The news
soon went abroad that old Asa was wa
yering In the faith, and one of the most
fanatical of the village politicians waited
upon him to sustain his faltering adhe-
sion to the doctrines of disunion. Said
he:
Asa, have heard thai you are in
clined to support the policy of that infa-
nous traitor, Andy Johnson!'
"But he's our man; we elected him to
the Vice Presidency" said Asa.
"Well, ! know that; but he's traitor,
notwithstanding
"But there's Mr.. Seward-we'ye always
looked up to him as one of our shining
lights" inquired Asa" sa
"Oh, he's traitor, too; he's as bad a:
Johnson"
"Then there's Secretary McCuIocf
and Secretary Welles,9 asked Asa.
"They are all alike, tell you; they re
a nest of traitors all together. /"
"Well," said cid Asa, with grin
smile, sif our party puts all the highes
Offices of the country in the hands O
traitors, it's time it went under, and II
never vote with it again"
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Rreckinridge at Baton Rouge.

+
The Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate Of
the 9Th contains an anecdote of General
Breckinridge which we have never before
heard: o5afoJ q aDdt
When Gen. Breckinrldge was marching
on Baton Rouge, he one day, unattended
by his aids, rode up to solitary pine
woods vidette who had just come in from
st. Tammany, and was new to the eti
quette of army life. The General had
not the password, and the vidette had nc
advantage of him in that respect.
/ 81 wish to pass" said the General.
"Well, dod dnrn you, pass op; Wit
cares cuss; I amt stoppin' this herr
road, are I?''
"You don't know who I amp" said tn,
General, smiling.
"No, I don't-that's pooty hoss yol
are Oh, any how"
81 am Gen. Breckenridge, the com
manding officer" continued the General
much amused at the picket's idea Of tn
duty required of him.
aYou ar, ar you? Well, I'm Bo1
Chiggers, and I'm glad to see You, oil
feller; how are you?" replied the picket
extending hand as large as frying par
The General shook hands and gallope
on to avoid some lengthy inquiries abou
the health of Mrs. Breckenridge and tn
family.
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Perfect AntIdote. for all Foisons.


A plain farmer says: "It is now over
twenty years since Il learned that sweet
oil would cure the bite of rattlesnake,
not knowing that it would cure other
kinds of poison. Practice, observation
and experience have taught me that it will
cure poison Of any kind, both man and
beast. | think no farmer should be with
out bottle in his house. The patient
must take a spoonful of it internally, and
bathe the wound for cure. To cure a
horse it requires eight times as much as
it does for man. Here let me say Of
one of the most extreme cases of snake
bites in this neighborheod, eleven years
ago this summer, where the patient had
been given up by his physicians, I heard
of it, carried the oil, and gave him one
spoonful, which effected cure. 1t is an
antidote for arsenic and strychnine Il
will cure bloat in cattle by eating toofree.
I ly of fresh clover. It willcure the sting
of bees, spiders or other insects, and viii
cure persons who have been poisoned BY
low running vine, growing in the mead
oBs, called ivy"
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sGA Western Republican candidate
for Congress, who had large and we'll
stocked farm, was annoyed at the almost
nightly disappearance from his premises
of number of his hogs. A vigilant
watch enabled him to detect the thief,
who proved to be neighbor, and warm
political friend of the candidate-one, in
fact, whose assistance he greatly relied on
IN the coming canvass. He disliked to
lose his support, and he disliked more
the idea of losing his hogs. SO he made
up his mind to be. frank with the thief,
and try to save, in more sense than one,
his bacon. He went at once to his neigh
Dor, told him what he had ascertained, ,ex-
pressed his desire not to make public
exposure, and said: "Now, Imake this
proposition: if you let my hogs alone in
future, | will not say anything of the
past, but when l kill in the fall, I'll put
into your cellar FIVE barrels of as ,,goot
lpork as / make" The fellow reflected
moment and replied: "Well, Squire, that'
fair proposition, anyhow; and seeing a
it's you, I'll do it. But / vow 1 believ
l shall lose pork by the operation"
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An aged German forest-keeper, who
was on the verge of death, has published
secret cure for hydrophobia, which he
says he has used with success for the last
fifty years, saving many men and animals
from horrible DEATH The wound must
be bathed as quickly as possible with
warm vinegar and water. and when this
has dried, a few drops of muriatie acid
poured Upon the wound will destroy the
poison OF the saliva and relieve the pa.
tient from danger. This cure appears ir
the Leipsic Journal and we give it as We
find it.
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and injured her reputation by impru-
dence-we hope BY nothing worse. His
daughter, and only heir, married, but in
few short months was hurried to the
tomb. His father died at last, but ere
the coronation robes were ready for the
new monarch, the hated Caroline return
ed to England, and demanded share in
the honors of the throne.
In vain was she offered a splendid an
nuity if she would keep out.of the coun-
| try. The indignant King, all leprous
with iniquity as he was, procured her
trial before the house of Lords as an
adultress. Whatever her faults may have
been, the vileness of her prosecutor was
too notorious. Indignant public senti-
ment brought about an abandonment of
the proceedings. Shortly after the cor
onation Of George took place at West
minister, Caroline sought admittance, but
was spurned from the doors. She return
ed home broken hearted, and soon after
died. Nine years later, in 1880, the
cause of her misery also breathed his
last Called by his hatterers the "First
Gentleman in Europe" he probably died
without leaving a friend behind.
His true wife, Mrs. Fitzherbert, who
had spent her closing decade at her quiet
residence in Brighton, survived him seven
years. She was beloved and respected
by all, and not least by her husbands
relation. She will always be regarded as
the true wife of George w, a despotic
regulation to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Had the wild, but not thoroughly
demoralized, Prince of Wales possessed
the manliness to tell Parliament the
truth, instead of rneanly concealing an
honorable connection, his future course
might have been widely different from
whatit proved.
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From the Pittsburg Chrcnicle. j
THE STYLE.
l saw a girl, not long ago,

saw girl, not long ago,
Parading on the street,
WhoSshowed at every step she took,
Her ankle, calves and feet;
Her dress, though plenty long enough
To sweep yard or more,
Was gathered up about foot,
Behind, beside, before.
She wore monstrous waterfall,
A turban hat and feather,
With water-wheels, and water-mills,
And rats and mice together.
Her waist was just about foot,
Her skirts ten yards around,
Her hat it weighed two ounces, =
And her waterfall pound.
Her dress was made of finest silk, 49,
Perhaps from Paris gotten; a
Her sacque was made of velvet,
And her body made of cotton. ihJsa
Her face was extra pretty, 81
Her hands were extra white, SD
noi udii Hdo oAtId Acdfy,
But her brain was extra light.
At night asked my sister EN-,
A stylish girl-said |, .a-5 +.
"pve got question for you, EM,
Iwish you'd tell me-why
Fen when the day is cloudless
And all the walks are dry,
The ladies take such extra pains
To loop their skirtsso highg"
"Well, H." said she, her lips the while
Put on stylish smile,
"I don't know any reason
Than because It is the style,n
The style Confound the style, say ],
Oh would we did not know
An atom more of fashion now
Than those of years ago. 4 49,
1t seems as if the men to-day
Were growing boys again,
While all the girls are trying hard
To be transformed to men.
The girl whose poor old father now
Has saved some little riches,
Cuts short her dress, like fathers coat,
But throws aside his breeches.
Her foot is pinched, her waist compressed
Her calves are stuffed the while,
Her pouting lips show dentists teeth
,Whene'er they breathe smile,
Her brain is full of nonsense,
And her stomach full of bile,
Her heart absorbed in fashion,
And head all full of style.
Well, Ishall net want to marry
For abouta year or SO,
And hope that when I'm ready
shall make stylish beau;
But o, ye Gods! if women then
Are gotten up..in style,
I'll still postpone the business M
And wait longer while.
& shall still postpone my marriage
Until girl find
That won't allow the fashion
To supercede the mind;
And then, if such one find,
My bride hope she'll be,
For girl that amt absorbed In style
Is just the style for me.
HI. FLINT.
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John Van Buren on the ..Diyine
WARRIOR,

The Rochester Union is responsible
for the following:
During the war John Van Buren was
riding in a railroad car one day beside
a most ardent ''patriota in white choker
and suit of black who was terribly in
earnest about the war, telling what "we"
had done SO far 10 whipping the rebels,
what 1--WE" we're going to do and 50
on.
"And when did you get back?' naively
Inquired John.
dBack!-me!-backl What do you
tmean?" responded the divine warrior in
buckram.
"Why, when did you get back from
the front?" rejoined the wag ''Oh! ]
haven't been to the front" answered the
Falstafian hero in subdued tone as he
wilted under the Prince $ malicious laugh
and the jeering smiles of those who had
overheard the conversation.
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Anecdote.

Frederick of Prussia, had mania for
enlisting gigantic soldiers into the Royal
Guards, and paid an enormous bounty to
his recruiting officers for getting them.-
One day recruiting sergeant chanced to
spy Hibernian who was at least seven
feet high, accosted him in English, and
proposed that he should enlist. The idea
OF a military life and large bounty so
delighted Patrick that he at once consen :
ted. asa
"But," said the Sergeant, unless you
can speak German, the King will not
give you so much
20, be jabers,' said the Irishman, ssure
it's [ that don't know word of German.
But said the Sergeant, three words
will be sufficient, and these you can learn
in short time. The King knows every
man in the Guards. AS quick as he sees
you he will ride up and ask how old you
are; you will say twenty seven; next how
long have you been in the service; you
must reply three weeks-fnally, if you
are provided with clothes and rations;
you answer BOTH 50
Patrick soon learned to pronounce his
answers, but never dreamed of learning
the questions.
In three weeks he appeared before the
King in review.
His Majesty rode up 20 him; Paddy
stepped forward with present arms
How old are you? said the King.
'Three weeks, said the Irishman.
I tHow long have you been in the ser
vice.? asked his majesty.
'Twenty-seven years
tAm I or you fool?' roared the king
Both, replied Patrick, who was in
stantly taken to the guard house.
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THREE GREAT PHYSICIANS. The bed
side of the celebrated Dumoline, few
hours before he breathed his last, was
surrounded by the most eminent Physi
clans of Paris who effected to believe
that his death would be an irreparable
loss to the profession. "Gentlemen,'''
said Dumoline, "you are in error. shall
leave behind me three distinguished ply
sieians" Being pressed to name them,
as each expected to be included in tht
trio, he answered, "WATER, EXERCISE
and DIETl''
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GRAPE YIELD.-In 1887, the Cincin-
natl Gazette recorded SIT gallons of pure
wine as the produce of18, 8,00o. square feet,
less than half an acre of ground. The
grower was Jacob Resor, and the yarie-
ties Catawba and Cape. In the same
year, Mr.. Herbemont, of Columbia S. G.,
reported 52S gallons from one-sixth Of
an acre. These records we give to show
some of our new beginners, who are at
times little disposed to boast, that large
yields have been made before their time.
-Horticalturalist.
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g Room AT THE ToP.-When Daniel
Webster was ayoung man, about com.
menoing the study Of law, he was advised
not to enter the profession, for it was al
ready crowded. His reply was, sThere
is room enough at the top
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The Republican majority in Pennsyl-
mania is 1906. The total vote reaches
yearly 100000.
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. oettg.
GOING HOME.

Where are you going SO fast, old man,
Where are you going SO fast?
There's valley to cross and river to ford,
There's clasp of the hand and a parting
word,
-. And tremulous sigh for the past, t,old man
The beautiful vanished past.
The road has been rugged and rough, ole
man,
Toyour feet it's rugged and rough,
But you see a dear being with gentle eyes,
Has shared in your labor and sacrifice; s-
All that has been sunshine enough, old man
For you and me, enough.
How long since you've passed over the hill
old man,
Of life DER the top of the hill?
Were there beautiful valleys on t'other sidet
Were there flowers and trees with theil
branches wide,
To shut out the heat of the sun, old man
The heat of the fervid sun?
And how did you cross the waves, old man
4 Of sorrow, the fearful waves3
Did you lay your dear treasures by, one by
one, ~
With an aching heart and aGod's will be
DONE"
Under the wayside dust, old man,
In the graves meath the way side dust?
There is labor and sorrow for all, old man,
Alasl there is sorrow for all,
And you, peradyenture, have had your share,
For eighty long winters have whitened your
hair, 9Gl e. 1 af ,d9
And they've whitened your heart as we'll
old man,
Thank God, your heart as well.
You're now at the foot of the hill, old man
At last at the foot of the hill;
TIE sun has gene down in golden glow
And the heavenly city lies just below;
Go in through the pearly gate, old man,
The beautiful pearly gate.
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Save Fifty Dollars.

A NY PERSON wishing to purchase one of
II Grovesteen's Pianos, advertised in this
paper, can save fifty dollars of the price by
applyng to the editor of this paper. june25.
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Acountry boy who had read Of sail
ors heaying up anchors, wanted to know
if it was sea-siekness that made them do
it,.
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Scrofula. or Kings Evil,

is a constitutional disease, corruption of the
blood, by which this fluid becomes yitated,
weak, and poor. Being in the circulation, it
pervades the whole body, and may burst out in
disease on any part of it. No organ is free from
its attacks, nor is there one which it may not
DESTROY. The scrofnlous faint is variously caused
by mcrcurial disease, low living, disordered or
unhealthy food, impure air, filth, and filthy
habits, the depressing vices, and, above all, BY
the venereal infection. Whatever be its origin.
il is hereditary in the constitution, descending
" from parents TO children unto the third and
fourth generation; !" indeed, it seems TO be the
rod of Tim who says, " / will visit the iniqutics
of the fathers upon their children"
Its effects commence by deposition from the
blood of corrupt or ulceIous matter, which, in
the lungs, liver, and internal organs, is termed
tuocrcles; in the glands, swcliings; and on the
surface, erJiptions or sores. This foul corrup-
ton, which gendcrs in the blood dcpresses the
energies OF life, so that scrofulous constitutions
not only suffer from scrofulous complaints, but
they have far less power to withstand the attacks
of o:hcr diseases !: consequently, vast numbers
perish BY disorders which, although not scrofu-
ious in their nature are still rendered fatal by
this taint in the system. Most of the consump-
ton which decimatcs the human family has its
origin directly in this scrofulous contamination
and many destructive diseases of the liver, kid
news brain, and indeed, of all the organs, arise
from or are aggravated by the same cause.
One quarter of all our people are scroiii,ous
their persons are invaded BY this lurking infec-
ton, and their health is undermined BY it. To
cleanse it from the system must renovate the
blood by an Alternative medicine, and invigorate
it by healthy food and exercise. Such medi-
cine we supply in
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AYERS
Compound Extract Of SarSaparilla,

the most cffcctual remedy which the medical
skill of our times can devise for this everywhere
prevailing and fatal malady. 1t is combined
from the most active remedials that have been
discovered for the eXpurgation of this foul disor-
der from the blood, and the rescue of the sys-
TEN from its destructive consequences. Hence
it should be employed for the cure of not only
scrofula, but also those other affections which
arise from it, such as ERUPTIvE and SKIN DIS
EASES, Sr. ANTHoNY's FIRE, RosE, or cry
sIPELAs, PIMPLEs, PUsTULEs, BLoTCHEs,
BLAINs and BoILs, TUMoRs, letter, and
SALT RuEUM, SCALD HEAD, RINGwoRM,
RHEUMATISM, SYPHILITIC and MERCURIAL
DISEASES, DRoPsY, DYSPEPSIA, DEBILITY,
and, indeed, ALL COMPLAINTS ARISING FROM
NITIATED OR IMPURE BLOOD. The popular
belief in inlPouity Of the J'ood." is founded in
truth, for scrcfula is degeneration of the blood
The particular purpose and virtue of this Sarsa-
parila is TO purify and re9enerate this vital fluid,
without which sound health is impossible in
contaminated constitutions.
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Ayers Cathartic Pills,
FOR AL The PURPOSES OF A FAMILY PHYSIe.

arc so composed that disease within the range Of
their action can rarely withstand or evade them.
Their penetrating properties search, and cleanse,
and inviSorate every portion of the human
gansm, correcting its diseased action, and restor-
ing its healthy vitalities. As consequence of
these properties, the invalid who is bowed down
with pain or physical debility is astonished 10
find his health or energy restored by remedy
at once so simple and inviting.
Not only do they cure the everyday COM
plants of every body, but also many formidable
and dangerous diseases. The agent below named
Is pleased 10 furnish gratis my American Alma
nae, containing certificates of their cures, and
directions for their use in the following COM
plants COStireneSs, Heartburn, Headache oriS-
ing from q dis0Tdered Stomach Nausea IRdiQes-
ton, Pam an and Morbid IHGction Of the BotCelS,
fLntuieRcy, Loss of Appetite JdunGice, and other
kindred complaints, arising from low state of
the body or obstruction Of its functions.
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Ayers Cherry Pectora1,
TOR TIE RAPID CURE OF

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Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Hoarseness,
Group, Bronchitis, Inoipient Consump-
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So wide is the field of its usefulness, and so
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