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The Opelousas courier., 1868-06-20

CONDEMNATION DE QuATRE OFFICERS
DU eouvERNEmENT Richmond juin.-
L'afaire de John Ell. Anderson, collecteur
du 4e District, ct d'autres, accuses d'avoir
voulu frauder le gouvernement, etc con-
clue devant le juge Chase, aujourd hui. A.
pres les plaidoieries, lie juge Chase delivre
une opinion developpee, disapt: Lies par.
ties sont representees CONNIE s'etant con-
certees ensemble pour former un plan par
lequel les negociants pourront expedier Ie
whisky sans payer Ia taxe-affaire de fort
peu d'lmportance. Quels etaient les taux
de Placement pour ce pretendu privilege de
frauder lie gouvernement. C'etait d'abord
un Placement de $500-les sommes ainsi re-
cues faisant $4,000, montant qui fut un an
apres eleve a $4,000, au collecteur, ct
subsequemment a $4,000. Les montants
alnsl reeus ne devaient pas etre pris en- con-
sideration par le juri. Hest important que
les revenus du gouvernements soient fdele-
ment collectes, ct non moins important
gu uaucun eitoyen accuse de DELFT ne soft
conva1neu excepte sur des preuves suffi-
santes'
anaire aiors est soumise an juri qui sac
corde sur un verdict de culpabilite contre
John Il. Anderson, collecteur Robert w
Elson. inspecteur, Alfred j. Gouldman,
assistant.inspecteur, ct j. H. Patterson,
premier inspectcur.
LIE juge alors prononee Ia sentence ain.
81 quill suit:
Anderson $4,000 d'amende ct Q ans au
penitentiaire. ~.--s
Patterson $4,000. 50 =
Elsom $4,000 z
Gouldman $1,000.
Les parties sont transportees d 10 prison
de Libby oh lis resteront jusqu'a ce ou'on
ait decide du choix du penitentier Oh lis Sc.
tent reclts
Anderson est neveu de l'Hon. John M.
Bolts, ct lui ct Gouldman etaient tous deux
aatrefois ofkciers dams lie penitencier dc Ia
Virginie.
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Decede.-Le I6 ifu courarit, chez Dame @
soileau, sa bisaieule pres de Vile Plate en- cette
Paroisse. DDIER JEAN sENsAT, ills de Francois
Sensat Esq. ss De- Sydalise Marcantel. II ma
veeu qu'un printemps de plus que Ia rose
-En cette Paroisse, le 1g courans, dame
EsTELLE Roy, epouse de N. Cleopha Comeau,
agee de "a ans.
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Etat de la Louisiana.
Cour de District, st. Landry No 1oe4e.
Succession Melissa Ann Lvons<

ERANCIs J BRUNER, de la Paroisse 81.
L Landry, Tuteur na:urel de ses enfants issus
de son marriage avec son epouse dseedse, ayans
enregistre un Compte, Tableau ct Reglement de
ladite succession, accompagns dune petition de-
ma1dant rhomologation d'icelui ;-Et attendu
gull etc fait droit la demande de ladte peti-
ton par un ordre de la Cour susdite en- date du
Juin 1865
En- consequence, avis est par le present donn6
aux interesses dams cette succession. d'avoir a
falre opposition, 81 aucune lis ont par ecrit mon
bureau, dams la vile dOpelousas dams les treute
jours qui suivront ia date du present avis, pour
quoi ledit tableau ne scrait pas homoloeus.
A. GARRIGTES. Grc0ie3
Opelousas, Q JUN 1868
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O0zkOU 1870 . 4ssS StIHp6Ss
ENCANTEUR PUBLIC dams ct pour
~ IL Paroisss St. Landry.
Bureau Opelousas.
Opelousas Is avril 1s68tf
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Ue, y apposera son veto. Pour de.
venr lol il faudra ensuite cue le
bill obtienne une maiorit6 des
deux tiers des votans. Dams quel-
ques jours aquestion sera d6cid6e.
Elm attendant, les radieaux loui-
slanais Sc croyant snrs du success
ct de pimpunit6, redoublent din
science ct d'audace. Nous avons
rendu compte, hier, de la ridicule
condulte tenue par M. Heath ape
gard du Gen. Buchanan. Nous
croyions a M. Heath plus de bon
sens, ct il faut reellement quill ait
etc hier NAL conseill6. Celia ma
rien d'etonnant puisque M. Thos.
}. Durant etait Ia. Oe transfuge
du parh du droit des Etats, pass6
au radicalisme lie plus outrG, est.
paralt-il, remis de sa frayeur. lie
volci revenu pour fomenter de
nouvelles intrigues ct Greer de
nouvelles dissensions. Heureuse-
ment que sa puissance pour faire
lie NAL nest pas 6gale a ses inten-
tions; il peut etre class6 parmi les
fous inofensifs ct ce nest pour lie
parti radical qu'un maladroit au-
xiliaire.
Laquestion de la reconstruction
est entree dams sa crise finale: il
faut qu'elle accouche ou qu'elle a. |
vorte. Lenfantement en- aura etc |
excessivement p6nible, ct 81 ce
nest pas une souri, qui en- sera lie
prodult, ce sera peut-6tre un 6l6-
phant fort dificile a manier, ct uui
donnera beaucoup de I'll a retor-
Dire au Congress. Nous n 'essaierons
pas declaircir les points compli-
ques Gle La phase dams laquelle est
entree la reconstruction en- Loui-
slane; ce serait de la peine perdue,
ct nous croyons que tous les doc
teurs y perdraient leur latin.-
Nous nous cOntenterons de tenir
nos lecteurs au courant des fats,
de la legislation ct des procedu-
res, car Th6mis est d9ja invoquee
CONNIE arbitre ct ellie aura son Pc
lit mot a dire dams rafaire.
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DOn vendra aujourd'hu une agrea
BILE residence situee en- notre vile, unt
vacherie de 300 400 tetes de betes a cor
mes, ct beaucoup d'effets mobiliers, de.
pendant de Ia succession de feu Jonathan
Harris.
Lundi proclaim il sera egalement ven
du, pres du Grand Coteau, les proprietes
appartenant d la succession de feu dame
Heloise Boudreau.
Pour les details de ces deux yentes.
voir les avis dams une autre colonne.
~>-,--.->-...->~>->~~~,-,-..>--
Poeles de Cuisine.-La vieille routine dams
les campagnes de notre Etat, de fare la cuisine
dams un foyer immense ct avec un feu r6tir un
veau rond, ct autour duque sont rangees ou 8
chaudieres presque inabordables cause de la
chaleur ardente, eette ancienne coutume aui re-
clame la presence coptnuele dc la cuisiniere.
sembe devoir stre bient6t abandonnee par les
meres de families qui peuvent sassurer de la
commodite ct de reconomie dun posle de cuisi-
he, ct de la simplicite ct de la promptitude avec
lesquelles on fait un repas. Anjourd hui surtout
cue Ton est menace de jour en- jour de voir de-
serter sa cuisiniere pour etre remplacee que par
une plus inconstante encore, il devient necessai.
re de Sc premunir contre ces desagrements. Un
poele est sans .doute dune grande economic ct
dune commodite incontestable. Une dame peut
faire sa cuisine elle-msme avec facilits ct si ellie
salt ehoisir lie posle Brilliant de Buck ellie pourra
TRAVELLER sa cuisine pour ainsi dire en- giants
biancs. Les poeies dts Bucks Patent Brilliant
Stoves" sc recommandent sous tous les rapports.
ct nous conseillerons a toutes les families de ne
pas negliger de sen procurer un, persuade que
nous sommes qu'elles en- seront enchantees.
Ainsi qu'on lie vera dams nos COLONIES davis.
ces posles sont vendre par NJ Haller, 1ss rue
Tchoupitoulas, Nlle.- Orleans, ct coitent avec
toas les accessories, de $50 $40, scion la gran
deur ct le degrs de perfectionnement.
Juge-de-Paix.-M. D. Kavanagh Went d. e.
tre nomme Juge de Paix poul le village de Wash.
ington, en- remplacement de J. H. Deems. oui
quite Ia Paroisse.
Pettts Moulins Sucre.-Nous appelons
fattention particuliere de certains petits habi-
tants l'avis de Messrs. Pearson Akin g. Co, de
Louisville, Kentucky, relatif leurs moulins 4
sucre portatifs ct autres machines. Ayec nm de
ces moulins ct ses accessories, qui peuyent cou-
Ter ensemble de D 90 a $500, ct poavant faire
de 1000 $500 livres de sncre par "a heures, le
plus petit habitant Sc sentira encourage plan.
ter des cannes ct se faire sucrier
Cest assez singulier.-Nous avons eeu
reeemment, ct des fois repetees des plaintes de
nos abonnes de Vile Plate, constatant qu'ils ne
reeoivent le Courier que on jours apres ga
publication, ct presque tonjours apres que le |
journal est parvenu. Ceci est tres singulier,
attendu que nous savons positiyement que nos
paquets sont expsdies le vendredi, avec ceux du
journal Oa lis sont interrompus, nous ne pou.
vons que le supposer.
- Pour de la matiere a lire, voyez
la derniere page.
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Vente Publi0ue.

Succession Gustave Ikelheimer.
EN vertu dun ordre dc l'Honorable Ia
IL Cour du Huitieme District Judiciaire
de fEtat de la Louisiana, siegeant dams ct
pour la paroisse st. Landry, ct a moi a.
dresse, joffrirai vendre, en- vente publ.
que, au plus offrant ct dernier encher,s-
seur, la derniere residence de feu Gus.
tave 1keIheimer, Washington, en- cette
paroisse, le
samedi, Is Juliet proclaim,
1868, les proprietes ci.dessous decrites de.
pendant de la succession dudit feu Gusta.
We ikelheimer, decede, deriierement de la
paroisse St. Ilandry. . sayoir:
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Gol GR11 d6oQ.

AAhA A situe washington, aVec
ES5a|EEss un MAGAsIN, une MAI.
- - SON de residence ct au-
tres dependence, sur le terrain borne dun
cole par la rue Main, dun autre cote par
10 roe Washington, dun autre cote par la
rue Dejean, ct du quatrisme cote par un
terrain appartenant Gustave e. Loua.
lier, etant la meme propriete appartenant
ci.devant A. Going, ct achetee par feu
Gustave Ikelheimer une vente de She.
une section dun terrain achete
par ledit defunt, de A. Winklar, en- 1860.
ct joignant le terrain plus haut decrt.
2 vaches ct leurs veaux;
Deox Its montes;
Un lit d roulette, monte;
Tn Bureau;
Un lavabos;
Deux armoires;
Neuf chaises;
Une penduIe;
I'm bois de lit, lavabos ct miroir;
Unpoele de cuisine avec ses acces.
soires, ct d'autres articles.
Observation-Disclosures aux deli. |
oe'atlons dune assembee de ereanciers
|enue le Juin courant, les proprietes ci.
1essus decrites seront sendues pour du
compliant.
LEONCE F. LAsTRAPEs, |
Encantear Public !
OPelousas 90 JUN 1868.
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sOCIETE Hb'HNHvEHGRATKOS

De Ia Paroisse st. Landry
=, OFFICERS:
JonN A. Taylor, President.
I. G. ANDERSON, Vice. President.
JOSEPH NJ. MOORE, Secr6taire
THos. MuLLET, Secretaire-correspondant
ACHILLE DUPRE, Tresorier
CoMIT6 ExEcUTIF:s
:, JOHN A. TAYLOR, President,
George r. King, George Hill.
c: G. Anderson, Achiile DuprS:
VIM. Otfutt, Henry T.. Garland
Thos Mullet, Joseph M, Moore
Thos. III. Lewis
LIE Bureau est au rez-de chauss6e du Bureau
de Messrs. Moore & Morgan, q Opelousas.
La Societe Sc reunit mensuellement le premier
Samedl de chaque mois, d Ia Maison de Cour
D Les assemblies reguheres ont lieu all Bsa
reau de La societe, le Mercredi de chaque semai-
ne a heures de rapres.midi.
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Nous soussgnes, certifons que les messieurs
plus haut sont residenrs actuels du comte de
Washington, Virginie, hommes ahonneur don't
Ia veracite, fhonnetete ct la fdelite ne peuvent
etre misses en- donte, ct qui jouissent dune excel
lehte reputation,
JOHN PHILLIPS.
p. M. CrGigs Msn p o. Va.
JOHN M. HAMILTON.
E1-Sheaifd dn eomte de Washington, Va.
JER1EL d. LINDER,
Jmge de Pai1
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RECOMMANDArInys.

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Nous soussignes, citoyens du Comte de WASH
ington, Virginie, ayant examine du mais Egyp
tlen cutive sur un sol leger de ce comte, certiGe
par les presentes que certains pieds ont produt
trente.quatre ePis le plus long d'entre enx me-
surant l0d pouces de iongueur ct 81 de circon-
ference. Ce mais croft sous la forme 'un arbre
ct await une apparence tres yigourerse
r. B. HAMILTON, ESQ.
RGUens Neso P. o., Va
CAPT. 7. NJ COBBLE.
Craig's Hills.
CAPT. j. c: sTANFiELD.
H0tstoe
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Mais Egyptien.
iuspicium metiorss ep;. Bona ,fde Quid pro guo'

L soussigne offre aux habitants d,, pays, |,
- MAIS EGYPTIEN, qui, dapres rexpe
rience acquise, miiri lors meme quill est plantt
la fin du mois de Juliet. On estime QUE
d'apres sa qualite feconde. ce maIs produit i5(
boisseaux par acre, ct pese IS livres le boisseau
Ce mais provient directement de NJ Jones, no.
ire agent consuaire, revenant d'Egypte.
ii ne reclame une culture differente de celle
ues autres varieties de mats; ct dams les Etats du
Sud on peut faire deux recoltes par an sur Ia
meme terre. II croft sous la forme dun arbre,
ct Ton compte jusqu'a trente- -quatre epis sur
un pled mas lie terme-moyen est ordinairement
de cling quinze epis Pour lusage du pays il
est sans pareil Moulu ct conv enablement ta.
mise ct prepare, il est aussi beau ct aussi fin que
la farine de froment. Comme fourrage, il nv
pas d'espece de mais qui puisse l'egaler pour les
vaches lait. Dams ce cas- il faut semer de
bonne heure, soft par sillons, soft CONNIE on Sc
me l'avoine.
II Sc cultive avec IN plen success dams tous les
Etats.
Les recommendations auxquelles je puis refe-
rer prouvent que ce mais est postivement ce que
Je lie represents; ct en- outre, je sus le seul uui
ait cette espece de mais dams le pays. En- ayant
aujourd hui une quantite assez considerable, ie
suis pret remplir les ordres de ceux qui desire
rons s'assurer de ses dverses qualities.
CONDITIONS:
AHn 4ue CHacun pulsSe Sc pr0curer de Ia grail
ne, nous avons rebuilt nos prix 81 so le pa
quet Toute personne qul nous procurera un
club de cling, recevra un paquet gratis. Qunze
paquets pour $40; cinquante paquets pour 500;
cent paquets pour $50. Tn paquet content as
sez de graine pour fournir, lannee suivante, de
quoi planter de 90 80 acres On enverra aussi
les directions pou, la maniere de planter ct cul-
tver. Adresser a +. Z. G.. LINDSEY,
Edit. proprietaire du Hinevant Cornucopia.
Boite IS, Abingdon, Va.
Mails Egyptien.-F. E. G. Linsey. dAbine-
ton, Virginie, possede le vrai Mais Egyptien, !
don't beaucoup d'habitans sont enchantes C'est |
uu nouveau mais pour ce pays-ci, ct possede plu-
sieurs qualities que fon ne trouve pas dams les
autres cereales. II murit dams les lattudes sep
sentrionales de Boston, meme quand il est plan
Ee a la fin de Juliet. Dams les bonnes terres il
produira iusqu'a $50 bosseaux par acre, ct pese
$50 livres le boisseau, ct pour l'usage dune fa-
mile est de beaucoup preferable tout autre.-
oa farne resemble celle du froment ct con.
lent IS pour cent de matiere nutritive. Dams le
Sud on peut en- faire deux recoltes par an. LIE
'aquet coute 81 so, chez M. Lindsey. Hash
ngton Constitutional Union.
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Pour President des Etats- Unis.
GEO Fl. PENDLETON.
DE L'OHIO.

DE LOHIo,
Suiet La ratification de la Convention
Rationale Democratique qui aura lieu
aNew-York le 4 Juliet.
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ge-de-Paix.-M. D. Kavanagh Went de.
ire nomme Juge de Paix poul le village de Wash.
ington, en- Replacement de J. H. Deems, qui a
quite la Paroisse ~
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Ia0noe Z. Lasfranas.

%0peiousas 90 JUN 1868,
The Opelousas courier., 1868-06-20
VeHlte PuhliQue.

A1TECISFttCUT UVt
Opelousas 90 JUN 1868.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-10
Sowing Good Seed.

AS YE SOW so shall We reap" was never
more true than to-day. Crop after crop
having been taken from our fields without
sufficient application of manure, the ele-
ments of fertility become partly exhaust
cd, and we cannot afford to have those
elements still remaining consumed by the
growth OF weeds or poor grain. Some
thlnk that Providence put weed-se in
the ground at the creation, and man can
never get them out but it is certain that
ne mas got many kinds out in some local.
1Ies' anu whether 1t is interfering with the
creator plans it has proved a great bene-
ht. Every weed that grows in our wheat
Is boarder consuming food which If has
not earned, and will never pay for. WHY
Is 1t that the corn crop is as good now
III all parts of the country as ever? In
parts of New England it has been better
for the last ten years, and the quality is
fully as good now as it ever was, but this
is not true of other grain. l think this is
because more care has been taken in saw
ing and preparing the seed for our corn
fields, or rather because we have been able
to select the largest, earliest ripened, and
plumpest kernels for seed.
In the vicinity of Randolph, Vt, many
farmers have made increased effort for
several years to sow only the largest,
plompest and earliest ripened kernels of
Wneat' with the most satisfactory results !;
IN one case there were 43 bushels per acre,
OF superior wheat, ON four acres. I fully
DelieYe that by planting only the earliest
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-10
Kill Out the Weeds.

THE careless, thriftless farmer who suf-
fers weeds to grow in every corner of his
farm, by every fence, field side, and road
side, allowing them to go to seed, and fill
the country with their nOxious growth,
ought to be compelled to suffer the entire
evils of such course upon his own head,
or rather his own farm. But we hardly
know how that can be brought about.
He of course will have to bear share, but
his neighbors, however careful they may
be ON their own farms, cannot prevent
every gust of wind from bringing seed
and scattering it upon their soil. Weeds
may SubServe good purpose to some eX-
tent, in compelling farmers to cultivate
their land more than they would if the ne
cessity of keeping them down did not ex-
list, but with the best of management and
greatest care there will be enough left for
that purpose.
1t would be wholesome law, and one
that would meet the approval of all good
farmers, that would oblige every one for
his neighbours good, if not his own, to
keep the weeds from propagating on his
land. A thousand seeds may be prevented
from maturing by simply severing the
stalk of the green plant. And this is
what should be done. Don't let the op-
portunity pass till too late, but take some
unoccupied moment before the seeds
ripen, and with scythe or brush hook, go
into the fence corners and head lands and
do not leave seed bearing weed to stand.
If you need a maxim to work by, take
this: An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure" In the corn and po-
tato fields there will be many weeds in
spite of the cultivator, that will grow up
and mature seed after the crop is too large
to hoe. A hand with sharp hoe will
do immense good among such. Keep
down the weeds in every possible way
and let the "sweat of the brow" by
which men earn their bread, be expended
in other directions Wisconsin Farmer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-10
Language of the Eye.

THE eye obeys exactly the action of the
mind. When thought strikes up, the
vision is fixed, and remains looking at a
distance; in enumerating names of per-
sons or countries, as France, Spain, Britain,
or Germany, the eye winks at each new
name. There is an honesty in the eye
which the mouth does not participate in.
"The artist" as Michael Angelo said,
"musts have it's measure in his eye" Eyes
are bold as lions-bold, running, leaping.
They speak all language; they need no
encyclopedia to aid in the Interpretation
of their language; they respect neither
rank nor fortune, virtue nor sex, but they
go through and through you in moment
of time. You can read in the eye of your
companion, while you talk with him,
whether your argument hits, though his
tongue will not confess it. There is look
by which man tells you he is going to
say good thing, and look which says
when he has said it. Vain and forgotten
are all fine offers of hospitality, if there is
no holiday in the eye. How many inclina
tions are avowed by the eye, though the
lips dissemblei How often does one come
from company in which it may easily
happen chat he has said nothing; that no
important remark has been addressed to
him, and yet in his sympathy with the
company he seems not to have sense of
the fact, for stream oflight has been into
him and out of him through his eyes, AS
soon as men are off their centres their
eyes show it.
There are eyes, to be sure, that give no
more admission into the man than blue
berries. There are liquid and deep wells
that man might fall into; there are ask
ing eyes, and asserting eyes, and prowl-
ing eyes, and eyes full of faith, and some
of good and of sinister omen. The power
of eyes to charm down insanity or beasts,
is a power behind the eyes, that must be a
victory achieved in the will before it can
be suggested to the organ; but the man
at peace and unity with himself would
move through men and nature, command
ing all things by the eye alone. The
reason men don't obey us, is that they see
the mud at the bottom of our eyes. Who
ever looked ON the hero would consent to
his will being served; he would be obeyed.
RI. w. Emerson.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-10
High.Heeled Shoes,

LADIES, do you remember how hard it was
for you to become accustomed to wearing
high-heeled shoes-how they threw you
forward, squeezing your poor toes down
to the extreme ends of your shoes, making
them ache horribly, and ensuring you a
good crop Of corns? Don't you remem-
Der that, after you had worn them an
hour or two, the cords of your legs felt as
though they were stretched to their
utmost tension, and there was such a
trembling weakness in the small of your
back you could hardly stand-that there
was faintness felt, sort of an "all-gone-
ness" at the pit of the stomach, and, last,
but not least, a racking headache?
Did you attribute all these most distress
ing symptoms to the wearing of high.
heeled shoes? I dare affirm you did not.
These symptoms wore off after while
you became accustomed to the shoes, and
now they don't hurt you at all.
They don't? You are greatly mistaken,
my dear friends. The evil is there just the
same, but Nature has ceased her efforts to
teach you the error of your ways. Your
toes have grown numb and insensible to
pinching. The muscles are stretched out,
as they are no longer painful, but are,
nevertheless, unnatural; and, should the
high-heels go out of style, you will find it
equally hard to wear shoes without heels,
because Nature must then make an effort
to resume her normal conditions.
Just consider for moment the absurdi-
ty of the thing. The foot is so construct
ed as to touch the floor from toe to heel,
except a narrow strip upon the inner side
of it. Instead of making shoe to fit the
foot, we make shoe that compels the
foot to fit itself to it, at fearful cost of
good temper-and even health itself They
are dangerous, too. Have you never no.
ticed how apt you are to trip at slight OBJ
structions, and how easily your ankle is
turned and sprained-how frequently the
heel of your boot is caught in the stair
carpet, and you are in imminent peril of
falling from the top to the bottom of the
stairs? All these mishaps are clearly at
tributable to high-heeled shoes.
I am quite willing you should make
martyrs of yourselves if you choose; but
I protest against the cruelty and wicked
ness of putting them upon our children,
even upon babies of six months old, and
compelling them to learn to walk in them.
The muscles of their little legs are never
properly developed, thus tempting girls to
resort to the pitiful cheat Of false calves.
JENNIE T. HAzEN.