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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-11-02
THANKSGIVING
CLAMATI N.

IN READY COMPLIANCE Win THE TERMS
L Of q Proclamation issued by the President -
the United states, |, the Acting Governor Of the
State Of Nevada, do hereby appoint
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$500 r L WA r D!

CARSON CRY, ORMsBY CorSrY,
August 2, 1stp
rINHE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
i Of Ormshy County hereby offer n REWARD
of FIVE HU DRtD $500 DOLLARS Ito be pad
other indebtedness Of said county IL paid. f,-
the arrest aud conviction of the murderer or auy
OF the murdercrs of Mrs, Priscilla Nilltord, VITO
WAS killed near clear Creek at her residence va
'Qrmsby County, Nevada, ON the 9Th day Ut Juls
4. b. 1869. ny order Of the Board.
r. j. EDWARDS, Clerk.
by r. II. PARKINSON, Deputy. au3tf
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Thursday, the 18th day Of November,
A. D, 1869.

IA d. 1901,
As a day Of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND
| PRAISE.
| Loo, ing back upon the events II the yoar, w.,
cannot fil to be reminded of n supreme Rgler's
great mercics, as well as of the iuscfuiablpnefs &
His ways; and whilst Nc, ~ in duty bound.
should be thankful for the open handeincs- 1t a
buuutiial and never failing Providence, let uS
humbly "a knowledge that there has been given y
US. by the death at two of our state officers 4
capse f great aud depressing grief.
How can this Proclamation, asking tho people
TO give thanks tJf the blessings which they have
received, b. uttered. unless at the same time, We
attest our gratitude To- God fr Ilis having seen
III to spare us h,m the scythc Il lis dread
servant
The harve.is which We seek nom the seed arl
the rnck h1N" bocn goHd. The deserts ana the
uases have welded As bountifuly a. We eoili roa.
sunahly expect.
our mineral resources have continued 10 sustain
their high character; and she tolls # the hus.
haulmnu have been rrguiicd.
Nhil-t the earthquake sud the lool aud tie
tempest have been visited upon uur uc.ghhgts In
other states and upn uo people ~ hdiarcnt
couutric., We have been srrriou.ly shielded frcll
such grave misi1rtuups.
II should excite the mutual cratuhiiaus Of so.
al that the blessings which lave betall,n The
nation, aud which ave so gracefully recitud lp
President Grant, have come upon our country aai
itg Institutions
These. then are profound rasors fr ilankfnl-
mes, ami the earnest apkuuwiols. mruf uf Tic
presence ot Alnrighty God aud they lend ~
itrrprp.>ihle incentives for heartily ureUdtug -
the -pntimeut- sci fUtth m tho Presidents rsutl -
mBtiur. hud, actuatel 10y these 500 i reasons, =
d. cni 3iu il upon al ritzers 10 attest ttou Sense
pf dependence upon the great Croatr 10y syirl
the IaN Hlit " uv-tg tgNHfVl. u The churches Hft
at the tucsidp, an Garnet showing Cf their fpff
ais uf their sincerity iu such professions n o..
come collective part uf u civilization aud a
people whose mi, ion IT. &, 90 ruusofNc ,hc hia htsf
and best interests of hgmauity.
IN witness v hereof 4 have lprOunfn
4, } my hand, and caused tp be- aaiXoi fha
H''' Greet Seal of the state Of Nevada. nua
f-,-# at Carson city this 10Th day # ,ctolsH.
A. u. lSG2. JAMES :. SL1NGERtANn,
Acting Goycrnur Of Nevada.
BY the Acting Governor;
G. y. Nu1EwARE, Secretary C State, "a
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-11-20
How II. w. Bsaoher Runs a Farm.

Mr.. BcoChor's farm consists of thirty-siN
ncreS, and IL carried Ou OH strict scientific
principles. lie never puts in any part of Il
crop without consulting his book. He plows
and reaps aud digs and suws according To- the
best nuthoritics--nnd the authorities cost more
than the rest Of the farming implements do.
As soon as the library is complete the farm
will begin 10 be profitable investment. But
book-fhrmiug has it, drawbacks. Upon one
occasion, when IL seemed morally certain that
the hay crop ought 10 bc cut the hay-book
could not hc found-and before IL was found
ii was too late and the hay was spoiled. Mr..
BccChcr raises some of the finest CROPS Of
wheat in the country, but the unfuyOrlhc diff
ference between the cost of producing it and
ITS market price after producing II has inter
fored considerably with its success as n com
mcTcial enterprise. His special weakness is
hogs, however. He considers hogs the best
game farm produces. lie buys the original
pig mt dollar and half, and feeds him forty
dollars worth Of corn and then sells him for
about nino dollars. This is the only crop he
ever makes amy money ON. He louscs ON the
corn but he makes sovCn dollars and n half on
the hog. He does not mind this. because he
does not expect to make anything on corn,
any way. And any way II turns out, lie has
the excitement of raising th" hog, any how,
whether he gets the worth Of him or not. His
strawberries would be n comfortable success if
the robins would eat turnips: bat they won't
One of Mr. BcCchCr's most hnrrassng diff
culties III his farming operations comes of the
close resemblance Of different seeds aud plants
to each other. Two years ago his fur-sightcd-
ness warned him that there was going Ia he u
great scarcity of wntcrmclOns, and therefore
he put III u crop Of twcnty-soycn acres of That
fruit. But when they came mp they turned
ont to bc pumpkins, and u dead loss was the
consequence. Sometimes portion. of his
crop goes into tho ground the most promising
sweet potatoes, and comes ont the infcrnalist
carrots --thOugh have never heard him cX-
press 1t just that way. Whom ho bought his
iarm he found an egg In every hens nest on
the place. lic said that here was Just the
reason why so uRny farmers fnlcd-thoy scat
tered their forces too much concentration was
the idea. So he gathered these eggs together
nnd placed them under mn experienced hen.
That hen roasted over that contract night and
day for eleven weeks. under tho anxious per.
Ronnl supervision Of Mr.. Bocchcr himself but
she could not phase" those eggs. Why
Beonusc they were those Infamous porcelain
things which 0re used by fraudulent and i'm.
genious farmers ms "ncsteggs" But per.
haps, Mr.. BcCchor's most disastrous cxpcri.
once was the time when ho tried to raise nm
immense crop of dried apples. IIc planted
fifteen hundred dollars worth, but never q
one of them sproutcd lie has never bccr
able to understand. to this day, what was In,
matter with those apples. MAHK TWAIN.
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rnAXlr.I.I.s AND p1IIkn-NI.:

AND PIIISE-SE.
\ thousand silent years ago.
The starlight faint and pale
Was drawing on tn" sunset glow
Its soft aud shadovy veil.
When. from hls work the sculptor stayed
His hand. ami turnl 10 one
Who stood beside him. half in shade.
said, with sigh, "'Iis done"
'Phryuc. thy human lips shall pale.
Thy rounded lhub- decay.
Nor love nor prayers can aught avail
To bid thy beauty stay;
''But there thy suiIc for centuries
ON marble lips shalt live;
Fer art can grant what love denies
And fN the fugitive.
''Sad thought nor age nor death shall fade
The youth uf this cold bust,
When the quick brain aud hand that made,
And thou aud arc dusti
''whcn all our hoTr- and fears arc dead.
And both our hearts are cold,
And love h. lkc a tune that's played.
And like tale that's tnld.
This counterfeit Of scnscrss stone,
That no sweet blush warm.
The same enchanting took shall own
The same enchanting form.
"And there upon that silent face
Shall u born ages -"
Perennial youth. perennial grace,
Aud scaled serenity.
"And strangers. when We sleep ia peace.
Shall sAy. not quite Uumpvrl.
So SMILED upon prE,t,lr-
The Phryuc whom Do" 40 loved"
--tNrr' 20 NIgIgiHr.
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BASE MEr,h.--The White Pine Smoking
works, at Swansea, turned out seven tuns of
metal in the II hours succeeding six O'Clock
on saturday evening last Some important
improvements on the furnaces are to bo made
immediately. a a coal honsc capable Of hold
,hg 5o'ooO bushels of charcoal is also boing
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Items Of Interest.

/ BE temperate i'll diet; our first parents ate
| themselves out of house and home. p.
NEARLY 300 Georgians passed through At
lanta, last Tuesday, all eInigrnting to Texas
LAwYEIs must sleep more comfortable than
people in general. 1t is immaterIal ON which
side they lie.
contemporary says of rival editor that
he crrs in eating meat and vegetables-this-
ties are his proper food.
The editor of a Texas paper offers his pa
per for six months 20 the man that brings him
the largest water melon. ..F ....'.
Ir is generally believed that Cowpcr was n
Freemason, as he wished TO erect ''lodge in
some vast wilderness"
Why is fashionable society like n warming
pan! Because it is highly finished and very
hollow. .IH.' ...
The grasshopper did not sit on the sweet
potato vine in Virginia and the crop is onor-
nous.
THEnE are three times as many men en-
gagged in selling liquor as in preaching the Cos
pei or teaching school.
A marriage broker ndvertises: "AIl couples
availing themselves of the agency of this of
flee will have happiness guaranteed to them
for one year.
A young lady advertscs for a young man
that embraced an opportunity" and saws if
he will come over to their town hc can do bet
ter.
"THERE, now," cried little girl, while
rulnmngng drawer in u bureau; there,
dTandpa has gone 20 heaven without his spec
taclcs! What will he do
Mono dcck-hands on the Mississippi boats
are addressed Hs follows 10y the mate: Here,
you Fifteenth Amendment, shove out that
plank
4 young Californian went to sleep, leaving
his candle hurning ia the bung.holc of n pow
der k"g. He WIS picked up in the morning
all o,"s inc house
AN honest Fcnian. upon reading his phvsi-
clans bill, replied that hc hGd no objection to
paying for his medicine, but lis visits he would
return.
4 writer in the Providence journal. address,
ing Senator SprugUc, says: "Govcnur, YOU
have no idea how much money one able-bod
led industrious man can lend, in the course of
day, If hc is so disposed"
4 writer in NIacmllau's Magazine states il
as a fact, that the master Of IA certain ragged
school in London, has to let the children out
in time To pick the pockets Of the people
leaving church, or else lose his pupils.
JUDGE J. w. johnson, one Of the new Vir-
ginia Senators, is n Roman Catholic. The Bris-
tol News published near his house. say that
hy his election Virginia sends To the Senate
Chamber the puTost man that has graccd its
walls for the past century.
country youth who desired to become
rich, sent n quarter in answer 10 nn advertise
mcnt, and received tho following valuable re-
ceipt: "lncr'ns" your receipts and decrease
your expenditures. Work eighteen hours IL
day md live Oh hash and oat Cruel"
FICHT wIII TSDI,vS.-A Los Angeles dis
patch says a tight lately occurred ~ miles from
Camp Bowie. in Arizona. between one cumpn-
ny Of cavalry nul about 500 hpachrs The
whites r"trcatcd To- a stronger position, with a
loss Of seven killed and wounded. out Of %.
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Our Only Authorized Agents:

L. p FISHER, 90 and 81 Eew Merchants Exchange.
Is our only authorized agent IN san Francisco Cal!
HUDSON & MENET. Il Park Row, Is our sole agent
I'm New York City,
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Dialonic---D Dutchman-- 'IiuOt mvrrcr Fat how
you tuZ'" .
lrishman.-"1hc top Of tho morning ill yc,
Smiu; do You think " well git rain the day."
Dutchmana-"KC no: We never HAYES mo0ch
rains In der dry dime"
Iri.hman"Faith an yer right there, aud thin
whiniyeT 1t git' IN the way o'rninin the divil the
mnch dry time will We git as long ~ the wet
spoil houds." .. .. ...
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BRiguNM YOuNG, IT., who was In Massachusetts
n few weeks since has hCcn "ncrvCwed." lie
said, among other spicy things, that the Mormon
authorities think strongly Of sending "tnsainnn
fics down tO Massachusetts, ip convert the 1000
women who have nu Chr1rc to marry
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A California Epigram.

girls on this cnnI. from Miss Dickinsons tone
\ stranger might judge In harsh manner;
ilut We know the poor thing = No girl of her own
Aud tbnts what's tic matter with Anna N
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GENERAL WADE llNrruS.--Wc learn that this
distinguished leader and patriot j.. IN connection
with General u. II. Hill. negotiating for the pur.
chase " Tho buildings 0 the Military 1nstitnic at
Charlotte, n. G.. IT. purchase /. effected, these
gentlemen propose 10 establish an institution OF q
high order for our Southern boys. We hope sin.
C"rCly that this enterprise may be inauguratcd.
Tor. next to General Ice. there IL no man IN the
whole country under whose supervision South
General Wade Hampton. We predict that such
an institution wouiA hr crowded with students,
aud would yield handsome revenue tO tile fac.
ulty. II was wonderful stroke Of policy In plac.
ing General Ice ~ the head of Washington College
nnd equal success would attend any institution
uf learning with General Wade Hampton as rrcsi.
dcnt.- BGTHrcH rs. e. Journal.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-01-09
THE NEW YORK
FOR The NEW YEAR, 1869.
The Great E15a1niiy Paper.

The ledger is the most interesting paper
in the world.
More people take the Ledger than take
any otler PAPER in the country.
1t has the lar9Gst number of great and
distinguished writers.
1t contains the rurest, sweetest and most
delightful love stories, striking narratives,
and instructive biographical and historical.
sketches.
All questions growing out of the dolnes.
tic relations, lovers, quarrels, law and bust
ness matters, arc regularly answered in its
columns 4 vast amount Of useful infor
nation is siveu through this attractive de.
partmcnt of the Ledger.
The principal Bishops, Doctors of Diviui
ty and Cicreylnen write for it:
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, the great Anne.
ric4n poet, has translated expressly for The
Led"e1, a thrilling Spanish Novel, which we
Shall publish during the new year.
Rev. DR.. Tying is now engaged upon an
Original Story, which will be continued
trough twelve numbers of the Le0yer.
We are now publishing . series of twelve
short true stories, by twelve Of the most
distinguished clergymen in the United
States.
Our standard, popular writer, Mr.. SYL-
vANUS COBB, Jr. is as interesting as ever,
and will continue as heretofore to write OH
" for the Ledger.
The millions of admirers of MKs. SOUTH
WORTH will find her original stories only in
the Ledger.
Miss DupUy will continue her dramatic
stories, and FANNY FERN her sparkling
sketches.
HENRY WARD BEECuER will continue to
furnish his weekly articles, and JAMES PAR
TON his biographical sketches.
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PROFESSOR WILLIAM HENRY PECK. JOHN
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Two of our contributors have been Min
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the past year the son Of another of our con-
tributors has been elected President of the
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The BEST that a long experience enables
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license, Z fine of S25 for each and every Of
fence, collcctablc under the provisions #
the last act of incorporation of the town OF
OnelouSas.
On motion Of Mr.. Perrodin: It was u
unanimously resolve, That any person car
rying on any of the trades or professions
described or mentioned in the above cited
ordinances, now revised, shall be required
to taht out ami pay for their licenses with,
in ten days from the date Of the PUBLICATION
Of these proceedings, and in default tllurco,
shall be fined not cNcrc'linS 500, besides
their licenses, or be imprisoned in the Far
ISL prison not exceeding ZEN day days, OF
both, at the discretion Of whom the right
under the provisions of the last act OF IN,
corporation Of the town Of O2elouSas.
The board then adjourned until next rec.
ular mectinSx f. A. KING, Presld1nt.
Attest ?. LEoNCE HERRAED,
Clerk of the hoard.
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PUBLIC SALE.
Estate of Joseph Gradcnig.

DY VIRTUE Of an order of the Hon. tic
- Probate Cour. in and for the Parish OIL
st. Landry, there will be sold at public auc.
ton, to the last and highest bidder, by the
undersigned %auctioneer; at the last resi-.
dence Of the said Joseph Gradenigo, dcceas.
ed, in the town Of Cpelousas, on.
"Wednesday, January 30, 1850,
the following property belonging to the
Estate Of said deceased, to-wit:
ABOUT THIRTY HEAD OF~asNsKzs
gentle Cattle, a wagon and har. esxNssassNN
ness, six mules, an old carriage -A
horse, an old buggy and harness, farming
and plantation utensils, household furniture,
kitchen utensils, and a great many other
things too numerous to mention.
Terms-CASH.
LEONCE T. LASTRAPES,~ &
Jan, 6, go. Auciioneer.
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Lost Or Destroyed.

a NOTE drawn by Charles Sabatct alias
- Plaisance, to the order CT the late
Charles E. Durand, for the sum OF six hun
bred dollors, dated 9th of August, 1867,
payable twelve months after date, with s
per cent yearly interest thereon from the
lst day of August, 1867, ma: ked me vari-
~etur," and bearing mortgage upon the prop
erty of the said Charles Sabatet alias Plat
sance, and which was purchased by him
from Mrs. Pierre Labychc by act before
Yves D'avy, Recorder of St. Landry, dated
the 9th day of Augustin the year 1867, and
and recorded in Book of the Registry of
Mort cages Of St. Landry, No. 10, page 541.
YVES D'AVY, Administrator
Estate of Charles Z. Durand.
Opclous. s, Jan, 9th, 1869.
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A RESOLUTION

Passed by the Board of Police of the town
Of Opelousas, at its session of January 5th,
1860.
Be it resolved by the Board of Police of
the town Of Opclousas, That al: licenses
and taxes mentioned in the Resolutions
adopted by this Board on the 18th of No
vembcr, 1865, and on the Goth ofMay, 1866,
are ordered to be paid in the hands Of D.
c. Sittig, Treasurer and Collector of this
town, at his office in the town ofOpclouSas,
within ten days after the publication of this
present Resolution, under the penalties men
toned in said above cited ordinances and
resolutions. T. A. KING, President.
Attest: P. LEoNcE HEBRARD,
Clerk of the Board.
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Proceedings OF the Board of Po-
lice OF the Town OfOpcsOuSis.

TUESDAY, December Goth, 1868.
The Board met pursuant to a call from
the President Members present: F. A.
King, President; Simon Richard, Warren
R. MeginIey, F. Perrodin, N. O. Quatre-
vaux and J. J.. Morgan.
There being a qorun present the Board
proceeded to business.
On motion of Mr.. Morgan, 1t was unanl-
mously resolved, That the new ordinance
''for fixing taxes and licenses to be raised
in the town of Opelousas," reported and
presented by the committee appointed on
the 2lst of October, 1868, be laid upon the
table. j.
On motion of Mr.. Perrodin: It was u
unanimously resolved, That the ordinance
entitled "An ordinance to provide a reve-
nue. for the town of Opelousas," adopted
the 18th November, 1865, and an ordinance
supplementary thereto, adopted May Goth,
1856, the provisions of which were made
applicable to the collection of taxes and IL
censes for the year 1853, be now adopted
and their provisions be made applicable to
the collection of taxes and licences for the
year 1869, subject to such corrections as
may be proposed by members Of this board.
On motion of Mr.. Meginley: 1t was re-
solved, That all keepers of cofiee-houses,
drinking saloons, grog shops and cabarets.
shall pay an annual license of $3.50, and for
each billiard table, for the use of which pay
is cxactcd, a license Of $50 shall be requir-
ed. Messrs. Morgan, Richard, Meginley
and Perrodin voted aye; Nj. Quatrevaux
voted nay.
On motion of Mr.. Perrodin: 1t is resolv-
ed; That the keepers of stores, groceries, or
public places, where spiritnous, %vinous, or
malt liquors are sold in quantities not less
than a bottle, and who allow the said liquors
to be drank on their premises, shall pay
the same license as cofee-ho lscs, grog
shops, drinking s%oloons and cabarets.
Messrs. Richard, Perrodin and Quatrevaux
voted in the affirmative; and Messrs. Morgan
and Meginley in the negative.
On motion Of Mr.. Pcrrodin: It was u
unanimously resolved, That any person or
persons who shall violate any OF the provis-
ions of the above cited ordinances, as now +
revised, and shall fail to take out his license
under this ordinance. shall pay, besides his
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For Sale.

a PLANTATION situated 4 miles South.
- west Of the town of Opclousas, with a
good dwelling house, gin house, corn house,
stable, ETC., in perfect order. The said plan
tation is composed Of 3G5 acres of prairie
land and 100 arrents Of woodland. OF the
prairie land there are about 1870 acres under
good fence, and thoroughly d:tched. There
are, on the premises, quarters to accommo-
date about - hands. The fertility of the
land is unsurpassed-the proprietor has for
many years raised a bale of cotton to the
acre, and corn in proportion. Being desi-
rous of engaging in other business he will
sell cheap for cash. Apply to
ONEZIME A. GUIDRY.
at Mayo's Drug Store, O~pelousas.
Jan. 9th, 1869.