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3eecher on Early Marriage.


At no period, perhaps, in their life, do
young men need the inspiration of virtu-
Gus love anu She sympathy of a compan-
ion in their self-denying toll, as when
they first enter the battle for their own
support. Early marriages are perma-
nent moraGties. and deferred marriages
are temptations to wickedness. And yet
every yearit becomes more and more
difficult, concurrent with reigning ideas
of society, for young men to enter upon
that matrimonial state which is the prop
er guard OF their virtue, as we'll as their
courage and enterprise. The battle of
life is almost at the beginning. There it
is that a man needs wedlock. But a
wicked and ridiculous public sentiment
puts man who is in society, Or out of
society, for that matter, largely on the
ground of condition, and not OF DISPOSE
ton and character. The man that has
means wherewith he can visibly live am
ply is in good society, as a general rule.
The man that has virtue and stern man.
illness, but has nothing withal extel nal
to show, is not usually considered in
good society. Ambitious young men will
not therefore marry until they can meet
their expenses; but that is deferring for
years andyears the indispensa bic virtue.
Society is bad where two cannot live
cheaper than one! and young men are
under bad influences who, when in the
very morning Of life, and better fitted
than at any later period to grow together
with one who is their equal and mate,
are dcbarred from marrying through
scores of years, from mere prudential
considerations and the heart and the
life are sacrificed to the pocket They
are tempted to substitute ambition for
love, when at last, over the ashes and
expiring embers of their early romance,
they select their wife. 1t is said that
men who wait till they are forty or for
five years of age select prudently.
Alas for the wife who was not first a
sweetheart! Prudence is good; but is
prudence servant or queen! Prudence
is good; but what is prudence 1t is the
dry calculation OF the head leagued with
the pocket. Is there no prudence in
taste, nor prudence in the inspiration of
IL generous love? Is there no prudence
in the faith by which, banded, two young
persons 60 down into the struggle of life,
saying: Come veal, como woe, come
storm, come calm, love is a match for
circumstances, and we will be all to each
utl.er !" Woe be to that society in which
the customs and The manners of the
times put off beyond the period of 70.
nance and affiancing, the wedding. You
have adjourned the most important secu-
lar act of u mans life. You have adj
journed it out of Eden into the wilder.
ness!
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waterloo the Nay after the Fight.

On the surface of two square miles, it
was ascertained that fifty thousand men
and horses were lying! The luxurious
crop of ripe grain which had covered the
field of battle was reduced to litter, and
beaten into the earth, and the surface,
trodden down by the cavalry, and fur
rowed deeply by the cannon wheels,
strewed with many relic Of TIN fight.
Helmets and cuirasses, scattered fire.
arms, and broken swords all the variety
of military ornaments, lancer caps, and
Highland bonnets; uniforms of every
color, plumes, and pennon musical iE-
struments, the apparatus Of the artillery,
drums, bugles but, good heavens! why
dwell on the narrowing pictare Of bat
tie field leach and every ruinous dis
play bore mute testimony to the misery
Of such a battle.
Could the melancholy appearance OF
this scene of death be heightened, it
would be by witnessing the researches
of the living amid its des0lation, for the
objects Of their. love. Mothers, and
wives, and children for days were occu-
pied in that mournful dnty; and the con-
fusion Of the 'corpses-friend and foe in
termingled as they wereoften rendered
the attempt at recognizing individuals
difficult, and sometimes impossible, In
many places, the dead lay four deep up
on each other, marking the spot some
British squad had occupied, exposed fol
hours tosthe murderons fire Of q French
battery. Outside. lancer aud cuirassiei
were scattered thickly on the earth
Further on, yon trace the spot where the
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Our Love Song.
BY ICBA DAM.

wish my love were lemon punch.
With Strawberries floating in the cup,
And she and could meet at lunch
Then with straw-Fd suck her up
| wish MY love was like the Jew,
Aud had gold laid away in store;
Dye think Id read exchanges though
Or write for papers any more
wiSll-like flowers that fondly meet,
And bloom to furnish bees their honey
We had some way, while life is sweet,
or keeping house without much money.
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n o tt G e

THE State. Legislature in 1865, passed
IL an act prohibiting any person from
carrying fire arms Oh the premises of any
citizen without the consent of the owner,
and snbjectiug the person so offending to
punishment. Now hereby give pub
lie notice that do not intend that any
person should hunt within my enclosures,
and give this public warning to all and
everN person to refrain from so doing.
and from trespassing in any way, and
passing through my enclosures.
e.t,,, LEONCE SANDOZ.
Opelousas, March 18th, 1869.
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love Song.
BY CHARLES SWAN.

wish nv love was some fair stream,
Soft singing through her woodland way
And some star. whose loving beam
Might III her bosom rest its ruy.
| wissrmv love was like the dew
Half hidden meath the roses lip,
And the young dawn trembling through
The fragrance none but l might sip.
wi>h--likc flowers that foudly meet.
And cheer and charm the humble spot
Our lives might blend while life was s" eet,
Aud even death divide us not.
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A VOLUNTARY TRIBUTE TO
% EXCELSIOR MFG CO., St. Louis.

TO EXCELSIOR MFG CO, St. Louis. ..
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e An impecunious country editor
duns his patrons as follows: "A man
might as well attempt to quench the
phosphoresccnt emanations from the tail
end of tightening bug with squirt gun
as to try to run newspaper without
mnnaH .,
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Private Boarding House.

TVHE undersigned will open on the lst
i of February next ensuing, in the
Old Bank Building, opposite the public
square Of Opelousas, a Private Boarding
House for the accommodation by the day
or month Of single gentlemen or families.
He hopes by his efforts and the mode
rate rate Of his charges to please and
crafty all who may call upon him.
JAMES G. HAYES.
Opelousas, January 25, 1868 33
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Town Lots For Sale.

A LOT OF GROUND situated on Union St.,
n nesr the Catholic Convent Of Opelousss.
A Lot of Ground situated On Court Street,
near its Southern extremity. Apply at the Cou-
rier Office. (June 9th, 1853.
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JOHN 6sEEVEN,

BRICKLAYER AND PLASTERER,
nFFERS his services to the rubGc in that ca
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in his line. He hopes by his work, his pnnctu-
ality. and his moderate charges. to merit n por-
Ton of The public patronage. His residence is
at Mr.. Maxwells OpeIousas. Dec ,.
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Public Sale.

e., Public Sale.
Succession Of AndreU Malta, deceased.
DY virtue of an order of the Hon. the
ID Parish Court in and for the Parish
of East Baton Rouge, there will be sold
at public auction, to the last and high
est bidder by the undersigned auc-
tioneer, at my Office, in Opelousas, on
Tuesday, June 18th, 1869, 1,
the following property belonging to the
Estate of Andrew Malta, deceased:
LIST. The South Half Of Section
and the South West Quar-
ter of the North West Quarter and North
West Quarter of the South West Quar-
ter of Section tweDty-four in Township
No. four South, Range No. seven East,
South Western District of Louisiana,
containing four hundred and one acres
and. twenty six hupdredths, according to
the official plot of survey of said land,
returned to the State Land Office. The
whole as per patent dated Baton Rouge,
August 3d, 1857, and numbered 1908.
Said land is situated on or near Bayou
Petite Prairie, in this Parish.
I'd. The Undivided Half of the
following described Internal Improve
ment land, viz: AL Of Section thirty six
in Township four South Of Range six
East in the South Western Land Dis
trict, containing six hundred and forty
three acres and twenty hundredths. SC
cording to the official plot of survey.
The whole as per patent in the names OF
Andrew Malta and James Irwin; dated
27 December, 1860, and numbered 9533,
situated near the banks of Bayou Petite
Prairie, in this Parish.
TFRMs Cash.
In conformity with the Constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana, the
aforesaid land will be sold in lots of not
lees than ten nor moro than fifty acres
as will be more fully explained on the
day of sale. -
LEONCE F. LASTRAPEs, 4
Auctioneer.
H. :
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P. GOSSELIN, Wheelwli"ht,
"AS the honor to inform the public
LII that he is still engaged at his trad
at his old shop, Main street, OpeloHsas.
He will use his best endeavors to please
those who may patronize him, and will
work as cheaply as any one else.
He hopes that after an experience of
Is years in his trade, he will not lose the
patronage Of his old clients and friends.
Opelousas, Nov. Ii, 1868 23tf
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Private Boarding.
A LADY residing in q retired portion Of this
IN town, would receive one or two boarlers by
the month, with or without lodging, at a mode
rate price, Apply at this office [fe29
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r E Nj @ V AL.

THE undersigned respectfully inform
Il their friends and the public in gen
eral that about the 18th May inst, they
will remove their goods to the large brick
store on Main Street, corner Of Bellevue,
where they kept formerly.
They avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity to announce that they have on
hand complete assortment Of
DRY GOODS,
RARDwARH,
9R0CB1I8S,
&C., &C., &c.,
which they offer at their usual low rates
BLOCH g. DUPRE,
At the zone Price Store"
Opolousas, May LIST, 1869. 47-3t
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-25
A Sensible View.

We quote the following from an article
on railroads in the Milwaukee Neaos. 1t is
sensibly written, and applies as appropri-
ately to this part Of the state as to Milwau-
kee and that portion tributary to it:
AS to the matter of donations to rail.
road companies, by way of aid in the con-
struction or extension Of lines, we appre-
bend that the donors generally receive a
fair equivalent for their money Munich
pal corporations and private Individuals in
this state, in time past, have run largely
in debt, for the purpose of securing the
construction Of the lines we have. But
there is scarcely mile of railroad in the
state which has not paid this debt ten
fold in the increased value it has impaired
to tho property along its line. At least
the towns and cities are few and far be-
tween from which their railroad facilities
could now be purchased at any price, And
to-day the property owners in the unde-
veloped portions of the state could not in
vest more safely for themselves than by a
prudent liberality in the encouragement of
railroad extension. In many instances,
lines which could and would be built for
a few thousand dollars, would be worth
millions to the population concerned, and
perhaps, comparatively nothing to the COM
panies owning the roads.
1.-The true policy Of Wisconsin is to
give. constant and unceaSing encouragement
to increased facilities for transportation,
both by railroad and water. Under pres
ent circumstances, this, and this only. is
the safe and sure road to cheap freights
and the full development of the natural
wealth of the state. In sections where the
largest sums have been paid for railroads,
and where sthe most railroads have been
built, there, as a rule, freights are the
cheapest. The time has passed in the
United States when monopoly and extor-
ton can otherwise be successfully CON-
batted. If Legislatures in these days were
more intelligent or less corrupt, the people
might hope for more positive, efficient and
equitable legislation on all subjects-5ut
we must deal with facts as they are, and
not as they ought to be-"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-25

.WT Two men in the Michigan state
prison convicted of burglary, last winter,
by the positive evidence and Identification
of twenty witnesses, have lately been re-
leased by the confession of the real crimi-
nails.
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EVENING SESSION.

y wednesday Evenlng, June I'd,
u o'clock, P. M.
Pursuant to adjournment the convention
met at the hall, were clothed in regala,
formed in procession and marched 20 the
NJ E. Church, and were enter tanned du-
ring the evening by speeches from Rev.
W.sJ. Goss, and w. w. Likens, S. D.
Adjourned to meet at 81 to morrow
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-25

SUDDEN DEATH.--From our dailies of
last Saturday we learn that Hon. Henry j.
Raymond, of the New York Times died
very suddenly at his residence in New
York on Friday last, aged 40 years.
Mr.. Raymond was at his office at 6 o.
clock on Thursday evening, was taken
sick about 8 o'clock on Friday morning,
and died at five O'Clock The supposed
cause was appoplexy. He has during his
editorial career been connected with the
N. Y. Tribune, Courier, Enquirer and
Times. He was strong, vigorous writer,
and has attracted great deal of attention.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-25

~ The Jackson county Banner tells
of woman who gave birth to a pair of
twins. LIZ IN ..--. !.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-25

E1P The equalized valuation of proper
ty in Richland county for 1869, is 1854,
600,
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SECOND DAY.
morning.

THURSDAY, June Sd,
81 o'clock, A. NJ.
Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment, and was called to order by w. W.
Llkens, S. D., and opened with the usual
ceremonies.
The roll being called the following off
GERS were reported absent: w. A. S., w.
NJ, w. D. NJ, w. A. T., w. c., w. 1. G..
Sentinel, R. H. S., and L. III. S.
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
| The committee on order of exercises
presented the following report:
Your committee order of exercises beg leave to
| ubmit the following report:
First THAT the business of this Convention be
| transacted in the first or subordinate degree.
iecond.-That the following be the order of bust
ness.
l. Opening ceremonies or informal opening
2 Reading minutes of previous session.
3. Reports,
4. Call of Lodges.
5. Good of the order.
g. Closing ceremonies.
Third-That questions relating to subordinate or
degree work. be refer ed to the committee the State
| of the order
Foarth.-That the afternoon session commence at
o'clock, and the evening session at ~ o'clock.
Fraternay.
R,a; OWENS, Com.
Lizzie LUCAS
Which report was on motion adopted.
The w. L. submitted the following re-
port which was on motion referred to the
Committee on Finance
To the officers and members of Iowa county Con-
venton.
The Treasurer of the Convention begs leave to SUBJ
NIT the following report:
To cash received from F. s., at the Conven-
ton held at Arena Dec 22d, and 3d. 1S6S...$1S As
By cash paid W. j. Wrigglesworth for print
IL 70
Balance on hand............... 20
All of which is respectfully submitted in f II. & c.
r. G. OWENS, Treasurer
The w. F. Secretary presented the fol-
lowing report, which was read and referred
to the Finance Committee.
To the officers and members Of the Iowa county
Your W. F. 5. would respectfully submit the follow
ing report:
Dec. ed, es, received from delegates......sls 81
+ '' paid to W. T..-..................... Is 81
Fraternally submitted,
L. c. La BARRE, WIS.
The next order being a call Of Lodges,
response was made as follows:
Arena, No 276-Bro. John Hodgson.
Amicitia, No, 43-Bro. T. w. Lewis.
Evening Star, No. 34l-Bro. John
Crook.
Star of Hope, No 157-Bros. O. P. I'm
derwood and w. S. Booth.
Wyoming, No. 304-Bros. g. B. Hic-
gins, j. L. Morris and L. c. LaBarre.
Forward, No 555-Bros. John Wilson
and ii. Coldwell.
Emery, No. 3ll-Bro. W. W. Likens.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-06-25

nY-The Grant county Herald says that
constable Bennett of Potosi, brought Joe
Baker to Jail last Tuesday for stealing a
boat load of wood from the Potosi landing.
He designed floating the wood to Du-
ouque. Ed Wimot and Sam Daily were
also taken to Jail for stealing oxen at
Oceola, and selling them at Dunleith G.
E. Douglas, R. X. Ross and William Nc
Pherson were taken to the Lancaster Jail
for attempting to pass counterfeit money
on parties at Rockville All of these six
parties were arrested within two weeks by
this same constable Bennett, who, the Her.
aid says,is rapidly filling theLancaster Jail.
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PROCEEDINGS

PR GS
OF THE
CONVENTION OF T. o. Of G.. IT.
IOWA COUNTY,
t@s HELD AT
Avoca, Wisconsin,
Wednesday & Thursday, juno & 8
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A recess vas then declared subject to
the call of the chair.
The Convention again being called to
order, report of the Finance Committee
was read, recommending that the report
of the W. T. be adopted.
On motion the said report was adopted.
A report from the Finance Committee,
approving of the report of the w. F. s.,
and recommending its adoption was also
read.
On motion the said report was adopted.
The following report was then read.
Your committee on time and place of holding next
Convention, would submit the following report:
We would recommend that Forward Lodge No 800,
situated in the town of Arena be the place. anu the
FIRST Tuesday and Wednesday in December, 1862 as
the time for holding the next Convention:
T. w. LEWIS,
ISL. O. p. UNDERWOOD,
JOHN HODGS0N.
--. HENRY COLDWELL,
JOHN CROOK,
c. B. HIGGINS,
". W. LIKENS. -
Committee.
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CENTRAL CRY, COLORADO
Nov Doth 1890

Churches, Schools. &c.