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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
a Clerical Warming Pan.

In many parts CT Ireland warming
! pan Is called ''friar" Not many wears
ago an unsophiaticated girl tool, service
in the town Of ---. Poor thine, she
never heard Of wacrning-pan ia al hel
lie, though she regularly confessed to
| the friar.
| it so happened that on cool and driz-
! zly night a priest took lodz;ng at the inn.
lie had travelled tar, and being weary.
| retired at IN early hour. Soon atterward
the laad-lady ordered the girl to take the
friar to room No. 6. The poor girl, not
dreaming that by the word ''friar' her
mistress !nont the Warming-p pan, FASTENED
to the priest, who was comfortably set
tied 10 bed.
Up went Betty to tn priest: "Your
reverence must go into No. g."
How? Why p asked the priest, alarm
ed at being disturbed.
our reverence must 90 into No 6. -
There vas no help for it, and the
priest arose, donned a dressing gown i,
and went into No. 6.
In about fifteen minutes the mistress
called to Betty: Put the friar into No. 4. ;
Betty said something about disturbir ?
his reverence which the mistress did net
understand. So she told the girl in a
sharp voice to do as she was directed and
she would always do right.
Up went Betty, and the unbannv
priest, despite his angry protestations.
was obliged to turn out of No. and 90
into No. 4; But little time elapsed ere
the girl was told to put the friar into No
s. The poor priest. thinking that every
one was mad IN the house, and sturdily
resolved to quit it the next morning crent
into the damp sheets Of No. s. Bnt he
was to enjoy no peace there. Betty was
directed to put the frIar into No. 8 aud
with tears in her eyes she obeyed.
In about an hour the iandIady concIud.
ed to go to bed herself. and the fiiar was
ordered INTO her room. Wondering what
1t meant, Betty reused up the priest, and
told HIM that he must go into No II,
The patient monk then cross ID himself
counted his beads, and went into NO II.
1t so happened that the husband of the
iandlady was troubled with The s;oreen.
eyed monster. Going to bed. therefore.
before his wife, his suspicious were con-
tirmed by seeing between his own sheets
a man sound asleep. -, -
10 rouse the sleeper, and kick him in
to the street, was the work of few mo
ments; nor was the mistake explained un
TIL the next day, when the priest inform
ed the inn keeper what outraees had been
committed upon him; and he learned
to his astonishment that he had been
serving the Whole night as a warming
pan.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12

Individual the greatest possible liberty
that does not interfere essentially with
the general order: so should it be in this
matter of graduation. Despotism in de-
tails is not needed, neither extra refine
ments: out the old article that Scotch
philosophers named COMMON SENSE, is
needed. But, Iquote the language of an
expert) ''other things being equal, the
closer the classification, the better the
school system
Whilst latitude should be given to
quick intcllects, it should be remembered
that SO often as enc can rear the 'seven
league boots OF genius, a thousand must
go. comparatively speaking. at a snail s
pace. In the battle Of life, few can wear
the stars. But the faithful oommissariat
provides for the masses.
Let us lock at school in which no
such thing as graduation is known. Here,
if we may adopt what Horace would call
sesquipodalia, is an abo8nable promis-
Guilty, OF in easier terms mess which
cannot fail to create a nausea 1T the
stomach Of any decent community and
which must result In moral and intellect
uai dyspepsia. And all this comes not
from iargeness of quantity but from bad
ness Of quality. Every thing topsy-turEy
rolls confusedly along, carrying ia its
tumble q burden Of parental wines and
pedagogic despair. Such to stage OBJ
server IS q show whose playing, as veil as
scenic effect, Is exceedingly bad. No
teacher without gigantic powers and sd
pernatural earnestness can make even a
tolerable display under such circumstan-
ces. Add to this lack OF gradation other
slmperfcctions, and then expect teachers
Of common ability to create heaven.
This is superb nonsense. You might as
well expect to quiet the Lake with 6
lady's curl, TLau a storm drives the
surges over the piers. Ay. you might a.
well expect TO resurTect the righteou.
dead by profaae.iueglery. O.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
A Balloon Adrift and its Pilot Lost
Overheard.

INDIANAPoLIs, Ind, May 4.-Yester-
day evening the following note was drop
ped from Il balloon high in the air and
moving in southeasterly direction, near
Montpelier, Blackford County, in this
State. 1t was fastened to a loose piece
OF wood and iron weighing about one and
half pounds:
Sailed from Toronto April 2S for
New York. Met with adverse wind, and,
by sudden movement of the balloon.
Mr.. Lagrange was thrown out, as near
as could determine, over the southern
part of Michigan. Not knowing how to
manage the ship, it has been tossed to
fro in all directions since he fell out. |
am alone, and no earthly power can save
me. [ drop these lines hoping some
human being viii find them, and com
municate to my parents the tidings of my
melancholy fate. 10 Heaven, to Heaven
| commit my soul. Please send them
this note, to Ralph Lawrence, Upper
Canada
lSigned) "BERTHA LAWRENCE"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
Love,

Who is he in youth, Or in maturity, or
| even IN old age, who does not like to hear
| of those sensIbilities which turn carried
! heads around at church, and send won
deriul eyc-beamS across assem- blies, from
| one to one, never missing in the thickest
crowd The keen statist Teckons by tens
and hundreds: the genial man is interest
ed IN every slipper that comes into the as
sembly. The passion, alike everywhere,
creepS under the SHOWS OF Scandinavia.
under the fires Of the equator, and Swims
IN the seas of Polynesia. Love is as
puissant a divinity in the Morse EdGa as
Camadeva IN the red vault Of India,
Eros IN the Greek, or Cupid in the Latin
heaven. And what is especially true OF
love IS that Ii is state of extreme I'M
presslonability the lover has more SEN
ses and liner senses than others: his eve
and ear are telegraphs; he reads omens
| on the flower, the clouds. and face. and
form, and gesture, and reads them Alright.
In his surprise at the sudden and entire
understanding that is between him and
the beloved person, it occurs to him that
they might somehow meet INDEPENDENTLY
Of time and place. How delicious the
belief that he could elude all guards,
precautions, ceremonies, means and de-
lays, and hold instant and sempiternal
communication In solitude, in Danish
ment, the hope returned, and the exper
iment was eagerly tried The supernal
powers seem to take his part. What
was on his lips to say is uttered bv his
friend. When he went abroad, he met.
by wonderful casualties. the one person
he sought. If in his walk he CHANGED to
look back, his friend was walking behind
him; And it has happened that the ar
list has often drawn in his picture the
face of his future wife whom he had not
yet seeu.-Enaers0ya.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12

"A San Franciscan, speaking of the
orchestra in the Chinese Theatre there.
says; Il tell you. you can go your bottom
dollar that you never heard anything like
it; why, when that band strikes m. if
sounds like ten thousand wash boilers
tumbling off five story building on to
brick sidewalk. ~
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
AFTER SCHOOL.

'sTon't va mp the baby Come gently, my deari"
60 mother I've torn my new dress; just look
here,
Tn sorryi ] only was climbing the wall"
20 mother NJ r-e@ -as the incest OF all
g nd Nelly, in speil -. went M to the head
80. savt Can 20 On the hill with my sledt"
s.Iye got such toothache!" THE teachers un-
fairr'
SIS dinner most ready? I'm just like bearT'
TIE patient mother: they're grow ng up fast;
These nursery whirwinds. not long do they last;
4 still lonely house would be far worse than noise
Rejoice anil ie cTsI in your brave girls and boysl
I. 4. Eiclols in Nerry's Museum for AIrh.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12

Reynolds, executed lately for the
brutal murder of Townsend, said to a re-
porter of the San, the day before his
execution: d been drinkin' for about
i've weeks, and sleepin out nights. I
wish all the liquor was out of the world. -
What volume of temperance sermons
contains SO much pathetic warning7
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
The death of Thomas brings to mind
two eplgrams which were current lust af
ter the battle of Nashville:

~ homas still moving"-very good:
Tie cause IS plainly understood
He dosent like his neighbor-Hood.
Where Hood now is it were not hard m toll
He said he'd go to Nashville or to hell
AND hasn't gene to Nashville very we'll
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12

"A few days ago little girl in Ithaca,
N. Y. just before she died exclaimed !:
Papa, take hold of my hand and help
me across Her father died two months
ago.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
SCHOOL.
BEroRF SCHOOL.

"Qrarter OF ninei BOYS and girls, do you hear"
"one more buckwheat, then; be quick, mother
CearI"
"gghero IS my Iuncheon-box?' Under the Shelf
Jlst in the u zee vcl left it yourseifi'
81 can't sav ~ tzSlei'' so find me my cap
" Zone kiss 7nau- n and sweet sis in her lap;>
ssRe COOL dear - ct try SO times 9's 81
Take your mittensr IAN right" Hurry up Bill
Iers rrl-'
With slam Of thed door, they off girls and boys,
And the iiother draws breath in the lull of their
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
Warning to Husbands.
From the Revolution.

The great want Of woman at present
| IS Taoney-money forthei personal wants,
and and money to carry out their plans
propose that they shall earn, that they
shall consider it as honorable TO work fior
money as for board, and I demand for
them equal pay for equal work. I de-
mand that The bearing and rearing CT
children, the most exacting Of employ
ments, and involving the most terrible
risks, shall be the best paid work IL the
world, and husbands shall treat their
wives with at least IS much consideration
ard ac6nowled them entitled to as much
money as wet nurses.
The meaning of this is, that wives are
about to strike for grecnbacks; so mnch
for every baby born. Nc greanbacks, no
more sons and daughters. Nogreenhacks,
no more population 10 more boys to
carry on the great enterprises of the age.
The scale CT prices for maternal duties
are as follows:
rii 100
- ~ eS..--- 200
~ ,
WINS tboth boys 40a
Ir'pietS (ail 1000
Terms: G. o. D. No credit beyond
the first child, the motto being, PAY up,
or dry up. " Husbands who desire to
transmit their names to posterity will
please notice aud take new departure.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
PATENT DUST EX2lUDER,

constructed as to enclose the works and form a
protection against dust enabling the movement to re-
main III order without cleaning double the time that
" atch VIII ordinarily run without this protection
The Company feel confident, after having had their
Watches three years il market, and selling many
thousands OF them i'll all parts of abe country that
the E1s@sn Watches are fsse best time
keepers now offered; to the American
f,E
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
Over Five Hundred Dealers

IN various parts OF the land have unreservedIy en-
dor--d them They are in upon numerous lines
of Railway, including the Union Pacific and the
A'@1asss y wanna central. and officers OF these
roads, Tlth other prominent L. r officials, endorse
them as the Watches for the use of R. r. EMPLOYEES
and Travellers Jet introduced.
The following are presented as specimens of these
testimonials:
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-12
TESTIMONIAL.

UNION PACIFIC r r., OFFICE OF GRN'L SUp'ro
sOIAHA, Dec. Is, 1862
Hon. I. NJ. AVERY, President National Watch Co.
Chicago, H.:
Dear So :-During the month that 1 have carried
one of your "B. ". Raymond Watches it has not
tacd to keep the time with much accuracy as to
leave nothing to desire in this regard For accuracy
in housekeeping beauty Of movement and finish your
watches challenge my admiration, and arouse my
pride as an American, and l confident that in all
respects they viii compete successfully in the mark
cts Of the world with similar manufacturers of older
nations. They need only to be known to be appre-
cateI.
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Yours most respectfully,
c. q. HAMMOND Genl Sup't.
OFFICE OF THE HUDSON RIVER RAIL RoAp.1
Genl Sup't. New York, Jan. I, 1870. I
l. NJ AVERY, Esq, President National Watch Co:
Dear &r:-T!le Watch MADE by Your COMPANY
which L have carried the past two months has kept
excellent time. have carried it frequently on en-
ges and have been on the road with it almost daily
During this time it has uniformly with our stand
ard clock. Truly yoms,
J: ii. T0UCEY, Gen1 Sup't.
The following dealers ALSO in various parts of the
country have certified that they consider the EIgin
Watches TO be al that the Company have advertised
them, as better finished, more correct and durable
than any in market of similar price and that they
have great confidence ii recommending them 20 the
public, on account of their general merit
Wheeler, EParsons&Co ME-. jaccard & Co., SrLouis
Warren, Spadgae & Co. - y (: Csttenden tCo.. Ceyd
Middleton & Bro., n. Burt !"
7 3 ByHner u Morse, Reddin & iiaraiIt,7,
,.enTy GinneI Chicago.
Geo. Y. Frat {. Co., J. 4. HensR, Denwr, Cal.
Scott Bars, Z co., Pitisbh.M. H.. Baldwin & Co. San
pahme 4 g., Chaanati. Koqh 6ryfls, il. Orleans.
'eRkirs 4 Hatch - And over 400 others.
L. iieiebGsa, Cincinnati,
Various grades and prices made to suit different
tastes
NomoveInents retailed ythe Comply.
E5-Call on your JeweIer and ask to see the Elgin
Watches
Business Office and salesroola National Watch Com
pany.
la44ly Izo s-1Sa Lake ST.. S,2:eaSo.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-09-10

A PIcTURE.-OHe Df the Little Cofpo-
rails correspondents rouehes for the truth
of the followinga:*. :'"4' 5',s,5'',' ''f'', .
= At one Of our tfeighbors' houses was a
very bright little giff.' It cilanced once
that they had as a gaest a minister, an
esteemed friend. Little Anna watched
him closely, and finally sat down beside
him and began to draw on her slate.
~ r'.W hat are you drawing, Aana ?" ask
ed the clergyman. = .,91tt -.s5E"t"H-
la s1'semakin' your picture" answered
the child. ..It}7a 4, ~ @..s,s "a. ->s.t.s
tsa Sotlbe gentleman sat very still and
she Wdsked away earnestly for awhile
ThenssAe stopped, compared her work
with the original, and shook her little
head .ss&st* ~ tsst .a-; e .4.tt":
II don't like it. aauch,'' she said
...Tain't great deaE like you. ,dess
I'll pft a tail to it, and call it a dog"
= Fancy lis feeiings." What u like
ness il must have been p y. = ..> =.
eIEI {I4{fftE ii k.F} = i SO
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eae Congressional Injections.
xxspEcTATIONs OF THE DEMOCRATIC
- So LEADERS. .t

A Washington correspondent, taking
deliberate view of the political field,
commuaisates to the n. Y. Tribune the
result Of his observations as follows:
From conversations with many of the
monument Democratic members of Con-
ss-ess, before and since the adjournment,
sa,arn that they have strong hopes of
s,s,tipg this fall majority Of the next
T..as of Representatives. The most
asssn;as among themsare so Ihopefnl of
s.sesss ia this that they have even got
so a slste t;,r Speaker and chairmen of
~. ;mnortapt committees; and have
80 no Demo crat who is not confident
.yyse1aeine the Republican majority at
sssst aa low as fifteen or twenty. They
Stf Sraely 'uppn the prevailing dis
ss;sfaetion felt. throughout the country
~sfh &c results Of tie session just ended.
The leag tinkering with reconstruction,
the tedious quarrels about the tariff, the
1haItisg way OF treating the funding ques-
-. tie failure 90 do any thing to restore
the commerce Of the country, the cons
tantly recurring dissehsions among the
Reuablicans, aud the precipitate ad-
ioslznment, with much important busi-
neas neglected, have they think, dis
eaa9ed fhe people with Congress. AS
they aee enabled to wash their hands of
all the aims of omission and commission
Of which that body has been guilty, they
count upon q powerful reaction IN their
favef. --.- .'-
The Dempcratie strength in tie pres
ent House bf Representa- atiVes IL 66 men,
bssa., Is requires 122 .'nembers for d
naiority. They nEusttherefore gain is
msmbsgs to organize the House on the4th
lisrsh, 1871. Their chief gains they ex-
vsa x6 make In New York, Pennsylva-
ssiss, Chic, and the Southern States. The
,ssssleef the 1eoesst Judicial election in
NeW Tsrk gave them great courage, and
they declare that there are not more
than siglst or ten districts in that State
which The Republicans feel assareA .of
.ssrrying.,s I'M Ohio tthere ARE quarrels
tsAssalks he socal politicians In severaa
aistxiess md much Aara feeling on the
tasia question, wlich wih work 10 favor
!, id. do De@ocraka-a In the South they
hepe toaiake nearly a4'>oiean sweep
TIE carpet baggers have Killed the Re
The followsag saJse shows The present
/ sDemocrafic .stFength In the House, and
.rehSgalas their5 ieading politicians hope
10 asake III the CoDgfessienal elections
nov hafSe3C1x YAaN Al
The Opelousas courier., 1870-09-10

h. E1rWhateseri may BE- the. hpshot of
/ t.strategieal aHoyelnents'' Row going On,
the. annals Of warfare do not afford
greater senduranee, heloism aud pluck
than the French soldiers around Metz
have displayed for. the past two weeks.
Beset by overwhelming numbers, facing
both ways. threatened with famine and
sharI OF apimunition, these Frenchmen
fought day after day fearful odds,
scoTning 10 yield when q less brave peo-
ple would have s,accnmbed to fate.
France may lose her capital and all her
armies, but the story Of the past two
weeks will furnish d brilliant page in he'
history, as showing. what her sons can
endure and suffer fer home and father
land. r, ! ..
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"a Horrible Adventure"

The Paris Patrie sustains the we'll
earned reputation or the French press for
producing sensational anecdotes, by con-
tributing the following to that species of
literature
An adventure truly horrible, and
which, if made the subject of Il melo-
drama,. would certainly be denounced
as improbable, has Just occurred in the
environs of Viterbo, in the Pontifical
States. A cattle dealer stopped at an
inn on the road not far from the city.
He seemed very we'll satisfied with the
accommodation and with himself, and
he related to the innkeeper that he had
just made an excellent bargain about
some cattle, by which ne had netted q
sum of five thousand francs. After sup
per, he started for the city, but had not
gone far before he was attacked by three
men, who tried to get him down. He
defended himself bravely, and succeed
ed in making his escape. He returned
t6 the inn, and related,W what had happen
ed. At the same time, he said he would
sleep there, as he did not wish, for fear
of another attack, to resume his journey
until the next morning. Accordingly,
! a room was prepared for him, and he re-
tired to bed. and soon fell asleep. In
the course of the night, he awoke, and
heard some one speaking outside the
door. What be heard filed him with
horror. The innkeeper was saying to
some one, dig the hole deeper in the
garden. I will throw him out of the
window, and you can bury him at once
! The traveller understood the situation
instantly. Nhey. were going to murder
him, aud the innkeeper was in league
! with the murderers to share the plunder
and conceal his body. He Immediately
rose and dressed himself, and arming
himself with spade, which was stand
ing in a corner Of his room, he waited.
1t was not long before he heard some
one approach the door. 1t was opened
softly, and the cattle dealer saw the inn
keeper about to step into the room. He
Immediately struck the wretch dead on
the floor with the spade.
The cattle dealer then lifted Up The
body, and, opening the window, beneath
which he could perceive in the dim light
three men, and a large pit dug for him
self, he threw the innkeeper into the
yard. The three men took up the body,
| which they did not recognize, and set to
work to bury it. Tho cattle dealer, with
soat. losibg q second, csept down stairs,
opened the door of the inn, apd hurried
off to.giye inf nfornntienst stoth4 papal cara
bineefs.~ Tiey soonafrfvef At the scene
of the crime. The three. accomplices of
tile would be murderer had just finished
their dismal work. They We're immedi-
ately arrested, and recognized rs the sons
of the innkeeper. It was they, doubt
less, who, at the fustigation Of their ia
tiler, had attacked the cattle dealer on
the road. So. 3 ~. 49, ~ J. ;-:s'..7s:
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i, at - / t>3I.;sr :.I' . Il 49,. f. -
COLl..ORED INKS,
! NOTICE.

KNHEREAS, Capt. James G. Hayes has with
Wv drawn from his eandidacy for the Sheriff
atty of the Parish vi st. Landry, and it becomes
Necessary that q new nomination. should he
made: Therefore, notice is hereby given to all
the dslegatea to the last Democratic Conven,
tion, held in Opelousas on the 18th Of August
inst, that they are earnestly requested to as
sembIe at Calliham Bridge, near Opeloneas, on
SATURDAY. 10th September next. at ii O'Clock
A. NJ. for the purpose Of nominating suitable
person for Sheriff.
JOHN TARLTON, President.
J. Opelonsas, august 30th, 1870.
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THE OPELOUSAS COURIER
PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY
--BY-
JOEL H. SANDOZ>
CO pIT1oxs !:

,.CoS SDITIoNs:
S.bseripfios-Three Dollars per year, payable
In advance, or Four Dollars payable at the end
Of the year, - q; . 3asa ':in..>
4 subscriber Wishing to discontinue must give
o written notice to that effect, and settle up all
arreasages; and no subscription will be stopped
until all arrearages are paid, unless at the op-
tio,s Of the publisher. ..-e ~ls-
AdrertsiMg-Fifty Cents per square for each
insertion. Eight lines or hess constitute
square. ,,, j. ~ -:,-,,4a.f =. :ye ..,
All advertisements sent In for publication
will be inserted in English and French unless
, otherwise ortleredl until the Publisher shall
judge 1t convenient to disc0ntinue,
Candidates to public favors will pay Fifteen
DolhEs each, In advance, If they wish to be an
! nounced. /, 5e ~
Obituary Notices, Cards of Thanks, &C., to
be paid for advertisements. rs-
Personal cards. when admissible, to be ehazg.
cd ut the rate Of 20 Cents per live.
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PR1vATH BOARDING,

No. IoU Royal StFeet, NeU CTlcHns,- Ia.
MFRS. v. ACCOIN respectfully announces to
1vA the people of Oprlo,sas that she has open
ed at the above address a Boarding House where
she will receive boarders by the day, week or
month. The rooms are we'll ventilated, the &C.
com nlolations excellent, and the table is fur
the most moderate prices Families will receive
particular care aud attention. fAug6-2m
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ELGlN WATCHES
MANUFACTURED BY

TKAE NATAUNAL WATCH CO.,
PRONOUNCED By
Dealers and Connoisseurs
throughout the country to he the best time
keepers now offered to the public for
Ladies' or Gentfeasen's Use.
other Watches of either Foreign or Americafl
make Ladies' desirous Of purchasing Il hand
some: strong, and correct time-pieee will find
the elegant Watch bearing the trademark Of
LADY ELGIN," n
to be all that they desire. Inquire of your Jew
cllcr for the LADY ELGIN.
No Movements Retailed by the Company.
Business Office and Salesroom National Watch
Company, 1S9 and H8l Lake Street,
Ap2-3ni ,"4 CHICAGO, ILL.-