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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-30
New Testimony to the Good
Effects of Woman Suffrage i'm
Wyoming.

Laramie city is one of the most in
viting in its appearance of all the new
cities we have seen since leaving Omaha,
and the people are of an excellent class.
One feels at home as soon as he gets
here, and no longer feels it so great a
wonder that people are content to live
away out here among the Rocky noun
tains." The fact is, since the opening
of the Pacific railroad this and the 9TH
er places along its line, once SO far
away, are now comparatively near even
to the dweller IN the Atlantic coast.
There is M thing which perhaps ex-
plains the admirable condition of So
ciety in Laramie City. Woman vote
in Wyoming Territory and hold office.
They vote at the same time and place
as the men and we are told that there
is no connection OF confusion at the
polls. On the contrary, the highest res
pect is shown by the men to the woman
voters, and we are assured that if any
one should offer the slightest disrespeCt
or insult to a woman at the polls he
would be summarily dealt with on the
spot. Women act as jurors, and one
gentleman who was instrumental in
bringing about this state of things gave
us an interesting account of the moral
influence which the woman jurors have
exerted over the steTner sex. It ap-
pears that the women, mindful of their
high duties, and solemn responsibilities,
endeavOred to prepare themselves for
the work of each day by hulnbly seek
ing Divine assistance, by prayer-a ser
vice which it was understood was not
specially observed by the men. The re-
suit was, however, that in a short time
all the jurors began the duties of the
day by joining in the religious services
of the morning. Our informant also
told us that a western man never brings
forward the argument that the voting
by women is going to occasion discOrd
and unhappiness in the family. He
would be ashamed to thereby admit
that he was unwilling to have his wife
hold opinions, lest they might differ
from his own ; and the western man
never brings forward the argument
or statement thatitis no place for wo-
man at the polls, because of the vile
ness of the place, or of the persons
there assembled, for he would be
ashamed to thereby admit that he OF
the masses of his sex are so low that
they are lot tit to meet women in pub
lie. And so the woman question seems
to be nearly settled for the present i'll
Wyoming, or at least in Laramie City.
| ought to add that one happy result OF
the prominent place which had been
accorded to women in Laramie has been
to entirely rid the place of drinking
saloons, ONE Of unquestiOnable
character, blacklegs, and the wholerace
of prominent candidates for the prison
and the halter.-[Letter to the New
York Post.
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p. I. Barnum's Great Menagerie and
Circns is now on its way South, and as
it intends visiting this section of the
country this winter, the citizens of this
place viii see what they have never seen
before and may never see again, viz: the
largest collection of the different living
animals known in the whole world. All
this we will see in the course of time.
but there is something of greater inter,
est to be seen in our little town, which
has, within the last fewdays, sprung up
as if by magic. Itgis not "the little
church round the corner" but it is the
new Family Groceryof our young friend
William II. Cochran, situated on Main
street, just opposite the Masonic Lodge
He has just received a large assortment
of new groceries. Call around and see
William, ask him the way into his back
room, where he keeps the wholesale de-
partment, and If you don't buy some
thing before you leave, We will feel Ger
tain either you are 40 man. of tasteseo
that You lost all your money on the
election, #5Gt
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BEECHER ON LABoR.-A New York
special to the st: Louis Republican
says
Henry Ward Beecher delivered O
striking sermon tonight on the subject
of labor. He said, from applications he
received daily from young men out of
work, it must be the general impress
sion that he owns Central park, Pros
pect park, the customhouse, navy yard
and post Office. He desired it to be
known that he has No personal or poll
teal influence at Washington j; yet he
acknowledged feeling sympathy with
the 95,000 idle young men in New York,
who want to be book-Keepers aad can't
induce themselves to try TO be anything
else. He did not hold up his hands in
a~usterity and say, " Young man, 60
West" [Great laughter.l But many
OF them had rushed away from their
fathers farms before they had learned
to work. Many oil them Were of q sort
that would starve on o hundred acres
of good land, be without shelter in q
lumber yard, and be barefooted if they
owned all the leather in the swamp.
The useless man simply lies when lie
declares he is as good as any otherm "a
Mr., Reecher's text was in Ephesians,
fourth chapter, tWenty-eighth verse,
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MAsoN1c.-We are requested to state

MAsoN1c.-We are requested to state
that DR.. John G. Gordy, D. D. G. NJ,
and Grand Lecturer, of the State of
Louisiana, will visit Humble Cottage
Lodge No. 10, Gordy r. A. Chapter No.
80, and Eureka Council No. 10 at Ope-
lOusas, on the 4th and 5th of December
next. We are further requested to state
that on December 4th, at 6 o'clock, p. NJ,
he will visit Gordy Chapter officially,
and Eureka Council likewise, on the 9Th,
at the same hour. There will be work
on hand, in both bodies, which will be
disposed OF on the occasion.
We are also requested to state that
there will be a meeting of Girard Com
mandery, U. D., on the 9Th of December,
at 6 o'clock, p. NJ, E. c., NJ. E. Girard
presiding; at which time the degrees APP
pertaining to the body will be conferred,
The members of the foregoing bodies,
will please take due notice thereof and
govern themselves accordingly.
DR.. Gordy will also, we have subse-
quently learned, visit Humble Cottage
Lodge, officially, at 3 o'clock P. NJ, on
| December 4th.
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The greatest cataract in the world is
the Falls of Niagara, where the water
from the great upper Lakes forms a
river of three-quarters of a mile in
width, and then, being suddenly con
tracted, plunges V the rocks in two
columns, to the depth of one hundred
and seventy feet.
The greatest cave in the world is the
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, where
any one can make a voyage on the
waters of a subterranean river, and
catch fish without eyes. ~
The greatest river in the world is the
Mississippi, 400 miles long. s+'s'+h
The largest valley in the world is the
valley Of the Mississippi. It contains
5000 0 square miles, and is n of the
most fertile and profitable regions of
the globe. ...
The largest lake in the world is Lake
Superior, which is truly an inland sea,
being four hundred and thirty miles
long and n thousand feet deep.
The longest railroad in the world is
the Pacific Railroad, which is over three
thousand miles in length.
The greatest natural bridge in the
world is the natural bridge over Cedar
Creek, in Virginia. 1t extends across
q chasm eighty feet in width, and two
hundred and fifty feet deep, at the bot
tom of which the creek flows.
The greatest mass of solid iron in the
world is the great iron mountain in
Missouri. 1t is three hundred and fifty
feet high and two miles in circuit.
The largest deposits of anthracite
coal in the world are in Pennsylvania
the mines of which supply the market
with millions OF tons annually, and ap-
pear inexhaustible.
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The Warning has been Meeded.-sinee

ARG w 0FhA9S mas DeGm A~AeeAcOs-olnCt
the exposure of the attempts made by certain
INSCRIPTIONS local dealers, to palm off their
coarse astringcnts, made from cheap and I'M
pure materials, i'll the place of the great Ma
tiOmal tonic, HOStcttcr'S Stomach Bitters, public
opinion has set strongly against these empires
and their preparations. Their occupation is
gone, or soon will lie. When the light is let into
deception it soon wits down. Persons who
tIit1e with their own health, by using unknown
preparations, with no guarantee to sustain
them, when an established specific, proven by
twenty years experience to be exactly what it is
claimed to be, is within their reach, arc sure to
repent their temerity. Many have done so i'll
this instance, but it is hoped that the truth
plainly spoken has arrested the evil. In the
meantime, the demand for the leading pro-
tcctivc and rcstorativc medicine of America was
never so great as it has been this season. From
the fever and ague districts of the west. south
west, and south, it is literally overwhelming.
and it may he said of the adviceS from all parts
OF the country of the cures it is ~effecting in
dyspepsia, bilious complaints, and chronic con
stipatiOn, that their name is legion Every
where the sick and feeble seem to have realized
the Importance of "hOlding fast that which is
good" and of avoiding what is serious and
dangerous.
The numerous "Bitters,' under various names,
which mcrcenary dealers endeavort to substitute
for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, should be
avoided, for their own Sakes, by the sick and
the public at large. Hostetter's Bitters are
procurabe in bottle only, and never sold in
bulk.
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Leaf Fail.
Fall-let them fall around;

Fall-let them fall around;
Fall, on the re&dening ground;
Fall, as we fall away from life's sere tree,
Into the ocean of eternity
Lost, swallowed up, and drowned.
Fall, though the sun is high,
And bright and blue the sky;
Yet every SOughing wind its myriad sends,
Falling, still falling, as false-hGartcd friends
In our adversely.
Yet while they fall, still fall,
A BONNER light than all,
\ hluer sheen than yOn autumnal sky,
Shines on me, as l feel thy love lit eye
Dispel my beings thral.
We walk, those leaves above,
Thy soft voice, like the dove,
Low ~mFlrnuring; or as when, the woods among
On morn of Valentine, the wild birds song
Whispers her mate of love.
So let them fall away,
Friends of the summer day
False friends, who cannOt bear affiictiOn'S test
l know the love that liveth i'll thy breast
Will never fall away.
Never! Not even when
Beyond earth'S narrow ken,
Like dead leaves tluttering in the autumn tide.
We two have passed, our love shall still abide
Shall have grown perfect then.
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I wish I was a Printer,
Ircally do indeed,
1t seems to me that printers
Get every thing they need.
Except money.-Ed.)
They get the largest and the best
Of every thing that grows,
And get free into circuses
And other kind OF shows.
(By giving an ~equivalent.)
The biggist bugs will speak to him
No matter how they dress.
A shabby coat is nothing,
If you OWN a printing press.
(PUlicy y
At ladies' fair they're almost Rugged
By pretty girls, you know;
They will crack upon every thing
That ladies have to show.
ca slanderD
And thus they get a elbow out" free
At every party feed,
The reason is because they write
What other people read.
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80 nov. 1870
SoRn j. Morgan, AdPriai"trntor, VS.. nj

1ORnB D. Morgan, Administrator, VS., nj
chard L. Bihm ct ais.
NOUR. DE DISTRICT, PAROTSsE ST. LAM
dfy.-No 12115.-En vertu Dun writ 4fe.5itri
ftacias, lance par Honorable LII Huiticme Coin.
dc District de rEtat &c IL Louisiana, dams ct
pour la. ParOisse st. Landry, dams lie process cf-
desStts mtitnle, ct Il moi idrcssG, ie eprDr6dcrai
q Nendre a Pencan public, 4 In Maison lie Corr
&c Ia cute paro1sSc, dams la vile DIES ODclousa4.
ie SAMEDI, 4 Janvier, 1879, 4 onze herIes dI
marin, les prophecies ei-aPres dfcrftcs, sayoir-
Tn certain mOrcBaudc ferrc situG sur lie Raven
WaXia, dams Ii PaFOissc st. Landry. La, rt
etant lc qsstrt nOFd-est fractiOnaire de In SECTION
NO ~ township No. 5, au sud de Ia raugEe No.
8 east, contenant 6s 3nIl0a acres superficieIs: lie
quart nord-OueEt do Ia section No. 81, dams L.
township No, 3, All sud de Ia rapg6e No. 5 est.
conTehaNf f5J 99E100 acres, ct aussi 1853 acres,
etanf aHsSt Ia portion Qe Jacob Bihm, decide
d'ul4 certain moroccan de teTTe situG en- In pa,
rolsse ". Landry. fafsant face sur Ie Bay0Tp
COuftaDfeaa SaIE I'M tSnacG de 81 bllOO chnEpns.
CT eauraRt en- arftere 100 6OllG0 chafncS. beImE
an noEd par le Bayou Waxia, II Pest mar les ter-
res dc Jacob Bihm, au sud par lc Ray0u Corr
tanteal, ct a POucst par les terses [e Jacob
Fatey, eontcnant environ SIT aeyGS SuperficieIs-
/ ayant etc dOnnG O1ginaireIHehr Il Francois Wi
koI, par 10 Commencement RSpagnol, cOntenant
en- tout 1916 acres, plus ON mOins, avec tontes les.
batlsses ct aInell0RatiOrati0ns qui sly trnurept.
Saisies par ordre de In COur.
Opnditions-COmptant
L, O, HAYES, Sheriff.
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The Woes OF WOODHULL.-It seems
| did not err i'll guessing that the conse-
quence Of Mrs. WOODLANDS last sensa-
ton would not be what she desired.
That energetic and indecent woman,
with her worthy sister, Miss Cla1in, is
immured in Ludlow street Jail, andlike-
ly, from present indications, to remain
there for some time. The name of Mr..
Beecher has not beenpublicly connected
with her arrest, but everybody in New
on him was the real cause of her present
misfortune. Had she left Mr.. Beecher
alone, it is doubtful il the authorities
would have taken any particular notice
other Observation-Disclosures Of course
[ mean the Federal authorities, for it is
to them she owes her present OppOrtuni-
ties for calm reflection. Both Vic and
Tennie e placed in durance vile by
L, 5, Deputy Marshals, while their as
s~Ociate, Col, Blood, was arrested by the
local authorities for libel, on complaint
Of the e~x-brOker, Challis, and their other
associate, the erratic and absurd Stephen
Pearl Andrews, got into trouble in the
same way. It is % terrible come-dOwn
for the Woodruff Claflin Blood An
drews cOterie since the time mot very
long since) when they occupied amagni-
fcent mansion on Murray Hill, andwere
frequently visited there by many of the
w%edlthiest men in New York, And a
very peculiar feature of their case IL the
appearance of old Clatlin in court as a
witness against his daughters. This,
no doubt, they consider the unkindest
cut of an.-CSeymOur.
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80 r--# 4=EE#%+ +#Z[#-+ @E=hEs#=
.ThereisaWonderful anaountof insanity
dormant in the community, and ready
10 burst forth on the occasion OF some
great excitement OF calamity, All who
have read OF the great London fire maj
remember the story of SolmOn Eagle,
who rushed through the streets calling
on the people to do penance, as the end
of the world was Of hand. During the
height Of the Rosbon fire q frenzied in.
dlYIagall ialplored the excited citizens
repent 0f their many sins. and Others
who had lost their senses were to be
seen laughing hideous1y at the flames
We remember that last winter some oil
our ministers took occasion to describe
the Chicago c0nflagrati0n ais a punish.
ment for the sins Of that city: but what
lesson viii sneh moralists draw from the
burning OF Boston TN, 7, Sun.
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SYMPTOMATIc.-The following $50
ciety" anecdOte is just imported from
Brooklyn, n. y: A Republican and a
DemOeratOf that city, standing together,
saw approaching n man under the in
huence Of corn juice. Said the Repub-
lican: -.
81 will bet five dollars that that man
is a Democrat.
"Taken," replied the Democrat; "but
you must ascertain the fact from the
man himself"
AS the topper approached he was ac-
cOsted by the Republican:
"My friend, | have just made a bet on
you, which you are to decide. Ihave bet
my frjienpd, here that yon are a Democrat.
well" replied Mr.. Cornjuice; 81 am
sorry to say you have lost your money
| acknowledge I've got the symptoms, 6u1
not the disease !"-[Harper's Magazine
for November.
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A case came up before the Supreme
Court of Kentucky, a few days ago, on
a petition for al Injunction to prohibit
the Infringement Of the trade mark of
the so3 called EBal o Of Youth The
ground that the cosmetic is a dangerous
and poisonous compound that equity
will not protect; aud the chief Justice
added q dissertation on cosmetics In gen.
eral, in which he advised ladies to
eschew them altogether. The Chicago
Times says there is something ludicrous
in the idea of so august a tribunal ad-
m%onishing the gentler sex in matters of
the toilet, butthe admonitiOn is none the
less a wise one. It can not be doubted
that all powders and other cosmetics,
however harmless their ingredients, are
not only. injurious to the health but
also, in the end, impair the complexion
that they are usedtoimprove.-[Weekly
Call, .t-
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How 70 pEgHe8 sRURIovs GREEN
RAGKs.-Fo discover spurious green
back, Or national bank notes, divide Tile
last two figures of the number Of the bill
by four; and il one remain, the letter of
the genuine viii be a If two remain, it
will be B; If three, G.; and should there
be no remainder, the letter will be D.
For example: a note is registered 2,46t
divide sixty-one by four, and You will
have n remaining. According to The
rule, the letter ON the note viii be A.
In ease the rule fails, be sure the bill is
counterfeit.
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Onezime Carrierc vs.. .Tobn Ie,roiI T5rI.


PARISH COURT, ST IANDRY.-No. 1878
BY virtue 81 an order of seizure and sale il.
sued qnt Of the honorable Parish Court. in and
f9r the Parish of st. Landry, in the above entf-
tied suit, and to me directed, I viii proceed tn
sell, at public auction, to- tha highest bidder at
the Courthouse ct saia parrish, in the town OF
Opelousas, 1l SATURDAY, the 4th dav Of
January. 1873, at eleven o'clock NJ, tina fpfiew-
ing described property, tO-Wit- ~
4 plantation situated at FGatFie Basse, Parish
OF p. landry, lneaSuFlAg ntnety-twe superficial
arpents, more or less, bounded north by land nj
Am4eI2ise Vain, east by land OF DF. Rahort II.
south by lands Of VilleneUv5 Boordeion, toeether
with allthe buildings and Improvement thereon.
being the aanle property. purchased by vendor
frln4 OneZtme Carriere, the 4th April. 1851. nv
act before Recorder of St. Landry, recorded in
book ", page 5O6, and which has beeu purchased
by petitioner from Pierre ROusselOn. by act thp
18th Decomber, 1s43, as per act before Fierre La
byche, then Notary Of said Parish, and NUN
Seized lni the, above suit.
Ffrms-Eash on the gCrut. '..uf..
E.. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
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THE HEAFHEN CHINEE LEARNING TO
SMOKE.-A New York Mail letter tells
how a Chinaman learned TO smoke q
cigar: Gas the putfs e4rled out from
his lips his face was Wreathed in smoke
and smiles HetOok it out and in silvery
accents said, "Him good" Here a pause
and more puffs of smoke. ""Him heap
good" Another pause and the pUfatas
more rapid. Him bully heap gdod."
up to Tie eig5r. aaHm Berry billy heap
good" Here both hands went I'D and
the silence was broken by "Him
big berry bully heap gQQl!A And then
a change came oyer the spirit of his
dream as his face 'changeedffr from pie crust
to dust and ashes, and things assumed a
tinge no longer celestial but ceruEean,
until, with a gesture indescribable IN its
expressiYepess, he slowly enumerated,
" Him muchee mfehee big berry bully
heap good, but me no berry well here.n
Here he took off his washing basin, as
sumedan attitude Indicative of digestive
disarTangement, and-let history draw
a veil over what followed.
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OneZiTae Cnrriere VS.. John Jewell TaOlOr
NQUR DE PAROIssE, ST. LANDRY-No, 137s.
y En- vertu dun ordre de saisie ct dc yente,
lance par honorable la Cour de Paroisse, dams
ct pour la ParoisseSt Landry, dams Ie process d.
dosSlls intitul6, 1t q moi adress6, te vendraf IN
Vente nNhllque, au plus Otfrant eneherisseIIr, 4
Ia Mais0n de Ceur de Ia dite paroisse, en- Ia Vile
dOpelousaS, lie sAMEDI, 4 Janvier, 1878, 4
ONE herres du matiR, Ia propri6tG ciaprGs de-
critic, savOiT- "
Une haDItatiOn sitnGe dams Ia Prairie Basse
Par0lsae st, Landry, mesurant 80 arpents syl11cr,
nclGls, borne au nurd par Ia terre d'Ambr1is4
FallIt, a Test par Ia terTe du DR.. Robert III, LIT
tell, aPouest par lc marais ct Tersine, ct mn sIid
par les terres de Villeneuve BOrdelOn, ensemble
aVec toutes les batisses ct am6iiorations GrIi s'y
tfollyent, etant lamtme pFeprittG aehet6e narI IL
vendeurdO neZime CRPT#ere, lie 4 Avril 1891 mar
I'm acte passe dQTHnt lie Recorder de st. Landrv.
enreg1stre dams lie livre W, page 500, In dife ~
D3tatloA ayant etc achet6G par 10 p4titi0naire de
Plerre Rousselon, par I'm act passe lie s Deem
pre- 1913, CONNIE II appeFt par I'M act pass6s par
GeTant Pierre LahyGhe, en- ce temps-la NOta,rA
acts. '" '">
Satste par ordre de la Cour.
ConditiOns-COmptant.
L. O, HAYES, Sheriff..
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nov. 80,
NOelnie curt VS.. II mphrosine NezaI
and her husband

Hlb@ AACA 41NLSDAIIA
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF SF. Ian
- dry.-NO. 10507.--By virtue of O writ of feri
facias, issued out of the honorable the Eighth
District Court, Of the State Of louisiana, in and
for the Parish Of ST. Landry, in the above emit
tied suit, and to me directed, 1 viii proceed TO
sell, ct public auction, to the highest hfller, Mt
the Courthouse OF said parish, in tho town of
Opel0usas, on SATURDAY, the 4th day of
January 1873, at eleven o'clock A. NJ, the follow
ing described property, tO-wit-
l. A certain tract of land being q plantation.
situated OH the left bank of the Bayou TGche,
measuring six arpentS front on said bayou. on
slXty-slx arpents deep, making three hundred
and nInety-siX superficial arpents, more or less,
together with All the buildings and Improve.
ments, said property bounded on the NORTH by
lands of Mesggs. Honore and Felix Deiean, south
by land belonging to the estate of Antoine Negat,
decease1s, aud west by the Bayou Teche, and ON
| ed.
2. A tract of swamp land, SIX aTpents 'front.' on
eighteen deep, making one hundred and eighteen
superficial arpcnts, bounded north and southa<
the above described plantation, east by Lands
belonging to the heirs of the late Charles Barre
and on the west by the plantation above des
| crihed. r-us
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot. r
| nov. so, 1872.
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We have seen in one of the papers an
article upon "The power of Music" in
which the writer describes how, when
he would play his flute at the parlor
window, q toad would come out from
under the door step and appear to drink
in the delicious melody with an air Of
rapturouS exultation. This must be the
man who lived across the street from us,
We have noticed several times that a
toad came out and sat on the step when
the nan began to play the flute; but we
always thought it was for the purpose of
ascertaining whatsOrt of an idiot it was
making such a horrible racket in a
peaceful ueighbOrhood. Sure enough,
day before yesterday, when playing
began, out came the toad, unable to
stand it any longer. chad 4npther toad
with him, and they went and got the lid
Of an, old Backing box, and fixed a
string to it, and packed into it their
little store of dead flies and things, and
three OF four small tOads, and all their
domestic eQmf0rts, and htched on to
that string and began to move down
the street in search of a new residence.
Yes, animals have an appreciation of
music, and knowing that fact, we have
often wondered how this toad stood it
so close to that man with the flute.
[MQx Adeler.