davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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1btas -Boasunger, $40 with odds Of 500, o7o
Ubassy, 300. uo<,E
Loraest Yuns-Beaaungn, ,'b3, 81; ubossy, 0l, 1l1s
Tina Of pame-Ihree hours and quarter.
THE TURF,

snetta, Dts17ateh to Ths Chteaco Tribune,
PEg1N. Ill.,, Juno 12-The second DAY Of thc
Centrol Illinois Blood Horse Association moot
ing was well attended, and the racoa passed on
quito satisfactorily. Tho first race was dash
Of threo-Quartorn Of milo, for 2-year-o!dB, 1or
a purse o} e175, and was won by Coyd'a Billy
Buck, beating Wrall, Top-sawyer, and Minnie in
TIC second raoe, daah Of ono mile, free to al,
for purse of s16o, was won by !. Lloyd'a
choatnut hlly, boating Melroeo, Nick Baker.
flanagan, and First National in 1:4411.
Tho third race, milo heats, bost three In five,
froo to all, for a purse Of $500. was won BY Bart
Loonara, beating Hunky DoEns Roxy, and Alin-
tara In three straight heats. Tinc-l:48, l:doE,
I:48h. Tho racing will continue on Friday and
Saturday, with large ontries for all Iaco8.
Sptctal Dispaich to Tho Chicago TFi6nne.
ZANRBy1LLE, o., Juno 11.-lhe attentnnce ae
tho second days race Of tho Zanesvtl1o Driving
Park to-day was much larger than yoaterday, and
tho Bport WAS unusually 1no. The hrht race Mas
q running ono for purse OF $500, and resulted
as follows:
Hartford
Mollj1 Cnds.
Tlme-l:41)A; 1:4ok.
Tic SECOND race was q trot Tor purse OF $500,
resulting as followa:
Capt, Jack.
ThTnBon.. ....-.-.-ss.s......s.'s+,s.
Billy .s.t'.''.':.
A'"sD'' Time-a:4sX iii a:io.i.
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DEATHS.


FULLEn-At 8 .. M, June H. Maggie MeKtohans
wt(e Of William II. Fuller, sgod "a yeaEb months, and
II days.
Funeral on Friday, 18th, at 2p. 3D.. from tho resdcnoe
Of har father, Ma Minhtgau-av.
LONG-Juno H. 1873, Van Hollis Long, infant son OF
Eugoao O. and II. X. Long, sged moutha and y dsyt.,
Funeral &t tho read0noo Of the phrent6, h1naood,
Hyde PnEk, Friday, lsth Inst, at o'clock. p.
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AIR AND EXERCISE. Thelate DIR. Mar
shall Hall, of England, said: If were
seriously i'll of consumption, | would
live out of doors day and night, except
in rainy weather or midwinter; then I
would sleep in an upholstered log house.
Physic has no nutriment; gasping for air
cannot cure you; monkey capers in a
gymnasium cannot cure you, and stimu-
lants cannot cure. What consumptives
is air, not physic-pure air, not medi-
Gated Gir-plenty of g. meat and
bread, "etc. These emphatically deliver
ed opinions Of one of the very greatest
of psychologists and medical practition-
ers of the nineteenth century, are GER
tainly worthy of notice by themultitude
of those afflicted with throat and lung
diseases. He might have added in this
place what he and all other really in
telligent and sound practitioners Of this
age maintain, viz: that free and regular,
not fatiguing and uncertain, bodily ex-
ercise in the open air, is an eminently
important aid in the permanent restora-
ton of health, and should be persevered
in. It may be termed an essential.
That on horseback is the best of all
modes continue it almost irrespective
of weather.
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How TO TREAT CHILDREN.-Loose,
light, clean clothing, covering the en-
tire body. TO be changed each day, if
possible.
Battle the infant morning and eve
ming in simple tepid water, and dry
thoroughly; Use no spirits OF washes
of any kind.
Keep rooms and all bedding clean
and well aired.
Feed Il nursing infant for artificial
food on bread and milk only, and not
Oftener than every two or three hours
occasionally teaspOOnful Of cool (nOt
iced) water, but let no other material
whatever pass its lips. Tt must not be
nursed more than once between bedtime
and rising. Give it water by the tea
spoonful ii it cries. .@.
Feed the bottle-fed infant as follows:
Boiled fresh cows milk diluted one
third with sweetened barley water.
Milk and little lime water. Water oc-
casiOnally to drink, but not another ar
ticle Of food. Especially avoid farina,
corn starch, arrow root, etc. Give the
bottle as often as in rule f. "'.''.
When the child Tomits after taking
food do not give itanymOre for @ couple
of hours. The fact of its vomiting
shows its stomach for some cause does
not tolerate the food; SO give it rest,
and thus the stomach will recover, and
at the end of couple of hours will re-
ceiye and digest the food.
If the bowels are loose, do the same
as above, feeding the child sparingly,
onl y every three or five hours; keep it
quiet, apply warm mustard cloths to it's
abdomen, and if feVerish, give it hot
bath. Give no patent medicines, de-
coGtions, or other remedies. If it does
not get better in twelve hours, send for
a doctor.
The. above rules if carefully attended
to will serve all the purposes of a Home
Opathic Physician and be much better
and cheaper-[National Independent.
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The BEST WAY TO SET HENs.-The
usual way is to allow hen to set where
she has been accustomed to lay. But,
many times, the best is where other fowls
go to lay. AS q consequence, q dispute
and rough contest viii often occur for
possession, during which some Of the
eggs will be broken. A setting hen
should be provided with quiet place,
where nothing will molest her during the
period of incubation; and where she viii
be, comfortable during cold weather.
We have known hens to fOrsake their
nests when in a cold and airy corner,
even after they had been sitting q week
or more. .. .-f -r. rs-... ..-
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DRY (sOOTDs. GROCERTBs. 40.
TUsT ARREvED.. 8
Ladies, Head the News!
CAMILLE ROOs


as CAMILLE ROOS
Having just returned by last boat, from New
Orleans, with FULL and BEAUTIFUL STOCK.
OF MERCHANDISE, invites all, both Ladies
and Gentlemen to call and examine his stock,
which they will find complete In every article
they may need. ." 81
GENTS FINE READY-NTADE CLOTHING,
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, GLOVES, ETC, '>' H.
LADIES' VERY FINE DRESS GOODS, such as
FINE GRENADINES, fsss+. t.s s
BLACK AND COLORED ALPACAs, .,
MOURNtNGGOoDs, r..
JAPANESE CLOTHS, (all shades and prfces)
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF HOSIERY,
LADIES' MISSES AND CHILDREN's TRIM
MED HATS, ~;
LATEST STYLES OF SHOES, h..
Also full stock of
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, WoODENWARE, TINWARE,
TOBACCO, CIGARS, WHISKY, ANIsETTE,
&C. &C. &C
At very low prices to suit the times
FINE JAPANESE CLOTHS at from Is to IS cts
per yard. r.5 . g, ..,
CHOICE FLOUR (guaranteed) at 81 per barrel
Highest prices paid for
COTTON, HIDES, WOOL,
And all other produce, at
..-.r r.s+ CAMILLE ROOs',
Cor. Main and North Streets, Opelousas.
april5-tf -4..
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From all reports communicated to US
by q aVarietY of the farmers of this parish,
we feel safe in saying that our cotton
crop will about average one half of the
yield of good crop through the whole
parish. It certainly will not average
more than this. 1t is certain that the
ravages OF the boll-Worm and caterpiI-
lar, and the shedding of young bolls and
forms oceasioned by too much rain in
August and too little since, have des-
troyed fully one half of what would have
been produced otherwise. Perhaps it is
well that it isso. Nothing, it seems, but
repeated disaster and acual suffering
will induce farmers to plant less cotton
aud more corn and small grain.
[Bienvile Times.
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MISCELLANEOUS
0RPW YEAR HIN DRUGS AND
MED

MEDICIN 81!
The freshest and puTest always on hand, Mt
wholesale and retail, at the welEknown
st. Landry Drug store and Med
icaI Depot,
Established A. D., 1s48l
Where can be found every article in the medical
line, besides Paint, Window Glass, Toilet ar
ticles and Perfumery, School and Blank Books
and Stationery of every variety.
Vi a fuH assortment of GaFlea Seeds from Ian
dreth, guaranteed fresh and genufne.1
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars.
Pure Wines and Liquors for medical use only.
The undersigned, assisted by his son, dRyotes
his time almost entirely to e0mpounding and
dispensing
RELIABLE REMEDIES.
Hoping thus by unremittlng devotion to his
calling and sincere desire to meet the wants
OF his friends and customers, to continue TO de-
serve their patronage and esteem.
JOHN P0SEY, Apotheeary, DC.
sept. ae-H,
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Two amusing answers of the son of a
western senator at West Point are re-
corded. On being asked into how many
pieces a discharged spherical shot win
burst, he replied, Unto two, at least,
sir, should think !" and on being asked
what was the uses of the vent in piece
OF. ordinance, replied, after mature con-
sideration, that it showed the upper side
of the gun, and was useful to spike it
with. - --.-
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CAN Your FRUIT.-We believe fruit
ought to be the commOnest, cheapest
and most universally used article of
diet. ltshOuld be more general than
bread, vegetables or meat; for it should
be eaten with them all and at all meals !;
and IN order that we may have O good
variety of it through the year, the pro-
cess of canning should be begun when
the first fruit .ripens, and kept up
through the fruit season.
A few cans of Strawberries, gUOseber-
ries, currants, rasberries, cherries, black
berries, peaches, pears and plums, will
afford fruit luxury every day in the
year. Those who have choice apples
may can n portion and so preserve
them through the year. To be canned,
the fruit must be cooked and pntsu up hot
Let the can be filled full when heated
to the boiling point, and then sealed
The process is very simple with the self
sealing cans. They are filled and then
sealed with screw stopper which screws
in air-tight. f1h5sf'7-, .s'."s.#
All fruit should be sweetened and
made ready for the table before being
put into the cans. The whole secret Of
preserving fruit in cans is, simply keep
ing it from the air. 1t is heated to ex-
clude all the air from the openings in
the fruit, and sealed when hot to keep
out the air as much as possible from
any vacant places that may be left be-
tween the fruit and the cover. Every
woman should know how tos can fruit
as well as make bread. No young wo-
man should be regarded as marriage
able till she knows how to can fruit in
the best order. Let the canning pro-
cess be carried on with vigOr, and every
family supplied with fruit.-TColman's
Rural World. -.
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A BRUTAL MURDER.-Our citizens
were Mortified day or two since by the
story of murder near Black Lake. As
nearas we can gather them the partic-
ulaPs are as follows. Two men viz,
Bladon and Jenkins were partners in
crop, A disagreement occurring, Bladon
during the absence of Jenkins, talked
very roughly to the latters wife, and
threatened terrible things for j. On his
return J. met B. in the field an a rencOun-
ter ensued the particulars of which have
not transpired. Jenkins however left
the field, and getting his gun from the
house, returned to BladOn, and shot
him first in the shoulder. B. seems to
have attempted fight, but was pursued
by j. and again shot, this time more
fatally, the shot ranging through the
vital parts of the body. But influenced
by the most determined ferocity, he then
attacked and struck him twice with his
gun, crushing the skull, both behind and
before! and after all cut his victims
throat so deeply as almost to sever the
head from the body. Jenkins at once
sold all pertaining to the place, fed,
leaving his wife and child at a relatives.
Bladon was known as an outcast, utter
ly dead to all good and had imbued his
own hands in the blood of several men.
OF Jenkins we know but little, but that
little is favorable rather than otherwise.
He is said to be young man, and may
have been influenced by fear of q des-
perad0, as well as anger at wrongs done
him. WO give the story as we have
heard it ON the streets, and beyond this
have no personal knowledge. .'s
EBienville Times, Oct. 3
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FEED FOR PRODUCING MILK.-The
Practical Farmer say: "It is well settled
in the opinion of all our best dairymen,
that bran greatly promotes the milk Sc
cretion in cows, and it is fed almost uni
yersally. About equally mixed with
corn meal is the usual proportion. The
mixture seems to promote both quality
and quantity of milk. From several
sources we hear that buckWheat bran is
a great milk producer, and it is now being
used considerably among our Chester
county dairymen, in about the same pro-
portions as the other" Thomas Cav
thTop, near w est Grove, Chester county,
also by repeated trials with his own
COWS, has fully satisfied himself that they
do as we'll with corn and cOb-meal and
bran as with pure cOrn-meal and bran.
The amount of nutriment in corn-cobs
is so very small that this result will have
to be explained on the suppOsitiOn of
the ground cob, acting to promote di-
position by distending the stomach. The
gresence of bulky material being neces-
sary to promote distension and fill up
the stomach of ruminating animals
before perfect digestion can be accom-
plished is frequently lost sight of. Hun
garian grass is also found for milch cows
to be rather superior to the ordinary
run of hay. The last year or two Hun
garian grass has loomed up wonderfully
in the estimation Of our dairy farmers,
and large scope of land will be sowed
with it the coming season. 1t natures
for cutting in about sixty days, and pro-
duces two to four tons per acre, the lat
ter, of course, on good soils. Three
pecks to the acre is the usual allowance
of seed, Where a good hay market is
convenient this substitution of Hunga-
rian grass for common hay in home feed
ing viii be clear additional source Of
profit. @
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DRYGOODs, GROCERIES. sc.


NHEAP FOR CASH! ..
JUST RECEIVED
j Q $. BLOCH g. CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO BLOCH & DUPRE.)
Corner Of Main and Bellevue Streets.
Opelousas, La,
A
MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT
OF
= p r I N G GOOD s.:
Comprising one of the
L. A u G e 9 T AND B e ST
Assortments Of Goods ever brought to Opelou-
sas in Dress Goods. The Stock is Complete.
SILKS OF ALL SHADES AND CoLoRs,
GRENADINES, MozANfBIQUEs, TOILE
DU NORD, PERCALEs, LINEN
LAWN, JACONETs,
PIQUEs, &C.
ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES:
LADIES' sETTs, COLLARS AND SLEEVES,
VALENCIENNE AND PATENT LACE,
The above goods are of the latest STYLES, and
nave been selected with extraordinary care by
an experienced buyer.
NOTIONS, TRIMMINGS, LAUEs AND BBAEDS,
In Endless Variety.
/ N BL A @ X G OOD
THE MOST COMPLETE LINE:
IRON FRAME GRENADINES, ga DEIAINEs
BLACK ITALIAN CLOTH, BLACK
ALPACA.
Of all qualities-from the finest down.
We have also received a Complete Line OF
Gents Spring and Summer Clothing,
Mems Underwear, Gloves, GauntIets,
.. Cravats, Hosiery, &c, &c,
Groceries and Plantation Bupplies,
Hardware, Tinware, Croclxen,y-
.sis.s WARE Willoyv@vvaGes sc. -, ii.
We respectfully solicit call feeling assured
we can give full satisfaction in every depart.
ment. Polite Clerks in attendance and nc
trouble to show goods
Everything Marked Down at the Lowest Figure,
FOR CASH and CASH ONLY.
may 17-tf JOS. BLOCH & co.
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Hung by the Vigilance.
From the vermilHonville Cotton-Bon, Oct

From the Vermilhonville Cotton Boil, Oct 81
We had hoped, and were under the
impression that the Vigilance Com
mittee of our neighboring parish had
finished their work; but learn from a
reliable source that such is not the case.
Last Saturday the committee hung O
man by the name of SEVERN Boudreaux
who lives (or did ive) near Long Point,
in the parish of Vermilion, and was
we'll known to many of the citizens of
this parish. The crime of which this
man was accused is too dark, too
damning to pOllute the columns of our
paper.
lFrom the Iberia Progress Oct. Ill
We are reliably informed that on the
4th inst, Sevene Boudreaux, a planter
on Bayou VermiliOn, was hung in
presence Of his entire family, the same
being composed of his wife and quite
a number Of children at his residence
on Bayou Vermilion, by an organization
OF men styling themselves q Vigilance
committee"
1t seems that for some time past BOu-
dreaux has been living on bad terms
with his second wife, and was accused
by his stepsOn, before the said vigilance
committee, with counterbranding some
cattle belonging to Jean. Leblanc, also a
personal enemy of BOudreaux's. Now
splracy to deprive BOudreaux of his
life, to accomplish, God only knows
what object of his enemies.
We We're personally acquainted with
the deceased for many years, and ex-
cept that he had the reputation of being
somewhat hot headed when aggrieved,
never, from any source whatever heard
OF his being either a dishonest, or bad
man, in any respect. AS far as appear
ances would go to justify the presump-
ton even OF the truth of such an ac-
cusation, we must honestly say, that
We should have to see B0udreaux COM
mitting felony, to have believed him
capable of one, as he certainly could
never have done the same from want in
any shape, for we know him to bea person
above want, and of means generally
acceeded to amount to eight or ten
thousand dollars.
It has been asserted publicly, and Of
ten, that His Excellency, Gov. w. P.
Kellogg, sanctioned the proceedings of
the VermilliOn Ku Klux, for they are
nothing more nor less in the aye Of the
law, and common sense, which we take
upon ourself to pronounce lie!!!
knowing him personally to be not only
good lawyer, but a man of common
sense and reason, and in no way sub
ject to attacks Of lunacy, also Repre-
sentative Republican Of this age, and
for those reasons alone, in favor of law
and order.
Now if the men who are charging
about SO industriously in Verlnilion
Parish, with rope in hand, would spend
one half of the endeavours expended in
assisting the officers of the law in ar
resting the cattle thieves of their par
ish, and in obtaining legitimate proof
of their crime, they could do not only
the people Of Vermilion good but could
when the time comes, and come it will,
die with clear conscience and guilt
less hands.
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A writer in the COncordia E0qLe fur
nishes the following particulars in the
life of the late Judge Crawford, recently
assassinated:
He was a native of Kentucky, and
came to Louisiana as early as 1910 or Il =,
he first located at HarrisOnburg, in
CatahOula parish, where he fitted him
self for admittance to the Louisiana bar,
and was admitted at the session of the
Supreme Court at Alexandria, in the fall
of 1849. He then removed to and settled
at Columbia, where he remained to the
time of his death. t......
He was a man of very superior in
tellect, firm and Unyielding in bis prin-
ciples, and attained a high degree of
eminence in his profession. As a erirni-
nal lawyer he had few equals and scarce
ly q superior in the State.
In reference to Mr.. Harris an exchange
says: Gen. Harris, so ruthlessly murder
ed, was brother of ReY. George c.
Harris, of St. Mary's Protestant Episco-
pal Church of Louisville. The deceased
gentleman was a native of Kentucky
and graduate from Oxford University in
1852, entering Immediately upon the
practice of his profession, in which he
very soon reached q high position. Al
though Democrat in politics, he was
at the time of his death State District
Attorney, place to which he had beon
elected by large vote of his district,
| the people of which gave him their CON
fidence TO an unusual degree.
The New Orleans Democrats turned
| out to hang Blanchard for the frauds he
| committed in 1870. They regarded him
| as "mOnstrous and Infamous last fall.
| And yet they entrusted him with the en-
tire charge Of their election and say they
offered him no recompense whatever.
Their touching confidence in his spotless
patriotism must have been truly Won
derfnl.-[ Vaudeville Wave.
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uOw TO Paw YOUR TAXES.
US.

CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY,
OPELQUsAS, LA.
Morning Services on the end and 18th Sundays
at II A. NJ.
Egening Services on the lat and 3rd Sundays
at Il. NJ
Evening Prayer every Friday at 5 P, H.
Sunday School every Sunday at $50 4. II.
REY. n MACFARLANE.
aug 9-tf Rector.
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State Of Louisiana,
Executive Denartment.

New Orleans, October 9, 1878. }
A. L. Hayes, Esq, sheriff, Iberia Parish !:
Sir--lnfOrmation reaches the execu-
tive department that under pretext OF
furnishing cattle thieves, a so-called Wig
iilance committee has been organized
in your parish and adjoining parishes,
and that number of citizens have been
killed without pretence of trial or in
terventiOn of law.
You will please at once take measures
to put an end to these lawless proceed
ings and should you find your posse in
sufficient for this purpose, you will be
sustained by the whole power of the
State government; and if need be and
the facts appear to justify it, the inter
yention of the United States authorities
will be applied for under the Ku-Klux
act.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this
communication and advise me what
steps you have taken in pursuance
thereof c. G.. ANTOINE,
Acting Governor.
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Those VigiEaMGes.


In some of the Teche parishes where
stealing hog is accounted q greater
crime than killing Il man, the virtuous
citizens recently formed themselves in
to vigilance committees for the exter-
mination of cattle stealers, and in that
capacity hanged a number of people,
white and black, without troubling the
courts. Governor Antoine was yester-
day waited upon by delegation from
the parishes of Vermilion and Iberia
who informed him that under the pre-
text of hunting cattle thieves, these so.
called Vigilantes were indulging in out
RACES of the most atrocious character.
After investigating the facts the Acting
Governor addressed the following vigO-
rOus letter of instructions to the Shoritf
Of Iberia, and similar one to the sheriff
of VcrmiliOn:
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WI1HITa NEE IRIS,
ETs6sES III NEsl1TTS.

kM4 d Son, ISL Bread way, H. W will tfiseOse AZ
100 Pianos aid Organs of flrst-elass makers In.
elaalng Waters a6 extremely low nrices for
cash. on part cash, and balance In small monthly
1n0dern improvements, for S275 cash Organs
$55, S75. nOHble-Reed Organs, 500; AstoF, size;
S-5tgIa, g1ns, and upwards.
WATERS CONCERTO PARLOR ORGANS
are the most beautiful Ia style and tlerfeet in
t1na ever made The Concerto St0pis the best
ever plaeed IN any organ. 1t Is produced by d
third set Of reeds peculiarly voiced, the effect Of
which Is Inasb charming and soul-stirrinr while
lts imitation Of the human voice il su1serh,
Terms liberal. Illustrated eatalogu mailed for
one stamp liberal discount to Ministers,
Churches Sunday Schools, Lodges, etc. Agents
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BOAR DING.
DRAVATR R0ARDHNes HOUSE,
No. 264 Camp street, n. o.. La,
kept by Mrs. Rebecca Porter,
For1nerly Of opelousas.,

She viii be happy to afford all her friends and
acquaintance and others visiting the City, with
crate terms:
Board and lodging per month $S5 90
:. e week -.. 10 90
s day. ........... / 90
sept 19-tf