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JUDGMENT: ::

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CELESTE MOUT0S, WIFE, VS.. JOSEPH u. CU1DRY
HUSBAED.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST, ANDRY.-
12348.
In this case by reason of the law and evidence
being in favor of the plaintiff, it is therefore or
dered, adjudged and deereed that Celeste MOu
ton, wife of Joseph D. Gaidry, be and is hereby
decreed to be owner of the following property
A certain plantation or tract of land, situated
on bayou CarancrO, in the parish of St. Landry
containing four hundred acres, more or less,
bounded on the north by Joseph Auguste Guidry
Oh the south by Joseph Boudreau, on the east
by bayou Carancr0 and on the west by public
lands. with all the buildings and improvements
thereon, except the fences, said property being
now bounded as follows north by Joseph Au-
guste- Guidry, south by Barring, east by bayou
CarancrO and west by DiOgene Sav0ie, ct ais.
An other tract Of land, situated i'll the parish of
st: Landry, containing about fifty superficial ar
penis, on cOuiee q Realize. a water Of the bayou
Carancro, bounded north by the land of the heirs
OF Zoe Guidry, deceased wife Of Theodore De
%yalcOurt. south by Justin Wills, east by DOsit6
Leger and west by a portion of same tract sold
to DR.. Vincent BOagni, February 9Th, 1872. A
certain brand figuring thus: TG, together with
all the horse creatures and horned cattle brand
ed Herewith, viz Thirty head of gentle horned
cattle, three Creole mules, three Creole horses,
all the household furniture and kitchen furni-
ture, As more fully detailed in account of datiOn
of payment before John F.. Smith, Notary Pub
lie, on May 1St, 1873.
1t is further ordered that the said Celeste
Mouton, plaintiff, be aud is hereby decreed to
he separated in property, and the community
heretofore existing between her and her said
husband be and it ia hereby dissolved, and thai
she do recover Judgment against Joseph ID.
Guldry for the sum of three thousand nine hun
dred and seventy-0ne dollars with legal interest
from August 28th, 1873, till paid, with recOgni-
ton of the tacit and legal mortgage of plaintiff
against defendant, to date as alleged in petition
and ddti0n en- Placement of May LIST, 1879.
Thus done, read and signed in open court, at
Opelousas, on TINS 9th day of February, A. D.,
1874.
(Signedl JNO. j. MORGAN,
Judge 9Th Judicial District, La.
\ true copy.
ONEzINE A. GUIDRY, Dep. Clerk.
O~PELOUSAs, La, jun list, 1878.
| hereby certify that the within was this day
i'll Mortgage Book No. Is, page 651. In
testimony whereof I hereto sign my name and
affiX the seal of my office.
JOHN n. OGDEN,
june 5-3t Dep. Recorder.
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STATE OF Observation-Disclosures COURT.
81: Llndry.-Whereas, Michel Bihm, of the
Parish FIST. Landry, administrator of the estate
or Angelfne L4lyergne, deceased, has filed final
tableau and distribution of the funds of said es-
tate, accompanied by his petition praying for
the l0mulogitien of the same;
ana whereas the prayer of said petition has
9een granted by an order of court, bearing date
June 23d, 1874.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested TO make. opposition to said
Qpelousas,. within the time required by law,
Why the said tableaH should not be h0moIngated
and confirmed.
June 26-fp
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o + THE TOWN
of 0pei0usas are hereby notified that their
town taxes for 1874, are now Jue, and unless
paid with ten days from this date I shall pro-
coed to collect the same according to law. with
all costs and penalties.
GEO. ". MCKINLEY,
auS = Collector,
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Ceiling AT COST:
MOUNT PLEASANT SAW-MILL,
Washington, La,

Tho undersigned has taken charge Of the above
A fine lot of seasoned lumber, of all
dimensions, is now Oh the yard, which will he
sold at cost. Orders for lumber filled promptly,
at reduced prices. l.. J. SMITH.
FRANK MCNICOLL, Clerk.
July "a, 1874.
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SHEREFF'S SALES.
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SALE BY THE SHERIFF..
SUPERIOR DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
PARISH OF ORLEANS.

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The state Of Louisiana VS.. The New Orleans,
Mobile ~ Texas Railroad C~Ompany.-No. 1897.
BY virtue of a writ OF fieri facias to me direct
ed by the Honorable the Superior District Court
for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled
cause, | will proceed to sell at public autiOn, in
front OF the Court House, in the city Of Carroll
ton, on Canal Avenue, between Second and
HampsOn street. OIL SATURDAY, September s,
1874, at twelve O'Clock NJ, the following described
property, t0-wit:
The Railroad, Finished and Unfinished, of the
Defendant. known as the New Orleans, Mobile
and Texas Railroad, Louisiana Division, extend
ing from the West Bank of the Mississippi River,
opposite New Orleans, to the Sabine River, and
from the city of Brashear to the city of ShrPye-
port, i'll Louisiana, together with the rights of
way franchises, r0adbed entertainments, bridges,
cIllvert bridges, passenger and freight depots,
machine shops and the grounds upon which all
of the above way rest. the wharves and land
ings, the rolling, passenger, freight and other
cars, engines, movable and stationary, the rails,
frogs, switches, turntables, and every movable
and immovable belonging to, or, in any wise
appertaining TO said Railroad, or belonging to
said Railroad Company, extending into and
through the parishes of Jefferson, st. Charles,
st. John the Baptist, st. james. Ascension, H.
erville, st. Martin, st. Mary, iberia, Lafayette,
81. Landry, Calcasieu, Rapides, Natchit0ches
Red River, DeS0tO and CaddO. Also the steam
boat, st. Elmo, and all her tackle and apparel.
Seized i'll the above entitled suit-tO be sold
i'll block. ""'
Terms of salc-Cash, Oh the spot.
T. 4. MARTIN,
sheriff of the Parish of Jefferson.
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GUNS--GUNS.
FWNKaE PARKER

V'HE PARKER
BREECH LOADING, DOUBLE B.AEEELED
SHOT GUN.
This popular gun nnd"niahIy supports its clam
as being the
B r. II n THE WORLD!
Perfectly Simple i'll Construction
Very Strong and Durable!
Barrel, Sclf-Locking.
uscs Central Fire Metallic or Paper Cartridges
AT II OPTION OF PURCHASERS:
1t has been four years before the public, and
its success is really remarkable. Its superiority
over all others. and the claims of the manufac-
tuners, are we'll s'lbstantiatcd by the following
IA CTS:
There are more Parker Gums in the hands of
American Sportmcn than any Foreign brecch-
loader.
There are three times as many Parker GunSin
the hands of American sp0rtmcn as there are of
any other American made brcech-lOader.
AT the Utica convention of he New York Stale
SpOrtnlcn,s Association, the number of sports
men who used the Parker gun was equal to that
of all others who used central fire hrecch load
ers, OF both American and Foreign make com
bined.
While the Parker gun is 50 often reported as
distinguishing itself ut large shoots throughout
the country, it is noticeable that few such reports
are made OF amy other gun.
Tie lowest price Parker gunsarc within reach
of those of moderate means, while they are in
every way a thoroughly good gun.
The higher grade Parker guns are gotten upin
Il style eQualed by few, and cxcelled by none.
The most tastidiOus will find them all that can
be desired.
Orr descriptive and price catalogue will be
mailed to any address upon application.
Address all communications TN
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EDUCATIONAL.
BOARDING.
.REVATE BOARDING HOUSE

WDREVATE BOARDING HOUSE,
No. 264 Camp Street, n. O.. La.
kept by Mrs. E2ebecca Porter
(Formcrly of Opelnms'is.l
She will be happy 10 afford all her friends amt
and Others visiting the City, with
the best accommodations at the following mod
crate terms:
Board and lodging per month. ........... $50 90
" week .... 10 Np
" Il" day .......-..... I51
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THURSDAY, April 30th 1874.
This Board mel and adjourned to Monday next.

MONDAY, May Atm 1874.
The Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present, DIR. James Ray, President, A. B. Cha
chere, c. M~Ornhinveg, ST., p. J. Lefebvre, Geo.
W. Hudspeth and c. N. Ealer.
The President presented the bonds of the
treasurer, collector and constable, when on mo
ton of Mr.. Ealer the said bonds were accepted
and approved.
On motion Of Mr.. Ealer, resolved that Il com
mittcc of three be appointed to prepare Ordi-
nanccs to be presented to the Board for their
adoption. the President appointed Messrs. Hud-
speth. Ealer and Lefcbvre.
On motion of Mr.. Ealer, resolved, that should
the assessor not be able to procure printed
blanks, he be authorized to cause the same to he
printed. -..f
On motion Of Mr.. Ealer, resolved that the con
stable notify Mr.. Louis Lejeune that the Board
has no further Use for the room rented by him
to the former Board.
On motion of Mr.. Ealer. resolved, that the as
SCISSOR be authorized to employ as many assis-
ttnts as may be necessary, at the rate Of one
dollar and fifty cents per day to complete the
assessment.
On motion OF Mr.. Hudspcth the Board ad-
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The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1874-06-26

The Power Of the Farmers Begins
TO be Felt.

In the passage of the Fort st. Phil
lip Canal bill, we see the power of the
Granges is beginning to exert an in
fuence for good in the halls of Con.
gress. All the Patrons will have to
do in future is to keep up their organi-
cation and march steadily forward, to
accomplish their purposes. By prompt
action on the part Of the State and
Subordinate Oranges, they can carry
almost any measure of reform.
The farmers movement" has indeed
become a power in the land; and to
continue this power, all the Patrons
will have to do is to remain united and
tirm, allow no outside parties or inter-
ests to turn their movement aside from
Its original aims and purposes; and the
day is not distant when our Govern
ment and people will be brought back
to their original purity and simplicity.
Already from the united efforts of
one million Of farmers, we see Congress
shaping its legislation to meet the wants
Of the people; what may we not ex-
pect when two millions of the produc-
ing classes are united as one man. and
are determined to have their just and
equitable rights respected? We will
soon hear the inquiry urgently made,
What legislation do you need to build
up the industrial interests of the coun.
tryY Such questions will not only be
asked, but laws will be speedily enact
ed for the equal and just encourage
ment of all our producing classes. Re
member we mast remain united to
accomplish any great work.
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For the Farmers Vindicatorl
Answer to Rev. Geo. Whitfield.

Mr.. EDITOR your issue of the
9th inst, Mr. w. denies that the grow.
ing Of cotton is, in any degree what
ever, the cause of the poverty, depres-
sion and gloom which, he admits, now
overspreads the South. And says if its
cultivation be abandoned that ruin will
be the consequence, then proceeds to
give what he conceives is the true cause
of this depression. The first, among a
number, he says is poverty, which he
accounts for by the accumulations of
the past having been "swept away in
moment" This is true only in part,
for although the losses to which he al
ludes were immense, still much was
left, and nine years have elapsed, in
which, with proper management of
of the resources left in our hands,
there should have been something
added to what was saved from the
wreck, as well as some experience
gained, by which to properly adapt
our business to the new order Of
things. But is this so? To the con.
trary, the losses have been increased,
and poverty become more general, al
though the whole energy and means
Of almost the entire South has been
devoted to the growing of cotton,
until its production has nearly or quite
reached the quantity made before the
Accommodations were swept away"
And here we have evidence that the
lessons Of experience have not been
needed.
He says cotton growers have intelli-
gence enough to know whether they
are prospecting, and that they are not
Does their actions exhibit
the one, or deny the other9 If they
are not stubborn, facts are, and prove
that the cost of producing cotton un-
der the new order of things has, for
several years been greater than the
price obtained for it. And it is Just
the stubbornness of such intelligent
men as Mr.. w, in refusing to ac-
knowledge that stubborn fact, which
has caused them to persevere in fol-
lowing the ruts of the old order of
things, that has produced this increase
Of poverty, and, if continued, will
eventuate in a condition not only of
sadness but of ruin"
That there are other troubles, some
Of which he mentions, all admit; but
the devotion to cotton exclusively is
the main one, and even the parent of
others in his list for it is clearly de-
that cotton made on a
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1874-06-26
NOxUBEE COUNTY.

4 Maj. WALL-As you ask for cor
respondent from each Grange in the
State, / avail myself q. H. SHARP
Grange l71) of the privilege, and
herein send you few jottings concern.
ing the crops and seasons in this
county, which may be relied on as i'm
partial Cor as much so as possible)
and from the information which
have gained of those whose business
it is to go about more than | can may
be relied on as more veracious than
that which comes from that unreliable
gossiper, familiarity ycleped "They
Say
In this neighborhood, and in the
vicinity Of Brookville and Crawfords-
vile, we have been lately blessed in
the way of fine rains. The drought,
which lasted several weeks, caused the
farmers to be very backward with
their crops A great deal Of corn
rotted in the ground, caused by the
excessive wet weather. mean the
early planting and much Of that
which came up was destroyed by the
craw-fsh. Where stands Of corn we're
obtained early and worked, they look
very well, and promise to make fine
crop; but that kind is not to be seen
on many places. The later planting
was done when the ground had be.
come very hard, among the clods and
covered with clods, consequently a
poor stand was the result, most Of it
being eaten up by the crickets.
The above alludes to the condition
of crops in the neighborhoods desig-
mated. Some other places in the
county show about the same situation.
In majority of neighborhoods, how
ever, no rain has fallen, to be Of much |
benefit to the crops, for more than
eight weeks.
On many plantations cotton seed re-
mains in the ground as it was planted, (
and, of course, corn and oats are not
much. From nearly every farmer we
meet the cry is, "what shall we do an
other year?'
Since commencing this we are hav-
ing quite fine shower of rain, and
my earnest wish is that every corn
have it abundantly, notwith-
it may cause the cotton to be
'un away with grass, as it is now in
air way of doing.
Bretren, let us hear from every
county in the State through the VIM
OLD MORTALITY.
BrOokvile, June %, 1874.
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THE FARMERS, vINDICAToR.

credit at cost greater than it can be
sold for, creates debt and must in
1 jure the "credit" Of those who are so
foclishly stubborn as to persist in it,
after an experience Of several years,
and land that does not produce more
than the cost Of working must fall
in value"
"This just sense of our situation will
help u.s. If we heed it, and will give
us a just conception of the radical
change in the order Of things, and
should induce us into a corresponding
change in our operations, or surely we
are either stubbornly '.dull" or fool
ishly stubborn" in not making a
more profitable use of a land and
climate adapted to such great va
riety Of crops, which await only the
intelligent industry Of the farmer to
gladden. his heart with full pockets,
barns and hsders.
The abandonment Of cotton, which
MIR. w. so strongly deprecates, has
hCNcI ucch ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, DuI Only us
dethronement. It has so long ruled
the minds Of Southern agriculturists,
that it has begot disease cotton
on the BRAIN which is now incapaci-
tating them from managing their bust
ness nteligently, for profit to them
selves. The proposition is that we di-
versify our crops, including (ex-King)
cotton, SO as to make the farm selfsus-
tanning in provisions, and to realize
profits from all, making cotton and all
the rest our servants, and not Stub
bornly" or "dully" uphold and bend
our necks to king that however be-
nifcently he may have ruled in the
past, is now the ally and sworn ser
want of "middlemen' and capital
ists,' and should no longer be per-
mitted to rule us for their benefit
alone. d.
Kinds county, June, 1874.
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The Vicksburg Herald has no pa
thence for the men who rush to the
printing office, with the first bloom, +"
the s'first boil, and "the first bale. !"
Il has this to say Of them:
The "first bloom fiend" is followed
by another imp of folly called the
/" first boil fool, and he is in turn fol-
lowed, say in August, BY a striped fell
low, known as the z first bale lunatic. ;"
These three imbeciles annually exert
their feeble powers to the utmost, to
magnify the cotton crop, and to depress
the price Of our great staple. An
early crop is always large crop, and
the /" fiend who breaks for newspa-
per office the moment he is able to
find a cotton bloom, the "foolD who
rushes to the same point with the
First boil, and the the climatic"
who frets himself to death to get the
{ first bale to market, should all be
to straight.jackets and DIR.
Compton.
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dred representing a fair condition:

This table shows that the condition
of the cotton plant is 13B per cent.
worse than last year, which if contin-
ued through the season would make a
decrease in the crop Of 451 800 bales,
or a total decrease Of 1927, 75O bales.
From the above statements, and the
disasters that may yet befall the cotton
crop of Texas and the other cotton
States, we may safely estimate de-
crease of 100000 Of bales from the.
crop of 1878.
Asfar as the planters Of the South are
concerned, we are of the opinion thatthe
cropof this year, as small as it is likely to
be, will yield them more clear money
than any year since the war. The pres
ent crop will be made upon less outlay
than any previous crop, for in fact it
will be, to a large extent, grown upon
blackberries and vegetables.
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ST. LOUIS MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY A. M. HARDIN,
Agent Patrons Of Husbaaaay for Mississippi.

agent f1atro's Of Husbanda,y for Mississippi
ST.. Louis, June % 1874.
PROFESSIONALISM
MESS P0RK--S17. 85@S18.O0 ID Dbl.
d. s. MEATS--Nom clear rib &c.;
clear sides, 91s@915.
BAC0N-Clear rib sides, 101s@lOLc.;
clear sides, 109s@105sc., mainly at 10%c.
S. c. HAMS-11L@131S; uneanvassed
l2@ l4e.; canvassed, according to brand.
LARD-Quiet; tierces, liz; kegs, 121bc.
DRIED BEEF-13@l4c. 59 ID.
barrels.
damaged less.
P0TATOES-New, $650@s7.O0; scarce.
FLOUR-Dull and lower; family, ranges
from $3.50 to S7.25; best, $3.50.
.CORN--Lower mixed, for feeding, &C.;
white, for bread, 76c., in sack; put up in gun
mics, charged lc, higher.
CORN MEAL-City, $9.G0@S.70 ID Dbl.
COFFEE--Common, 2l@25c.; good to
prime, 25N@261I; choice and extra. 27@2Sc.
FATHERS. G., the best in the mar
ket, Coo.
0ATS-51@52c.
FREIGHTS-By river, steady.
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WRITE AND SPEAK MORE.

The ideas Of every good farmer anc
Patron should be made public property
Confined within your own bosom, they
are valueless. Disseminated, there is
no telling the amount of good they
may accomplish. Publish your ideas
and opinions in widely circulated pa
pers they will cause other men to work,
think and speak, and thus, while you
may not directly see the influence you
exercise, you will be the instrument of
wide and spreading good. Our col
umns are ever open to you. Express
your ideas in strong, terse language,
write to the point, and boil it down.
Remember, short articles are read by
ten readers where long and labored
ones are scarcely read at all. Your
ideas may not agree with ours; they
may be criticised by others, yet if they
are sound they will triumph. IF I'M
sound, the sooner you find it out the
better. Do not "hide your light I'M
der a bushel." Speak, and write your
thoughts, bring your ideas to the front,
and let the brethren of the Order have
the benefit of your reading and expert
ence.
One Of the great objects and aims of
the Order of the Patrons of Husbandy
is to bring "mind in contact with
mind" Do not let the fippant ridi.
cule of some of the papers and people
opposed to your organization deter you
from the exercise of your privileges,
nor prevent you from enjoying the
benefit of the educational features of
our Order. We, therefore ask you
again to write and speak more.