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ORpIyAycE No. 7.


Appropriation of $500 for bridges, Ward No. .,
B. il further ordained by the Police Jury OF
Il rsrJttsu,'',s. T-iiat NE sum of
Five Hundred Dollars or 50 much thereof as
may be Necessary, be and the. same Is hereby
appropriated ont Of the bridge fund of the
Parish Of Richand as levied and collected
for the year 1874 for the purpose of rebuild
ing the bridge On the road between Judge
McInt )sh's AMI e J. ThomasOns place, and
building tie hrl.e across Dawes Bayou on
said road, and that Il. s. Boughion. jules
Gilly. Jas. I. Stokes, ID. r. Mcintosh and
J. Thomson be and hey are hereby ap-
pointed commissioners 10 let ont the building
and repairs of said bridges 70 the lowest aud
best bidder, and 1t shall be the duty Of said
commissioners when the work is let ont by
them TO require from the undertaken thereof
a bond with good and solvent security con-
ditioned for the faithful and satisfactory com
pleton of such work, and that when said
work has been completed and received 10y
said commissioners that the President OF the
Police Jury be and is hereby authorized 10
Issue warrant for the payment Of same.
Adopted. ELIJAH SCOTT,
Attest President p Jury.
J. NEWT PIrrs,
Clerk P. Jury
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NOTICE.

VI. J~LIAx p. GAY holds my fail powc,
Of Attorney. and all prev'ou. Powers Of Al
;orEey are hereby revoked.
l. Q. c. STAFFORD, T",or.
Girarl, La, March %. ls7i 3t
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Hog Products.

100 bbls Pork ~. Louis >'a..Ga!i
Ipl pk.es Pigs Feet,
IL kgs, bbis ard na.f bblS;
~ tIcrr"s :. {. Hams;
- packages dry sa.t Mea's,
- casxs Bacon sides an shoulders,
80 packages Leaf h..
krgs. buckets. u rer- and haif bis.
dccl3. LAWFIN * EGGTESTOy.
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Flour.

zoo Barrels poo half G0-aIl g-alcs--m-
GLIDING PURITY, the Premium / tour
at the late ~ Louis FAIR, and the Pa
IA, It's equal both unexce,ieI, al
dee l3 LAAKIy n EGGLEsTOy 5.
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Re it Resolved That the sa.nry # all
teachers shall be fixed al $40. Pro vl|ct the
No. Of scholars exceed ZO-under that mum
Der only $40 Will he paid.
BE il further resolved, That when there i
a vacancy and 'eacher presents himself or
herself 10 the Treasurer. Ihos. JOS, with
certificate of qualification from ia. Brewster.
Division Superintendent, and recommended
by the Ward Director, tina; lie Inos. Jones'
be authorized To contract with SAID teacher.
There being 40 further business before them
the Board adjourned until ii, next Regular
n1eetiug. Thursday, Oct est, 1874.
ADOLIH GlLLY.
President.
Tu0s Jo"Es.
Secretary 4 Treasurer.
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Good Responsible Agents
Wanted. Liberal commission
allOMCd.

Esi5 Money should be sent by Express oI
by Draft on any solvent bank, 10y Pcs,otice
Money Order. or Registered Letter, AT our 1isk
For particulars. iresS
T.. W. MORGAN. Manager.
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ORDINANCE No. 6.

he II further ordained by the Police Jury.
&c. That the road leading from Red Mouth
to Big creek be and the same is hereby
changed and made to run from Cross Bayou
to Big creek and that John Hewitt. overseer
Of said road be relieved, and that A. +. Dat.
son be appointed overseer Of the road rs
changed and that he have under his control
as overseer Of said road all the hands
assigned the same under the said Hewitt,
ORDINANCE No. ,.
Pc It further ordained by the Police jury,
&c, That VI Her, ovcrseer q the road from
NrLeods Gin House 10 The Parish Live. be
re',sve5 lso,n drty as sp,L aaa that jose, :
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\ bad omen-To Owe naeu money
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The Board now .ase recess ur.:. 'c''"'k
for dinner. The Board was called TO order
pursuant TO adjournment for dinner. line
following teachers have been contracted win
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25
VOLUME II.
Speed in Oxen.

Ii is Il matter of great surprise that so
little attention is paid to the quality OF
speed in working oxen. Our agricultural
fairs have been very generally turned into
mere horse races in the rage for fast road
sters. Speed in horsetiesh Is, to large
extent, the mania of the day Good
draught horses; sound, steady workers of
fine form and powers Of endurance, have
had to stand aside and let the trotters oc-
cupy public attention.
But we have scarcely ever seen the i'm
portance of cultivating quickness of move
ment in working oxen alluded to. And
yet there are farmers who will follow a
yoke of oxen around field, ploughing, or
drawing loads at a snail's pace, now and
then applying the gad with shout OF
'go-along," but making scarcely more
than half a dozen rounds of ten acre lot
IN the course of a day. Oxen are proverb-
tally slow, but they are capable of i'm
provement in this respect as well as other
animals, and more attention ought to be
paid to cultivating in them quick step
In Oriental countries. especially in India,
they are used extensively for the road, in
place of horses, and they may often be
seen trotting off at spanking gait. We
do not need trotting oxen, but fast walk
is of great importance. Doubling their
speed would double their value as working
cattle
Why may not our agricultural societies
offer prizes for the fastest walking oxen
as well rs for the fastest horses? 1t would
take some years to rear a race of good
walkers. but it is worth an effort, and
worthy of encouragement from our agri-
cultural societies. One of the strongest
objections to the use of oxen on a farm,
is that they are SO slow, This objection
can be and ought to be removed
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25
Potatoes on Rich Soil.

\ correspondent of the New England
Homestead does not believe in the theory
OF growing potatoes on poor, untertile soil
to prevent rot He gives his last years
experience as follows, with Il half bushel
OF Breese's Prolific potatoes:
II cut them in pieces of one and two
eyes each, prepared my land, Ga light
chestnut loan, inclining to sand,) by
ploughing a liberal dressing OF compost
manure and then putting shovel of well
rotted compost consisting Of horse, cow
and pig manure mixed, in the hill The
sets We're planted two feet apart i'll rows
three feet apart We're kept free from
weeds, and hOed four times. From that
half bushel Of seed, took up eleven bar
rels OF potatoes for the table and two
bushels OF small potatoes for the pigs,
There We're no signs of rot or any other
detect except Il supcrabundance OF very
large tubers, too large for baking pur-
poses Better potatoes have not had on
my table at any time during the last ten
Years. The crop in 1872, on the same
ground, was potatoes From Il five years
experience | am forced to the conviction
that that potato should be us we'll fed and
nursed as beets or cabbages When see
fields of potatoes crowded with Roman
wormwood, pigweed, cockleburrs. and
other foul stuff, ! can't help feeling some
lor them as one would for a family OF
small children with dissipated father and
feeble, sickly mother-they need outside
he p and inside comforts"
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25

A CAT WHIPPED BY ROBINS An eX-
citing contest was witnessed in the court
yard on Friday last, between 4 eat and
some robins that is worth chronicling
A robin had nest under the north stoop
ofthe court house, and on Friday her brood
of Young robins made their first attempt
to fly AZ one poor, half-fedged bird was
laboriously flying near the ground, 4
tigerish-looking cat spied and gave it
chase The bird flew as best it could, but
it, and the fate of the bird seemed sealed.
just as the cat pounced upon and seized it
in her mouth, half-a-dozen old robins lit
on her back with a fury that was perfectly
astonishing to her catship, and dropping
her prey she incontinently turned tail and
flew across the yard, the relentless robins
pursuing her with the greatest fury and
filing the air with their vengefnl cries.
Not until the cat took refuge in the adj
Joining building did the birds give up the
chase and return to the young bird The
latter was unhurt. and the noise of the
contest having drawn te the spot twenty
five or thirty other robins, it completed
the days practice under ample protection,
and amid a gathering Of brd-tongues Sell
dom heard in northern climes TGenesee
Republican.
Sister (home from boarding school, to
brother who never gets up till delay be-
comes dangerous Willy, the orient
flames with golden splendor-arise! our
morning rejection awaits your presence"
(William doesn't hear) Mother (shouts at
forwards and making great Gathering
on the balusters with the broomstick. J
''Wi-i-i-i-il-liam get up this instant, you
lazy dogskin you, and come down to
breakfast" (William doesn't hear) Father
Ca few minutes later)-"BILL? ?" William
(springing ont Of bed)-"Coming sir! "
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25
Removing Large Boulders.

Near a corner OF one of the writer's
fields was a large boulder that would
weigh probably two tons, the upper part
Of which was only a few inches above the
surface Of the ground. This rock had
been ploughed over, narrowed over,
moved over. sowed over and harvested
over ever since the lana Wa, nIot ,lv..leu
of the forest. Several new ploughshares,
each costing at that time fifty cents each,
had been broken by coming in contact with
this granite ''hard head" After careless
ploughman had smashed up new plough
on the rock it was resolved that something
should be done with it. One halt hour, 5
labor with a shovel removed the earth
above the rock so that two-thirds OF the
upper part lay fully exposed. A fire was
then kindled on the top Of this 'hard
head and a quarter Of Il wagon load OF
old pieces of rails, roots and fragments OF
stumps were heaped on the fire. Shortly
after the heat began to enter the surface
of the stone the top was covered with
scales, which had to be removed with a
long pole OF crowbar. Before the COM
bustibles were consumed the boulder
cracked through and through into several
large fragments, which were readily pried
out and were used advantageously in
building a cellar wall
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25
A Brave Iceland Girl.


Mr.. 5. E. Waller started Tor n trip in
Iceland in June. 1872. He gives an ac-
count of six Weeks in the Saddle in
| little volume from which we get an idea
Of the customs of the people there The
lcelanders are almost inconveniently hos
pitable. 1t j, difficult to get farmer, who
keeps you for a day or two, to accept pay
Our author seems to have done his best L.
requite his hosts by making himself amu5-
ing. Here we have an instance of native
kindness and feminine courage.
Ii the morning | made Il small study.
and after very tolerable meal and MANY
good wishes, we rode off. All went well
until we came to the river Markafiot
which happened TO be very much Hooded
Not liking to attempt to swim under the
circumstances, we rode on down the bank
for some miles and fortunately found
house
Knocking at the door, we asked: "i@
the river very deep" VERY" said a
voice inside
is there a man who will show asa
tord?" we asked again.
NO. was the reply, '' both John aud
Olavr are up in the mountains but one NJ
the girls will do quite rs we'll Here.
way
Immediately an exceedingly handsome
young woman ran out and noddinp kind
ly to me, went around to the back ut th,.
house, caught Il pony, put a brill. un il.
and not taking the trouble to fetch san
die, yauIted on his bare back, and SETTING
aStride drove her heels into ils sides and
galloped off down the river bank a. hard
~ ba ,.oulI ,rp 10, &
We became naturally rather excited II
such 4 display of dash on the part OF such
pretty girl, and started off Immediately
in chase But though We did ou' utmo.l
to catch her, she increased her distance
hand over hand There was no doubt
| about it; she had Us much courage as ever
we could boast of, and in point of horse
manshp was 4 hundred wards ahead oi
| either OF us.
For about halt mile we ratified along.
when suddenly She pulled up short on a
sand bank
YOU must be careful Make straight for
that rock right over there. and when YOU
have reached it, you will be able to see
the cairn of stones we built to show the
landing place
''AlI right | said ''tiood bye"
She looked puzzled for n moment. and
then said 'l'll come through with vou
it will be safer.
"Good gracious Biarni DON'T let htr
come said She is sure To be drowned
and | can't get her out with all tho'r WEI
clothes on; tell her 10 60 back
But before was half way through tha
sentence, she had urged her horse into TIM
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25
Old Hickory's Dueling Pistoia.

sd who had been writing some lntrr-
estng "reminiscences tor the Franklin Z ChN)
Patriot, contributes TINS:
II saw some time ago brace OF dur.-
ing pistols, IN the possession Of lhomA-
Rutherford, OF Sumner county, tennessee
They were steel barrels, tluted within.
and highly ornamentcd with silver Thy
history received OF them was rs follow
Many years before the brilliant triumph7
OF the War had lifted Gen Jackson high
above the competitors into the presidential
chair Us chief executive OF the nation. i
was his custom to have some one to taRc
his place III the dirty street brolls Which
might come up At the time to which
refer, one Ferguson was the man, reg
ular knock-doWn and drag-out SORT ot ii
fellow, dreaded by all who We're ever m
unfortunate as to come in contact VIII
him. An uncle of Colonel Rutherford NN
the same name, visited Nashville to sell Il
fine pair of matched horses. Ferguson of
| tered to purchase them on Il short credit
and to give Gen. Jackson as security. The
arrangement was made and the horse
| were his. Before Nh Il. left Nashville, hr
| learned the character OF the man with
whom he had been trading, and was told
| that if he ever asked for the money or tiny
note he had received for the horses Fer
guson would whip him. 1t happened thar
Rutherford was a rough cnStomcr--notll-
ing suited him better than ground ScuI-
t1e in defense OF his rights, and 9o he WA
impatient for the day OF the coming CON
fict Early on the morning that The note
fell due. Rutherford visited Nashville, saw
the same man +, presented hi note lui
.ayment, telling him at the same tins
what he had heard OF him, and further
said to him that, if he didn't pay the mote
right away he would thrash HIM Ike /.
dog, word and the blow followed
Never was man more Soundly thashed
than Ferguson was on that occasion; m
tact ne was supposed t" pc dead lor tlmr
This aroused the Generals Sympathle5 hT
hlS man who had received Such 'ndGfi-
ing, and to resent 1t was ms hlst impulse.
in Rs hands, and So challenged him I"
fight duel the next morning, dh tan'r
ten PAGES. lhongh IL had no experience
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25
A Son Of Napoleon III.
From the Press.

The ghost Of Louis Napoleon, OF what
looks strangely like the wrath OF the de
tunct Emperor, may be seen daily haunt
ing the Restaurant Morel, back Of the
Opera Comique in Paris, a cafe must
frequented by artists and authors. The
ghost in question is no other than the
son of the deceased ruler, the eldest child
of the late celebrated Mrs. Howard.
He is remarkably like his father Gan ad-
vantage which the Prince Imperial does
not enjoy, and is said to resemble him
also in conduct. He is a middle-aged
man now, but is not in the least a settled
OF steady one. and his habits of dissipation
and extravaganza used to give the En-
peror much trouble. 10 get rid of this
wild scion, and to avoid the scandals
which might have been set atloat by the
Liberals respecting his conduct in Paris,
his father sent him first as Consul to Bel
fast, and, finding that still too near to
France in all probability he transferred
him to the Consulate of Zanzibar He is
now residing in Paris and bears the little
of Count de Bure. Some day, perhaps, he
may play the part of Duke de Morny to
Napoleon ~.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25

A precocious boy of eight summers at
tributes the death of a pet gold fish--his
sisters idol-to the fact that it couldn't
take a Joke. He used to catch it occa-
sionally with bent pin.
A child five years old, bright, and active
and red haired, was left on door step in
Skowhegan few nights since.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25

and quantity of tools suitable for all
kinds OF work The three principal
Instruments are the transit instrument by
which time and latitude will be determined;
the equatorial instrument, which is to be-
used IN observing the transit Of Venus
over the suns disc, also the soccuLtation'
or hiding OF the stars by the moon, and
Tor the purpose of determining longitude
The equatorial instrument has an aperture
of five inches. The most interesting of
the instruments is that by which the
photographs of the transit will be taken
1t is the invention of Prof. Winlock oi
Harvard University and was first applied
IN this country. 1t consists Of Il telescope
forty icet in length, with an aperture Of
nNe inches. The tube is intended to be
horizontal and stationary, and the sun will
.ri pe thrown into it by means Of heliostat
L. Inc hellostat is an instrument which runs
like clock, and corresponds with the
motion OF the sun, and thus throws if,
light all the while into the telescope.
which is itself stationary. One endset
the tube enters a small building about
twelve feet square, which will be used n
a photograph room. 1t is expected that
by this apparatus picture will be OH
tanned once every two minutes during the
time of the transit.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25

FARMING IN A MILL POND. \ CORE
spondent of the Department of Agriculture
in Richmond county, Virginia, reports that
he emigrated from New York, and pur-
chased a farm in that county, some seventy
acres of which had once been mill pond
In 1871, he cleared it of weeds, brush,
etc, and ditched where necessary, and
has since raised on it, without fertilizers,
excellent crops OF corn, wheat, rye, and
oats In August, 1872, he sowed on
portion of it buckwheat and rye, sowing
both on the same ground at the same
time. The buckwheat made good crop.
After it was harvested the rye came for
ward rapidly, and afforded much pasture
for calves during the winter. When har
vested in 1873, it was the best crop he
ever saw. Most of it was seven feet
high, with long heads and good grain.
Some of the straw was sold in Washington
for 81 .25 per hundred weight He also,
in 1873, harvested from some of this mill
pond land Il bountiful crop of timothy
hay, some of the heads of which were
over one foot in length.
IMPORTANT ITEM FOR FARMERS. A
President of an agricultural society calls
attention to the fact that there are, in a
standard legal barrel, only one hundred
quarts, while the ordinary flour barrel
most in use among the farmers in the sale
OF potatoes and apples, contains nearly
one-elghth more. Farmers sell their pro
duce in flour barrels. and merchants trans
fer the same to standard barrels, making
a profit on quantity as we'll as on the price.
In the sale OF eight hundred barrels Of
f,,,r q firm tho tIIOlripfOr loses
one hundred barrels, worth two hundred
and fifty dollars, for which he might as
well be paid The middleman, not the
consumer profits by this Farmers, see to
it that you employ the one hundred quart
| barrels hereafter.
| pRuNING TOMATOES. That tomatoes
are benefited by pruning we have not the
| slightest doubt. Some recommend and
other practice cutting off all the tops of
the plants, to which we most strongly
object, as we are satisfied that such "A
course is very injurious to the plants as
well as TO the perfect ripening of the fruit
| As the tomato begins to grow, select say
three or four of the strongest shoots, pinch
ali others out, should there be any, by
the finger and thumb, close to the main
stem. When these four branches begin to
show fruit small lateral branch will
show itself Immediately at the next Joint
These should be all pinched out as soon as
they appear, letting no shoots grow at any
time, but the four main branches referred
to; by so doing, whether the plants are
tied to stakes or laid on the ground, we
have always found that we secured
larger, finer, and at the same time u
heavier crop than we could by any other
| process obtained.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25

Hay FhvEH A correspondent says i
send you something that will do good to
thousands. A gentleman who has had
this hitherto lncurable torment for twenty
wears publishes the following certain cure
Get a saturated solution of sulphate of
vninine in water in the proportion of one
part of qunine to 740 of water, to be well
shaken and applied to the nostrils, while
living down, with q camers hair brush.
until it is felt in the throat, the relief is
immediate My wife has had it every
season for thlty-tiye Years This simple
remedy cured her 1T once Our phlal con-
tains: Water, :; on; qninInr, grains
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25

SELLING SHORT BOURBON. Says the
Oakland (Cal) )Trhune: "A familiar scene
in two or three hundred new drinking
saloons that would be open in case No
License should carry would be something
like this-the boys have it put up: Thirsty
Customer-Nr. Barkeeper, what will five
gallons and gill of your best whiskey
cost? Mr.. B-$3O.25. T. Cheap
enought; I'll take it. Demijohn is handed
down; Z. c. takes a nip, smacks his lips.
and informs Mr. B. that on the whole he
thinks he will not keep the balance, and
suggests that M. B. shall buy it back Mr.
b., always ready for bargain, offers
$50, 10 for it, which offer T. c. accepts,
paying the fifteen cents difference. You
see, he sells short on Bourbon, seller 15.'
Jolly isn't it? A ten-gallon transaction
and only fifteen cents changed hands"
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25

LICE ON CATTLE. A correspondent of
the Country Gentleman, after having eX-
perimented to his hearts content with
several kinds of grease, tobacco, water
kerosene, ashes, nnguentum, NC, for Kill
ing lice on cattle, has arrived at the con-
clusion that sulpher sprinkled On the ami
mails, and well rubbed into the hair, and
tablespoonful given in meal daily for
week is the simplest, safest and surest
remedy he has ever tried.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-25

The world is full of changes. Politi
clans are not the only turncoats. have,
myself, q new set of opinions.