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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-01
Proceedings of the Paliso Jury.
OpEYousAs March 10th. ~

OPELOUSAS March 18th, 1874.
The Police Jury met pursuant to q special
call by the PRESIDENT, in order to correct q
clerical error in the proceedings of the Police
Jury Of March 10th 1874, Present: John Roy,
President; I. s. Fontenot, n. Durio and Theo-
dule Fontenot,
On motion of Mr.. 7. 8. Fontenot, Resolved
that whereas at the meeting of the Police Jury
on the 10th of March 1874, an ordinance was
passed assessing and leVying the amount of
taxes to be collected for the services OF the
current year; and whereas there are several
clerical errors in said Ordinance, it ia therefore
ordained that the said Ordinance he amended
and re-enacted, so as to read as follows, to-wit
AN ORDINANCE
To assess and levy the amount of taxes to be
collected for the services and expenses of the
current year, and to make an appropriation
for that purpose:
Belt Ordained, that the sum of hfty-fve thous-
and Dollars BIO and tho same is hereby assessed
and levied rs the amount OF taxes to be collect
ed for the services of the current year, 1874, and
that the said sum be appropriated and appor-
toned, as follows, to-wit:
Pay of members and officers of the Police
81 5000
Sheriff d Clerks salary (see act 165 of 1860 1000
Contingent expenses. 5000
Existing 5000
Magistrates fees in criminal eases 49,. 2,1O0
Constables fees in criminal cases...... $500
inal eases. 1900
Maintenance of prisoners in parish jail. 1900
Pay of Grand and Petit Jurors .......... 5000
District Court 1000
Pay of District Attorney fur convictions. 500
Transportation of convictst to penitentiary 400
monIng jury, -" 5000
sherifPs per diem for attendance on su:
preme, district and Parish courts..s... 900
Internal improvements ......-... 1000
Pay of road overseers. 1900
Maintenance of indigents. 500
Commission of tax collector. 5000
Judge John z. King having appeared andp pre-
sented hs commission as District Attorney pro
tenn, under the Act of the Legislature No,
approved March 1874, when on motion Of Mr.. 7.
Fontenot, Resolved that he be recognized in his
said capacity from this date.
JOHN ROY, President.
Attest: 9. MARC, Clerk.
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~5~Stuu6 or war,
Still something cheers the heart that darcs
In all of human kind,
And they who go are happier
Than those they leave behind.
Tn bride goes to the bridegroom's home
With dOubtings and with tears,
But does not Hope her rainbow spread
Across her cloudy fears?
Alas! the mother who remains,
What comfort can she find
Blu this: the gone is happier
Than one she leaves behind.
Have you Il friend-a cOmrade dear
An old and valued frienda
Be sure OH time of sweet COnCOurse
At length Will have an end,
And when you Dart-aS part YOU will
| take it not unkind.
II he who goes is happier
Than you he leaves behind.
God wills it so, and 30 it is;
Thu pilgrims Oh their way,
Though weak and worn, more cheerful ora
Than all the rest who stay.
And when, ut last, poor man, subdued,
Lies down to death resigned,
May he not still be happier far
Than those he leaves behind!
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PRESERVING MTLK.-The American
Artisan gives the process of Mr.. Lewis
f. Kirchofer for preserving milk with
out alteration, except the rising of
cream, whether it be kept at rest Or in
motion, as at sea. The unadulterated
milk, fresh drawn from the cow, is
placed in perfectly clean cans. or bot
Ties, which are filed as nearly full as
possible and Theoretically sealed.
These cans are then placed in water, of
the same temperature as the milk,in
such q manner as to allow a free circu-
lation of water beneath and around, but
not over them. The temperature of
this water is then slowly raised to be-
tween ono hundred and sixty and one
hundred and seventy degrees Fahren-
heit, and kept there for varying lengths
of time-one hour preserving the milk
four or five weeks, and Eve hours eight
or twelve months. The heat is then
withdrawn, and the water allowed to
cool slowly. lie the temperature ex-
ceeds one hundred and seventy degrees
the milk acquires a cooked taste We
hope this process may be a~esuccess, For,
if the milk undergoes no change, in
many cases it would be preferable to
the condensed milk.
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Hymn.

THE time shall come when men NO more
Shall deem the sin that blights the earth
A faint inherited at birth.
A curse forever to endure
"Shal see that from one common root
Must spring the better and the worse,
And seek to cure before they curse
The tree that drops its wOrmy fruit.
For God must love, though men should hate
The vine wE9se mildew blights its grape;
And he shall give a fairer shape
To lives deformed by early fate.
ooh, praise him not that on a throne
OF glory unapprOached he sits,
Nor deem a slavish fear BELTS
The child a father calls his own.
But praise him that in every thrill
OF life his breath is in our lungs.
III moves our hearts and tunes our tongues.
Howe'err ebellious to his win.
praise him that all alike drink in
A portion Of the life divine,
A light whose struggling soul-beams shine
Through all the binding mists of sin,
For, sooner shall the embracing dav.
The air that folds lis in its arms,
The morning sun that cheers and warns,
Hold back their service, and decay
" Ere God who wraps the universe
With love, shall let the souls he made
Fall from his Omnipresent aid
O'ershadowed by a human curse"
The woman Of the coming time
Shall man to vote appoint here
Well, yes or no, your bottom dime
She'll do as she's a min'ter.
We know she will" or else she won't"
be the same as now;
And II she does, or if she don't,
God bless her, anyhow. '
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Al correspondent of the Western
Rural gives the following as a sure
cure for ringwOrm, ETC.: Get of your
druggist one ounce iodine, rub on two or
three times aday till cured. Three OF
four applications often effect a cure
meyer Knew il full yet, 1T is used for the
cure of erysipelas, also. 1T will cure mo-
les, warts, and many other skin diseases.
If a boilshOuld commence on your nose,
cheek or lip, apply odin freely. 1t ID
not painful, but colors the skin a dark
walnut brown. The stain however soon
comes of.
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,nn WEArnER ANp fnE Cpops.-For

THE WEATHER AND THE CBoPs-For
a week now we have had decidedly clear
weather, and for several days it has
been quite cool. The ground is drying
rapidly, and the water fast disappear
ing from the low parts of the prairies.
Owing to the continued rains ana bad
weather generally most farmers planted
cottOn twice, and many are even now
without a stand. Tho supply Of seed
is exhausted; and many will raise no
cotton 1T all, but put all their land Ii
corn, peas, pumpkins, potatoes, etc.
The cutting short of the cotton crop at
this early day, therefore, may be- bless
ing in disguise; for q tremendous r
crop is and will be planted. The grow
ing corr on high land generally looks
well, and that on fat land will o re-
cover if the present weather continues.
1t il being rapidly cultivated. To re-
peat an expression we heard used, the
Iaborers are humping themselves
We anticipate d very abundant corr
harvest, with favorable weather from
this ont. From past experience we all
know this will make times comparative
" easy, whether money is plentiful or
not. An abundance Of corn will fur
nish bread, meat, butter, milk, poultry,
eggs, and every thing else necessary for
mans healthy subsistence.
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THE EDITOR WITH THE PATENT
INsIDE.-The editor OF q newspaper
which wears O patent inside should be
very careful about writing sarcasm for
his outside. At Nashville there is an
establishment which prints the insides
Of a great number of the weekly jour
nails of Tennessee, and the editor of
the sprightly Lebanon Herald, DIR.
l.. G. White, receives his inside from
the Nashville concern. DIR. White hav-
ing seer in the daley Union and Ameri-
can, Of Nashville, the poem called @AH
Quiet Along the Potomac sat down
and wrote for his outside d very sarcas-
tic paragraph upon the folly Of the
Nashville daily in publishing speh YER
ses. Mr.. Bell, of the Union and Ameri-
can, read DIR. Whites sarcasm.
Instead OF snatching up q pen and
writing down DR.. White bowling idiot
and midnight assassin, MIR. Bell quietly
picked Up q pair ct scissors and cut
stAll Quiet Along the Potomac from
the Union and American containing it,
then Ieisurely walked down TO the es-
tablishmenb where Dr.. Whites inside
is printed and gave the poem to the
editor Of the patent insides, requesting
its publication. The verses were ac-
cepted, and when DR.. White got his
next inside from Nashville it had "All
Quiet Along the Potomac In as cOnspi-
cuOus a position as his worst enemy
could have wished to see il after read
ing his sarcasm, If news comes from
Tennessee that DR.. White has resumed
the control of his own inside, his friends
in other parts of the country will I'M
derstald the change.ILouisyille Cou-
m~er-JouIIlai.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-01

The new Town Board of Police met
last Wednesday and elected officers.
DR.. James Ray hadbeen previously elect
ed President. Charles Thompson was
elected constable, but declined; when
Geo. Meginley was elected. Joseph D..
Richard was elected clerk, P. J. Lefeb-
vre treasurer, andJ. w Jackson printer.
No attorney was elected, they have a
lawyer of their own. Our friends in the
honorable body have our thanks for
their support.
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Thrce-horse teams should always be
used wherever practicable. They are
far more effective than two horses. One
man can manage three horses as well as
two, and viii accomplish half as much
again work. For blowing, narrowing,
rolling, c~ultivating, drawing off heavy
stones on astoAe-beat, and for drawing
heavy leads ona wagon, there is great
economy III using three horses
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We chronicle the death this week of
one of our townsmen, MI. Baptiste
Pefferkorn. He was a good mechanic
and an honest mana loss to any com
munity. He was buried by the order
of Odd Fellows and the Fire Companies.
The Fire Company and Brass Band
from Washington attended. The reso-
lutions Of the /. .. Q. F. Lodge will be
found i'm another column.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-01

District Court adjourned last MfOudfay
till next day on account of the non-ar-
rival Of Judge and District Attorney
from Calcasieu. They were present
next morning, and court was adjourned
till Thursday morning. Then it was
adjourned sine die, because the aglicul-
tural interests of the parish, in which
all other interests are involved, requir-
cd If.
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JOHN PosEY, Clerk.

How To GET RID OF RATs.-A cor
respondent of Colman's Rural says:
Take ten cents worth of calomel and
mix it in one pint of corr meal, and
scatter it where the rats and mice will
be sure to get it, and I will guarantee it
TO kill at least three hundred rats, or @
proportional amount of mice.
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Attest: c.. MAYO, Clerk,
Proceedings of the Board Of Police of
che Town of O~pel0nsas.
THURSDAY, April 3Oth, 1871

THURSDAY, April 30th, 1874.
AT O special meeting held this day, present
Messrs. H. Latour, President; L. B. Cuny, j..
Leieune and j. POsey.
The following accounts were approved ana
ordered to be paid by the usual warrant
Charles Thompson, repairing bridge on
Main street. y / so
Cllas THOMPSON, hauling 20 loads of dirt 4 90
Chas Thompson, 6 days services as con-
stable, under appointment by the Pres
IL 90
Victor Lastrapes, cleaning and cutting
bitches at south end of toWn.--...... IL 90
John Posey, for amount paid by him to
F, A.. kim for his assistance in per-
forming extra services as collector OF
town 80 90
or motion of Mr.. Cuny, Resolved, that the
Bond of Octave Prud'hOnme Esq, as Constable
be cancelled, and that the account of the Treas
urer since his appointment, be verified by q COM
mittee to be named by the President, and the
received by him in payment of Town
dues, be cancelled before said committee and
the President. The President thereupOn APP
pointed Merrs Lejeune and b. Cuny.
Resolved, that the President deliver to the
new Board, the books, papers and archives OF
the town.
The Board then adjourned.
II. LATOUR, President.
Torr- Dorrv (1ar1r
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striking For Their Homes.
THE CITIZENS OF PLAQUEMTNE DO II
WITH. A VENGEANCE.

The Bradish Johnson returned to her
landing Thursday evening. The cap
tain sayathat when attempting to make
a regular landing, on Thursday morn
ing at Plaquemine, he was ordered off
and directed to proceed to a point far
Their down. In attempting TO back of,
his boat grounded, and while In the
act of using spars to get her ahoat Q
crowd of armed men arrived and or
dered him to cease at once, on pain of
having his boat set on fire. The steamer
Bertha coming along, Capt. Pickett
turned over his freight to her.
The exeuse given for this eytra0rdi-
nary proceeding is, that any disturbance
of the watersw0uld be liableets~break
the levees, and cause an overflow of
Plaquemine, but the captain says there
could be no possible danger OF this at
the regular landing.
He Complains bitterly of being dis
turbed in the lawful pursuit of his legi-
innate business, thereby being com
PEELED to lose his trip.-[New Orleans
Times, April 18th.
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ORDMATfoS.--The Bishop OF Louisia-
40 will hold an ordination IN st. PauI's
Church on ST. Marks Day, Saturday
April rs, 1874, at It o'clock Il. M, Oh
which occasion the Rev. p. Maefarlane,
of 0pelonsas, will be advanced to the
Sacred Order of Priests,-ENew Orleans
Times Anril 24tll.
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4 man whose morning dram had
been too much far him, In saddling his
horse got the saddle wrong end fore
most. just as he was about TO mount,
n neighbor came up and called his at
tention to the mistake. The horseman
gazed for a moment at the intruder, as
# in deep thought, and then said /:
"YOu let that saddle alone. How do
you know which way / am going 81
And he looked daggers at the oficious
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According to Onr Home Journal, the
best iiniment for cuts, gals, spawn poll
evil, lstula, or any other of the external
diseases that animals are liable TO, is
made BIZ dissOlvinG one ounce of finely
pulverized corrosive snbIimate and one
ounce f gum champion i'll one pint Of
spirits 0f tnrpentine, put in Il strong
bottle. Apply with d sWab.
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LOCAL ITEMS.

a deer was killed neal Opelousas last
Tuesday morning, evidently crossing
the prairie from the woods on the east
to tie woods eight or ten miles west
driven out by high water. .
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PARISH TREASURER nj COLLECTOR OF
PARISH AXES ,lr.-

PARISH s4r-s a
SECTION l. Resolved, tina 1t shall be the duty
of the Parish Treasurer, and he is hereby so re-
CURED to keep a separate account of each fund
according to the annual appropriations this day
made, and he shah cash warrants only out ofthe
fund against which the same shall be drawn.
SEC. 2. Resolved further, that the said Treas
urer shall apportion ailsums received by him
from the Collector or from other sources, asssoon
as he shall receive the same, pro rata among the
appropriations made for the service Of the pres
ent year, as fs.r.y... N.
SEC. 5. Resolved further that the said Treas
urer sinai! receive no per centage in monies paid
into the Parish Treasury, Or paid out by him
and that his salary shall be the sum OF five hun
dred dollars and no more.
SEC. l.. Resolved further, that the said Treas
ufer shall report to tho Jury at each regular
meeting of the same the balance i'm his hands to
the credit of each fund, and he shall exhibit his
books showing the condition OF the parish f.
nances. @g ! s.a
sEc.t5, Resolved further, that the suid Treas.
urer shall open his office u. the last Monday Of
each month, and keep it open for the period du-
ring ttye days therefrom, during which period
he shall pay any warrants drawn upon him, and
shall transact any business appertaining to his
office. 3 @a.t Sc
SEC. 6. Resolved further, that he shall receive
from the Collector no warrants i'll settlement of
taxes except such as shall have been received
by tho said Collector for the delinquent taxes
due ON the roll Of 1873. "a ts,ttes, T. s.g47s8
SEC. Z. Resolved further, that the Collector of
Parish Taxes shall receive no warrants in pay
ment OF Parish Taxes and Licenses, and thatthe
same shall be collected in u. s. Treasury Notes,
or currency, or IN certificates Issued by the Clerk
Of the District Court for pay of Jurors in accord
ance with law, provided, that the said Collector
shall receive in payment of the Parish Taxes
now carried on the Delinquent List, any war
rants now outstanding and previously issued by
this Jury.
SEC. s. Resolved. that the Collector of Parish
Taxes shall make u monthly settlement with the
Treasurer, of the taxes and licenses collected by
him, and he shall accompany said settlement
with hisswOrn statement that the sarneia correct
SEC. o. Resolved, that nothing in this Ordin-
ance shall he so eQnatrued as to conflict with the
resolution creating the Office of Parish Auditor,
and defining his duties.
Sec 10. Resolved further, that all ordinances
or resolutions heretofore enacted and in conflict
with this ordinance be and the same are hereby
repealed, and that these provisions shall take
effect from and after this date.
JOHN ROY, President.
Attest C. MAYO, Clerk.
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For balance due Treasurer on salary
Vi S6J .
THOS. C. ANDERSON,

s-~ Parish Treasurer.
On motion of Mr.. Chachere, resolved, that the
report of the committee be received, and that
the Recorder Is hereby authorized to cancel the
bond of ThoB. c. Anderson, Parish Treasurer,
for the year 1873; and be it further resolved,
that the warrants be destroyed by burning,
whereupon the President instructed the Parish
Constable to give notice by publicly crying out
in front of the Court House, that the above
warrants were to be destroyed, and Messrs.
valcour Lafeur, w. r. Meginley, c. Dosssnan,
B. A. Guidry, and several other citizens came
into the office of the Police Jury, and the COM
mittee proceeded to burn the $50, 200, 36IlOO in
jurors, witness in criminal cases and parish
warrants.
On motion of Mr.. T. s. FOnten0t, resolved that
the Bond of the Parish Treasurer for the year
1874 be fixed at ten thousand dollars.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday the 4th of May 1874.
JOHN ROY, President.
Attaet. {, MAyo Trlark
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Only n comparatively small portion of
the cultivated part of this parish is un-
der water; but that makes it as severe
OH the parties drowned out as if the
damage was more extensive, and it will
affect to some extent the general inter-
ests of the parish. These suffering
planters have our warmest sympathy.
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BOsToS.-Tllis great city has added
to her just ren0Wn for benevOlence and
liberality to all communities and per-
sons lii distress, by the pTomptitnde
and generosity with which her aufhori-
ties and citizens have come to the relief
OF our suffering people. The City
Council have placed $4,000 to the
credit of the Mayor for the benefit of
tile h0useiess victims Of the high waters.
BESIDES this tile citizens have taken
the matter in hand and are bnsily en-
gagged in s~applenaenting the municipal
with individual contributions to the
same object. Such deeds of fraternaI
generosity and benevoIence impose
upon 0ur afflicted people d debt Of
gratitude and of brotllerly sympathy
and good will, which they will never
cease TO bear in grateful remembrance.
HencefOrtll, the name of Boston will
be always an hon0red one iii the annals
III our State and city.-EPicayune.
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James says the ladies don't seem to
give q thought to US fellows who keep
away from saloons.
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THAT "ScRUB RAcE.n-It did not
occur to MS, until we were enlightened
at the white mans. meeting'' last Mon
day, that we had a " scrub-race at the
special election here for a member of
thelegislatuTe last December. Hwould
SEEM from the doctrine expounded by
the white mans party" that in u race
of this kind, a thoroughly bred white mar
can vote for acolored " scrub or white
scrub" as he pleases, without violating
white principles, because it is a "scrub-
race In the race alluded to there
were three whites and one colored-the
latter half white and half thoroughbred.
The latter quality may account for his
being the favorite and for his superior
running qualities which brought him
out far ahead of the foremost of his
white competitors. Webster defines
q scrubrraee'' IS ga race between low
and contemplate animals, got up for
amusement t.4 to
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The new postal cards present a deli
cate and delightful facility for dunning
delinquent creditors.
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Our correspondent, I. H. L., in his
"Trip to Calcasieu,n omitted to mention
the great Sulphur Mine, located nine
miles west of-Lake Charles.
The work on the shaft had been sus-
pended fora year or. two back; but is
now being prosecuted with renewed
vigor, and with good hope of being COM
pleted within two years.
The enterprise is in the hands of mel
possessing the means and determination
to succeed. A force of fifty men is en-
ployed, and the progress being made is
very satisfaction, the difficulties hereto
fore obstrueting the work having been
overcome.
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AmedicaI correspondent of an English
journal 4 Z that rheumatism and gout
can be cured BY the free use OF asparagus.
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Bookstores undergo incessantperi0di-
cal changes, and yet remain stationary
establishments.
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WEDNESDAY, April sth 1874

The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn.
ment. Present, John Roy President; T. s. FOn-
tenot, H. Durio and T. C. Chachere.
Mr.. Chachere on the part of the committee OH
claims, reported the following claims as allowed
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MeSsrs. T. 8. FOntenOt and 81. DuriO reported
that after a careful examination of the books
and vouchers of the Parish Treasurer; they
find the following statement of the Parish
Treasurer correct:
@srf8 = - STATEMENT A
Showing the receipts into the Parish Treasury
for the year 1873:
For balance on hand Dec. 81, 1s72..-.$ SO
For amount Tax Roll lS72 .......--. $4,000 90
For amount Parish Licenses collected
for the year 2,627 SO
For amount reed from other sources. 229 rs
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Proceedings Of she Police Iury.
TUESDAY, March 10th. 1874.

The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: John Roy, President; T. s. Fontenot,
Fl. DuriO; Theodule FOntenOt and C. Chacher6.
On motion of Mr.. T. s. Fontenot, resolved,
that the following ordinance relative to the du-
ties of the Parish Treasurer and Collector Of
Parish Taxes was unanimously adopted: