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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-03

WoNDERF'UL .-Mr. Thomas Nelson,
who resides inthis parish five miles from
Homer, has been living here for twenty
years, has Il large family, and now CON
sumes not less than 5000 pounds of flour
a year. Now the wonder comes in lust
here, and it is that he has not bought a
pound of flour since he has been in the
State, but has raised every pound that
he has used. MI. Nelson has this year
more than two hundred acres in small
grain, of that one-half at least is wheat.
He owes no MAI anything and is grow
grain may be Flown S profftab fi,u here e.' Hs
at any rate has made money by growing
it.-[Claiborne Advocate.
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DIR. WM. A. ROBERTSON is a candidate for
the state Senate at the next election, from this
D~istrictaeomposed of the parishes OF Lafayette,
Cameron, Calcasieu and st. Landry. q
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The organization known Us the White
League thatIas already obtained quite
a footllold in some OF the country par
ishes. is certain 20 bring trouble. A Sc
cret society, whose aVowed object is to
carry the elections without regard to
majorities, cannot result in any good to
any class. This organization is born of
the old pro-slavery prei4dices, that
SHOULD have been laid aside and forgot
ten years ago. The force of democratic
sentiment and the threat of prescription
win drive hundreds of mel into the
/" White League that alike despise its
founders and its objects. These secret
political organizations, whether COM
posed of Democrats OF Republicans are
prolific of trouble, and totally unprOdue-
tive of any gDod.IState Register, not
an Official Paper.
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List Of Letters

A4AALgWA A4tEEVES --,A...-~., .
Remaining in the Post Office at OpeIolsas..
July, LIST; 1879 and if not taken out before
the LIST of August, 1874, will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office at MaShingtnn- d G
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Cure for Charlton.
\ SUCCESSFUL REMEDY.
Rrom the New Orleans Picayunc

tFrom the New Orleans Picayunc.l
Mr.. Stephens having calledin response
to our suggestions, We are enabled to
transcribe from his note book the fol
lowing treatment Of Charlton as recon-
mended two years ago in the columns OF
the Picaynnc. Mr.. Stephens states that
he has adopted it with u%nvarying sue
cess:
With a sharp instrument make sever
i'll i~ncisions in the affected part; take
clustering ointment (hies) which moisten
with coal oil, and make q plaster large
enough to cover tie whole sore.3 Suffer
this to remain until copious suppuration
is produced. q r.. r .ra',r.
Meanwhile drench the animals with a
spoonful of hartshorn in half o bottle of
whisky.
Should the swelling not diminish, OF
there be no apparent. relief, drenching
with the above described mixture may
be repeated thrice within five hours, al
lowing due interval.
Keep the sore well cleaned and apply
coal oil freely. .'
Su%ppurati0n is the primedesideratum.
BY that means the poison is best ex-
tracted from the system. T0insure sup
puratiOn it is customary to use seatons-
strings OF cotton or hcmp-run through
the swelling by means of a red-hOt
needle-1-16 or / inch iron-first satu-
rating them III cantharadin or, if that be
not available, in hartshorn. These sea-
tons should be left in the flesh with r 0
jecting ends, S % that they can be moved
slightly at intervals, thus stimulating
s%uppUuation.
This treatment, carefully followed,
has proved successful in almost every
instance-often wllen"the animal seemed
to be IN drticulO morris. We believe,
from all we can hear, that it is the best
plan thus far known, and that, in con-
n%ectiOn with a stimulated appetite, it
will insure the recovery of nine animals
out of ten which are stricken with that
most fatal of all stock disease-the Char
bon.
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LIST or GIFTS,

For Tickets or information. Address
THOS. F. BBAMLETTE,
Agent and Manager,
Public Library Building, Louisville, XIV.
july At
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-HR4EtE@# t%sE-3Ei& ISEHEfTTFEEt. ~ tt#EEstE1 Zz&Fl
alQIR NORTHERN SEMPAPHIzERss-EY-
elybody has remarked the singular in
difference with which the State aud city
OfNhW York have regarded our misfor-
tunes The metropolitan papers have
expressed their shame aud regret in no
measured terms, and we, have Witnessed
it with pain and surprise. A letter from
the Mayor of Buffalo received yesterday
by Mayor Wilt, illustrates, this condi-
ton offthings. Mayer Dayton incloses
II draft for $500, with the comment:
"Ideeply regret my inability, atqtlis
time, to forward to you o larger sum .
Two meetings of citizens have been
called by me to devise means for the
suceor of your people, hut the: response
has amounted to absolutely nothing I
can only attribute this apparent apathy
to- prevalent idea that contributions
for the Louisiana sufferers may be, used
to encourage shiftfess persons in idle
ness, rather than to alleviate genuine
hardship rs.
TIouching.this fear rs to the misappli-
cation OFT the money-sb0uld any be sent
-it may be an excuse. or it may be a
genuine apprehension. lie the latter, it
is certainly one which thepeopleof New
York have no right to entertain. and is,
at best, g gratuitous afront upon the
afflicted citizens of, the overAOWed dis
leans who are administering their in
terests.
We would NOT have Mayor DAYTON
suppose that his generous exertions in
our behalf are viewed with ingratitude
on the contrary, we acknowledge them
with deepest thanks. We refer merely
Ia the Gallons indifference which has
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List of Letters

List of Letters
Remainingin the Post Office at Washington, La.
July 1st, 1874, and if not taken out before
the LIST OF August, 1874, will be sent to the Dead
LETTER. Office at MaShingtnn- u c.
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PREAMBLE.

We do hereby agree to unite in an orgaDiza.
ton, the object of which is the maintenance ana
support of the Laws and Constitution of tLe
State. and the earnest support of the nrilniplcs.
platform and candidates Of fine National Renuh,
lican Party, pledging ourselves to use our hest
endeavors to secure the nomination of honest
and competent mel for any and all positions.
The Grange advance., 1874-02-04
Elgin.

At meeting of the Elgin Grange, Jan.
18th, 1874, the following resolutions were
passed without a dissenting vote:
Resolved, That we favor the passage of q
law by the present Legislature of the state,
empowering towns to elect town collectors
for the collection of all taxes in the several
towns in this state.
Resolved, That whereas, several of the
older states have found it expedient to
make each Chairman of town Supervisors a
County Commissioner, we therefore ear
nestly request our Legislature to abolish
our present system Of County Commission
ers, and adopt system Of county govern
ment similar to that of the state of Wiscon-
sin.
Resolved, That, whereas, it has been
customary and lawful for the owners of
cattle lin Wabasha county to let the same
run at large, and as we think to the great
inconvenience of the farming community.
Therefore
Resolved, That we urge upon our present
Legislature the necessity of passing strin-
gent Law, obliging the owners Of cattle in
this county to restrain the same = ! !
And it was further resolved that COPY
of. these resolutions be forwarded to tie
Representative Of this Representative Dis
.trict, with the request that the. same be
presented to the Legislature g the state s.,
o. T. DICKERMAN. Secretary.
The Grange advance., 1874-02-04


$ Oh to be made up Of light -hy-
drogen, coal naptha, or gasoline, sub
stances which everybody knows will
not explode If kept in the frigid zone
away from the fire. But the doctors
say it will emit an explosive gas at a
temperature as low as 280 Fahrenheit.
This oil was splendid for kindling fires,
and had become very popular for that
purpose, but it is rather too much Of a
success. We will add that We have in
our possession circular signed by some
Of the most prominent citizens Of Vino
ma, recommending this oil in the
strongest terms. This is another illus
tration Of how little reliance there is to
be placed in recommends, and how ready
people are to recommend those things of
which they have no practical knowl-
edge. If it had been the duty Of some
practical chemist to have examined this
oil before it was permitted to be offered
for sale two lives at least might have
been saved and we might add similar
words of many articles for domestic use,
hawked through the country or offered
for sale in our drug or other stores.
Why does it not come within the prov
ince Of the Legislature, through the
Board Of Health, or in some other way,
as matter Of protection to the lives Of
the citizens Of the State, to provide for
an examination of all compounds offered
for domestic or medicinal purposes,
which may result in injury?
The Grange advance., 1874-02-04
Failures in 1873.

The financial disasters of the last year
are reduced to arithmetical exactness in
the interesting and valuable review
which we lay before our readers. The
most noteworthy features Of the record
are:
l. That the failures in 1873 were
more numerous than at any former pe-
riod in the history of the country
2. That the suspensions last year
were LOO in excess of the year preced-
ing, with increased liabilities to the
amount Of. .$107 ,443,000.
3. That Of this increase the city Of
New York is chargeabIe with $71 ,O00,-
600, and the remainder of the country
$36, 100000.
4. That the revulsion was financial
rather than a commercial one, and that,
as rule, the great mercantile interests
are to-day essentially as sound as before.
5. That, nevertheless, the jobbing
trade disclosed an expansion of credits
much beyond the bounds of prudence,
but that
6. The most prominent failures were
not chargeable to an unhealthy condi-
tion of our internal commerce, nor an
inability of the people at large to meet
their obligations, so much as to the i'm
prudences and unwise management of a
few bankers, manufacturers and mer-
chants.
These are no new facts, we are aware ;
but, in presenting them, there are one
or two important considerations, which,
not heretofore prominently engaging at
| tention, oug ght not to be lost sight of.
For instance, if the failures of 1873were
largely in excess of previous years, the
number of persons engaged in business
has also been largely multiplied, so that
after all Git is an encouraging reAection)
the former are not largely in excess of
the proportionate increase in the num-
Der Of the latter. Again, danger is at
hand often when the financial skies are
clearest, the general trade Of the coun-
try apparently never looking more pros
porous than during the early part of
September, Immediately preceding the
panic. The lesson to be read from
"reminiscences like these is as useful as
it is obvious, namely that business men
discover the true element of safety in
keeping their affairs at all times in
snug shape, and ready for any emer;
gency."- Y Bulletin.
The Grange advance., 1874-02-04
atp..;s ~ NJ =
EDDAILE. ,

One Of those terrible accidents to which
our woodsmen are liable, occurred this
week. A German lad, seventeen years Of
age, while chopping down tree was struck
and instantly killed BY a falling limb. His
parents live in the town Of Ellsworth.
A temperance lecture was delivered in
the village few evenings ago by Mr.. Lew
is Tandy to an interested audience.
Another Grange is to be organized on
Monday night at Sleeper's mill. The
Changers will soon be like the ancient bea-
con lights on the Scottish coast, within
Of sight each other.
DR.. Anderson of New York and Of twen-
ty five years experience, is to deliver q
course of Lecturers in the village on ''Phys-
ical Education.''
Our citizens have all been to Red Wing
to hear the Csntata and see the "Queen." "
Manitoba is still the excitement in this
neig ghborhood. The colony managers are
in receipt Of letters from Canada with Of
fers to join the colony from that country.
Seven hundred families Of Menonites are to
occupy the townships adjoining the Ameri-
can Colony. Archdeacon McLeon, recent
ly appointed Bishop of Manitoba, is lectur-
ing in Great Britain with a view to direct
attention to the new Prairie Province. He
alludes to the magnitude Of the coal fields
through which the Saskatchewan passes.
A large amount Of wood has been chop
ped this winter near this village. Some
owners of wood are afraid that they canno
sell all that they have had chopped and have
turned off their choppers.
The law suits against Betcher & Alley,
and c. Betcher, which came off recently be-
fore Justice Cairns at Ellsworth, and which
occupied the time Of many Of our citizens
for several days, were all decided for the
Plaintiffs. Appeals were taken to the cir
cult in all the cases.
Some logs and hub timber are being de-
livcred at the mill yard.
The Grange advance., 1874-02-04

A DWELLING house, a portion of
which was one of the old claim shanties
and built twenty -one years ago, and had
a history, was burned at Winona last
Wednesday.
The Grange advance., 1874-02-04


PEARL O1L.-After. two persons had
gone e e heaven a'1 by he explosion Of Il stbe
Celebrated non-explosive Pearl Oil" :"
which said oil had during its lifetime
innumerable l,.t' certificates M ' Of j! is good
moral character by leading citizens, and
was preferred by the people for illumin,
ating purposes to sunlight, an examinla+
zion was requested BY Dr.: 6, N. Hew-
lit, Secretary Of the State Board Of
Health. The post nnortens examination
Of the" lie" was made By Drs. Staples,
McGauhey, and Cole. They found the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31
Bethel Items.

The. Concert and closing entertainment
of tho singing school in village. came
off on Friday evening in the consre'
ga,Dnal church. Under the management
OF Prot. Chamberlain, la whose service
so much time has been spent and so
much work done. it was truly n great
success. There has never been IN enter.
tainment gotten up by home talent SO
-meritorious, so delightful. and one oil
which We were so proud, as the one oil
Friday evening. Genius showed itsell
in spots unexpected. III vocal and comic
power, and when We see ii we like to
make note Of II. Tho audience was
attentive throughout, and the affair finely
conceived WAS finely executed. The per.
Torrance OF the Can,aia Burning Ship,
was superior 10 anything of tho kind
ever before in tho village. To the Prot.
belongs The credit, OF the whole Friday
nights success was the fruit oil his energy
and unwearicd perseverance and the
several societies may congratulate them.
selves that they have been able through
him 10 accomplish 50 much. WcnOticcd
Miss Tucker of Peru and Mrs Blanchard
of Rumfsrd were present and We arc
FREQ 10 say We like their sweet voices
very much. Proper training under the
first masters. health tayoring, would
make them star Performers. We had
intended to have referred TO many per-
sons in detail but have not time or space.
The scholars connected with the sing
ing class had u grand entertainment At
Pat,ce's Hall on Monday evening, and
a supper at tho Chapman House.
Mr.. Calvin KimbalI. one OF our lead.
ing merchants, lost valuable horse re-
Gently, caused by iunuiag sharp pointed
stick into his inwards. Mr. X valued
him ut 800.
The firm of Chapman. Woodbury. &
Co, has sold To The farmers Of this and
adjoining towns, twelve thousand
bashels of COIN since the first OF last July.
Mr.. f. +. Morse Is doing Lig bust
ness in his bed,teaI Factory At Walkers
Mills. Mr.. NJ. has Row on hand some
fifteen hundred bcdslolds which lie in
tends 10 sell this spring.
Bethel claims al uninterrupted season
Of good slcighing since the 7Ih OF NJ
ycmbor.
1t is estimated that thirty thousand
maplo.trces hayO been tapped in hi, town
within The past Two weeks. Las! Sa!ur
day and Sunday were lovely sap days.
&.
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Mob Ruic.

The practice OF resorIiuS TO violence
when a party is wors,cd at an election, a
the democrats have done in this and
other States repeatedly, and as they lately
did At BidJ,lord, is ea,iyciy .aG,l,nsiJic
and subversive Of all government. At
The municipal election. recently held in
Bidielord. question arose as to the
election Of some members OF the City
Council. The republicans in one ward
where The election was contested. were
given certificates aud they met with the
Council, and organized that branch OF
the government. The democrats, with The
Mayor who is regular Quixo,e, were
furious and made threats. The repub,i.
cans adjourned, willing to have the
questions determined by proper tribunals.
The democrats. under the lead Of the
Mayor, failed in their efforts 70 get con.
troll OF the offices, leso,ted 70 mob law
las. Thursday, IN account OF their pyo-
eeedings being given in The Press, IS
follows:
Mayor Warren and a lot OF r0ughS
made the first move in zeal Louisiana
Government, Thursday afternoon.
While the City Clerk was absent they
burst open the door OF the Office, and
Mr. Tripp took his sea; as clerk. The
iron doors Of tie vault weIe then cut
down and the records grabbed amidst the
cheers OF gang Ct roughs. who were
present and aiding the movement by
their wells Of appreciation. They viii
station guard over the entrance and
place heavy locks on the door. The
next action is 10 attack the Treasurer's
Office which, il is said, was 10 be done early
Friday morning. There IS great excite
ment, and the riotOus ac:s OF the Louis
lana" mob are denounced by all good
citizens. The end is not yet
We know nothing definite of the
merits Of the election quarrel. but The
resort to violence Is disgraceiul 10 the
party, in the extreme.
an injunction has since been applied
for by tho republicans. aud granted by
Judge Virgin. Judge Howard appears
for the Mayor. and claims that their pro.
ceedings are correct.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31
BHckieid I,oDiS.

While at Dr.. MINim's AZ Hartford last
fall, my attention. among many other
kinds OF fruit, was called 10 three apple
trees, six inches in diameter, standing IN
u row one rod aplt.. second year OF bear
ing. The trees wee raised OF that farm
and grated in tie body by the doctors
step.ialhef, Capt. llopcsIi,l BisLce, (who
is workman IN Budding and gralIing)
with ciOns Cul from Ggceuing, by him
self. Tree number one bears apples Of
every shade, from grccnins 10 dark
red. Number Two. every apple is u
srcening. Number three The same ~
the first. Being presented With dark
red apple. aud Quo one half dark red,
and ono q pure Grccning, which | saw
piucked from tho same limb, | louHd
upon examination the red mas mellow,
juicy and pleasant sour. The other two
hard and not pauaLIe nj the lime, green.
iag keeping the longest. Will not some
one OF the many readers OF the Democrat
inform me through its columns. if the
above fruit was freak of Nature or the
pollen conveyed from \ distance from
some unknown cause, As no apples OF The
kind grew near, rs was informed by the
old gentleman. who is m extra farmer.
The Register vi the 18Th says Edward
Winslow, having Lcca sent 10 England
as an agent ol The colony in 1919. brought
the first breed oil neat cattle 10 Plymouth
We're not tour cows. seven hcilers. two
steers, Two bulls. anal twenty six goats
divided among one hGalrcd and lilty six
persons in 1921 10 keep ten years IOy ono
bali their use?
Who would have thought u few years
ago. when il was often said the shoTcl-
handle factory will have TO be removed
Tor good from the village on accoun! OF
the scarcity OF timber Tor that purpose,
such supply ol suitable timber in blocks
would be furnished that tie company
would refuse 10 receive any more unless
previously engaged. This i, the lact, to
tie disappointment of some. Oh FOR
steam. power that shall take the surplus
of farmers aud return 10 them their sup
pies. "a good lime is coming,il is almost
day is felt 10y many whose patience has
almost ceased TO DO 4 virtue.
The robin. The harbinger OF spring.
came on the lgth.
The domestic sweet has found is way
on to the farmhouse tables.
HARTFORD.
The above communication was MI on
a postal card.
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HdTtjOi a Items.

Having instituted Forest Like Lodge
Of Good TempIars, ut Hartford, OF thirty
members. assisted by sixteen members OF
The Wave, and knowing the Lodge had
gained many to lis folds. AMI now owned
one of The best furnished halls IN tie
county, including an organ and Al cXtrl
stage !or speaking. | accepted an inv
taiioa to DC present on The filth annivcr-
sary on the evening OF tho 2Is.. Although
the travelling was bad about one hundred
listened with interest to the programme:
Song ~ l.. Lucas and daughter; decsma-
ton by Samuel Hayford: dialogue. Red
Chisnon", by Ms. Merritt Parsons. Misses
Cora snd Evclinc Cannon. Hattie and
Marion 4 lien; poem, History Of Forest
Lake, by VIM. Bickneil, Esq. remarks by
Rev. Mr. stevens ". e. T. defamation
bs Mcrrick Osgo ID; song b. Lucas and
daughter; recess for refreshments and
social greeting. the marshall and assistant
conducting the audience TO the town hall
below, where tables were loaded whh
farmers fare, cooked by those who had
enough aud to spare. Rcasscmbling 10
The hall with open doors, Bickneli By
earnest request. repeated his poem Moses
Alien, Esq toast master, offered first;
Oar Order" responded 10 by the chair;
second, Entertainment by Forest Lake
ladies responded TO by Bicknell OF The
Wave third. Forest Lake responded
to by Mrs Merritt Parsons, IN fac poem
songs by Lemue and Miss Lucas. Only
one thing to mar The festivities, was the
sudden illness of Mrs. DR.. Maxim, who
was 10 play IN important part in music
and acting. Being reminded that the
Sabbath was approaching all left for
home having enjoyed feast of reason
and flow OF soul Great credit Is due
the Rev. Mr.. Stevens for order.
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NOrIC0U Items.

Rev, l.. II. Tabor has so Tar recovered
from his sickness as 10 resume bis min.
is;erial duties.
The Aireriiser says that Frecland
Howe has sold to DR.. Jones a small house
lot on Deering ST., and they have both
made arrangements TO build tasty cot.
tase houses with French roof. as soon as
tho ground will permit.
The shipment vi shoes. from Inc Shoe
Factory Tor the week ondlu. March 2l.t.
was l25 eases.
An assembly is talked Of FOR WedIos
evening, April lst.
The citizens OF School D-!ri / No. Z.
were to meet at Academy II,!l last FIJI.
day esopiag. 10 see what sun Vi money
the District will raise Tor The support Of
4 Free High School.
K. c. and 4. T. Smborn, sons 0. Capt
Albert Slnborn. Of this village. have
opened a Hard Ware store in Lynn.
Mass. The Biddeford Times say,. 4.
Sanborn & Soma are manufacturing ~
their manuinctorY at Lime.i.k on tho
average seventy dozens shovel haad Is
per day. which will be continued the
most part Of the year. thereby adding
much TO the business of the place. rs
nell Is to the interests OF the farn5rs in
the vicinity. in the demand Tor their ash
timber.
Tho Sanborns manufacture about l5,.
900 dozen Shovel llaudIcs at Norway.
and have secured largs lot Of ash lini-
Der this " inter.
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PairYin1.

The Fry eburg Cheese Company held
it, first legal meeting on Monday, the
OH, at Shirley & Lewis store, and made
q choice OF the following officers: +.
Shirley, President; james Thom', Vice
President; b. Walker McKcen. Secretary !
F. Shirley, Treasurer; j. Thoms. Z w
Burbank, Stephen harrington, J. c.
Hartman, aud Edward Kelly, Directors ;
Building Committee, Z. W. Burbank.
Chairman. The Company met again
to-day, according to adjournment, aud
purchased lot Of land on which 10 build
their factory Of Z. c. Harrington. They
propose 10 commence building ut once.
This Company starts with decidedly
good prospects Of success, having some oil
The strongest men Of Fryeburg and Con
way at il head. while every slookholder
seems to show an interest in The business
OF the Company.
Ak OBSERVER.
Erv.huro March If