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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-04-24

Sustain she Sinking Byseem.-The flashes
Of excitement produced by the stimnlantR in or
binary use, are followed Bya reaction that Is
always more or less injurious. just as the dark
nese. illunninatedfer q moment by the lightning's
glare, becomes apparently blacker than ever
after the flash lis over, so the mental gloom and
physical debility that vanish temporarily under
the influences of a dram, return with a ten-fOld
intensity when the first transient effect ceases.
Yet physicians habitaally prescribe the liquors
of for patients suffering from bodily
remedy in such eases is a pure stimulant medi-
Gated with the finest tonics and alternatives
which tho vegetable kingdom affords, and Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is the only preparation
1T present known which thoroughly meets the
emergency. The e8eetof this popular ~restora-
tive is continuous. Each dose taken invigorates
the vital energies and the brain, and its pro-
longed usa will unquesti0nably cure any case of
debility, hypochondria, or mental orDidity that
does not arise from organic causes beyond the
reach of medicine. 1t is, in the ~strfctest sense
of the word, an invigorating aud regulating cor
dial. If the nerves are tremulOus and relaxed.
it braces them if the bowels are cOnstipated, it
relieves them if the liver is torpid, it promotes
activity in that organ il the mind is gloomy, it
clears away the clouds if the appetite is poor
aud digestion a slow and painful operation, it
creates Il relish for food and enables the stomach
to convert it into healthful aIiment. Moreover
il is q specific for q large number of ailments,
some of which are particularly prevalent in the
damp and chilly weather which we so often ex-
perience in mid-Winter. Among these may be
mentioned rheumatism, Ghills and fever and all
the morbid conditions of the digestive and Sc
cretive organs superinduced by Sudden changes
of temperature and the inclcmencies of the
season.
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ROOM nennbIiean Metlher Clab.

EEt@ r..'r'
O~PELoTsAsj April 18th, 1874.
The Club convened pursuant to adjournment
Tn President in the chair. 8sta
On motion. the journal of the previous meet
ing was adopted without any corrections.
The Chair then declared the election Of dele
gates to the Parish Conventions, in pursuance TO
the eaA from the Parish Executive Committee,
in order.
s. on motion Of AIr. j. Simms, resolved, that the
President select five members of this Club as
delegates to represent the Mother Club ii tile
Parish Convention. Carried unanimously. II
THE Chair thereupen appointed the following
Donate, ID. T. q. Hill, $. Massenburg and J.
Snnms. hs5ttt ~ { isfg
On melton, tatatithe Young Mems Republican
Gllbtof 0pelousas be and is. hereby requested to
elect a delegate to the aforesaid convention.
Carried. 3l III s4s5Att f}
On motion, Messrs. wm.iC. Lewis and sirarns
were appointed aCoInmittee to wait upon the
Young Mems Opelousass Republican Club, and
inform them of the action taken by the Mother
Climb relative to the election of q delegate to
Representatives In the Parish Convention.
Mr.. q slmms offered the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Republican party is actIf-
ated by the grand principle ~ am come to full
al the law, not toRdestroy the law, and upon
this depends its success. f4f4. sttE.,9
Resolved, That the Democratic party has
shown itself deficient i'll principle, void of faith
the great discrepancies and errors in It's teach
siugs, when compared with its acts, and when
allowed to enforce its rules or theory OF govern
ment. .
Resolved, That bigotry, egotism and self-in-
terest shine out supreme, when contrasted with.
the doctrine ii men are created free and equal
before the law
Resolved, That the Democratic party has no
digniied and lofty purpose, no grand principles
through which to appeal to the hearts and fecl-
iHgs Of American manhood. It ls Like pther gi-
gantie wrongs that have hee1 organized and
perpetuated for selfish purposes, the effects of
which time alone. can wipe out; its character is
not sustained by any dignifed action. but it is
held UP by egotisla and vain pride, in which its
adhgrents resemble the tribe Of Pharisees, who
believed themselves born TO teach and to govern.
OIInlotioltof Nj. I$SkiJlner theciubadjourlfed
until next regular meeting. ss4sI
tfsaff BERNARD MARTIN, President.
ID. T.. C. HILL, Secretary.
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Lastie Dupre va, .aos.D. NIL.


DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST, Ian.
~ dry.-No. 12397.-By virtue OF an oI,ior of
seizure and sale issued out of the honorehIe tho
Eighth District Court, in and for the Parish of
-. Landry, i'll the above entitled suit, and to mo
directed, ] will proceed to sell at public ouction
TO me highest bidder, at the Courthouse of said
paIlSh, IN the town Of Opelousas, on SATUR.
DAY, the I'd day of May, 1874, at eleven O'clock
An, the following described property. to-wit-
Inc undivided sixth of the whole Of the fol-
lowing, described property, to-wit: A certain
tract or iaLd with all the buildings and improve
menus thereon, including the sugar-honse and
All tne machinery, with all the stock thereon.
ana all the carts, wagons, plOughs, harrows,
harness, etc, situated and lying in the parish of
st. Landry, on the west side OF BAYOU Marir
Croquant OrTcche, having twenty arncnts front
by forty in depth.
A certain tract of land situated on tho east
side of Bayou Marie Cr0quant'or T2chc, having
four arpents front by forty in depth, bounded
on the lower side by land formerly belonging 10
Baptiste Rider, now to Ozeme Morean and Ar.
villicn Rider.
a certain tract of land, adjoining the one inst
ABOVE described, situated on the cast side of
Bayou Marie CrOquant or TGche. bounded on
one SIDE by land just above described, and on
the other side by land of Alcide st. Cyr, contain
ing twenty arpcnts.
A tract OF land on the east side of Bayou Marie
Croquant or Ttche, having about seven and Il
half arpents front by forty in depth, bounded
on one side by land Of Mary Ann LitteIL. wife of
Henderson Taylor, and on the other by land
formerly belonging to Mrs. Desmaret and DR..
Foster.
Seized i'll the above suit,
Terms-Cash on the spot.
mch ~ +. O. HAYES. SberiT
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PERMANET WHIFEw AsH.-ENitA the
return DE spring comes the usual inquiry
for a good whitewash. Take half n
bushel Of unslaked lime, slake it with
boiling water, covering it during the
process to keep in the steam strain the
liquid through d fine sieve or strainer,
and add to ii d peck of salt previously
we'll dissolved ia Wateri three pounds
ground rice boiled toa thin paste, and
stirred in boiling hot half d pound of
Spanish whiting, and a pound OF clean
glue which las been previously dissol-
we'd by soaking 1t first, and then hanging
over d slow Are iii q small kettle inside
d large one filed with Watery add five
gallons OF hot water to the mixture, stir
it well, and let it stand q few days Cow
cred from the dirt. 1t should be put on
quite hot; for this purpose. 1t can be
Kept iii d kettle on a furnace. a pint of
this mixture viii cover II yard square of
the outside Of d house, If applied with q
large paint-brQsh.
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HOWTHE AsHAN9EEs FOUGHT. "A cor
respondent writes from the fields "The
Ashantees fought like demons. They
were present i'll enormous numbers,
pouring On our gallant troops by thous-
ands, eliing and screaming mde0usly.
Although our firing told on them inns
Intensely they had TO be driven from
point to point, and even when pushed
to the attack. Tn the tllickest parts of
the brush they climbed the trees in o.
der to fire mor efectually upon our
troops. The order Of advance from
Insarful vas as follows: The attack
was madein thef0Tm o fasquare, through
the middle of which ran tire main road,
and the line extended about three hun
bred yards on either side. The forty
second regiment, preceded by Lord Gift
ford and his scouts, formed the front
line, with two of Rats guns in the cen
tire, GoTdon's h0ussas in a dense corner
Of jungle. 1t really seemed as If moth
ing but the failure of their ammunition
would drive them out. Now at one
point, n0W at another, along the hill
crest they poured down crushing volleys.
Life they counted at no price ii only q
white man could be KILLED. Tt was the
same desperate obstinacy we had seer
ut Abrakrampa, They climbed trees to
fire with more deadly effect, but the
mass just lay down and slot till they
shot themselves short OF ammunition.
Sir Archibald Alison, brigadier of the
white troops, declares he never came
under d fercer fire in India on the
Crimea.f
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The story Of a Postal Card.
THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF AN INcoN-
sIDERATE USE OF An EPITHET.
From the Chicago Tribune. j

From the Chicago Tribnne.I
A prominent merchant In st. Joseph,
Mo-, j. B. johnson, Esq, has got him
self into trouble, the Postmaster Of
Chicago into %trouble,@and the Govern
ment of the United States into trouble,
all growing out Of q bit of pastebOard
with some writing ON it. Some weeks
ago, Mr.. johnson having occasion to or
der goods from Chicago, posted a label
about the size of @ postage stamp, bear
ing his business address on the postal
card. The Chicago correspondent re-
ceived the card in due time, but had to
fed Mr.. J.. As the latter had been in the
habit of posting these labels for some
| time, and had never before been called
upon for extra postage, he consulted
the Postmaster of st. Joseph, Mr.. Arm
holt, about it. The latter informed him
that he had a right to label the cards
and could continue to do SO with safety,
unless the cards were going to Chicago,
whose Postmaster didn't understanding
law. Thereupon in a happy frame of
mind, Mr.. Johnson addressed a card to
the Chicago house in his best hand
writing, and with a feeling of exulta-
ton triumphantly and in q bold hand
wrote these words: "Our Postmaster
says your Postmaster an ass The Chi
cagO Postmaster forwarded the ObnOx-
ious postal card to Washington. Mr..
CresWell put on his spectacles and read
the st. Joseph Postmaster's pithy opin-
ion of the Chicago Postmaster. The re-
suit of the reading was q postal card
from Mr.. Creswell to the ST. Joseph
Postmaster which nearly lifted the lat
ter functiOnary out of his boots, and
made him realize, as he had never done
before, how frail the tenure OF a post
office may be. Thereupon the Post
master called upon Mr.. johnson, and
informed him that he had never said the
Postmaster OF Chicago was an ass. Mr..
Johnson brushed up his memory, and,
after q while, concluded that he was
mistaken i'll the language used, and
gave his Postmaster a statement to that
effect. This relieved the Postmaster.
He forwarded the statement to Mr.. Cres-
well, and once more felt secure in his
office. But it did not end here, for on
Thursday last an order came for the
arrest of Mr.. johnson for using scurri-
lous language on Rp0stal card, and that
night he was arrested. Thus, for the
sake OF a little business label about the
size OF a pOstage-stamp, the St. Joseph
merchant got into a difficulty with the
st. Joseph Postmaster and the Chicago
Postmaster, got the ST. Joseph Post
master and the Chicago Postmaster by
the ears, got the ST. Joseph Postmaster
into trouble with the Government, and
has got himself into a tight place, in
which he may have to pay from 500 to
$1,000, or go to jSil and stay from one
year to ten years, before he can extricate
himself. s q ri
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A Collection of Christmas Hymns
Prepared by Rev. s. D.. Human, for the Yanl
ton and Santec Episcopal Missions. TaylC
Brothers, Printers, Yankton.


Prepared by Rev. 8. D. Human, for the Yank
ton and Santec Episcopal Missions. Taylor
Brothers, Printers, Yankton.
We copy the Lords PrayerfrOm this doubtless
interesting collection, which our readers ought
to be able to render into English. H.
Ate unyanlpi kin,
M~arpiyata un,
Sicaje makata,
W~akandapi nun. -"
.ss NitOkieonZe kin, - -
y kta uncinpi,
Ga ampetu he en-,
Io~nXiundaln. '
Nitawacin token,
Marpiyata nun, .
Maka kin iyecen, Ft
Eeonpi nunwe.
Ampetu iyOhi, -..-.+ l.
AguVapi kin, -
.Ampetu kin de ell,
e. Ae unqu miye.>7 s.' '"5
! .t Tuwe oran xica,
" Ga makipajin, p
5L Token aWektoDie, - ..n7I
+ ~. FHs n Hecen miksuya. ~, as
] ,.. Ga waWiyutan kin, ....r-.- -
En- unyanpi xni; b
Takn Iica ota; ~. 90 'r
-#,lHlAI aUnyuha miye. Ht7. ,ss,l~
/ "a 5 Nokiconze kin he, tsL'i
t'i Ga wowaxake, as : - rE
@ 4 On wow1tan hena, hT.fEsN5 Hall.
Hs5,..1t Nitawa nunWe ses-~.c ,-a.
..sl qsg Ate kin. Cinca kin.
Ga W0ntya kin, .'@ ~ -
Hs''t tte He Wakantanka kin, Eta,s=s-taE
~f9FttH Ohfnniyan ce. Amen. --s-.
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SUCCESSION SALES.
Estate Of Eaaaaae A. Lassiters deceased,
wife of r. ". Carr

Estate Of EaiEaie A. Lassiters deceased.
wife of r. w. Clary.
by VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE HON
AZ orable Probate Court of the Parish of gk
Landry, there will be sold Mt public auction, TO
the highest bidder, by the undersigned admins.
traitor or by Il public auctiOneer, at the last resi-
dence of the deceased, at Coulee Cruche, in this
parish, on TUESDAY, May 18th, 1874, the fol-
lowing described property, belonging to the
estate OF Fannie A. Lassiter, deceased. wife OF
r. W. Clary, to-wit:
!. A cerain tract or parcel of land in said par
ish and State, lying on bayou Coulee Crochc,
with all the buildings andimpr0vements thereon,
bounded north by lands belonging to Charles
Lavergne, east by public lands, south by
west by Mrs. BoudreauX, being the northeast
quarter of section number thirtyIive, i'm town
ship number seven south of range number three
east, containing one hundred and sixty-twO
acres, being the same property acquired by said
Mrs. Fannie A. LasSiter, by act passed before
Recorder of said parish of st. Landry, from
Thomas b, DAILY, on the 26th day of November,
1878.
2. One wardrobe, one washstand, q lot OF
prOmissory notes and due bills which will be
exhibited on the day of sale, one hack, a bureau.
a cooking stove and utensils, n lot of corn, q lot
of coffee, sugar, flour, etc, four head Of cows
and calves, one pair mules. one horse, on6 wagon,
a lot of plank, beds and bedding. household and
kitchen furniture, plantation aud farming ins.
PIGMENTS, and many other movables.
~Terms-Cash.
JONES F. SMITH, Administration.
apl lost.
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a Hundred Years Ago.


One hundred and ten years ago there
was not a single white man in what is
now Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, or Tlli-
nOis. Then, what is now the most
lolrisIling papt, Of the United States
was us little known rs the country in
the heart of Africa itself. 1t was not
tillf176 that Boone left his home in
North Carolina to become the first set
tier I'M Kentucky. And the first pion-
GERS Of Ohio did not settle till twenty
wears later still. A hundred years ago
Canada belonged It'd Frapee, and Wash
ingtOn was a modest Virginia 0olonel,
and the United States the most loyal
part of the British empire. and scarcely
4 speck on the political horizon indica-
ted tile struggle that in d score of years
was to lay the foundation OF the great
est regublic of the world.
A hundred years ago there were but
four small newspapers in America ;
steam engines had not been imagined,
and locomotives, and steamboats,, and
railroads, and ~telegraphs, and postal
cards, and friction matches, and reyol-
vers, and percussion eaps, and bTeech-
loading guns, and stoves, and furnaces,
and gas for dwellings,, and India rub
Der shoes, and sewing machines, and
anthracite coal, and photographs, and
chrome paintings, and kerosene oil, and
tile safety lamp, and the compound
bow4Dipe, and free schools, and spring
mattresses, and wood engraving, and
Brussels carpets, and lever watches,
and ereenbacks, and cotton and wooden
factories, Id anything like the present
meaning Df these terms, were utterly
unknown.
A hundred years ago the spinning
wheel was in almost every family, and
clothing was spun and woven and made
np It'd tile household, and the printing
press was a cumbFous machine, worked
by handf and q nail, or a brick, or q
knife, or ii pair 0f shears or scissors, or
q razor, or Q woven PAIR ct stockings,
or an axe, or hoe, o. shovel or lock- or
key, or Il plate OF glass of any size, was
not made III what is now the United
States. Even IN 1880 there were only
seyenty-five post0fices i'm the country,
ind the wiloie extent of Our post routes
was less than nineteen hundred miles.
Cheap postage was unEleaTa OF, and had
any one suggested the transmission of
messages with lightning speed hew0ud
have been thought utterly insane. The
mfscraScopa on one hand and the teles-
cope Oh the other, were in their infancy
Ms instruments of science, and geology
and chemistry were almost unknown.
9IH d word il IS true that to the century
passed have beeMall0tted more improves
meHts, In their bearing on the comfort
and happiness OF mankind, tllIn To any
other which has elapsed since The crea-
tiOn of tire world.
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In the year 1701 OF 1909 tive forget
which, Mi. Ruthven Jenkyns wrote
and published in Greenwich Magazine
for mariners, the following lines }g'a-
Sweetheart, goodbye! the fiustering sail :.ft
Is spread to watt me far from thee; .giet5..
And soon before the ~fayOring gale
My ship shall bound tho sea, f""' 81
Perchanee, all desolate and forlorn, 'N it,l
These eyes shall missithee many a yearSr: 7.
But unfIrgotton every charm Il, $50 =
Though lost TO sight, to, memiry dear.
Sweetheart, goodbye! one last empraceyE.fgfl
o cruel fate, two souls to seVeEia.
Yet in this hearts most sacred place iIi
Thou, thou alone shalt dwell forever. / -
And stifl shall recollection trace t5 t.
In Faneys mirror ever near, = ~ a!r .-
Each smile, each tear that from that face
Though lost to sight, to meni,ry dear.
The final line has passed into a famil-
iar saying, and the other, together with
the identity of their author, into obliv-
ion. Mr.. Jenkyns never published a
book, nor have his humble efforts found
their way into any standard collection.
TN. O. Picayune,
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"HASS vs. IhcmhkHF hbDDFP,
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST, Ian.
~ dry.-SO.. 12378.-By virtue of writ Of dcri
Iacias, issued out of the honorable the Eighth
District Court, in and for the Parish Of St.
Landry, i'll the above entitled suit, and to me
directed, | will proceed to sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder, at the Courthouse of said
parish. i'll the own of Opelousas, on SATUR-
DAY, the 2d day Of May, 1874, at eleven o'clock
\. NJ. the following described property, to-wit:
a. ]. The undivided half of a certain plantation,
situated at GradcnigO's Island, containing about
seventeen hundred acres of land, more or less,
with the buildings and improvements thereon
bounded north by public road leadingf from One.
lOusas to Vile Plate, south by land of widow
John Silnons, ct ais, east by public road leading,
to Vile Plate and property of Mrs. J. B. Row,
west by land of L. 7. Blackslcar and Lncicn
Dupre.
2. TIVE lots of ground situated in the town of
Op~elousas, with the buildings and improvements
thereon, bounded north by lots of Dir. J, T., Es-
forge, south by lots of Mrs. +. D6tean, east by
Court street, and west by Market street.
3. The iron brand with all the gentle horned
cattle branded with the same, about forty i'm
number and ah the horses and mares, gentle
and wild, branded with the same, about forty
head, all the house furniture, kitchen utcnsils,
etc, one old no-tOp buggy, one old hack, two
Creole carriage ponies.
Seized i'll the above suit.
Terms.-CaShO on the spot.
inch 81 i. {. HAYES, Sheriff.
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WHOLE Or Cur POTATOES FoRSEED.--
Nearly fifty years ago, Thomas Andrew
Knight president Of the london Horti-
cultural Society, wrOtea very exhaustive
easy upon the above named subject,
proving concIusively, to many, that
whole potatoes were far preferable to,
pieces oftubers for planting. Mr.. Knight,
at that time and for many succeeding
years was considered, in Great Britain,
the highest authority In the world Quail
horticultural subjects, consequently his
opinions carried great weightamong the.
people. His idea was that a tuber as a
whole, was but one seed, like a kernel of
corn. But we nov consider q potato tu-
Der more like an en- OF corn containing
many seeds, each OF which is capable of
producing d plant equal In strength and
value tofhe whole combined, OF course
there are hundreds of farmers who will,
and do, cling to this old theory Of MI.
Knights despite Of all the science or
practice to the. contrary. We should
think, however, that the enormous yield
secured from the various new sorts with
in the past few years and frequently re-
ferred to in the agricultural Journals, all
of which have been produced from cut
seed, would begin to awaken the stick
lers for whole seed and set them to MAX
ing experiments in this direction. No
one viii suppose for Il moment the yields
reported in the case of the Bliss prizes
for the Early Vermont and Compton
Surprise could have been secured by
planting whole tHhers. Those farmers
who believe that the whole tubers are
best for seed Should look at these fgur-
es-5111, 607, 437 and 456 pounds, raised
by different men in different localities,
each having but one pound for. seed.
We think these facts and figures are
worth d dozen theories, and well worth
remembering at Observation-Disclosures
New Yorker.
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~
1T has often occurred To ns to wonder
why IL certain class of young M con
slider il necessary to imhibe large qual-
titles of liquor whenever they are going
into ladies' society. lit they could only
realize what am unnecessary access OF
vulgarity they thereby receive; ii they
cOgIld see themselves III the fll reVela-
ton nf their nnpleasantnesg and stupid
ity. ne are charitable enough to believe
tic custom would f1ll into speedy dis
use. From all We haze gathered in the
ecnrse of QnG experiences lovely woman
N not by any means sp terrible i cTes-
tngo as this extensive laying in of artiii-
cial courage would imply. Size ii soft
aud beautiful and tender. She admires
strength sIleathed in ge~ntleness. She
s~Dpreciates Difference AMI courtesy and
ghs Distinguishes with epnel keelancsS
between n loyal gentleman ana 4 clown,
whose assurance cost inst tllfrtY cents
FPieaHf5np.
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Nat. bird vs.. y. l.. & H.. h. Andre,

DIsTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LAM
- dry.-No. 122T5.-By virtue OF d writ Of 1eri
faeias issued out Of the Hon. the Eighth District
Court, in and for the Parish Of 81. Landry, in
the above entitled suit, and to Inc directed, / will
proceed to sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder at the Courthouse of said parish, In the
town of Opelousas, on SATURDAY, the Cd
day of May, 1874, ut eleven o'clock, A. NJ, the
following described property, to-wit-
A boiler with it's fixtures and appurtenances,
and coolers and %cisterns, now on the plantation
formerly belonging to the defendants on Bayou
Courtableau.
Seized III the above suit. -Ssz EEE@
TefIns-Cash on the spot. aA
apl1 II e. o. HAYES. Sheriff.