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- b, al Estste Broker and Auctionser
Eo. Sll TIA street, opposite L. 5. Post once
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UY WASH. WILLIAMS, Auctioneer
az (5uccessor TO Green & Williams, A ucts
Nc. 1901 northwest corner lO:h and ID streets
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Rf LATfMkR & OLEABY,
~ Reai Estate Brokers snd Auctionaer,,
southwest corner Penns. avenue and llth street
Star once Building,
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llY WASH, b. WILLIAMS, Auc;ioneer,
I'D (successor to Green & Williams, Aucti oneers D
Northwest corner 10th and d streets
AT AUCTION.
Two Good Work Horses; One Market Wagon; One
Bet Harness; One Manure Wsgou, nea5 ly new /;
Wagon ana Carriage Harness; One Horse, Dart,
and harness; Plo IS, Guilty. stors, Herrows; One
LIT Hay loo Het-bed Sash, nearly new.
Four Acres, more or less, Of Land, with improve
nents.
r. On MONDAY, December -. at 10
- O'Clock g.. m, will sell, st CIV. Tslbert's,
go sd dining Z. j. Middleton's place, On the
GlenwocG road the above described property.
deelS-d WASH, B, WILLIAMS, Auot,
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Try WM. L. WALL CO. Auctioaesrs,
- New Marble Building,
No. 300 and SO2 PennsyIvanis avenue cor ssh n
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AUCTION SALES.
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kf VIM. L.. WALL 8 co ,AsctfOneers,
= New Marble Building,
hos goo and 902 Fenpsy snia AZ en- &c, cor o. IF
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05


ONE OF THE INUNDAT1ON TRAGEDIES.
Those who have not been eye witnesses
of the situation in the submerged dis
tricts can scarcely form any idea OF the
destruction and suffering of the deluged
people. An old man came down on the
Frank Pargoud from Greenville yester-
day and gave most touching details OF
the overwhelming destruction of the
mad waters. He had d little boy, his
son. with him, and related that while
sleeping peacefully in his dwelling,
which was apparently secure, the water
rushed furiously into his dwelling during
the night and swept it away. His wife
and two daughters were drowned and
himself and little son alone escaped.
All his goods and chattels were swept
into tile bosom of the raging torrent OF
water and lie saved literally nothing,
not even wearing apparel. He escaped
ia the river landing and took passage on
the Parg0Ild for this city. Broken
doWn and impoverished, the broken
hearted man desired only to reach some
relatives with whom be might leave his
only Surviving child to be taken care OF
while he sought to recover the comforts
Of 81 home of which the relentless river
had deprived him. The poor old mans
misfor6unes were little worse than many
had suffered, and bis case is only one of
many Vicksburg Herald, 9th inst.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

To the Editor of the Baltimore Gazette
am in daily receipt of numbers of
letters from all parts OF the country,
and especially from the South and West,
asking information as to the standing
and reliability of firm doing business
at No. North Howard street, in this
city, under the name of Alden & Hall.
As cannot find time to answer each
one of these communications, / take
this method of replying to all such in
quiries, and thus giving to the public
all the information / possess i'll relation
to said firm. ,f
Certain persons are conducting a
busines under the above name at No.
North Howard street, and their mode of
conducting it seems to be unusual and
rather extraordinary.
They propose, through their so-called
trade circular, to sell one pair of boots
for one dollar, six yards of alpaca for
one dollar, and great number OF other
articles at the like rates, and promise to
send the articles purchased to any part
of the country, free of charge, by ex-
pFess, G. @. D. And yet, they refuse to
sell these same articles to actual Gus
toners who call at the firms place of
business, cash In hand, anxious to buy
at the prices named in the circular.
FOR the further information of those
interested, / will say that by compari-
son, the circulars, order slips, &C., put
forth by this firm, together with the
general mode of transacting business
adopted by them, would seem to stamp
their transactions as identical with
those of q firm known as George B.
Hodge 81 CO., of Chicago, which proved
to be huge swindle, as many persons
In every section of the country can
attest. y, !: GhAI
April II, 1874. Marshal of Police.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

"AND THEY SHALL PAY A TAx.n-My
| beloved brethren, the tex reads: can
they shall pay a tax" Now there be
| many kind o. tax. Thar be shoe tax,
and vortax; thar be the attax of the
cholorymorbus, an tax ON lawyers
which, my beloved brethren, is the best
kind o. tax but the hardest an most
difficultest to collect. ~Gf
But thar's day comm my beloved
brethren, when all these things will be
brought up standin', glory halalujah :
Now, what does the book say, my
retched sinners? Does it say "tWo onto
yeW editors?" Not bit of it, my be-
loved monners. It says: "Wo onto
yew lawyers-yew sEribes and fariseize.
An the Jedge will say in that day,
" Yew Arp, an Underwood an Print
up-stan up."
j" Yes Lord"
An the Jedge will ak: "Did you pay
any tax in the other world 90 9a7t
Then they will answer, nifty skeerd
No Lord. The law reads: Injuns an
lawyers not taxed"
Then shall the Jedge, with nifty
stern eye, say: You lie like forty p
Perlice, put these fellows over on the
left with the billy gotes, and feed 'em
on rat tails and carpet tax for the 500
years-Clerk call up Tom Aleck an the
rest of 'em.
An, my beloved brethren, thar shall
be weepin, an wailing and smashin er
teeth. '1f"
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why Southern immigration
has Failed. Ha. .,s. d.
From the St. Louis Republican. I


The defect, the fatal objection to all
failure to offer to sell homesteads to the
farmers whom they seek to allure to that
country. There is no proposition to
allow the thrifty farmer an interest in
the soil. There is too much intelligence
in the world, even among the working
classes, to render any scheme acceptable
which does not concede to them an equal
station with any and all other classes.
The European immigrant comes to
America to secure O home for himself
and his posterity. It he is expected to
be merely tenant, he will remain on
the estates of the European aristocrat
rather than become tenant on the lands
OF an American. Let the southern peO-
pie secure an influx of white immigra-
tlOn by offering to sell lands in parcels
TO suit, to immigrants, on accommOda-
ting terms, and then show the natural
advantages of the country, and they
will soon turn stream of immigration
in their direction. A few years ago q
large number of Swedish and German
immigrants were induced to go to Mis-
sissippi and Alabama. They had not
been long there until they saw the posi-
ton they were expected to occupy.
They had not come to America to be-
come hirelings. With good reason they
became dissatisfied, and scarcely waited
for the close of the year to leave the
country. Some of these people came to
Missouri, where they became proprietors
of small homesteads, and are annually
contributing to the prosperity of the
state. They might have remained in
and be contributing to its
had they been properly re-
ceived. ..5. :.-.. - ~.
These may be unpleasant truths, but it
is best that they should be told. The
interest of the whole west should be sub
served by the highest possible develop
ment of all the southern states. There
must be disposition to give immigrants
an even start in life, if the south is ever
made to bloom on account of the labors
of adopted citizens. 'n- s,.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

THE "GRANGERs' STORE SW1NDLE.-
A thief, whose name we failed to learn
and who has very small opinion of the
intelligence of the people of Perry
county, and whose opinion, we regret
to say, was correct, started through the
upper, portion OF the county, offering
for sale by sample from the Govern
ment Grange StOre,n goods and mer-
chandise, at fabuleusly lew prices. For
instance, he offered forty pounds of
coffee for SO; Cannelton sheeting at q
little less per yard than is paid BY the
factory for weaving; calico at about, ,211
cents per yard nine yards of extra fine
broadcloth for So, and SO on through
the entire list. He admitted that the
Grange store was not making much,
as they were selling far below the origi-
nal cost price, and could only afford
to do SO because of their very large
sales. The goods were to be delivered
within week or ten days, one half of
the money to be paid down, and the
balance when the goods were delivered.
Notwithstanding the "lack of thick
ness' Of this proposition, we under
stand he sold d very large amount of
goods, took the one half of the price as
q guarantee Of good faith on the part
OF the purchaser (as the grange store
could not afford to carry the goods
around unless part of the money was
paid,) and the happy purchasers are
now anxiously waiting the coming of
the steamer which is to bring them un-
told wealth at so small a cost.
ECannelton lind Enquirer.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

AN ALABAMA Poker HAND.-Bill
j., the Sheriff of our county Colbert,
q Jealous poker player, and prosperous
Teut0nic merchant of our town, named
s., were travelling on the cars, and,
in order to pass away the time, engaged
In O game of euehre. After playing
some time, the jolly Dutchman left his
seat to get drink of water, and Bill,
knowing that he, too, had a penchant
for poker, took advantage of his alb
sence and dealt him hand with four
kings In 1t, and turned up the queen for
a trump. Returning in moment and
lifting his hand, s. at once conceived the
brilliant idea of playing the hand at
poker, and accordingly suggested it to
Bill, who consented provided he might
be allowed to discard one of bis cards
and take up the queen. To this s. at
once agreed, and the game proceeded.
Says s.: Bill, bets you $5.b In turn
Bill raised him $40 more. "Well = says
81, $15 will jOost pay mine expense
and some odder tings, and / calls you,
Bill & at the same time exhibiting his
hand with four kings, and reaching for
the money. Hold 0n,n says Bill, 81
have four aces!n NervOusly, and i'm
silence, the astonished Dutchman gath
cred the cards and shuffled them for q
moment or two. Then with his chin
resting on both clenched hands, and his
eyes staring into uncertainty, be ex-
claimed: say, Bill, jOost you told me
yot De h-n dot queen had to do mit dot
And up to this hour his mind is per-
picked continually to find the part that
card had played in the game.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

PLAIN TALK TO GIRLs.-Your every
day toilet is a part of your character.
A girl who looks like fury" ora sloven
in the morning is not to be trusted, how
ever finely she may look in the evening.
No matter how humble your room may
be, there are eight things it should con-
tain, viz: a mirror, Washstand, soap,
towel, comb, hair, nail and tooth brush
es. Those are just as essential as your
breakfast, before which you should
make good and free use Of them. Par
ents who fail to provide their children
with such appliances, not only make o
great mistake, but commit a sin of omis-
sion. Look tidy in the morning, and
after the dinner work is over, improve
your toilet. Make it rule of your dali
ly life to "dress up for the afternoon.
Your dress may, or need not be, any
thing better than calico; but with a rib
bon, or some bit of ornament, you have
an air of self respect and satisfaction.
that invariably comes with being well
dressed. A girl with fine sensibilities
cannothelp feeling embarrassed and awk-
ward in a ragged dirty, dress, with her
hair unkempt, if a stranger or neighbor
comes in. Moreover, your self respect
should demand the decent appareling of
your body. You should make 1t point
to look as well as you can, even if nobody
will see you but yourself. L Household.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

EPIcoPALIANs.-"A Are there any Epis-
copalians in this vicinity madam ~
asked a tall, thin stranger Of Mrs Arte-
mus, as she stoodin the open door in
answer to his knock.
Any which?n
s Episcopalians.n
Now, if Mrs. Artemus had o falling,
it was that she would never admit that
she could possibly be ignorant of any-
thing. She always knew all about any
subject mentioned. So she answered /:
4. .Episcopalians! Wall, we don't ex-
actly know My John--he's my SON
he see somethin' Out'n the cornfield Wis
terday. He didn't really know what it
was, but / told him / guessed it was q
ehipmonk. But now you speak ont I'll
bet itfWas n Episkerpalium. And nv
next neighbor, Farmer Hawkins, he
said he shot at somethin' that same day
that John seen his same crittur, ana
Farmer Hawkins he thought it was
some wild critter that had got out of
some managery somewhere. Anyhow,
[ think that's Episcopaling too. Ro
they bigger'n q chipmonk 2"
You misunderstood me, madam
1 Wall, y0u needn't feel Uneasy. Ef
there's any PiscOpaliums in this neigh
borhood, y0u can jest make your mind
that they'll git shot! We air too feelin
a community to let things run at large
which mout destroy and deVour some
body. Come in, won't ye.1
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

THE LADIES OF NEW OREEANs.-Mrs.
Clements, a sparkling writer for the St.
Louis Republican, who came here with
a party from that city to participate in
our carnival pleasures, gives us the
benefit of her brief observation of our
local fair. ones:-[N. O. Republican.
New Orleans bellies, by the way, would
have been fit welcomers of the ancient
Minnesong. I have heard much of
their beauty, but never studied it with
occasion until now. 1t is up to its fame.
These women of the Southern metro
polls are the most superb-loo i'm
America. They are brunettes, the most
and best of them, with an elegance of
carriage and figure, contour of fea-
ture and pose of manner that are
matchless. They say that the peasantry
in certain districts of Spain carry yet
in their faces the grandeur of the faded
Castilian nObIesse. These New Orleans
beauties, lifted tenderly down dozen
generations of close blood, are more
queenly than the portraits of their
French mothers, that have hung for
centuries in their parlors. Some of
them are like chiseled, penciled figures
out of marble, with the soft dash of
Guido's brush, or of PetraIch's song in
JuC1I kdC6S anu CUuUuCEu
flushing up to their temples, under the
pure surface of their veins. The ex-
quisiteness of their style takes your
breath with an exclamation of admira-
ton and a sigh of relief as you pass.
Their native city and State are the
horizon of society and of the world to
these superb creatures; they are reared
under the solemn shadow of Catholic
ism; they are local In their attachments
as Venetians; their culture is narrow,
but they gather in their lOins the gait
of emnresses, and in their eyes that
glance filled with the wisdom, the cum
ming, the refinement, the magic of
womanho0d. The Boston beauty of
fends you with her look of intellectual
pertness New York puts on the face of
her charming favorite the stamp of her
eager extravagance; in the West we
have not settled to our features yet, and
feminine comeliness is without type.
+ The New Orleans belle stands alone,
as far from the placid demeanor Of the
+" Future City, as from the lilies and
langoursn of the South, and offers the
eye the satisfying complement of taste.
There is but one drawback. Her man
ners impose. You must see her in posi-
tion. The lifting of an eyelid or the
glitter of her teeth may be disenchant-
ment.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

AN AMERICAN HERO IN AsHANTEE.-
An English correspondent, who arrived
home with the Forty second Highland
ers, writes as follows: Among our
passengers ON board the steamship Sar-
matian was discovered o black man
who has played rather a conspicuous
part in the little war. Tom Dollar was
well known TO all who found themselves
with the advance guard. Born in
America, he figured in. the civil war,
and eventually found himself in our
royal navy. He was volunteer for
the expedition, and was one of Lord
Gifford's boldest scouts. / saw him
wounded at the fight at the Dab, ball
having gone through his thigh; but
the wonderful healing power which
black blood possesses, in contrast to
white blood, served him well, and he
walks now with a wound that would
have lamed a European for some
months. Sir Garnet, In recognition of
his services, has sent him to England
in hope of getting him BERTH
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

DUTCH HUMoR.-A German in q wes-
tern town who has not paid much at
tention to learning English, had a horse
stolen from his barn the other night,
whereupon he advertised as follows:
!" Won mite, de oder day, ven was bin
awake in my shleep, heare something's
vat thinks vas not yust right in my barn,
an out shumps to bed and runs NIT the
barn out; an ven vas dere COON seez
dat my pig gray iron, mare he vas bin
tide loose and run NIT the staple off !;
and efer who vii him back pring, / yus6
SO much pay him as vas bin kushtomary.' .
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

DIRECTIONS FOR SMOKING HANS
Make a small building of boards, nail
ing strips over the cracks on which to
hang the hams. Have only one opening
at top, and one in the middle of the
floor. Set it up SO high that a small
stove can be set under it with the
smokepipe entering the floor. Change
the position of the hams once or twice,
that all are treated alike. When this
cannot be done, use an inverted barrel
or hogshead, with a hole in the bottom
for the smoke to escape, and resting on
stones and keep q small, smouldering
fire. Cobs are best, as giving O better
flavor, and brands or chips of walnut
wood are next best. Keep d small fire
q longer time than quicker smoking, as
too much heat gives the hams a strong
taste, and they are less sweet.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05
Plain Language for Cotton
Planters.

The Executive Committee of the
Board of Agriculture of Georgia make
plain showing of the great difficulties
under which the planters of that State
labor. 1t is said, first, that they do moi
raise their own food, and that immense
quantities are brought in from abroad
| taking away large portion of the cot
ton crop in payment, and this expense
with the cost of fertilizers, runs them
in debt every year. The Committee
propose as remedy that each family
put few acres in cultivation for the
production Of food. IF six acres are in
corn on large plantation, an acre in
the two kinds of potatoes, two acres in
clover, three in wheat, and an acre in
garden vegetables, two COWS, two hogs,
and a horse can be kept well, and the
family, will have abundant supplies
and some to spare, and then most of
the profits on cotton can be applied to
debts. But farmers are all the time
stretching out for more cotton, and to
raise it money is borrowed at excessive
rates of interest, and to pay the money
more cotton is to be raised.
The remedy proposed is certainly a
good one, and it may be said that where
it is not adopted there can be no genu-
inc farming. BY having enough acres
in cultivation to produce food for the
household, fewer acres will be required
for plantation. For if bread and vege-
tables are to be bought with cotton, a
great many middle men are to be sup.
ported, and to this tax is to be added
what is paid for fertilizers, which is
cash, SO that the net return from an
acre of cotton is less than from an acre
of grain OF vegetables. By putting
all the land possible in cotton, no de-
pendence is glazed on homemade fertil-
izers, and here arises, relatively, great
loss. If the cotton planters should put
no more land in cotton than they could
fertilize from their own compost heaps,
made of stable manure, leaves, cotton
seed, ashes, and swamp mold, so much
would be saved that they would imme-
diately enter upon career of great
prosperity. Meanwhile, no progress is
possible unless the occupation of tilling
the soil shall be considered honorable
and worthy of mans best efforts. To
undertake to make farming profitable
by superintendense, hired labor, or by
speculations, and not by active partici-
patton, is a delusion which young men
and theorizers naturally embrace, and
it always leads to disaster.-[New York
Tribune. 49, .. IL. E. t.- "
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

A New Hampshire farmer wanted q
farm hand, and was applied to by an
Irishman who wanted to work. The
farmer objected to engaging Pat on the
ground that two Irishmen previously in
hisemploy had died on his hands. .. Then
you object to hiring me for that do ye 2"
said Pat. Faith and can bring you
Recommendations from many q place
where I've worked that l never played
such trick!n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

Mrs. Van Cott says that at one of her
prayer meetingsa a negro brother prayed:
Oh, Lord send dy angel to pin. de
wings on Sister Bancot's heels dat she
may fly troo de world preachin' de cher
lasting Gospel And one added, Lord !!
give wings on her shoulder, too, or the
preaching will not have effect, for she'll
f1y inside down.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

He was a quaint old fisherman. One
day, along toward dust, he was fishing
in a trout stream, and, as he flung his
fly over the water, it was suddenly snap
ped by large bat. The strange look
ing thing dangled and tapped its wings
at the end of the line. The fisherman's
companion called out, "Say, Sam, got
anything?" "Ye-as,n looking at Che
bat on the hook. "What is it9" "I
dunno, unless it's q eherubim ~
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

A very bad little boy in Dubuque rub
bed cayenne pepper dust all over the
back of his jacket, and then did shame
fully in school. The school ma'am
thrashed him briskly, but dismissed
school Immediately to run to the near
est drug store for eve -salve. .@a
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

The Postmaster, Generals dignity
must have suffered, the other day, when
he received letter from Delta, Iowa,
saying: "If you doan't git some one to
run this ERE poast offus purity soon it'll
be throwed in the river, for I'm going
off on a bear hunt and can't fool any
mOarn
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

A Greenfield farmer dropped into o
drug store Saturday, and after looking
around for moment ordered pint Of
inseed oil and two ounces of peppermint
essence putup together. Theclerk filed
the order, but being rather curious to
know what was wanted of the mixture
he made bold to inquire. Why, for hair
lie, Of course" replied the farmer; the
gals is invited to aparty Tuesday night,
and they want to lie UP and smell nice. y
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

BILLY, my boy" said short sighted
and rather Incorporate father to his son,
a bright eyed little fellow of about five
summers, SO did you take my glasses 2"
"No, father, but mother guesses as
how you take 'em fore you come home"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

The editor of the Golden (Colorado)
Globe, in closing his first volume, says:
I" 1t we have hurt any ones feelings or
prospect the past year we're sorry, and
if they will come around back of the
Office some night we'll take it out of
them and be friends.n