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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-08-06
A Farmer .'Reaps the Bearded
Grain and Flowers tnat Grow
Between.

On Monday last, Mr.--Perkins,
residing three or four miles north of EN-
poria, was engaged in reap;ng oats, when
his little daughter, between two and
three years of age, bright, beautiful
child, probably to find her father, wan
dered into the harvest field and it is sup>
posed sat down in the oats, which were
very thick and high, and was not observ-
ed by her father until her piercing shrek
and raised arms arrested his eye and hor>
ri6ed his heart. The sickle had struck
his child and completely severed her left
arm at the elbow, and just broke the skin
on her side and breast. Another stop of
the horse and the little ones body would
have been divided BY the sickle. Mira.
DR.. Lawrence responded Immediately to
the summons for surgical aid, and arrest
ed the hemorrhagc until Drs. j. s. Law
renee and j. Moore reached the scene,
when the latter, assisted by the two form
er, amputed the arm. AT last accounts
the child was doing as we'll as could he
expected.
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Hepc and Charity

Hope is one Of the brightest aud best Of
boon companies. 1t cheers and comforts
us in our darkest hours it comes to us
when we are weary and respondent, and
it fills our sad souls with new and happi>
er expectations. 1t is the greatest incen-
tive to labor and to noble and worthy ae>
tions, for in the ful6lment of its promises
comes the reward Of our earnest earthly
endeavors. Hope has been appropriately
called the anchor of the soul. To storm
tossed vessel, driven by the winds upon
a rock,bound coast, when its sails are tat
tered and torn, when its masts have been
shattered and broken by the fury of the
gale, when its rudder is gone-the anchor
is the last resource. In its strength lies
the last promise of salvation to the unfor.
tunate mariner. If it breaks, all will cer-
tainly be lost; if it holds, all may be say.
ed, when the waves sink into little surges
and the winds grow weary of the wild tu
multi they have created npon the land
and sea. So a human soul, beset by the
t,oubles, and trials, and the many desper>
ute situations in life, when every other
means of comfort is gone, may find in the
promises of hope sweet relief from ev>
cry danger and distress. Be comforted,
all who are weary of life and its many
troubles: do all you can for yourselves,
and rely upon the promises of hope to
bring you better times
1t is as we'll to be charitable as hopeful
The man whose soul is destitute of feel.
ings of charity is incapable OF true en-
joymeut. Charity is not ostentatious
giving to se>called benevolent purposes
charity is not putting dollar bill in the
contribution box, when the donor could as
we'll satisfy bis conscience with deposit
Of Twenty-Five or fifty cents. All true
charity comes from the heart. 1t is the
spirit of kindliness that promps a good
and generous action more than in the ac,
tual value ofanything that is given to those
who are needy. No man who gives with
a reluctant or niggardly spirit is charit.
able. No person who freely employs hi,
means in benevolent purposes, for the pur,
pose Of furthering any selfish schemes, is
genuine philanthropist. He who il
truly charitable gives because he feels il
his Christian duty to aid the needy and
unfortunate, and because he loves his fel.
lowmen. EUGENE j HALL.
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IHow a"Ioss' Doctor Got a Seat.

Burleigh, the New York correspondent
of the Boston journal, writes as follows /.
An amusing incident occurred the other
day on one of the trains from Boston to
this city. The cars we're crowded. kn
elegantly>dressed woman occupied an en-,
tire seat. Her bundles, band-box and
bag were piled artistically. She was
oblivious to the fact that passengers were
rushing back and forth to obtain sittings
More than one gentleman drew himself
up in front of the imperious dame, and
silently pleaded for the vacant spot. She
famed herself leisurely, lolled in the
seat, and evidently thought that things
were very comfortable as they were. "Is
that seat occupied, madam ?" said well
dressed gentleman. "Yes, it is" was
the snappish reply. The man walked on.
In half an hour the door opened, and in
walked tall, rough fellow. coarse as a
Polar bear. His huge beard was un,
combed and stained with tobacco juice.
His clothes were lily put on, and Smelled
Of the stable.
lie was ungloved, and brawny, and
weighed full two hundred. He ran his
eye along the car, and caught the seat on
which our lady was sitting. lie made
for it. With great deliberation he seized
bundle. band-box, and bag, put them
plump into the lap of the lady, and sat
down in the vacant spot like one who in,
tended to stay. If looks would have an.
initiated man there would have been
corpse in that car about that time. The
man seemed very much at home. He
whistled, he spit, he stroked his beard,
he threw around his huge orms, and
chuckled inwardly at the evident rage of
the woman. She left the cars at New
Haven, and had hardly gone before the
gentleman who was refused the seat re-
appeared. To some gentleman who SEEM
ed to take great interest in the proceed.
ings, he said: "Did you see how that wo.
man treated me?" "Yes." eyes"
"Well, that man is horse doctor that
sat down beside her. lie belongs to Bulls
Head. gave him dollar to ride with
that woman as far as she WENT The
car roared.
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Extracts frem VIM. Penn's Advice
TO His children.

Betake yourself to some honest, ir dus.
trious course of life, and that not ofsordid
covetousness, but for example avoid idle
ness.
Help the poor and needy, and let the
Lord have a voluntary share of your in>
come, for the good Of the poor, both in
our society and others, for we are both
his creatures remembering that "he that
giveth to the poor lendetb to the Lord.''
Love not money nor the world, use
them only and they will serve you--but
if yea love them you viii serve them,
which will debaso your spirits, as well as
offend the Lord.
Be humble and gentle in your copver'
sation Of few words I charge you. but
always patient when you speak, hearing
ont before you attempt to answer, and
then speaking as IT, you would persuade
not impose.
AGront none--but forgive. In max.
ing friends, consider we'll 6,st, and when
you are fixed be true, not wayeripg BY
reports, nor deserting in aflictiOn.
Watch against augers neither speal
nor act in it. 1t makes a man beast
Avoid Hatters. they are thieves in dis,
J cuise,
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GRACE FOR GRACE.

BY MARY G. BRAINARD.
Grace for this days work or burden
Tillto-day is yesterday,
And another grace tomorrow
When 1t shall be called to-day.
Grace like mamma daily falling.
Yet l cannot store away
For to-morrOw's need the portions
Which God gave me yesterday. y
As, upon the hallowed table, ~.
Priestly hands renewed the bread,
So, the old grace, Christ retaking,E
Grants fresh supply instead.
One grace, when sweet revelations
Pass before my raptured sight,
And my soul Is overilowlng
With unspeakable delight,
And another grace, sufficient
For my spirits direst need,
When some secret thorn is pressing,
And the path is dark indeed.
Grace in rullness, using rightly,
TO the soul shall more be given.
Interest upon interest drawing
From its treasure laid in heaven.
AS the waves in sure succession
Swell and break upon the shore,
SO one grace breaks DER another
On our souls foreyermore.
Grace abounding o'er the story
Oftemptation and of sin;
Grace for grace till grace is glory
10 the heart that let it in.
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There is truth in the following extract
from paper read by Howard Owen, of
the Kennebec Journal, before 10 recent
annual meeting ofthe Association of Maine
Editors and Publishers:
"There are small country papers run.
ming along on few hundreds circulation
not reaching thousand-wnose value
as advertising mediums could not be made
up by two or three thousands in the
circulation of the larger papers. They
are the home, firesde papers Of the peos
pie to be read and ie-read by their lo-
cal Observation-Disclosures land ALL.
The advertisement ITSELF through it may
be foreign, become localized by appearing
in the columns of the local paper--just as
strange child is adopted into family,
and soon loved as one of the children.
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Be temperate in oil thiugs-plain in
your apparel. Let your virtues be your
ornaments.
Let your furniture be simple and
cheap.
Be no busy bodies-meddle not with
other folks matters.
In your families, remember Abraham.
Moses ard Joshua, their integrity to the
Lord, and do as you have them for your
exomplc.
Let the fear and the service of the liy.
ing God be encouraged in your houses,
and that plainness, sobriety and modera.
tion in all things as becometh Gods cho,
sen people
Yea, | counsel you and your children.
that you love aad serve the Lord God
with an upright heart, that he may bless
you and yours, from generation to
generation.
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A small boy approached The great shov

A small boy approached the great shows
man. Banum, in Mantpelier. the other
day, and asked him what he would give for
q eherry~colored cat. "Ten dollars" re
piled Barnum, ''if it is really cherry>col,
ored." Soon the boy returned to Bar
nuns hotel and unloaded black cat at
Barnum's feet. The Snowman saw the
point and paid the yonugster $40, with
the remark, "Boy, you've stolen my
trade
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-08-06

A Colored preacher, in translating to
bis hearers the sentence, "Thc bavest is
over; the season is ended and thy soul is
not saved, "put it: DE corn has been
cribbed, dere amt any more work, and
the dsbbil is still foolin wild this commu
nifty
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-08-06

WHo can express the powerful oratorys
of a believers prayer? This little word
(Father) lispcd forth in prayer by a child
Of God, exceeds the eloquence of Demcs-
themes, Cicero, and all the most famous
orators in the world-we knock at heaven.
and the heart of God flies open. .-GwnaHl
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WE want daily some sort or other Of
afliction and burden to serve us as rails
and walls against the carnal wanderings
of our hearts. Therefore, when we meet
with distress, wo must think it is the wall
or burden for the day, to keep from swerv-
ing and falling into the snares Of the en-,
emy. -Boq@zky.
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PRIDE stops up the conduit Of divine
communication. If tho heart begin to
swell, il is timo for God to hold His
hand, and turn the cock, for all that is
poured on such a soul runs over into sslf.
applauding, and so becomes as water split
In regard to any good il doth tho creature,
or any glory il brings to God.--GusnaR.
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PHYSICIANS.

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~ SURGEON, and EXAMINING SUR
GEoN FOR PENSIONERS. Office in the
Court House, up stairs, Soncsboro', Ten
nessee. [augI6.
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ckeep constantly on hand large and
kcll assorted stock of Groceries, suitable
|nr the Southern and Western trade, We
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MISCELLANEOUS.
EUTAW HOUSE,
BY MRS. VI. A. DOSSER.
Jpncsbero,. Tenncssee.

SVHCSUVTV ICHHCSScC,
This house located on Main Street,
where parties wishing to stop over can
he comfortable situated, has been lately
repaired, and is now open for the recep-
tion of guests. Every pains will be taken
and no expencs spared to make this a
pleasant home for all who wish to stop in
Jonesboro'. The able will at all times
be furnished withs . best the country
affords. Terms reas. Sic.
mar27tf
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-08-06

Having recently purchased of M. s.
Mahoncy, his stock of goods, and having
in addition Just received large and
splendid assortmentof
Nav r|1ll|, rG

consisting :, Of almost everything kept in
the mercantile line. We will be pleased to
receive the former patronage of the house
and will promise to sell goods as low as
they can be bought at any other house.
We have adopted the
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-10
Proceedings of the BOard of Police of
ahe Town of OpelOusas.

TUESDAY, June 23d, 1874.
The Board of Police of the town of Opelousas
met. Present: DR.. James Ray, President; p. J.
Lefebvre, c. MOrnhinveg, ST., G.. Mayo, c. n.
Ealer, A.. B. Chachere and g. W Hudspeth.
The minutes OF the previous meeting were
read and approved.
On motion the following ordinance was read
twice and adopted, viz:
Sec. /. Be it ordained that the President of
the Board of Police be and he is hereby author
lied and empowered, whenever, in his opinion,
1t may become necessary, to appoint such an
additional number OF constableso or police Off
GERS as he may consider necessary, in order to
maintain peace and order within the corporate
limits of the town. r.
Sec. .. Be it further ordained. That the depu-
ties so appointed shall have the same powers as
the regularly elected or appointed constable of
the town, to be under his control and subject to
the orders of the President of the Board; and
that they shall rece1ve'the following cOlQpensl-
ton and no more, tn-wit: one dollar and fifty
cents for each day they may be SO employed.
On motion of Mr.. Mayo, the following Pes0lH-
lions were unanimously adopted:
Sec. l. Resolved, by the HOardbf Police of the
town of Opelolsas, That the Sheriff of the par
ish of st. Landry and his deputies, be and are
hereby respectfully requested to cooperate with
the constituted authorities of the town in the
enforcement of the ordinances adopted or to be
hereafter adopted by said Board, having for
and the prevention of violent, boisterous or dis
orderly conduct on the street, or within the
corporate limits of said town.
See; p Bs It tIlJFtherresolyed That the seere;,
to hand to the Sheriff a certified copy of the or
dinance adopted by this Board on the 27th May,
1874, entitled an ordinance the more effectual1y
to provide for the police of the town of QpelOrl-
sas and other purposes.
Sec. 8. Be it further resolved, That a commit
tee to consist of the President of the Hoard and
Messrs. p. ]. L.efehyre and O.. Mayo, wait upOn
the sheriff for the purpose of soliciting his CO.
operation as herein above stated.
On motion, the Board adjourned.
JAMES RAY, President.
Attest: JOS. d. RICHARD, Clerk.
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The Texas Grand Gift Concert.

Col. Gustave Cook, editor and proprie-
tor of the Houston Age, and who did
good service in the 18th Legislature, EN-
dorses the Texas Grand Gift Concert, at
Houston, July 20, and its officers, as fol-
lows:
"Of Capt. j. E. Foster, the manager,
We have this to say to those who are I'M
acquainted with him. He is a gentle
man Of as fair reputation for honor, in
tcgrity, business capacity and reliability
as any man in our city. His character
for uprightness and fidelity is unexcep-
tiOnably good, and he has the confidence
of our entire community. Hell sustained
by and associated with the very best
men in Houston, in his plan for the sale
and distribution of his real estate, in
which, by the way, he has long been one
of our most successful dealers, His
whole plan is fair, honest, and based
upon actual market value. Not only as
IN editor but as a man we endorse Capt.
Foster for all we have said of him in
every respect. We deem it proper to
make these remarks because his enter
prise is worthy of patronage, and he is
entitled to the entire confidence of the
public. His object is not only legiti-
mate, but praiseworthy, and he can, if
necessary, have the endorsement of ev-
cry substantial mar in the city for all
he promises. Iti is supererogatory to tell
who the gentleman selected to act as the
Treasurer Of the Distribution is; for ev-
cry business man everywhere in the
United States knows, or by enquiringlo OF
his banker will readily find out, who
Thomas w. House, the largest private
banker in Texas, is. His word is worth
q million on Wall street,
The price of Tickets (S2) places with
in the reach of every one a chance to
draw one of the 1879 prizes, amounting
to $t46,000, in gold, houses and lands
throughout the State. Z----
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The Washington Chronicle ON
the New Dogma.

1t is really a matter of wonder to a
reasonable mind to note the fatuousness
of the Democratic and sO-called indie
pendentpress of the South in dealing
with the question OF tile relation of the
negro to the political future of the cOun-
try. One can scarcely understand how
a parcel of men, who are not wanting in
ability as d general thing, can be SO
stupid whenever the negro is to be
mentioned. Whatever opinion d man
may hold as to the capacity of the me-
gro to properly exercise the suffrage,
the fact is patent that Congress has
deemed proper to give him the suffrage,
and he is now sitting in "a halls of
legislation and occupying other promi-
nent positions iii the land He has ex-
ercised the elective enough at least to
know his friends from his foes.
All this cry of white mans party is
more political claptrap, and is working
great detFiment to the industrial in
terests of many of the States. In Vir-
ginia and Georgia, especially, where the
whites are concerned, the cry pitifully
comes up for more labor, and yet the
leaders in these States have by their
silly conduct and lack of patriotism yir-
tually driven away their best laboring
class. The negro is peculiarly tenacious
of the political rights which cost so
much blood to obtain, and he will not
stay where those rights are denied him.
When States are burdened with debt, and
the people graaning under taxation,
every able-bodied labOHef who emlgrates
IS Just sU much dead loss to the produc-
tive power of the people, and as a con-
sequence just so much additional taxa
ton. f
The people of the South have been
spending Il large amount of money to
secure a foreign Immigration, and the
failure. Why they should look to foreign
countries for labor when they have the
very best class at home it is hard to see,
unless they are willing to make any
sacrifices TO keep alive race prejudices /;
and surely the cOmmon-sense policy is
to make tile best OF what can not be
helped. Whatever theory may be en-
~tertained Of the great superiority Of the
Anglo-Saxon race, the negro lis in the
South 1T is his home, his country, and
He is likely to remain there. His inter-
ests are bound up with the soil, and are
identical with those of the whites. The
South needs labor alone to develop her
vast resources, and it is time that
this senseiess clamOr was stopped, be-
fore the mountains of debt and taxa
ton compel a cessation. No Southern
man who has the true interests OF his
section, and for that matter, of the
country, ut heart, can give c~0untenance
tn the utteTahce which Wefnd daily In
Southern exchanges.
IHEE#EEE &&EE&EEGs
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CARD.
TEXAS REAL ESTATE DRAWING.

The Hon. Jas. I. D. Wilson, Mayor Of Houston,
and the City Council, endorse the enterprise as
follows:
HOUSTON, Texas, April goth, 1874.
We, the undersigned, regard the Real Estate
Distribution, which J. E, Foster proposes to
make on the Goth OF July next, in this city, as
calculated to promote improvements, and pla-
cling within the reach of many, who otherwise
would be unable, a chance to secure q home for
them and their families, and having from our
long acquaintance with him, every confidence
in his integrity, we feel justified in saying, that
we believe he will carry out his Distribution
honestly and fairly, according to his advertised
plan.
James T.. D. Wilson, John D. Usener,
Fred. Stanley, John Maher,
+. ". Heitmann, Robert Burns,
B. +. McDOnough, N. P. Turner,
4. B. Baer, NJ. Harrington.
Capital Prize, $50 Gold. Ten Residences in
Houston; Population 10000, and the railroad
centre of the State, and nearly $50 tracts of land
in different portions of the State. Value of prizes,
$146, 600 5000 tickets, at 81 each. Address.
T. W. HOUSE, J. E. FOSTER,
Treasurer, Manager,
Houston, Texas.
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amounting to fifteen dollars, for pay of assist.
ant assessor, was adopted and OrderedtO be paid
by the usual warrant.
On motion, resolved, that notice be served by
the town constable and assessor on those per-
sons whose assessment lists have been found in
correct, to appear before the Board Of Police, at
their office i'll the Court House, on the Dist and
ed of May, 1874, for the purpose of revising and
correcting said lists.
On motion, the Board adjourned until the 2lst
of May, 1874.
JAMES RAY, President.
Attest: JOS. D. RICHARD Clerk.
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Change of Schedule ON the Following
u. s. Mail Routes:

Route No. 8Os1-From onelousas, La, to Pla.
quemine BrnlGe, La. Leaves Opelousas every
lee same day by 10 NJ. Leaves Plaquemine Rru.
lee same day at | i. NJ, arrives at Qpeiousas by
6 p. NJ, am day,
Route No, a1l5-From opelousas, La, to Kick.
Dry Flat, La. Leaves Opeaousas every Tuesday
at A. NJ, arrives at Hickory Flat next day by
10 NJ. Leaves Hickory Flat every Wednesday at
| 7: NJ, arrives at Opelousas Thursday by 6 P. NJ.
This route supplies Prud'homme City and Fa,
bacher, the intermediate Post Offices. ~
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Every thinking man knows that rad
icaIism liz politics IS fatal to the life Of
any party. There are radical Democrats
as well as radical Republicans. and both
are Questionable, so it's with the ex
tFeme white man. or black man party.
Rapides Gazette.
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@-V"771V ~ w III rV-Vr0f151 "To - - %
The petitions of widows Celina David and
Matilda Glaze were read, asking for relief, and
on motion Of Mr.. Durio, were ordered to be filed,
as there are no funds at present to the credit of
the fund for the maintenance of fndigents.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday, August Sd. 1874. .3.s
JOHN ROY, President.
Attest: c. MAYO, Clerk.
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How is THIS FOR LoNG?-Mr. Joseph
Eddy brought a beet to our office last
Friday, that had several roots which
had been broken in pulling up, except
one, and that one was three feet five
inches long, including the length OF the
beet. How is that for long?
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MISCELLANEOUS


asst CHANCE FOR AN
Il "A = r . r T u N T.!
FIFTH AND LAST GIFT CONCERT
IN AID OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY.
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I4ise ofLetrers

Remaining IN the Post Office at Opelousas.
July, LIST, 1874, and IL not taken out before
the 1st OF August, 1874, will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office at Washington, d. G.
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Don't forget the Temperance Lecture
tonight at n o'clock by the Rev. r. S.
TripDett.