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Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-09-09

REMovAL.-F. c. Foote has removed her
stock Of hair goods to l40 Water ST., over
Plerce's Book Store, where she will be pleas
ed to exhibit to old and new customers her
large assortment of switches, braids, natural
curls, &c. Work of all kinds done to order
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-09-09
II. X. BAKER, Judge.
Attest: CHARLES HEwINs, Register. 3w3s

at augusta, on the fourth Monday Of august, 1874.
u ACHEL {. GILMAN widow Of Albert q. Gill
IL man. late of Mt. Vernon, in said county, de-
ceased having presented her application for allow
ance out of the personal estate of said deceased:
ORDERED That notice thereof be given three
weeks successivey in the Kennebec journal,
printed in Augusta, in said county that all persons
interested may attend at q Probate Court to be
held at Augusta, on the fourth Monday of Sep
tember next and show cause, if any they have,
why the prayer of said petition should not be
granted. ii. X. BAKER, Judge.
Attest CHARLES HEwINs, Register. 3w3S
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-09-09

House Wanted.
u o. WILLIAMSON
Sept 7, 1874. seps-t5t
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-09-09
Nal!0mell Zoral Nems.

Members of a former Legislature.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-09-09

augusta, on the fourth Monday Of august, 1874.
4 CERTAIN INSTRUMENT, purporting to be
n the last will and testament OF William Littlefeld
late of Chelsea, in SAID county, deceased having
been presented for probate:
ORDERED That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully, prior to the fourth Monday OF
September next, in the Kennebec Journal, . news
paper printed in Augusta, that all persons interest
ed may attend at Court of Probate then to be hold
en- at Augusta, and show cause, If any, why the
said instrument should not be proved, approved
and allowed, as the last will and testament of the
said deceased.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-12
ReIigtat1s Notiees.

Catholic Church, Rev O. H Cuny--
Mass at 9 o'clock Al N. Cateehiam at
4 pm.
Baptist Church Rev, r.. 2. Fancher,
pastor Preaching every second Sun
day at 2P. II. and 8P. M
The public generally are cordially
invited to attend preaching. The Bum
day School, Bible Glass and Prayer
Meeting.
Nc. 81 Church South German Rev,
VIM. Lieser. pastor Preaching every
Sunday at 9l& A. ii and az pm. Sun
day School at ~ p. Nj
nj. j. Church South (Amerieanl
Rev, Ia. ID. Foust, pastor Preaching
every first, third, fourth and fifth Sum
dav, at III Al Ill and Pm Sunday
School, az. II. Riddick, superinten-
dent,) every Sunday at 81 A. N. Bible
Glass at 3 P. ii. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday at s P. n.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-12


i've delegates; being one delegate
for every twenty-five votes east in
our parsh for McEnery, "a 1870.
placing be same at SIX hundred
and twenty FIVE
The Democracy at each ward
meeting are requested to instruct
their delegates in writing. for
what candidate for the State SEN
ate to cast tbeir votes "a said Par
ish Convention.
n. Z. Smart. First Vice President
Democratic Executive Committee.
Henry Welsh, member Demo-
cratic Executive Committee.
u v Moss, member Of Commit
tee and Secretary.
Frank d ghretien 3. q Munday,
M. D., John McCorquodale. J. a.
Prater, r III Rowe. g. p Hamp-
ton, John Hes, j W Bryan, J. e.
Leblue, Dosita Vincent, IL. Lyons,
p. j. Lyons, M. III. Isl. a. Fair
child, VIM. II. Fairchild, Dan Nc
Corquodale, Geo. lei. Wells, w
p Gill, ]. q. Hewitt, J. d. Bilbo,
ID + Lyles. Joseph Gotman, Dan.
Coos, J. b. Smith. ~. Stay
don, Jasper Daniel, jas. b. Nc
Keever, n. M. Nichols, I'm. G..
Raspberry, Joseph N. Gearen, John
4. Reeves, Frank ByeIiy, I'm
M. Philips, y. YeIlott, Il. > Elder
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-12
DR. Del Mouiy
rs IL III ~ ii IS T /,

IT'D II M n / = T
Lake Charles Louisiana.
HI EsPEC 'TFULIY informs the IN
I'm, hahitanta Of Lake Charles end
vicinity That he.has fixed his residence
at the Feiter Hotel, Formerly known
As the Lafrans House, GA the Pablo
Square, in Lake Charles, for the pnr
nose 81 pf4se ising his profession at che
following reduced rates
$40 f0r the Cure nE SeuIHg nnnl
yates 500
So for Cleaning Teeth usuaiNtes S6.
Sc ar Filling Teeth with Gold or
Silver -4usaal rites SIX
81 for Extracting a.il -usual rates
S2.
Dr. AIoag VAN yisit lhe RESIDENCES
~ asi persons whc may require his
services
Communications adar him at
Iake Charles Pos.ohice VIII e8promPt-
f. atlepded "a. "a Il
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-12
CALoAsIEU PARIaH. LA..

Dept Ia 1914,
Editor Weekly Echo
SIN As d candidate for the Of
fee Of Sheriff Of this parish, I
hereby Withdraw in favor Of ID. H.
Lyons, and hope my friends win
support him. Il. @. DIEs.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-12
Commercial,
coRnEcrnp EVERY WEEK


The following are the wholesale quo
tions of the New Orleans market:
Gold .............,,.. 100 56(Gl093f
Silver American los (@lO6
COTTON.
Tnferiar !. s. To- . q
Low Orlinary 1910 10iSc
Ordinary ......... .1133(Rl2 6
Strict Ordinary 13 ga134e
Good Ordinary .>.... I416(G142sc
Strict Good Ordinary l4sf(al5l6c
Low hIiddling ......y.s l51s lGl5S6c
Strict Law Middling 10 (016lsc
Middling .,....,... .16sS(a165sc
Strict Miadling M a. g
Good Midd ing .. 1880. O. Q
SuGAR YRl clarified, Sc. u.
AIoLAssEs Inferior, 40e. 7e gal.
EIouR Choice treble extra S6 rs,
Conn Per bushel, SOC. ia sacks.
OARS Per bnshel 59(a60e,
PoRK New Mess, SIS 75.
BACON Clear sides, l5lscs rib Sides
1516c shoulders, III a
LARD Keg, 1899; tierce, Ice.
BREAKFAsT BACON lie a To.
RIoE Choice, 7lS(87s4c. 81 ID.
EsounENTs Potatoes, 81 so.
WESTERN EaGs Per dozen, 15(0lSc
CoFFEE Primo, 10000 81 ID.
CloREsERAn So SIC R barrel.
WHISKY tl O3 sa gallon.
BuTTER Choice Western, 30(68an ;
choice Goshen, 37(a8se.
CHnnsH Choice Western, 15(61 5 iSc.
WooIr Clear lake sells at 2S(d26o.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-12


registered III two days. Let every
vbite man register without delay.
see changes made in registration
Advertisement
r. the Democracy of CaICasfeu
Parish.
WHEREAS, The Democratic Par
ish Convention at Lake Charles,
June 25th, 1874, by formal Teso-
lutions declared.
aResolved, That we have no
way Of getting District Conven-
tion bY 3 regular call, as there is
no district committee; but we are
willing at any time To meet our
sister parishes ia convention !;
therefore, be IL further
Resolved, That the procee dings
of shis convention be sent to the
Democratic Executive Committees
of our sister parishes Of the Tenth
Senatorial District, subject to
their approval, oil To d call for d
District Convention and
Whereas, Al Democratic mass
meeting st Lake Charles, August
10Th, 1874, by formal resolution,
declared such District Com
vention expedient and necessary,
and requested our Democratic
Central Committee to urge our
sister parishes to agree upon a
plan Of holding such District Con
yention October LIST, 1874, to nom
mate candidate for the State
Senate; and
Whereas, In that spirit of har-
mony which marked the proceed
ings of the State Conyention at
Baton Rouge, q joint session of
the Democratic and white League
Executive Committees of st. Lam
dry parish have called a Sit. Lam
dry parish convention to elect
delegates to a District Convention
to be held I'll Vernilionville, La
fayette parish, October LIST, 1874,
to nominate candidate for the
State Senate; and have formally
requested the Democratic party
of Calcasieu land of Lafayette
and Cameron TO send delegates
to said District Convention; and
Whereas, Because of the alb
sence Of the President Of our Dem
oeratic Central Committee, Che
necessary delay to ,mmuricate
with two other members of that
committee, the refusal of another
member to serve on the committee,
and the refusal of two other
members to join in a call to elect
delegates to that District ConveD-
ton, it is absolutely impossible to
get a majority Of the members of
that committee to issue a call for
Parish Convention to elect dele
gates to said District Convention;
ut ieastEin tiule to notify the Cal
casieu Democracy to elect dele
gates 10 such Parish Convention ;
and
Whereas, It is necessary that
the Ualcasieu Democracy be re-
presented in that Convention;
Therefore, The undersigned
members Of our Democratic Cen
trail Committee, and Democratic
residents oi Calcasieu parish.
hereby earnestly and confidently
appeal to orr Democratic fellow.
citizens of Calcasieu to meet in
thor respective wards, at the fol-
lowing places therein, on Thurs
day, September 9th, 1874, at III
o'clock a. NJ, to elect delegates
to a Parish Convention to be held
at the courthouse at Lake
Charles, on Saturday, September
10Th, 1874, at III O'clock a. M., the
said Parish Convention being
hereby called to elect delegates Ia
said District Convention.
The ward meeting in Ward No.
/, to be held at James Coles store,
at Hickory Flat, and to elect three
delegates; the ward meeting in
Ward NO. 2, t0 be held Az Leh-
$500. II. wa 80. s.4.g.. AZ " Nv wv.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-12
- I.X7S FERRY
I'D 8ToRE..

One mile above Lake Charles On the
Calcasicu River.
The undersigned wishes to inform
the travelling public and Stock Drovers
that he has puthis Ferry and beef pens
IN good repair, and is ready to accom-
modate OH who mary wish To cross with
him, with everything tslat il generally
required BY stock men and travellers.
de has large safe Fiat. suitable for
crossing any kind of stock; also two
chain beoms f0rswimming. Pasturare
on each side Of the river. free OF CHARGE.
Keeps constantly on hand q fun slp-
ply Of Groceries. Provisions and For
age. at the very lowest pricesl
mT9-tf I'll ID. NIX.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-12

REelsrEH RnalsrEB e Regis
ration is going on at the court
',onse. Over one hundred voters
registered ID two days. Let every
White man register without delay.
see changes made in registration
ment.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-05-28
POnnDeii.

One of the most interesting features of
the excavations in this buried city is the
discovery of many hOmely domestic ar
ticles of which we have counterparts. 1t
is astonishing how many things in
you will see almost every kitchen uten-
sill, portable cooking stoves, jelly cake
and butter-molds in the imitation of birds
and flowers; pots, kettles, crooks, dishes,
cups and saucers, spoons, knives and
forks, dippers, skimmers, sauce-pans, fry
ing pans, lamps, lamp-stands, fesh-hooks,
braziers for charcoal. In word, pretty
much every kitchen, dining-room, or
chamber article found in modern use
entered into the economy of the daily
life of Roman antiquity. All the arti-
cles of lady's toilet, including jewelry
of all kinds, gold and silver ornaments,
cOrals and precious stones, were found in
houses in Pompeii. Taken from the re-
tail shops were steel-yards, balances,
weights and measures. From doctors
office was recovered full set of surgical
instruments, including "pullikins" for
extracting teeth, and trepans for drilling
holes in the skull. There is any number
of shoemaker, tailor, carpenter and black
smith tools, and, indeed, implements oi
almost every present mechanical opera
ton. Taken altogether, the collection o.
articles taken from the dead city is sur
prising revelation to every one, showing
that the ancients invented and perfected
ten thousand implements and articles o.
common life which we still use with lit
tie improvement thereon, and without
giving them credit therefor.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-05-28
Courtesy Of Americans.

An English traveller discourses as fol-
lows concerning Americans: 81 like the
Americans more and more; either they
have improved wonderfully lately, or else
the criticism on them must have been
cruelty exaggerated. They are particu-
larly courteous and obliging, and seem, l
think, amiably anxious that foreigners
should carry away favorable opinion of
them. AS for me, let other travellers say
what they please of them, am deter
mined not to be prejudiced, but to judge
of them exactly as find them; and I
shall most pertinaciOusly continue to
praise them Gf see no good cause to
alter my present humble opinion,) and
most especially for their obliging civility
and hospitable attention to strangers, of
which / have already seen several in
stances have witnessed but very few
isolated cases, as yet, of the unrefined
habits so usually ascribed to them, and
those cases decidedly were not among the
higher orders of people; for there seems
Just as much difference in America as
anywhere else in some respects. The
superior classes here have almost always
excellent manners, and great deal of
real and natural, as well as acquired, re-
finement, and are often, besides, (Which,
perhaps, will not be believed by fastidious
England extremely distinguished-look-
ing By the way, the captains of the
appear remarkably gentle
manly-like race of men in general, par
ticularly courteous in their department,
and very considerate and obliging to the
passengers"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-05-28
A Humorlst's Idea Of Cremation.

/ hardly think, upon the whole, that !
am in favor Of cremation. The process
seems to me to be 70 frightfully wasteful.
At the same time, am ready to admit
that the dead might be used much more
profitably than they are now. If man
must be buried let him be planted where
he will make something grow. / remem-
Der that Casselbeny, of Vineland, New
Jersey, once laid his grandmother under
his grape vine, and, by carefully water.
ing her twice day, he secured crop of
fifteen bushels of Black Hamburgs. The
subject came up in the agricultural soci-
ETY. subsequently, and there was a ques-
ton whether grandmother was the only
female relative that could be efficaciously
used, and whether it should be paternal
or maternal grandmother. Casselbeny
explained that he had known maiden
aunt or second cousin to do equally
we'll, and he had his step-father among
the roots of his mammoth gooseberry
bush with every prospect of superb
crop. Very particular inquiries were
made by several members concerning the
availability of mothers-in-law, and man
named johnson said he had been mar
ried four times and had used all of his
mothers-in-law in improving the aspara-
gus bed; he took the first prize for aspar-
agus at eight county fairs. Then the
meeting suddenly adjourned, and fifteen
mothers-in-law in Vineland died during
the succeeding week.---Mdr AdeLr.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-05-28
Busby's Iron Wedding.

Busby, of Trenton, celebrated his 'iron
wedding" one day last week, and he in
vited about one hundred and twenty
guests to the wedding. OF course each
person felt compelled to bring a present
of some kind, and each one did. When
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith came they handed
Busby a pair of fiat-irons. When Mr..
and Mrs. Jones arrived they also had a
pair of fat-irons. All hands laughed at
the coincidence. And there was even
greater merriment when the Browns ar
rived with two pairs of fat-irons. But
when Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson came in
with another pair of flat-irons the laugh
ter became perfectly convulsive. There
was, however, something less amusing
about it when the ThOmpsons arrived
with four Aat-irons wrapped in brown
paper. And Busby's face actually looked
grave when the three Johnson girls were
ushered into the parlor carrying fiat
iron apiece.
Each one of the succeeding sixty guests
brought fat-irons, and there was no break
in the continuity until old Mr.. Curry ar
rived from Philadelphia with cast-iron
cow-bell. Now, Busby had no earthly
use for a cow-bell, and, at any other time
he would have treated such a present
with scorn. But now he was actually
grateful to Mr.. Curry, and he was about
to embrace him, when the Walsinghams
came in with new kind of double
pointed fat-irons with wooden handles.
And all the rest of the guests brought
the same articles, except Mr.. Rugby, and
he had with him patent stand for hold
ing fatirons.
Busby got madder and madder every
minute, and, by the time the company
had all arrived, he was nearly insane
with rage, and he went up to bed leaving
his wife to entertain the guests. In the
morning they counted up the spoils, and
found that they had two hundred and
thirteen fat-irons, one stand and cow
bell. And now the Busbys have cut the
Smiths, and Browns, and Johnsons, and
the rest entirely, for they are convinced
that there was preconcerted design to
play a trick upon them. The fact is,
however, that the hardware store in the
place had an overstock of fat-irons, and
sold them at an absurdly low figure, and
Busby's guests unanimously went for the
cheapest thing they could find, as people
always do on such occasions. Busby
thinks he will not celebrate his "Silver
Wedding"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-05-28
A Fashionable WaistcOat.

During the progress of war. between
France and England, George, Prince of
Wales, who was noted for his affection
for stylish waistcoats, had an immense
desire for waistcoat Of a particular kind,
for which he could discover only piece
of stuff insufficient in dimensions. It
was French material, and could not be
matched in England. The war was
raging, and to procure the requisite
amount of stuff from Paris was declared
impracticablc. At this juncture one Of
the princes attendants interposed. He
said he knew Frenchman, M. Bazal-
gette, carrying on business in one of the
obscure streets of London, who, he was
certain, would undertake to proceed to
Paris and bring away what was wanted.
This obliging tailor was forthwith COM
missioned to do his best to procure the
requisite material. Finding that a chance
had occurred for distinguishing himself,
and laying the foundation of his fortune.
the Frenchman resolved to make the at
tempt. IL was hazardous affair, for
there was no regular communication with
the coast of France, unless for letters under
cartel. Notwithstanding this the tailor
was not daunted. If he could only land
safely in boat, all would be right. This,
with some difficulty and maneuvering, he
effected. As a pretended refugee back to
his own country, he was allowed to land
and proceed to Paris. Joyfully he was
able to procure the quantity of the ma
terial required for the prince regents
waistcoat; and not less joyfully did he
manage to return to London with the
precious piece of stuff wrapped round his
person. The waistcoat was made, and 40
was the tailor's f,rtune and that of his
family.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-05-28
A Day in the Moon.

A lunar day comprises period of
twenty-eight days like ours. We are ia
miliar with the sublime spectacle of the
sunrise upon the earth; that wondrous
transformation with which the night dis
solves into the glories of the day; when
the watch stars close their holy eyes as
the timid blush of morning kindles the
easten horizon; when the tide of light
flows in to fill the celestial canopy, and
when, as a climax to the changing scene,
the glorious sun bursts open the gates of
the morning, and proclaims himself lord
of the day. How fearfully different is
the vision of sunrise upon the moon!
No gentle transition from darkness to
light, no imperceptible melting of night
into day. From horizon dark as moon
less midnight the sun slowly ascends--a
lurid ball of brightness, infinitely more
dazzling than it can appear to an
earthly eye, gliding the SUBMITS of the
lofty mountains, and causing these to
start forth like islands of light in sea
of darkness, while their bases and sur
rounding valleys are shrouded in i'm
penetrable gloom.
Slowly the silvery flood of light
pOurS uOWn The uOunIiilH udnks, anu
the shadows, still of pitchy blackness,
slowly shorten as the sun, after the lapse
of one hundred and seventy hours, at.
tains its meridian height. If we look
alOft to the lunar heavens we behold the
stars, though at noon day, with steady
luster, unsullied even with the effect OF
twinkling, or scintillation, for these
phenomena are due to the varying cur
rents of an atmosphere.
For fourteen days the sun pours down
his fiery rays upon an arid soil never
sheltered by a welcome cloud, never re
,freshed by a genial shower, till that sol
becomes heated to temporal, re equa
to that of boiling water. Gradually the
shadows lengthen and the sun declines
but no crimson curtain of evening closes
around the lunar landscape; and wher
the last rays of the setting sun are lost
beneath the horizon, no twilight inter
venes, but pail of fearful darkness fall
upon the scene. And thus succeeds {
long and dreary night of three hundred
and twenty-eight hours duration, and
severity of cold that reduces the lately
parched surface to temperature proba
bly, three hundred degrees below the
freezing point of water.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-05-28
Habit.

1t is so difficult to break upestablished
modes of action, and turn the channels
of ones activities in new directions, that
it is not surprising that the mature in
life, who have suffered from not being
started right in the first place, should
lay, as they are inclined to, great stress
on the Importance of making in all things
good beginning. There are few habits
which form pretty good foundation for
success in life and insure the friendship
of the discerning and virtuous. First
among these we would place the habit of
selfhelp. This may and should be
formed in a child before it can walk or
talk by providing resources for its amuse-
ment and leaving it within due bounds to
depend upon those resources. Then, as
it grows older, it should be taught, and
gently compelled, to perform in its own
behalf all that il can do. Few of us
but know young men and young women
perfectly helpless for all the ordinary
uses of life. If they alone were the suf-
ferers it wouldn't matter much, but they
are social leeches, always demanding
service and never rendering 1t. Good
husbands, good wives, good parents
rarely, If ever, are found in this class OF
people. They are so dependent upon
others-so perfectly unused to the graver
uses of existence--that no reliance can
be placed upon them--they are of little
use in the world. Parents, no moral ID
needed; look to your children--enable
them to be of use; for, unless theyy pos
sess this faculty, humanity is no better
for having known them.