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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-10-03
llse 9isIs Convention.

SECS tt As%N ~
The sou thonse al the ath nItimo.
Sis IS tie seven wtaa were re-
pres enigd. te-uie Nos. i, 8. As,
3 end ward No. 2 not being
represented.
0f the siy E6gds represented
Alr. Wells carried three MS follows;
;, 8 and q The said delegates
being instructed to vote Tor Wells
as Tie choice 81 these wards, and
cast ten votes. Kirkman carried
words Nos ! 8 and 4 aud re-
ceiged twelve votes in the oonven-
ton rs The choice Of these wards.
When II is remembered that Mr..
Wells has not been out Of the
town Of Lake Charles to election
Ger in Calcasieu parish since be-
became a candidate, and that DIR.
Kirkman has always been hard at
work, and that he even attended
the ward meeting il the seventh
ward, and that the said ward gave
Wells 0 majority and chat ward
No. 5 gave Wells twenty-six votes.
to one for Kirkman, and that the
ward meeting il ward No. 6 gave
Wells seventeen votes to four for
Kirkman, the claim Of tie Doctors
friends that lie il The choice Of the
Democratic party, and Of the peo-
pic Of this parish, Is effectually
exploded.
lit is evident to all those who
attended the said paSish oonyen-
ton that The long established par
liamentary rules which have gov
erned an political meetings Of this
kind, have found evident change
amongst the adherents Of DR..
Kirkmon. It was only by such
alterations Of all known usages
that the friends Of the Doctor TIL
implied ID the convention, and 1T
was also by this same proceeding
that they obtained the passage of
the resolution refusing to send
delegates To the District Conven-
ton. The proceeding of which
We speak is Of such a strange
character, that it is well it should
be published Id order to enlighten
the public on the different ways
that are sought by politicians to
Obtain the object they have in
view.
When the motion came for
vote before The convention az to
whether delegates should be sent
10 the District Convention Oh not,
the chair ruled the delegates re-
presenting the different wards,
allowing one vote TO each delegate
actually present, instead Of the
number 81 votes corresponding to
the number Of delegates chosen
10 each ward; by this MEANS, and
by this means alone did they carry
this resolution refusing to send
delegates, and that ii tie teeth Of
the fact Tint 4 majority 81 the
votes, IL tnken nv wards, allowing
each ward it's fnllyote, would have
decided 10 send delegates 70 the
District Convention, and That Or.
Kitkman was the choice of only
VI bare majority 81 the ward votes
Represented ID the convention.
This Il the FIRST time III tho his
tory os political conventions that
delegates were not allowed To cast
the actual vote of their respective
wards. il this connection we call
especial attention ID communi.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-10-03
I-AEn 49,. L9gIaI--..

JGpb6nDeA AYs AN
Eaiiaf Weekly Echo
1he undersigned delFga from
Wards Nos S, G end Of 0alea-
sieu Parish, to the Convention at
Lake Charles, Louisiana Septem-
Der 26ti, 1874 said Convention
being called b elect delegates tn
& District Senatorial Convention
att Nermilionvills, October LIST
1874 hereby declare,
Ist That we were instructed st
tie several ward meetings. which
elected us, 10 vote for George III.
Wells. Esq, Ia said Parish Con-
vention, as we did vote.
2dly That wards |, 0 and a,
cast twelve votes IT'D said Parish
Convention for DR. W. Ell Kirk
man, while wards ), 6, and Z, cast
ten votes therein for George H
Wells, ESD.
3dly That the resolution adopt
led by that Parrish Convention, de-
claring pr Kirknan to be- the
unanimous choice Of that Gonven-
tion for the State Senate, was not
understood by as when it was of
fered, and that We did not vote
for that resolution ! it was carried
by bare minority vote.
4thlY That when the vote was
taken in that Convention on THE
question Of sending delegates oil
not to the District Convention, it
was our understanding that the
vote was To be taken BY wards
each delegate present to be enti-
ted To one vote, and the full vote
of each ward to be taken when
in fact no votes we're counted on
that resolution, except one vote for
each delegate present ; BY which
the sole object of that Parish
Convention, VIZ to send deIe-
gates to fhat District Convendopl
WINS defeated bY q bare majority
.of the votes of the delegates pres
ent.
5thly We attended that Parish
Convention with credentials and
instructions to cast therein the
entire vote of our respective wards
namely, three votes for ward No,
5, three votes for ward No 8, and
four votes fcr ward No. z, and VIZ
should have been allowed those
votes On every question before
the Parish Convention.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-10-03

The Sunac Leaves is the title
of a little octave sheet, published
by the young ladies Of the Fell
ciana Female Collegiate institute,
It is neatly printed well edited,
and il deserving of public patron
age. Tie number before as has
two beaatifal Illustrations, and
also contains some very fine seleo-
tons. It's Published u Jackson,
Louisiana.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-10-03

New Orleans advises to Tile 80th
inform us that d COMPROMISE be-
tween & committee acting ten the
Peoples party, and d committee
acting for tile Republican party
has been effected guaranteeing
that there will he i fair registra-
iion, election, aud count by the
Returning Board.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-10-03
J GA Y IsI6.
Lake Charles Louisiana,

"COPPER", TIN AND SHEET IRON
W. worker Jobbine promptly attends
ed ~ ny reasonable prices and nll work
guaranteed
III Wa remain 81 this place but
tshorl time send 81 yon orders im-
mciHtelY INSECT
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Many Of olr Old subscribers and
advertisers are IN arFeals for sub
acriptiop advertisements, ETC.,
AID A. we have waited long and
patiently On them, We hope. sitter
receiving this notice, They will,
without delay come lofsard ana
settle the same, as we are is need
Of q little cash 10 dctay tho nec-
essary expenses oI our Office
Call and see Give 6ho family
Bibles for sale ai Captain y VA.
Bryan sicfe
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-02

cat 10 fetch another stone. And when she
had placed the stones and some moss in
The sack she told them to run away home
and she would follow them.
SO she got her needles aud thread ready,
and springing out of the sack she placed a
stone in her stead and sowed up the hole
as fast as possible, watching the fox now
and then. Once he stirred and she felt
her heart beat but it was only because an
ant stung his leg; and she finished the
task and set Off as fast as feet and wings
would carry her after her companions, over
taking them just as they came TO the door
Oftne house.
Presently the fox began to dream of his
mother; 50 he started and taking up his
sack he continued his journey.
Dear me, how heavy these creatures
y he thought, "and how they hurt my
back with their hard bones. Never mind,
my mother will be pleased for once in her
lile."
So he looked up and there was old Mad
am Fox at her door shading her eyes from
the sun with her fore paw and watching
for him. She saw he had a heavy load aud
greeted him alTectionately.
80 there you are, my good son and
what have you brought your old mother"
"a cat and mouse and little red hen.
Here they are"
And the dutiful son was going to lay
down his burden upon the floor when his
mother stopped him.
1--WE got my new iron pot boiling upon
the stove, my son. Just unite your sack,
and empty il into the pot. 1t will save Us
great deal of trouble in skinning and
plucking. But what's this? ?" as the heevy
stones fell and smashed her new pot. "You
wicked fellow. Were you mocking your
old mother and breaking her pot and scald-
ing her? see what you will CATCH"
And hobbling over 10 the corner she
seized upon the post-stck and never listen
i,o to ha- --...s or vutrcaues Tor JUS
tice, she belabored him till he rushed out
of the house and over the hill-so lar away
that he never again was seen in the neigh
borhood.
Old Mrs. Fox, becoming hungry toward
evening, went out to look for partridge
or leyeret, but placing her foot upon trap
set for a cat, she broke her leg and was
killed by the keeper next morning; and
the squire, as he could not keep her alive
to be hunted, took her face and her brush
and nailed them up to his stable door so
that every one who came into the yard
might think he had been first in the hunt
ins-field.
And The cat, the mouse and the little red
hen led very peaceful lives now their cruel
neigh6ors were dead and gone.-BrigM
Side.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-02

ARSENIC IN liYDRoPHonIA.-In late
number Of the Correspondence BlaH, DR..
Guisan gives a number OF cases showing
the value Of arsenic rs prophy Tactic in by
drophobia, and even as remedy also alter
the symptoms are marked. lie re.aIss that
q rabid dog, between the 7th and OH Of
June, bit thirteen persons in various towns
of the canton of Freiburg. All were rec
commended TO lie treated with one twentl-
eth of n grain Of arsenic morning and eve
ming, as a prophylaclc measure. Eight
submitted aud none we're affected. Four de-
olned, or were not allowed TO t9ko tho ars-
enic. OF those tour, two remained unaf-
fected, and two died. One began the arse
mic treatment but speedily left ii of; she
was attacked, but at n much later period,
and died. Dir. Guisan recommends not on
" the Internal employment of the arsenic,
but that tho wound should be dressed with
! It,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-02

y MYSTERY ON LAKE MICHIGAN.-TwO
farmers on their way to Maiden, Mich, on
Sunday week, saw boat floating in / axe
Michigan, with man sitting upright in
the stern. On returning that way, a few
hours after, they saw the same boat hard
and fast on the beach, the man sill sitting
as before. Oa approaching him, they found
him lru2.n hard a a rcck, and c'asping
the oar so firmly that they wgenched it
from him with great difficulty. The mans
legs were encasel in ice up TO the knees,
and there WAS foot Of water in The boat.
There was nothing to indicate who the man
was, low lou2 he had been anoal, or whence
he came. lie was probably pat on from
some vessel, or driven from some Island by
hunger, and may have been floating about
f,ra fortnight. The body was cared for,
and given Christian burial.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-02
The Leisure Hour.
IN ENGINEER s STORY,

| am a practical mechanical engineer.
Not one of those youngsters who so to
scientific school for few years, and take
c. T., NJ. T., or something Of the Kind, and
then put on airs about it. They always al
feet to snub Us practical men, but We rather
get into them when it comes 10 zeal work.
or course, these chaps are well enough in
their way (anl that is.'t minc) in getting
up artistic drawings and modes, ana all
tbat sort of thing. And sometimes they
are of some account. There was young
Hoppin, who helped me with that togsle-
iojnl. originated the idea; he put it into
shane. ! made enough 10 retire on ii, and
I did the square thing by him, If he 'rds a
"scieutiic map," so feel perfectly free to
sleak my mind about the lot, always eX-
cepling my friend Hoppin.
But this isn't telling my story. Th ers'5
NV wife Bessie (bless her dear little hearD,
always saying can't come to the point
without as many twists and turns rs my
old machinery. Perhaps she is right. But
then, this is the first time l ever tried to
express myself in print, and l don't exact
| lv know how to 60 about il, 50 you must
excuse me. That's reasonable, isn't il?
And besides, am getting so stout and To-
gy-iike, that l amt 50 sharp as l used to
be-. My young Acquaintance, who Is an cd
itor, or some equally useless member Of So
cietv, has roped me into this scrape, and
ouaht TO help me out; hut ne doesn't. All
he says is, "Fire away, old man, and make
il short and sweet" I'm afraid this isn't
telling my story, either. ProliXity, Chats
| the word,) comes sort of natural like to me
now.
Let me see, il was sixteen years ago thi'
summer, that l came TO New York il
search of employment. l had been run
ming an engine in big tannCry in Tho
western part of tho state, and doing first
rate, till the company failed, and l wa
thrown out Of work, So l was looking
about town for something to do. Money
puare so low that was ready for anything
After a fortnight of searching aud waiting
I bappenedto to bo walking through down
town cross street, when 1 saw placard i
the window of paper-box iaciory-"Ell
eineer wanted. Good salary" THAT
lust me-" says l, so went into the olic
and asked if | would do.
The manager said he would try me. II
did try me, and it seems must have salts
fed him, for he told me to stay.
Now il Is about this manager and this p'
per. box factory that my story, such as
is, will be; and TO make things all straigl
and plain "a sort of oiling up at the start
let me attempt to describe them both.
First, then, the manager, Mr.. Samu'
! Hardness, also sole owner OF the factor,
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Poetry


As through the forest disarriycd
BY chill November, late strayod,
A lonely minstrel Of the wood
Was singing to the solitude;
loved thy music, thus said,
When o',r thy perch the leaves were spread;
Sweet was thy song, hut swecter now
Thy carol on the lcancss bough.
Sing, little bird! thy note shall cheer
The sadness Of the dying year.
when vinle's prankcd the turf with blue,
And morning fllod their cups with dew,
Thy slender voice with ripping trill
The budding ATril bowers would hll,
Nor passed its joyous tones away
whtu April rounded into May;
Thy life shall hail no second dawn
Sing, little bird! the spring /, gone.
And rcmom, ,er--woll-l-dayl
Thy full. l.hlown summer rounlclay,
As when behind a Iroidersd screen
Some holy maiden fiugs unseen;
with answering notes tic Woodland rrlr,
And every trce-top found tongue
How deep the zhad the groves how fair
Sing little bird! the woods are bare.
Bat now thy summers chant is done
Ana mute the ohcra Hniiphon;
The birds have left the hiycring riuo'
To lit among the trollisod vines,
Or flu the air with scented plumes
AMONG the .-N--sick orange blooms.
And thou art here alone alone
sing. little liri! the rest have flown.
The snow has capped yon distant HILL
Al morn luo running brook was stu,
F.om driven herds the clouds that rise
Are Ike the smoke Of sacrifice.
Erelong the frozen sod shall mock
The plowsharo, changed 70 stubborn fock,
The bTawling stream shall soou be dumb
Sing, little bird. the frosts have come.
Fast, fast the leng.heuiuG ohadows creep.
The s1ugcss fowls arc bal: asleep,
The lir grows Gill, the setting sun
ay leave thee ere thy song is done,
The pulso that warns thy breast grow IA,
TIE secret die with thee untold;
The lingering sunGe, st.l is bright
Sing, little bid! twill soon be night
Oirp Ucnd,H homes ~ January diilEhe,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-02


ru CIV, Cod and la .t.aarf,,l- ,t~ q
English bishop the same, in different phrase, as Paul
" Serving the Lord, rejoicing IN hope, in Romans i
II, l2l
serve Cod AMI be cheerful" The motto
Shall Lc mine, rs the shops q cd;
On my souls coat-ot-arns will wii;en
In letters Il azure and Id.
"serye God and bo cheerful, seif balanced,
Whether 70 tune smile swcoty or frown.
Christ stood King before plate. within me
Iclrry the s,eptrc and crown.
"seryc Cod and be cheerful" MAKE brighter
The brightness that falls on your lot,
And the rare or Inc da!ly.scut blessing
Pro.ane no. with gloom or with doubt
serve God and be cheerful" Zach sorrow
Is-wl.h your will in God's-for the bcs,.
Der the elJud hangA the rainbow. Tomorrow
WI see the bluc Sky in the West.
Serve God and be cheerful" The darkness
Only masks the surprises Of dawn;
AID the deeper aud grimmer the ri might
The brighter and sweptor the morn.
Serve God aad be cheerful" The winter
Roll round to the beautiful spring,
And o'cr the green grave q the snowdrin
The nost-buiidiuS robins will sing
Serve God and be cheerful Look upward!
Gods couu;enauce scatteTs the gloom,
Aud the soft summer light Of his heaven
SLia.s over the cross ard the tomb.
Serve God and be cheerful" The wrinkles
OF age VIC ma take with a smile;
but tie wrinkles Of fai;h!css toreb ding
Are the crowsieet Of sA,ana own guile.
"serYe God and be cheerful" Religion
Looks all the more lovely in white,
AID God loves TO be- served 10y his servant
when n.ling he scrycs in the light
And lives on: the glad ud.ngs Of Jesus
Ia the sunshine he came to imrart;
For the fruit 4 his word and his spirit
Is"Lyyc, jog and Peace in the heart.
Serve God and be cheerful Live nouly
Do right and do good. Make the best
OF the gifts ard the work sat before you,
Aud to God without fear leave the rest.
Rev. I'm Nsr"tR, d. d. in Boston TrGH'eriPt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-02

Tho trousseau OF Secretary Belknap's
bride was imported from Paris, aud was
the richest costume ever aired in the Blue
Grass region. The dress was fashioned
from elegant white brocade, trimmed with
half.yard dress fringe. and cut low ne0S
aud long train, aud was handsomely "el on
by asuperb diamond locket, oriental pearls
and diamond bracelets.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-02
VOL. XII.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX.
Published every Friday by
FRENCH 6 STEDMAN,

omce No. . Granite Row, Main ST., Bratncboro, V
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-02
Dental Notice.

DIR. -. II. POST vould inform his
friends aud thc public that he is prepared to perform
all operations upon the TEETH in o careful and
thorough manner; Contour Filings executed in Gold
and warranted to give satisfaction. Every New Dis
ooscIyo or Improvements that Ia Of real value, will be
0fered to his Patients II Is made known to
tAe Profession. He has the o. elusive right to use
Nnsum's Patent H. Brat,leboro, which is the best
Mug yet discovered 90 retain the plate firmly in the
mouth.
Gas, ETHTR aod MAJ CoTIC SPRAY arc ured for
oxirastiug In without pain.
lefeg7 o. more than two thousand rerEons that are
NfariIg tceti made by him.
|DFFICE and RESIDENCE at the JuRsliSn Of High
and Green streets, Bratllehoro.
Gan extract at house.
Drattlcboro, Oct. 0, 1878. tai
The daily gazette., 1874-10-23
n. III. Stephens ViesUs.

The following political letter from
the historian and statesman of Georgia
will be read with Interest,"
lido not agree with Mr.. O'Conor in
his premises or conclusion. He sets
out with asserting that Grant had de-
cided that kellogg was duly elected"
Now in point of fact, Grant has never
decided any such thing. After Kellogg
brought his suit in the Federal Court,
as he had right to do under the abo-
minablc Enforcement act, so called all
that Grant did was to aid in the enforce
ment of the judicial process, as it was
his duty to do under She act. He had
no right to inquire either into the cor.
rectness of that judgment of the court,
or the validity of the election of either
Kellogg or McEnery. These were
questions he had no right to decide and
he said so. He only enforced judicial
process.
Mr.. Reverdy johnson made similar
blunder. He says Grant decided that
Kellogg was duly elected. The decis.
ion, he says, was wrong; but, having
made it, he could not correct it. On
this point, johnson has the advantage,
because the truth is they are both wrong
in their premises and both quite botch
in their conclusions. In my opinion
Grant did nothing but extend the act
of Congress. 1t has been my effort fo1
two years to keep the Democracy from
the great error of making an improper
issue with Grant on this Louisiana
muddle. The strength of the Demo
cracy lies in the truth. What they
should assail is the radical construction
or acts of Congress, from which all
these troubles spring, and not this
man who executes the acts of Con
gress as they stand upon the statute
book.
The great strength of the Democracy
in 1876 is an arraignment of the Radi
cal party for all the utter failures atten
ding the reconstruction so called, and
q grand centennial slogan, arousine
| the masses from one extent of the
country to the other in support of tho
principles announced by Mr.. Jefferson
and the Congress of the States, on til,
4th of July, 1776. "Down with the us
urpations and up with the Constitu
tion! should be the battle-cry in 1876
The daily gazette., 1874-10-23
Majorities .

This shows an opposition net gain in
twenty -four States in two years OF 892,-
843. Several of the States in the above
list will hold elections again in Novem-
ber, and will give still larger opposition
majorities, increasing the opposition net
gain in the twenty-feur States in two
years to 100000. But there ire thirteen
additional States not named in the above
list because they have held no general
elections since the Presidential election,
to wit Alabama, Delaware, Florida, IL
linois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mis-
souri,, Nevada, New Jersey, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, and West Virginia. The
State of Rhode Island is included herein
because there was no party contest in its
election of last spring. These States gave
net majority of 225, 900 for Grant in 1872.
We believe that they will give net op-
position majority of at least $4,000 in
their next elections, so that the net op-
position gain in all the States will amount
to us much as million and quarter OF
p0tes.
The gains in Representatives in Con-
gress already made indicate fair work
| ing majority for the Democracy in the
next House of Representatives. Up to
| the present date there have been sixty
three Congressman elected. The whole
number in the House will be 1872, there
| fore rather more than one-fifth have al
ready been chosen. The following table
| shows the result of the elections so far,
compared with that of the elections two
years ago, when the Forty-Third Con-
| preSS was chosen;
The daily gazette., 1874-10-23

DRIvY WELLS CLEANED BY THE
Il OD0RLESSless Excayating Co. Order
left with the Secretary of the Board Of Healt
at the City II all until iurther poticel "
bs promptly atten dsd TO (nsbl3-t
The daily gazette., 1874-10-23

Speaker Blaine got hone just in time to
escape the hurrict ne out West.
The daily gazette., 1874-10-23
POST THE BOOKS.

When we last posted the books Maine
had just been heard from. At that date,
nearly all the elections that had been
held during the year had to be credited
to the Democratic side of the political
ledger. The October elections being
over, the services of the book keeper are
again required: And here is the work
that he has to do. y -
!, To show the majestic sweep of the
revolution which is destroying Radical
ism, the following table comparing the
majorities given for President by each
State in 1872 with those given in the last
election in each of those States has been
prepared. The States followed by star
voted the last time in 1873, the others in
1874. The majorities in Georgia and
Tennessee in the latter year are estimat-
ed, the basis being the elections for
members Of tho Legislature and county
officials:
The daily gazette., 1874-10-23
The SteeraDe Rates to Europe
Increased.

The increase in the rates of steerage
passage to Europe by the English trans
atlantic steamship companies, which has
been expected for some time, took place
Monday. No agreement was made be-
tween the companies, but almost with
one accord they increased their rates
from SIS to 800. Among the companies
taking part in this change were the
White Star, the Inman, the Anchor, the
Williams & Guion, the State, and proba-
bly, the National lines. The cause of the
increase was said to be the increase in
the amount of freight to be transported,
especially cotton. 1t pays so much bet
ter to carry cotton than to carry passen-
gers that the latter are disregarded in
order to accommodate freight.