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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-18
WEpNRspAY, Nov. %, 1a75.

WEDNESDAY,, Nov. 10, 1875.
The Police Jury Of the Parish Of Cal
casieu, La, met this 10th day OF No
vember, A. ID. 1875, pursuant TO adj
iournment, present as on yesterday.
On motion, BE Id ordained, That
for the purpose Of paying the public
debt at This Parish of Calcasiau already
existing, and Of defraying tho current
expenditures of the same, an annual
al ualoreR tax, Of fourteen and oRe-half
mills on the dollar of the valuation for
the year 1875, Of an the real and per
sonal property in this parish subject to
taxation, shall be assessed, levied and
collected
Paragraph 2--Be ii further ordained,
That of the ta1 levied by the foregoing
paragraph, secsa and one-haJf atiIls. or
the proceeds thereof. shall be collected
and paid in United States currency,
and the remaining sepen Nails thereof
may be paid In Parish warrants
Paragraph Q BE it further ordained,
That the fund al ising from the seusa
and 0ae-h0bf asN tzz payable i'll United
States currency, levied by the first par
agraph az this ordinance, when collect.
ed, shall be apportioned, distributed
and paid out by the Parish Treasurer
III the following proportion, viz 10
the Sheriff the proceeds Of four mills Of
said tax, for his costs and fees in erimi-
nal prosecutions, feeding prisoners,
conveying eonvicts % penitentiary, per
diem In Court, etc. co the jurors In the
District Courts, the proceeds Of one nsiH
az said tax To the witnesses I'm egini-
nal prosecutions, the proceeds Of one
and ares- -f0saths mills of said taE I'd
the Registration fund tdedeitl the pro-
ceads az oae-Bab miH Of said tax and
Ia the Clerk of the Court for sarYtces
in criminal prosecutions apesf0uftb
min of said tax.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-18
ProeeedIngs d &c PoILcg JurT.
NOVEMBER SESSION, 1875.

The Police Jury Of the Parish Of Cal
easieu, La, met at Lake Charles. in
special session, on this Sth day of No
vember, A. ID. 1875, pursuant to pre-
vious call by the President
Present Messrs. II. j. Lyons, Pres
ideut ID. A. Cole and Henry Welsh.
The proceedings Of the last meeting
being read, were approved.
On motion, Be it ordained, That the
following named persons be appointed
commissioners to lazy out new public
road from Lake Charles to and across
the Calcasieu near +. LebIeu's old fer
ry, thence across marsh Bayou. thence
across Barnes Greek at or near Nix &
Rayfeld's store, thence to the Whis-
kechittO crossing, near VIM Coles,
viz Geo. Gilley, Loni Leblanc, Alex.
Cole, J. Ell. Heard, VIM. @. Reeves, G..
w Reeves, and s.. ". Burnett, and
that they report to this body the
former commissioners having failed to
act
On motion, Be it ordained, That
from and after this date Mrs. J. Farris
shall be allowed the additional sum of
forty dollars per annum, making total
of 800 per annum, for the support of
Emily Pollard, an idiotie and helpless
girl
On motion, Be it ordained, That
Jas. 4. and Reese Perkins be allowed
S. each, as commissioners of election
in November, 1874, and that Geo.
Ryan, colored, be allowed the sum of
$50 for bOTying insane negro A. Breaux.
On motion, Resolved, That this body
adjourn till tomorrow morning at 8
O'Clock.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-18
TUESDAY. Nov. 9, 1875

TUESDAY. Nov. 8, 1875,
The Police Jury Of the Parish of Cal
casieU met this 9th day of November.
A. d. 1875, pursuant to adjournment,
present as on yesterday.
Before this body appeared VIM. L.
Hutchins, Parish Treasurer, and paid
over the sum of three thousand two
hundred and nineteen dollars and eigh-
teen cents (S3219 18l, received by him
of Jacob Ryan, Parish tax Collector, on
the taxes of 1874 and previous years,
and licenses for 1875 which said
amount was received in Parish war
rants, and destroyed.
On motion, Be it ordained, That the
following claims be allowed, viz
To d. H.. Lyons, Sheriff, for Crimi-
nal costs in State VS.. Burrell Dyal, and
feeding prisoner, S1s8 90.
To p. Fitzgerald, fer repairing irons
and ironing prisoners j. Guidry ct
al, S5 90.
To Weekly Echo, for publishing pro-
ceedings of Police Jury from June I'd
to September I'd, 1875, 325 90.
To same, for publishing jury list for
September, 1875, notice of Court,
printing blanks for Police Jury and
Clerks office, etc., etc, $40 IS.
On motion. Be it ordained, That the
public road leading from Kyosh's Cou-
lee be so changed as to run on the
township line between townships nine
(9l and ten (10) South of Range eight
t8l West, to the eastern boundary line
of d. J. Reid and v. Touchy, and
thence South along said boundary line
to the present public road leading into
Lake Charles, said road to I've forty feet
wide, and to be taken from the lands
adjacent ON each side OF said line.
On motion, Resolved, That this body
adjourn till tomorrow morning at 8
O'Clock.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-18
THE
IS EHIPIBE'' PIANO.

We have been selling the empire ]"
Piano for the past few years in all PARTS Of the
United S ateS, and to the entire satisfaction of
all purchasers. The reasons for this are very
simple .#ee
FIRST
They are durable: this is the most essential
quality.
SECOND
They are Masnif, ent in Tone: rich full.
and especially noticeable for their beautiful
Singing Quality.
THIRD
They are Reasonable in Price not o cheap,
poor Piano, but we'll and carefully made in
every part, and placed at such a figure as can
not fail to please all purchasers who desire
REALLY GOOD PIANO at A Low PRICE.
FOURTH
They have very attractive and handsomely
finished cases in Y rious styles, suited to all
tastes. All have carved legs and every i'm
desirable in a modern Piano Forte:
in addition to which We have introduced the
celebrated
"AGRAFFE2
attachment in each Piano Forte.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-18

OUR MILLS ARE SUBSTANTIAL
" ly built, expressly for the purpose
Of Rice Milling, with all the new inn
provements and appliances, with sufi-
cient warehouse capacity to meet any
demand for receiving and forwarding
RICE, centrally located to railroads.
shipping, ferry and steamboat landings.
We will guarantee our milling and
yield, both as to quality and quantity,
to be unsurpassed by any rice mill in
this State. ......
Our ''turn OUT has always been from
1O4 to ia lbs. cleaned Rice to the bar
rel of rough, which is about twenty
per cent. over any mill in this city
and country,
We win pty particular attention to
the separation Of all lots of rough Rice
received by us.
Our charges for milling are as follows:
1c per pound, cleaned, for Nos. ! and 2
l/c ss No. 8
%e for polishing horse mill
Rice
No deviation on the above prices un-
der any circumstances.
Sacks furnished free Of charge.
SIEWERD q KIP,
Address, Lock Box $50,
aug8y1 New Orleans, La.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-18
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
Horse Clothing.

A GREAT many more horses are prema-
turely worn out by neglect than by hard
work Cold kills more than work does
Sudden chills, when they are warmed up
by severe exercise, ruin numberless
horses. In how few stables can a good
set of blankets be found? These are al
ways seen in the stables of valuable
cheap horse feels and suffers from sud
den changes as much as 8 costly one,
and humanity calls for proper care of
such enc as much as for any other
Nor should the lap-robe or the buffalo
robe with which the driver protects him
self be used to cover the horse while he
stands fer short time. This conveys
the disagreeable smell of the animals
not always clean skin to the clothes,
from which it is plentifully evolved and
ditfuse9 when warm room Is .entered.
The horse should be provided with blan-
kets for its special use These need not
be costly and may be easily made at
home. 4 pair of coarse, heavy brown
wool blankets, costing five dollars, will
make a very serviceable suit Of horse
clothing. The clothing should be
made in two parts, one to cover
the back from the withers TO the
crupper and reaching beneath the
belly, and another to cover
the neck and throat; both should be
lined with gunny cloth to strengthen
them. The neck and chest of horse
are very sensitive parts of the animal
and need ample protection as we'll as the
body. The body clothing should be made
of two pieces cut SO as to admit of two
cores; one short narrow one upon the
rump, and one longer wide one at the
withers. These should be cut so that
the blanket fits smoothly to the curve Of
the back, else it will not lie in its proper
place but will slip down and gather in
wrinkles in the middle o. the back A
saddle-piece of stiff cloth should be
stitched upon the blanket and two Sits
worked in it upon each side, through
which the girth is placed to retain it in
it's place. Two straps and buckles should
be stitched in front to fasten the blanket
close upon 9he chest, and it sho1ld be
bound with q broad strip of colored fan
mel The thro&t-piece should be care
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

fully cut to fit the neck and be made
low enough to lap over the blanket for
several inches. a strap is fastened
to 60 across the forehead to hold
the covering in its place, and
others are attached by which it is
fastened beneath the throat. This part
of the clothing should be bound and
trimmed to match the blanket. These
coverings should not be worn in the sta
bic, but only out of doors, when the horse
is exposed to cold winds, or when il is
standing after having been warmed by
work. No stable should be so exposed
as to make 1t necessary to blanket a
horse when within it. Stables should be
tight and warm, and ventilated in such a
manner as not TO throw cold drafts uDOn
the horse. Pure fresh air in the stable, al
though it may be of low temperature,
will SO invigOrate the circulation of q
horse that no protection beyond its own
natural covering will be needed, even in
the coolest winter weather 1t is when
brought out from the still air of the sta
bic into the cutting winds that the ami
NAL needs covering, or when careless
driver leaves him steaming, after brisk
drive standing in a December snow
storm, while he is warming himself be
fore a hot stove --AgricuEturGst
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
The Pig.

THE pig was thus written up by a
Georgia boy, whose composition was
published in his local paper, the Griffin
Neoos, and was as follows:
The pig is about as big as sheep,
only pigs wool isn't good for making
stockings of. Why is a pig like q tree?
Because he roots. That is conundrum.
A pig washes himself in the mud. A pig
has four legs, one under each corner OF
his body. They pickle pigs feet, but
net until after the pig has done using
'em. A pig squeals awful when it rains,
also when you pull its tail. A pig has
got 1irstrate voice for squealing and he
grunts when he feels good. You can't
make whistle Of pigs tail COS it is
crooked. Why is a pig like Tommy
Grant? Cos he's got his nose in every
body's business. This is another conun-
drum, which is all know about pig"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

Live fences, of course, are the desider-
alum, and there are three plants which
are most in favor for the purpose. The
honey locust, the Usage orange, and the
white willow make COED fences. The
two former are impermeable to stock;
and when the latter is well established
the same character may be claimed for
it. The white willow Is also of rapid
and hardy growth.
Mr. c. B. Mendenhall, of Marshall
County, Iowa, has used the white willow
extensively. On his farm there are
about thirteen miles of white willow
fencing, of from three TO seven years
growth, about half of which will turn
cattle, and a portion cut half cord of
wood to the rod Mr.. Mendenhau has
also a grove of white willow covering
twenty acres, set out six years ago, and
which he considers to be worth $500 per
acre.
AS, we doubt not, some Of our readers
are even now considering the question Of
moving West to Iowa or Nebraska, and
as knowledge is light burden to carry,
we give Mr.. MendenhalPs method of
planting: The willow slips are to be
eight inches in length, thrifty sprouts of
one or two years growth. The ground
for the hedge-row is to be plowed as
deeply as possible during August, dead
furrow being left where it is proposed the
fence shall stand. Just before frost
comes the land is to be turned back, the
dead furrow being filled in. AS soon as
the earth is open plant the slips eight
inches apart, covering them with finely
pulverized earth. Cultivate as corn for
two years, keeping the infant fence en-
tirely clear of weeds. The following
method will insure a rapid growth :
Mulch we'll in the fall after the second
year, placing the mulching as close to
the plants as may be without touching
the stems.
By following Mr.. MendenhalPs plan
the prairie farmer, with white willow,
will have thrifty fence in the course of
three or four years, and in six years his
Enclosures will be perfect-AI5Gny
Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

THERE Is No DEATH-If it be true
that Nature abhors a vacuum, it is
equally true that the Great Creator alb
hors death and glories in life. There is
really no such thing as death-the term
is nlisnomer, used to designate the
changes which occur in life. Life, eter-
nal life, is created by the laws Of Al
mighty will-power, which are as immuta-
BILE in their application as is the existence
of the Creator himself. When God made
life He made everything necessary to
sustain it, but left it for mans progress
i've intelligence to discover, convert and
utilize. Good medicine is to the ailing
physique what good fuel is to the expiring
flame; the better the fuel the quicker
the tire-the better the medicine the
quicker comes relief from pain. CALL
FORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs is life's elixir
for old or young, Use this medicine
properly and you will live to a good old
age without those physical ailments
which make seventy years burden. Is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
Fence-FIanting on the Prairies.

THE erection of board fences on a
prairie farm IS an expensive operation.
In Nebraska the law wisely removes the
necessity for the herding of live stock
and in Iowa the needs of practical farm
ing life bring about very much the same
result.
But in each the law and the practice
are the things of the day. 1t is an in
stinct in the owner of land to define his
possessions by metes and bounds, obvi-
Gus to the eye, which separate his land
from that of his neighbor. If fences
were not a convenience there would be
no fences, therefore; bat as fences are q
convenience the improving prairie farme.
sets himself TO their creation as soon as
his house is built and his land broken,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
To Make Yeast and Bread.

TAKE handful of hops, pour on them
three pints of hot water, and boil half an
hour. Take three tablespoonfuls of
flour, two of brown sugar, two of salt,
one Of ginger, and mix them all smooth
ly with a cup of warm water. Strain
the hops and pour the hot liquid over the
mixture, stirring briskly to prevent
Jumping. Set it over the fire until it
boils, stirring often enough to prevent
scorching. When nearly cool add cup
full of lively old yeast and set in warm
place. In a day or two it will ferment,
and be ready to pour off in bottles;
wide-mouthed glass fruit-can is better,
and should not be quite filled, as there is
pretty sure to be second rising. If
closely corked and put in a cool place it
will keep sweet three or four months.
But the bread is not made directly from
this yeast. Take pint or more Of
nicely-mashed potato, add a spoonful of
brown sugar, a teaSpOOnful of salt, and
hot water enough to make thinnish
batter. When nearly cool, add four or
five spoonfuls of the stock yeast, and if
kept warm it will soon be light and
ready for use After fermentation set it
in a cool place, and it will keep sweet
several days, and may be renewed and
increased by adding more of the warm
potato batter For the loaf take a quart
of flour, pint of the potato yeast, and
nearly pint of warm water. Mix thor
oughly, set in warm place, and it Will
rise in about two hours. Now stir in
-four until it is quite stiff, but not too
stiff. Transfer the dough to the wide
f1our-pan or the mOlding-bOard, and for
ten or fifteen minutes knead it with the
hands and slash it briskly with a case
knife. This slashing makes the loaf
more tender and evengrained, also pre-
vents those large air-holes that are apt
to insinuate themselves in hastily-made
loaf. At the last the loaf is not stiff
enough to stand alone; put it in deep,
round tin basin, keep it warm until it
rises to the brim, spread over its surface
q spoonful of melted lard or butter with
the oven "just right" the heat will pen
citrate the loaf evenly, there will be no
thick, hard crust, and in little less than
an hour it will come out of the oven all
of a pinkish tint, and every bit good
enough to eat. Western R1trdl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

&c A GENTLEMAN, occupied all day, but
having some hours of leisure in the even
iRg," instead Of advertising for books to
write up, has set up a semi-subUrban pri-
vate patrol, charging his neighoors four
dollars amonth for watching their premi-
ses. When asked whether he did not
fnd it exhausting to work all day and
walk round all night he admitted frankly
that he only visited his customers once a
month and that was to collect "But
don't theyfind you out?" said the querist.
ooh, no." he replied; they hear the
burglars going round and trying the
doors and they think it's me. Chicago
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
For Ale Female Complaints

nothing equals DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prcscrip-
tioD. 1t is most powerful tCratiye tonic
alss combining the most valuable nervine
properties, especially adapting it to the wants
back, inward fever, congestion, Inflammation,
or alteration, .Gr ON nervousness, or neural
gic pains. Mr.. G.. W. Seymour, druggist OF
Canton, n Y, writes DIR. Pierce as follows:
The demand for your Favorite Prescription
is wonderful, and one man stated to me that
his wife had not done days work in five
months, when she commenced taking your
Favorite Prescription, took two bottles and is
now on the third bottle, and is able TO 90 her
housework alone and milk fourteen cows
twice day" Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton is sold by all dealers in medicines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
Importance of Slick in the Soil.

SILICA gives hardness and stiffness TO
the straw and leaves of cereal grain.
When wheat or rye is sown where a
brush-heap o. pile of logs has been
burned to ashes, the straw will be unu-
.sually stiff and the leaves much harsher
than the other straw growing in the
vicinity, but away from the area of the
burning. The potash of the ashes and
she silica found in the soil are taken up
by the growing plants, and form a coat
ing or liquid glass, which is spread even
~ over the straw and leaves of the grow
ing grain, as a metallic oOat-of-arms
was used in old times to cover the body
o. a soldier When the growing straw
OF wheat is inclosed in thin tube of
elastic glass, the innumerable spores,
watch frequently fill the entire atmos-
phere like fiakes,of snow, and which pro-
dUCe rust, do not find a congenial place
for their lodgment and complete devel-
Opment. But when the plants do not
have access to generous supply of silica
and potash, the seems are so timber that
they are easily FRUSTRATED by driving
storns, so that the ears of grain will be
developed only in part. When silica is
available only in small quantities, the
pores from which fungi spring adhere to
the leaves and stems, where they find a
suitable spot for their development, and
thus the productiveness of the plant is
seriously impaired. The practical value
of silica Is further perceived in the yield
of excellent fruit.-AaanuaZ Record Of
Science ara Industry
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07
W1LHoFr's ANTI PERIODIC OR FEVER A,

WILBoFr's NTI-PERIoDIU OR FEVER AND
AGUE TONIC.-This invaluable and standard
Family medicine is now a household word and
dorsed by the medical profession, and pre-
acribed daily in the Charity Hospital and
other Hospitals in New Orleans. Wilhoft's
Tonic is thus highly recommended by the
leading medical men of the country. and is
worthy of such Endorsement. WHEELoCK,
FINLAY & Co, Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY AL. DRrGGISTS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

AN ingenious physician in Paris-Reman-
dot by name-more than two hundred years
ago began circulating a sheet containing the
news and gossip of the day, for the amuse-
ment of his patients From this newspapers
grew and became advertising mediums for all
classes of goods, especially ElmWood and
Warwick Collars
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

THIS is indeed the age of perfect
hotels. The Sherman House, at Chicago,
has tirealarm connecting every room
with the main Office, has none but brick
partition walls, has Paris floors, with
cement between all joists, and in short
is absolutely proof. Notwithstand-
ing all these advantages its rates have
been largely reduced.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

IF your horse is lame, sore OF CALLED, you
should use John~onS 4Rodyne LiHjment. wash
the part with CASTLE soap and warm water,
rub dry with a clean cloth, then apply the
Liniment; rub in well with the hand.
HAVE the readers of this paper ever used
any of Prisons Purgdtile PslSF if not, why
not? They are the best family physic, besides
being the greatest anti-bilious remedy there
is in this country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

IF our readers want to learn how to get
one Of the best illustrated papers published
with its elegant premium) free for a whole
Tennessee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-07

Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam! Most an
proved, reliable and well-known remedy for Coughs
Colds and Consumption. Get the Genuine. Price 81
mall SC CUTLER BROS Co.. Boston.