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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-06-28

Gen. T. ID. Chamberlain, u. S.
District Courts Commissioners for
Calcasieu and specially empowered
aud instructed to fix and accept
bonds Of intervenors for logs Sc
,qnestrated IN the case of the u. s.
VS.. Joseph Hampton ct al, now
pending in the U. S. Circuit Court
of Louisiana, arrived yesterday
morning by stage. He is ao-
companied by Mr.. III. F. Sewell
deputy marshal for Louisiana
who il also here on official lbnsi-
ness aud as we hear under special
instrnctions.
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Chicago Times. 4

GOSHEN, June ia NJ
singular law suit came up ii N
Circuit Court To-day. Last N
several DAYS after the PresideuUI
election, Isaac Ayres, of Ekb,I
offered to bet 500 that Tial
aud Hendricks had received
minority OF the electoral void
cast. Several Republican poaI
clans accepted the offer of AVID
and JAS. f. Hant, a dry ga
merchant, was appointed Y
stakeholder. When the resultI
the election was declared bg0a|
gress, Hunt turned over
money to the Republicans III
protest, Avres ut the time
j a.
tclaring that be would sue him
the money. Ayres sued Ed
in Elkhart and was beaten,
appealed the case to the Girsl
Court, which came up bed
Judge Woods and u jury II
afternoon. The jury, after herriI
the testimony, returned verdi
in favor OF Ayres for Sl00. II
is the third case of the kind u
has occurred in the Uuited Stal
each one resulting the Saline
this one did.
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active from his .position !.

active from his .position !, !
rear. Y
We did not view the final a.
10 tame this fiery steed. H.
have no boubt as to the Nv,
II that animal wasn't ab,aaa.,
his spinal colamn might Is NJ
lized for onr liberty pole ny
day closed with the usual o,;ss.'
Happy Port Vincent !
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There is au almost eoElA!
equality I'D the worlds SEXES.
France this balance il most nesl
attained, where for every l0U0ra
there are 1907 womeD. lii s.
den, to 1000 Den There are II
women. while in Greece, tot
same number If males there
but 1913 Greek Mona+,u. Ill Pa
quay there are only MQ0 lnel
every 1850 w"men, a state
thugs mninly due to the rass|
of the Brazilian war.
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Read the advertisement loi the
Wakefield Earth Closet Co.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-06-28

Magnolia Grange No 312
Patrons Of Hnsbandry meets on
the 4th SATURDAY.. of each month.
J. M. Nichols is master of the
above Grange.
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We call the attention Of our
readers to the communication
COPIED from the N. o. Times.
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We call attention to the new ad
vertisement headed Notice"
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tional conglomerate and the of
spring of this, modified incharcter
bv contact with nations OF Africa
apd Asia thence have been trans
plated to those valleys and pral-
ries. world-renowned for vastness,
fertility, grandeur and exquisite
beauty :: and that mental faculties
30 organized, SO nu,'tured and tn
tored, should be iInbued with ex-
travagant ideas of the common
places of life, should seek out novel
vehicles of expression should not
in the slightest, surprise MS. Yet
the fine play of vivacity and
sparkles of wit which we fire.
quently and easily detect, us Turk
ing under an assumed mask CT go
berpess or gravity, flashes before
MS rs if by some happy or way
ward chance, and adds q great de-
gree of poignnncy to the effect
whether that be agreeable or dis
agreeable.
The style alluded to admits OF
great scope, indeed, in its incl
piency, it is rather a literary lib
erty than recognized style, and
offers facilities for combining the
ludicrous aud ridiculous which
renders it a powerful machine In
the hands of the satillst, and ad-
mits of d causticity in sarcasm
that adds to it SO terrible II pro-
jecti'e force as to completely de-
molish the equanimity OF Its OBJ
ject. But it speaks we'll for those
most proficient in its use that we
very rarely, indeed, find it en-
ployed for other purpose than for
provoking Innocent merriment.
OF the journals that have at
tanned somewhat of celebrity for
this class of matter we may men-
ton the Burlington Hawk-ye and
the Detroit Free Press, add several
others in the West, whose produc-
tons in this line are by no means
insignificant, while i'll the South
the Atlanta Constitution seems to
bear the leadership. I'm each of
these we frequently meet us ii un-
awares, with merry scintillations,
which, because unexpected, in
stantly captivate our faculties.
Like oil intellectual powers, it
would be u dangerous gift to ii
bad, bold person who would not
hesitate to level the shafts OF ridi-
Guile at sanctity and charity, but
with adroit management is capa-
bic of exerting . powerful effect
upon veiled corruption or mantled
dep,avity as well as defiant i'm
morality. We subjoin an extract
from the Port Vincent Triuue
which, though not Astounding with
those droll qualifying words which
often include b lucid and eompre-
hensive simile within their limited
sound, yet serves as an example of
the simplest form of expression
alluded to:
AS an offset to the abundance of
moral and religious instruction
sprinkled over, under, through,
between, and within ourIbenighted
minds, some few Sabbaths ago,
our community We're agreeable
entertained last Lords Day in
gazing upon . performance digni-
fed by the title OF f"horse1break-
ing" We suppose the frame or.
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Our subscribers will confer t,
favor by advising the proprietor
of any irreguIarity i'll receiving
their paper.
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Atstyle,of expression has, within
the last few years. entered into the
humorous writings oflour journals
which just now seems to be OF the
zenith of popularity. We believe
it is peculiar to America, although
it is quite French in it's general
features.
The mary distinct types of ma
itionality of Europe have formed in
the rocky and woody wilds of
America wihat we may term q ma
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III. IS. Commissioners Court was
in the Courthouse yester-
day, His Hon. Commissioner
r.. ID. Chamberlain, presiding,
Mr.. II. A.. Sewell. Clark. His
Honor, stated tho object Of his
visit to the parish, and after In
stEuctipg commissioners Of APP
lpr@,sement and intfrSenors APP
pointed by Circuit Court at in
stance of lintervenors TO make re-
ports as early as possible court
adjourned until to-day, 10 O'Clock.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-06-28

I'd. "A. Gorham, of Eastport,
Maine, son of the late Captain
Gorham, is now here settling up
the business of his deceased ia
Their. Star Of Pascagoula.
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borne, of mississippi, until that State
,Seoeded from the Union, when he re-
signed. In accepting his resignation
the secretary stated that he did SO be-
canse the government could give him
no profession in the discharge of his
duties. nor remit him his .compensa-
Atiop,; fhat be had rendered tthorough
sapd efficient service; had paid more
money over than all his predecessors
had never mlilcted the government into
any costs by abortive prosecutions, and
had newer had occasion to make an
arrest 8
The writer of tlais has often con
versed with Col. Claiborne, and has
seen Ills official correspondence. On
several occasions he seized some lots Of
timber, in eases where Iit had evidently
ibeen ont on public lands. aud required
the parties TO pay its full value 10 the
government But he never had any
occasion TO employ a military posse ..<ir
TO call for u United States marshal
Alone and i'm the most remote places.
he seized RATS of spaFsand loads az live
oak timber, withput the slightest NY
siatan0e, or even an angry word. He
never instituted . Jingle prosecution,
ar entailed on the government dollar
III costs. But he substituted o prepe,stspe
-ssrsiee, tLat stopped Fleprsdations
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LOngGellow is Independent in ciicumstan-
ces-probably worth 100000 TO 100000;
but the greatest part of ii has come 10 him
through his wife, long since deceased, who
was rich in her own right.
Emerson has not made, from his remark
able little volumes, over 900. He has
gained nearly as much more by lecturiDg;
and yet, by excellent management, which
one might not expect from the high idealist,
and by serene philosophy Of practical
soft, he continues to live on his small prop
erty.
Bryant is often cited as an instance of a
rich author. He is rich, bot not by author
ship. All the money he has directly earn
ed by his pen, outside of his journal, would
not exceed, in all probability, $4,000, not
withstanding his estate is estimated at
$500, 900.
Hawthorne was poor 10 his dying day,
aud might have suffered but for his ap-
pontment 10 the cousulship at Liverpool by
his friend President Pierce.
Lowell is Independent in circumstances
no thanks to his fine poetry and essays,
however.
Whittier, like most thrifty New England
ers, owns his own house, and beneath its
humble Ioof, ii is said, hs has sometimes
subsisted he is a bachelor, you knsw-on
500 year.
holmes is well off 10y the practice of the
M dical profession, by marriage and inher-
itauce, albeit not by poems, lectures, nov
els nor "AutOerals ofthe Breakfast Table"
All that he has written has not brought him
s25, 900.
Bayard Taylor, although be has made per-
haps $50, 900 by his writings-hs books of
travel having been very popular has not
sufficient income TO sustain him without
regular labor.
j. G. Holland is frequently named as an
author who has amassed wealth. His books
have sold as largely as those of any Anleri'
can writer, and whatever may be thought
of his ability, he still has vast constitu-
eucy. lie is not at all rich in the New
York sense he may be worth $780, 900 but
most ofthis he got by his partnership in the
Springfield Republican.
George William Curtis is dependent on
his salary from the Harpers; so is Mr..
William D. Howells dependent upon his
edltorship of the Atlantic; Bret Harte, T.
b. Aldrich, James Parton, ]. Il. Trow-
bridge, r. II. Stoddard,>T. w. Higginson,
mainly upon fugitive writing.
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INHERITED INGRATITUDE.-On one of
the best farms in Orange county located,
within a few miles of Middletown, there
lived farmer who came into possession of
his property, it is said, by defrauding his
aged father out of it. He induced the old
gentleman TO deed the homestead aud
farm over to him, representing that he
would be we'll taken care of during his de-
cinng years and that were the property In
his own name he would take moro interest
in 1t. No sooner was the deed made out
and delivered than the son began a series
Of petty prosecutions against his father,
compelling him TO perform duties about
the farm, over-taxing his strength exclud-
ing him from the family table, and dealing
out TO him in gingerly manner suste-
nence hardly sufficient to keep soul and
body together. These acts of cruelty were
carried to such an extent that the broken
hearted father was compelled to leave the
roof which he himself had erected, and
throw himself upon the charity of The world
at one time, we believe, becoming an in
mate of the county poorhouse. Things
went on in this way for some years, the son
apparently prospecting and accumulating
quite largo share of this worlds goods.
He became suspected of several acts of dis
honesty in dealing with his neighbors, and
lost no opportunity to enrich himself at the
expense of others. To such an extent did
he carry his parsimonious practices that at
last he endeayored TO escape the payment
of some of his just debts by secretly con-
veying his property 10 his son, little thinking
that his own son would be so ungrateful to
him as he had been TO his father. He thus
successfully evaded the payment of his
debts, but when he attempted to continue
control of the farm an unexpected obstacle
presented itself-the son proclaimed him
selfsole owner and refused TO follow out
his directions or allow him in any way to
control the proceeds. Disputes and re-
ordinations followed, until finally the son
ordered the father OF the premises and re-
fused to contribute to his support. The up
shot of the whole affair is that the grand
father Is now Teinstated In the old arm
chair In the family circle, and will be ten
derly cared for during the remainder Of
his natural life, while the son Is employed
as farm laborer in a distant part of the
country. Ingratitude, in every second
generation, IS no doubt hereditary in the
family, and 1t will be curious 10 observe
what the present owners son will do II he
gets a chance. : AiddletORR IN. ~ Argas.
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Ny little sou, who looked from thoughtful eyes,
And moved and spoke in quiet, grown-up wise,
Having my law the seventh time disobeyed,
l struck him and dismissed
with hard words and unkisssd-
His mother, who patient being dead.
Then, fearing lest his grief should hinder sleep,
l visited his bed
But found him numbering deep,
With dArkened eyelids, and their lashes yet
From his late sobbing wet.
And 1, with moan,
Kissing away his tears, left others Of my own;
For on a table drawn, beside his head,
He had put, within his reach,
A box of counters, and a red-veincd stone,
A piece Of glass, abraded by the beach,
And six seven shells,
A bottle with blue bells,
And two French copper coins ranged there with car
full art,
To comfort his sad heart.
So when that night prayed
To God, 1 wept and said:
All, when at last we lie with traneed breath,
Not veIing thee in death,
And thou rememberest OF what toys
We made our joys,
How weakly understood
The great commanded good,
Then, fatherly, not less
Than whom thou hast nodded from the clay,
Thou1t leave thy wrath and say,
"I will be sorry for thy childishness."
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NO. 33.

find II so. The time has come. We our
selves see what green, grassy, leafy nest
the once despised little farm is with its
gardens and fruit yards, and rosy clover
meadows aud rich upland pastures.
We have been "lrue TO the early dream"
The golden foot of the sheep" is on our
once barren hill-tops, Durham Maggie
and Maggie y. aud Maggie III. and Jersey
Daisy feed luxuriously upon the sweet
grasses and the honeyed clover blossoms,
while the cream-rising and the money
making go on together in the cool, shad-
owy milk-rUom day by day. The butter
shipped in tubs, the choice mutton sheep,
the fleeces IN load, are representative of a
ruiuous and aggravating amount of labor,
and give us our money in that profitable
shape, "ihe lump"
or couise the nights and mornings of the
entire year ave as busy as ever; and there
is deal of hard work and hurryinu in
haying time aud sheep sboaring. But if
one must work for living, and likes
rural life, and can ho content 10 live in
manner so simple and unvarying, the care
of small 1ocks aud herds is an easy, gen-
~ "ph"hig CNNHP"NiOHs W. INV bhNii
friendship .and their company, and l dare
say spend much unnecessary time with
them. Lou carries her nestness aud love
of order into their quarters, until the sheep
cote is pleasant place TO visit. l often tell
her that the sheds, so clean and warm and
strawy, are as nice as the house, and that
don't see why, for hundreds Of overworked
women, the Arcadian time Of shepherd
esses might not prottaby come again.
81 know it, DOLL" answers Louise. "I
have thought Of ii so much. And now that
men are coming more and more TO share
their occupations with us, do wish the
thousands who are tired and restless and
discouraged, and haven't head enough to
become doctors and lawyers, and yet need
money just as badly, could see what a
pleasant way Of living this is. wish we
could Tell them some way, Dolly, Just how
we do. We raise nearly everything we
con sumo, you know, but wheat. l wish
you could tell them, Dollyr
And Lou's wish is the Il etre Of my story.
Atlantic Monthly.
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Miscellany.


Rain ON the Roof.
When the humid showers hover
over all the starry spheres,
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
what bliss TO press the pillow
OF a cottage-chamber bed,
Aud to listen to the patter
OF the soft rain overhead
Every tinkle on the shingles
Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And thousand recollections
Weave their air-threAds into woof,
Az listen to the patter
OF the rain upon the roof.
Now in memory comes my mother,
As she used, long years agone,
To regard the darling dreSmors
Ere she left them till the dawn.
Obi see her leaning DER me,
ASH list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
BY the patter Of the rain.
Then my little seraph sister,
with her wings and waving hair,
And her Star-eyed cherub brother
A serene angelic pairI-
Glide around my wAkeful pillow,
with their praise or mild reproof,
As listen 10 the murmur
OF the soft rain on the roof.
And another comes TO thrill me
with her eyes delicious blue;
And / mind not, musing on her,
That her heart was all untrue;
remember but to love her,
with passion hin to pain,
And my hearts quick pulses VibrAte
To the patter Of the rain.
Art hath not Of tone or cadence
That can work with such q spell
In the souls mysterious fountains,
Whence the tears Of rapture swell,
As the melody Of Nature,
That subdued, subduing strain,
Which is played upon the shingles
BY the patter Of the rain.
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ICE WATER

and sweetened, forms q mixture which, as a cooling
healthy aud refreshing summer beverage, has no
equal. Barrels Of ice water, prepared in this way
may be drank without the slightest injury; and hap
py IL the man who finds in this substitute for spirit
uoua liquors. Its value to the farmer, the mechanic
and labOrer cannot be over-estimated II s so cheap
as to be within the reach of ALL finely favored
TO be enjoyed by lovers Of the choicest liquors.
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CHOLERA MORBUS,

Cramps Pains, Diarrhma and Dysentery instantly
relieved by II. 1t Will render attack Of Cholera
Morbus impossible, IL taken when the symptoms Of
this dangerous complaint FIRST manifest themselves,
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SANFORD'S JAMAICA GINGER,

an elegant combination Of the True Jamaica Ginger
with the choicest aromatios II is beyond all COM
parison the most healthy nvigoratng tonic and slim
ulant before the public 1t is earnestly recommended
to the weak and nervous, to those recovering from
debilitating diseases, and to the aged, to whom it i'm
parts warmth and yigor.
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SANFORD'S
JAMAICA
GINGER

This elegant preparation is prepared from the TRUE
Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice aromaics and
genuine French brandy, and is vastly superior to ey
cry other extract essence Of Ginger before the pub
Ic-all OF which are prepared with alcohol by the old
process.
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RESTORATIVE STIMULANT

free from serious objections, yet paatabe even nvit
Ag to the sensitive palate, which will create NOR
digestion, well perform the functions Of a stmu-
liant. Such we confidently believe is to be found in
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LEWIS * KELLEY's
Real Estate Loan Office,
3O2 NleOllst Avenue, MINNEAPOLIS, RINN
NJ. W. LEWIS, Minneapolis.
A. y. KELLEY, formerly Of Putney, Vt.

Special attention given to the placing Of funds on
Real Estate in city and vicinity so that will net
the lender ten per cent interest, payable semi
annually. Mortgage deeds taken to secure notes
for principal with coupon notes attached given for
the installments Of interest.
All loans made by us, well as the interest," on
them, win be collected free OF charge, If wished also
titles examined taxes paid property sold debts col
lected and prompt returns made.
Send for circular showing our method Of doing
business.
REFERENCES Northwestern, State, Merchants and
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Merchants National lnk, St. Paul, MINI; First Ma
Bank, Brattleboro, Vt; Barber 4 Trumbauer, bank
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=. Sleeper Co., NJ. A. Lewis 4 Co., Boston, Mass. (;
H. z. Baker. b. L. Shaw Rev. A. Foster ,Putuey VI.
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p A II H N II s
r. HI. EDDY,

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CSECUREs Patents in the United States; also in
- Great Britain, France and other foreign coun-
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intercourse" CHAS. MASON, Comr Of Patents.
"Inventors cannot employ person more trust
worthy more capable of securing for them early
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EDMUHD BURKE, late Com'r of Patents.
Boston, Oct. 10, 1870.
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wise others to employ you.
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER.
Boston, Jan. I, 1871,
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DYSPEPSIA,

Sluggish Digestion, want Of Tone and Ac-
tiyity in the Stomach and Bowels, Oppression after
Eating sure to be relieved by single dose taken
after each meal. great want exists fora
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CRAMPS AND PAINS,

whether produced by indigestion, improper food,
change VI water diet too free indulgence in ice
water, exposure to sudden changes Of temperature,
are Immediately relieved by 1t. One ounce added TO
q gallon Of
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Collins Voltaic Plaster

is warranted, the reputation Of DR.. Collins, the in
ventor old PHYSICIAN to be the best plaster in the
world Of medicine. The union Of the two great medi-
cal agents, viz: Electricity and Medical Gums and
Essences fully justies the claim, and entities this
remedy to rank foremost among all curative COM
pounds for all external aches and pains.
Price 25 cents. Sold by all Druggists, aud sent
receipt Of IS cents for one, rs for six, s925
for twelve, carefully wrapped and warranted, by
WEEKS POTTER, ProprietOrs, Boston, Mass.
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SAMPLES FREE.

$500 REWARD ,hsL win be paid for bottle Of
ca Ginger found to equal 1t in fine flavor purity and
prompt medical effect. Sold by all Wholesale aud Re-
tail Druggists, Grocers and dealers in medicine
Price, so cents Samples free. Dealers should pur-
chase original packages Of dozen to obtain the tr
al bottles for free distribution. WEEKS POT7 Err,
General Agents and Wholesale Druggists, Boston.