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New-York tribune., 1877-07-10
Gnplnls Danis.

esOWERY SAVINGS BANK,
Id l2S AND $50 BJWERY.
NFw YORK, June Il. 1S7,
ASTMLAENUAL DIVIDEND at the rate Of
SIX PER CENT. PER ANNUM
nm all sfs OF Five Dollar aud upW ana not exceeding one
Thousand Dollars. aHd Of
FIVE PER CENT. PER ANNUM
On all Sums in excess Of Thousand Dollars aud not exceed
ing rue Tousand Dollars which shall have been deposited
a least three months te 3O,h day Of June inclusive ""
l allowed to tie DcIostoFs aad will be ayabe on or amer
MONDAY july l6 1877, ia accori'nce VITA the pro'-
sions Of the Bylaws.
By order of the Trustees.
SAMUEL T. BROWN. President.
G. II COGGrsUALI, SecrctifY.
CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK OF the City OF
- NrB-Nork.
rs Howrry corner 81 Canalst.
THIRTYFOURTH INTEREST DIVIDEND
Interest Tor tue sx ntls ending June 80 payable MoN
nay Tuly g. at the rae per anlhm on III sums
entitled thert 10 under lc bylaws and rlra az tie bank
tt,rrst not Withdrawn aIu Lc credited - an original ae
no. H. and entitled % latrrest from JAS 1.
Drrosts n, e.. on before Tuey, July TO- VIII dra" ID
te!cst ffomJ y lst
nauk open yer, day from 10 to3.
MONDAYS AMI SATURDAYS. 10 10 T.
J. 4. QUINTAkD, President.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-10

EYFECT or Low cANAL TOLLS.

During the last few weeks receipts Of corn which
last year were largely against the cIty of New-forA
have been restored 10 TINS city and are now decided
y IN MS favor. This Improvement Is due to the
low tolls on the canals. Tho following table showa
The reccips Of nour wheat and corn at the respect
I've ports for the week ending June 30, 1877. as
compared with the same time last year 1t VIII be
sen that in corn the tide has turned IN favor ol
AowY0yi abcat 900 600:
F0R TBE WHFK T. DING JuST 30, 1877.
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TIE NJ 4 RNE ELS.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE
Psr Norm Rtper. YsusL. aud RailroII
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.
WEDNESDAY. JCly 10, 1877
AsHrs-onle.. nnchaneeA: Pots n: 2
July 0. 1877.

ASUFS-Ouet: unchanged; Pots 1sic,; Pearls 6aic.
COFFEE-Bio qu.et dy safes $4,000 BAG 40 baltimore
lut," % private taTgOcs i 02U'ic eol aI'd
extreme obbng lots 22c. gold stock IN rst hands
1nJ Galveston 5000 at savannah ia5 at Hampton
lns & sS9 at Baltimore 9O9J3 at New York; total l"@,
$50 bags stock in han IS. 5000 at Rev Orleans
Gi 30 al Baltlaogc, 1Gt366 NcNA total lGSso6
grand total stock. 1i2 ba nhd gaGes lliet uuoAAAs
/. racJba, lSi.02fi+.C.. JaVa, % a-ic., geld
COrTON-SyO,s ~ sei, IN aat win lower ldV
erp0u adyce 952 b1les Ot which 124 ate SItGraY
cluuug c25 FOR CONSUMPTION. aud lj7 for spccUlbou De
liv,re, cunra.i 800 bales. Receipts az ths ports
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ons. Erie Common

,..o,.se 20 our higher quotations, Erie Common
nirf;rg III 10 6Ss and preferred 10 16i2G1I. Pans
Sratcfes report the French five per cent kentes at
J07 2OzS O7 02le. sight exchange on Lohdoh Dehs
STTbe following are the quotations for State Secur-
New-York tribune., 1877-07-10

Future deliveries quiet and lower ty % POINTS . o
sales Tuesday atrr2 p. n.A ugHs, 30 22.24; lO l--o
100 1871 LOO i1.20 900 y l9 o = 10 Sept mo-
10 IIa2: ZOO So. 100, ii %; 100 ll9l Oci0bri ZD
ii. u 100 Il.o2; 100 ll5J. To- lL34; November 400
flSI: December Ice ll."z March 400 III -; lut IL; -
to al 10 bales s,' today qp 70 = ? n Jnl' 30o ~ T.
August POO 1880; 100. 1223 2O lbs d0o l2Zt 5oo
l2-G; 100 1920; 200. l22l 200 lZ2j 800 iZzz ;,{{
i2ID. 300 l2IG 40 1920 ;2pO H. 600 ~ z lIJ
i3iG, 500 1913: $50. l21I 6Oo, IL 300, l2l 200
l5eo. a. I2.iO: 500. l2.I2: ~eItcmuel 800 C.; ,pt
ii0 6o1 ll,l 500, 10 $)o li95; 55o llgi d99 i@9
II S0. zoo 80 o. llS9: 2pj, llo. Oct'oSr iuuo
iS5 % lI5I; loo llJj loo, lifS 90, ~ JaEua
~ 10 lisj , o. II A Fe5ru rT, 100 los; Mafc9
fy3sl ", bales. total 90 % bales. IIist c@l
s,p.tmDr, 20 ll.9j toia. 200 bale .ec c'nd &c C u Au
Imrd cali July leo. l21l; 100 i2.l2' nee agcr lo0
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LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

tor TIE WEEk LADlAG MoSDAT, july y, isT
EICEfr1s.
psexe, Onu. Yeas sheep and Lambs swinr-
y6J7 ~ 3,4lJ -, ~ l1iVo
-. ,.cl'. "a a.. toit,N1ny uiaees.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-10

FiGttAND MEAl-A further advance of l0G25e. per
6ing tiisg doi-ud Minnesota Ixrls "'r- qn.tr ong and
ns5 No. =. - 1895 4o, supcrdne state an! western
50 4Gsj o. l.iea' c 10 fo5.'' e iss o. 5cca TO
choice do y o a. A. - chofe 70 F@4ey g.; M So @ '9q ga
Common 10 Fair DO. S50 21 Fair 10 Good 40 - .'o@
- G an s 154z3 7, ior Indies nc.or to Common
Extra Round Hoop. oo ~ 90 50 20; comm5n 10 092 oo
sota Ix.ra s. 7jdsll -, iac'udmg .Iaisht tfld-
- Sjd55 %. Good to caoce do, - ,gal0 10
Nahe, c'nf fr t5, Wan . Sa,1 15 aGsac ,e ,a.s
2,I0O FaIT 90 cool EAtt '"@ - 40 10 40 NStn n
9,,' . slie 500 bois low western Jersey ana
Nta IN sac.s quiei; sales 1000 sucks Coarse city, II 07
raCITny @ 2goe 4, 9,e2 go oe5c' 5 a3 M';9a5 $ g5
bags Mcaton Nessia ald PIlcrao Ltos, - OOq5j -
GEhIN"WiEAT vas b nil cent pea. onsael hisher win
d. oc lie cNlo.t .,f ,"i OF iH'' "f 90 3 S-is
iu4o0J usl 81 90; very Poor sIH,t ~; ~ ttlir1 @ E
81 10; Ncw E'd AMBER auo waite southern ~ o'ai Neg
Wilma ennse to ga arGya G,.T sR % p'2t ,si lsa rs r."
no Hpir t,r,, &c., At ''r caa TO 81 IS ia down hf
oruet NO ,lsa-o nell 90 s. o. "1-I - lu' S;S ans
Wmler i,yd fr Au.as'. 81 4i,i bi y 4, $50; No.
36ics,i5r. - ii ii asseI rye bs, pei,y hrncr
western @ee .5c; A'e PC lei ana i ''.'S M f~ 80
eTt BAiLlY Nal a. 5d f TiiA & Singe 81 y
,t w. ."'iC home 1.e no,se business iares 1os si.
1000 6use. inclaias 2o,,o bushes on the sqct
rialcd 5,aGOc: steamer Mixed. 58 I-9j9c. closing
-,g1c bld. 5gc a-NeG; Nu tO+2t, 'ioaluS b1
Ii1 6ic ASKED: Hish siiScd 6'4~'i 2c. eion
- stern ~ &c.. -oatleru. C1c S.canrI MNtd iuI
all s ~,es 5Jc.; steam MScd Se i.F July 3Sec~ 9c
1l seller u'f'4c.
''S a,. hal ...a. a-sci. steamer Nix,d seller August
-,8,1 &C.. cJiul. 5gc. Jl 5"ls' assci; y" p, seller
,rf ll yi-s,. lsng 80 llc ud "a asked steamer
N .Sr .e ~ jtcmDrr Oi0o" 2c.; cosIs OJc MI . c
a-k.,.. no =, stIitr Sepicini 81. Closing ObA+ bu
a. aS.c!. Oats -2alc pr Dls.ei D,i-
ir. sale. ~ 900 Du.h; NO 3, - LG@Stf NJ 2, NLi.e
49,. y, i~. No. Mlis iEc, 4cc u
r,,r'i-,.t.dc 48r. WAte NescIn 46GJlc. Mmte STAT,
"a, CO. .F nrruer and uodeiaeiy arlyc; a. ID, Sl3 ;
5 H., - ~ Is, ib. @2}a go, % D - 80 --ltl =
~ <2,ds -S......B Ans WitnOIt
change q, uoAc,. trade moderate.
,Iocs VI GRAIN IL sToas N Ngw-YOEK AND BdooELrS
New-York tribune., 1877-07-10

rifIi 'iN ~ hfhifft.'tNi''
rppiaIo'n anI Illinois. c.ntrai T,,ifo,s car,s
pany Mississippi Central Eaiiread complny, Nes or
ern Railroad Association. aIt others unaer ani
Court II United states for tho southorn ptcf Ms
sis'ggi y decrse rendcr,d ~ ne 1oy, enti c'n,e ~
the Circii Court Tor ne w.s'en District 4
The 6 ay oi January; 1871 AID hy stne q d-cres
~ me nj sis. for ne II qincy a. Paascsh
bet cen The ia lies a.or ~ 'nd y 'iilge o, - 'rs" "a
District of MsIssp btwern the aley~naned peri's
and Others o ne In y on & W., i III % "a
IN favor of ldmo ). forsn John Newell sad Jgaus ..
Alexander their fc- s'.or, d an ahs sae t' nr,t
dsbis therein described the unaergn'd surviving lTu.
ices " ~ 81, NJ lnei ansion - ~ ~ - i vnai [ 10 10
the enttl,t PROVIDED dir osd the ard
rs a ts a CIV T Of jscf .on Mri before % e el q
= Con- a.is' o n' & '.'. 'i', % & oi ~" % u al ,, "a
JeGssen 1,sypP -. IN i' te ,", ~ , ' % t aav -
,"f7 as.on trtc sspu Csnral ailraad Company nj
u ihc Nes.0rean e.- and 'hago i,iiina onp'ny,
End cFiendbg rorth1sny through N.s...ippi fds,
nossee TO Jacks9n I-hnes'e aIt is ct'e,s''9 'hTr.
banE Of the Onto iayeF opposite caro- hno. VIA
A. A. ho H. "'ii u,..s.n.i Central n ll,oti
Company ncug DE franchises existing a m. d,t - ~
sequc1i sg.aion o,nerw-e an hs iri .e 10. Hihns
g,faer uiih an DE auaa. ia.oad tracks snnF-. uFhs
uFi, ess and 4lnnr s, -is s 5. s.' a' 'i''s
connecio on Win tc aan; al eillnc ,iis nne SO, ard
apuarlfus description usr On n C'nffinn ~ -ai
which has auf a trr slffs ~ -fid
Trniuug ui-id Or held ff aid
an rrpails ops busile ou~i Dill's bu Il
urni,ure ue and al materials n-d loi to 'prta
bn 90 she road carhnus ftiehi hous' aud
u AID oht siun and ' rfnnn % h-,
pow privrfr- mmuui,s. uilrs. legal aHd flt a Jnd
property a Kinds covered hy sad Deed ~ Trust lnf aid.
wi the powtr operate oii aui to collect The Incne
rent and tolls thrr,on ll the rhi. TILE ani 'ats
o tlr .ai corFaton assigns fuiT ihe
the Deed OF Trust Aforesaid or TIE dccTsc VI 80
courts Aforesaid.
highest bidder a e iime ul sale The rights o. the bond
era purchase tAe @Iti properly h rcrorfr De tho
"a, Icts join MN I'll. ....... 0iiNtNg
JUNIlS b. ALEXANDER Trustees.
g.. II. UUI. Special Mastfr.
y pfnv utars ~ tle property fsr ~ ascerianef.
ni, tho Z. - Circuit court q Jafk y IS.
spp aforesaid, which be application q" h' ccrk
q le1 eh-aiI IuAlh
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kctrerr'ase.
Tb-.. ,,,ess ONLY OF Juac IN each = ~ . . 80.
t,t~-. t,ts vrlf embrace Trinidad cNirnsoh IN -
IT, etsnn, q of tension were no' moi"uou P''' "
june }. - ,..+ milo rsrorted fi,ir
New-York tribune., 1877-07-10

We arc indebted 90 the publishers for hound
eonv of ie Commercial and financial Chronicle for
Jlrarg 20 Jane inclusive. This Journal is inyalua-
III. as reference Ou financial and commercial sta
tsriC5
1S1T-1S7S "a work of value TO all interested IN RaI-
way stocks or bonds.
GAIEO - EARNINGS ~ JUNE AND FROM JAN.
10 JAN. 80.
81 ~.....,l,....J .-I} fr., ,rt,jgI OLroutele
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forsss. Garrlases, 6arness. ~r,

= ADIES' PHAETONS n specially, every kind
Il az NURIAGE OF the latest and noel I'M fvsod ely We
r.,.s..i NJ s.it yureAAse4A LIAM, Sv9 broadway.
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INANTED-A partner with Slo,OOo IN q
tgauuilCtuiag business WIZ pay goo" it""1 "'"'
taple Addross H. r., box i0j, Tnbunc oric"
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financial.
PEPORT OF THE CONDITION
or TIE
NATIONAL PARK BANK,

York. the close Of business the 22d
day Of June. 1877.
RTSOVRCFS
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CoparinerSbip Notites.

N-EW YORK, July 10, lS77-Copartnership
...ieeThs saIarln N d. her,,f sNi inA between
Ibr aud Robert r. Suit under r ainr ni Dsn
ri,or smith & CO. be- dissolved by te tturcnelt h
sfr ~1h Th- retaining parncrs vii contnu. the h-l-
,.. "a heretofore under the of liNNl~ON ~
tt,..,N- CHk> N. DI.N NlSON.
IFRSEN BROWN.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-08-18
Spoke to the Governor
New York Tribune.

Ex-Gov. Seyaour's nephew,
Mr.. r. B. Miller, has just died
at Utica. While Seymour was
Governor in 1868 he gave Mr..
Miller the Office of pardon clerk
AN Office which be filed with
efficiency and integrity. A
member of the Legislature once
applied for pardon for one of
his constituents, and sought to
secure a favorable report from
Mr.. Miller. "I'll tell you what
Til do he said, with the rascal
ly bluntness of one who believes
that every man has his price;
"I'll give you a hundred dollars
if you'll get the Governor to
sign that pardon. Mr.. Miller
stiaed his Indignation, and with
a quizzical smile on his face, of
fered to attend to the business
Immediately. well go right
in and see the Governor" he
said. Reaching the executive
presence. Mr.. Miller remarked,
with a great show of interest.
"GoV. Seymour, this is the Hon.
Nj; he is a member of the
Legislature, and he wants a
pardon for one of his constitu-
ents; he offers me a hundred
dollars if I'll get it for him. I'll
go you halves on the money if
you'll sign it!'' The astonished
member, taking in the situation,
lprecipitately fed.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-08-18
A Man Who Never Told a
Lies

Yesterday afternoon an old
oil man. with crude petroleum
dripping from his clothes and
legs inelosed in high boots, en-
tered the Derrick office and said:
"Want an item ?''
tive got the dnmbdest item
you ever heard tell on. I struck
an lie well on my lease Mon
day. and she flowed streamed
of lie one hundred feet high
straight up for half an hour.
Then she kinder died down
one of my driilers was standing
over the hole, when she sudden
Iy spurted up again, and, blast
my eyes if it didn't take that
driller right up with it. The
stream was powerful one, yon
see, an he went up a hundred
feet. You've seen those little
balls as dance about on top of
those little squirting fountains
such as they have in the cities?
Yes, waal that's the way this
ere thing acted, an there's that
air driller right up on top Of
that hundred fut column of
crude lie, an he's dancin about
like chaff in a tanning mill.
What do you think of that un?''
"How long has he been up
there?"
aAbout four days and four
nights"
"He must be very hungry by
this time, Doesn't he come
down to get something to eat r.
"Why, We 'nns just put plate
of bach in this stream of lie, and
it takes it up to him. you see.
An it's mighty handy, as he
finds his victuals already greas-
Jed, an he doesn't need any
butter"
"Rut he must have frozen to
death before this time.''
"Why, man, we've sent him
Iup on the same stream, bed and
bedding, q small stove an wood,
an we're goin' to build him a
small house, an then be can
live there as comfortable as
prince
His face was as innocent OF
deceit as a piece of tanned
Heather, and when he asked to
lhave his name put down as a
deadhead subscriber for inform
ation he had given We didn't
have the heart to hurt his feel
ling By refusing oil City Der
ricb.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-08-18

A Mr.. Morris, planter, near
St. Joseph, Tensas parish. aoci-
IDENTITY discovered what he calls
% cheap and effective means of
destroying the cocoa grass. It is
to sprinkle GOAL oil THAT in its
crude state is best) on the grass
out of an ordinary watering pot,
putting it on so that about FIVE
or six drops will be on each
stem that goes down to the nuts
in the ground. The best time to
put it on is when the grass is
perfectly dry. free from rain
water and dew. Will some one
try it and report the result p
Nndicotor.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-08-18
POLICE JURORS.
Terrible Accounts of Turkish.
AfrOcities--i2, 900 to l5, 900
IhTisfiams Massacred.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Daily
News Bucharest correspondent
telegaphs: | have written the
following as I received it, aud
from the terrible accounts which
fugitives continually bring over
the Balkans, fear it must be only
too true: On July 81, the day of
the Russian evacuation of EskiI
Saghra. the Turks ordered that
all Chris tians, men women and
children should be shot as they
left their houses. Those who re-
mained within were burnt alive.
The order was given to burn
down and destroy every particle
of christian property in the place.
Many leading Turkish merchants
took part IN the affair. One dis
patched a large number of Bashi
Bazouks all over Tchirpan Dis
trict. This district is one of the
richest in that part of Turkey.
It contains a large proportion of
Christian inhabitants, and over
800 churches and 500 schools
and colleges, all of which have
been burnt. The destruction ex-
tended to the villages of Bogh-
dan, Mahalesi, RAM, and many
others. in all about sixty, con-
tanning from $50 to 200 families
each. Scarcely fifty persons have
escaped alive. Bulgarian fugi-
tiyes at Gabriavo and Selvi esti-
mate that from $4,000 to $4,000
Christians have been massacred
in Eski Saghra and Tchirpan.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-08-18
Two Know Nothing Candi-
dates for Governor OF Ohio.
[Tifhn Advertiser

Mr.. West edited a Know
Nothing paper at Bellefontaine
in 1854, and was elected prose-
cutting attorney on that ticket
the same year. It is of no con-
sequence, but as Republican
papers opened out on Mr.. Bish-
op, and sought to bring odium
upon him by falsely charging
that he was elected mayor of
Cincinnati on the Know Moth
ing ticket in 1858, three years
after that party had been ab-
sorbed by the Republican party,
it is in order to show up their
candidates record on that mat
ter.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-08-18
NAPOLEONyILLE, La, SATURDAY. AUGUST. IS, 1877
Uhe gioneer.
Subscription Price, So a Year.
Official Directory
Fifteenth Judicial District.

Fifteenth Judicial District.
Comprising the parishes ofAssumption,
Lafourche, and Terrebonne.l
District Judge. Taylor Beattie
District Attorney ...... Seymour r. Snaer
Regular terms OF District Court in eAs-
sumption Pa ISL open on first Monday in
May and first MoudaY in November.
Eighth Senatorial District.
stats Senators. ........ Hon. T. 8. Goode
.......... Thos. A. Cage
Parish Officers.
Representatives. es........... George Drury
Jonas Hughes
Parish Judge Alfred Tete
Clerk of the Court. t.........-Thos. Divine
Recorder. .......... George Washington
treasurer August BulOw
Tax Collector, or,.-..-......-..--.J T.. Thlac
Sheriff ......--.-.. ....A. J. Echeverria
coroner. John hickman
Parish Physician -. DR.. K. 3. Beasley
Public Administrator >. Hiram 81. Carver
POLICE JURORS.
VIM. W. Pugh, President; Thos. D. Cox,
W. B. Ratliff, Emile Tallieu, David Levy,
John Weure, Moses r. Hite, Bazile Graves,
Levy Williams.
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LAFouRcHE STAGE
NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS.

The stage carrying the United States
Nail leaves Napofeonville daily lSundays
exceptad) ct 6 o'clock A. NJ, arriving at
Donaldsonvilie at o'clock.
Returning, leaves Donaldsonville on the
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The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-16
The Cuban War.
From the n. Y. SUM-

From the n. Y. Sum-
At the Santiago de Cuba and
Nuevitas also visited by the Ossi-
pee, the same state of affairs ex-
lists. All these towns are beleag-
ured by the insurgents, who have
practical control of the entire east
end of the island. Nothing but
the presence of the Spanish gun
boats, which are held in great
dread by the insurgents, prevents
these towns from falling into their
hands. At none of. the places Wis
tied did the Spanish authorities
visit the ship beyond making thro
subordinate formal visit. Ihe
Cubans, however, availed them
selves of every opportunity to
throng the ship, and, when under
our flag, spoke very freely OF the
situation in the island, which is
daily becoming more and more
hopeless. 1t was the unanimous
opinion of these people that the
Spaniards were doing more to de-
stroy the valuable estates on the
island than the insurgents. =.
Two more years of contest will
certainly completely ruin the IS
land. The recent war tax OF thir-
weight per cent. laid on estates
and on business of all kinds Is
greater than can be endured. Yet
the Spanish officials are collecting
it with q relentless vigor. Every
one is disheartened, and all fee
that the future has in store great
er disasters and troubles. 1t woule
take years for the island to regain
it's prosperity should the war close
to-day /; but while the officials ar
being enriched by the war the enc
, thereof is far of.
| The loss OF life, by fever AM
other diseases, in the Spanish ar
: my is something appalling. Tn
medical and commissariat depart
ments are in the most ineficien
, condition, and conseq uently tn
army.is decimated by disease G
every kind. General Campos
, making great efforts to put dow
D the insurrection, but it is genera
: " admitted his labors have sigma
@ ly failed. The terrible drain o
the resources of Spain must 500
so enfeeble her as to compel ht
e to give up the contest by compr'
n mise or the withdrawal OF ht
forces. She cannot much long'
continue the struggle.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-16
Letter fNm Montgomery.

MONTGOMERY, La, June Is, ~.
Editor CHRONICLE:
Can't stand off any longer; bound
to ''come in" / wish to CALI more at
tention, especially on that parsons
coat. Now, sir, whose business is it II
that minister wishes to put a whole al
paca factory in one coat 1t is his say
so about such matters. Then, maybe
he wants the mantle of charity thrown
over him for some little misgiving he
may have had. Then, again, when ne
gets down in Baptist neighborhood,
he can draw in just under that coat
like a land terrapin in his shell; in
common parliamentary up. No more
about the coat.
The rain the rain! We have had a
good one, and the farmers are ell glad.
Macs scrape with the bovine species
is nothing. We had q scene that
eclipses Dan Rice's "Bran New Show"
and best of all, only two parties were
engaged in the little fete, namely: a
mustang pony and one of the town boys
He described such pretty circle; but
earth's attraction brought him down,
lighting principally upon his right eye,
cutting a nice little Turkish ensign,
and the side of his face looking like
the map of Texas with rotten potato
smashed on it. When he sat up in the
road his ears looked like Gas only his
ears can look) two banana peelings
hanging out of d spittoon. He was
slow in getting off what he did say
but finally it arose above the din o.
falling fishing poles, frying pans, can
teens Of snake bite extract, ETC., but il
was to the point, and the mischievoui
mustang did get little round lecture
if he had only stayed to listen but h
did not stay, he was off like hot shot
and succeeded in running over only TIVE
persons before he got out of town.
Watermelons aud peaches VIII soOi
be in. Then Brodie's cordial and gil
slings will be in vogue.
Pompey Holmes, who is fleeing from
justice at NatchitOches, is hardly on
in the country, and We think he will b
safely in hand, as he is being pursue'
by parties from here.
Fishing season is being enjoyed b,
the youngsters, and it is said they hav
one fisherman in their crowd SO fat tina
when he gets Oh his back he can't &c
up again, and reminds one of goslir
Snakes are plentiful, yoa know, an
of course there is never-failing rem
edy. With tears of regret I bid 20
adieu. o. B. JOYFUL