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For Account and Estate ST. Ann pru.
dhOmme.
LAM Certificates.

80 S3-loO Acres Northwest quarter of
the Southwest quarter. section I, town
ship :, rang" I.
~ 13l00 Acres, Sontlra~t unartrr of
the Southeast quarter Of section II,
township :. range :.
80 70-lNO Acres. Northeast quarter Of
Southeast quarter of ,rrton l., township
8. range $.
80 ;1i-1No Acres, Southwest quarter Of
the Southwest quarter Of the Southwest
quarter Of section !. townships. :Huy.7
80 93-10o Acres, Northeast, quarter of
the Southwest quarter Of section town
ship 3, range7.
2;}S 10 100 Acres, West bali Of ,kr
Southeast quarter Of Srctin -. ana the
East half Of the East half Of sect ion Is,
township y. north of range =. west.
:? jl-10o Acrcs. East half Of Southeast
quarter. 81 elton 10, township s, range :.
Certificate 1909.
l'O 4N-ln0 'crS, SOUTHEAST quarter of
s"clion |, township s, north, range :,
west.
100 Acres, Northwest quarter Of seq
ton :, township =, north, range I, west.
100 iO-1"C Acres, Sitmatrd on the right
bank Of Riyo!rt Hondi.u, I\luy vontiyu-
uls and altotc = T. landing. 10 acres
CLEARED and improved. with house and
ci>trrn, balance woodland.
These lands will be so'. 1t private sale
at any time, payable one half cash, bal
ancc i'll one and two years. with good
solvent securities. 70 be sold ON the |,
2, 3. and 4th Monday in December next
at Public Auction to the hi CHEST bidder.
For account and Estate of. &. Prud.
homme.
Two beautiful tracts of land. living on
each side ct Sali" Bayou. five miles
above St. Maurice, containing io6 acres.
respectively.
Contiguous to One Hundred and Sixty
! acres Of cypress break, adapted to Il
>aw-Mill.
Armand tracts on Old River, East bank
said to contain l53 arprnt> hnttnm land.
West bank G|i lSlN0 arlrnt> hill laud.
For particulars apply to
EMILE ST. ANN PRCnHOMME.,
Camptr =. o.
NatchitochrS Parish, LII.
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1t ia reported that Governor HAmp
ton Of Sonth Carolina intends recon-.
mcnding t" his Legislative Assembly.
this winter, that they pass "seneral
amnesty' law, paraoning all the
thieves who have p|undrred that State.
If he does this, we move that the Gen
era} Assembly of South Carolina vote
him leather medal at the same time.
lIampton's thieves ought to plead the
"agrcement" and then get on the State
School Board, from which exalted 10.
sition they could look down with ST.
lent contempt upon the darped fools
who played patriot for nine years, and
endeavOrpd to free their people,
That's the way tie thing is done in
Louisiana.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-01

Oar friend Potts, Of the Mansfield
Reporter, warns up those Democratic
fellows who have got into the snug
featbered nests, lately occupied by the
great nnwaShcd republican officials,
and now cry out against being distur-
bed in performing about the only thing
nature or art has properly fitted them
for-drawing big salaries. These an
Unconstitutional Convention fellows
are precious nice lot. They expcnd
their time in singing overheard four
hundred dollar clerks, emitting down
printers bills and drawing their own
pay-whi|e they look big, and talk as
little sense as BOBBY.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-01

Some Of the lower parishes have
quit politics and gone into religion
This is a good thing; and they start
the ball with Sunday Law. In the
meantime, while the Democrats and
whites pray on Sunday, the radicals
and negroes are fixing up to prey on
the other ak days Of the week.
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In the name of an impoverished and
tax-ri1den people, we demand sucl
legislation in January, az will secure
a reduction of the amount Of taxes col
lcctcd commensurate with the 1cpres.
sion in incomes and the value of pro
perty.-4lerandria Democrat
And the Democrat don't want 4
Constitutional Convention.
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Lost or Mislaid.

'THE public are cautioned not to trad,
L for THO following nortyaycd note:
due me.
Three certain notes executed and sign
I'd by Lawson 5. Graham on the lst Jan
nary 1916 and mad" payable to- A. NJ
Garrett, as follows, viz: one note 70: tif
ty dollars, due on LIT January 49, one
note for tiftytve dollars, due lSt Janua
ry ~, and one for titty-tive dollars dn,
1>t January 1876, i'll bearing interest at
8 per cent from date until paid.
These notes have been lost or miSlail
and will take. legal steps at once to So
cure their payment.
Nov 24-2t A, NJ. GARRETT.
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Ten Thousand Louisiana refugees
have returned to New Orleans since
the overthrow Of the carpet. bagger's
regime Shreveport Tmes.
Played old man 10 the bear fight,
did these nice ten thousand fellows :
and We suppose they now make more
noise than all the men who stayed
aud fought it out, put together.
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Moffett's Register, now used in Vir.
ginia to register the drinks taken in
saloons upon which the State levics
a tax Of q cents per drink, is being
agitated for use in Louisiana We
heartily favor the measure.
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AUCTION SALE
TOWN LOTS.

TOWN LOTS.
7 will offer for sale to the highest a'o
| last bidder at the Court HouSe DO"
in the city of Natchitoches, Oh
LIST, I'd, Sd, aud 18th Monday in Dec"
twenty lots Of ground, situated in 'n'
city Of Natchitoclses BETWEEN and fro~
Second Street aud to Bayou JacAU'
numbered on fhc Map OF said city, IRON q.
lots No. l, to No. 90, Inclusive, each Nv
containing a front of 9C feet, rslt'HS
back to depth of lG5 feet.
Terms Of Sale.
One third cash, the balance in b all" a
II months. Acts of sale at the eSlesu' cue.
of the purchaser, with vendors pr''''essss
and special mortgage retained to Se'o''
payment of credit terms
J. LEONARD BVLLARp'
Nov. 17-M. Auctioneer:
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If We can build the railroad from
New Orleans to Shreveport, and by
this means get our folks in full line
with markets both ways, We will be
perfectly satisfied: Hence the reason
We don't howl Tom Scott. And, speak
it gently, we're not ia favor Of dis
banding the democratic party to do
either.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-01

Effingham Lawrence, as collector of the
port of New Orleans, is an earnest of the
return Of W'rmotl's stalwart republicans
to the outset In other words, the era of
thievery will recur, but-the thing to be
stolen this time lies under the muzzTe of
shot gun"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-01

Conklin Of New York says that the
Southern people have not submitted
to the Hath and 18th Amendments
but that they have simply yielded to
them for a time. Dogberry mark
this fellow down an ass.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-01

If George l.. Smith, the small rad.
ical god (with little 81 about Shreve-
port will step down from the presi-
dency of that railroad company we
think those rival lines can consolidate.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-01

Thursday last was designated as a
day of Thanksgiving and prayer hy
Governor Nichols. Onr people did
not observe it to any extent, but will
pray heartily to morrow.
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NOTICE.!

I'O be rented to the hi CHEST bidder for
l. the year 1878. in front of l.. A. Sers
Store, at Cloutirrville on
WEDNESDAY,, December 10th, 1877,
"Thc S"raphin Racial Plantation.' The
lessor to execute his promisSory not,
with good and solvent srcurity. Posses
sion of the place TO he given on the 1st
day Of January 1879.
l.. CHARLEVILLF,
Dec St Tntor
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NOTICE.,
Succession Of GpOy0c

Succession Of George Quincy.
HENRY V. TESTER having applied
" for the appointment OF Dative Trs-
tamentary Executor Of the last will and
testament Of George Quincy, decd. No
tIce is hereby given to all persons CON.
ccrned to sh0w cause within ten DAYS
from this date why the application of the
petitioner SHOULD not be granted.
+. A. SIMMONS,
NOV. 2l-2t Parish Judge.
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RESIGNATION.

WINCHESTER. Tenn, Oct. (. l277.
| have this day resigned my position of
Agent to my mother, Mrs. f. WalmSlrv,
in view Of other business engagements.
G. l.. WALMS1EY.
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NOTICE..
SALE OF PUBLIC FERRIES

SALE OF PUBLIC FERRIES.
The public are hereby notified itat in
accordance with resolution adopted At
the October session of the Police JuTy,l
will proceed to sell, at publ c auctiou,a
the door Of the courthouse, between tho
hours of II m. and 2 p. H., on
Saturday, the lst day of December, "
all the public ferries within said Parish,
viz:
Monctte's or 40 mile.
CtOutierviIlc.
Twenty four Mile.
Montgomery.
St. Maurice.
Gnnney's 49,.
Johnson's. -
Grand Ecorc.
Campte.
jhrdan's.
Lake Village or McDonald's Bluff.
Jomba Point.
Stun & Dimcry's.
Said ferries will he sold on the follow
ng terms and conditions, to wit:
TO be sold for q term of three years
The purchase price to be recciCa'rle ID
any legal Parish warrants, as follows:
One third of the purchase price paya-
be on the da: of sale. One third on the
18th day of November ISIS, and one third
on the 18th day Of November 1879. The
purchaser ogivc bond as directed by law:
Any failure to carry ont the terms Of
sale, will operate az a cancellation Of sals
and the President of the Police Jury,v
authorized to put up said Ferry on tag
LIST day Of December following, aud sell
the same to the highest bidder
In case any Ferries are 10 $50 d tM!
will be rc-Otlrrel. ut a time to be %
nounced Oh the day Of sale.
WIN. PAYNE,
Nov. Bids President P. july:
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The Agricultural bnreau at Wash.
ingt0n, D. c. has lowered the estimate
IF the cotton crop Of this year. About
100000 is the figure now.
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NOTICE.

As my son, George L. Wa1mslcy, has
this day. OF. Sth, ISL, resigned as my
Agent. \" hereby accept his resignation
and all are notified that shall not here
after consider myself bound by any OF
his transactions.
F.. WA1MSLEY.
Winchester, Tenn, Oct. 8. 1877.
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NOTICE,

Succession Of Marcelin 1au>;n. deed
4 LII persons having claims against
N the Succession of Marcrlin Tauzin,
are hereby notified to come forward and
present tue same, and those indebted to
said Estate are requested to come for
ward and settle.
JULES DUCASSE,
Nov. "a. Administrators
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IMPORTANT SALE,

IWPURJANT SAIE!.
I WILL sell at Public Auction in tho
Il Town of Clontieryil,r on
Saturday, Dccember LIST, 1877,
A fine lot of Mules, Horses. Mares, Carts,
Wagons, and Oxen, to close partner
ship.
TERMS t, he made known on day of
sale. A rare chance for bargains.
l.. CHARLEVILIE
N. B.-1 will also rent two or three
places on same day. at public cutlery.
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Cents as change have been introdu
duced in the retail business of New
Orleans, thanks to the Democrat.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-01

The increasing popularity of Home
Stomach Bitters is strong evidence
in favor Of its medicinal virtues aud
those who arc suffering from maIarial
effects are earnestly requested to try
them.
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Cotton Receipts, 1877.

OOSSVH 1SoOc1pVS9 1CS5o
Received previously. .....i $50 bales
" during the week. =. 1873 "
Total. ............. 1893
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else can deny it. This want of re-
preventative paper in New Orleans
was supplied by the Democrat and tn
that paper the people Intended the pub.
lie printing should be yiren at fair es.
taIlished rates.
The rates fixed by law are not one
cent in excess Ola fair and honest com
pensation for the work, and are much
less than private individuals have to
pay for advertising, nd the attempt to
cover up this under an Interpretation
by which to get cheaper work and
save money for tho people is simply
bOsl,, because we have shown where
this saving ends when we cite the dc.
fciency dodge, as practiced by these
bidding contractors from time imme-
mortal in this as we'll as other States.
Our people construe this strained
Interpretation into an intention to de-
priys the Democrat of the position of
State Printer and official Journal, and
we warn the Board Of the danger of
such q game. No doubt the Pieayune
owned by Warnotl., and the Times
owned by Clinton and Kellogg would
suit some people as democratic or.
gans" but the great mass of Louisian-
ians have something to say in the
matter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-07

WHEN the Denver Pacific train arrived
in Cheyenne Monday afternoon the con-
ductor was informed that an aged lady,
with her son, had started early in the
day with the intention of walking to
Denver and that they seemed to be OBJ
jects of charity. Conductor Farmer kept
lookout on the returning train, and
when thirty miles south of Cheyenne
discovered the old lady and her boy sit
ting on the end of the ties of the track.
The train was stopped and a free ride
offered to this city. 1t took but mo-
ment to discover that the old lady was
not only nearly blind from constant look
ing upon the snow, but her tramp and
privations had rendered her so feeble
that she had to be lifted into the car
PROFESSIONALLY another nights exposure
would have snapped the thread of life,
and doubtless the boy would have met a
similar fate. So soon as a short rest
was had the woman, whose name was
Mrs. Anna Miller, a widow, aged fifty
eight years, told to sympathizing pas
sengers and trainmen the story of their
tramp The details would make inter-
esting and thrilling reading. Six weeks
ago the twain started from Randolph
County, Ind, to walk to this city to visit
some relatives living in the vicinity
The little money with which they COM
menced this tramp of over 1900 miles
was soon gone, and the benevolence of
people along the route was their only
stay. Nearly the entire distance was
made on foot, and through the snow
storms and severest weather, save an oc-
casional ride on wagon, and much less
often the assistance rendered by gener-
Gus hand-car men who were met on the
Union Pacific Road, the conductors al
ways refusing to give helping hand
Thus they plodded along until pickedup
on the Denver Pacific, without money
and with very scant clothing. The old
lady had bunch of garden seeds,
however, which she had brought all the
way, as she did not believe good seeds
could be obtained so far from civiliza-
ton. A purse Of ten dollars, made up
on the train, made one need good, and
at the depot in this city they parted
with those who had proved their only
friends on the route, blessing without
stint the generous givers. The lady
said she had wealthy daughter in Cali
fornia, but was unwilling her condition
should be made known to her, and SO she
braved the dangers of the trip and stared
starvation and death successfully in the
face Denoer Tribune.
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At the Central Station Court.

BIJAH had to confess to the boys that
he didn't know what b PJuribUS Ununn
meant. He studied over it a long while,
and finally gave it up, remarking:
81 know what the epizootic is, and
I've heard of spinal meningitis, but this
pturibus disease is something new"
The boys didn't know, having found
the words in an almanac, and one of
them was about going out to consult a
machinist when Bijah beckoned him
back and said:
est down and shut up. When any
one don't know anything, the best way
is not to let on about it There's man
in cell fourteen who looks like doctor,
and I'll ask him all about pIur5bus be-
fore court is over. There's been somany
financial panics, civil wars, public SLAM
ders and big confagrations that I'm a
little off my feet"
The six boys Involuntary looked
down at his army wagons and smiled.
How he could get off those feet was a
puzzle to them. They retired behind the
stove in silent order, and it was a solemn
scene to see the one on the left take a
bite of apple and pass the fruit down the
line to each waiting mouth.
SENT HOME.
"Now | don't care copper who struck
first" began His Honor as an aged hus-
band and wife were brought out for
family fighting. It's shame to see
people of your age here for sucn rea-
sons"
Judge" began tie old man.
"You keep still! l know all about it
Just as well as If was there. The fuel
was most gone, the rent due, the cup
board almost bare, and both of you felt
peevish and irritable Neither of you was
to blame, but you blamed each other for
being old and poor, and one word brought
climax"
"Judge-,' began the wife, but the
Court said:
"Stop right there! You are naturally
good-tempered, but when you reflected
that old age had come and poverty still
had place in the corner, you had right
to feel put out. You are sorry, both OF
you, and Pm sorry, and wouldn't add
to your burdens. Now shake hands"
They faced each other, hesitated for a
moment and then broke down and clasped
hands and smiled lovingly.
Now go home and be good" said His
Honor. "Spring is almost here-bettel
times ahead and fortune may still be kind
to you"
When they went out Bijah met then
at the door, slipped something into the
old mans hand and said:
"There -there-run along, my chill
dren, "-Uetr0it Free Press.
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that you believed all red-haired persons
had bad tempers."
" OF course l meant present company
excepted"
6 1t would have been better not to
mention red hair at all in Miss Pratt's
presence, as her hair, though beautiful,
is decidedly of reddish tint. You made
another blunder yesterday, andI think
If old DR.. Manning had had Elisha's pow
er you would have stood, in considerable
danger of being torn to pieces by the
bears after your facetious remarks on the
subject of bald heads"
"Oh, l never thought about has being
baldr'
But, my dear child, these are mat
tiers that ought to be thought about. Let
me give you one plain, simple rule, Mel
lie; Neoer remind anyone Of his or Ter
personal defects"
III try to remember that"
" There is another thing you would do
well to remember-that comparisons are
odious, When Kate Sibley played the
| The Beautiful BlHe Danube Waltzes'
for me the other evening it was scarcely
| polite in you to exclaim as soon as she
had finished: Oh, Aunt Alice, you ought
to hear Minnie DuBose play that! She
does play it 5eoutJulIgr Later IN the
evening, when l asked Kate for the
Etude Mazurka,' she replied: Oh, you
must wait and get Minnie DuBose to
play that, as Nellie says she does play it
beautifully"
Resentful creature! Well, at any
rate, | have never said anything against
Hates L00kS"
" No; on the contrary, l once heard
you remark in the presence of dozen
of her schoolmates that she was 6Q far
the prettiest girl in Mr. Radford's school;
but then you went on to qualify your
praise by coolly observing: However,
don't think that is saying much for her.
You showed more temerity than | mag
ined even you were possessed of in Civ
ing so many young girls to understand
that you did not consider them at all
pretty"
"Well, don't think them pretty" .
" Nor interesting either. At least so 1
judged the other night when, as they
were going away, you observed, yawn-
ingly: only ten O'clock. thought it
was a great deal later than that You
are an unselfsh child, Nellie, and always
ready to give up your own pleasures to
oblige your friends; but you will never.
be popular until you learn to bear this
in mind: that although it is always wrong
to tell falsehoods, it does not follow that
it is always right to tell uncalled-for
truths. "-Constance Marion, in st. N5cA-
oIaS for April.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-07

AT dinner party given by Secretary
Sherman the other evening to the mem
bers of the Cabinet and few friends,
the table was graced by beautiful
three masted ship composed of flowers.
On the mainmast was a small United
States flag, which Secretary Sherman
said his little daughter had placed there
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, said, in
his dry, Yankee way, to the Secretary of
the Navy, who sat opposite to him;
"Well, Mr. Thompson, will you please
tell us if that is the correct position for
the American flag to occupy on ship?"
Everybody awaited the reply with in
terest, for it is well known that the new
Secretary is no sailor, and they thought
he was cornered. But he took advan-
tage of the Cabinet custom, and replied
in dignifed manners "Aheml | will
refer you, sir, to the Attorney-General."
The answer was greeted with peals of
laughter. - Washington Star.
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Our pon,rg c9oMs,
WILLIE'.S TRUST.

breath of the sprngtide is blowing
Its scents round the dingy old house;
The young trees in the orchard are showing
Inc hrst hints of green on the boughs
On the moldering porch of the cottage
The grandsire leans on his staff.
While little lad, bright as a fairy
Takes his hand, and looks up with laugh
" Don't you feel jolly, grandfather,
That the sprngtime is coming?n he saws
All that brown will be green in fortnight
And the birds will be singing their lays
"Ay, ayl" quOth the grandsire. chuckling:
The old earth will awaken once more
And the blossoms will form on the orchard.
Like fountains Of foam on the shore"
!" And the bright, merry swallows, grandfather,
VIII build in the chimney again,
Ana the roses grow thick on the trellis-
Oh, won't it be beautiful them"
"Ay swallows and roses. and-WilHeyn
Here the voice shook little you know,
And DER the old face fell a shadow,
As sudden dark thought might bestow-
And. Willie boy. what of the sister
Who was with you last spring at my side?
The star-headed baby we loved So
Where Will she pass the merry springtide?n
The laughing eyes brimmed, as with dewdrops,
The merry lips shook for space
The tiny hand clenched-then the sunshine
Flowed back DER the hower-like face.
"Fie. grandfather now you are cruel
To fancy and speak of her thus;
When you know little Maud Is in heaven,
Do you think she'd be envying us?
"Soon the grass and the moss and the wild flower
viii deck her small grave in the dell,
And We'll wander down there and caress them,
And hear the soft tales they may tell.
For know they will whisper to Maudie,
And tell us what sort of springtide
She is having up there, where she's waiting
Till her Willie can come to her side
From the grandsire's face fleets the shadow,
smile in the wrinkles unfolds;
He speaks not, but presses more closely
The soft little hand that he holds
" Y Mercury.