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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-15
AGRICULTURAL.
Farm Work for august,

This month isone of the n.ost imror
'ahtlh the farm calendar, and with il
may De said to begin the second crop
SeaSon etthe gear. Our staple products,
ootN00 and corn, are " laid by" and the
@'"SAtlon of the farmer should now be
directed to the forage, root and small
gram crops. The raising of exclusive
forage crops, as pea-vine hay, millet,
iodoer-corn, etc, is increasing very
rapidly in this state, and has proved a
WISE policy, both in ecoEomizing corn
and improving the condition of work
animals. Millet and fodder-corn NAV
very well be planted till the 18th of this
month, as the former will be ready to cuf
Tor nay in sixty to seventy days, and the
latter before frost; but in sowing now,
western corn should be used az il ma.
lures more rapidly than that raised here,
sowing turnips should continue At every
favorable opportunity, just before and
Ftter rains, until the first week in San.
TENDER, when the first sowines NAV he
nnished with the fat Dutch and red
top varieties.
lhe rye and barley patch must be
hooked after now, by preparing and heav-
%iy manurlng the land for sowing during
september, Every farmer understands
Sne Vaiaab aid these render by furnish
ing something green for stock during the
carry spring, either in soiling or grazing,
Probably nothing in farm experience
IS better settled than the advantages Of
ialt sowing of oats, from the 10Th of
August to the 18TH of October. being
the extremes, while from the LIST to the
10Th OF September is regarded as gener-
ally the most favorable time ON fair |
and. +
Those who expect to sow wheat on !
either oat or wheat stub.e, should hreak e
just as Soon as possible. The grass '
'tubole and weeds will rot In a very few a
nays, 1t ploughed under while the soil I
ls moist and the weather warm. v
Glover and grass seeds should be sown II
ms month; there is usually sufficient
ram at this season to cause the seeds to b
terminate, and the young plants get a lie
lrm hold by winter. IF not sowed tb;s e
month or early in September, it is best 10 p
De deferred till February. 81
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ONE OF THE MOSTDESPER4TE CAR.
TING OPERATIONS OF III e DAP,

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One Of the most desperate ARRAYS which
ever occurred in this country took place
in the drug store of Sidney Broadus, at
stringtown, about five miles from this
place, on Tuesday afternoon last. Billy
Patterson and Joe Hill, the latter a ION
of Elba Hill, have been unfriendly for
some time past, and a fight between the
two has been anticipated several months.
Both are desperate men, and parties who
knew them were satisfied that when they
met in conflict there would be no child's
play. Both have hoeu engaged in a
number of fights, and Patterson has been
cut and shot several times, and so des-
perately on more than one occasion that
his life has been despaired Of; but by
some miraculous chance 1t seems he has
recovered. His sdangerous wounding
however, has not improved his course of
life. Hill has also been regarded as a
dangerous man, and one not afraid of
iend or devil The two men met on
Tuesday evening, both drinking. Per
sons who saw them became satisfied at
once that they meant mischief. It was
but a few minutes after meeting when
they engaged in a quarrel. Maddened
with drink each drew his pocket knife
and went to werk to carve up the other.
One of the most desperate fights of mod
err times was the result. With true
grit they hacked up each other in the
most terrible manner. The fight lasted
only a few minUtes-bystanders having
interfered-but their gashed bodies pre-
sented a most terrible and a most sicken-
ing sight. At the first onslaught both
Threats were cut from ear to ear. File
windpipes were cut but the jugular was
not severed. and they continued their
work. Hill was badly cut across the
nose, and then in the arm, the artery
been severed. Patterson's nose
was almost separated from the face, the
Of the f,rehead JUST above the eyes
lifted from the scalp, and a danger
Gus wound received in the side. pene
trating to the hollow. Yesterday at noon
both men we're still alive, but with no
chancefor the recovery of either.
Richmond Register.
MIDHAT PASTA recently informed an
interviewer that Turkey could place an
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Thtnninn Ea.mif.

A correspondent Of the Detroit Free
ffess says In Michigan, the champion
IN the business of thinning fruit is Mr.. A.
. Dyckman, of South Haven, e;vho has
spent ) 1000 this season in thinning out
MS peach crop, and confidently expects
to get his money back, and more, too.
above what he would have obtained
with i've times the number oil peaches of
inferior size. John A. Thomas, in the
Country Gentleman, after speaking of the
increased price of peaches that had been
thlnned, says: The same result has been
obtained with pears. In one experiment.
alder two-thirds of the fruit on trees of
Louise Bonne Of Jersey had been taken
OH, the crop was not diminished in cuaap
tityi it would have been better if three.
sourths had been removed. The objection
that additional labor is required for
thinning is not valid, as it is much easier
to pick Off the young fruit rapidly when
no care is neceesary to prevent the bruis-
ing, than to haHd pick the same speci-
mems after theyare grown, and then to
assort them carefully by rejecting all the
poor ones. Well-thinned crops need little
asserting. In thinning apples aud pears,
throw off the small, imperfect and wormy
specimens, and leave the largest and
sno0thest. In this Way the insects ara
early destroyed and the trees will not be
exhausted by bearing a surplus of WORTH
less fruit. The earlier the work is done
in summer the better forsboth tree and
crop. L is worth experimenting def
nitely to ascertain what distances are the
most profitable for the remaining fruit
after thinning probably six or eight
inches for pears, and nearly as much for
peaches; large kinds, of course, require
more room than small ones.
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Upon a little reflection i it's very OBJ.
vious, and appears rational and physio.
logical, that the vigor and productivenesa
of a plant depends very much upon tie
perfect maturity and vital condition Of
the seed from which the plant springs,
and that no anure or fertility Of soil
an make a weak plant as vigorous and
productive as . strong one. This is true
Of every plant from a radish to an oak.
Yet how often is this great truti, disre-
garded.
Has il never occurred to the planter
TO ask himself why there is 10 much DIFF
ference in the plants Of corn in the same
hill, all treated alike? or why there il
such q difference in the vigor of lot of
seedlings ofany plant when all are in the
sane bed or drill, and under the same
conditions2 could state many facts
tending 70 show that by careful attention
to the perfect maturity of seed the pro-
d~uctivtsness of annual plants i be much
increased, andthat perennial plants can
Be obtained ofqnicker growth and great
er hardness, but 1t does not teem nee.
essary TO do this. Indeed / believe the
running out Of the new wheats and
other plants in 4 few years after their il.
PRODUCTION il caused BY lie premature
gathering Of the crop to prevent the
waste Of seed; and yet the plant from
ne heavy, Weltmatured grain, would
tiller and yield moreat harvest than Ave
ahrunken kernels, with their puny and
yellow stalks. So, too, Of corn. Itoften
rots In the ground, Or comes up feeble
and yellow, and the planter often says III
explanation Of this, that the weather
is too cold; the ground is too wet; there
is too much manure in the hill &c. On
inquiry have generally found in such
instances, that the farmer wens Though
his field before harvest to select his seed
corn, OF If selected At the husking, more
attention was given to the size Of the ear
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IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTILLERY.

The West Point foundry Is engaged
now, as for a year or two past, in alter.
ing the largest guns used in the navy
frSsn snigthbores to rifles, thereby
greatly increasing their p~roiectile force
and extending their range. Their OBJ
Jeet i to convert the 10 inch Rodman
gun into 8-inch rifles, by first boring
them out and then inserting a wrought
iron tube, the inner surface of which is
riied or marked with serpentine
grooves. The tube is aset" INTO its
place simply by the expansive force of
the ammunition, after one or two dis
charges. This job is q formidable under
taking, as the largest Rodman guns
weigh from fifteen to twenty tons, and
the tube spoken of is a piece of metal,
SOM eight feet long, weighing, say 1909
pounds. Formerly this work was done
By Armstrong, Of England, but Uncle
Sam now feels competent to alter his own
guns, and besides the ability it is claimed
that the Ulster iron. found near Tivoli,
is superior for this purpose to any other.
The saving to the Federal treasury, com
pared with the cost OF creating ali en-
tirely new arrangement, i was at one
time proposed, is enormous. The West
Point foundry is now engaged in recent
order for twenty-five tubes or Innings for
converted Rodman guns, which are in
tended for Boston. In due time the navy
Notifications will be entirely
equipped with the improved weapons.
LOUISIANA sugar lands, according to
New Orleans Times, are rapidly in
creasing in value, since stable and hon.
est State government has been secured.
Plantations that q year ago could have
ben bought 1t $I5 per acre are now
worth s25, and sugar lands are now
Justly regarded ~ the safest and most re-
investments
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Household Matters,

RE CURRANTs.--Lay them or
earthen plates, sprinkle over them a little
white sugar--say a dessert spoonful to g
~dlnlng-plate of thinly spread fruit; dry
Perfectly in a we'll tempered even
out, as crying currants Is Il SLOW pro.
cess, after one day in the oven they NAV
stand near the stove or in the sun until
perfectly dry. Black English currants
dry well IN the same way without sugar.
make an excellent substitute for the
imported currants and raisins in mince
pies.
CREAM P1E.--One cupful sugar, n
tablespoonful butter, two.ffrhs cuprul of
milk, one and one-half cupfuls -four. one
t~easpoonful soda, two even t~easpoonfuls
cream'tartar, sifted in -four, n egg.
Bake On jelly tins. For the sauce, one.
half pint OF milk, one tablespoonful
Hour, one ~teaspoonful of corn-starch:
mix smooth in a little of the milk one
egg, two tablespoonfuls sugar; stir all
well together. Put them in the milk
and stir till it forms a good custard,
Remove from the fire and favor with
vanilla. Spread between each laver. Cut
in pie-shaped pieces.
GRAPE WINE...To one gallon of we'll
bruised grapes add one gallon of water;
let them stand one week without sIicipg
"a butter tub will answer the purpose,
providing it has been we'll scalded and
cleaned), then draw off the liquor; to
every gallon of wine add three pounds
OF sugar put it into a cask, but do not
close it at the bung until tits done hiss
ing; after it has been closed let it stand
months when it will draw off clear
and fine; bottle it, making the cork yerv
close and tight; keep it in a cool, dry Gel {
lar, with the cork down. G
PIcKLED ONIONS Take some small t
onions, peel and throw them into a stew t
pan of boiling water, set them over
be fire, and let remain until quite t
lear; then take them out quickly and t
ay them between two cloths to drv. %
Boil some vinegar with ginger and a r.
pepper, and, when cold, posr it c
'ver the onions in glass jars, and tie
hem closely over. O
BROWN Breadth a gallon crock Il
nix n quart Graham flour and one ii
.uart white -four. Make a hole in the d
enter, put in two ~tablespeonfuls of tt
and twoof brown sugar, q pinch tt
I salt and a cup of warm water. Stir al
thoroughly and add a cup of good yeast. u
ct this sponge at night; in the morn Vi
1g add a little warm water, mix stiff and tt
again, mould into loayes, and, as
hen sufficiently ligE*s bake two hours as
i a slow oven. gi
SPICE CooKIEs.-Three cups of sugar, in
no cup Of butter, four eggs, four table re
.ooontuls each of cloves, cinnamon and 10
n cup of c~urrants, sufficient -
our to make it stiff enough to roll out. n,
A Coon CUsTARD.- -ScaId a quart of
ilk, take off the scum, and pour it hot
! the beaten eggs. Take five eggs;
lrow out the yelks OF two three table, eV
'oonfuls Of sugar, a pinch of salt, a chip In
two Of lemon or orange and a little o
Set it to .steaming in a close pn
'Vered vessel, and steam five or six "a
then set it on ice, and it GER OF
inly is delicidhs. sol
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-15

AFTER an experience OF over twenty
i've years, many leading physicians acknow-
edge That the Graefemberg MarsbGWs Uterine
CdMotscon is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. The
Graefen5e,y Vegetable Pills, the most popular
remedy of the day for %biIiiousuess, headache,
liver complaint and diseases Of digestion.
Sold 0y all druggists. Send for aImanacs.
Graefenberg CO.. New York.
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Cakes, and pastry digest easily and conduce
to good health. Good health makes labor of
all kinds easier, aud prolongs life. DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER will always make all these
productions light and wholesome. 1t is war;
to make better, lighter, sweeter more
toothsomc, and nutritious biscuits, cake,
bread, etc, than any other baking powder.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-15

, TIT increasing demand for HOME
STOMACH BITTERs In Europe aud America,
proves to a demonstration the force of its
therapeutic qualities, and the blessings
which result from its conservative use Pre-
pared by the Home Bitters Co., st. Louis, Mo.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-15

PoND's EXTRACT, the peoples remedy.
It not only affords Immediate relief from
pain, hut Is a permanent cure for many DIS
orders. Book at druggists.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-15

RHEUMATISM QUICKLY CURED.-Du-
rang.s Rheumatic Remedy, the great Internal
Medicine, will positively cure any case OF
rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price
81 bottle SIX bottles, s.; sold by all Drug
4 Bentley, Druggists, Washington, D, c.
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1t you feel dull, drowsy, debiii.atcd, have frequent
headache, mouth Tastes bafl., roor appetite, and
or - biliousness.' and nothing will sure yOu 90
speedily and permanently HIS to take SIMMONS Liver
y EtVr i = "A nr NJ FnrTIkr
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-15

EEFHSAERRRTS-only one auality-The Beat.
~ kesp,S Patent Partly made Dress Shirts
Can he finished as easy as hemmiugR Handkerchief
Tho very best, six for $500.
keeps Custom Shirts-made to measure.
The very best. six for 50. 90.
An elegant set of genuine Gold plate Collar and
Sleeve buttons given with FAC n doz. Keeps Sbirts
Keeps Shirts are delivered FREE on recent of rrica
In any part Of the UnIon-no express charges to MAJ
oIIDF pies Tor full directions of self mca suremeut
Sent free to any address. Nc stamp required.
Deal directly with the manufacturer and got Bo Ito
Prices. Keep Manufacturing Co, IGS Mercer ST \.
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MIDHAT PASTA recently informed an
interviewer that Turkey could place an
army OF Gl0, 900 men in the field.
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aO gus free y. IL. RUFFORDtS S1% 81
ton. n -tAhli-Aed lH3nl
Pomeroy Truss 90. 7'e broadway. New rot4

MT7TF 10 nor eHstIy earned In these mea. but
1t can he made in three months by "A nv
y "nc uf either sex, in any part Of the
s country who is willing to work steadily
" i htthe employment that we furnish. $50
per week IN your own town. You need NOT
uT way rom home over Light. You can give your
noe Time 1" the work. or only YOUR spare moments.
we have agents who arc making over 62O per day
st the hu1iuesA. All who engage At once can make
MONEY lust, At the present time money cannot Re
I!ade so ca lily aud raptIIr ut any other business.
IL costs nothing /" try Il" business. Terms and IS
Outfit free. Address r t once,
II. HALLETT e Co. Portland. Maine.
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Pills

PerntdnenHy cure chronic constipation and ali
the Ills that result from a want of proper stools,
They possess tonic, Alternative and cathartic proper
ties and will regulate the bowels when alt other
medicines fail, produce appetite and cause the body
TO gain. in solid flesh. Sold everywhere. Price
25e. Office 85 Murray St., New York.
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AiBEMARLE FEMALE INSTITUTE.
ehaFlRfIeaYfIle. VSr1AnEa-

Twenty first annual session Ofnine months begjng
the 27th OF September, under six ex perienced gentle
men, assisted by competent ladies. Board and liter
Fat4tIng equally low. i Lily supply Of the strong
lie oasinb, symsrle " SsV u b6 EttF III eff f}2Fsr[S so PP1ptI :;
virginia, a d fifty per cent. cheaper Than others Of
eqHal standing; Ouf standard for graduation rests
upon the same basis rs that GF0or tAighbor, the Uni
Ters'ty of Virginia, and hence oar graduates secure
the more lucrative situations. for details address
X. IL. RAW LINtfs. NJ. A., President.
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SICK HEADACHE
ADVERTISERS

Are invited TO investigate The Amepcsn Newspaper
Union List of New spa pers-the iaT1e.t combination
0 p4pers IN He United Sto'es.-and compare the prices
with other lists. us e cheapss oHd hest a6ee,L4s.
ing neJiant in me c~OHsfrV.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
Sid Cooks Peabody Billiard
Room is pronounced FIRST
class by ALI visitors. 33-t
A wild ST. LOuisian.

A special correspondent of the s..
Louis Times. travelling from Little Rock
TO Knoxville, passed through Memphis
last week. The correspondent presents
a gloomy view Of Memphis, which view
was gotten up for the st. Louis taste.
The correspondent must have relied upon
his imagination for his facts. Hear him
our over what is not:
We spent two days in Memphis, and
HAD ample opportunity to see what was
at one time the most promising city in
the South. A gloom hangs over Mem
phis that is actually oppressive; every.
thing seems TO BE- gong to decay; the
houses look dingy, although many Of the
business places and residences would be
a credit to any city. The paint is old,
fences and walks are out Of repair, the
streets in a worse condition than those
Of st. Louis, and everywhere vacant
buildings. Only one branch OF industry
seems to thrive-the cotton seed oil man.
ufActure. There are three or four oil
factories in operation day and night.
The cotton trade season is just open.
ing in Memphis, and he dealers antici.
pateaa better year than last. The boats
are bringing in cotton from the Arkan.
sas rivers quite rapidly.
We made inqairy of a number of the
leading business men in relation to the
causes that led to such a complete
breaking down of business in Memphis.
Most Of them ascribed it to the bad mu.
nicipal management Of the city's affairs
since the wal aud to railroad combine
tons against Memphis, but others
thought that the yellow fever scourge
gave the city the FIRST start down hill.
There seems to be an entire lack of hope
among the business men that Memphis
will ever regain her lost trade. They
think st. Louis will still more divide
the cotton trade with them, and secure,
by reason Of her railroad facilities, the
business Of most all of the country
which formerly traded with Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05

At meeting of the Louisville direc.
tors OF the Louisville baseball club, held
Tuesday night, October 3Oth, after the
confessions of Hall and Devlin, as given
on October 18th AID 9th, had been read,
the following resolutions we're adopted:
Resolved, That for selling games, con.
spring to sell games, and tampering with
players, A. Fl. Nichols, BY a unanimous
vote, the ayes and Hoes being called, be
and hereby is expelled from the Louis
vile club.
Resolved, ThatW. H. Craver, because
Of d~isobedience Of positive orders, of
general misconduct and of suspicious
play, in violation of his contract and
the rules Of the League, be and hereby is
expelled from the Louisville club.
Resolved, That for selling games, on.
spring to sell games and tampering with
players, George Hall be aud hereby is
expelled from the Louisville club.
Resolved, That for selling games, con.
spring to sell games and tampering with
players, James A. Devlin be and hereby
is expelled from the Louisville club.
Resolved, That any sums to the credit
of players expelled for cause be and the
same are hereby declared forfeited.
The Louisville Courier Journal adds:
These are the revolutions, then. that
put thoIinal quietus to any future League
ball-playing on the parts Of Messrs. AL.
fred b. 'Slippery-elm' Nichols, Butch.
er Craver, James 81. Terror D.yliu
and Gentleman Gorge" Hall, unless.
indeed, the l. que directors think the
evidence on which the Lambs" were
bounced be not conclusive enough, and
that seems hardly probable ia the face of
what has been brought out into the bright
sunlight. There they stand. A noble
quartet Of Lambs" combining in them.
selves the fret four expulsions that have
ever been made rom active professional
service, for dabbling into certain things,
which, for various reasons, are not looked
upon as being directly connected with
the proper workings OF the national
sport" The quartet" from this time
out are marked men. They are deeply
branded, and the marks put upon them
will only disappear when their hides do.
The boys must secure new skins before
they can have a new deal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-05
FURNISHING GOODS.
Where to Procure the Best Quality
Of Shirts and Underwear
aud at the Lowest
Prices.

The well-knovn house Of B. Lowen.
stein Il Brothers, on the corner of Main
and Jefferson streets, offers the greatest
inducement to purchasers Of ~geHtlemeu's
furnishing goods. They have received
and are now receiving q large stock Of
new goods Of the improved and fashion.
able make by the most respectable man
utacturers in the United States. In
the line Of goods received can be
found merino drawers and under
shirts Of the best quality, which
are offered at greatly reduced prices. In
the way of socks, handkerchief, neck.
ties and bows the stock is varied and
complete, comprising everything known
to the trade. The popular garment
known as the "King of Shirts" for the
sale Of which Lowenstein & Bros. are
the sole agents, deserve especial men,
ton, and it attracts universal attention.
IL IS claimed Dy the manufacturers and
agents that it is the only reliable uu.
%laundried shirt sold in this city. 1t is
warranted to be made Of the best ma
terial, to fit elegantly. to wear we'll and
to give complete satisfaction in every
particular. SO far as the price is con.
cernsd the king Of Shirts" lie by far the
best aud cheapest ever sold in this city.
Those desiring to purchase furnish.
ing goods, underclothing, ETC., will find
it to their advantage and interest to
purchase goods of Lowenstein g. Bros,
whose stock is the largest and most com.
plete in the city, so far as quality, as.
sortment and price are concerned. There
is nothing like dealing with a reliable
house, because such a house cannot at.
ford to keep or sell cheap goods of little
value. The goods sold by the above
house are Of the best quality and will bt
sold at wonderfully low prices. VIVA
more can be desired by the public?