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Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-12-14
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF ASSUMPTION.
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By virtue of a decree of sale rem
dered by the Hon. the Parish Court
of the parish of Assumption, will
offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder, at the late resi-
dence of Alexandre Hebert, situat-
ed in this said parish, opposite the
Parish Church of Assumption about
four miles above the town of Napo-
leonyille, right bank of Bayou La
fourche, on
Saturday, January 4, 1879,
between the hours of. 10 4. NJ. and
ia P NJ, the following described
property, belonging to the above
SUGGESTIONS, viz:
10. A certain tract of land, situat-
ed in said parish of Assumption,
State of Louisiana, in that portion
| of said parish known as Pierre Part
and at about one mile from Pierre
Part Bay, bounded above by lands
of Baptist Hebert and below by the
lands of Adolphe Giroir and a lot
OF land belonging TO Mrs. Avace
Simoneaux- said tract ofland meas
uring sixty superficial arpents, more
lor less.
/ 20. A certain tract of land, also
lsituated in said parish, right bank
Iof Bayou Lafourche, about four
miles above the town of Napoleon
willie. bounded below by land of
Joseph F. Aucoin and lot of land
s belonging to the succession of Jos.
IT. Hebert, and above by the lands
of Jean NJ. Hiriard, said tract of
land measuring two arpents and
one half, more or less, front on
Bayou Lafonrche by a depth of two
larpents and beyond said two ar
pents in depth, three arpents wide
by a depth of thirty arpents, more
or less, together with the buildings
Iand improvements thereon.
| 80. One cow and cali, one mule,
lone cart, two carts, two armoires,
|one sideboard, one toilet, one table
1.-TWO beds and bedding, one clock,
lone lot OF chairs. two arm chairs,
&C., &c.
Terms and Conditions:
The landed property one third of
the price of adjudication, CASH on
the day of sale; one third payable
lin the month of January, 1880, and
lone third in the month of January,
1881. Purchasers to furnish their
notes in coupons representing the
amount coming to each heir in said
succession, said coupons payable to
the order of the purchaser. and by
! him endorsed all of said coupons
) Ito bear interest from maturity until
-lpaid at the rate of eight per cent.
per annum. and in case of judicial
= proceedings to recover the payment
r of said coupons, or any part thereof,
purchaser to pay ten per cent. at
torneyfs fees on amount sued for.
The lands to remain specially mort
, gaged and hypothecatcd with ven
Idor's privilege and the clHuse OF
non Glienand0 to secure the pay
ment of said coupons, eventual in
terest and attorneys fees.
The movables will be sold f0r
, CASH.
4 P. HELLUIN,
Auctioneer.
Napoleonville, parish of Assump'
Ition, November %, 1878.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-12-14
THE CENTENNIAL MEDAL !!
The Truth at Last !!
THE
HOWE MACHIN e
Again Triumphant!

At the 45th Exhibition of the American
Institute Fair in this city, the Howe Ma
chine was recommended by the judges,
and approved by the unanimous vote of
the Board of Managers, for the GREAT
GOLD 'sCENTEENIAL MEDAL" under the
following rules:
''This Medal (of gold) is to be awarded
only for machine, product, or process,
exhibited this Centennial year. at the 18th
Exhibition of the american nstitu, & of
the city of New York. It can be awarded
only for a machine, produ t, or process, of
great value, decided Importance, and of
more than usual merit; and then only by
q majority of the whole Board OF Trustees,
upon the written report of three judges,
whose report shall certify to the above
requirements, and after said report shall
have been approved by majority of the
whole Board of Managers
It will be thus seen that the "Howe'
still leads all competitors-and we chal-
lenge all Sewing Machine Companies in
the land to produce an award of like ex-
cellence received in this CENTENNIAL L
YEAR
THE HOWE MACHINE CO..
l83 CANAL STKEkT, NEW ORLEANS.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-12-14

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Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-12-14
SUCCESSION SALES.
PARISH OF ASSUMPTION.

By virtue of and in obedience to
a decree of sale rendered by the
Hon. the Parish Court of the parish
of Assumption on the 9Th day OF
November, 1878, in the above sue
ces~ion, / will offer for sale at public
auction at the residence of Jean
Larreule, in Labadievllle, on
Saturday, December IA, 1878,
between the hours of IL A. M. and
3 P. NJ. the following property, be-
longing to said succession,to wit :
The one undivided half of two
mules and one wagon; one clock,
one gun, one ak, one trunk, one LOT
of clothes and one cross-cut saw.
Terms and Conditions, CASH,
E. P. HELLUIN,
Auctioneer.
Parish of Assumption, this 9th
day of November, 1878.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-12-14
OUR CLUB RATE


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year to one address, or each copy to q
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ProprietOrs of Saturday Night"
Philadelphia, Pa
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-12-14
LAFoURCHE STAGE

NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS.
The Stage carrying the United States
Mail leaves Napoleonville daily Sundays
excepted) ct o'clock A. H., arriving at
Doaadsonville at o'clock.
Returning, leaves Donaldsonville on the
arrival Of the train from New Orleans and
takes passengers to al points on Bayou
prices
For passage, apply at the Wa hington
Hotel, Napoieonville, and City Hotel at
Donaldsonville.
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
@ O K1leg1Nl1ulzIS 
Sandy Hook.


 Friday Eve, at the regular meeting of Granite Lodge. No 122. the fcllowiug officers were installed for the ensuing quarter: W. C. T, II. l.. Wheeler; w. V. T., Miss Anna J, Taylor; Sec, Miss Ella c, Gately; T., Mrs, Il. Wheeler ; F. S., Mrs. F. A. Bennett; C., Rev. Jas. Taylor P. w. c. T., c. B. Taylor; M. Christian W, BeehlQr; G, Miss Carrie R. Gatcly; S., Henry Tucker; R. II. S, Miss Ida NJ. Taylor; l.. II. s., Miss Ida J. Wason A. S., Ezra J. Hall; D. M., Miss Ella J. Terrill
 Mir. and Mrs. D. c. Gately left the Glen Friday noon, for a short visit to Boston, expecting to return home Inc first Of this week.
 One of those happy events occurred in the Glen. Monday evening, of inc uniting, in the holy bonds of matrimony Mir. Leon Kapral, of Norwalk, and Miss Elza, oldest daughter of Mir. E,iwh. Jn- nius. by Rev. F. W. Barnett. The oc- cason seemed to be joyful one, and they celebrated it with dancing and mu' sic till an early hour in the morning The happy pair took tte evening train Tuesday, for their home in Norwalk ... MT. GLENo.
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
PARTY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.

Last Thursday evening Alice B., daughter of Dr. Wm. c. Vile, gave a party to her many little friends, which was highly enjoyed by them, and their parents. The doctor and his wife spared no pains to make this one of the choicest parties of the season, and tue tables, richly decorated and loaded with every thing D please, demonstrated their appreciation of the want of the children, and that which contributes 10 their en- ioyment. There were present about sixty children, aud they were perfectly delighted with the entertainment. The doctor displayed to good advantage his skill in the use of the scroll saw, aud exhibited articles of his own make that were really handsome. One article, an oblong flower basket, made of white wood is real beauty. It required neary four thousand insertions of the saw to make it. The doctors Swiss cuckoo clock, presented to him by New York ] city friend, is another attractive feature of his home, We might add the aqua
 rum, with it's splendidly arranged home for tue fish. Yet there is something
 else that deserves mention, and that k l the beautiful pencil picture, $ A Winter
 Scene. ' executed by Miss NeGlie Peck,
 which is certainly very nicely done, and | is very creditable to Miss Nettie.
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
Hanover.

Our quiet district has not been dls
 turhcl ny anything unusual this week.
 The last sociable Was held al ihs resi- deuce of Amos N. Sanford, Esq. There were about twenty couples present, and all en joycd themselves departing with sigh, at the small hour of 3. The music was furnished by Blakslee's Band. @ Since then 'here has been surprise party at Slr. James Turner's, which con sisted chiefly of his friends from Han oyer. It was indeed surprise, for MT. OF Mrs. Turner knew nothing of it, until Il knock was heard d, the door, and the company took full full poscssion of the house without further ceremony. The gentleman soon arranged room for dancing, ,and a short time everything YVES enjoyment. The Host som joined in he dancing. and seemed highly pleased that his friends had come to spend an evening with him. The music,as before WAS furnished by Blakslee's Band. The next sociable will be held at the house of Mir. Edmon Fairchid. on next Tses. day night, ,sni all anticipate good time,
 A HANOVER GIRL,
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

Dr. Vile. in addition to his usual at tendance upon the sick, was called upon to render surgical aid to the following persons, who were injured last week
 Tuesday, Feb, 12th, MT. Conrad Dur lane cut his hand severely, with a pane of glass.
 NIr. Thomas BFadley's little son aged about two years dislocated one of his knees in some way, while at play. The Dr. attended to the little fellow, and he is now getting along finely. Mir. Gotteib Kuhne met with a se' rious accident, while trimming up d tree at Squires' Mill, last Friday. The ax which he WAS using slipped, striking him upon the wrist, cutting almost through the bone of his arm. It was T , fearful wound.
 1 Mir, D. W. Snyder, blacksmith of Sandy Hook, WAS bitten by deg last Sunday. D.. Vile cauterized the wound 1 The weeks festivities ended with the patching up of wounded head, made hideously sore by free fight Saturday night.
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
Mile Hill.

Few ''tramps,n and no mad dogs,n disturb our tranquility. IL Is true that not far from here there lives a small boy possessed with canine instinct of bit. ing. who, a short time since attacked his teacher with his teeth, thereby causing quite sensation in our district. l am happy to say, however, that Mile Hili lays no claim 10 this dangerous specimen of humanity, though the proximity of his abiding place renders kis doings A matter of interest. not 10 say apprehen- sion, 10 neighhoring settlements.
 A very pleasant sociable took place Thursday evening last, nt "Bellevue. The only thing to be regretted was the absence of some of the usual attendants. Some of the young ladies were irrcsisli. bly, drawn in another direction, and the host and hostess conld not find it in their hearts to blame them for preferring the gayely of the dance to the quieter pleas ures that our sociables afford. One fea- ture of the evening was the reading by Mir. A. c. Beers, of one of Samuel LoV- CTS inimitable portrayals of Irish char. acter, in which Barney O'ReHdon's pe- culiar mode of navigation was most amusingly described.
 A Secret Society" initiated many now members, all of whom declared that the ordeal was not as trying as they feared.
 Telephonic communication was held at intervals during the evening with the opposite house, creating much merri ment among the guests, while games of various sorts. charades and light refresh mcnts made the time pass quickly until the party broke up. This sociable, like all the others, was pronounced "ihe best" There was another sOolable held at Mir. A. E. Prindle's hst evening, the particulars of which we will give in our next letter.
 Miss Mary E. Beers is still absent, wis. fling friends in Brooklyn, and intends visiting New Haven before returning to 1 her home.
 NIr Charles Beardsley is spending some time in Danhury, attending 10 his duties at court, as one of the jurymen from this town.
 Miss Mary F. Peck has returned from Bridgeport, but is soon to take another departure, for the purpose of visiting friends in New Milford.
 Mir. Charles Beers is the fortunate pos sossor of fine pair of twins tDurhan' breed). May they live and flourish.
 DAPHNE.
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21

The friends of Mrs Lrsbie Alkens were greatly pleased 10 see her out last Sunday. and able to attend lhe Episcopal church, of which she Is n member. Mrs Aikens resides with Mr, Wm, B. Prinde and has been an invalid for number of years, A period of ten years has elapsed slnce she last visited her church, and the many changes which have taken place in that lime, particularly in the improve menls of Inc village, were marvellous to her, causing her 10 remark that II looked like a new place. Her restoration 10 health Is very gratifying 10 her many friends.
 Some attention has been devoted of late In this town 10 communication by telephone. Not tho electric telephone, hut more simple arrangement, adapted to distances of two or three hundred feet. Several of these have been attempt ed with various degrees of success. MT. David c. Beers ha, one which works well, the distance between the points of communication being about two hundred feet. Another connects the houses ot J. E. Gillette, and c. II. Gay, and operates in very satisfactory manner over tlistanceof about one hundred and fifty feet. Try it, and you will know how 1t is yourself
 Mrs, Samuel B. lIawley, of Zoar re ceiYed A shock last Wednesday, and il falling struck against stove, burning one ear and hand qnite severely. Mrs llawley had, just before falling, called il n boy that lives with her, named Wm Mclean, and but for his presence sht must have died. When lodged agains the stove young Mclean managed t' raise Mrs. Hawley and place her in
 chair, and remainrd by her from abon noon until some children from the schoo passed by, to whom be related what ha, , occurred. Very soon after neighbor came in, and Dr. Vile was sent for an
 gave medical attention and relief. Mr' Iawley is about sixty-eight years of age and has once before received shock.
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
Taunton.

The funeral of Mr. Endsly A. Bennett took place Thursday afternoon, in Taun- ton chapel. Rev Geo. A. Parkington, of New Haven, preached a very touch ing sermon, and paid most glowing tribute 10 the excellent young man, cut down in the prime of his youth The attendance WAS very large. The body was buried in the Taunton Cemetery Deep sympathy is felt and sincerely ex- pressed for the bereaved paren ts and rel atives of the deceased young man.
 Charles Briscoe made several ladies of Taunton very happy last Friday, by giving them nice sleigh ride on lhe ict at Taunton pond,
 A curiousiy constructed ball, wa found in the stomach of COW, butcheret by NIT. Henry Faircbild, of Taunton last week. It is glossy jet black, ant appears to be composed of hair. It is curiosity.
 Mr. A. A. Bennett, received word las Thursday that his son-in-law had beer killed by an explosion. We have no heard .he particulars Mir. Bennett has gone to the home of his son-in-l Jaw.
 Mir. Wheeler Drew is improving.
 Last Thursday evening Rev. J. F Hoyt preached in the chapel. Abon thirty persons rose for prayers. Ther will be preaching tomorrow (Friday evening. Rev. Mr. Hoyt will be present
 Mr. Geo. B. Benedict is preparing t build tobacco barn.
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
sAAIoRD's HA..,

Mir. \, r Burbank nppealed Saturday night. beiorea good audience. and gave n splendid entertainment. He Is certain ly inc eloculionist, and Is justly en' titled to the praise which he has receiv' ed from inc public press.
 So far ms wehaye been able to ascertain the sentiment of those who saw and heard hln there are but two brief ex' pressions. The ladies say "he is splen' did," and inc stefner sex, lie is n trump"
 This is. VIC believe. Mir Burbank's first appearance in this town, and VIC hope that he will make IL convenient 10 come again, and We predict n full hJuse. -s
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY.

William Cethren, Esq, of Woodbury, presented to the Newlown Library copy of his very valuable history of Wood bury. The book was presented at a meeting of the Association, held Thurs day evening in the parlors of the Grand Central Hotel, M c. Hawley, President in the chair. Miss M. F. Peck, seere- fafy pro sem A vote of thanks was ex- tended to Mir. Cothren, and ordered to be put on record.
 The committee on selecting and pur chasing of books, of which Rev. F. W. Barnett is chairman, reported progress.
 The meeting then adjourned, to meet in March.
 Since the meeting of last week other donations to the library have been made, as will be seen by the appended com munication. We have been requested to state that if there are persons who in. tend to make presents of books that they will please do so as soon as possible, 30 that all books may be putin proper or der ip the new catalogue soon to be printed,
 We take pleasure in acknowedging a recent gift to the Library of four sttrac, tive books, from Mrs Albert ". Peck, for which the giver will please accept the thanks of the Library Association. They are Tom Brown at Oxford." 1" ir two volumes, a sequel to School Days at Rugby" and we think our boys will enjoy reading them. Also "The Dray tons and The Davenants," by the authol of "Schonberg Gotta Family, "and tTht Barton Experiment, by the author oi .Melens Babies.' Such gifts arc timely and we appreciate them as a substantia evidence of interest in the work.
 N. L. ASSOCIATION.
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
THE LATEST AGONY.

Not a very long time ago, Agent Bowers of the Housat0nic railroad office at Hawleyville, entertained very eccen- tric lady, who was waiting for train. The lady sat in the waiting-room for q short time, and finding il too warm she opened the door, to the discomfort ot others. Seeing that it was not relished by her fellow travellers she requested MT. Bowers to luan her an umbrella, and on receiving it, deliberately hoisted it, took a chair and seated herself on the plat form, in the pouring rain. Having cool ed herself off, the lady returned to the waiting room again.
 Mir. Bowers, out of pure compassion, and d desire to add to the comfort ot hls gues!, thought to reduce the heat of the stove by putting on fresh supply or coal The lady vetoed that measure, right away, and declared that she would be cremated alive, if any more coal was added to the fire. Bowers tried to reason
 
 with the woman, and exhibit the philoso- phy of cooling the stove off by putting on more coal It did not take, and md ing argument of 20 avail, slunk away with his coal scuttle, to mediate, leaV- ing the old lady boss of the depot,
 Night began to cast its coming shadows and it was time to light up. Mr. Bowers began the operation, and again heard froul the lady, who vehemently protes' ted against being stified to death with the horrid fumes of kerosene oil. Things got blue. Bowers felt as if his time had surely cone, and was about to pass over to the old lady the keys of the whole es- tablishment, when the whistle Of the milk train arrested all further trouble, and at the proper moment the train bore away the queer woman, and left Bowers to reflect whether he had ever seen such agony before. His prayer is "the Lord deliver us, now and forever more, from such passenjaire,"
The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21
THE DANCE

Thursday night proved to be splen- did one for the visitors 10 the Grand Cen. iral Hotel, and all those who participated in the dance The number in attendance was larger than at the previous one Many new faces, and goodly number from Sandy Hook, as well as other DOT t:nus of the town, Bridgeport and Beth el,
 The dancing commenced about $50 o'clock, and with only three intermissions sue for the sale of valentines, one for lbe sale of express packages, and one for supper, continued until about 9 o'clock. Tue sale of valentines netted about SIP. The sale of express packages, by Sheriff Sanford, was in many respects similar to the pound package sale of the previous patty. There was the usual amount of fun, and no little excitement, 0ccasioned by the escaping of mouse from a pack age purchased by lady.
 The music was furnished by the MeSsrs. Booth, Peck, and Plumb, and was very good, Nearly all of the dancers partook of supper, which added something to the coffers of the proprietor of the Hotel, who furnished an excellent table for a moderate sum-
 The officers and members of the Asso. citation are very much gratiied with the liberal patronage extended to the New town Library. Our citizens, young and old, arc deserving of the highest praise for the manner in which they testified of their interest in securing for the town 3 library worthy of it's people.