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Town of DonaldsonYille.
A Peculiar Crime.
One Man Mortally and Another Danger
ously Wounded in Quarrel, Without
Being Conscious of Injury,
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West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.]
One of the most dastardly murders
recorded in the annals of our parish
was committed on Christmas night.
1t appears that two of our citizens,
named respectively Ulysse Delacolle
and Dan Ouvrard, both white men,
were taking II lunch at the store of
Aug. Allain, Esq, about six miles
above the Court House, when noted
desperate, named Gabriel Hebert,
generally called Gaboon entered
the store and asked for some thing to
drink, which was promptly furnished
him. Soon after he got Tito conyer-
sation with the two men above men,
toned, which resulted in some words
with Delacolle. Delacolle, not wish
ing to have difficulty in the store,
put him out on the gallery and closed
the doors against him. On returning
to the store, he discovered to his
amazement that he was wounded aud
on examining the place, found that
his abdomen had been severed and
his bowels pFotruding. At the same
time, 0uvrsrd feeling pain, examined
the part afflicted, found too, that he
had been cut in about the same part
of his body, and that his bowels were
in danger of falling out. A physician
was Immediately dispatched for, and
the wounded men were made as COM
Portable as circumstances permitted.
1t is supposed that Gaboon inflicted
the wounds with razor while the
slight alteration was going on and
which resulted III his election from
the store. At all events he promptly
made his escape and has not since
been heard of, although the Sheriff,
with a posse is in hot pursuit.
Ouyrard ard Delacolle were known
as hard working, industrious me-
chanics in the parish and had never
had any previous difficulty with
Gaboon. Gaboon is splendid look
ing, bright mulatto, about five feet,
ten inches high, curly hair and large
blue eyes. This is not the first serious
scrape he has been in and there was
n warrant out for his arrest at the time
he committed the assault upon the
two men. Efforts will be made to
have the Governor offer reward for
his arrest aud imprisonment.
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sazanth Senatorial District.

Seventh SonaJ0flal UlSbTlGE'
fComprizirg the parishes Of Ascension and
st. James.
State Senator, Pierre Landry.
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Keating's Academy,

Corner of Lessard and Attakapas Streets,
DOnaldsOnyiIIe, La.
MRS NJ. KEATING returns thanks to the
the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed
upon the Academy, and begs leave to say
that no effort will be spared to merit a con-
tinuanee of public favor.
A limited Rumber of pupils from abroad
will be received and furnished with board
and lodging. For terms of tuition, etc., ap-
ply to or address
MRS. C. HEATING,
mar24 Donaldsonyille La
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ia not easily earned
ANFT II in these times, but it
- can be made i'll three
49, e 81 months by any one
OF either sex, in any
part of the country who is willing to work
steadily at the employment that we furnish;
500 per week in Your own town. You need
not be away from home over night. You
can give your whole time to the work, or
only your spare moments. We have agents
who are making over $50 per day. All who
engage at once can make money fast. At
the present time money can not be made SO
easily and rapidly at any other business. 1t
costs nothing to try the business. Terms
and S. Outfit free. Address at once,
7-2S-Iy III. HALLETT s. Co. Portland Maine
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Parish Of Ascension.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Frederick Fobh.
Gloster ii. Hill,
Parish Judge, Henry D. Maher,
Parish Attorney, Frederick Duftel
Clerk of the Court, -: E; Bentley,
Recorder. er.W W w. Butord,
Secretary and Treasurer, f. Vicknair:
Assessor. ar..F Felix Braud,
Tax Collector. Z. Landry.
Sheriff. Peter A. Jones,
Coroner. j. Sullivan, Jr.,
Jail Physician, ,--------- W M McGalllaFd'
Supervisor of Registration, Louis Lefort,
Public Administrator, 49, Jean &. Mathleu,
PoLICEJURoRs.-R.T 7. Hanson, President;
Henry Heyman, Hillery Rice, 7. A. Alleman,
Arthur Burnett, Joseph Ferrier, Joseph L.
Brent, William King, Henry Mccall and
Bernard Lemann.
BOARD OF SCHOOL DREcTORs.-Dr. E. K.
Connell, President; Z. n. Pugh, Secretary;
f. Vieknair, Treasurer II. ID. Minor, Z. ID.
Blouin, Augustus Knight, b. Claverie, Louis
Lefort, j. @. Warner and solomon Barmon.
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ID HI. BLOOMFIELD,
Civil Engineer,
=. o. Box IS,
Donaldsonviile, La

viii attend to the following branches of the
profession
SURVEYING, running out and retracing
old lines, and establishing permanent
bournes.
MAPPING-accuratep plans of plantations
made on durable paper.
DRAINAGE-leveling for canals and Law
ees, estimating cost and supervising con-
struction of the same, and locating draining
machines.
MECHANICAL-draf mechanical in
ventions for obtaining patents. Also for
construction of buildings. ap8-76
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DonalOsou0ille Cblef.
Two Dollars a Year
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Fourth Judicial District.

comprising the parishes of Ascension, st.
James, st. John the Baptist and st. Charles. ]
District Judge, Morfls Marks,
District Attoruey,----,---F. B. Earhart.
Regular terms of Court in Ascension open
on the third Mondays of June and Deeem-
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The Pattersons are turning out to
be such bad lot there is no longer
any doubt that the unknown man was
right when he struck Billy Patterson.
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DR.. Tut has been en-
gagged in the practice
of medicine thirty
years, and for a long
time was demoastra-
tor of anatomy in the
Medical College Of
Georgia, hence, per.
sons using his Pills
have the guarantee
that they are prepared
on scientific principles
and are free from ell
quackery.
He has succeeded In
combining in them
the heretofore antag.
onistic qualities &C a
strengthening, faEgo~
'fTe q Par;J Jyfgg tonic
Their first apparent
effect is to increase tho
appetite by causingthe
food toproperIy assirn.
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their tonic action on
the digestive organs,
regular l. healthy er-
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The rapidity with
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flesh, while under the
Influence of these pills,
nf itself indicates theiS
|at1aptahility to nourish
the body, and hence
their efficacy in curing
nervous debility, mel
'ancholy, dyspepsia,
wasting of the mus
.cles, sluggishness Of
the liver, Chronic con-
stipation. and impart-
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FITS EPILEPSY,
FALLING SICKNESS

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(J0SEPH FERRIER.
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-05-15
American Manners.
BY DR.. II. W. DALE, ENGLAND,


=" Politeness," which is a word that has
very much gone out of use in England, still
survives in America. The disappearance of
the reverentia habits of the last century is
depored. Jonathan Edwards children al
ways rose from their seats when their father
or mother came into the room. This sur
prising custom does not exist in any of
the families that showed me hospitality
but | noticed that one of my young lady
friends often called her father Sir" and
that she used the word not playfully, but
with all the respect with which she would
address a stranger. A day or two after
wards | asked gentleman whom | met fire.
quently whether it was customary for chill
dren when addressing their father to say
" Sir" lie said go, yes. Is it not custom
ary in England We teach our children to
do it. We have not too much of the spirit
of reverence in America. We think it de-
sirabe to cultivate it," came to the con-
clusion-to a very unexpected one-that the
Americans are a we'd people. They are
not eager to talk to you about their own af
fairs. Manufacturers, except when | asked
them, did not tell me how many men they
employed Merchants We're not anxious to
impress me with the magnitude OF their
business transactions. Nor, indeed, did |
find that the strangers | met were very anx-
ious, or, indeed, very willing TO talk at all.
The same quality of their natural tempera-
ment shows itself in another form; as a rule,
they are undemonstrative. think that the
manners of the people | saw in Chicago,
Philadelphia and New York, though quiet,
were freer and more cordial than the man
ners of the people | saw in New England
| There was less restraint upon the expression
| nf EinIlxr faalinY in kNOrla an1 md
bearing. The New Highlander is apt to keel
his heart where he keeps the furnace which
heats his house-underground. Though
Americans, and especially, perhaps, the
New Englanders, are not so demonstrative
stranger soon discovers that they ar,
among the kindest people in the world
There are no limits TO their kindness. They
find out what their guest would like to se'
and TO do, and spare themselves no though
or trouble TO crafty him. | was strucl
with the admirable temper of the people
Though ] travelled several thousands o
miles on steamboats, and in railway car
riages--westwar as far as Chicago, anC
southwark as far as Richmond-l neve
heard the noisy quarreling which SOM
sketches of American manners might hav
led me to expect. 1t is possible, think
that the war produced great effect on tn
national manners. An immense number o
} men went into the army, and had to lear
to obey the word of command and 10 submi
TO rigid drill. For three or four year
they were "under authority" The seli-con
7 troll and orderliness which seem to me +
characterize the mass of the American pee
pie may be partly the effect of the disc
: pline, the serious work, and the perils an
suilerings of those terrible years The al
, sence of powerful and hereditary aristoC
racy produces, no doubt, sensible diiiel
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Christ All i'm All.

Christ is the Advocate of sinners, the
Angel of the Covenant, the Author and
Finisher of faith, the Alpha and Omega OF
all human hopes. He is the Brightness of
the Fathers glory, the Bishop of souls, the
Bread of. heaven, the Beloved of God, of
men, of angels. lie is the Covenant, the
Counselor, the Cornerstone, the Covert, the
Captain of salvation, the Desire of all
nations the Elect of God, the Emanuel the
Everlasting Father, the Eternal Life, the
Fountain of living waters, the First-born
among many brethren, the First-begotten
from the dead. He is God over all, blessed
forever, the Head of the Church, the Hus.
band, the Heritage, the Habitation of his
people, the Judge and King of saints and
angels. lie is the Light, the Life, the Leader
and Lawgiver of men, the Lamb of God that
taketh away the sins of the world, the Me.
diator and Messenger of the new covenant
the Messiah of all the prophets, and the
Morning Star of the everlasting day. He is
the Only Begotten of the Father, the Root
and Offspring of David. lie is the Prophet
the Priest, the Prince of Peace, the Propitia
ton for sin, the Physician of souls, the
Power of God unto salvation. He is the
Rock, the Refuge, the Ransom, the Right.
eousness and Resurrection of all who shall
be saved. lie is the Son of God and of man
the Seed of woman, the Shiloh, the Surety
and the Shield, the Sacrifice and Sanctuary
the Sanctifcation and Sun of all saints. lie
is the Truth, the Treasure, the Teacher, the
Temple, the Incarnate Wisdom, the faithful
and true Witness in short, he is the very
Word of God. In his name all divine rev
elations are summarily comprehended. DR.
j. II. Vdn Dyke.
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VOL. 73.-3735. NO. 81.

| Susie was silent. She felt very HELPLESS
in the presence of sorrow like this. But
human power must do its utmost, while
trusting in the divine.
"Ill run over and ask Mrs. Montague
| She always knows just what to do :" and,
| Selzing the housekeeper's big shawl from its
| convenient hook, she threw it over her head
and ran across the street. Mrs. Montague
herself responded to her ring and Susie
bounced in with her errand half told be-
| fore she reached the parlor door.
Poor Ben Wallace is off again, and what
| can we do The boy must be saved. for
| his poor heart-broken mothers sake. Can't
something be done There's nothing
wouldn't attempt, if it would be of any use"
As Susie advanced through the door, and
caught sight Of a gentleman in black sitting
in the farther corner, she was greatly con-
fused, and did not at all recognize him, till
Mrs. Montague said
This is my husbands nephew, Maurice
llaviland, Miss Raymond and believe he's
the very man to help u.s."
am gladly at your service. You may com
mand me freely in any good work." said he,
rising. imagine this case comes in the
very line of our Christian Association"
Very few minutes were required for the
needed explanation and young Haviland
was off in pursuit of the wayward boy,
whom fortunately he knew, and felt sure he
could influence.
Widow Wallace never fully understood
why her son returned to her sober. at a rea-
sonable hour that night or how he found
profitable employment in a hardware store.
few days later how he came by the books
and magazines that he brought home with
nm evening after evening; or how the
handsome salesman at Wittenmere's found
such pleasure in calling for him for a noon
light walk, now and then. Susie Raymond
was long in coming TO understand how all
her little charities, however privately be-
slowed, were aided and supplemented by an
unknown hand. Mrs. Montague alone un-
derstood far more than she thought il wise
to tell. There were secrets which concerned
both her nephew and her friend which her
clear head comprehended long before their
own hearts found them out
But the handsome salesman at Witten-
mere's and Gabrella's "queer sister came
to know many things in time which had no
part in the welfare of poor Widow Wallace
or her reclaimed eldest son for this is
world III which great many things are COM
ing to pass, in quiet way, all the time and
if Susie Raymond was "making herself
agreeable to Maurice IIaviland and secur-
ing very large place in his heart and life,
it all came about of itself, through her simple,
straightforward, self-forgettng obedience to
the law within,-the same high principle of
duty which governed the conduct of her new
found friend.-CHrisiian Register.
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Better Side Of Hard Times.

The past few wears have been hard times
indeed for multitude who stood in slip
perry places, or had built on foundations of
sand. The fire has been hot, and it has
tried severely. Some have come through it
like gold well refined, and others have been
consumed by its scorching flame. The pro-
cesses of divine and human law are in
sense pitiless. Many innocent people have
suffered in person and property on account
Of the manifold transgressions of the guilty
Still, society at large has been passing from
a state of disease to one of health. Rob
berries, fraud, peculations in savings banks,
life insurance companies, trust companies,
and large corporations have been detected
and wrong doers punished. Forgers aud
gamblers have found their arts exposed.
Men in business on a fictitious capital have
been taught the value of hard-pan. Riotous
extravaganza has been checked, and "pay
as you &c" has once again come to be a
maxim worthy of obedience A few gross
offenders, initiating Judas lscariot, have
gone in search of their own proper places.
Meanwhile law is being restored to respect,
Its penalties fall on those in high positions
as well as upon the friendless wretches who
cannot pervert justice with bribes Even
great wealth accumulated in selfshness has
been rendered odious by the revelations
made in court rooms of secrets-which dis
close dishonor. That there is turn in the
tide is plain. The times are growing better,
Honesty industry and Sobriety are coming
into fashion. Sentmentalism in religion is
not much esteemed. The pulpit that tells
the plainest truths in the kindest words has
regained It's place Long may it hold it with
resolute courage.-Chrisiian In,elligencer.
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An aged servant of God, who lived in IA
poor and lonely cottage, always showed so
much wisdom and sense when any one asked
him for his advice about anything that the
people round about thought he must be a
very learned man. A very great scholar
who went one day TO see him, and was as
tonished at the wise words he heard from
his lips, said How is it, my good friend,
that | don't see library or any collection
OF books at all in your cottage don't
even see the smallest bookshelf. Aud yet
you have been able TO teach me, who am
thought to be so learned myself, much
never knew before" Sir" replied the old
man, 81 have, it is true, but very small
collection of books-in fact, | have only
three, but they are the three best a man can
have. They are the wonderful 0OrkS of God
which | can always look at, and which show
me how great and good lie is. The sun, the
moon, the stars, the earth, the trees the law
of God written in my own conscience, telling
me what ought TO do and what | ought not
to do and most of all, the w0rd of God, the
Bible. The works of God are spread out
all round me in earth and sky; they are as
great book always open. Conscience is a
never silent teacher unless we stop its voice
ourselves by refusing to listen to it. But
these two books would fall short of teach
ing US the truest wisdom ii we had not the
blessed word of God, to make that known
to us which we can learn in no other way
For in the Bible we read how God made the
heavens and the earth, and all these glorious
things we see around us. He teaches us
there also how man sinned, and how the
| Lord Jesus Christ redeemed us with his
blood. In that book we read what thai
blessed Saviour did and suffered for us, anC
what he commanded and promised, 1t tell'
US, too, how the Holy Spirit is promised t.
all who seek him. Conscience can, indeed
show us our SINS but it is Gods word alon'
which teaches how they can be forgiven, anC
how we can be saved from them. "Thus
without library or human teachers, tn
three books of Conscience, Gods Works an,
Word, will if explained by the Holy Spirit
make man truly wise."-From the German
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cMoraI and Religions.
AFTER THE SERMON.

rms woRLDLiSo.
Hercaferl Yes, the preacher said Hereafter"
would forget,
But strangely, 'mid the mrth and jest and laughter.
Creep vague regret
And then the word that haunts me even yet
I want no future, darkcnng the present.
Totremble Rt;
EARTH Is too fair to lose. and life too pleasant
For musings flat.
And groundless fears; hercafter-what of that2
tits something underlined. mysterious,
Dreamy, ideal;
Though he who spoke In simple language serious,
In faith so eal,
Made 1t, mehoueht less hazy, almost real.
Nay, that like not rondcring thus in folly;
And truth Down,
The fancy makes one moody. melancholy;
Yet this unknown
twin be fine to face one day-alone.
Well others faceit Coward heart be brayer;
Come eat and drink.
llereafter-'tis n shadow wheretor waver,
And quail and shrink?
II II be more-we will not pause to think
ruE CHRISTIAN
Unto my listening soul, like wings to wait her
In thought away
The preachers word came soothngly. Hereafter
heard him say,
And straight vision saw Of endless day
or endless joy Here charms Of earth when strongest
DO take their flight;
Aril all her sweetest days. aud all her longest,
And those most bright,
Must fade too In darkness Of the night.
Hereafter, endless life, and peace unbroken
No measured span;
But life, eternal life, by every token
Vouchsafed TO man
Since the round world her circling course began.
Hereafter let the certainty sustain us
In darkest hours.
Hereafter! well might mortal toys enchain US,
Were II not ours;
But who would lose the fruitage for the flowers?
My soul, bestir thee Live not for the present
Life Ia too brief;
And earth and time are things too evanescent
To be the chief.
Hereafter isact thou on thy belief-Sunddy at Home
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A Dead Woman.

have just seen her. She might be
alive, but to be dead is her choice. She has
been offered life, but she has chosen death.
1t may be eternal death she has chosen, but
she does not care for that Her friends do
not seem to regret that she is dead. They
smile and talk pleasantly around her, and
seem indeed to be glad that she is dead.
Even her husband seems to be well satisfied
that she has never applied to the Physician
who would have healed her of the dire dis.
ease, which, if he does not cure is certain
death. Her body is in the church. 1t is dec.
Grated with jewels and flowers, and it is
dressed in fashionable array, and seems to be
an acceptable presence even at the solemn
sacramental board. Her soul has been seek.
ing what will amuse and puff up with van.
ity. This has been her whole Joy. Her name
is found among the living on her pastors
church book, but her health is certified by
the great Physician in these words L" She
that liveth in pleasure is dead while she
liveth. - Cincinnati Adcocate.