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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-27

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Official Journal Of the Parish Of Oaachita.
Oalclal Journal Of the City Of Monroe.
MONROE, La, DECEMBER 81. 1873.
- This being simply an adver-
Using sheet, as it was announced it
would be last week in consequence
Of the holidays, it will not he expect
ed to contain much reading matter
aud you will observe that it does not.
Next week, however, a full sheet and
a lively one may he looked for.
Congress adjourned, over the holt
days, to the 9th.
Gold in New York, 100; cotton
futures, for February, Orleans, 0@9s.
A happy New Year to all our rea-
ders, and, quoting Tiny Tim, COP
bless us every one!
Tho members of the new Police
Jury have been summoned to meet
in Monroe on the 9th proximo.
The Monroe merchants all agree
that their Christmas trade this year
has fallen considerably short Of that
of last year.
Two Democratic Cngressmen died
the past week-Hon. Alpheus Will
liams, of Michigan, and Hon. Beverly
Douglas of Virginia.
Judge Parsons adjourned the Dis
trict Court until tho 9th. He will
hold an extra term of the Court in
Richland parish, following the final
adjournment of the Court in this
parish.
The river is rising rapidly, but will
probably halt q little, for awhile,
owing to the prevailing freeze.
The John Wilson is due tomorrow,
and probably the Clara s., bound up
the Bartholomew.
Commissions for the several parish
and ward officers, lately elected, have
arrived. Mr.. Walter Logan, sheriff,
has been installed. Mr.J e. Mcclure
has charge of the Office business, and
Mr.. Chas. Murphy is the active dep
uty of Mr.. Logan. Mr.. J. w. Locke
has also qualified as Coroner and
given the requisite bond.
Christmas took its departure with
light falls of rain and slect, and the
two, congealing, formed an icy sur
face over the frozen. ground very TN
comfortable for pedestrians all day
yesterday. Many were the falls, not
understanding the unwonted piety
shown in observing the Scriptural
injunction, take heed lest ye fall"
AS wo write Thursday 2 p. n.y. the
thermometer stands one degree below
the freezing point. s-.
Col. John McMcrty, we'll known iu
this city, and in many portions of the
South as a dealer in stock, died at
" "ASfS", NAO.3 Ou IAC ASlus OOls VAC-
Merry was master of transportation
in Rains division of the q. 8. A.,
and after the surrender, went to
Mexico and Joined MAMMALIAN. He
was genial companion and man
of fine business sense.
Christmas morning, at half-past s,
the thermometer stood at "a degrees
in this city at Sholars's drug store.
The ground was frozen hard early
the night before. The sun rose clear
and bright, but not so soon by an
hour or two as the anxious little folks
who were "halfdead to SEQ what
Santa Claus had pnt in their ware
house stockings. Some of them, we
dare say, slept by snatches, or with
one little curious eye open.
Early in the forenoon light clouds
hid the sun from view, and prevented
a disagreeable thaw of the earth's
frozen crust; and so the day was, as
to tho weather. a1l that cOn1i no do |
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-27

oublic Chat he has now on hand q we'll Sc
fected stock Of OWce ard AoxseAold FMrni-
tire, Wooden coOns, AketaIic burial CHskets,
CONN Is-iusni,s9s such as Handles, Plates,
.Scre,vs, etc. Terms, Cash. Store OIL Grand
street, near the Courthouse.
J. f. PETERS.
Monroe, La.. March Is. 1873. n26-tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-27

Two Democratic Cngressnen died
the past week-Hon. Alpheus Will
liams, Of Michigan, and Hon. Beverly
Douglas of Virginia.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-27
cUCCEssION SALE.

December 10, 1878.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-27

Congress adjourned, over the loli
days, to the 9th.
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

10 opilotapolonalsa, cut with darts in the back and trimmed with knlfe-pleatine. than it does to manage Presidential election. The hog gran around the yard three times more in the opposite dlrec- ton with four kinks in his tail. l am slow to wrath, but I am affaid was be- ginning to look mad, and when l went around behind the house and got hateh- ct am obliged to confess that 1t was with firm purpose to kill that hog or die trying to. l don't think thnt hog had noticed the woodshcd until l went there
 for the hatchot bat when l returned to the front yard. he immediately retired to the w0odshod, and then saw l had him cornered.
 Marin had by this time recovered her presence of mind, and had got her head out of the front window up stairs and was yelling !" fire" with all her might in way calculated to bc of lnestimable service to mo. All needed to spur mo on to glory was some one to yell llre." cn- tered the woodshcd cautiously and found the hog completely at my mercy, unless he made hole through the kitchen door and escaped that way. He did not do that. On the contrary he rushed right at me. I stepped back rather hastily, not because he scared mo any, but to prevent him from tearing my polonaise, so far as 1t was possible. There was n wash tub full of suds behind me, and as l step ped back out of the way of the hog, in n fit of abscnt-mlndcdncsS, l sat down in that tub. It may seem curious, but my recollection is now that the tub fitted me more snugly than tho polonalsc had, and yet never tried that tub on before in all my life. The only way out of the tub was to tip it over and float out on the studs, and that I at once did. Maria opened the kitchen door, and with hcr face full of anxiety and surrounded by Il night cap frill and her mouth wide open she really looked like saint or something, but she was remarking murder at the same time, and her voice so startled the hog that it ran over me before I could get out of the suds. How he managed to step on mo thirty-two times while running over me once is a mystery both to Maria Ann and myself, but he did, because we counted the SD )ts his hoofs made After running over me, he solemnly walked out of the front gate as though he were on his way to church, and it is my sober belief that he came into the yard on purpose to run over me and for nothing else. Maria Ann declares she won't wear that polonaise any more, and am tolerably sure l shall not not if know it.
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
HOW TO MANAGE A HOG.

At midnight the summons came. Maria Ann thrust her elbows cleverly between two of my ribs and whispered in ghostly accents: Joshua, there is hog in the garden" I have lived with Maria long enough to know that she expects me to catch her ideas instantly, and although she did not say any thing about it, knew that she anticipated that I would immedi- ately rise in my might and go for that hog. I accordingly arose in my might and began groping around for my panta- looms. felt that without them I could not appear to that advantage that would command the respect of hog. I had no idea we possessed 50 much wearing apparel until I began to inventory it in the dark while looking for my pantaloons got hold of articles with edging and articles with hounces, and with embroid- cry, and with strings, while Maria kept whispering through the gloom: '' That hog will eat up all the potatoes before you get down stairs. You are fearfully slow" suppose she whispered for fear the hog would hear her and become of tended. She never could bear to give any offences, not even to a hog-except- ing me. At this time was trying on things that did not fit me, but finally lit into some garment that had what was in- tended for a TOW of buttons on it, and I buttoned it up, although there was light and airy cheerfulness about it that did not seem entirely familiar. I got half way down stairs when it suddenly occur red to me that the hog was not in our garden for the very good reason that we had no garden for a hog to get into. Still we had cistern and the hog might get into that. It would be just like a hog. This thought so startled me that I rolled down to the bottom of the stairs, feat easier from the fact that I seemed pretty well entangled in the garment I hadadopted. Maria Ann who always proves herself equal to the emergency, soothed me good deal by coming to the top of the stairs and calling me an idiot, and other pet titles she is in the way of ap- plying in moments of tenderness.
 got out the front door as soon as pos sible, and the hog,who was looking at the house from the front yard, apparently with yiew to renting it, stood appalled,. did not. gondersat this. In my haste in dressing had inadvertently put on Mary Ann's polonaise, and it stands to reason that man arrayed in a white night-shirt and a blue polonaise, rushing from the front door of a house at the solemn hour of midnight, must present an appalling spectacle to any hog. After recovering from his momentary astonishment. the hog took two CT three more kinks in his tail and scooted three times around the yard. The front gate was wide open, but he never thought of going through that. Heseemed to be looking for good place to jump over the fence. I tangled myself up in the polonaise again and took fly ing leap into the yard, landing on my left eyebrow. We do not give women half the credit they deserve. am convinced that 1t requires moro downright genius
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
CONSUMPTION CURED.

had plaeel in his hands by an East India mission ary the formula of simple vegetable remedy. for the speedy and permanent cure for consumption. bronchitis. catsrrh. asthma. and all throat and lung affections also positive and radical cure for nervous debility and all nervous complaints. after having tested its wonderful curative pow CTS
 in thousands of cases has felt it his daty to make it known to his sHifs r ng feI,oxs. Actuased by this motive and desire to relieve human suffer ing win send, free of charge to all who desire it. recipe with full directions for preparing and us ing in German. Frgnch. or English. Sent b. mail by addressing with stamp. naming this paper VI. W. sherar, l8s Powers Blcek, Rochester, New York. ll4W
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

Motto for hairdressers associations Never say dye."
 In Minneapolis debating club, a wheel wright is said to be the best spokesman.
 When is a small fish-pond like bird cage ? When there is perch in it.
 A Montana justice of the peace don't splurge any when he marries a couple. He says, Arise! Grab hands, Hitched Six dollars" And that is all there is to it. The charge in Connecticut is about a dollari
 "Is person that hooks things a thief ?" asked little girl, four years of age, of her father. Yes, my pet, was his re- ply. "Well, then, said Pet, Aunt Su- sy is a thief, for she hooked my dress this morning"
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
A Ghostly Bit of Tactics.

It was a grim and ghostly bit of deccp- tion, surely; but wh en we remember that the poor mother had been turned from house after house because eXacting land | lords would not admit children 10 their | tenemcntS, we may certainly find excuse for her. The day was wearing away, and her poor strength was wearing and failing with it. At length, she saw the sign '' To La," exposed in the window of comfort able looking tenement near to the little old stone church, and while she stood and considered an idea entered her head. She bade her children go into the church-yard, every one, and look at the headstones and the monuments until she called them and when she had seen them-siX of them all beyond the stile, she turned her steps towards the advertised tenement. An alarm upon the iron knocker brought sharp-faced, bectle-browed man to the door, to whom she made known her busi- ness. She would like to hire the tenc- ment that was under that roof to be let.
 An! the old, old question, first of all " How many brats ye got ?"
 Do you mean how many children, sir?'
 "Umph It's all one.-Yes."
 My children are all in the church-yard sir!" And she lifted the corner of her apron to her eye; and she was not hypo- critical in this for the mans haartlass speech had deeply moved her.
 Ugh! spose it's kind O hard to lose children but they're better off so We'll you can look at the rooms, anl if they suit, pr'aps we can make bargain"
 The bargain was made, and put in black and white; and an hour later the woman appeared, with a small load of furniture, and six children. The landlord swore wrathfully, and declared that the 'brats" should never come into the house; but the mother brought an officer who, when he had read the contract of lease, and found that the tenement was the woman's, to do with it as she pleased, children not being debarred, inducted her safely into her quarters-herself and her little ones bidding the landlord to have care lest the law should surprise him. Not only the law, bnt the great public heart being on the mothers side, the deludcd Nav worm was forced to suceumb.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
A Lesson of Sunshine.
' Whit pro you doing, plrdle'"

" What are you doing, BlrdieY
 I'm opening the window, and throw Ing back the shutters, to let in the sweet sunshine"
 And when she had done il, the child cried out, in transport:
 "Thare pupa-isn't that nice It's better tlan the chill gloom. isn't it2 oI the beautiful suushme|
 The father called his brlght-eyed. hap py-faeed daughter to his side, and tooi her upon his knee.
 Birdie, Is the sunshine any warmer, or more beautiful than it was ycsterdayY
 "why-papn! What question How could Il be 7"
 " But yesterday thought I saw you trying to shutAJle sunshine out"
 Me r-trying to shut 1t out 2-the sun shine l? Goodness mo! What can you mean |? O. papa, the sunshine is too blessed for me, over to want to shut 1t out. You don't mean It, do you ?"
 Not perhaps as you think, my dar- ling; but If you will only call to mi i'd the scene between yourself and your mother yesterday, I think you will understand mo. There Is more than ono kinl of sunshine, my birdie. We love to call the Saviour sometimes, "thc Sun" figuru- lively: and in the same sense the besscd- noss attending an obedience to the bcati- tudes may be called sunshine. Now tell Inc truly my child, were you not very un- happy when you saw your mother weep ing 2"
 Birdie hung her head and did not an- swer. The father wont on, gently and persuasively:
 Did you not know that q single wOrl from your lips would have made your mother as happy as happy could be; and was there not silent promptcr in your heart urging you to go and put your arms around your mothers neck, and kiss away her tears Did you not feel the prompting?' O. wish you would tell me"
 70, papa papa, did"
 And your pride held you back ?'
 "Yes, my naughty, naughty, pride!"
 And she nestled her head upon her fathers bosom, and sobbed aloud.
 My darling child" he said hugging her close, you came honestly by that evil pride, You gained it all from me. It has been the one grcut evil of my life, and has given mo sorrow and gloom where might have had only brightness and sunshine. O. my Birdie, put it away if you can. When you feel the cloud coming, make haste and throw open the window, and cast wide the shutters, and let the blessed sunshine come in"
 Half an hour later Birdie found her father in the library. She threw her arms around his neck and pillOwed her head once more upon his bosom.
 70, papa I have been to see my dear, darling mother. left her in the glad, glad sunshine; and I am going to try, with all the power that is mine, to let in the sunshine whenever I can, and never, never, to shut it out any more |-S. C., JR.--N. !. Ledyer.
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

.s HALLS JOURNAL OF HEALTH New York,
 II aims to show how disease may be avoided. It is the oldest and best Heath publication in the world and thousands attribute the full measure of health and hl pness they enjoy largely to it's teach ines Edited by Dr. E. H. GIBBS successor to the late Dr. W. W. HAIL Subs nption price. S1-50 a year, postage paid.
 We have made an arrangement with br. GTBBs which will enable us to furnish any of our old or new subscribers with HALLS JOURNAL OF HEALTH" for One Dollar yesr. or Fifty Cents for six months. postage paid. Sample copies may be seen at this ofEce.-NKwToss BEE.
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

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 tn ir op era-
 tion, moving the bow e Is s surely an d without pain.
 Although gen. tie in their op- eration. theV
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
PURELY VEGETABLE,

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 The symptoms of Liver Complaint a bitter or bad taste in the mouth, Pain ip the Back Sides or Jonts,A often mistaken for Rheumatism. Sour Stomach. Loss of Appetite Bowels alternately cos tive and lax. Headache. Loss of Memory, with a painful sensation of having failed to do something which ought to have been done: Debility Low Spirits, thick yellow appearance of the skin and Eyes, dry Cough, often mistaken tor consump- tion.
 Sometimes many of these symptoms attend the disease. at others very lew; but the Liver the largest organ in the body. Is generally the of the disease and if not Regulated ill time great suf- fering wretchedness and DEATH will ensue.
 "t can recommend efficacious remecy for disease of the Liver. Heartburn and Dyspepsia, Simmons Liver Regulator. r."-LEwIs G. WUSpER. 1895 Master street. Assistant Postmaster, Phadel- phia.
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The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

This Bed has been in use about four years. dur ing which time nearly two thousand of them have been sold Every one has been put up on trial. and none have failed to give satisfaction. far as we know. Being now about to commence the ean- vass of Newtown and vicinity, we respectfully in yite the good people to try them.
 We will not ask you to buy them. but will con- tinue to put them up on probation for one month as before. and if any of them fail to give satisac- tion, will remove them, and promise to keep good- natnred. Persons using slatbeds will find these springs net only great relief but positive uxu- ". They are durable. clean, and wonderfully cheap-only S50o per set. Try them.
 ". BENNETT, Genl Agent.
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
THE SUN.

As the time has como for renewal Of snbscrip. tons, THE BUN would remind ils liieuds and ssll'sishefh everywhere, that it Ia again eandi. date hf their consideration and support. Upon H f.ea Il for inc pasl len years it relics for llhnahea oi the hearty sympathy Ahd generous co. operation which have hitherto been extended 10 it nom every quarter Of ihe Union.
 The DAILY SUN is i0ul,page sheet of 2s col. umns, price by mail, postpaid, i5 cents month. or [ (, Co per Soar.
 The sunday edition of THE SUN is an eight. page sheet of SO eolumns. While giving the nowa of tha day, it lse contains largo amount of lite. rury and miscellaneous matter specially prepared iorit The SUNDAY SUN has met with great success. foatpaid Sl20a year.
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The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

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The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

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The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
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The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
SOLDIERS oF IsI2-

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The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

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The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
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