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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-15

On the 4th instant, between sun.
down and dark, Mr.. Hanna while
walking on Bry & Mnir's raft, dis.
covered the body of Mayor Endom's
little son. 1t will be remembered
that he disappeared on Monday,
the 2Sth April. The. feeling in the
community and the suspense and
anxiety Of the family are beyond
description. Opinion had settled
down to the fact that he was drown.
ed, and Mayor Endom had every
drift searched for twenty-five miles
below here.
The little fellow was nearly ten
years old, unusually bright and
vigorous, and gave promise Of n
long and useful life. Sunday morn
ing-a day as bright and fair as
his little life-he was consigned to
the tomb.
We offer the afflicted parents
no consultations, for such griefs are
irreparable. God gives and God
takes our darlings in his own way
and time; to Him we must all LOOK
for comfort and consolation.-Oud.
chita Telegraph.
The scene at the hanging of Will
LIAM BALDWIN in Texarkana, Ar
kansas, on Friday, is said to have
rcsembled q camp meeting, the con
demned man acting as chief exhOr
ter from the scaffold, and a thronl
of about $500 persons listening at
tentiveIy, and interupting the speak
er occasionally with CALCULATIONS
The near prospects OF a leap into
eternity must have infused AZ
amount Of fervor into BALDWIN:
words and his listeners ejaculation
not usually generated even at col
ored camp meetings. The repor
says that many women tainted 81
multaneously with the fall Of tn
murderer.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-15

We call attention to important and in
tcrrsting changes in the advertisement OF
N,s.rs. Norcland aud Mcfarland.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-15

IIo, every one that wishes a few dimes or
dollars 70 go n long ways in the purchase
Of groceries let him call on WILLIE LL-
1l<GruS on the south side Of public square.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-15

". j. TAYLOR wants it distinctly I'M
der,tood that no change in the weather
will change his low prices for groceries
and confcctionerics.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Election First Monday In November nsx,
For Reprpscntntiyc.

We are authorized to announce W. c
MARTIN "a candidate for the next Legis
lature of the State Of Louisiana.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-15

Now that the ice has been broken other
candidates will doubtless announce their
names. For greater certainty we give onr
terms the second time: Fifteen dollars for
district, ten for parish and five for ward
offices, the cash to be paid invariably in
advance. After the election these amounts
cannot be easily collected. Remember
gentlemen the money with the announce
mcnt, otherwise the people will remain in
ignorance Of your aspirations.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-15
Presbyterian Sabbath School.

This school has quite large number Of
der the superintendence Of Judge John s.
Young, ably assisted by Mr.. A. II. Davidson
and other gentlemen, together with Mrs.
Gladney, Mrs. Averyt and other ladies'
Tho system of instruction seems to bc
about the same as that pursued in the
other schools. Indeed We believe that the
international lessons are used by almost
all denominations of christians in the land.
This secures uniformity Of instruction
quite advantageous in many senses.
There are sufficient teaches at this
school wcpresumc, our opinion being based
upon the fact that some of the church
members were unemployed and that no
young people were left uninstructed, ex-
cept such as happened to be visiting only
Those teachers seemed to be most success.
full in interesting their classes, who en-
larged upon the lesson sheets used, and
who put pertinent and instructive qucs-
tions that wero suggested by the special
theme Of the days lesson.
The mode of discipline is a pleasant one,
the idea of the superintendent seeming to
be that religion and religious teachings
should not have the effect to drive from
the young faces the happy and joyous ex-
pressions which indicate sweet content
with life. In fact the closing lecture of
Elder Young which was spoken in q
most felicitons manner bore directly upon
this point.
The change in the time Of meeting from
morning TO afternoon has added quito n
number of recruits to the Presbyterian
school from the Baptist church which
meets in the morning.
We regret 10 notice that all pupils and
teachers did not join in the singing. The
hymns were almost entirely sung by the
few ladies who constitute the choir at the
church. This plan may perhaps be unob'
jcctionablc in church services, but at sab
bath school we think the children should
be encouraged TO sing. We missed thoiI
sweet young voices in the opening and
closing songs so much that we felt that il
would not be impcrtincnt that we suggest
a change. in this respect.
We arc informed by those who have the
school in charge that they find it at al
times TO be great pleasure to discharge
their duties. They always receive the
greatest encouragement in the Interest
manifested by the pupils. They thinI
that parcnts-even if not church member
will find it pleasant and instructive u
take part in the sabbath day exercises.
On next Sunday if in town we shal
hope 10 have finished the duty imposes
upon us by our anonymous correspondent
and will give some ideas and thoughts @
our own upon the Sunday school question
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JUDGM ENT.


T. A. Blackman, Wife, No. 352s-In tho
vs. }Dst. Conrt, Clai-
J. G. Baker, Husband. borne parish, La.
IN this case, by reason of the law and the
i evidence being in favor Of the plaintiff,
Theresa A. Blackman, and against the de-
fendant, James G. Baker, 1t is ordered, ad-
judged aud decrced, That plaintiff recover
Judgment against defendant dissolving tho
community Of acquets aud gains heretofore
existing between them, and that she Also
recover Judgment against her said husband
James c. Baker, for the sum of twenty
seven hundred dollars, with five per cent.
per annum interest thereon from the date
of this judgment, and costs. Tins done,
read and signed in open court, this 10th
day Of April, 1878.
(Signed) Z. M. GRAHAM,
Judge 18th Judicial District.
State Of Louisiana, ! l hereby certify,
Parish of Claiborne. that the above is =
true copy Of the original judgment now
on flo IN my Office. Al witness my hand
~Aand the seal of said court, this April
t29th, A. ID. 1878.
DREW FERGUSON, Crk ID. c.
May I, 1873. Syst
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-15
CumpstOn Hotel,
Milan Street, bstwesa sprias asd sarkst'

SHREVEPORT, L.,
ONE Block from Railroad Depot; one and
" a half Blocks from Steamboat Landing
New Building four stories high, with al
modern improvements and conveniences
Pricea observation-disclosures supe
rior JAMES CUMPSTON,
Oct. IL, 1s77-9ly Proprietor.
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GREAT AMERICAN COOKING STOVE
N. w. MURPHY

g. -, uuy -rupnuuU
MANUFACTURER Of all kinds of TIN
M WARE and HOUSE FURNISHING
GOODS. Dealer in all kinds Of Heating
and Cooking Stovee. No. 3 Levee Street,
shreveport, La.
Oct. II, 1877. Gly
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-15

Total, eH4 20
BY CONS on slS5 co. AGA
scrip to Board, 800 %
cash to bal, 70-$N4 &c
Respectfully,
d. W. HARRIS, Treas.
The scrip turned over, amounting to
$269 50, was counted, checked and burned.
On motion of A. We'll, the thanks Of the
Board was voted TO Martin Nalle for the
promptness and efficiency with which he
had discharged his duties as public offtyr.
The Board then adjourned sine die.
(Signed,) J. FERGUSON, Mayor.
B. d. HARRISON, Clerk.
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Advertised Letters.

Shreveport, La, April 9Th, 1873.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
Feeding Fowls.

Where fowls have free range it is the
most economical to feed them twice
day. The fowls should be let out early
in the morning, in fact, if their is no
fear of enemies or thieves, the hen
house had better be left open 80 that the
birds can come out at will. This they
will do at daybreak, and by wandering
over the fields secure large amount of
worm and insect food. They should
receive their meal at fixed hour, and
Immediately after breakfast is usually
convenient time. So much depends
upon the size of the birds, that it is
impossible to give precise rule as to
the quantity OF grain to be given to
each. 1t is evident that Dorking of
ten pounds weight and game fowl of
four pounds would require very differ
ent quantities of food. Again, more food
is required to keep up the due amount
of animal heat in winter than in sum-
mer. When hen is producing eggs
she will eat nearly twice the amount of
food that she requires at another time.
Hence the successful poultry breeder
will need to observe carefully the
requirements of his fowls, and govern
himself accordingly. The best rule,
both as to quantity and time is to give
the fowls full meal in the morning,
and second shortly before going to
roost. There is one important advan-
tage dependant on having fixed hours Of
feeding, namely, that the birds soon be-
come accustomed to them, and do not
hang about the house door all day long,
as they do if irregularly and frequently
fed. They consequently obtain greater
amount Of food for themselves, and are
less troublesome than they otherwise
would be.--An,ericdn Cultivator.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
Items OF Interest.
at office-the soap boilers.

| Athho VI
A fat office-the soap boilers.
Waiting to be whipped is the most
uninteresting period in boyhood.
Scales that will weigh a grain Of dust
are used in the Philadelphia Mint.
The coal production of China is
reckoned at 5000, 900 tons annually.
Three hundred men are employed
making base balls in Natick (Mass.)
mandatory.
A farmer living near Holley will not
raise barley because it is made into in
toxicating drinks.
Melancholia, which has struck the
Gar of Russia, is said to have affected
every autocrat of his family after the
age of fifty. .. as
1t may be said in all seriousness that
Jonah had more occasion and q better
place in which to blubber than any other
man who ever lived.
There is an umbrella one hundred and
seven years old. It was made in the
reign of George III, and has passed
through many rains since.
1t was recently remarked that John
Bright practiced his early speeches in a
mill. The Nei0s remarks that John
Morrissey did the same, also, likewise.
The Chicago Post is to be conducted
by Mrs. Willard and Miss Willard as
editor and publisher respectively, and
may be expected to make quite hustle.
Boston Post.
A Kentucky man who went to the
Black Hills wrote back to a paper, say
ing: Offer premium at your coming
fair for the biggest fool in the country,
and I'll try to get there in time"
1t has been decided to hold the Inter-
national Congress for the investigation
of the history of America before the
time of Columbus in Brussels, during
1879, instead of in some American city.
Newton county, Georgia, has at least
one man of muscle. Having lost his
horse, he hitched himself to the
plough and hired a boy to drive. At
last accounts he had ploughed out two
acres.
The discouraged collector again pre-
sented that little matter. Well" says
his friend, "you are round again."
"Yes," says the fellow with the ac-
count in his hand, "but want to get
Levy, the corneJ payer, says Unuv
after travelling $4,000 miles during the
past three years it is his experience that
the home music of nation always elicits
the most applause and commands the
sympathy of an audience.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
FOrethought of Swallows.

Bird stories are in order. As a farmer
was getting in his hay, he noticed an
unusual commotion among the swallows,
which had built long row of nests under
the caves of his barn. They appeared
greatly excited, flying rapidly about,
and filing the air with their cries of dis
tress. AS the load passed into the barn,
he saw that a young swallow, in a nest
directly over the door, had caught its
neck in crack between two shingles,
and was unable to iberate itself. He
stopped his team, and set the young
bird free, restoring it to the nest. Upon
his return to the barn with his next load
of hay, noticing that the swallows were
quiet, he examined the crack, and found
they had filed it completely with mud,
so that, no matter how enterprising OF
how foolish the young swallow might
be, he could not again endanger his life,
or the peace of that community, by any
experiments on that crack. Instinct ID
q wonderful sense,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
The Good Grandfather,

The other day, when a good citizen
wanted some repairs to his boots, and
stepped into a small shoemaker's shop
on Antoine street, he was greatly as
tonished to see a boy about Ave years
old playing with revolver, while the
old shoemaker pounded away at his pegs
as contentedly as if Colonel Colt had
never existed.
els that revolver loaded ?" asked the
customer, as he hesitated about sitting
down.
"Yaas, I 'spose So" replied the old
man, "but Johnny wouldn't hurt his
nice old grandfather, would you,
Johnny ?"
Noap, briefly answered the boy, as
he poked stick into the muzzle of the
weapon.
"But he may shoot me |" exclaimed
the customer, backing off.
"Ob, no, he wont Little Johnny
wouldn't shoot the gentleman, would
he?"
"Noap," was the soft reply, as the
boy blew down the muzzle.
"I'm his grandfather, remarked the
old man as the stranger sat down on the
edge of chair and slowly pulled at his
boot. "Some grandfathers don't like
children, but I can't get along without
'em. He's a noble youth. that boy is,
and 1 don't believe you could hire him
to shoot me for fifty dollars in CASH
could he, Johnny9"
"Noap," whispered the boy, who was
now laying out all his strength in an
effort to cock the weapon. .ss
The old man put piece of leather to
soak, and had just received the boot,
when bang went the revolver, and the
whitewash few from the ceiling above.
"Glve me that boot-give me that
boot !" yelled the man as he grabbed it
and started for the door.
"It was nothing-nobody hurt
come back |" called the old man, follow
ing after.
" You ought to be horse whipped for
allowing such a thing |" shouted the
man as he hobbled to box to sit down
and pull on his boot.
"No, hadn't-no, 1 hadn't" pro-
tested grandfather, still following.
" Johnny said he wouldn't hurt you, and
he didn't. He's noble youth, that boy
is, and you can depend on what he says.
Come in-there's no danger"
Johnny appeared at the door at that
barrel with his wet finger, and the old
man appealingly said:
Johnny, tell this gentleman that you
won't accidentally shoot him ! You
would't hurt him-for all the candy in
town, would youP"
'"Noap," softly replied the lad as he
hauled out his finger and wiped the
grim on his knee, but the man rushed
off as fast as he could go. Some men
are just that obstinate. Detroit Free
Press.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
Ny Hand.in.Hand Companion.

To the old home farm returning,
Mid the April evening gloOms, -
l kiss the faces that knew me,
And turn to the vacant rooms.
The scenes Of my long-past childhood a
The doors that i open recall, "a
The blossoming windows Of summer, -
The fruit-lAden orchards of fall.
60 to the tenantless chamber;
The moon giimmers over the caves,
And light as in years long vanished,
In the latticed window leaves. .r.
And, in fancy, nights viewless angel ..
Goes by with muffled tread, .
As slgaze with an Answerless longing g.,
On the little ones empty bed
There were little blue eyes that forever
Have vanished from my sight;
A heart of affection that never
win throb on my own with delight.
shall never again kneel beside him,
shall pray in the silence instead.
Fall gently, o dews, in the graveyard,
Where the green myrtles cover his bed.
My hand-in-hand companion,
That the years will never restore,
The little lost hand meath the MOSES
Will lock in my fingers no more!
As the moonlight all white is the pillow
Where rested q curl-circled head,
And the April winds sigh through the willow
That waves DER the little ones bed.
o dear little lips that no longer
In love will be lifted 20 mine
0 dear little arms that grew stronger,
My neck in their ring to entwine
Each place, gentle heart, where l loved thee
Is sprinkled with tears have shed,
And the glow of lost years of affection
Comes back as gaze on thy bed.
think Of the gardens immortal,
And l seem in O vision to see
A little hand open the portal
A mighty hand closes to me,
know he is safe with our Father,
And turn from the thought of the dead,
And see in my faith but pillow
Where an angel once rested its head.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
Always A chance.

1t is scarcely necessary to remind
reasonable men that if they wish to be
sad and sour, to grumble and complain,
there is always chance. Reasons for
being cast down and detected are as
plenty as blackherries in the height of
harvest. If one thing goes right, you
may be sure there is always something
else going wrong; and if one thing is in
order something else is out Of joint, or
at any rate soon will be. The chief diff
ference in the feelings and dispositions
Of people results from the different way
Of looking at things. Few nights are 80
dark that no stars are to be seen, the
thing is to look them out and keep
your eyes on them, and make the most
Of what light you can discover,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
Words of Wisdom.

No legacy is SO rich as honesty.
Humanity is the equity of the heart.
Socrates being asked the way to hon.
est fame, said, "Study to be what yon
wish to seem. :"
The grandest of heroic deeds are those
which are performed within four walls
and in domestic privacy.
A man who strives earnestly and per-
severingly to convince others at least
convinces us that he is convinced him
self.
It is little troubles that wear the
heart out. 1t is easier to throw bomb
shell mile than a feather-even with
artillery.
When a man feathers his nest you
will generally find that he also plumes
himself upon it. How true it is. there
fore, that "riches take unto themselves
wings"
kJhOW luO buo ulttn yOu hohOiJ huOW
by that symptom, better than any other,
what kind of man you are yourself.
For you show me there what your ideal
of manhood is, what kind of man you
long inexpressibly to be.-Carlyte.
Never cast aside your friends if by
any possibility you can retain them.
We are the weakest of spendthrifts il
we let one friend drop off through mat
tention, or let one push away another
or if we hold aloof from one from petty
jealousy or needless slight or rough
ness.
If thou hast wronged thy brother il
thonght, reconcile thee to him !,
thought; If thou hast offended him il
words, let thy reconciliation be in words
if thou hast trespassed against him il
deeds. by deeds be reconciled to him
that reconciliation is most kindly which
is most in kind,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
The Moon.

Every body accords to the sun the
privilege of regulating the course of the
seasons. Their majestic alterations
harmonizc well with the march of
heavenly body that constantly meets
our eyes with the same invariably aspect.
But changes of the weather, 80 unex-
pected and frequent, seem to require,
people think, more variable origin.
If we consider the daily vicissitudes of
rain and sunshine, of fogs, winds, clear
skies, and clouds, the moon is the only
heavenly body whose rapid alterations
of form and position answer to such un-
ceasing variations.
If We accepted literally every lunar
prejudice, the moon would rule many
things besides the weather. Madmen
and lunatics would be subject to her
power. There are veterinary surgeons
who say that the sight of certain horses
becomes dim or clear according to the
phases of the moon. Woodmen insist
that if trees are felled with a waning
moon, the wood will speedily decay.
Housewives declare that if you kill your
pig, as you ought, with a crescent moon,
the bacon will swell nicely in the boil
ing /; if, on the contrary, when she is in
the wane, it will shrivel, shrink, and be
hard and good for nothing. Finally,
all sailors in mass, except the most
highly educated officers, attribute every
change of weather to the moon. Why :?
Nobody knows.
1t is exactly because prejudices are
beyond the reach of discussion that it is
so difficult to bring them to reason.
Natural philosophers have perfectly ex-
plaiued the phenomena attributed to
the red moon, which are really caused
by the state Of the atmosphere. Gar
deners, nevertheless, persist in making
the red moon resp onsible for the morn
ing frosts which frequently occur during
it's presence. But the ancients never
entertained the idea that the moons
phases were the cause of changes in the
weather; it was Jupiter's privilege to
assemble the clouds and to dart the
thunder bolts. The lucky and un-
lucky days of the lunar month belong to
astrology, and not to meteorology.
Bouvard, Arago, and may others have
proved, by long series of observations,
that the moon does not affect the weather.
Labor in vain The maic rity of sailors
interpret the moons age, each according
to his own private rule of belief. The
only effectual refutation would be to
strike at the root of the evil in early
youth, and make school children repeat
edly recite and copy truthful sentences,
such as sit is ridiculous to believe in
sorcerers, witches, were-wolves and red
moons = cit is not true that the new
moon changes the weather, that the full
moon eats up the clouds, that thunder
bolts are made of stone !" and other
items Of the vulgar creed. Accurate
knowledge of facts might thus be pro-
NOTED by o catechism of things not to
| be believed,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
JOE PRINTING,

SUCH AS
DTE AND LETTER HEADS, STATEMENT ANI
BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS, VISITING,
WEDDING, AND PLAIN AND
FANCY BUSINESS JARDS, |t
INVITATIONS
hANK DEEDS, Notes, ORDERS, RECEIPTS
\ WkITS, EXECUTIONS, etc, PAMPHLET
WORK, POSTERS, FLYERS, ETC.
Neatly Dono, and Charges Reasonable.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29

ICall and l'arn our prices, which nrs much rs
Eoed, especially on Milk Pans. No trouble t,
Dow you what WI lave on haId.
Repairing done to order, and all Work warranted.
HENRY LEONARD.
ECAMBRIDGE Bono, VT.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-29
HENDEE g. FISK,

tovoo, O full Line of Tin, Copper
Sheet Iron and HOLLOW Ware.
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