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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

Bag~ Deeply impressed with
the solemn fact that the old
quarantine guard was a magni6'
cent, glittering humbug, the
young men Of Abbeville met at
the Court House last Friday
evening, to organize a volunteer
quarantine guard. R.. G. Smedes:
Esq, called the meeting to order
and briefly stated the objects
which had called them together
and asked for the nominations for
chairman and secretary, where
upon Mr.. Smedes was elected
chairman and Willie R. Eli;
secretary, by reclamation. Rule:
and regulations for the govern
ment of the guards were drafted
by a committee composed of Messr:
w. A. White, Clarence J. Ed
wards, George E. Lyons, and thu
meeting adjourned until Monday
evening, following, when the
guards met and adopted them. A
Corporal was elected to aid tn.
town Constable in assigning thu
guards to duty and as Mr.. Onea
Lege was the choice Of the mem
bers, he will in future bear tina
title. After the transaction of al
business the meeting adjourned
subject to the call Of the chair
man.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28
To the Voter, Of vermilion Parish.

The undersigned respectfully announces
himself as q candidate for Representative
for Vermilion parish, subject to the nomi-
nation of q Democratic Convention for
said parish in case one be held.-Electlon
to be held in November next
R. P. o'BRYAN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

We are authorized to announce F. K.
KING, Esqr.. as an Independent candidate
for State Senator from the Tenth Senate
rial District composed of the parishes OF
St. Mary, Vermilion, Caloasieu and Came
ron.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28
PROCLAIM.
q

Abbeville, La, Sept. 23d 1878.
Whereas the yellow fever hos
made its appearance in the parish
of St. Mary, Louisiana,
Therefore, no person or person..
goods, effects or merchandise Of
any kind whatever. coming from
the parish of st. Mary, except
such as is allowed TO be introduced
in this town, by resolutions Of th
Sanitary Committee, will be per.
mitted to be carried, brought Of
received in said town until fur
Their notice.
Any violation of the quarantine
ordinances on this subject matter
will be rigidIy prosecuted and the
tiue imposed strictly enforced.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD,
Mayor Pro. TEN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28
If the National Party is such a

If the National Party is such a
friend Of the poor man and the
laborer as it claims to be why Is
it that we see so few of that class
selected as the candidates Of that
party Do the leaders Of the
party suppose for an instant that
the people of this State will be-
lieve that such old politicians as
Judge E. North Cullom, Frank
H. Hatch and Henry c. Castel-
lanos, are very solicitous for the
welfare of the country or the in
terests of the workingman Be-
fore any new party can attain a
hold upon the affections Of the peo'
pie it must prove itself the supe-
rior of those now ia existence, in
more than one respect. Brainless
demagogues, with aattery upon
their tongues and deceit in their
hearts have led a con6ding and
susceptible populace by the nose
long enough. W. want none of
the old rotten political hulks. The
people demand new men and
sound principles. Nobody can
place any confidence in these men
who have been on both sides OF
evegy political question for the
last ten years, and who now come
to the front singing a new song TO
the same old tune. If the working
man wants redress he can find it
without leaving the secure fold OF
Democracy, to wander in the poll,
tical wilderness after these self:
appointed Moseses, in search of a
remedy which they never find
The workingmen are largest fac
tors of Democracy, and with them
lies the means of relief. Let them
weed out that pernicious element
in politics known as bummerism
Danish the striker and the roper
in" forever from the political
arena ; nominate good men for
Office, and compel them to live ur
to their promises. Do this and
their aim is at once accomplished
The broad, universal principles Of
the Democratic party afford, to
day, to the working classes, ample
protection from the evils of which
they SO loudly complain.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

NOTICE.-Parties owing to
the hack heretofore run by G. n.
Dupuy from the LIST Of February
to the 18th of July 1878, are here
by notified not to pay to any one
else but the undersigned.
w. r. ELLIS.
Sept. IA rs
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28
THE SENATORIAL MIDDLE.

A somewhat complicated state
Of affairs exists just at present
amongst the Democracy Of this
(the tenth) senatorial district,
growing out Of the dissatisfaction
at the nomination Of George 81.
Wells for the Senate by the con-
vention. Sometime during the
month Of July, Frank R. King a
lawyer Of this place,
announced himself for the Senate
from this district subject to the
action of the Democratic Senate
rial nominating convention" A
short time after, he left for Ala
bama, on a pleasure trip. During
his absence, the parish convention
met July q, and among other
things selected a delegation to re-
present the parish in the senate
rial convention. In order to re-
lieve the delegates Of any respon-
sibility they were instructed to
vote for George H. Wells, Of CAL
casieu. King having learned this,
published a letter in the MER1DIo-
NAL Of August 10, accusing the
Democratic leaders in this parish
Of conspiring against him, and
withdrew his name from before
the convention, announcing him.
self as an Independent candidate
for Senator. On the 18th of Au-
gust the delegates from the par
ishes of Calcasieu, Cameron and
Vermilion (St. Mary not being
able to come or send proxies as,
sembled at the courthouse in this
town, and nominated George ID.
Wells of Calcasieu, for the Senate,
by reclamation he being the only
candidate in the field. St. Mary
was Immediately officially inform
ed Of the action Of the convention
and asked to express her opin'
lion. Time rolled By, and no an
swer came. Finally, last week
the Executive committee of this
parish were informed that after a
months careful consideration, the
St. Mary Executive committee had
concluded to repudiate with dis
dain-or something else-the &C
ton of the convention and espe
cially the nomination Of the said
George Il. Wells. They demand
that another convention should be
held at Abbeville, that a new sci
Of delegates should be elected and
sent uninstructed. This demand
the Executive committees Of Cal
casieu, Cameron and Vermilior
peremtorily refused, and asserted
their intention Of standing by the
nomination. What candidate the
St. Mary leaders regarded mos
favorably and considered deprived
Of a fair show, we are not inform
ed.
So matters stand, and will con
tinue to stand, unless considerable
pressure is brought to bear. W.
are told that the Republicans dc
not intend making any nomina
ton for the Senate will suppor'
King. If this be so, we'll ane
good. But Republicans are rath
err slippery, and they seldom
hesitate to break a plighted oatl
to carry cut party measures, an(
with the Democratic vote of tn
district divided between Well
and King it would not be a yer.
difficult matter to mass thei
cohorts on a Republican candi
date elect him, and thus defea
the object Of "a certain pc
measure"
The enemies of Democrat,
disguised under all manner Q
alluring names are every wher
l- .o.l, 40 hou Aorrit~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15
The Department Of Agriculture.
Letter to Boston journal.


It is refreshing to leave the capitol
with it's wranglings and its intrigues, on
one of these delightful spring after
moons, and to saunter down through
the botanic garden and the Smithsonian
grounds to the terraces and slopes which
surround the departm of agriculture.
There is an affiuence of beauty in the
varied tints and forms of the trees and
in the harmonies and contrasts Of the
masses of bright-leaved plants and gay
flowers. Then there are these conser-
vatories and greenhouses, in which
thousands of useful plants, shrubs and
vines are being propagated for general
distribution, and one glass house is de-
voted to the starting or the tea plant.
About twenty-five years ago DR.. Junius
Smith, native of Massachusetts. who
resided at Greenville, South Carolina,
obtained some tea-seed from daughter
who visited the East Indies, and de-
monstrated that tea could be grown in
the southern states. in 1857 and '58,
the patent office distributed some plants
and seeds, and a number Of them are
living and growing, furnishing for their.
owners a home supply of 6 the beve-
rage which cheers without inebriating."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15
Give the West q Chance.

Itseems that, in the distribution of
clerkships in Washington, Illinois is
far below her quota. She is entitled to
$50 places, and has but 231, being short
1859; whereas Maryland has 149 places
in excess Of her quota. and Maine has
81 too many, and several other states
are over-provided. The western states
appear to be all short of their proper
ton under the law. Indiana is def
cient by l13, Iowa by 60, Michigan by
43, and Wisconsin by As. 1t seems to
us that it would be proper and pious
thing for the congressman of those
western states Ito get up on their ears :"
about it, even if the surplus clerks of
MY Maryland and Jim Blaine's state
were discharged. There is honor, it is
said, even among thieves. But there
has been neither honor nor fair dealing
in tt apportionment of the Washington
clerkships. 1t is about time this thing
was corrected. Reform is necessary.
Chicago Tribune
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15

A widow, or something Of that kind,
out in Armstrong county, a few months
ago. tried the experiment Of purchasing
q husband. She looked over the ground
with as much wisdom as she had, and
finally paid $4,000 for one. Anybody
would suppose that at this price the
woman would have secured a very fair
sample of man, but the purchase seems
to have been a miserable failure. The
fellow got his $4,000 and gathered to-
gether some other loose property be-
longing to the widow and some of the
neighbors, after which he went to some
portion Of the country now unknown.
The woman was most disgracefully
swindled in every particular. She
should have known better than to buy
an Armstrong county man, if they are
held at sc. 900 each, when she could
have gone to Harrisburg and bought
half of the Pennsylvania legislature for
quarter of the sum, in which event
she would have had something left
after her husbands had absconded. 1t
isn't probable that she would have Sc
cured a much better article of man, but
she wouldn't have been SO badly taken
in She must read the newspapers with
more care, and learn that men and
things are getting down to hard pan,
and men in particular sell much cheaper
than they did a few years ago. She
could have bought congressman for a
thousand, and had at least no worse ex-
perience with him. But the poor thing
is doubtless convinced Of her rashness
by this time, and has learned a lesson
in the matter of buying husbands al
fabulous prices which she will never
forget.-Philadelphia Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15

each successive planting, be exactly
like the original plant; for these tubers,
Or what we call potatoes, are not seeds
but only buried or abnormal stems. In
deed, if an aerial stem, CT stalk, of any
kind of potato be carefully bent down
and covered with fresh earth, lust al
lowing it's top to extend out of the
earth, small potato tubers will soon be
formed in the axis of the leaves nearly
it's whole length The procumbent
stem that bears the tuber frequently
shows it's character by passing out of
the hill, when it Immediately turns up
ward and becomes clothed with leaves
like the other stems. One practical in
ference from this well-known fact is,
that potatoes can not mix or cross in
the hill. A second one, more import
ant to the cultivator, is that of sorts of
potatoes propagated in any one year
from seed, quite a number of them will
be likely to show a family resemblance
more or less strong. During the last
sixteen years Of his life, the Rev. G. E.
Goodrich raised and tested about 10000
Seeding potatoes. OF that vast num-
Der he sent out for further trial less than
twenty kinds. But soon after Mr..
Goodrich's decease the Rev. Prof. D. S.
Hebron (then of Utica, N. Y, now of
Washington Heights, a suburb of Chi
cago) sent out for the family Of the de-
ceased philanthropist the wellknown
sorts:-the Early Goodrich, Goodrich
Calico, Gleason and Harrison, which
last, by the way should be spelled with
one or" only. In the fall of 1867,
Prof. Hebron named and sent out the
Early Rose, a Seeding of one of Mr..
Goodrich's varieties, the Garnet Chill,
and in the fall of 1868 he sent out
another sort that he named the Climax,
seeding of the Early Goodrich.
During 1868 and 1869 Mr.. Bliss sent
out several of the Breese seedlings,
viz:-Prolitic, King of Earlies a mis-
nomer), and Peerless, all seedlings CT
the Garnet Chill From this we see
that Mr.. Goodriehs experiments laid
the foundation for the improved sorts
Of potatoes that now benefit the agri-
culturists and the country. 1t is there
fore plain that We often need new
Seeding to take the place of some old
sort that fails in health or productive
ness by growing old.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15
Manuf acturing Soldiers Out of Boys.

The London Times advocates enlisting
boys Of II to 16 years, and keeping
them in a t1aining-school until they
shall have attained sufficient strength
and knowledge of their duties to render
them fit to take their places in the
ranks, appears worthy of serious con-
sideration. Says the Pal-MaH Gazette: :
&c At the present time, some 5000 boys
are being trained for the navy, and by
far the greater number of the sailors
who now man our men-of-war originally
entered the naval service as boys. The
plan Of enlisting boys having, therefore,
answered so we'll in one service, the
question naturally suggests itself, Why
should not some similar system be
adopted. or at all events be tried. in the
other? At the age of 90, laboring
man has, as it was stated by Mr.. Hardy
in the House of Commons three years
ago, settled down to a particular work;
and, if he is good man, of steady
character, he is not likely to be induced
to leave his occupation to enter the
army. On the other hand, parents
are often very much perplexed to
know what to do with lad of Is
or Is; and the chairman of the
industrial school committee, in paper
read at the United Service Institution
in April, 1879, estimates, after COM
municating on the subject with various
responsible authorities, that certainly
5000 lads could be obtained every
year from the industrial schools, work
house union schools, and voluntary
refugees for boys, fit and willing to be
trained and enlist In Germany anoth-
er large school has been lately added to
the establishments already existing for
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15
The Big Muddy"
Burlington Hawkeye.

The dust blows out Of the Missouri
river. 1t is the only river in the world
where the dust blows in great columns
out ofthe river bed. The catfish come
up to the surface to sneeze. From the
great wide-stretching sandbars on the
Kansas shore great columns of dust and
sand, about 1000 feet high, come whirl-
ing and sweeping across the river and
hide the town, and sweep through the
train and make everything so dry and
gritty that q man can light match on
the roof his mouth. The Missouri
is composed of six parts of sand and
mud and four parts of water. When
the wind blows very hard it dries the
surface of the river and blows it away
in clouds Of dust. 1t is just dreadful
The natural color of the river is seal
brown, but when it rains for two Or
three days at time and gets the river
pretty wet, it changes to a heavy iron
gray. A long rain will make the river
SO thin it can easily be poured from one
vessel into another, like n cocktail
When it is ordinarily dry, however, it
has to be stirred with stick, before you
can pour it out of anything. 1t has
current of about twenty-nine miles an
hour, and perhaps the largest acreage
of sand-bars to the square inch that was
ever planted. Steamboats, run down the
Missouri river. So do newspaper cor
respondents. But if the river is not fair
to look upon, there is some Of the grand
est country on either side Of it the sun
ever shown upon. How such river
come to run through such a paradise is
more than | can understand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15
LOST LOVE.

[San Francisco News Letter.
The heart of the simplest woman
Is mystery uEreveaIed.
And the love that seems transparent
Is most hopelessly concealed.
We care not for love while we have it,
We know not of love till It's lost;
We scatter its treasures brOadhanded,
Nor reckon the ultimate cost.
Lo! a hand comes forth from the shadows
A touch that l knew of old
That could crown the gloomlest 1aDcleS
W it'll an aureole of gold;
And think how that hand so loving,
That craved but to lie in mine,
Oft met an impatient gesture.
Or found no responsive sign.
And from yonder painted canvas
catch the old. wistful look.
So timidly, mutely jealous
OF the love that l gave my book:
And only TOO we'll remember
How | chafed at the dumb reprOach.
And swore that no thought of woman
Should on my studies eDcroach.
Was l blind, or mad. or but heartless?
The face ard the hand are gone,
The light of my life has vanished,
am utterly alone.
The brain that her chances kindled
Is blighted and dead and chilled.
And the gorgeous dreams of the future
Can never more be fulfilled.
| loved as 9 man who is selfish,
She loved in womans way;
And mans love compared with woman's
Is darkness unto day.
AS spendthrft scatters his birthright,
wasted the dover she gave,
And too late | find my am bition
Has followed her into the grave.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15

training boys for the army; and the
authorities, it is we'll known, depend
largely upon the latter for the neces-
sary supply Of non-commissioned
officers for their forces In England,
also, the difficulty Of obtaining an AIDE
quate number of properly-qualifed
men for the subordinate grades in the
army is VIGOROUSLY increasing year by
year; and this affords another cogent
argument in favor Of at all events,
giving the plan Of enlisting boys a fair
trial. The cost Of making the expert
ment would be but trifling."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15
A Deaf Mans Musings.
New York World.

New York World.
Words confuse ideas; use as few as
possible.
There is discount on the most per-
feet happiness.
The blush of maiden is natures
signal of warning.
Not one man in thousand marries
the girl he most wanted.
The devil is always ready to give adj
vice, but he exacts high fees.
There are many moral people whose
virtues somehow seem to be a misft.
Discomfort is vital element of civ
ilization; without it there would be no
progress.
The quiet fellow in the corner who
lets his revivals do all the talking gener-
ally marries the girl.
Every man coming to an obscure old
age thinks he would have achieved
wealth and distinction if
Let young men be patient in their
wooing, for a maiden's love may be
cold on her lips yet warm in her heart.
If Immediately the cock crew y
every time a man lied in these latter
days, what din there would be.
In the quiet of the early morning we
should laden our hearts with kindness
and good will for use during the day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15
HulllOr.

You cannot always tell by the way
person dresses whether his pew is paid
for.
Old Nebuchadnezzer was no lover Of
card-playing. The good book says he
came down tlat-footed on all fours."
A Dutchman being informed that
certain painting was by Bierstadt, in
quired, WHO'S beers dat?"
Why is it that person, after reading
the medical advertisements in news
paper, invOluntariy chances at the col
umn of deaths ?-Puck
"Can any one in the school tell me
why ship is called she?'' asked a
teacher in !, suburban school the other
day. because she is rugged up" an
swered smart boy in the back row.
A young lady rebukingly asks us:
(which is worse, to lace tight Or to get
tight?' We give it up-we never laced.
-Eknair0 Gazette.
1t is said that large share of reputed
"Japanese articles are manufactured
in this country. Thus is Japan ruined
by Am erican cheap labor.-Danbauy
Neus.
The photograph is like the small
brother of a young lady. It will repeat
everything said in its presence without
regad to Observation-Disclosures Table.
A female gatekeeper on the National
ing her sweetheart. She never tolPd
her love.-Cincinnati Saturday Night.
The Oil City Derrick believes it was
Shakespeare who wrote:
..ImperiOusCesar dead and turned to Henry Clay
Might stop hole to keep the wind away"
"This is the maiden all foriorn," who.
often wished she had ne'er been born.
and turned up her nose in petulant
scorn at the girl who last seasons hat
had worn-Ne,o York Neavs.
The Cincinnati Enquirer gives an Es-
say on Man," in one canto, as follows;
Mans vapor.
Full Of woes
Starts paper,
Up he goes
Irate passenger" Driver, why in
thunder don't you whip up your horses?'
Driver" Well, you see, sir, my dogs
gettin' fat and he's follerin' behind. Elk
ercise does him good, but if I drive too
fast he cannot keep up with us" -Puck.
Order received by a rustic dentist,
which says: My mouth is three inches
across, fve-eight inches through the
jaw. Sum humoky on the edge. Shaped
like hoss-shew, toe forrard. If you
want me to be more partikler, I shall
have to cum thar
A country girl wrote a letter to her
lover: " Now, George, don't you fale to
be at the singing school tonight
George wrote back that Gin the bright
lexicon fyouth-Webster's Unabridged
there's no such word as fale"
The early strawberry at 81 quart
puts on aristocratic airs, and looks with
scorn and contempt upon hungry hui
mainly. By July he will get down from
his eminence and hide himself between
the strata of a Decent saleratus short
cake. and howl for customer.-Puck.
Bob Ingersoll asked preacher wether
the fatted calf was male or female. ''Fe-
male of corse,' replied the preacher,
for | am now talking to the male"
which was considered an excellent sell
on the wicked Bob.
Maine husbands come trick on talk
alive wives. A man tells his wife he
is going to ACCOMPLISHMENTS
tongo fishing. He then requests all
his friends to call at his house and in
| quire his whereabouts. When he re-
turns the poor woman is exhausted and
doesn't sneak aoain for q month
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15

THE :. British Newspaper Press Di-
rectory" for 1873 exhibits LIZA news
papers published in the United King
dom. In the United States in 1877 there
were s,O79 newspapers and periodicals.
Of British newspapers 15S are daily,
while of the Amarican 700 are daily.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15

WHEN boy throws stone his arm
moves in a plane parallel with the plane
Of his waistband. When a girl under
takes a like feat, her arm is first held
upright in line with her major axis
and then moved rapidly in q downward
direction. The stone thrown by the
boy has an enormous range, and strikes
the window, the cat, the old gentleman
or other object at which it is aimed, at
a surprising long distance. The stone
which the girl attempts to throw de
scribes brief arc and descends to the
ground few yards in front of her
Louisville Coarier-Jou77aal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-15

The Alpena, Mich, lumbermen say
they have 45, 900, 900 feet of logs banked.
1t is said that of the 118,OOO,OO0 feet of
logs cut upon the Au Sable river, the
past winter, not more than 100000
feet have been banked, ard of these it
is doubtful about their being able to run
out above 28,00O.O0O or 100000 feet.