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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04
To the Editors of the State of
Louisiana.

The Louisiana Bureau of Immi-
grafton is receiving many letters
of inquiry from various sources
calling for information for farm
ers, mechanics laborers, business
men, and capitalists, who desire
to settle in this State, or invest
capital here. Our bureau has
issued two descriptive circulars,
with maps for the benefit of such
inquired. We have sent off many
circulars, and copies Of Louisiana
ifs 1t Is, and written answers
in response to letters of inquiry.
Our bureau has opened books to
receive descriptions OF lands, for
sale, propositions to lease lands,
Or to have lands. worked on
shares-any proposition that may
enlighten the immigrant who
wants to come to Louisiana.
We will record all such descrip-
tons Of lands and propositions in
our books, which will be open to
strangers and persons wishing to
purchase, and these descriptions
will furnish the bureau with an
additional fund of valuable infor.
nation for future circulars, and
to be used in our letters IN reply
TO inquiries.
AS our board has no funds and
10 income expect the small amount
furnished by merchants and Others
n New Orleans who subscribe to
ASSIST Us IN our labors, we respect.
Sully beg the editors Of the State /
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04


Voici comment la justice Sc pra-
tique . Plaquemines, paroisse
lberville. Scion lie .Neschacebe,
unc rixe s'etant tlevee au Bayou
Gonla entire mn tavernier irlandais,
Mike Malley ct un ,pmme John,
ce dernier etc poignard6, ct en-
est mort. lie jnge Crowell, de
Plaquemines relache l'assassin
sur un cautionnement de $50
C'est une derision. Un homme
serait done, d'apres ce magistrat
estime moins qu'un bnnf de tire.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04
'7h1uEWEV1S EN BELGE
QUE.
On mande de Bruye]]es 10

On mande de Bruxelles lie 3
avril
lie rapport de la commission
specla}e des finances autorisant Ia
chambre a accorder les credits
extraordinaires demand6s par lie
rol dams son discours du trone, ct
par les ministries de la guerre, attn
de comaplster Ia defnse rationale, a
etc vote sons aucune modification
(apres cinq jours de discussion), a
Ia presque unanimite des membres
presents"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04
UNE AVENTURE D'AUTRE-
FOIS.

~ C'etait sous Louis-Philippe.-
One emeute eclate a Provins. LIE
colonel Rosetti arrive avec ses cui.
rasslers devant les emeutiers ct
leur tlent ce langagc fami]ier:
Mes bons amis, .je vous con-
nals; vous etes de braves gems
qul n'etes pas contents. ct yous
avez peut-etre raison mais vous
n'avez pas raison tout de meme.
parce que votre rebellion ne ser.
vlra a rien. Je vais etre oblige
de vous charger, ce qui m'ennuiera
beaucoup, mais je ne connais Que
mon devoir. Mes hommes, qui ne
connalssent que leur consigne,
wont taper CONNIE des sourds, ce
qul les ennuiera aussi beaucoup.
Ceux qul seront ecloppes seront
tresennuyes egalement, ct leurs
1emmes encore davantage ; ct tout
Ga pour rien. Rentrez done chez
vous, vous ferez .jolimcnt mieux ct
tout lie monde sera content"
Les emeutiers allaient Sc disper-
ser lorsque Pun d'eux s'approche de
Rosetti, lui lance sous les reins IN
coup de pied, Sc sauve ct Sc refu.
gle sur un arbre pendant que la
toule excitee huait la troupe.
Rosetti campe au pied de l'arbre
un culrassIer alsacien, avcc mis-
sion de sabrer le gredin, sill des-
cend, monte a cheval ct entraine
ses hommes dams un galop formi-
dable. Plus d'6meutiers. Roset-
Il rentre Sc coucher, oubliant son
nsulteur ct son cuirassier. II ne
sen souvient que lie lendemain en-
'onstatant que l'Alsacien man
}ualt a l'appel.
IL s'elanca hors du quarter ct
'rrlva bien vite a larbre.
La. un spectacle bien risible ct
lavrant s'offrit a sa vue lie brave
'chmit etait toujours en- selle.
L'1nsulteur assis sur sa branche
ale CONNIE un mort, cherchait a
pitoyer son garden, qui, a toutes c
IS snpplications, repondit:
81 tu puches tn est mort. t
Rosetti eclata de rire ct rem
oya lie soldat au quarter. :
--Descends. ditil a l'insurg6.
-Mais capitaine babutia le
auyre diable. {
--Desccnds ou je monte te cher
Ter. {
L'homme descendit. q
ITEMS, lui dit Rosetti en- lui T
onnant 10 francs, VOLTA pour la NJ
nit, c'est plus qu'elle ne vaut.--
aintenant, qu'aimes-tu mieux I?
'e je te livre a la justice on que Be
te rende ton coup de pied ? ad
- Anne mieux ie coup de pied, ed
Phomme tremblant. =
LIE capitaine allonga sa formi- ]
bile botte de cuirassier, mais
rs colere, mollement, ct il dit !: ;or
encore c'est parce que pr
ne veux rien avoir dun drole the
nme tOi. o'a
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04

5000 month clear profit mads
easily by agents. Agents wanted every.
where. Men and Women, Boys anil
Girls. Lntire time or spare moments
day time or evenings. Everybody wants
it, and every family will buy It, Bio
cash pay. Pleasant employment. Ey-
elusive territory. In fact the best
agency ever offered. Circular and t.rns
FREE on application. COMPLETE or1rr1s
- : allied. postpaid, on receipt of One Dol
lar and Fifty Cents. Send for it and
make money. Address
The BEVERLY COMPANY.
978, Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04
LIE MERIDIONAL.
50 50......PAR AN..... 81 SO

Apres NANTES intrigues ct
maints tiraillements, le poste de-
venu vacant par suite de la de-
mission du juge King, le president
Went de nommer L. Smith, politi-
cien de bas etage a Shreveport,
co]lecteur de Ia Douane a la Nou-
velle Orleans. Et les autres pos
tulants, que deyiendront lis: IN
seul gateau offert en- pature ct une
meute pour le devorer ....
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04

Dapres le Propagateur CuthoH
aae, nous avlons dit que rEtat dc
= Louisiana, ne 6gurait que pour
: hoalque somme de $4,000 al
l0oee par lc Congress. Nous som.
Aes neureux de constater que
gfaces d Dieu, ct au zele de nos
sp'eseo'ants au Congress, cetto
so'n"e represente $235.0oO ct Sc
repartit CONNIE suit:
l. Port de la Nouvelle- Orleans.
$4,000.
100000.
p, = Bayou Lafourche, grace a
A'klen, 10000.
~. ;. ALLEGATIONS en- fayeur de
nu v'sl dc Ia Monnaie a la Nile
Orleans, ! $4,000.
,.'n On volt par Get aperqu que la
est aussi favorisee que
su;a -; soeors y, de pUnion ct qu'elle
ary0ufd hui de bons pat-iotes ct
uOa oes politicians pour Ia repre-
'ea'sf au Congress.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04
NO. t5.

to published this notice, for i /. "
weeks or months, without charge
to the board, for the benefit Of
immigration and the State.
VIM. BoGEL, President.
Office Louisiana Bureau of Imu,i-
grafton, No. 8 Commercial Place
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04
Aux Opelousas, le conseil de

Aux Opelousas, le conseil de
vile, Went de discuter le tariff des
bouchers. La discussion a etc
.renvoyee jusqu'au Ter JUN, ain de
permettre aux bouchers de vendre
leurs differences qualities de yian-
de des prix differents. De tous
cottss s'elevent des murmures /;
pourquoi nos hono"ables membres
de notre corporation ne fxent-ils
pas un tariff equitable pour notre
boucher. LIE public vous en- sera
reconnaissance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04
Dr.. ". w. Tan PEL7,
Madanin Tlectinre

Medecln Tlectlque.
Offre ses services aux habitants de IA
paroisse Vermillon. II traite comme spe
cialite toutes les maladies des femms..
telles que. Ia !enchorree. -blanctv,,
etc Son bureau est AbheyiIla.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04
STATE of Louisiana-Parisb Of
ermilion-Parish Court : No
Succession of Jules Dor6.

Succession of Jules Dore.
Notice is hereby given to all
parties interested In the said
succession, or having any opposi-
ton to make to the tablcau of
debts and final settlement of said
succession, to file the same in
writing, in the Office of the Clerk
OF Court within ten days from the
date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal
this 18th day of Arpil 1878.
LAsTIE BROUssARD clerk
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04
UN PEU DE CONMON
SENSE.

4 hcauemle7 ct Dlen MONS daI
). celui de la derivation des nom
! propros, .je suis en- peine de de6ni
I lie nom de Kelhun. Je me raj
! pelle bien du nom d'Isaac, Jaco|
Samson, Nabuchodonosor, Mahc
met, Alexandra le Grand, Napo
leon ct une foule d'autres mai
, ce nom kelhun, depasse mon sa
, volr. Dependant apres beaucoul
de recherches dams tous les livre
moisie de mon grand-papa, ct apre
une Tongue discussion avec un- d,
mes amis plus lettre quo je ne suis
nous avons conclu que ce non
doit etre d'origne turque ou ara
bique, ct n'est.il pas probable QUE
ce kelhun soft d6serteur de Tar
NEE tnrque, ct n'aimerait-ii pas
mleux lie titre Pacha que celui de
Sire !? Sans doute ce cultiyateur
de la Turqnie Went introduire en-
Amerique la doctrine du Caram,
mals il Sc trompe beaucoup. Il
dit que .je manque de talent, mais
.le vaIs vous prouver maintenant
gull lul manque plusieurs onces de
common sense. Excusez mes ter
mes, je suis Franco Englo. Crit
quez mon style. Appellee moi pu-
rltaln GU ignorant celia me va
egalement. &c nest pas Kelkun
ri sa Literature de bellies !ettres
qul changera le Petit Laboureur
de la Prairie, car sill iui manoue
de talent, il ne lui manqne pas de
nerf, dc courage ct de droiture
pour sontenir son opinion.
Janrais trop pour vous dire. NJ.
lEdi .enr, sill faillait laisser tomber
IN once de common sense dams cha.
que plaie don't SQUIRE ce PacI,a. II
1eyait etre sous I'infuence du
'eetor Gne/icoln on de l'opium lors-
In,ll yons ecrivit Get article dams
'otre numtro du 27 courant. II
e sanve DIS torpedoes Rnsses pour
enir trouhler Ia liberte am4ri-
alne, maIs un petit coup de mi.
i notre tour.
La liherte americaine est basee
ar une constitution fai,e par des :,
merlcains seul1. Cent ans Sc sont :
coules, ct lenr liberte, leur puis-
ance ct leur indnstrie ont ton.
'urs teEn le premier rang. Nous .
oyons dams tous les ages s'operer :
IS arrangements ct des raformes :
ont-lls pour la destruction de la y
berte ct de lhumanite /?
Notre gonvernement des Etats- .
MS a Jnge proprement d'abolir =
esclavage ct de faire un amende- :
ent a leur constitution que ces :
emes esclaves eussent tous le r
eme droit de citoyens ameri- :
ms. Ce grand precheur contre ID
Sunday Law devrait d d'abord at. "
quer labolition de lesclavage "
Il devait etre scion lni inconstifu.
nneAe avant de toncher au Sun
y Law quill constitute CONNIE tel .
CONNIE elant une tyrannle. Ii
vrait premierenent attaauer no. 10
Legislature de la Louisiana oui
prouve 'e Sunday Law avant de ~ ~:
er Ia faute sur un innocent trio 49,
juri de police. Manqne de sci
omon sense c'est tout dire dun
9 pareil.
Combien d'Etats dams pUnion
) leur nalssance ont adopte le
1day Law I? Sont-ils auiour- ma
vi les moins prosperes =? Au
traire, lis montrent une richesse eA'
} la Louisiana ne peut guere .
vanter. NJ. l'Editeur, ct vous leu
eur, ne vous laissez pas eblouir am
des raisons sans fondement !
qu! est bon dams tous les Etats y
IS seya bon co | ouisiane. Les non
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04

louislanals lie cOmprennent auJou1
d'hui, ct malgre popposition de
sophistes, nous voyons notre hone
rable Legislature Dormant |
pleine autorisation aux pouvoir
locaux d'adopter lie Sunday Law
Aussi voyons-n nous a chaque inter
vale une paroisse proclamant cett'
loi digne dun peuple civilise. l.;
paroisse Vermillon nest pas an
.jourd'hui la seule qui commando Il
repos du dimanche. St-Landry
Calcasieu, Ste Marie, St Charles
ct un nombre d'autres paroisses le
commendent tgalement sans dire
mot de celles qui bientot suivront
leur exemple. Maintenant, 81
Quelqu'un en- est mecontent quill
Sc retire de notre republlque quill
Sc transporte non pas a un village
volsin, mais en- Chine ou en- Afri-
que OH il peut suivre tous les ca
prices ct ses idees bizarres.
II convient dune reforme ct pour
celia il veut attaquer la magistra-
ture. Que pense.t-il dire de notre
sheriff 81 ce nest qu'un officer
prompt, actif ct energique quand
il s'agit de son devoir ? II alta
que le trio du juri de police, sage
parti, qni fait voir tout homme
1oue de common sense qn'un pre-
'ervatif vaut mieux que la cure,
sage parti qui attaque lie vice a la
acme pour epargner a la paroisse
'es enormes frais que les fonds pu-
'Iics re peavent convrir. Nous
'oudrions bien voir pour un temps,
e grand parleur eleve au rang de
'remier magistrat ct avoir a exc
utter les sages lois de ce roi Salo-
ION du dixneuyieme steele !; nous /;
errlons hient0t en- .ouisiane une
ouvelle Babel. Notre Acade-
'lste conna1t la Rhetorique. mais !
uand il sagit d'interprcter la loi /
ma pas le common sense de COM c
rendre que les lois. CONNIE les re- !
les de la grammaire, ont aussi =
nrs exceptions. Ne sait-il pas n
1e lie boulanger vend son pain au p
manche, aussi bien que lie bou- ,
er vend sa viande ? Ne sait-il
IS que la pharmacie est tou,jours
verte lie dimanche CONNIE lundi D
quill peut acheter du Vinegar a,
tiers ct tout autre m4dicament ? d
; salt-il pas qu'on peut lui procu- l.
aussi blen le dimanche qu'un 9
tire jour un habillement nouveau ~ ~
ms lie cas- que Dieu lappelat a sa
a tribunal pour rendre compte bi
lui-meme pl
Amis lecteurs du Meridional, q, d,
'sez decouter ces faux prophecies di
veulent reduire les lois de te
eu transmises aux nombre de en-
If. Fuyez la lecture DANCE eu ee,u
'se qu'i's mettent votre port6e. 40
lvez mon conseil, je n'aurai pas no
chance de vous en- donner Dc
7antage. 10 ne gagne pas ma dis
a la plume mais a la pioche. ~: llia
TIT LABoUREUR DE LA PRAIRIE. ~ =
Sis
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04

--N'etant plus qu'un simple ci
toyen francais.
Lie prince imperial a dd subir Ia
loi commune.
Et, la semaine derniere, son
cousin Murat a tire au sort pour
lul tout CONNIE lie maire de la
commune tire pour un garcon alb
sent de son village.
Heureusement,
ST
L'p'tit ramassait des balles.
IL y a tout a l'heure huit ans.
II ma plus aujourd'hui qua ra-
masser la sienne.
Car les joarnaux annoncent son
exemption du service en- des ttr-I
mes assez singuliers
lie prince imperial est dali.
leurs exempte du service Giant fills
aaae de veuye." |
Fills a1n6 de veuve ?
Combien S. NJ. l'imperatrice en-
a.t-elIe eu depuis ce depart Que
nous pleurons tous ?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-04

REIT business you can engage in.
0A0A Five to twenty dollara PER
day made by any worker of either sex
right III their own localities. Particulars
and samples worth IS free. Improve
your spare time at this business. Ad-
dress STlNsoN aud Co., Portland, Mains.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-04-10
Afternoon Men.

There is proverb which SAYS, "What
can be done at any time is never done" and
applies especially to class who have be.
come slaves to the habit of procrastination,
the habitual postponing of everything that
they are not compelled by necessity 10 do
Immediately. Now, delays are not only
damaging to present prospects, but they are
destructive of ultimate success. A dilatory
man is not to be depended upon. The
slightest pretext is sufficient for him to dis
appoint you. If an employe, the sooner he
Is discharged, the greater the advantage to
the employer. There are those who may
properly be called afternoon men," They
are always busy getting ready to go to work.
In the morning they walk around, carefully
inspect their duties, aud say "Plenty to
do to-day. | must go to work this after
noon y Ai.9ut three o'clock they survey
what they haven't done, and exclaim "One
thing aud another has prevented me from
making any headway to-day. III quit, and
begin bright and early tomorrow morning"
One day with them is simply the reflection
OF another. There is nothing accomplished
In whole life and the western sun over
takes them and finds no preparation for the
wants and infirmities of age. There is
nothing to look back upon but squandered
time. One hours exercise in the morning
loosens the muscles of the limbs, sets the
blood dancing in the veins, and fits a man
physically and mentally for the days activ-
lty; while one hours sloth after breakfast
produces a torpor from which il is almost
impossible to rally.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-04-10
Self-COnsecratiOn.

Every person at some time, consciously OF
not, comes to decisive choice between self
and God. lie comes into the free, conscious
possession of the most precious gifts OF
mind and heart and soul aud golden oppor
tunity. He will use them in one of two
ways. lie will use them for objects mainly
personal, in which case his end will be SUI
premely within himself; and self-seeking
and self-indulgence will be the chief aim OF
his life Even his moralities, his worship
and his charities will have only self at the
heart of them; for they will be the decora-
tions of his seli-love, the qualifications of
his vanity and pride. Or, on the other hand,
these gifts of mind and heart and opportun-
ity may all be held as Gods, and not ours
trusts committed to us, whereby to serve
him, aud fill the sphere he has placed us in
with benefcence and blessing. When these
gifts are consecrated to Gods service, the
Christian life has begun, and not till then
hence the sharp contrasts which the gospel
presents to us . He that is not with me is
against me; and he that gathereth not with
me scattereth abroad" This describes in
full the distinction between Christ and the
world-being couformed to the world, or be-
ing transformed by the renewing of our
minds. We have been accustomed to dwell
upon the intrinsic worth and capacities of a
human soul; and there is no exaggeration
here for it is out of such souls as are in you
that God makes his highest angels. But the
worth of the soul is only found when the
soul is directed to right ends, and follows
them with earnestness and singleness of pur-
pose. If not so directed, and that early,
you have only TO look about you, and see how
all its worth may be sacrificed and lost Oh,
the multitudes of men and women who be-
gan life with minds and hearts as fresh as
yours, but whose souls dwndled aud dried
up until you would not know, except that
they wear the human form, whether they
We're immortal beings or no You need not
send your imagination on into the future
state III order to understand what is meant
10y gaining the world and losing the soul.
TO lose the soul is to have its powers, once
waking into life with all the dew of the
morning upon them, narrowed down towards
nothing, and shrunken and shriveled up like
scroll, in the pursuit OF narrow and ignoble
ends. To save the soul is to have its pow
ers heaven-directed and baptized into some
work OF life paramount 10 all personal com
fort and ease and pleasure; to have them
merged in the cause OF Christ, which is the
cause of human society and progress and re.
northumberland II. Sears.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-04-10

The truth is that we never feel Christ to
be reality until we feel him to be neces-
sity. lie tries us here, and he tries us there.
He chastises on this side, and he chastises
ON that side. He probes us by the disclos-
ure of one sin, and another, ,aLd .snbird,
which have lain ranking III our deceived
hearts. lie removes, one after another,
the objects in which we have been seeking
the repose of idolatrous affection. He af-
ficts us in ways which we have not antic-
pated. He sends upon us the chastisements
which he knows we shall feel most sensi-
lively. He pursues us when we would fain
flee from his hand, and, if need be, he shakes
to pieces the whole framework of our plans
of life, by which we have been struggling to
build together the service of self till at
last he makes us feel that Christ is all that
is left of us. When we discover that and
go to Christ, conscious of our beggary in re-
spect of everything else-wretched and mis-
cradle, and poor and blind, and naked-we
go, not expecting much perhaps not asking
much. There may be hours of prostration,
when we ask only for rest, we pray for the
cessation of suffering we seek repose from
conflict with ourselves, and with Gods prov
idence. But God gives us more. He gives
us joys he gives us liberty; he gives us vic
tory he gives us sense of self-conquest,
and of union with himself in an eternal
friendship. On the basis of that single ex-
perience of Christ as a reality, because a ne
cessity, there rises au experience of blessed
hess in the communion with God, which
prayer expresses like a revelation. Such
devotion is a jubilant Psalm.-PheipS.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-04-10
SIN the Twinkling of an Eye.o

One moment, the sick room, the scaffold,
the stake the next, the paradisaical glory.
One moment, the sob of parting anguish
the next, the great, deep swell of the angels
song. Never think, reader, that the dear
ones you have seen die had far to go to meet
God after they parted from you. Never
think, parents, who have seen your children
die, that after they left you they had to
traverse dark, solitary way, along which
you would have liked if it had been pos
sible, to lead them by the hand, and beal
them company till they came into the pres
ence of God You did so if you stood by
them till the last breath was drawn. You
did bear them company into Gods very
presence if you only stayed beside them til
they died, The moment they left you the,
We're with him The slight pressure of tn,
cold fingers fingered with you yet, but tn,
little child was with his Saviour.-C Country
! pdrsOn
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-04-10

DIR. Cuyler lately preached on " A right
way to right rest" and after showing
some delusive ways, he said that the true
path began at the cross and ended in
heaven 1t was journey on foot. Enoch
pdited with God There Is no rapid transit.
As the soldiers at Valley Forge marked the
SHOWS they trod with blood so many saint
must walk through Gethsemanes of trial.
All by-paths OF sin, dishonesty, and immor-
ality must be avoided. This he rightly
emphasized, for the greatest cause of in
fidelity to-day is impurity or some other
form of wickedness on the part of those
who profess better things, The Bible is
our guide He told of his voyage one time
along the rock-bound Atlantic coast, and
said that in the midst of thick fog the
captain pointed forward and said that soon
they would see lighthouse. For hundreds
of miles he had sailed by chart aud compass
since leaving Sandy Hook. He knew his
position. lie was sure where he was, aud it
proved true very soon. The beacon loomed
up. They were safe, So, when the mists
of death settle about US, if we have been
guided by the chart of divine TRUTH there
will be no danger of shipwreck, but an en-
trance will be administered abundantly into
life eternal.