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THE COURTS.

Discount of per cent ON state taxes
paid In April.
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Moet q Ghandon Meet 4 Chandon.
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save 3 per cent discount by paying yeur
state taxes before May 4. so.l
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Meet 4 ehandon is the vine tor connoisseurs..
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best on account OF his muscular power. and
so laid on him. The horses cooled oft we'll
and seemed somewhat refreshed by the
bell called them out they were IN good wind,
and 1t was generally said that this heat would
De severe one on the runners on account OF
the mud, which was now almost fetlock
When they were sent off Owens led. In
commode second, Typhoon third and Betsy
last. Before the first quarter was reached
Incommode had pushed forward and took
the lead, Owens second, and Typhoon going
easliy IN the third place and Betsy hanging
.,.s Iyphoon is pumped" cried out one ex-
cited individual. Bellows to mend!" said
. snoshef. Fifty dollars Typhoon wins"
Inere was more excitement on the stand
tnan there has been any day during the
meeung. Coming around the turn and into
tne nome stretch Incommode kept in front. a
i snas a ahadn t Is true but stiff in front by
run nose and nose for considerable distance
INC lnere was no perceptible change in their
starting out on the second mile, they we're
tance ana and ,g and s stretching out flu dis
held on to bad third place, and
Betsy. brought up the rear. On the
second mile the race grew more and more ex-
citing, for 1t was evident the two leaders could
not last az sucn pace, and the only question
was which would give in first On the back
stretch the climax came, and Incommode sue
cumbed, for Typhoon, at his same stride,
came to the front, not, however, without a
gallant fight from Incommode. Around past
the stables into the home stretch they flew,
but Typhoon had the bottom and touched the
goal, an easy winner of this heat and the race
IN 3:474, Incommode second, Owens and
Betsy distanced.
The heat was beautiful one and tested
thoroughly the bottom of all the horses. It
showed clearly that Typhoon's Wagner blood
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yOUI UUoIItuLbt1I VttII,
SAM'L CHOPIN,
President Board of Health.
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FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS.
TINE FASHION AT TINE OPERA HOUSE
LAST NIGHT.
A Beautiful Entertainment for the Relief
Of the Poor OF the City.

The entertainment given last evening at the
Opera House by the ladies and children of
New Orleans, under the auspices Of the Asso-
citation Of the Servants of the Poor was one
of the most beautiful and recherche affairs
that we have ever seen here. Undaunted by
the rain that fell in torrents during the entire
evening, the elite of our population filled the
vast auditorium of the house to repletion,
hundreds of visitors being denied a sight of
the beautiful spectacle presented on the
stage and the pleasure of enjoying the de-
lightful music which was dispensed by the
talented amateurs
We would feel incompetent, under ordinary
circumstances to do justice to the very sue
cessful efforts of the ladies and gentlemen
who participated in the stage presentations.
Dazzled by radiant faces, graceful forms and
brilliant costumes, in numbers outvieing
those of any other similar entertainment that
has ever been offered to an audience as bril-
liant as any that ever graced the loges and
parterre OF our grand Opera House in its
palmiest days, we would drop our pen with
despair at it's lack OF power to reproduce in
their beauty Of conception and splendor of
execution all the phases Of the Festival of
Flowers" but we would be left the satisfac-
ton Of speaking at length and in greater de.
tail OF its delightful phases. But the potent
necessities of the press prevent us from doing
80, for it was long after midnight when the
entertainment closed
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-02-16
Safe Dw TIE Sheriff.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE.
Raymond Trahan,
Vs.
Alfred Perot,
Parish Court,
No. 568.

! DY virtue of writ Of feri facias issuedlin the
- above entitled cause, out of the Honorable
Parish Court in and for the Parish of LAFAYETTE
and State of Louisiana, and to me directed, there
will be exposed at public sale, at the Court
House in the town Of Vermilonvlle, on
Saturday the 2nd dug Of March, 1878,
between the hours Of IL o'clock A. NJ, and 4
O'Clock P. NJ. all the right, title, interest and
demand of Alfred Perot, the defendant. in and
to the following described property, to-wit-:
A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND CONTAIN
ing Five superficial arpents situated in the
parish of Lafayette about four miles from the
bayou Ver,nilion, on the right bank thereof,
bounded north and east by land Of VIM. Guche-
reau and south and west by land of Ervilien
Trahan, together with the house and all i'm
provements thereon situated.
ANOTHER CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND SIT
uated in the parish Of Lafayette containing three
arpents front by the depth of forty arpents
bounded north by land Of Chenille Broussard,
south by land OF Pierre Cormier, east by bayou
Vermilion and west by Being the same
land acquired BY Julien Duion from Edmond
Sellers. Subject to usefruct use and habitation
Of Julien Duhon and wife during their natural
lives.
TERAs-CASH.
Il. EAsTIN. Sheriff.
January 2sth, 1878.
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Keeping Crafts and Cuttings.
In answer to a question, the
Prairie Farmer saws:

In answer to question, the
Prairie Farmer says
cite all vines, trees Or shrubs,
in rather small bundles loosely
set them on end, on the ground.
in we'll drained situation and
cover all with a mound Of earth.
Thus they will keep perfectly
until time for planting in the
spring, and in many cases The
ends will be found ready callons-
ed and granulation commenced
They should be planted before
the feeding roots appear
"For gratis, box should be
prepared, in which they may be
packed in damp moss, spagn't'n,
as the best means of preserv alton,
since this material keeps uni
.formly moist, and is entirely free
from heating. Having secured
them thus, nail the box tight,
place it in the cellar, and they
will be found right in the spring.
"When this moss is not to be
had, the next best plan, we think,
is to tie the gratis in a loose
bundle, place in a box, nail Stats
over the top, dig a hole in the
ground to a depth Of two feet, in
we'll drained situation, put The
box therein, the slat side down,
and cover all with earth. They
will thus be kept uniformly moist
and fresh, and come out plump
and in good condition in the
spring. Indeed, gratis some
what dried may thus often be
brought back to their normal
state !; nevertheless, we prefer
moss when it is to be had. Mild
weather, late in the fall or early
winter, is the proper time to cut
gratis"
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JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS
PROB.aTE S.4LE.

Succession Of Marie Azenaide Mouton.
deceased wife Of DoIsin Herpin.
10y virtue of decree and order of the Parish
- Court of the parish of Lafayette, dated the
- day OF February, 1873, end commission tc
me directed ordering the sale of all the proper
ty and rights Of the late Marie AzenaIde Mouton
will offer for sale, according to law at public
auction, to the last aud highest bidder, at the
last domicil of deceased, in this parish, Oh
Thursday the l4th Of March, 1873,
the following described property belonging to
the aforesaid succession, to-wit:
One hundred and twelve arpents o.
prairie aud wood land, more or less, bounded
north by land Of Aladdin Herpin. east by land
Of Don Louis Celestin, south by land of Mathews
aud west by the bayou Vermilion in said tract
of land thus numbered and described there are
seventeen arpents of wood.
Forty eight orpents. mere or less, OF
prairie land, bounded north by land Of Aladdin
Herpin, east by land of same. south land Of La
neuville and west by land Of Victor Lacouture
Three soauH buildings, THO beds and
bedding, One pair Of creole horses,
One llow and one horrow, One lot
Of furniture and cooking utensils,
One saddle, 1'wo mare colts, One
Branding Iron, One Clock
TERMS-CAsH on the dav Of sale.
II. EASTIN, Sheriff.
Feb. 9. 1878.
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AN ANCIENT FoRr.-Near Newport
| Wayne County, Ind, are the remains o
an ancient fort, which the 'oldest inhabi'
tant" found when he settled up the coun-
try. but of the origin of which not the
remotest tradition existed among the In,
dians who roamed through that part of the
State. Half century ago, when the dol.
lar Of the daddies was taken into respect
able society by the ancestors of its present
enemies, the walls Of earth stood six to
eight feet above the ground around them,
but these have been IeveIed BY the pIow,
until they are scarcely highter than the
wheat field in which they are located.
The Richmond Palladium describes it I:
"Withio the fort the ground is cultivated,
and when grass is growing there a
large ring or circle can De seen in it. 1t
lis perfectly round, about forty feet in
diameter, and the band is about forty five
wide. 1t is distinguished by the rank
growth of the straw, its darker color, and
a singular habit it has of lying down.
Before the heads are tear full the stalks
bend over, and soon the whole band is
lying in undulating billows of green straw
on the ground. The heads always lie
with the circle and always in the same
direction, so that one branch overaps the
one before it. The heads never fall out
side of or in the space inclosed by the
band, and the effect is beautiful. Children
think that a company of fairies frequent It
on bright summer nights, and chase the
mooEbeams around it,
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When Governor Gerry managed Mas.a
chusett>, country deacon happened to
catch a fine salmon, and, knowing that the
Governor had peculiar liking for that sort
Of fish. he determined to present it to him
So the salmon was carefully packed, and
the deacon, in the absence Of railroads,
started in bis wagon for Boston. On the
journey be stopped to dine, and, telling at
the table his errand in regard to the fish, a
practical joker present could not resist the
temptation Of slipping out to the wagon
and changing the salmon for a poor cod
fish. The unconscious deacon went on to
the Governors house, and, after annoanc-
ing his gift. the two worthless opened the
box. and discovered the favorous Goldfish.
Mortified, the poor deacon started for home
wth his Goldfish, and stepping for lunch
at his dining place, the wag secretly Re
moved the Goldfish and replaced the sal
mon. When he reached home, the dea
con monrnfnIIy told the story to An incred-
u'ous wife, who had herself backed the sal.
mon; they opened the box together. The
deacon stared. SWELL, you are a pretty
good salmon when you are in the country
said he; 'but when you are in Boston you
are miserably poor goldfish"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-02-16

FENcEs.-It is said that the
fences in this country cost more
than all the houses whether
this is strictly true or not, it is
beyond question that their first
cost is immense, and that a vast
expense is yearly incurred TO
keep them in repair and what
makes a bad matter a great deal
worse is the fact that a la!ge part
of this expense might be avoided.
Farmers have built too many
fences some of these are not
merely useless, but are a positive
disadvantage. They take up
considerable land which ought
to be under cultivation, but from
which nothing of value is obtain
ed. and they are in the way
about cultivating and harvesting
Tic SlOPo.
In some places these evils are
so strongly manifested as to lead
to marked deduction in the
number.of fences. In some parts
Of Massachusetts, this is true to a
great extent, a great number OF
roadside fences having been re-
moved and many inside fences
have been taken away. Where
stone walls abonna it is some-
what difficult to follow this cx-
ample, but wooden fences can
easily be removed. For many
purposes large fields are better
than small ones ; if they were
not, it is a question whether any
advantage which small fields
could furnish would be sufficient
to justify the great expense Of
fencing them-Dirigo Rmal
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How FAR Ten DOLLARS WILL Co.
Mr.. Brown kept boarders. Around his
table Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. An
drews, the village 'nil|iner, Mr.. Black, the
baker, Mr.. Jordan, a carpenter, and Mr.
Had!ey, the Aonr and lumber merchant.
Mr.. Brown took out of his pocketbook a
ten dollar note and handed it to Mrs
Brown, saying:
"Here, my dear, are ten dollars toward
the twenty l promised you.'
Mrs. Brown handed it to Mrs. Andrews,
the mil|iner, saying:
'That pays for my bonnet"
Mrs. Andrews said to Mr.. Jordan, as
she handed him the note:
"That will pay for your work on my
counter"
Mr.. Jordan handed it to Mr.. Hadley
the -four and lumber merchant, requesting
his lumber bill.
Mr.. HadIey gave the note back to Mr.
Brown, saying:
THAT pays ten dollars on my board"
Mr.. Blown passes it to his wife, with
the remark that that paid her the twenty
dollars he had promised. She paid it to
Mr.. Black to settle her bread aud pastry
account, who handed it to Mr.. Hadley,
wishing credit for the amount on his -four
bill he again returned it to Mr.. Brown
with The remark that it settled for that
months board; whereupon Mr.. Brown
pu: it back into his pocketbook, exclaim
ing that he "never thought ten dollar
bill would 90 SO far"
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Che Gafapette Aouertiser.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of tie Parish Of LAFAYETTE
and Of the Town Of VERMILI0NVILLE,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY
WNI. II. BAILEY
TERMS.

TERMS
SUBSCRIPTION DOLLARS per annum
in ADVANCE For six months, ST IS.
--ADvERrIsING-
Per Square, 40 lines or 'less) 81 90
Announcement of candidates for office $40 90
No credit will be given for Advertising or job
work. except by special agreement
Cards stating merely the names, business and
place of residence, with paper included, Twelve
Dollars per annum.
All advertisements not marked. will be pub
lished until forbid and charged for accordingly.
~ Alljudicial advertisements must be paid
for on the last day of publication. or on the day
Of sale. No advertisement will be inserted unless
security is given, or amount Of costs deposited.
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Attention, License Payers
February 9, 1873.

TAKE NOTICE, that have received from
i Auditor Jumel blank Licenses for 1873,
with instructions to proceed at once to the col
lection of the same, You are expected to pay
up promptly and avoid costs.
The following Trades and Professions require
license in order to pursue the same Merchants,
Peddlers, Retail Liquor Dealers, Livery Stables,
Lawyers, Physicians, Druggists. etc.. etc.
D. A. COCHRANE,
Jan. 26, 1873 Tax Collector.
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Rochester is worrying over al
historical question Of pressing
interest DR.. Mary Walker >
age. A picture-frame dealer IN
State street affirlns that III 1853
or 1856 he framed a parchment
diploma which certified that DR..
Mary Walker, splnster, was en-
titled to practice medicine.
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Too Anxious.

An English paper relates the
following story Of keen bidding.
A certain east of London Jewish
firm had received a commission
from Birmingham to sell a batch
| Of 100000 Sniders. The other
day a stout, foreign looking indi-
vidual called, saw the patterns,
and agreed to buy the whole lot
at a certain price. His offer was
accepted and he went away,
agreeing to call next day, pay a
deposit and conclude the affair.
An hour or two after he left,
another person, also foreigner,
called and offered an advance of
nearly twenty per cent. upon the
price agreed or by the first pur-
chaser. The Hebrew dealer said
he Gid not feel bound to sell to
any one who had not paid a de-
posit, and that ifpurchaser num-
ber two paid his deposit before
purchaser number one the mus
kets would be his. Number two
went away, saying he would be
back again in an hour and bring
with him the deposit money re-
quired. He had hardly left the
counting. room when third par
ty put in an appearance, offering
more by nearly ten per cent,
than number two, and more by
about thirty per cent than num-
ber one. Moreover, he brought
with him, in bank notes, a con-
siderable sum, which he paid
down as a deposit. The arms
were then said to be his, and the
usual sale-note duly made out.
1t afterward turned out that all
the three purchasers were agents
or brokers for the same firm, and
that IN their eagerness to obtain
their commission they had been
bidding against each other.
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Samuel j. Norwood. No. 29O7.
pY virtue of two writs of &. IA. issued in the
ID above entitled causes. out Of the Honorable
District Court, in and for the parish of Lafa-
yette and State of Louisiana, and to me directed,
there will be exposed at public sale at the Court
House, in the town of Vermilionville, on
Saturday 18th day Of March, 1878,
between the hours Of IL o'clock A. N. and 4
o'clock P. NJ, FOR CASH, all the right, title,
interest and demand of Samuel J. Norwood, the
defendant in and to the following described
property, to-wit
A tract of land containing Eighty
superficial acres bounded north and south by
public land, west by land Of Emlien Lagrange
and east by public land, being the East half of
S W quarter, Sec. 80 T.9 SR3E
Another tract Of land on Queue Tortue
measuring one arpent front by forty in depth,
bounded above by lend of Emile 5onnier and
below by land fornerlp Of Joseph Guidry, now
Antoine Fontcnot.
Another tract of land. being the West
Of the North west quarter Of section 80 in town.
ship No 8, South of srange No 3 East, in South
western land district of Louisiana, containing
two hundred and forty $4,000 acres.
II. EASTIN, Sheliaf.
February 9, 1873.
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':Boys," said a south side school teacher

BOYS said south side school teacher
tknowisdge never CONES without seeking.
Stick pin there Aud then as he got
up from his sea, like jack in the box, he
offrred a reward Of fiye-dnl!ars for the boy
who had stuck pin thrse, and one of the
boys held up his hao,l aud said the teacher
wHs wrong. e. bad no knowledge Of that
pia 10 bis char, had not sought il, and
yet it came.-Haaokeve.
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M.aSON.IC.

~ STATED MEETINGS Of Hope Lodge No.
!" 145, F. A. NJ, for 1878, will be held at
their Hall in vermilonville. February 16
March 10; April l3 May IL; June 8 and "a ;
july l3 August 10 September !; October 5;
November 3 !; December and ~.
J. D. TRAHAN, Secretary.
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TURKISH JUsr1cE.-The Albany Law
Journal prints the following extract from
Constantinop!e letter. 1t gives very
correct idea Of the manner il which JUS
tice ~ is administered by many Turkish
officials:
"To Turk court Of justice, in the
American acceptance Of the term, is a
thing unknown. They never finish a
cause at the first hearing, nor do they
render an immediate decision /; bu. after
all the testimony has been offered the kadi
Gudge) adjourns the further trial of the
action until some further time, for the
known purpose Of affording the |itigants
an opportunity Of making him presents
These he accepts from both parties. and
in ninety-nine cases out of hundred the
DECISION is in favor of the person whose
gift is the most valuable There used to
be Judge named Kaimil Pasha (he is
dead now) who did not go through the
formaity Of listening to the evidence.
lie was therefore regarded by the common
people as the most learned kadi that ever
hved, for, said they, he understands the
Koran SO thoroughly that he could render
decision before q 'partcle Of testimony
had been presented by either party"
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How ARrEMus WARD WRorE,--A
friend of Artemus Ward who was with
him on the Cleveland PIaindealer for some
time, says ne used to be incessanty whit.
Ting his chair and desk. His manner ol
writing was as peculiar as everything else
about the man. His mission in life seem.
ed to be to hunt up funny things. When
he found them, out Of his own head or else
where, he himself enjoyed them bette,
than any one else. As he sat writing
when the funny idea struck him, he would
laug', with guffaw which seemed to
shake him from his heels upward. He
sat in an arm chair, always with his left
!eg swung over the arm Of his chair.
When the joke came, be used to pound the
table with his fist. slap the long, thin leg
that hung over the chair, and explode with
laughter. 1t was his habit to share good
joke with his associates in the office at
once. BE loved sympathy, as if he had
been 4 woman. and seemed to stand as
much in need Of it. He wrote rather
rapidly, and writing seemed to come easy
to him. He laughed nearly all the time
he was writing.
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Spurgeon says he has often thought,
when hearing certain preachers Of high
order speaking to the young, that they
must have understood the Lord to say
Ed my cameIopards." instead Of feed
nv lumbs." for nothing but giraffes could
reach any spiritual food from, the lofty
rack on which they place.
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The Matchbox, the wall, and
The carpet are the three substan-
ces upon which the average wo-
man will consent to light
match, and it should be noticed,
as curious and yet unexplained
fact, that no woman, in any cir
cumstances, dreams of lighting
matches on the under side of a
marble mantel-piece. Man, on
the othe. hand, regards the
mantel-piece as the natural COM
|pletement Of the match, and if
he happened to be near one
when about to light a match,
uniformly scratches it On the
u.der side Of the marble. Some
men prefer to light matches on
the soles Of their boots, except,
Of course, when the soles in
question are damp. The vast
majority of male human beings,
whether men. boys, or advocates
of female dress reform, light
their matches on their trousers.
A tramp walked into a Third
street bank. and, stepping up 10
the counter, said: May | ask
you a question, sir 2. "Yes. but
be quick about it," said the
clerk. Il want to know if all
the greenbacks haze been retired
from circulation" said the tramp,
with very anxious air. "Oh,
no. replied the clerk "there
are about four hundred and fifty
millions Of them yet" Thanks,
tha,ks," said the man, with visi~
BILE emotion. You take a load
off my mind. It is so long since
| have seen one that was afraid
they had all been retired" And
then he slowly ret red himself
Somebody has sent to this office tract
emitted: What is it to be Damned y
Such III rg< are useless to newsp 'per men.
III of the profession wlo have been any
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Somebody has sent to this Office tract
emitted: What is it to be Damned y
Such tn rg+ are useless to newsp 'per men.
All of the profession wlo have been any
length Of time engaged in it are very well
aware what it is.-Boston Transcript.