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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-01-19
Ambrose Lacour, clerk.
Fl. B. Lyons, constable.
NJ. G.. Broussard, Treasurer.

NJ: y. bIUUSodIu, ITUISuTeT.
Their salaries were fixed at the
same rate as last year.
Art. 4. Resolved that the bal.
ance remaining out of the tax col
lector's and assessors fund, after
deducting $4oo 90, be and the
same is hereby transferred to the
Police Jury fund, and appropria-
ted to meet the payment Of claims
against said Police Jury fund.
The following claims were al
lowed and ordered to be paid out
Of their respective funds
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of genuine worth, and at prices
unprecedented.
This fine copy Of piece Of Natures
grandest work, is ret presented in lhe
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size, in itself
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graced by its presence.
But few copies of this beautiful Chrome
Will be allowed 70 go to the retail, stores,
and those will be sold at their
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while, if ordered in connection with ouI
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for the Magazine at s1.00 each, or by
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IN advance. atone dollar per annual.
Address.
WOODS HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE.
Newbargh, n. Y.
:. ii. SHUTEs, Publisher. sep-'73
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Official Directory.

District Judge.
ERAsTE MoUToN.
District Attorney.
J. A. CHARGo1s.
Clerk Of District Court,
LAsTIE BRCTssApD.
Representative.
ADRIEN NUNEz.
Parish Judge.
WILLIAM KIBBE.
Parish Attorney.
W. A. WHITE.
Sheriff.
G. B. SHAW.
Recorder.
LEO PERREr.
Tax-Collector.
j. S. NUNEz.
Police Jury.
HOWARD HoFFPAU1R President,
5. WISE, D. 0. BRoUssARD
f. D. LELEU, n. PERRY.
Town Council.
LEoNcE PGRRET, Mayor.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD, j. ABADIE,
5. WISE, J. BoYANCE
GEO. E. Lyons, Constable.
Justices Of the Peace, Sd. Ward
T. B. PATTGN, W. A. WHITE.
Dep'ty. U. S. Surveyors
T. FERAY.
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Police Jury fund 1877.
G NJ Eldridge s 9 60
Solomon Wise s 90
Nathan Perry Il 90
Ambrose Lacour 100 90
D 0 B.cussard 6 40
NJ G Broussard 100 90
Il s Lyons 25 90
Contingent fund 1877
J G Brookshior 2 SO
Solomon Wise 5S 90
Criminal prosecution fund 1874.
S Wise, aGmr sue D Wells 2 so
Same fund 1877.
G B Shaw 27o 90.
G G Duson shift St Landry 46 GO
Parish & Dist Atty fund 1877.
W \ White salary to December
5lst 1877. 20 I62
For satisfactory reasons, One
sine Broussard, jr. was relieved of
the payment Of his parish taxes for
the year 1874. on $40 as errone-
ously assessed.
On motion Of Mr.. Wise, the
Jury adjourned to meet on the
lst Monday Of February next.
n. PERRY, President.
A. LACoUR, Clerk.
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and American

Casilneros,
Ladies Dress Goods,
Cloaks, Shawls,
Notions of al descriptions,
Calicos, Best American Brand
Cotton, RIeached and Brown.
Alpacas Of al, shades, Flanneis.
Opera, Plain 4 Colored Checked.
Ladies ere respectfully solicited
to call ana examine my stock and
no trouble will be saved to show
al! articles which they desire to
examine, to price or purchase.
CIothings OF all descriptions
Gentlemen's Shirt,
Underwear,
and all kinds
OF Furnishing :
Ladies. Goods,
Misses, Men
and Boys
Boots & Shoes.
Hardware, the latest improve
ments in utensils.
sadd!ery, Crockery Tinware,
A fine stock Of fresh family gro
cerics,
Tobacco, chewing 6 smoking,
segarG, pipes, &c.
Sole agent for the celebrated
WEED Sc WING MACHINE.
the simplest. cheapest and most
durable Of the kind.
siy atoek is now entirely .Nc'o
and complete, ard every one rich
and poor, white and colored are
welcome to enter and see fer them
selves.
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The Jury then adjourned to
Monday the Sd day Of December
1877.
HOWARD HoFFpAUIR, President.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD, elk. pro TEN.
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3 I 5 0.

= Newbargh, n. Y.
;. II. SHUTEs, Publisher. sep-'T3
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-09-07

A BEREAvEp MoruER's CuRsE.-The
family history of Sir Capel Fitzgerald, the
young baronet arrested for robbing his mis-
tfess Of her jewelry and sovereign, is,
according to a London correspondent, a
strange one, and the scandal will cause
many peasant to cross himself devoutly
and mutter off an ancient prophecy and
heritage Of maIedicton. The yo,rng fel-
lows grandfather was the first baronet, so
created for the bloody part he took in the
horrors which followed the Irish insurrec-
ton of l79s. He was known as Hang
ing" Fitzgerald. The pitch cap, the tri-
angle and lash were part of bis travelling
equipment. One day an old woman ac-
tuaIy kne|t in the blood of her two sons,
whom Magistrate" Fitzgerald had shot
dead at their own door, and, lifting her
hands to heavenI cursed him" to the third
generation, and prophesied death Of dis.
grace to all his race. Twenty five years
later the first object of this malediction
died by his own hand; ten years ago his
son cut his throa: the young bsronet now
in jill is the last of the line.-Bufulo
Express.
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SAN SrEFANo.-San Stefano, which
recent treaty has made historical, was ori.
gina''y colony of fishermen founded by
Neapoitan emigrants, whose descendants
still live there and sell fish and oysters.
1t is delightful retreat. which in summer
attracts foreign merchants and Turkish
functlonaries. 1t is embellished with ar
t'st1c little palaces, and delights in a WE'LL
appointed hotel. The village is situated
little above the level of the sea, and up
on an expansive plain remarkably prolific
of vegetation. A railroad connects San
Stefano with Constantinople, which is
reached in half an hour. The cars traverse
the most picturesque quarter of the city,
that inhabited by Belgian gardeners and
Greek artisans. At the station Of Yoni-
ka'e the traveller sees the ruins Of a wall
which Of old surrounded Byzsntium, and
the Castle Of the Seven Towers, where
Padiscia once confined the representatives
Of the foreign powers that had offended
the Sublime Porte. 1t does not seem th at
any Turks settle at San Stefano. No bars
are seen upon the windows, an evident in
dication that the harem is DOT in vogue
there.
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WHAT ABOUT lr? yesterday when the
black clouds gathered in the north an! be
tokaned the coming Of a thunder storm, a
citizen who was coming down on Jeifer
son avenue car remarked to an ederl y man
beside hin:
"A storm is po,tenaing."
"Hey?' inquired the other.
81 say thefe are tokens Of a storm, con
tinned the first.
'Hry?' was the brisk inquiry again.
appearances Indicate a st"'m y ex'
claimed the citizan, trihs embarrassed
"Hpy2 What did you say about indeIi-
cate2' queriea the other. ..
sThere's going to be thunder storm y
shouted the ci'iz n, dropping his Big words
all of sudden.
"Ah. Now [ understand" said the Old
man, "going to be a thunder storm. W. l.
wha: do you want me TO do about it,
Free Press.
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The Moff.tt reo;star still r,rs =.

The Mofett register still runs its re.
morseless career in Virginia. I. shows
that the good people Of the Old Domin.
ions capital know full we'll how TO crook
the pregnant hinges Of the elbow, for in
the eleven months ending July 81 last the
register shows the consumption of l,443.
945 alcoholic drinks and l,567,leo malt
drinks. netting the handsome total tax of
$43,937.o6. The barkeepers, however,
are beginning to get the hang of the in
s'rument, and it isn't as deadly as it was.
-lExchange.
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SHORTHAND WHITING taught thoroughly, rap
idly and successfully BY MAIL, on very moderate
terms. We guarantee to every student speed
of one hundred and fifty (l50) words per minute
BY our method Of instruction the art may be
learned without difficulty, in less than onehaf the
time usually required. Every person between
the ages OF twelve and fifty years. every Doctor,
Lawyer Merchant. Accountant, Clerk, Mecban-
ic, Farmer, and Lady should send two three cent
stamps for specimens, circular. &c, TO PROF
MARTIN, Principal of the ST. Louis PHONETIC,
INSTITUTE, 2l0 North Third Street. ST. Louis.
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Laughter.

We would rather be poor and merry
than inherit the wealth Of the Indies witt
a discontented spirit. A merry heart and
cheerful spirit, from which laughter
wells up as naturally as bubbles in the
springs Of Saratoga, are worth all the
money-bags, stocks, and mortgages of the
city. The man who laughs is doctor
with a diploma indorsed by the School ol
Nature. His face does more good in a
sick soom than pound of powders or a
gallon of bitter draughts. If things GO
right, he laughs because he is pleased if
they go wrong, be laughs because it is
cheaper and better than crying. Peopl e
are always glad to see him. Their hands
lnstinctiyely go half way out to meet his
grasp, while they turn involuntarly from
the clammy touch of the dyspeptic, who
speaks in the groanipg key. He laughs
you out of your faults, while you never
dream Of being offended with him. 1t
seems as if sunshine came into the room
with him AMI you never know what a
pleasant world you are living in until he
points out the sunny streaks in its pathway.
Who can help loving the whole souled,
genial laughter Not the buffoon, nor
the man who classes noise with mirth, but
the CHEEKY, contented man of sense and
mind A good humo,ed laugh is the key
to all breasts. The truth is, that people
like % be laughed at in genial sort Of
way. If you are making yourself :ridicu
Ious, you want to be told Of it in a pleas
ant manner-not sneered at. And it is
astonishing how frankly the laughing
population can talk without treading on
the sensitive toes Of their neighbors.
Why will people put on long faces when
it is SO much easier and more comfortable
to laugh !? Tears come to US unsought
and unbidden. The wisest art in life is
to cultivate smiles where others shrink
away for fear of thorns.
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The French papers give the particulars
OF curious poisoning case A boy crack.
ed number Of peach stones and ate the
kernels. His parents found him writhing
in agony, and deatl, soon ensued. 1t is
stated that an ounce Of the kernels of
peach stones contains about one grain of
hydrocyanic acid, and that one grain of
the poison will kill an adult person, and
two thirds ofa grain child The girls
and boys should he cautioned against
peach stones.
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| CHINAMEN AT A PICNrC.-lt IS wei
known that most Of the Cinnamon here
abouts have their spiritual wants attended
to at Rev. MiIligan's Reformed Presbyte
rian Church, on Eighth street, Pitts
burg, where large class has been formed
for their instruction. The Sabbath school
picnic was held yesterday at Moyes' Grove
on the West Penn Railroad, and Of course
the principal employees Of the Chinese
lanndries were there. This morning Lo
Wing was met on Federal street by re-
porter and his opinion Of the picnic
obtained.
"How did you enjoy yourself yester-
day 2" asked the scribe.
"WeI|y weIl,' replied the Celestial.
Glow many Cinnamon were there g
"Ninee or ten."
"How did you put in the day 2"
"Oh, played bale, but we'Iy hot.
''Did you play copenhagen with the
girls agg 5 ......5
''Allee samee. nice girls: ask Miss Mag
gle, she know" was the eyasive answer Of
the Chinaman. -5s@ 1=
at was rather hot, wasn't it;"
"Every dav, alice samee; hot as helle,"
was the emphatic and rather unexpected
answer of the model Sunday school
scholar.
The reporter left him and accosted An
other almond Eyed Celestial who had been
there. 4s Esat is Ill.,.
"What did you do at til. picnic yester
day 2" was a~ked.
"Oh, me played copenhagen alice samee
like Mclean Sunday school man"
"Yes, me likee 60 to picnickse.'
He then proceeded on his way Ale
gheny Mail.
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AN INTERESTING H1sroR1cAL RELIC

| AN INTERESTING H1sroR1cAL Relic
The Western New Yor ker has the follow
ing: Last week huge section of the
famous big tree" Of Genesee was trans
ferred from the homestead of the II
Jas. w. Waasworth to the Indian Council
house grounds situated on the hills over
looking Glen Iris at Portage This tree,
renowned in historical annals, stood close
on the banks of the Genesee River at
Genesee. Some years ago, notwi,hstand
ing the efforts to save it by piles driven
along the bank, it was undermined by a
flood, to the great regret Of those interest,
ed in its preservation. 1t was at one
time insured by Mr.. Wadsworth against
floods in the sum Of $500. On its fall,
its immense bole was cut up into sections.
wEich have, up to the present time. been
preserved with great care by the Wads-
worth family Through their liability
and laudab'e desire to link together in a
still more permanent form the Indian his
tory Of Genesee County, the section refer
red to has been donated by them to the
already large collection of Indian and
pioneer relics of the Genesee Valley coun-
try by Hon. VIM. p. Letchwor.h. NJ.
L. is about erecting a stone structure rs
safe depository for these historic remains,
in which the names of donors and the his
tory Of each article will be recorded.
This tree was associated with the great
Indian Treaty Of 1899, by which was
conveyed to the white people all the terri
tory lying between the Genesee River and
Lake Erie. and the Pennsylvania border
and Lake Ontario. the Indian reservations
excepted. 1.-THE White Woman" tract,
containing about eighteen thousand acres,
was also conveyed to her at this time.
Thomas Morris, son of Robert Morris,
on :hs occasion his fathers
interest, jeremiah Wadswo'th represented
the United States, and General William
Shepherd Massachusetts,. Red Jacket,
Corn Planter, Farmers Brothers and all
the principal chiefs Of the Seneca Nation
participated in the treaty. Through the
courtesy Of the officials Of the Erie Rail-
way Company the transfer from Avon to
Portage of this section Of the "Big Tree"
which weighed several tons, was made free.
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Che lafapette Aouertiscr.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of The Parish Of LAFAYETTE
and Of the Town Of VERMILI0NVILLB,


TERMS
Observation-Disclosures DOLLARS per annum
in ddvd,ace. For six months. 81 IS.
--ADyERrISING-
Per Square, 90 lines or css). 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 annurn.
All advertisements not marked, will be pub
lished until fol bid 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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Not many years since certain miners,
working far underground came upon the
body Of poor fellow who had perished in
the s"ffocating pit forty years before.
Some chemical agent to which the body
had been subjected-an agent prepared in
the laboratory Of nature--had effvctuaIIy
arrested the progress Of decay. They
brought it up to the surface, and for a
while, till thoroughly exposed to the at
nosphere, it lay-the image Of fine,
sturdy young man. No convu!sions had
passed over his face in death-the features
were tranquil the bair black as jet. No
one recognized the face; generation had
grown up since the miner went down into
the pit for the last time. But tottering
old woman who hurried from her cottage
on hearing the news, came up, and she
knew again the face through all these long
y.ars she had not forgotten. The miner
was to have been her husband on the day
after that on which be had died. There
was no dry eyes when the grey haired old
pilgrim cast herself upon the youthful
corpse and poured into the deaf ear many
words Of endearment unused for forty years.
It was a touching contrast-the one so
old, the other so young. They had both
been young these long years ago, but time
had gone on with the living and stood
still with the dead
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A big Yankee from Maine on paying his
biz in London restaurant, was told that
the sum pnt down didn't include the
waiter. wal" he roared Il 5dn't eat
any waiter, did Z" He looked as though
he could though, and there was no further
discussion.
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WILLIAM CAMPBELL, JR.,
COL[ECTDR

NTILL give prompt attention to all accounts
w or notes placed in bis hands for collection.
The very best references can be given, if re-
qnired.
in Accounts or notes left at Mr.. Pellerins store,
Vermilionylle, will receive immediate atten-
tion. March II, 1871
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A head eqnal to the greatest events,
and Il heart superior to the strongest temp
tations, are qualities which may be pos
sessed SO secretly that mans next door
neighbor shall not discover them until
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The Havkeye reports tha. several
Americans have been gnilIotinei in Paris
fo' pers;sting in speaking the French Ian.
guags. The French government jastifes
'ts course by SAYING The people of France
can't stand everything
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-09-07

Wine'heightens Indifference into love,
o:e into jealousy, and jealousy into mad.
ness. 1t often turns the good natured
man into An idiot, and the choIeric into An
assassin. 1t gives bitterness to resentment,
it makes vanity insupportabie, and dis.
plays every little spot Of the soul in its
utmost eformity.-Adlison
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-09-07

The human heart yearns for the beauti-
faI in all ranks Of life The beautiful
things that God makes are his gift TO all
alike. know there are many Of the poor
who have fine feeling and keen sense of
the beautiful, which rusts out and dies be-
cause they are too hard pressed to procure
it any qualification.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-09-07

A Connecticut lover. young and entbn-
sastic, who sang and played for nearly
two hours before the house Of his adv
love the other evening, WAS e,eetfifiel-
that is shockrd-after short pause, ,y a
cordial thank you. gracefully pronounc.
ed by The other fellow" Who app ,arvd a.
the drawing room window, -
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.M.1SOAIC..

- STATED MEETINGS Of Hope Lodge No
!" I45, F. A. NJ. for 1878, will be held a
their Hall in Vermilionville, February Is
March l6; April l3; May IL June and "a
July Is August 10; September Z October 5
November 8; December and ~.
]. D. TRAHAN, Secretary.
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The Koran say: BE good to parents
and kindred, to orphans, to the poor, and
to neighbor, whether he be Of your own
people OF stranger; also, to a fell, W
/ aaele,. wayfarer OF a slave.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-09-07

A wise man doubteth; a fool rage,h. and
is confident the novice saith. an, sure
that it is 50; the better learned answers,
Peradventu'e it may be 50, but | prlthee
inquire. Some men are drunk with fancy,
and mad with opinion. 1t is little lean
ing. and but little, which makes men con
c'uae hastily. Experience and humility
ach modesty and fear.-Jeremy Taylor.
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List Of Jurors

DRAWN to serve as Grand and Petit Jurors
for the term Of the District Court commencing
on the 2lst day Of October, A. D., 1873.
For the First Week
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,un,a,ys a. A. WooDS
,ss...s''
q VELsHANs & WOODS,
INSURANCE AGENTS.

INSURANCE AGENTS.
mn. RIVER and MARINE.
I,s Gravier St., New Orleans.
Opposite Cotton Exchange.
ego
r,rv,itcr's. Agency, Of New York
Assets, S 3500O00
a,.n ii fI,ivcrpool and London. $40 100000
,s ss,.;.an Central Of St. Louis S 1875, 900
aarnerciaI asni Union Assurance Co.,
'sA' ' Of London, Assets, Sl7,7l4.5.S
cr,.u American. Of New York $ 100000
s,, mi d Liverpool s25,5ol, 1868
s<s.s,adle <..dl Mutual Insurance Co.,
OF New York Assets. $ 100000
laFire and River Losses promptly adjusted
il aid in New Orleans.
Nv I 10 A. J. MOSS. Agent,
!. Xxx gs 1871. Vermilionvillc, La.
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Josh Biliings makes $4,000 year BY
bad speftiug.
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JOHySOl'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
21O & 212 N. Third Street,
lst Building South oihs Post Office. ST.. LOUIS
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
Open D,y and Night all the Year.
$4,000 aaFull Course Of Double Entry Bookkeeping
re- Send two s cent stamps for specimens OF
Business, Ornamental, Shorthand
Writing and Cirulars, ETC., etc.
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Police .ysx,u PrOceefFiugs.

Pursuant to a call Of the President, the Police
Jury met at the Court House on Wednesday the
18th day Of August, 1878. Members present !:
Onez. BroussarG, president, Adolphe Comeaux.
M. g. Broussard and Alfred Peck Absent
Aurelien Primeaux
The President stated the object Of the meeting
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FOR SaLE
"a -
4. ]. MOSS,
VsrueiliO,sUiile, LM.,

scsRya Agency FIR Insurance,
M Estate and Collections.
Nhilcwins pieces of property situated in
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-21

If the Herald is 10 be believed the Press
and Dako.alan has, through the in,erven-
ton of the clergy. become q recent convert
70 the proposition to make citizens of H.
dians. But We are of the opinion that the
Herald's words will hardly be deemed re.
liable in this instance. Citizenship for the
Indian has long been a favorite idea with
the people Of the west and we have shared
With them in the belief that it was a posi-.
Bile solution of many Of the difficulties en-
countered in the effort 10 bring the Indians
under subsection and render them useful to
themselves and less of a burden upon tax
paying whites. The Herald travels a long
distance away from the point under discus.
sion in its attempt to manufacture political
capital. When we said we did not agree
with the democratic idea that the removal
Of the Indians from the Sioux reservation
was in accordance with our commercial ir.
%tereste. it was not supposed that we would
be understood as opposing the transforma.
ton Of the Indian into a citizen. The two
subjects are so far apart that we did not
deem It possible for our contemporary to get
them together and blend them into one. But
1t seems that we were mistaken. Their
mixing up capacity is exceedingly great.