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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-17
is the best possible guarantee Of profit

is the best possible guarantee of profit
to the producer"
Southern farmers. of all the class, are
especially in need of learning the les
sons taught in this article and while
It may be true that even they "have
always understood the Importance of
economy" which. however, we do not
take to be the case. it is manifestly
true that they have failed as a class,
to practice it to the highest advantage.
It seems to be q lesson hard to learn,
that not only is the mere keeping Of
the money which comes into ones pos
session and not spending it, not true
economy, but the truest economy is the
jud,cious spending of it. There are
other things, as keeping up the produc-
tiveness of the soil.
As many are in the habit of saying,
if not really thinking. that the plans Of
farming pursued in other regions, and
upon other crops, with success, cannot
be profitably applied in the South, we
quote An article from the Upton Coun-
ty Record:
I'VE have an English farmer living a
few miles from town. He has pursued
the same plan of farming here as in the
old country This season he has gath
cred sixty bushels of corn per acre
from q field that four years ago would
hardly sprout peas. He saves all the
manure. placing it in pits dug for the
purpose never burns . cotton or corn
stalk never sells q bushel of cotton
seed spends tn. wet days in hauling
the rich earth from the fence corners
and spreading it over the poor spots.
He says he can pay two dollars for q
two-horse load of stable manure and
double his money. This is the kind OF
! farming we need in this country"
The moral of this is obvious what
an Englishman can do, an American
can do, and if Southern farmers cannot
do what Northern, Eastern or Western
farmers can, then let it be said to their
eternal shame.-So.llhern Farmer.
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BERKSHIRE AND ESSEX PIGS.

Thoroughbred and scclimated. Without
doubt the best breed for the South. The
subscriber breeds from the finest and best
bred imported Berkshires and their pro-
chester Cardiff,'' "Robin Hood, % "Toplash,"
.'Stumpy," "Sweet Seventeen" strains.
Has three fine boars at the head of the
herd. Stock entered for the third volume
"American Berkshire Swine Record" where
none but thoroughbred stock are admitted.
Pigs for sale at all times, as good as can
be found in the United States Price,
boxed and delivered at Trenton or Monroe,
La, $25 per pair.
For further particulars address
G. 7. HINES, M. D.,
Doa0nsViUe, Union Parish, La.
References given if desired.
February %, 1878. 1y
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MISCELLANEOUS,
] OUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE,,
BATON ROUGE, La,

BATON ROUGE, La,
Is now in successful operation, with good
prospect of large patronage.
session begins, by law, October o and
Facaities for I,st,uction-very good: an
sors@the number sxp noM ID SOON to be in-
creased; much philosophical and chemical
apparatus; good appliances for instruction
History; library Of fourteen thousand
volumes; and good equipment of small
East and artillery as for military exercises
workshops and an Experimental Farm,
for which l2e acres of good land have been
Course Of Study embraces.a wide field of
1 nt1eratHre and sciences; and parents will
clses are ked as studies, only obligatory
on the cadets who are quartered in the
other students, who board in Baton Rouge.
To become ''student'' or .'cadet." is option
al with the parent.
youths not under fourteen years of age,
who are proficient in the branches Of a
ter at any time during the session, and be
charged only from date of entrance. Stu
dents may be residents of other States.
be received until the Legislature makes I'm
appropriation to pay their expenses.
and sssTution and the use Of library
dents can find good boarding in Baton
Rouge for about SIS month; and those
who form 'messes'' can maintain them
selves for sc to SO month.
Expenses for a Mikitasy Ct1det.-Fixed ex-
penses per month-Board. lodging and SER
want attendance, $!2; washing and mend
ing, 81 SO; fuel and lights, SO cents; medical
attendance, 81; total, SIG; or for the session
OF nine months $l44; or at that rate for part
Of session. Payable monthly in advance.
Contingent expenses per session-estima-
ted-uniform clothing, $47; textbooks and
stationery, SIS; medicines, IS; breakages
and an CONTINGENCIES, 90 tetal 81 Payable
case of withdrawal from the Institution,
cadets will be charged only for the time Of
attendance, except that there will be no re-
mission of fees for tho last two months of
the session.
Location healthy, and desirable for deli
cate youths who may not be able to stand
a colder climate.
For further information, address
D. +. BOYD, President.
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THE BURTON HOE.

Having. purchased the right to sell the
above hoe in y parishes of North Louisi-
Same in the parishes of Lincoln, Morehouse
and Richland. Persons desiring to nego-
tiate for the same will please address me
at Farmerville, or confer with my general
agent, Mr.. Herman Meyer, at Monroe.
Planters in Ouachita will be supplied
Meyer who has the hoe on exhibition and
for sale at the store Of S. Meyer.
J. X. SHULTZ,
Feb. q, 1878. Farmerville La.
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Economy I'm Farming.
Upon the above subject an economical
farmer has the following in the Coun-

Upon the above subject an economical
farmer has the following in the Coun-
try Gentleman
esThe lesson of the times. that saving
II essential to thrift, cannot we'll escape
anv,clsss Of producers. Farmers have
slwsye understood the importance Of
economy, and now that others are
Learning il, win pretty surely be more
etrdnkly Impressed with it's necessity.
Yef e s. true; that all who seek to
prSctice economy will not succeed. and
net lust inference follows that it 10 be-
cause they do not properly understand
in what economy consists.
,s.To very many formers. everything
psid out is .instinctively regarded rs so
much taken from their profits. Except
ing the seed rsown, which they can see
springing up and perfectiDg. its fruits.
there is nothing in farm operations
which they regarded az an investment.
The labor, employed in GUILTY. ating and
harvesting the crop, and building fences
to protect It, and barns to store 1t tue
msture used to enrich the soil. and the
money and labor needed to drain it.
all seem to them to be mere expenses
to be deducted from the crop after sell
ing. and therefore to be everywhere
diminished to the smallest possible
uarxia II is this view which in some
sections Of the country, and among old
foRy farmers. makes the agricultural
population the most prejudiced oppo-
n.nka rf nr0ureaa and improvements
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TIP TOP,


THE CELEBRATED
HARNESS AND SADDLE STALLION,
Will make the present season at my
stable on the Mcclure place. three miles
north east of Monroe, La. His services are
offered at $40 a single leap; $50 the season
or S25 to insure a mare in foal. Money due
when the fact is ascertained or marc parted
with: The colt, in all cases, standing good
for the money.
DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE:
TIP Tor is a beautiful bay, full 16 hands
high, strong and muscular, possessing fine
style and action. Was sired by the world
renowned old Edwin Forrest, owned by
Alexander of Kentucky dam by Excelsior
Morgan grand dam by old Gray Eagle.
PERFORMANCES:
He has taken several premiums at vari-
Gus fairs in kentucky. Also, in st. Louis,
Mo-, and a number of premiums at Column
bia, Fulton and Jefferson City fairs, COM
peting with some of the best trotters in tho
West. He has trOtted a milo in $40.
March 90, 1878. II. w. MCLEOD.
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AnecGlOte of Gen. Lee.

It was in the summer of 1864, while
the armies of the United States and
Confederate States were confronting
each other on the James, below Rich
mond. On a certain day a Federal
attack, which was thought to be a
decoy, was made On the south side of
the river. We thought we saw evil
dences OF real attack on our side.
Occasionally the whole picket-line
Bottom would send 800 pounds crash
ing through the tjmbers in the rear
of what had been Libby's residence,
but was then Gen. Lees headquarters.
At about 2 O'Clock p. m. the artillery
opened on our left. A few minutes
afterward we heard the unmis taka bio
roar of infantry firing. We then knew
that the lines of battle were engaged on
our lett. The pickets opened and kept
up q rapid firing in our front, the gun
boats sending their Internal machines
more frequently. We, the Rockbridge
battery, were ordered to double-quick
into position on Libby's Hill. On our
way up, everything looked as though
we were ON the eve of q terrible conflict
the roar of artillery and infantry, the
rapid movement of troops into line, and
| the solemnity that seemed to have i'm
pregnated the whole atmosphere. As
we passed the Libby House we saw
Gen. Lee in the yard. He was stand
ing just under q low tree, with one arm
extended, as if reaching for something
on the limb. As we got nearer to him,
we could see what he was engaged in
doing at such time. A little bird,
whose mother was just teaching it to
use it's wings, had in its first efforts
fallen to the ground. Its dumb mother,
regardless of the death and carnage
that intelligent man was dealing to his
fellow, was uttering pitiful cries for her
fallen offspring. Gen. Lee reached
down and picked up this little creature,
and when we passed was in the act of
placing it where it's mother could care
for it.-Louisville Courier -Journal
azure, tnat no such issue was ra,s.>.
their candidacy, that no such wish wa
prevalent, and that no reason or pre-
cedent would justify it, we are gravel
told that tsthe people themselves q
not know what they want!" A cor
vention would cost too much! TIL
term of the present officials would b
/ abridged The Louisiana Lotter
. would be abolished! Monopolies woul
, be discontinued and prohibited! Spur
Gus bonds would be repudiated befor
they could be funded and transferred
, Supertluous offices would be done ava
, with! Economy enforced to tho injur
of this or that good officer! And Il thou
, sand and one other equally as unpatr
, otto objections are made.
The amendments are not Demo
I cratic they are n compromise bctwcc
Radicals, office holders and monopc
a lists; devices to perpetuatc as long a
q possible portions of the burdens of
a cans could not sign Or approve, an,
:. that honorable men cannot now sup
port or endure without a burning con
seriousness of shame and degradation.
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Ben Wade, when he was travelling
westward, interviewed a lank country
man peddling cakes at a small station
in the alkai region.
"Well, vas, stranger, l low we've
got jes as fine patch o country as can
be fetched in Americy. I kalculate all
we need is water and good society"
"Humph! that's oil hell needs" an
swered the crusty Senator.
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The Sparta Times, noticing the
impotence of the people out west con-
corning the building of the railroad
from Shreveport to Monroe, under one
or the other of the two charters for a
road from Shreveport, says:
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FOR SALE.

500 feet %sS He yoang
commodious dwelling. cistern, and ali
necessary outhouses, situated 4 mile above
the city of Monroe, fronting on the river, is
for sale. For particulars apply on the
place, or to s. w. Bennett, Jr., designer
and engraver on wood, 81 Camp street,
New Orleans. Dec. IA, 1877.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-04
FENAALOSA,

Will you to marry me?" Those were
The words that, coming from the veranda
IN deep rico voice and most tenderly
lmpassioned tone, broke the capricious
silence that had just then fallen for
moment on the singing and laughing of
the lighted rooms within. Twill YOU
to marry me?"
1t was Ignacio Fenallosa's voice; and
he was repeating q question that, under
various DISCUSSES, he had asked of Chrys-
tie perhaps hundred times before.
Ours was the prettiest, if not the bust
est little village III the world, with all
its empowering green close upon the sea,
and its two great counting houses to
which belonged all the wharves and ware
houses of the South American trade car
rled on there; and this was young
South. American who had come there,
with soae others, in care of the consien-
ees OF the houses at home, for mercan !.
tile and English education. He was
probably progressing reas onably-that
is, we did not know whether he was or
not, Tor we saw little of him-when at
length Cnrystie came home, not as Wild
as hawk, because she was, after ali
more like dove, but shy, startled,
swltt-moving creature, with cloud Of
hair just shade more yellow than flax
en-, with immense dark-lashed eyes that
you took at first for black eyes, till YOU
learned how dark the blue star-lit mid
night sky can be, and with skin where
the rich red came and went like torch
that the wind blows on, tall 1.-THE slen-
der beauty, hayward as the weather.
and born to have her own will.
Fenallosa was strolling by, one Septem-
Der day, as she sprang from the coach and
ran up the cracking path, and threw her
arms round John Allen, her brother-in-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-04

ga MONTH" cried in amazement.
"a month. By that time, you know,
he will be- ~
II shall be married in just tree
weeks" cried Fenallosa. "Your Fourth
was my day Of the independence And
marry in three weeks he did.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-16

Our well known fellow citizen, +. E.
Warren, ESQ.,, and MI. William B.
Miner, yesterday formed a co-partner-
ship under the firm name of Miner &
Warren, in the sheep business, as also
the cultivation and Improvement Of
ranch property. The capital invested
in these two enterprises will exceed
fifty thousand dollars. Three of the
ranches belonging to the firm are in
this Territory and five in Colorado.
Mr.. Warren will, for the most part Of
his time, remain in Cheyenne to look
after the interests of his mammoth
furniture establishment, while Mr..
Miner will act as superintendent and
general business manager for the stock
and ranch firm, Of which he is the
senior member. Mr.. Warren starts out
this morning on a little tour of inspec.
tion among the ranches above named.
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District Court.


Hon. E. Ii. N. Patterson, Of the
Georgetown (Col.) Miner, was one of the
many visitors to our city on the Fourth,
After he returned home he wrote the
following:
Our wicked partner determined that
we should take in the Cheyenne tourna-
ment, promising on his part to suffer
all the purgatorial t0rments Of August
in Pueblo, when the f1remen assembled
there to swelter and sweat, and cuss
and contest for the State championship.
Arriving in Cheyenne we looked around
the city, where we found a number of
Colorado acquaintances. Our special
thanks are due, in this connection, to
j. p. G. Poulton, ESQ.,, of THE LEAD
Err, and to Col. E. p. Snow, an old
timer in Cheyenne, for many courtesies
and kind attentions, without which
we might have shared the fate of other
"innocents abroadv and have become
the victim to the wiles of q strange city.
With such guides, philosophers and
friends, however, we were safe from
temptation in all its hydra-headed
forms. To relieve the fevered blood,
running full-pulsed under the stimula-
tion Of the hot weather, we took a car
riage and drove out to Fort Russell, a
beautiful post; to the lake which. though
artificial, is Cheyenne's boast; and
through the streets of the city. We
recognized some of the old buildings
which were "big things eleven years
ago, when we drove into Cheyenne
with a mule team from the lend of the
Union Pacific track then forty miles
to eastward; we saw also what did moi
then exist, large brick business blocks,
costly and handsome residences, foul
fine churches, a large and elegant schoo
building and a model court house. The
fact is, Cheyenne Is putting on metro
politan airs, and having secured good
water works will soon be able to grow
shade trees, which at present It is a.
destitute Of as is our own Silver Queen
The people are enterprising, hospitabl,
and intelligent and SO far as we coult
see, as moral as the average.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-16

Lager beer, formerly the beverage OF
Germans only, is now the favorite
drink Of Americans throughout the
land. The quality Of this beverage Is
being improved every year, and recent
analytical tests have convinced even
the most skeptical that the beer which
Is known in the market as "Budweiser
Beer" does not contain the least inju
rious~ ingredient; but on the contrary la.
many health giving and health restoring
qualities. The celebrated "Budweisel
Beer" which has gained so great apop.
ularity abroad, Is now for the first time
introduced in bulk In this section Of
the country, Col. L. Murrin, of this
city, having been appointed sole agent
for it In Wyoming Territory.
The "Budweiser Beer" is specially
brewed for the trade Of C. Conrad &
Co., st. Louis, according to the Bud
weiser" process, from Saarzer hons and
bohemian barley, and is warranted to
keep in any climate. For the use NJ
families and the invalid it is specially
adapted, 1t beng recommended by the
best physicians. Every family should
have q case Of 1t in the house. Send
your orders to L. Murrin's warehouse,
Seventeenth street. jy6-tf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-16
PERSONAL

Mr.. Scion Burgess is now a railroad
man.
Col. W. D. Pease has returned from
Fort Collins.
Peter Simmons returned yesterday
from Deadwood. -
J.. J. Matthews, of the Gratiot Mich
Journal, is in the city.
Chief Justice Fisher returned on
Sunday from court at Evanston.
e. K, Gilbert, Of the Powell survey
ing expedition, is at the Railroad
House.
Col. Simeon Smith, paymaster U. S.
A., was among the passengers on the
west bound train yesterday.
Mrs. J, B. Orman, sister to Mrs. G.
b. Simpson, who has been visiting
here, started for Pueblo yesterday. y
b. F. Hotel, now of Fort Collins,
but formerly Of this city, came up on
the Colorado Central yesterday and
took his rations at the Railroad House.
Judge J. R. Whitehead, who has
recently returned from Washington,
dropped in and paid us,a visit yester-
day Tho Judge says that after taking
a short rest he will return to Dead
wood.
Assistant Superintendent J. T. Clark,
of the Union Pacific railroad, arrived
here yesterday evening from Omaha.
Col. G. W. Fisher, the new Superin-
tendent Of the Laramie Division, ar
rived on Sunday.
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not only changed hands, but also its
name. 1t Is now called the Wyoming
Stage company. Peter Hines is re-
tanned as local agent at Green River,
but all the other old employees have
been discharged, and new ones put in
their places.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher left for
San Francisco, Monday. He has with
him three lectures, s1Tne Ministry Of
Wealth, . 'sHard Times'' and Wastes
and Burdens Of Society"
Several members Of the Hayden sur
veying expedition arrived In the city
yesterday and are stopping at the Rail
road House. Among the number we
notice VIM. H. Holmes, DR.. A. G.
Peale, ). E. Mushback, Russell West,
Clifford Richards and Nelson W. Perry.
It was a wish of Bryant, they say,
that he might die in June. We never
thought seriously enough on the subject
to insist on a time, but so far as we
have any preference, to be definite
about 1t, we have always thought we
would like to die on the 30tl of Febru-
airy.
Since the Sun changed to an evening
sheet the ~compositors don't have to
work % nights. Last night was their
first one off duty; they retired early but
couldn't sleep; then they arose, donned
their clothes and went forth to -
Heaven only knows-probably in
search of the eclipse. Such is the
force of habit.
A Denver exchange describes a base
ball game between the Cheyenne Reds
and the Deserets. Rather early, ISM
it? Our boys don't start for Mormon
dom until Saturday. Those who will
go are Rogers, Turck, Whitley, Dim
mick, Pond, Topping, Garnett, sey'
mour, Jones and Murray.
Robert Searight, a nephew Of Mr.. G,
A. Starlight, sustained yer injuries
Sunday morning last on Pole creek, b,
means Of his horse stumbling and fall
ing upon him. He was brought to tn
city, received medical aid, and will
soon be able again to transact business
So saith the Evening Sun. 50 #
Congress having appropriated $40, 90
to remove White River Agency to Pow
ellis valley, fifteen or twenty miles be
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-16
DIED IN THEIR BOOTS.
Two Horse Thisves Caught and
Killed on the Arkansas.
One Of Them Found 10 b Young
Woman IN Disguises.a s1H

r.aaaA
A lonely spot on the Arkansas river,
some few miles within the vicinity of
Bales ranch, was the scene of the
death of two horse thieves a few days
ago. The guilty parties had been
tracked for hundreds of miles by q
posse, and had met their death brayely,
pieferIingth the bullet to q surrender and
subsequent imprisonment.
The Denver News gives an account
Of the killing Of the horse thieves near
Buena Vista, in Southern Colorado, a
few days ago. They were attacked by
Sheriff Withrow and party, showed
fight and lost their lives. At the first
fire the younger Of the two thieves fell
to the ground dead, having been
pierced through the neck with a ball
from the rifle Of one Of the party. The
other thief was shot in the breast, and
throwing down the weapon with which
he had determined to sell his life, began
to groan and writhe from the pain Of
the wound inflicted. The officers and
men then drew near and found the
younger one dead and the other suffer.
ing from a wound that told that his
hours were numbered.
The wounded man was removed to
Buena Vista, where he lived six hours,
During intervals of semi-consciousness
he was asked to tell his name and that
Of his comrade, but stoutly and stead.
tasty refused, and begged them to kill
him and put him out of his misery.
After his death the two bodies were
taken and laid side by side for burial,
In examining the clothing of the two
for something by which they could bt
identified, the posse was amazed to fine
that the younger one was a woman,
She was dressed in a rough loose sui,
Of mems clothes with a heavy pair o.
raw-hide boots drawn up and the pant
tucked in the spacious boot-legs. Sh,
was about % years of age with a figure
that though small, gave evidence o
having been robust and hardy. He
companion was a man Of about 80 year
Of age, thick set and inclined TO b.
heavy, but rather prepossessing.
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~
Some of the photographers thought
they had discovered the cause of the
excessive hot weather. They alleged
that the astronomers who made obser.
vations of the transit Of Venus . few
years ago, had about concluded thei,
calculations, and ascertained that the
sun was much nearer to the earth than
it was presumed to be-ninety-two and
one-third millions of miles. 1t now
turns out. however, that the star-gaz-
ers have set old Sol farther away, max,
ing the distance ninety-two thousand
six hundred miles, hence the para
graphers will be under the necessity OF
finding another solution Of the hot
weather problem. -