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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-08-31

CHANCELLOR KsNr.-The following
story is related Of Chancellor Kent: "The
chancellor and his wife were once travel
ing in one horse carriage, long before
the days of stage coaches, to visit friends
who lived in the then almost inaccessible
:egon of Canandaigua; they lost their
way. nj ght came on, and finding them
selves On the wrong road, they stopped at
log house, and solicited entertainment
for the night. The good woman of the
house made them welcome, gave them a
homey supper, and explained that she
did not expect her husband, who was
choppng wood few miles off, to come
home till late. She then told her guests
to take her bed in the corner, and that she
and her hus band would sleep in the cham
Der, and, desiring the chancellor to let her
husband IN on his return, she took a can
die and climbed up |aaler through a
trap door in the chamber
The guests then went to BED, but the
chancellor was uneasy. IIs observe to
his wife Betsy that the door dig not lock !;
that he feared the chopper, coming home
in the dark. and finding another man in
his bed, and apparently with his wife,
would gin to 'ch"p;' and that he
though, he would get up and pat table
against the door. so As to gain time for
explanation while the good man was
opening the door. He got up accordingly,
and was in the act Of pushing the table
ap.inst tha ,l,nr wh..n a fall sta " ,rt
figure, III re-! h4nm shirt sleeves, pushed
open the .loor. IL looked like a thunder
c'oud for an instant, bat was 'art with
this al 'ress BY the guest in his shirt
NV name is Jam S K .nt. lam Chancel
lor Of the State of New Y nk The woman
in that b.d is my wifi, Bstsy. Your f,
is up stairs. Th"'e is your supper. The
explanation, which WAS certain con
sttucted o., the theory "f pleading in the
Chancelor's cou't, made everything har
non;ous.'
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B.acan>f-ld has nobody to share his
trinmph, his nearest relative being Il
nephew. The solitary condition Of Ca
binet officer or any oihe' high oifici' Il
with no relatives to sub'ist on the govern
nent is inlrel sad thing to contemplate
from the American standpoint New
II wen Il gisler.
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.M.1SOI.IC.

~ STATED MEETINGS Of Hope Lodge No.
!" 145, +. a. NJ. for 1878, will be held at
their Hall in vermilionville, February l6.;
March l6; April l3 May IL June s and d !;
July l3 i; August TO- September ! October S;
November 9 December and 27.
J. D. TRAHAN, Secretary.
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WILLIAM CAMPBELL. JR.,
COLLECTOR

MILL give prompt attention to all accounts
w or notes placed in his hands for collection.
The very best references can be given, if re-
quired.
III Accounts or notes left at Mr.. Pelerin's store,
Vermilionville, will receive immediate atten-
ton. March II, 1877.
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JOHNSOA'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
210 & 212 N. Third Street,
lst Building South Of the Post 0ffcs. ST. LOUIS
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
Open Day and Night all the Year.
$4,000 FuaFull Course Of Double Entry Bookkeeping
~ Send two s cent stamps for specimens of
Business, Ornamental. Shorthand
Writing and Cirulars, ETC., etc.
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u,,su.ys. A. A. Woops
WELsHANS & WOODS,

INSURANCE AGENTS.
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we Assets, S 3.5OO.O0O
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-. vsss;.an Central, Of St. Louis !. S 1875 900
ee,.nercial e, Union Assurance Co.,
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r.,.,u American, Of New York $ 100000
ri, cf Liverpool s25,5Ol 1868
1s.ntiIe Mutual Insurance Co.,
- Of New York Assets, S 100000
! Al Fire and River Losscs promptly adjusted
nj Mid in New Orleans.
Apply to "A; v,: >. Mnoo, nseht,
Ju Is 1871. Vermiiionvllie' La.
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The woman who msketh a coed pud
ding in silence is better than she who
u kslh ta,ty 'y.-1toy W.il.
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Police jury PS0ceesliasgs.

Pursuant to call of the President. the Police
Jury met at the Court House on Wednesday The
l4th day Of August, 1878. Members present
Onez. BroussarG president, Adolphe Comeaux
NJ G. Broussard and Alfred Peck. Absent
Aurelien Primeaux
Tle President stated the object of the meeting
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-03-09

The Duke d'Audiffret Pasquier, Presi-
dent Of the French Senate, has been lock-
ed up in an insane asylum. This is how :
A friend Of his was subject to fits Of 'unacv,
and it was deemed wise to secude the man
in Or. BIanche's private mad house. The
Duke !ent his assistance to get him quietly
into the institution, the plan being for the
Duke to engage him in conversation and
lure him into the house, where the at'en
dants would taxa charge Of him. So the
Duke and the madman began to discuss
politics, and the Duke being very ex
citab'e man, bv the time they reached Dr..
Blanche's he was purple in The face and
frothing at the mouth. whi!- the Dunatic.
who is not mad on the snhj-t nf politics,
was calm and self possessed. The doctor
had been notified nfah4 intended visit and
the modus operandi ,hs, wou'd be follow
ed, but d'dn', know -ith4, of the visitors
40 with singular i'sr.rnmrnt he led the
Duke awav an.l Ieck-d him up, while the
Iunatc pie 4saativ amb'"d away. Nor
were matters mnch mended when the
Duke found on, that he was locked up. for
then he became 80 f1ri.,us that the doctor
was going 10 put him INTO a strait Jacket,
when happily the Dukes friends alarmed
at his non return, put IN an appearance and
rescued him.
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Ex-Governor Horatio

Elk Governor Horatio Sey-
monr, in an address to a Dairy
mems Association at Utica, last
Thursday, proffered some sound
advice on the subject Of hard
times, saying: "The times are
beyond our control. Let us not
waste our time repining at these
facts, but combine our energies
to bring back again prosperity
to the country. We are not
suffering because we are depriy-
ed of the elements Of success,
but because we lack the industry
and virtue requisite to that sue
cess. The American people
should earn their substance by
labor and industry, and not by
the hazards of speculation"
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JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
PROBATE S.4LE.

Succession Of Marie AzenaIde Mouton.
deceased wife Of Dosin Herpin.
RY virtue of decree and order of the Parish
II Court Of the parish Of Lafayette, dated the
x day of February, 1878, and commission to
me directed ordering the sale of all the proper
tty and rights of the late Marie AzenaIde Mouton,
will offer for sale. according to law at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the
last domicll Of deceased in this parish, on
Thursday the l4th Of March, 1878,
the following described property belonging to
the aforesaid succession, to-wit:
One hundred and tuelve aryents of
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
and west by the bayou Vermilion in said tract
OF land thus numbered and described there are
seventeen arpents Of wood.
Forty eight orpents. more 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 small buildings, THO beds and
bedding. One pair Of creole horses.
One piow and one harrow, One lot
Of furniture and cooking utensils,
One saddle, 7'wo mare colts, One
Branding Iron, One Clock
TERMS-CAsH on tn. dav cf sale.
II. EASTIN, Sheriff.
Feb. g. 1873.
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A LOADED Sr1cK.-The sandusky 70 y
Register says: "A gentleman from Belle.
vue gave US the particulars Of an affair
that occurred in the Congregational
Church at that place last Sunday and
which created a most decided sensation.
Bellevue has become famous as a place
where almost every man who owns a
wood pile loads half dozen innocent
looking sticks Of stove wood with gunpow.
der, and then waits patiently to see what
effect the powder will have on his neigh
bors' stoves. The Sexton Of the Cong,e
gstiona Society had built up rousiog fire
that Sunday morning. the congregation
had all been seated and the minister was
getting warmed up to his work. when,
righ, in the most solemn and impressive
portion Of the sermon there was an appal|-
ing crash. the air was filled with pieces Of
stove and stove pipe. fire, ashes and the
screams of men. women and children.
There was stampede in less time than it
takes to tell it, but fortunately no one was
hurt. Finally, however, the cause Of the
trouble was discovered and quiet was res
tored. Some one had undoubtedly put up
a job on the sexton bv putting loaded
stick into the wood pi'e.'
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The Magic Bullet.

Many years ago, when the white men
who had ssen the Rocky Mountains might
still have been counted, and only very
few OF the prairie Indians knew the use OF
firearms, hunter named Fitzpatrick had
one day got separated from his ompanlons
and was persuing his game alone in the
wilderness when, as ill-uck would have it,
he was seen by war party Of Indians,
who Immediately prepared to give chase.
There was not the smallest chance Of
escape for him; but the young hunter
made frint of turning away, in orde:, if
possible, to gain :lme. H. happened to
know that these savag"s, who, as yet, were
very little acquainted with the use Of
firearms, had several times, when they had
taken white hunters PRISONERS, put the
muzzles of their rifles close to their breasts
and fred th~n bv way of experiment, to
see what would come it. He, therefore,
thought it prudent to extract the bullet
from his, and then continued his flight.
The Indians followed and very soon over
took HIM. and then disarmed him and
tied him to a tee. One of the warriors,
who, it appeared, understood how to pull
4 trigger, s-z-d the rifla, placed himself
few PAGES in front Of the owner of it, took
ann at his breast and fred. But when
the Indians looked eagerly through the
smoke toward where Fitzpatrick stood,
thev saw he was safe and sound in his
place, and he quietly took out of his pock-
ct the bullet he had previously placed
there and tossed it to his ennemies, who
were all in amazament. They declared
he had stopped the bullet in its fight; that
he was al invuInerable and wonderful
conjurer, and what was more, that some
great misfortune would befall the tribe if
hey did not set him free Immediately.
They therefore, cut his bonds and made
# as fast as possible, leaving Fitzpatrick
% 60 where he pleased.
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Heller the Magician Before
Eugenie.

Heller, in his Personal Recollections,
says:-I IL 1867 | went to California, Utah
and Canada. and then 10 Paris. By the
way. let ne tell you Of a pleasing thing
that happened there. I wen: one day to
TuIeries to see an ivory piano. Stro'lng
around the room | picked up pack OF
cards that was lying on stand in the cor
ner. ] began conjuring a little with them
when some ladies approached and said
something in French. l couldn't "parIey
voo" then, and one Of them asked me in
English to show them some tricks with th-
ca'ds. This proved to b. the Empress
Engenie. though | didn't know it at that
time. asked her to choose card or
cards from the pack. She said she'd
choose the whole pack, taking them and
putting them into side pocket. That
would be difficult, madame" l said, "per-
NIT me to take your fam stepped to her
side, took her fan and famed every card
apparently from the tip Of the fan. The
Empress looked for the cards in her pock.
ct, and, Of course they were not there.
This trick pleased her wonderfully. The
next day was asked to give special per-
formance before the Emperor. I did so,
and 70 day or two an official drove up to
my hotel. | was sent for, and he told me
that the Emperor was pleased with my
performance. What recompense would |
choose! None, told him. But l must
take something; that was the way they did
it there. "WrIi,' said, 'if you will give
me the ribbon Of the Legion Of Honor l
shall b. satisfied" thought that wouIi
settle him, but the ribboa. came, and I've
got it now."
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NO. 20.

REVERENCE TO AGE.-The wise
man says, "Tbe hoary head is a
crown Of glory when found in
the way of righteousness" And
so it ought to be esteemed. But,
somehow or other, it does really
seem that even matured old age
does not command that respect
from the young now which it
once did. Even grown>up chill
dren, now a-days, often speak of
parents, that should be revered,
as "the old man" and "the old
woman" little imagining how it
shocks the moral sense of those
whose better nature and more
refined sensibilities revolt at such
such un6lial ways.
Among certain of the ancients,
want ofreyerence to parents was
accounted among the greatest of
crimes, while lack of veneration,
even to the stranger who had
grown old, was attributed to lack
Of breeding. And so it should
be in this our day, fast" as the
age is reported to be. Would
that all our youth might be
taught this lesson, and bow re-
gerently to age!
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A story is told of deacon in Tennessee
who was in the habit Of riding bucking
mu'e-that is, mule that can make q
camels back Of its straight one, aud, BY a
spasmodic movement Of its four legs and
hump. discharge its rider like a cannon
ball. The other day they came to the
edge Of the worst mud hole in the State,
and the mule gave unmistakabls indica-
tons Of buckiug. The good deacon knew
that b. was about to be thrown, and his
mind skurred about for q prayer. His
tab. grace came easiest: ''Lord, for what
W. about 10 receive make US humbly
thankful" he exclsmed, aud the mule had
bucked and be was in.
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A Double Surprise.
[From the Detroit Free Press.1

While Mr.. and Mrs. Enright.are agreed
upon most all other subjects they do no
exactly agree as to how lramps should be
treated. That is, they didn't until vester
dav. His heart was tender enough for
him to say
Every time you feed hungry person
you Law up treasures in Heaven.
II cant have them annoying me, and
won't !" WAS her spunky reply.
docs it annoy you to have hungry
man ask for food z"
"Yes, it does! y
I'D be only too glad to feed and con
verse with score Of them" he continued.
SD like to ask them of their past deeds
aud future intentions; find out if they re-
aIze that there is another world put
new and better thoughts into their minds.
Oh Hannah, be good to the unfortu-
nate! !"
"I'll fix you, old man " she said to her
self as she leaned back to rock, and she
meant to do it. Next morning, when he
had been gone an hour. tramp called
and asked for sandwich. The fellow
was invited into the parlor to warm and
wait for dinner. At ten o'clock there
were three in there. At eleven there
were seven. Half an hour later she smil-
ing seated two more. About noon, while
waiting for her husband to arrive and ask
them Of their future hopes and fears. and
chuckling over her scheme she heard one
call out:
"Let 60 my ba'r!
''Give it to him - shouted second.
"'Rah for me y screamed third, and
then the crashing and smashing drowned
their voices. The whole crowd fought
around the parlor, out into the hall, and
two or three were being dragged down
the front steps as M. En'ight came up.
"'Eother of US. Go for him !" yelled
a big tramp, and the good man was hit
on the ear, pitched into the snow, and
didn't come to until dozen camphor bot
ties had been collected. He entered the
house leaning on his wifs's arm. They
stood in the parlor door and gazed on the
panorama. 1t was gorgeous.
"How much treasure 10 Heaven do you
think bss been placed to our credit this
she mildly inquired.
"He slowly reached for the camphor
bottle, took long sniff, and replied:
Hannah, let us feed the poor--we are
the poor"
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Che Gafapette Aoucrtiser.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of the Parish Of LAFAYETTE
and Of the Town Of VERMILI0NVlLLE,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY
WHa. Eg. BAILEY

TERMS
SUBSCRIPTIONS DOLLARS per annum
in advance. For six months, 81 IS.
--ADvFRrIsING-
Per Square, 90 lines or less) ST 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.
Ali advertisements not marked, will be pub
Iished until forbid and charged for accordingly
My Alljadicial 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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Old 81 on Round Dances.

Old ST read an article on the
Dance Of DEATH" otherwise the
waltz, and remarked:
"Dey's kickin' up er moughty
rumpus bout er little swingin' o
corners in dis country p
"Well, what is the matter
now ?"
"All dis hyar hoorah 'bou:
folks pattin' juba an sasshain'
'round-now whar's de harm id
dat ?"
why, they say it is unhealthy
and sinful" 'y
"Yes, l sees dat ; but ar hit
unhealthy when er ole oman
waltzes round at er canp.meet-
in wild fo' presidih elders exer-
cisin' dar mussul tryin' to hold
her on the ground ?"
'That is not the question"
Oats de queschin Use pintin!
An I wants ter kno' eff hits sim
full fer de parson to put his arms
round de gals an 60 in washin'
wild 'em at desc big creek baptis-
ms {"
care you in favor of waltzing
and balls and such unchristian-
like proceedings?'
II amt needer gin ner fer hit,
dat / kno's on, but my flatform
on dat is dis Eff folks III keep
dere boys out of desc groceries
and ballyard snops, an dere gals
often de streets so much, but
make 'em stay at home, fer dere
bred, prance round in de parlor
ez much es dey pleaz, an not
shout glory halleloo' tell dey
means hit, dar'll be er big en-
llashun in religion in dis country
fore long. Yer heah me y
atlanta Constitution.
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Dixie in 1857 Campb.rs
Mnstrels were at Mobile. Dan Erntn-t.
one of the members of the Company, hpa d
the negroes sing an air and chorus while
rolling cotton on the Ievee FL ,honght
ii coed SO BY little alteration h. ar
ranged it into what is called Nv. k
Atound," which always winds up the en-
,ertainmeut Of an Ethiopian concert It
was success. In the spring Of 1861.
when the war broke out, Mrs. john Wood
went to New Orleans to play al eng e.
ment at the old Varieties Theatet. She
produced "Pocahontas." Near the close
Of the second act there is Zouave mach
by the ladies Of the corps de ballet. Al,
the rehearsal Of the piece the leader Of tn
orchestra was in quandary as to
what music they would have.
Carlo PATTI 1.-THE Ieader) could not select
any thing that would suit the stage mana
ger ct. B. McDonough), and the conse
qnence was that the rehearsal came to a
stand s,I. At length Patti struck up
Dixie 1t suited and was adopted, and
Was played with chorus to the same air.
"D:x'e' ,"nk the town by storm the p;a
nos rang with i, the boys sang it. and the
neg'o whssted it. A musician by the
nam Ut Rome Mioera arranged it for a
march for ihr Washington Artillery Bat
tery, anl ff,m that hour till now all
South 70 mn aud women hail it with de
light. Cod must be the Southern heart
tha, does 10, glow with delight at the
sound o' y atr.' But the composer, Dan.
Emmet, "h Of him! Why, he can br
+ uoi iG common vaiety saloon at Chi
Gag now ptsyog on his fiddle for mere
pttahre, ek,ng mt miserable subsistence
= sy'ng Dixie to an admiring crowd Of
q ~-pap boys, 'oughs aud beer jerkers.
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A barrister. Joining the circuit

A barrister, joining the circuit,
had the misfortune to have his
trunk cut off from the back of
his postchaise. on which Lord
Erskine consoled him by saying
: Young gentlemen, henceforth
initiate the elephant, the wisest
of animals, who always carries
his trunk in front, where he can
see it."
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A man, praising porter, said
it was so excellent a beverage
that. though taken in large
quantities, it always made him
fat. II have seen the time, "
said another "when it made you
lean" "When, | should like to
know % inquired the eugolist.
why no longer ago than last
night-agAinst a lamp-post."
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CITY Council of Vermilionville

Regular Session. Feb. 5th 1878
Present, J. o. Mouton. Mayor and Councilmen
Lindsay, Landry, Mcbride, A. Chargois. and J.
L Mouton. Absent, Alpha and j. A. Chargois. J
The minutes Of the last meetings were read
and adopted.
The following claim was presented and sp-
proved:
Advertiser, for blank licenses. &c. . $40 SO
On motion the council adjourned.
JOHN 0. MOUTON. Mayor.
81. NJ BAILEY, Secretary.
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Safe by the Sheriff.
STATE or LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE.
Samuel J. Norwood, '''ss No. D sss,F''S' sss5'
James !. !: King, n!la District i; !, Court, C
Feb. 9. 1873.

L.
Vs. ! Parish Of LAFAYETTE.
Samuel J. Norwood. No. 2so7.
DY virtue Of two writs Of Fl. ia. issued in the
- 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 an6 demand of Samuel j. Norwood, the
defendant in and to the following described
property. to-wit:
4 tract of land containing Eighty
superficial acres bounded north and south by
public land, west by land of Emilien Lagrange
and east by public land, being the East half of
W quarter, Sec. 80 T. 8 S R 3E.
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 formcrlp of Joseph Guidry, now
Antoine Fontenot.
Another tract of land. being the West
Of the North west quarter of section 80 in town
ship No 9, South of range No 3 East 10 South
western land district Of Louisiana, containing
two hundred and forty s3ll0O acres.
II. EASTIN, Shelif.
February 8, 1878.
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"Ba'ber,' said farmer to his tonsor,
"now 'co'n's cheap, ,on ought to shave for
half price" Can't Mr. JONES' said the
msn.of razors. II really ough, to cha'gr
NOR for when COINS down the farmers
make such long faces that have tw; ;ce the
g Quad to 60 over"