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TOWN COUNCIL.
Abbeville. Jan. 4th 1879.

Ala regular meeting Of thu
Town Council held this day. were
present Lastie Broussard, May
or pro tenn, Solomon Wise and
Jean Boyauce.
Absent: Leonce Ferret, Mayor
and Jean Abadie.
On no.ion,of Mr.. Wise, ". B
White wis appointed Secretary
pro. EN-. ga.
Reaaing'8f'the minutes Of the
previous meetings was dispensed.
Mr.. F. B. .Patten presented hi,
resignation rs Follows:
10 the Mayor and Town Council Of Alb
You will please accept this my .re.igna
don a your Secretary and Treasurer.
Jan. Attn 1879.
(Signed) F.B. Parrish.
Which resignation was accepted
by the Council.
On motion of Mr. Wise, W.B
White was elected Secretary and
Treasurer for the unexpired term
Of F. 3, Patten resigned ; he be.
ing required to give the usual
bond within the prescribed delay.
On motion Of Mr.. Boyance, the
Mayor pro tenn, was authorized to
appoint q committee Of two, tcsct.
tie with F. B. Petten, ey-Secretary
and Treasurer he the Mayor pro
tenn to be one Of said committee
The Mayor pro TEN appointed
8. Wise to serve on said commit
tee with himself.
On motion it was resolved that
the Corporation Attorney be, and
he is hereby authorized to compro'
mise the suit of the Town Of Alb.
beville against Victor Guidry,
upon his paying ten dollars on the
principal judgment, and costs Of
suit ; said amount to be paid be-
tween this and the st of April
1879 said Guidry being present
aud consenting thereto. The
Attorney is also empowered to
compromise the suits Of the Town
of AbBeville against Marceline
Bethancourt and Joseph Primeaux
within the same time given to Mr..
Guidry, and On the same 'ccndi.
tons.
On notion Of Mr.. Wise, it was.
resolved that the licenses for the
year 1879 be Fixed ct the same
rate as for the previous years, and.
further that outstanding impress
'cribed corporation warrants be
received in payment Of one.half Of
each license.
On motion Of Mr.. Broussard, it
was resolved that the license on
drays be. and the same is hereby
abolished.
On motion, the Council adjourn
ed to the next regular meeting.
LAsTIE BRoussARD,
Mayor Pro Tenn.
W. B. WHITE, Secretary.
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TAX NQTlCE:

The tax payers of the Parish Of verril-
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licenses for the year 1878, and slso
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-07-25
nunre'S Nufs.o

A correspondent of the Harrisburg Patriot
solemnly asserts that the Zulu king Getty
wayo's real name is Charles Manaway; that
he was born ofmuatto parents at Uniontown,
Fayettc county, Pa, March 8, 1888, and con-
sequently is now al years old. He is full
cousin ofJohn Manaway the wealthy colored
proprietor ofthc Spottsylvania House, Union
town. He was educated for Liberian mis-
sionary, ran off to the British army, was in
the Crimcan war, and in the Frcnch-Austrian
wars, ran Confederate privateer, deserted
the Union service, became the servant and
secretary of an English colonel in South AT
RIGA, struggled himself on board Dutch YES
sci, the captain of which soon set him ashore
at the mouth of the Tuleka river in Zululand.
His native ability and shrewdness made him
at once leader ofthe wild natives. In 1869
he had risen to the position of Graalg, or chief,
and in 1871, was made king. Possessing,a
thorough knowledge Of British resources and
arts of war, and leading an army las brave
warriors as ever went TO battle, he has proven
himself to be king and general who Ia
equal, and it might be said superior, to the
very ablest British commanders. n
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-07-25
A False Estimate.

Some years ago MS Missouri river steamer
came to n landing, tall, ungainly, gawkish
looking fellow, leaning against wood pile,
attracted the attention of the passengers, one
of whom, a laxative and conspicuous person
remarked to his friends that he was going to
have some fun. So he jumped ashore when
the boat landed, and with a great show of
fierceness approached the fellow. Drawing q
savage bowie knife, he said:
$50, old fellow, Pve found you at last
You're the man that stole dog of mine, and
I've sworn to get square withyou. I've been
looking for you for year"
The gawky lazily opened his eyes in won
dering amazement at first, as though he didn't
understand it, Then catching sight of the
lounging passengers looking on from the deck,
he took in the situation. BY the time 'smar-
ty" had finished telling him how long he had
been looking for him, he had taken out ofh
pocket a fist like sledge hammer on the end
of the arm of windmill. He swung 1t once
and knocked the man who had been looking
for him plump into the river. Then resum-
ing his place against the wood pile, he raised
his eyes to the deck, and with a very lazy drawl
he inquired:
as there anybody else on this boat looking
for mep"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-07-25
How to Choose a Husband.

That woman is wise who selects for her
husband a man who desires to find in his
home a place ofrest. 1t is the man with MANY
interests with engrOssing occupations, with
plenty of people to fight, and with struggle
to maintain against the world, who is the
really domestic man in the wife's sense, who
enjoys home, who makes friend of his wife,
who relishes prattle, who feels in the small
| circle where nobody is above him and nobody
unsympathetic with him as if he were in
heaven of ease and recreation. The draw
back of home life, its contained possibilities
of inspidity, sameness and consequent weari-
| ness, is never present to such man. He no
mores tires of his wife than of his own happy
| moods. He is no more bored with home than
with sleep; he is no more plagued with his
children, than with his own lighter thoughts.
All the monotOny and WEAKNESS of life he en-
counters outside of his home. It is the pleas
| ure-loving man, the merry companion, who
requires constant excitement, that finds home
life uncomfortable. He soon grows weary oft
and considers everything so tame SO fiat like
beer, that it is impossible for him not only to
be happy, but feel that he is less unhappy than
any body else. We do not mean that the do
mestic man in the wife's sense, will be always
at home The man always at home has
not half the chance of the man whose duty
is outside of it for he must sometimes be In
| the way. The point for the wife is that he
should love home when he is here, and that
love, we contend, belongs first of all, to the
active and strong and deeply engaged work
er, and not TO the loungcr or even the easy
minded man. In marriage, as in every other
relation of life, the competent man is the
pcasantest man to live with and the safest to
| choose, and the one most likely to prove an
unwearied friend, and one who enjoys, and
| suffers Others to enjoy, when at home, the
endless charm Of mental repOse.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-07-25
VOL. XXIII--NO. 80.
earn her fathers gratitude by tlwarting Har-

earn her fathers gratitude by thwarting Har-
vey's plot" H8tIOtIil {
But suppose Harvey, too, comes before
the time and we meet at the gate?"
"Knock him down, beat him senseless
give the signal and get away with the prize
before he comes to-"
"Pll do it" cried Dick, his eyes flashing
fiercely. "Good-by, Sally I'll have news for
you when we next meetp
1t lacked quarter to twelve when Dick
Sanders his face masked, stole up to Mr.
Aliens garden gate At the same moment
man similarly disguised approached by
another path. For an instant the pair con-
fronted each other. They both sprang for
ward striking ont with might and main,-
Blows rained thick and fast The combatants
were well matched. After mutual ham,
mering for ten minutes, without advantage
to either side, they grappled and went down
together. Then they scufiled and bit and
scratched till they rolled apart from sheer ex-
haustion and lay glaring at each other in
helpless rage. Both their masks were tore
in tatters, and as the bright moonlight beam
ed down upon their battered faces each utter
ed an exclamation of surprise.
"Ted Brant p painted the one
Dick Sanders" gasped the other.
II thought it was that scoundrel Harvey p
replied Dick
$50 did |" rejoined Ted.
brief comparison of notes disclosed that
Sarah Blake, after her interview with Dick,
had had a similar one with Ted; the result
being as above narrated, n desperate encoun-
ter, in which each thought he was pommeling
away at Will Harvey. the letter, we need
hardly say, was amiable Sarah's own produc-
ton.
Before Dick and Ted were presentable
again Will Harvey and Jenny Allen were
happily married with the full consent of the
latter's father, who, indeed, had never oppos-
| ed the match.
Sarah Blake is still maiden.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-07-25
VARIETIES.
When you hit at O mosquito
In the twilight lovely and gay,
1t folds up its little auger,
And generally gets away
In spite OF you,

In spite OF you.
-Ne,o York Star.
"A young man who went from Burling-
ton to Leadville about six weeks ago, writes
cheerfully back to his friends 81 have gained
three pounds since l came here, and gained it
all in halfounce instalments. Haven't been
shot in the head yet."-Burlington Hasokeye.
-"How did you come to get married ?"
asked man of a very hOmely friend. "Well,
you see" he replied, "after had vainly tried
to win several girls that wanted / finally
turned my attention to one that wanted me,
and then it didn't take long to arrange mat
ters."
"A gentleman in New York mailed two
letters to make circuit of the world, and re-
ceived back the one which started eastward
in eighty-nine days, including q four days
detention at Yokohama, the one which went
westward occupying ITO days, 10 of which
were spent at Yokohama on account of miss
ing mail. A young lady in Washington re-
ceived back letter, after circlng the earth,
in seVenty-one days
81 have been a member of your church for
thirty years" said an elderly Christian to his
pastor, "and when l was laid by with sick
ness for week or two, only one or two
came to visit me. l was shamefully neglect
cd" "My FRIEND" said the pastor, ain all
those thirty years how many sick have you
visited 7" "O," he replied, ait never struck
me in that light. l thought only of the re-
lation of others to me- and not of my relation
to Them"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-07-25
2nettcal.

JOhnny's SOlilOquy.
II seems to be fathers greatest Joy
10 tell what he did when he was boy.
Nothing very wonderful, so far as can see;
And 1t seems pretty rough on a Teller like me,
When I've worked like man all the long summer
day,
And boys can get tired, ! don't care what they
say,
10 have father declare In his evening chat
when was boy did better than that
II was bound out when was boy,
Had never play-day, q book or a toy;
earned my first suit when was of aye,
BY working at odd hours for old Deacon Gage;
/ OFTEN went barefoot, having seldom hat,
And as for coat was too poor for that:
OF course had extra clothes in cold weather.
But the clothes were not broadcoth,
Nor the boots patent leather
Then he talks of this and that wonderful feat,
With little to wear and little to eat;
How he never went either to church or to school,
just picked up his learning without guide or rule
And always stands first at the close of the term,
But If I'd his chance at books In my day.
L don't think you'd have found me always at
play"
Now am just as willing as can be to work,
Nobody can call me a bit of shirk.
don't ask for fine clothes or frequent play-days
For know fathers money has plenty of ways,
But when have done as well as can
They might treat me as though I'd some day be q
man;
I'm tired of the song father always has sung,
Il did better than that, boy. when l was young"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-07-25
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17
Farming on a Large Scale.
Lancaster Farmer.


Thelargest cultivated wheat farm
on the globe is said to be the Gron-
din farm, not far from the town of
Fargo, Dakota. It embraces some
10000 acres, both Government and
railway land, and lies close to the
Red river. Divided into four parts,
it has dwellings, granaries, machine
shops, elevators, stables for 200
horses, and room for storing 1,000,-
900 bushels of grain. Besides the
wheat farm there is stock farm of
10000 acres. In seeding time sew
enty to eighty men are employed,
and during harvest $50 to 800 men.
Seeding begins about April 8, and
continues through the month, and is
done very Systematically, the ma
chimes following one another
around the field, some four
rods apart. Cutting begins about
August 4, and ends the fore part Of
September, succeeded by the thresh-
ing, with eight steam threshels.
After threshing, the stubble ground
is plowed with great plows drawn
by three horses, and cutting two
burrows +; and this goes on until the
weather is cold enough to freeze,
usually about November 1. There
are many other large farms in the
Territory and in the neighborhood,
and they are titled in much the same
manner as the Grondin. The sur
face of the land generally is almost
level and the soil rich and black.
The product of one field of 2,315
acres is 57,285 bushels-elevator
weight-some twenty-five bushels to
the acre. The average yield of the
Dakota wheat is from twenty to
twenty-five bushels per acre, and
the concurrent testimony is that it
is unequaled as a wheat region in
the world.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17
Big Head.
National Livestock Journal, Chicago

National Livestock Journal. Chicago
The disease in horses known by
this name is a constitutional af-
lection, supposed to arise from a
screfulous tendency. 1t being es-
sentially due to malnutrition, such
animals should be kept on liberal
and nutritious food. Nothing is
better than liberty on a rich pas
ture. The application of blister
is sometimes resorted to; but local
applications often prove a disaps
pointment, because, as stated, the
disease is of constitutional nature.
Food that is hard to masticate should
not be given. Tonic remedies may
be employed with benefit, such as
the following dose, morning and
evening, for some time: Half a
drachm each of phosphate of iron
and nux vomica, and half an ounce
each of powdered gentian and
ginger. A small handful of ground
willow bark may be mixed among
bruised oats and corn every even
ing.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17
Wicked for CIergymen.

"I believe it to be all wrong and
even wicked for clergymen or other
public men to be led into giving testi-
monials to quack doctors or vile stuffs
called medicir es, but when really
meritorious article is made up OF COM
M IN valuable remedies known to all,
and that all physicians use and trust
in daily, we should freely commend
it. l therefore cheerfully and heartily
commend Hop Bitters for the good
they have done me and my friends,
firmly believing they have no equal
for fam ~ use. will not be without
them" Rev. Washington, D. G.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17
OLIVER DITSON l. co., Boste"
CHI. DITsON CO., s4s Broadway New Yorl

TINS standard article is compo'
cd with the greatest care.
Its effects are as wonderful and
satisfactory as ever.
1t restores gray OF faded hair TO
youthful color.
1t removes all eruptions, itch.
and dandruff. It gives the head
cooling, soothing sensation of grv
comfort, and the, scalp by its Il
becomes white and clean.
BY its tonic properties it restol
the capillary glands to their norm.
vigor, preventing badness, and M,
ing the hair grow thick and strong,
AS dressing, nothing has bee
found so efectual or desirable.
A. A. Hayes, Md, State Assay.
of Massachusetts, says, "The cor
stituents are pure, and carefully 8.
lected for excellent quality /; and
consider it the Best PREPARArIr
for its intended purposes"
Price, Ono Dollar.