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Ah'o Sutti oStiiS tuS oVCSC Ulu, klIS
same was accepted.
Art. 5 Resolved, that the Par.
lish Attorney be and he is hereby
authorized to institute legal pro
ceedings against all persons pla
cling obstructions on the public
roads of this parish, and also
against all persons refusing to per
form road duty aflei' having been
legally notified to do so by the
respective road cyerseers of this
parish. @
Art. 6 Resolved that Alcide
Leblanc be and he is hereby re-
lieved from paving any parish Ii
cense as ,urt-peddler during the
year 1879.
Art, 7 Resolved that the fol-
lowing place 9th election precinct,
beand the same is hereby changed
from the house of Antoine Ragga-
zoni to that Of Oliver P. Randall
on Bellle-Isle.
Art. 8 Resolved that in case
no bid Is made for the land seized
in the execution Of the judgment
in the the suit of the Police Jury
VS. J. A. Brookshier ct ais when
the same is offered for sale, that
the Parish Attorney be authorized
to hid in the same for the parish
preceded, that ne shall not bid
more than the amount of the judg.
ment against the defendant whose
land is seized.
The following claims were then
allowed and ordered to be paid
out of their respective funds
Criminal funds of 1877.
G G Duson sheriff 5 4 so
Out Of surplus funds Of 1878.
G G Duson ia So
Leo Perret % SO
Criminal funds of 1879.
Alphonse Leblanc D-Shff Is 50
Sosthene Herpin D.Shf 9 O5
Alexis Trahan D-Shff II 25
H B Lyons DShff 47 90
e G Ewing DShf 6 40
Parish & Dist Atty fund Of 1879
S Wise assignee Of w a
White 81 25
Printers & S,ationers fund 1919
E | Addison 43 IS
Police Jury fund 1919.
AMBROSE Laconr IS 00|
The Police Jury then adjourned
to the lst Monday Of July next.
1879.
Howard HoFFPsuTR, president.
A. LACoUR. clerk.
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A Dangerous Torpor.

Torpor Or inactivity of The kidneys is
seriously dangerous to those organs,
since 1t is the precedent of diseases
which destroy their substance and andan-
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come by stimulating thea, rot excessive
ly. but moderately, an effect produced by
Hosietter's Stomach Bitters. a genera !
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The impetus which this admirable medi
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counteracts any tendency to- congestion
which may exist in their tissues. Boil
they and their associate organ, the blad-
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stimulated by the Bitters. which exerts a
kindred influence upon The stomach, liv-
or and bowels. and by strengthening ths
system. enables it to withstand malarial
epidemics, to which when exposed il
might otherwise succumb.
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IHE STEPPING STONE TO HEALTH
--IDe acquisition Of vital energy is the
lapp'ng stone to health. When the sys-
.sa lacks vitality, the various organs flag
, Y see'r duty. becomes chronicslly irresu-
: y. snd dltease is eventu lily instituted.
y prevent this unhappy state of things,
Y aeollltated system should be bull, up
y y. t0e use Of that inimitable tonic, Hos
's''frs : Stomach Bitters which invigorates
s4Sesllve organs. and insures The thor
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Notice.

DR.. R. .sagrera is my authorized
agent 10. act in my stead in the
capacities of Parish Treasurer and
Treasures ofahe School funds Cor
VermiIion Parish.
Isaac WISE,
AhbevflIe. June Cd 1879.
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POLICE JURY.

Monday. April ltl 1919.
The Police Jury met this day al
the Court House, ia regular
session.
Upon the roll being called, the
following members answered to
their names.
lst district-Severien Pri,ncaux
2nd do-Joscph Trahan.
4th do TrevilIe Broussard
5th- do-Howard Hotfpaqir,
It'll. do--Louis Thibeaux,
4 The minutes Of the last meeting
on being read, were amended in
the following particulars In the
budget levying the parish taxes,
insert Parish and District Attor-
ney pro TEN fund : mill''. And
with this amendment, the minutes
were adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Trahan, the
Finance Committee were granted
further time to make a settlement
with the ex-parish tax collector.
The parish Treasurer made
a written report Of the furds on
hand +; the same after being read
was ordered to be fled.
Arts Resolved that The par
ish Treasurer be and he is hereby
authorized to pay F. R. King, the
balance due him as his fees in the
suit of the Parish VS.. j. A. Brook
shier ct ais and to g. G. Duson,
sheriff of the parish of st. Landry,
the sum of $Il450 out Of the sur
plus funds Of 1878, remaining in
the treausury.
Art. 2 Resolved that all the
surplus funds in the treasury, and
those hereafter to be collected on
the rolls of 1877, shall be divided
and paid over by the Treasurer in
pro rata to such Judgment creditors
whose judgments are already re-
corded against the parish. except
the Judgment in favor of FRANCOIS
Gastal.
Art. 5 Resolved that the pub.
lie road laid off in the 1st Road
be altered so as to run as
follows From the oak-tree be.
tween the Winston and Perry
plantations running east until it
strikes E. W. Huffs tract ofland; /;
thence due south between the lines
of E. w. Huff and Miss Elizabeth
Hobdy's to Edward Lees line
thence due east between the lines
of said Huff and Lee-tA tAencesdue
south to the "OId Beef Pen :" Mf.
Lee agreeing to give sufficient
land on both lines. north and east
side, for said public road.
Art. 4 Resolved that said Ed
ward Lee shall have until the 10th
day of June 1879, to remove his
fences and open said road in the
meantime he shall place gates on
said road and allow travellers to
pass and repass the same without
hindrance.
The Office of Constable of this
body heing put to the lowest bid
der, Sosthene Herpin having offer
ed to perform the duties Of said
Office for $34.75 per annum, and
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Court No. COS.
Parish of V ermilicn.

Parish Of Vermilion.
Succession of Julie blonton.
Notice is hereby given to all
parties interested in said success
sion, Or Saving any opposition to
make otlo application Of OHez.
Bauloin, Of Vermilion parish,
10 hie the same in writing, in
The office of the Clerk of Court
within fen days from the date
hereof.
Giveu under my hand and seal
this 7th day Of June 1879.
LAsTIE BROUssARD. clerk.
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You are hereby notified that
the Tax Collectors Office is now
open ii the town Of Abbeyille,
near he Court House.
Pa ties wishing to settle will
find myself or l.. ]. Smith, my.
deputy, from 8 to 8 o'clock at the
Office.
NJ. G. BRoUssABD,
Tax Collector.
March 29lh 1879.
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NOTICE.

Parish yermilion La. April Goth
1879
Licenses, State and Parish, all
persons notified and not having
complied, are hereby advised to
pay Ialnaediately or the fnll meas
uresof The law will he executed.
Nj. G. BEoussARD.
Tax Collector.
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Official Directory.

,lisrict Judge. -, ,or,nor
Dstrict Attorney c,nco,s
'cjsrk Of District Court, %o
V''' IAsTIE BRoUssADD.
R. P. O'BRYAN.
faf's'' ''' LYMAN C. LYONS.
Parish Attorney.
ia' W. A. WHITE.
Sheriff.
''s G. B. SHAW.
LEO PERRET.
Tax.Collector.
NJ. C, BRoUssARD,
Police Jury.
4. HorFpAuIR, President: ~
s. PRINEAux, JOS. RAE AN
4 4 yassLYKE, J. F. BfoUssARD.
D. NUSFz L. lHlbEAoA.
Town Council.
Isoscs PEREET. Mayor.
I,asr1s BsoUssARD, J. ABApIE,
s. WISE, ). boYANcE,
lIs CARTRIGHT. Constable.
.lnstices Of the Peace, 3D.. Ward /:
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AND
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Flour.
BUTTER AND CHEESE A SPECIALITY.
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DOBBINS' ELECTRIC SOAP.
Having obtained the agency Of
.thscelebrated soap for Abbeville
IND vicinity, | append the opin.
iouof solne of our best people as
otis merits. We have been
sx for. the last 3 months the
httins' Electric soap. made hy
III Cragin & Co Philadelphia.
h, and find that it washes and
cleans the clothes more rapidly
and more thoroughly and Is in
theend cheaper than any other
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,hnly. We can heartily recon-
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oar assertions
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J. M. ROBINSON.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
The Ivory Nut ralui.

A w41teI s;etes that in 1913 Mr William
PIIrdie was dispatched to New Granada to
collect plants for the Royal Gardens, Kew.
He was specially instructed TO find few
special plants, ono of which was the ivory
nut palm In his account OF this, Mr..
Purdie says SIN journey Of 600 miles,
from Santa Martha to Ocana, i'm New Ora
NADIA i'm the village of Semcna, seventeen
leagues from hence, and near the great
river OF Magdalena, entered tho mountains,
and saw for the first time the ivory nut
palm (I'hYtCiCI)hds nldcTOcdrpd), called
IdgdU by the natives. The habit of this
palm is to have little or no stem, what
there is is decumbent; it is not robust
tree. Old plants have from fifteen 10
twenty primate leaves, which when fully
grown measure nearly twenty feet i'm length,
of delicate green color, very graceful,
and similar 10 those of the date palm. The
male and female flowers arc borne on scpa-
rate plants. The male flowers are produ-
ced in six clusters from the bases of the
leaves and on short foOtstocks The clusters
are compact and form a nearly globose
head, which, on account OF the stylc-likc
projections resembling the rigid hair of
negro, it is not inaptly called Cdbcza deL
negro (negro's head.) These heads lie
close 10 the ground, each cluster containing
four of five seeds. The seed contains at
first a clear insipid liquid, which afterwards
becomes milky and sweet, and ultimately
hardens and becomes the vegetable ivory
OF commerce. Each of these nuts is about
the size of green walnut, aud is covered
with yellow, sweet, oily pulp, which is
collected and sold under the name OF PcpO
det Idgua. A spoonful of the latter with
little sugar and water makes the celcbrat-
ell Chichede IdgUd, said TO be the most
delicious beverage of the country. The
stem Of the male is larger and more erect
than that OF the female, and the singularty
of its inflorcsence is only equalled by its
beauty. The fragrance is most powerful
and delicious, exceeding that of any other
plant, and so difTusive that the air for many
yards becomes alive with myrads OF in
sects. Mr.. Purde states that he had to
carry some OF these twelve miles, and
though he killed number of the annoying
insects that followed him, yet the next day
a great maHy still lowered about the flowers,
having come all the way from the woods
where the latter grew.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18

Vegetables have been more improved in
their qualities and appearance by careful
cultivation than many persons are aware
Celery, 80 agreeable % the most pslates. is
a modification Of a plant The taste ~ which
Is 30 acrid and bitter that 10 cannot be eaten
Our caulifOwers and Cabhages which
weigh many pounds, are largely developed
COlewarts that grow wild on the seasbgre
and do not weigh more than half an ounce
each Beets and carrots were originally
little more than hard, stringy roots. while
the potato was at first no larger than "a wal
nut Turnips and carrots are thought 20
be indigenous roots Of France. caulif,wers
came from Cyprus, articbOkes from Sicily.
lettuce from Cos, p@s from Syria, beans
from Persia, spinach from Western Asia.
radishcs from China, onions from tho East.
and rbubarb from Turkey.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18
DrIed aud CrystalliZed FIovers

There arc many Of our brilliant flowers.
such as dahlias, pansies, pinks, geranums,
sweet-williams, carnations, gladioli, which
may be preserved so as to retain their color
Tor years. White flowers will not answer
well Tor this purpose nor any succulent
plants, as hyacinths or Cacti Take deem
dishes, OF sufficient depth to allow the
HoWSrs TO be covered an inch deep get the
common white sand, such as ia used for
securing purposes, cover the bottom of the
dish with a layer half an inch deep, and
then lay in the flowers with their stems
downwards, holding them firmly i'm place
while you sprinkle more sand over them.
until al places between the petals are filed
and the flowcrs are buried out Of sight. A
broad dish will accommodate quite n large
number. Allow sufficient sand between
Set the dish in a dry, warm place. where
they will dry gradually, and at the end of
a week pour off the sand and examine them:
II there is any moisture in the sand it must
be dried before using again, or fresh sand
may be poured over them the same as be-
fore Some flowers will require weeks to
dry, while others will become sufficiently
dry to put away in a week or ten DAYS. By
arranging these With grasses and putting
them ON wire stems they will make a pretty
bouquet mixed with pressed ferns pretty
way 70 preserve cut flowers il TO place -
vase containing the cut flowers in the cen
ire Of fiat dish, into which a little water
has been poured insert bell glass ovs-
the vase, 80 that the rim Of the glass is cover
ed by the water, thus forming an ari-tight
chamber. The air surrounding the flowers
will be kept constantly moist, and will re-
main 80 as long as the supply Of water in
the dish is kept undiminishcd. ! recon-
mend those whe love to sec plenty of fresh
| flowers i'm their sitting rooms IN dry
weather 10 adopt this plan The expert
mcnt can Doe tried on q small scale by invcrt
/ ing "a tumblcr over q rosebud in q saucer of
water. II some camphOr has been dissolv-
ed in tho saucer it will greatly assist i'm
keeping the flowers fresh Niolcts may be
/ preserved for q long time by sticking them
with short stems into q glass dish filled with
damp silver sand and thou invcrting tum-
/ bier over them Flowers may be preserved
/ for many months by dipping them careful
/ Ivy, as soon as gathered, iu perfectly limpid
/ gum watcr after allowing them to drain
/ Tor two or three minutes, arrange them I'm
a vase The gum forms complete coating
ON the stems and petals and preserves their
\ shape and color long after they have be.
/ come dry