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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-04-12

Sec. ,. Be 1t further enacted that the prop
oSitiOn to settle the states indebtt-dne SS,
contained in this or any other bill that shall
pass, shall not be submitted 20 the voters of
the STATE, nor the Legislature convened,
until the Governor shall communicate with
the bOndhOlderS or their Chairman, notify
ing them OF the action OF the l. g SlRIur-,
ard when he snail have obtained the accept
anc' of said proposition from an equal num-
Der In amount aS nov proposed Ia take SIX Y
cents in the dollar aud six PER cent. intel est.
Sec. {. B. It further enacted, that the
voters at said election being qualified voters
81 the State, shall vote directly upon the
provisions of the first Srctiou of this act,
those voting for the acceptance of the sam,
having written or printed on tn ir ticket
the word accepted" and those UppOSed TO
the provisions of said section, having writ
ten or printed on their tick I the WORT Re
Jecteti." And il shall be the duty Of tile
SbeTiffS of the various counties of this State
to ools pare the votes cast ia said plec. ION,
and make return In reOf To the Governor
and Secretary OF STATE who shall compare
said vote, and the Governor shall de-
eide the result when asceTrained. The Gov
ernor shall make proclamation a. TO the
result OF said election when 10 aScertained
Sec. T. Be- II further enacted, that IL there
shall b. m iority Of votes est as TO
said election in favor Of the acceptance of
the provision Of said section, the Governor
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-04-12
The following are the Onicers elected

-. 80. -. a. ~ Ait, Oh 0lHlks Wiz
Vice Presidents-PrO p. A. Pointer, OF
Trenton, j. G. Bro, ks, GAINESVILLE, 7. NJ.
Mourning, Allensville. DIR. j. h. Harris, Ha-
densVille, Prof. A. Bryant, of Guthrie.
Treasurer-PrOf. Jas. DinwiGdie, Of Clarks-
Vile.
stcretary-Prof r. F. Hall, Of Guthrie.
Professors Dinwiddie, Brooks and Gold, OF
Clarksvi lie, were appointed a committee to
draft Constitution and By-LSws to report
ar the next Meeting
GAINESVILLE, Tennessee, on the last Friday
and saturday i'm April, were appointed a
the time and place OF the next meeting.
Prof Brooks was appointed committee
OF one on programme.
DR.. Evans, on taking his leave of the aSso-
citation congratulated the society on bring
ing into closer communion the two States of
Kentucky and Tennessee, both OF which
ara ECU ally dear to his affection, he having
been succes>ively a citizen Of both.
Professor Brooks now moved vote q
thanks 20 the citizens of Guthrie and the vi
cinity for their liberal hospitality and fiat
tering attendance on the meeting (all OF
which this editor cordially endOrses) and
she association adjourned in the best posi-
BILE good humOr with the citizens, with
themselves and with one another.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-04-12
TEXT OF THE COMPROMISE
BILL.

AS this is the most important
measure of the session, we give the
text of it in full. Our account of
its passage through the House will
he seen i'm another column
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-04-12

a FRIEND meeting another few days
ago, said, "let's take a drink" He replied !:
'Never ~
"What Never ?"
"Well-hardly ever"
THE District Conference for the GAINESVILLE
District of the Methodist Church, meets at
Ashland City, May Ia. Bishop Kavauaugh
will preside. The opening sermon viii be
preached on Thursday night by Rev. A. G..
Dinwiddle of Cedar Hill station. Arrange
ments vii. be made with some one of our
steamboats, to carry the delegates at reduced
rates, due notice of which viii be given.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
Going Back ON Ones Friends.

The New York Tribune, the most
blatant of all the exodus sheets, is weak
ening and asks very pertinentquestion:
"But what are they (the Kansas folks)
going to do with these people,? 1t will
not do to dump them III great masses
on Western prairles, even ii each man
is provided with land to work. The
negro always succeeds better where he
has the white man to initiate and lean
upon. lie has no higher ambition than
to have Il patch of ground and a home.
When he has that, he is not, as a rule,
either lazy or vicious or drunken
Now, If that is not going back on ones
friends we would like to know what is ).
Is it not the utterance of the same Tli-
bune, which some time back urged the
negro as the proper law maker and
ruler of the South Has he not been
Daintcd rs the down trodden genius,
which, according to the pitying organ,
should have his abilities fostcred and
developed by supreme control OF "us
poor white trash," who were daily cru
cifying him or plunging him in jars OF
boiling oil like the forty thieves.
Since the Tribune's mind is exercised
about the"' dumping down on Western
prairies," why not extend brotherly arms
and invite them to the Northern
Canaan. That powerful organ OF itself
could support several hundreds, and
then think what model for imitation.
1t isn't right to shuttle out of ones
responsibilities in that way. Ii the
freedman without a homo is idle, vi
cious or drunken" the assertion would
come with better grace from any other
paper than the one which time and again
| has urged the race to struggle for the
mastcrship Of the South. Failing there,
it wanted four million of negroes to be
taken from the South, to impoverish it,,
and then utilized as Republican voters in
doubtful States. They havn't quite
got the four million yet, IEt they seem
to llaye their hands full and their minds
distracted with what they have got.
Pack up colored friends and go to head
quarters. If you're not to be Dumped
on Western prairies, try the loving
hospitality of the Tribune bosses.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
The Genesis of the MOSQUITO.

A physician corresponding with the
Scientific American, says:
For several years past have noticed
in warm weather that my wooden els
tern, which is above ground, has been
infested with peculiar looking little red
worms. have heard many others like
myself complain of these worms, and |
had taken it for granted that they were
a species of earth worm. However, last
summer procured glass jar and sprin-
kled the bottom of it with a very small
quantity of sand and clay. I then half
filled the jar With clear fresh water, and
after putting dozen of these worms in
the jar / tied q piece of cloth over the
mouth and placed it in a light, airy
place. The worms were from half to
three fourhs Of an inch in length, of a
bright red color, and had rather a
iointed appearance about the body.
They would crawl on the bottom of the
lar. swim through the water by a rapid
bending of the body backward and for
ward, and occasionally come up to the
surface of the water and float. Within
twenty-four hours after placing them in
the jar noticed that they had all gone
down to the bottem of the vessel and
had envelloped themselves separately in
a kind of temporary shell made of earth
and sand. In few days after this /
saw one of these worms crawl out OF his
temporary house at the bottom, OF the jar
and swim to the surface of the water.
Here, after twisting about for o few
seconds. he ruptured a thin membrane
that enveloped his body, and came out a
fulfilled ged mqsvuito ready for business.
[ noticed many of the other worms go
ing through the same performance with.
in short while afterward. Some Of
the mosquitoes were much larger than
others, but as | have already stated,
some of the worms were also larger
than others.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
On Man. .
NO. =.

! Man is divided into two claSses-bls
! man and little man. There are none Of
the latter class on this globe. Whatever
may be. the actual status of a man, he i;
sure to be credited with certain degree
of respectfully if his boots squeak.
A man that doesn't know anything
will tell it the first time he gets Il chance
Darwin says man is descended from the
monkey. This is not at gil discouraging
il you look at it in the proper Light. 0nl
hairy ancestors could not have been SO
ignorant as some people suppose. for it
is we'll known that they were educated
in the higher branches. A married man
differs from single man in one particu-
lar-the extreme summit Of his head is
apt to be in a state Of surdity,
Man is gifted with a mind that is far
above his neighbor's. He measures the
distances of the stars and calls them by
wrong names, takes good deal of
stock in comets and keeps close watch
on the sun TO see that il maintains a
restable distance. He has recently dis
covered that the sun is about 100000
miles nearer the earth than has hitherto
been supposed. This shows that, the
distance between the sun and the earth
is gradually lessening. Perhaps, after
awhile, the man who is sunstruck will
have chance of striking back.
Man is "a rational being. But when
he stands inside of the blinds and spends
fifteen minutes trying to brush streak
OF sunshine off his pants with the clothes
brush, before he discovers what it is.
He may excused for taking few liber-
ties with the English language and even
kicking the window out. That is, if
he honestly believes he can mend the
matter in this way. Man tills the soil
and raises various kinds of grain, fruit,
cotton, &C., for stock gamblers to "bull"
the market with.
Concluded NEXT weaI
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
The EnGdel OsutCry.

The Pocasset tragedy, where father
under tile influence religious fanaticism
kills his interesting little daughter, be-
lieving that he had been commanded to
make the sacrifice. and that at the
eleventh hour God would either stay
alis hand, on raise her from the dead,
has furnished scepties with powerful
weapon against the teachings OF the
Bible. They say IF Abraham's faith
was great, Freeman's faith was greater.
If Abraham is lauded and held up as an
example for the world, why should not
Freeman also be praised The act was
but the natural result Of popular theories
of the Bible logically carried out"
In this wholesale condemnation OF
faith pur Ell simple as guide for human
conduct. it strikes us though no theolo-
gian, that the critics are illogical them
selves. In the first place the parellel
between Abraham and Charles Freeman
would be ludicrous if it were not for
the tragedy at the end which checks
I" laughter. In the early Patriarchal days
the Bible tells lis God walked with men.
His intercourse with them was direct,
His messages were uird roce. In obey
ing the command to slay his son the
Patriarch merely obeyed positive
order from Divine Being, who had
manifested Himself to him. 1t was a
simple act of obedience to this Superior
Power, who had the right to command,
and would infiict swift and severe
punishmentif the order was disregarded.
And moreover we read it was merely
test OF the Patriarch's obedience and
certainly not intended as a precedent
for remote generations who neither
walk with God = and have but the
vaguest ideas of His true attributes as
the Maker of Heaven and Earth. A
direct message from the lips of the
Almighty Himself, it strikes us as very
different from the dreams of a morbid
and half crazed fanatic. No parallel
can be drawn between them.
But faith which these infidels con-
denim so violently as leading to evil is d
very different thing from Freeman's
visions. 1t has sweetened the world
and enlarged the sphere Of humanity
made man better and more merciful-
and vitalizel his sense OF responsibility,
both to his brother man and his Creator.
The very infidel who rejects aud SCOTS
at the Gospel of Christ, has drawn all
his plans for the amelioration of evil
from it. He only proposes to do himself
Tor mankind. what can only be done by
a God.
II there is one thing more necessary
than another to this nineteenth century
1t is to have able and careful expoun-
ders OF Scripture, There is too much
stress i'll the pulpit laid upon impossible
precedents and too little value given to
the great general principles of morality,
with which the book abounds. 1t is
these erroneous interpretations which
have given birth to sects and sectarians
who justify these monstrous crimes as
acts OF worship and faith. A true faith
holds in itself the power Of discrimi-
mating and rejecting all that is evil and
contrary to the law Of Love,
* &
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
Proceedings of the Board Of Police OF
the Town OF Opelousas.

WEDNESDAY, June 11th, 1879.
The, Board met pursuant to q call of the
f>-~"'.lomt
L
Present: DR.. James Ray, Presidents Mcssrs.
L. Donate, c. Mayo and p. J. Lcfcbvrc.
On motion the following ordinance was read
TWICE and lliianinnnsIy adnDted:
An ordinance rc1atiEe to dogs Banning az large
within the corporate limits of the town OF
OpclOuSaS:
Be it ordained by the Board OF Police of the
town of OpelOusas, that dogs shall not he al
lowed to run within the corporate limits of the
town Of Opclousas, unless they wear a collar
with stamp bearing the figures denoting the
year, for which said stamp is issued and tiie
number thereof. Tho staEp Ii,ailo al' tin shall
be furnished by the Town Constable, at the
rate of fifty cents per stamp, and said Constable
shall keep registry of the names of Dartics
purchasing stamps and their numbers, BE if
further ordained, that If shall be the duty Of
the Town Constable to kill all dogs found nm
ming within the corporate limits Of the town Of
4peIEonsaSS, nHt bearing tho collar ANA STAMP as
above 0r4aihat This ordinance to take effect
after thirty days publication i'll the official
Journal Of the town.
The Assessor having presented the assessment
list OF the town of Opelousas, for the year 1870,
the same was received and the Collector was
ordered to proceed to collect the taxes
On motion the Board adjourned.
JAMES RAY, President
Attest: 0. VOORHEES,, Clerk.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
Fifteen Cents Off.

A young man who dresses we'll and
has reasonable share of good looks
had occasion last week to make trip
to the country, and one night he found
himself at a farm house at which a par
tv was to come off. He was invited to
participate in the festivities, and after
he had consented the old farmer took
him around the corner of the house
and saids
"The young folks are mighty fond of
any game with kissing in it. They'll
get up something and fix it to make you
kiss the handsomest gal in the room.n
''Well, I'll kiss her," was the prompt
reply: ,o,a >,,, . rt+,o oo,,+;,,,,o,
the old man. "There's my gal Emma.
We think she's as purity as any of EN-,
but certain folks around here kinder
sniff at her cause her nose crooks bit
and her hair is tritie high colored.
Now, l want you to kiss En- for the
handsomest gal in the room. It'll do
the ole woman good, and kinder set
these 'ere sni9sers back little. ] don't
I'll throw fifteen cents Off your bill in
the morning"
"What dye say?"
The young man said he'd do it, and
the father cOntinued:
"That's the checker. Don't have any
make believe aboutit, but kiss her right
pop out, SO that we kin all hear the
smack"
The game was played, the young man
was 'tixed," and he kissed "Em" like
the pop of pistol. He felt all the hap
pier that night, seeing how greatly the
old woman was pleased; but next fore
noon, as he logged along, he had to run
the gauntlet of score of farmers sons
waiting in the fence corners to lick him
because he passed their ''gals' for EN-"
He was struck by thirteen stones, six
clubs and about bushel of potatoes
before he got out of the neighborhood,
and when he came to figure up he real
lied that fifteen cents was no induce
ment at all. 9
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21

Several fishing parties, among the
gentlemen of our town are on the tapls'
Two parties left this week for Derbonne
TO spend several days. We understand
that one or two families are already
encamped at the Belle Cheney springs
and several more will move in that di-
rection during the month. We know
no more delightful place to spend a
week or two pleasantly than in the pine
woods at the Belle Cheney.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21

We call attention to the notice OF the
grand concert and ball to be given by
the Opelousas Philharmonic Society on
Monday the 7tl day of July next. The
society are practicing nightly for the
great event, and judging from what
we hear of their first performance last
month, we predict for them a triumph,
and to those who attend a pleasant and
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21

We have received from all portions OF
shc country the most acknowledgements
of the crops. Everything seems to be
going on oiled wheels. Of course in
some sections q little rain is needed,
hut nobody's crop is actually suffering.
The corn crop wemay consider as made.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21

As the sounde1t health is less per-
ceiyed than the highest malady, so the
highest joy touches us less than the
smallest sorrow. q. Z
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21

How great q bounty it ia to hold the
royal gifts of the soul that they shall be
music to some, fragrance to others, and
life to all.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
JUDICIAL ADyERTHsEME
DCBLHC SALE.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST LANDRY
No, 41O2,
ESTATE OF BEN BENJAMIN ALIAS DUCK
DECEASED.

By virtue of an order of the honorable Pro-
bate Court, Of the Parish of St. Landry there
will he sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder. by the undersigned administrator or by
any duly qualified auctioneer, at the last
residencesof the deceased at Barrys Landing.
parish of Est. Landry, Oh TUESDAY, July 22d.
1s7e the following described property, belong
ing to the estate of Ben Benjamin alias Duck,
deceased, tOwit:
I. tract of land containing thirty arpents
more or less, with the buildings and improve
ments thereon, fronting on Bay0u Collrtableall.
ST. Landry parish, bounded north by Bayou
Conrtableau, sonth by land of Jean Castillo,
east by land of Arma Zeringue and west by
land of Joseph NJ. Moore.
2. One shot gun. one lot of kitchen utensils.
one lot of corn, one lot Of lumber, one skiff and
many other articles.
Terms-Cash.
d. =. SATAN,
June 2l-3t Administrator
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
June 21-5t
TONSTARLE,s SALE,
FIRST JUSTICES COURT. PARISH OF SIT
LANDRY.
JOS. BOUER VS.. JOS, BROOK

jus. BOUER vs., JOS. BROOKS.
by virtue of n writ of tieri facias to me Iii
rected Dy 4. 7. FeaZie Justice of the Pcace to,
the first ward, parish of St. Lun0ry, 1THhaye
st4zed and will proceed 20 sell at public auction
TO the hsslsst Litsder, at the Courthouse in Ope.
!otsias, on SATURDAY, the 4tll day of July
1878. at II O'Clock A. NJ. the following prop.
erfy, seized in above entitled suit, to-wit:
One bay mare. -.
Terms-Cash.
HIRAM BURR.
Juno u Constable lst Ward,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21

There will be devine services at the
ChurcI of the Epiphany, OpeloHsas,
every Sunday morning at II O'Clock, and
Sunday School at 8 A. N.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21

list letters

Remaining i'll the Post Office at Opelousas, La,
June 9th, 1879, and if not taken ont before
June 23d 1879, will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office at Washington d. C.
Boiling jim L0urlet mme Loisa
Crosby Jane mrs I4ise Dick
Dilia mademOSellc MOutOn Ambrose
Ettrampes Pierre Pratcr Aaron
Harris Albert SASHA Phlix
Harrington Lara Wilson William
CHAS NJ. THOMPSON, P. M.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
;. In Providence we trust'-everybody else cas-

OPELOUSAS. SATURDAY. JUNE 81. 1879.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
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and we looked as wise as we could
Dollar Democrat.
My Sarvent DOrr.

Many years ago, when there was
but one church in the townof Lyme,
Conn.,, the people were without a
pastor. They had been for long
time destitute, and now were on the
point OF making unanimous call for
a very acceptable preacher, when a
cross-grained man, by the name of
Dorr, began a violent opposition to
the candidate, rallied party, and
threatened to defeat the settlement.
At parish meeting, while the mat.
ter was under discussion, a half-wit-
ted fellow rose in the house and said
he wanted to tell a dream he had
last night He thought he died and
went away where the wicked people
go, and as soon Satan saw him he
asked him where he came from.
From Lyme, Connecticut" I told
him right out.
"Ah and what are they doing in
Lyme ?" he asked.
"They are trying to settle a minis
ter" l answered.
"Settle minister he cried out.
" [ must put stop to that. Bring
me my boots l must go to Lyme
this very night "
then told him as he was drawing
on his boots, that Mr. Dorr was OPP
posing the settlement, and very like
ly he would prevent it altogether
My sarvent Dorr F" exclaimed
his Majesty. My sarvent Dorr
Here, take my boots; if my sarvent
Dorr is at work there is no need of
my going at ALL"
This speech did the business Mr..
Dorr made no furthe opposition.
The minister was settled. but his
opponent carried the title, My sar-
vent Dorr" with him to the grave.
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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURsq

The scholars sat down silent, almost
breathless.
After the prayer the teacher cooked
a revolver, and walking down on the
floor, said:
ave will arrange the classes. All
who can read, write and spell will
rise. Of them we will form the first
class"
Only six got up. He escorted
them to upper seats, and then he be-
gan to examine the rest. A whisper
was heard behind HIM. In second
he wheeled with revolver in hand.
"No whispering allowed here" he
Numbered, and for an instance the re-
volver lay on about level with the
cross-eyed boys head.
"I'll not do so any more" gasped
the big bully.
"See that you do not Inever give
the second warning said the teacher,
and the revolver fell.
1t took two hours to organize the
classes, but when done they were
well organized. Then came recess.
The teacher went out too, for the
room was crowded and hot. A hawk
was circling over head, quite high in
the air. The teacher drew a revolt
yer, and the next second the hawk
came tumbling down in the midst OF
the wondering scholars.
From that day Harry kept school
for two years in Cranberry Gulch,
his salary doubled after the first quar-
ter, and his pupils learned to love as
we'll as respect him, and the revolvers
went out Of sight within month.
They had found a man at last who
could keep school, This is a fact
San Francisco Chronicle.
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kitchen, Spinning on her great Vice.,
and singing pleasant little ditty !;
Louisa was securing in the back
room, and the cat purring on the
hearth before black and fireless
chimney, while the table sat in the
middle Of the room, ready tor dinner,
with empty dishes.
well, wife, here we are" said my
grandfather, cheerily.
80 l see, said she, placidly.
Have you had a good morning in
the cornfeld? ?"
"Why, yes, so so. But where is
the dinner ?"
"In the pot OF the door step. Won't
you see if it is done ?"
And on the doorstep, to be sure,
sat the great iron pot, nicely covered,
but not looking particularly steamy
My grandfather raised the cover, and
there lay all the ingredients of a
nice boiled dinner-everything pre-
pared in the incest manner, and all
the vegetables as raw as they had
ever been. My grandfather stared,
and my grandmother joined another
roll to the yard upon her distaff, and
began another verse of her song.
Why, woman, what does this
mean ?" began my grandfather lndig-
nantly. "This dinner isn't cooked
at alp
Dear me, is it not? Why, it has
set in the sun this Jour hours"
"Set in the sun
eyes, you told me to try the next
best thing to having a fire, and [
thought setting my dinner in the sun
was about that"
NY grandfather stood doubtful for
moment, but finally his sense OF
humor overcame his sense of injury,
and he laughed aloud. Then, pick
ing up his hat, he said :
Come, boys, we might as well
start for the woods. We shall have
no dinner until we have earned it, l
perceive"
"Wont you have some bread and
cheese before you go?" asked my
grandmother, generous in her victo-
nv, as women always are. And so
she won the disqualification States
man.