The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-28

delivered a lecture in the court house Thurs.
day night. Among the pietiFesAf tile euss
toms OF the African was one III which The
mode Of execution for criminal offenses was,
that piece Of timber was split iii wedges
large enough 10 get the head "a the victim
through, and then the wedges ai's farcea out
and the victim left to stranglc.
Arkansas Gazette; A mad was testi-
flying in Justice tTowcs court Nlian d loud
peal Of thunder and flash lightning
caused him to spring from lis ent. Tie
justice, with his fatherly kind oH protection
reaching over and catching hold a0t the. man,
said; "Sit downSsir, sit down yess are IN my
charge.s Don't be frightened Il protect
you" The man looked at the iusseg with an
inexpressible expression, sat dawn III the
chair andresumed his statemeHf.
West Point (NIiss.) Echo 1gd learn
from Mrs. james W. McCrary, o 8oIifsiana,
that there is a most peculiar tlocE III tuflSeys
raised in her ncighborheod ST. Sass that
the bones Of their legs are soft ,af Wfll bend
up or double up like as il they hHd none 9t
all when they attempt to walk, ID savs they
are in perfect health. Instead oi aIling on
their legs they crawl with thenB 0lnething
similar to tcrrapin.
Wilmington IN. O. Star negro
preacher near Red Springs a4aqHneed to
his congregation several SUNDAYS lee, some
what as follows 81 have been ching to
you ever since | came, from AMI
Mark and iEs yau want inc "
Genesis and Exodus, You must raise my
wages. 1t is hard work, and pmnot going to
preach the fat out Of my gzzard for so little
pay"
The Donaldson (Ea.) Chief states tnat
g L, 4
been arranged in that town. The first was
an affair in which fists alone were used the
second was well executed hoax. A large
crowd was attracted to the scene of hostili-
ties, and double-barreI-shot guns were the
weapons In the third instance one of the
principals backed out on the field Of battle.
In the last encounter one of the combatants
was cut several times.
A Jackboro (Texas) dispatch to the
st. Louis Globe says: Miss Walker aged
16 living with her father, s. &. Walker
retired to bed and slept all night with Il trc-
mendOus rattlesnakc, seven feet long, which
erept into the bed About daylight Miss
Walker turned upon her pillow, when the
snake struck her in the forehead with his
fangS, and instantly cOllcd around her
throat. She screamed and tainted. The
reptile was finally killed, but it is believed
MISS W tIhti tduiiht i've.
Florida, says the Sumter Advance,
like every other statp, has its proportion of
good and bad land. The soil is divided
into what is called hammock, high pine, low
pine and swamp land On the hammock
land you find the oak, hickory, hay, maguo-
lin, gum, beech and many trees familiar to
norther eyes, and whose existence with them
always proclaimed good soil The same
rule applies with equal force here. The
swamp lands are very rich, and, when
drained, are the best sugar and rice lands in
the state.
San Diego (Tcxas) Messenger Quite
an interesting scene is witnessed on our
streets about three days out Of every week
by the harncssing up of wild mules for the
Larados stage line They are bliudfolded
until hitched to the stage, when the driver
crawls into his seat as easy az ii he was try
ing to slip upon deer or turkey; when well
balanced and rcius in hand, the blinds are
removed, and off they go like pair ofrabhits,
and the experienced drivers on this line
never let them get away or break string.
Its amusing for the bystanders, but poor fun
for the passengers who are not accustomed
to such travel
Norfolk Virginian Bristol is perhaps
the only city in the world withtwo mayors,
wv 1ihf S'fSi I'eAl9Ny .'''t t'' ''AN''
is taxed in two states. The line between
Tennessee and Virginia is in the center of
Main street, and gives rise to many funny
eHefles,ps, for example, the runaway couple
reus ifo coach and f0ur, but arm.iu-arm stt p
u ross Main street and are Nn,tdpe.e The fiI-
gifive commits crime in Virginia goes TO
the pavement on the other side Of the street,
and talks defiantly to the officer on the oppo-
site side who has warrant for his arrest,
Il l.. Il. IL
sometimes, however, bring him to grief.
Jacksonville (Fla.) Union: A singu-
lar incident occurred ut the residence corner
of Washington and Adams street. white
servant of the family had a little boy who
was exceedingly fond of u mocking bird
which used to sing near a window Of the res
idence One day the bird flew in and par
ties tried to catch it, but it escaped through
the window. The child would often ask to
be, permitted to 20 into this room and hear
The bird sing A short time ago the child
fell sick, and about the same time the bird
ceased to sing. Yesterday the child died,
and when the undertaken visited the room
where its body lay, the bird few in at the
window, and, after making a circle or two
dropped dead on the floor.
A Georgia negro girl who went to Ii
IBERIA in 1877, has returned. She does not
give a very cheerful account of Der expert
cuces in that free republic. Among other
things, she saws that "the natives season
everything very highly with pepper, and
when a child is born among them, they stuff
its mouth with red pepper, and cruel, and
| lay it in the sun for an hour They say il will
make il strong and healthy" Also she says
dthe natives are very hard ON our people
when they commit crime. She mentions
the case Of one Reuben Baybo, who stole
something from one Of them, ard they caught
him, tied big rock around his neck and
| threw him III the river