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n;olot fsnce and can be had at a moderate price and on very good
terms. 1ho.;o IN chnrcb Of
100 wards from the Methods, Church, very suitable Tor a residence n
or business stand. measuring 200 feet front by 3os iet oeep' me
same can be had on a good bargain. ].
No. 16 This beautiful and well improved property IS sltna'eu IN 10
tbis town on rue du.Bas-de-V Vile. The lot measures ~ ieel front oy
III, Il foe,a doom . laroe commodious and we'll furnished dwelling house
kitchen. corn crib. stable and carriage house, bathing room ana well wen
also a large cistern. everything perfectly new ana ;m t. ce mtsn
Of the Village offers a good position for a business man WIFE family
physician, mIliner or hotel keeper and can be had at a very low
: r@a- Several other properties are FOR sale, DESCRIPTION OF me same
can be had on calling at the store of above address. lie ais9 mas .e
agency for a variety of movable properties, ana paftes ue''o" =
INCREASING closely would do we'll to consult him. !.
4 full stock of general merchandise aud OF the most seiec1e' qna y:
ties is constantly on hand and a. the fatfest prices. .ns, ON nas su ,ne
or colored can rely that they VIII Always ece''e &c - '0 r.
best attention.--my "a 79ly.
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Nytice.

The Finance Committee report
ed the following budget or prona'
bic expenses Of the parish tor the
year 1880:
10 Criminal prosecution inclu-
ding per diem of Grand q Peut
Jurors, Clerk Of Court, Sheriff q
Coroner 3 mills
90 Printer & S%tationer's {
30 Parish 4 Dist Atty
pro temp
DO Sheriff hold'g Court I
SO Magistrates tonstables
Physician, Collector and AS
SCISSORS Il
60 Police Jury, Finance Com
mittee, Clerk Police Jury, Parish
Treasurer and Constable Police
Jury
70 For Elections
80 Public School funds 2
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Ell. Ieguennec,

WHEELwRIGHT & BLACKSMITH.
I respectfully announce to the
public that | keep on hand all the
different materials appertaining
to sewing machines, Of all kinds,
and more especially to the Singer;
and also the genuine machine oil.
I also have bnggies and hacks
for sale, and make and repair the
same at prices to suit the times.
Sept-7'78.
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Notice,
FLOUR! FLOURl FLOUR

The undersigned Baker at Alb
neville. informs the public that he
will constantly keep on hand a
complete stock of Flour, which he
will offer for sale at moderate
prices /; according to quality, from
ordinary s~uperfine to extra choice.
J. BOYANCE, Baker.
Dec. 20-'79 -3m
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g. Ii. MouToN. CONRAD DEBAILLoN
Mouton &c DeBaillon,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Vermilionville Louisiana.
Job work neatly
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The undersigned would respect
fully inform the public that he
has opened a Livery Stable in the
Town Of Abbeville, where he is
prepared to hire horses, car.
riages. hacks etc. and receive the
anne at very moderate prices.
OPHILTAs BoURQUE.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25
Our Listing Law.

At the request Of many intelligent gentle
men we give below, at length, the new list
ing law of New Hampshire, under the OPP
Grafton Of which IL is said that some ten or
twelve millions of dollars were added TO the
grand list of the state. BY the provisions
Of this law. as will be seen, the selectmen
are constituted the board Of listers, though
in effect every taxpayer is made his own
lister by being required to execute and re-
turn his list, under oath. For any wilful
neglect or refusal to make such return, or
for any false or fraudulent return, the of
fender is doomed in penalty Of four times
his estimated tax.
Inasmuch as il is claimed that the adop-
ton of this law, or something similar in its
requirements, win be made an issue in the
choice of representatives in many of our
towns, we bespeak an early and careful exam
ination of the subject. The idea of instruct
ing our representatives in respectto this sub
ject is all well enough, but it is hardly neces-
sary, judging from the past. Our practical
difficulty in amending the listing law has
been with the senate, and not with the
house. However, while the great mass Of
our people agree that there is crying need OF
thorough reform in this matter, it would
seem that there ought to be some means Of
bringing it about. The most direct, speedy
and equitable method of relief in the matte,
of our state taxes is, first of all, to get all
the taxable property Of the state into the list
That done, there would be small reason tc
complain of the burdensomeness of oul
| taxes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

Go SLOW mo brave soldier would
clutch the laurels which justly belong to an
other. According to present Democratic
claims, General Hancock was the only Of
fcer that amounted to much in the battle
of Gettysburg. The history of the battle
shows that the great superiority of his ser.
vice is matter of quite recent creation.
While all extolled him as having contrib
uted essentially to the gaining Of the VIC
tory, no one ever claimed that his contribu-
tion had been any more important than that
of any one of the other corps commanders
Reynolds, Doubleday, Howard, Schurz, Slo-
cum, Sickles, Sykes and Sedgwick. To be
sure, he had repealed desperate assault on
his front, but so also had each of the others.
His corps had done its duty, and did it
well but no better than each of the others
1t had wavered under the fierce assault Of
McLaws' and Anderson's divisions, and il
required the timely assistance of the Sixth
corps to drive the rebels back. He had
been wounded but SO also had General.
Sickles, Barlow, Graham, Warren, Gibbon
Paul and Zook, and General Reynolds had
been killed. The friends of General Han
cock must either moderate their claims az
to his exclusive agency in obtaining this
great victory, or encounter just denuncia
tions from those whose laurels they would
steal to decorate him. Tread lightly, gen
tlemen you are upon sacred ground
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

OUR SHAME AND DANGER.-The Indian
apolis Journal thus describes the most pow
erful politician of Chicago: The boss gam
bier Of Chicago, Mike Med onald, is also the
boss politician in the bourbon camp, and
with his terriers and tramps," and bal
lotbox suffers, is power to be dreaded and
courted at the same time. Mcdonald is a
sort of John Morrisey. He controls seventy
FIVE or one hundred saloons, and scores OF
gambling hells, and virtually owns one thou
sand voters. He is open and above-board in
his operations, and glories in his infamy. In
his way he is quite genius, and has great
force Of character, which accounts for his
influence in part. A few nights ago the
swallow-tailed Democracy of one Of the re
spectacle wards denounced him and his
methods. The next evening his followers
to the number of four or five hundred, raj
lied and adopted long-winded resolutions ex
tolling his many virtues, and declaring him
to be the purest and the best All the
thieves and thugs Of his ward were there
and tougher mob never got together. The
meeting was held in the Palmer house club
room, and when the crowd piled in Potte
Palmer summoned all of the detectives il
town to his rescue.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25
The Electoral Vote OF 1880.

As everybody is interested this year in
the possibilities Of the presidential electoral
vote, we publish the following statement
for information and reference. The south
ern states, or what is popularity known as
such, will cast the following electoral vote :
Alabama, ten; Arkansas, six; Delaware,
three; Florida, four; Georgia, eleven Ken
lucky. twelve; Louisiana, eight; Missis-
sippi, eight; Maryland, eight; Missouri,
fifteen; North Carolina, ten; South Caro-
lima, severn Tennessee, twelve; Texas,
eight; Virginia, eleven and West Virginia
five. Of the other states the electoral vote
is: California, six; Colorado, three; Con.
necticut, six; Illinois, twenty-one; Indiana,
fifteen Iowa, eleven; Kansas, FIVE Maine,
seven Massachusetts,, thirteen; Michigan,
eleven; Minnesota, FIVE; Nebraska, three
Nevada, three; New Hampshire, five New
Jersey, nine; New York, thirty-fve Ohio
twenty-five; Oregon, three; Pennsylvania
twenty.nine; Rhode Island, four; Vermont
FIVE; and Wisconsin, ten. The vote of the
southern states, including that of Delaware
Maryland, West Virginia and Missouri
will in all probability go solid for the Dem
ocratic candidates, and as one hundred and
eighty-fve votes are necessary to an election
more than three5ourths of the ,ohoie number
needed will be given by those states. Will
the other states, embracing all that stood by
the Union from 1851 to 1866, add forty
seven votes to the one hundred and thirty
eight, so as to make the one hundred and
eighty five necessary to an election This
is the question to be decided in the coming
presidential election, and in the wide reacf
of its bearings is a great and momentoui
question.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

PRoGREss.-Spurgeon, the liberal English
Baptist, seized the occasion of the Raikes
Sunday-school anniversary at London to
emphasize his disbelief in the spirit of ex-
clusiveness which actuates so large branch
of the sect he represents. 1t is impossible,
he said, to restrict communion, and as blood
is said to be thicker than water, 80 the blood
of Christ, by which he hoped for salvation,
was thicker than the water Of his baptism,
and he was therefore glad to commune with
saints of every name. At one point in the
service Mr.. Spurgeon asked all present to
clasp hands in token of their essential one
ness in Christ. And it is to be remembered
that this service occurred in a Baptist
church.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25
The Work In Hand.

Political clubs have come TO be neces.
sity, but there is danger Of looking upon
them as an end instead of means. While
they may be unnecessarily multiplied-and
in some localities we Judge they are--no
town should be without one They are in
dispensable as nucleus around which the
earnest and active members of the party can
gather. But TO be efficient they must be
practical. A great deal-almost everything
depends upon the officers. If they are
Jealous and efficient, the club will be but
If they are not, and have neither heart nor
tact for the work, the sooner they give place
to others the better. II is by no means an
easy thing to do the Legitimate work of a
club, and do 1t well. 1t requires unceasing
patience, system and perseverance. Street
parades are well enough, but torchlight pro-
cessions, banners and music are only useful
as stimulants to more important and practi-
cal work.
The primary duty OF political club is To
enroll all the voters Of the town, ascertain
their preferences, and bring such influences
to bear upon the hesitating or doubtful as
will draw them in the right direction and
finally to see that every friendly voter is
brought to the polls.
Republicans of Vermont do not for a
moment lose sight of the work before you
or underestimate it because you are sure Of
your own state. Could you labor directly
in New York, or Maine, or Indiana, you fee
that eternal vigilance would be your motto
while the universal and uniform testimony
of the most intelligent Republicans in al
those states is that an increased Republican
majority in Vermont renders all those pivota
states morally certain for Garfield and Ar
thur. Work, then, for New York, fol
Maine, for Indiana--for the nation
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

WAR IssUEs.-The Democrats object to
" dragging the issues Of the war into the
campaign" But "who began it ?" The
committee that informed General Hancock
Of his nomination assured him that he was
nominated on "Order No. 49," and not be-
cause he fought for the Union. Now that
order is compact recognition of the rebel
side of nearly every issue of the war. The
Democrats having thus thrown down the
gauntlet, the Republicans were quite willing
to take it up. If the Democracy now see
that they Numbered in thus forcing these is
sues into the canvass, let them say sc
frankly, and the Republicans may be will
ing to let up on them.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

Our SHEET-ANcHoR.-Ata recent school
anniversary in Ashfeld, Massachusetts,
George William Curtis in the course of his
speech drew some profitable lessons from the
recent census, which shows that the hill
towns are decreasing in population, and
thought this was attributable in a large
sense to the wonderful development of our
railroads. In fact, "cheap railroads have
brought'the plains into these hills and taken
the hills back, dropping them in the manu-
featuring centers." Mr.. Curtis spoke very
highly of the hill towns, considering that on
the hills still linger the great principles
the church, the school aud the town meeting,
the triple rock on which our government is
founded. Hold to these, he said. and no
matter where the population goes it takes
with it all the power that makes New Eng
land
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

A Coop REAsoN.--Edmund Kirke, in his
life of General Garfield, says his driving
Humphrey Marshall out of Kentucky was
"the most remarkable campaign that oc
CURED during the war of the rebellion
President Lincoln's opinion about it empha
sizes the particular lesson of the generals
life. "Why," said he To distinguished
army officer who CHANGED to be with him
"why did Garfield in two weeks do wha,
would have taken one of your regular folks
two months to accomplish ?" " Because he
was not educated at West Point" laugh
ingly calculated the West Pointer. "No,
said Mr.. Lincoln, that isn't the reason. II
is because when he was boy he had tc
work for living"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25
Democratic Endorsements OF Garfield.

General Garfield need not look alone
among his Republican supporters for testi-
monisls of his great public services and his
unblemshed character. The most ortho-
dox Democratic authorities furnish conclu-
sive evidence Of his especial fitness for the
presidency. Witness the following from
the pen of Don Piatt, editor Of the Washing.
ton Capital:
ss,aeld he'd. to-day the honore position Of being the
oNbf fooh MAN among the political leaders,
Further, in the same strain, is the testi-
mony-of Henry Wattersou, the leading Dem
ocratic editor Of the south:
own SAKE or ron irs owN SANE "'' '' '''''
Listen to Thomas A. Hendricks, late Dem.
ocratic candidate for vice-president
WIN ND al whom think RgqsssDs :4oSa
MAS, iSp wotfb MAKE a GOOD pREsbE M Foh
REf2R rs H aRsERaI aME
GARFIELD Of Ohio.
These candid testimonials TO the honesty
of General Garfield are supplemented by the
following manly tribute from the New York
World Of May &c. 1872:
In the midst of the organized Of corruption which
as been going on nov 80 many weary months and years at
and tasa q HoSEsTY FOR ioSRs ~ s&RE and
RspaScsn Rspabcaa but snft i IL saS 81 aas
woRE " fiji e sGS ga sEE IN rAs P9N
y e no, mpVsssle f9r man e &C, WIN Sepgss'o1 4,
THE REsFE6f on Ho 5s MEN MI '"'''A0' AM
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

HARD WoRK.-Southern Democrats have
a difficult task to manage their campaign
after their fashion without opening the eyes
of the north. The severest criticism their
journals make on Wade Hamptoi's late
speech in Virginia is that it was prema-
ture." That is, such extreme utterances
should not be made public till after election
day. Then an Indiana bourbon writes to a
Tennessee editor to keep those COMPOUNDED
fire-eaters quiet, they make 80 much trouble
for the friends in the north" And finally,
Wade Hampton's home paper, while deny
ing that the south is fighting for the same
principles as in the rebellion, thrusts out
the coven foot by adding" and if they
Dere, some fool would blurt it out I"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

SERVED RIGHT.-The great corner in
wheat, which "Knightly Jim Keene" and
other spectators formed nearly year ago
in the hope of gaining some millions of dol
lars by making bread dearer to every poor
man in the United States and in Europe,
has proved failure, and the operators lost
millions instead of gaining them. And il
serves them right In the face of the gen
eral scarcity in Europe and the actual fam
inc in Ireland, in Bohemia and in Western
Asia, this attempt TO make the world pay
more for American wheat and thus to starve
few more thousands than would have per
ished if prices had been left to themselves
was one of the most cold-blooded crimes Of
the age. The total ruin of the spectators
would have been a mild penalty for it,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

HoME THRUsr.-As the chairman Of the
Democratic state committee and Bert
Bishop came down from the platform at the
late Hancock rally in Richmond, shouting
for the "hero Of Gettysburgh," Colonel
Gleason reminded them that the last time
he saw them cheering together, if he re-
membered correctly, was over defeat Of
the Union arms during the late war. They
doubtless deprecated this revival Of the
war issues"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

CHICAGO Tribune MIR. English, Deme.
cratic candidate for vice president, is o
shrewd fellow. When he was president Of
the Indianapolis Street Railroad Company
little girl was run over by one of his cars
and so badly injured that her leg had to be
amputated. English fastened to the mother
an ignorant woman, and made compromise
for 800. He then called upon the driver
of the street car, and by threats of prosecu
tion for manslaughter, forced him to scrap'
together 800 and pay the company's loss.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

A Coon WITNEss.-The Hon. T.. ii. Cove,
secretary of state during the late fusion re-
gime Maine, is out in long letter in which
he opposes the fusion programme Tor presi-
Dental electors and candidates for congress.
He says that If the Greenbackers stand aloof
from the Democratic party this is its last
national campaign, consequently to vote
with it now is to step between it and death,
which is "unpatriotic and criminal" be-
cause it is time that it should rest in the
grave with its old allies, slavery aud rebel
lion." Mr.. Cove will get himself disliked
II he goes on after this style.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

FIFIRLD's SrEEcH,-A New York gentle
man OF the best judgment says that the
late speech OF Hon. b. +. Fiheld, before the
Garfield and Arthur club Of Montpelier
ought TO be placed in the hands of every
freeman in the laud. He says it will be as
valuable hundred years hence as now
Such is the demand for this speech, from
far and near, that second and much larger
edition is being prepared.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

lures is the present rampant complainant
in this false issue with the Republican
party of this state. During this year the
state reform school was established, on
account of which sl3,33s06 was expended.
The expense of the charitable institutions
asylum for insane, etc., was $l6,O38.O1
state prison, s5,3s3.92 educational, sS,l43.-
90; making total expense for our public
institutions of s42,9O2.14. The state tax
was 80 cents on the dollar Of grand list Of
about 81 ,O75,00O.
The next charge in the Democratic bill
of complaint is that the state expenses now
reach the enormous sum Of 100000"
There is the same Indebtedness as to dates
in that word "now" as in the phrases "just
before" and "just after the war;" but, for
the sake of testing the correctness of the
next charge "that our state expenses are in
creasing from year to year." we will apply
the test to several dates. Take the last two
biennial terms, covering a period of four
years, more than a decade remote from the
time Just after the war" For the year
1877, the first year of the last biennial term
on which we have published reports, the
state expenses were 1920, 4Os.Os, as follows {;
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

"Consider phai Lee and Jackson pouh do
,oere Mey alive. THESE ARE THE
SAME PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH
THEY FOUGHT FOR FOUR YEARS.
Remember The men ,oho poured forth their lie
blood on VIginias sod, and do not abandon
them now. Remember that upon your uoie de-
ponds The success Of the Democratic hcksi."-
Wade Hampton.