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A TOUGH FOX YARN.
CJkual1lg nn1 Killing n Fox Whose Felt
lEnh 1sccn Itntn0ved.

Chasing nnd kllIenE n Fox Whose Felt
lEnd Iyccn 1tntnOved.
Ktngston IN. Il, Fireman.
Jnn,ea Pine, II vrtcran tox hunter, co ycars old,
residing IN NarbIeu,wn, has killed this winter
fourteen red foxes, one cross-bnr, and one grny
fax. IIo IL probably tho best fnx-hunter In tho
county. Ito Inns two dogs, nnd hunts over long
stretches Of country, ranging aver tho hills nf
linrbietuwn, acrtMs tho country to High Fntls,
ntl np shnwnngunk Mountain MS far IA 1.nku
1tinnowaski: III fact, he shot tho cross-bar
fox ncnr Pnllz Point, on TINT mountain Mr..
Pine Inns hunted tUr fDrty years. portion Of tho
tt1no III Green Comfy, md fnr twenty-three
stusuHs l,u hns h,inteti III tltls county. Tho
first yenr he game tu Ulster County ho killed
ihnn at present. I.hst New Years I!uy hs killed!
recreation, rs ao owns . nice little farm II Mar
l,iutown, hut he sells his fox-sktns, ntl III that
why ,pa,s for his powder and klnt: pll.a Says.
Tint nnu tlny while lie WINS nut hunting fe shut u
ilne fox, and, rs he sl.pposetl. sno, a,lI,huI
rapps.l iao vent t. r. i.'' a'l - taknE , E, 1T
with him: lie skInhcl T. ,lnwm 2. IND then P!!ea!
tro tbo sa Sy. a,e whom ia skn cns and u
tho grcnt md incxprcxsblo establishment Of tho
li,tntrr, tho fox jumped up and rin or ut full
10 raiRu bis gun In time to shnt HIM The dogs,
however, wcro after him in II lilly, nnti tho re-
!narltable sixht "f tnx without ts pelt scno!-
yClp[ng on his trhck. WIS thcn kccn.
,rhe fox being IN ltsht rn.arehing orter soon a
sns to e dsys II Yen tbe ;
nrutty stMrply an,i no pissed through r,,vinc,
IT, c sues q s thrss .vi.ie he viii como on lac lack to Il
nYaln, no nlattrr how wide tho circnt may lH,
tho hunter p0stesl himself ut this pace and
n,yIur tho truck tin tD 1uNr Whcru hB RtttNI fIC
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tho day." hc sa'i. Won tlo lath of Dcec,nner
tho physclan.. ii waa noticed Tint III, this dizzy
fHr thC ;t mS The rs'n tf r +" c" ,xc"e 81
frm his rttl. Iso wnn'ti not l'e turned ~ hu
ha.i previously ,cen viii, his buck !" Tho l!eht,
silently nnt Of tho window 70 tho sky; Tho
lr,neo II Wnes was scnI for ~ t,'c nhyslcans,
an wht!c to ctss ti. . en""yo :" !"sIro ,s iT
lu.ne. tlnrk VI. vcry hopeful, oniy tho breath;
nds "E Sas Sos ss'"s a.xs s' nue.. c?' ert III" "' f
hls nrms aud ty4nn 1rrangIng BIZ lhlr
inst ns be- used to do which, ,, " wcil !, nn,i mr.,
a!ntis.' Wh!!o tho doaGrs cont,nunlIy rens!nred y
tic Queen. , ySs evident Tint IT, =. w. oa hHr
md mt ,lnwn hesl.ia his 1ct' which Ind l'Gcn
whee!sa to tlo n1ao o1 Of th9 ,1i r1 l1s @ 'c
sSe 1 tosna .he n Isiae, i.iioa II r:rssrs,t!Moa, !, M
which te loe'ors ;4d n,,ght n ,,',, A., ara "r NJ NJ
tic tic s, al TX lst kleincr frnilcIn it |. yt.;r IL;
tlc wifej. nill ho bent hls hcaa md kissed hur"
wsns whsn tre re- ana not wci Xs uvening " "v,nce
he he nfs Ff,s 4 & ss sss I ay at t. sx srTf s e
ss s's fsssss 'ss 4 " s !ssS :sss !:
i ik .ho ,e0 si'o. aa " %es 'fs t"n plain wha Ike
Queen entered Hhc took tho Princes left ha,i1.
which was very coll. and k1'eit down by hls alde
Alice while nj its foot knet tho Prince Of Wnlcs
ana Princess Eleanor; Nit tyr f'11m tho f,xt nf
rr'ncS& a s ~sfS y"et den. c' to ion tocr r,'se
ssr r. Charles rfpp; snd asa: Gry we,a e, ,ls, s;
ray hea Sps'ei sny acs'Ss Ss Gs sa e,k
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One day Il tnuthcr, who bud lsccn To country
itouse i,eAr Mnrseilles. roturned with her son to
MarscLllgs. 1t WINS twilight. The child, years
old, !iasl bcen put In pouch. basket borne by Il
donkey. and tic mother. Touring the chilli might
catrh Gull Ut w1ls in Suvotnber had covered tho
hoy with thick brOwn shawl. Tirrd with rum
,lnler tho thick shlwl, Tho child wus sta, nsjCcI,
md hIt!tlci, by tho sides of tho buskct- Al.
though tho city gntes were reared There II n
tho mother. forgetting. nil n,out tho chilli,
walked n tltstMnco behind the dOnkey and did
not make him stup at tho Cu5t0lH~ House ttJ be
searched. TIE custtns OIIicrr,scelnH tho donkey
Jog III without stopping, suspected that he whs
1nttcn With s1nuHEletl RMMs an,i run nfter him to
thrust hs ahnrp atecl pr'oc through tho basket.
and screamed: Don't use your prObel My
child Is IN the basketl" Tho child was Adolphe
Thtet5.
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An American tMllo Proloxcd-Orgnllt-
cation OF II Company fn OppoaItl0ia to
tho Present LiMCk.

Reports hayo 5ssn f. II eIss',istion Of into In
glnlzatlolI ut M At!sercnl, coInpnny to lny Al,-
other cnhle ncross tho AtlAntfr The high tariff
rates wh!s'! .!r' fharKoa Y tl.a ''exstng ' COM
cubic extensively an wl,Hso bills, In rnitny il,-
s''iis i %Sss sxSo I'll q 1T; o
purpose A.! A. oheapsp!nK tLq et,at q oeean tqles.
Fssa a bsns esfs IT, jha sfea II ssef Il as
It oad M s,rss sset, I'd s G sss4s,%Sy ss s,sH @
4. Buwyer. AIMING tho lllrUt0ta nr0 H,orCilants
n New York and p9nnsyly4nia, Including
llehert, and Jntnes y. Juwett. A. thu olcos Of
!hc Company In th's city It was stated TINT tho
1.rtllss, buyurnn,ent has already ,grslnted then
or mar! cul,les III England This conccaslun Win
granted within II fow months pHst, at,d tho
,oritS. have sta,itet sllnilar sIsht. IL ar.Ior
" avoid hnvlng too long cnllu, however. IN
intermsdnio landing y retlulrSa 1 ~ In to r,,'''.
island 8 g. RIUrro e sIy4.lu,.. nlt Tho east q
yet besa sialse frnn, tho Franc., daycri,i,,ant.
Mr. J. @, Juwctt, QUE 3f the lslrcctora saya
TINT the prol,,scd cap!tal of tue new e9t.pany y
iinunclcra III IA'lllan hnvc made standing oiror
10 subscribe o,e-hAlf tho cntfFo oapltul stock
fllvo beea secured fur Ia1ltlfng ono ar Inpre
cAl.les. Tho Isl.in ltubter, uutt. rorchu. 0sta
Telegraph Works Qonpnny, nf EnHllAl. hMv0
E8U, ,uO, and tlloy guarantee to matntatn II In
Kood condition for o1lu ypar FREQ nf EXPENSE.
per nln,lto Tho pr1lH,srtl s1ltg u DO ustnl,..
lishod TOR messages u u cents per wocl, or lvss
than ollv.g.trtcr Of tho chnrge M.1do By tho
Dtruct Cuhlu und prrsplst English companies.
THIS. It u uluimuti, would ytyp d yearly rovonuo
of Sl,GM,0h. nut nf which tho not cummings
Wo%Ia 20 aeout S & Sr =. st!lcs. M TO- y
md put by a ru4eFva fund OC 10 por cent. The
ptGsant English cnbs9 et!t1panics, Ms. Jew0tt
vtll,eas about tGo, ,001 uD. Oh which dividend VI
Q pur cent IL tl be paid, aud 10 per cent inld
aside yearly ~ FesGEyu fund. Tho n0w
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Information Given.

III ths t:ItsoY of Ths Chicago Tribune.
IA HALLE, ILL.,. April 1.-Wtll you kindly 9ito
tho following information: III Is thcre In chi
lnefIt 6 d}Apeslsei without t.hnrge2 q II mt,
cn yO,i niI7iu good institution 1T such nature,
md AtItu probable cost OF treatment FOR r1tp!dly-
increasing blindness? Respectfully.
w. II. GARDNER.
lThcrc II IN Eye and Fur fntsrmary In this
city. It Ism Stnte Institution, where thoee too
Is,or to pny nrc treated tree of charge. 1hoso
whu Cati I,Ay nro expected to do BO according to
tAuir lneAltS1
, 1880-04-05
THE VOICE OF TIE PEOPLE.


Tb NE Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.
FatsT WAYHE, Ind, April 1.-flnrInK the two
Ecnls III TlIE TNIursE Racd "Elln Wheeler"
t,nvu Deetl grontly plcnscti with them Could
four pnper who Alfss or Mrs. Wheeler is2
a READER.
i've dare. Ifcr rcal nnme is none other than
Msa Elln Wheeler. Hho lives nt WlntlHtIr. Dane
County, Wis, and IA Il most cstEtnnbse yning
lady, md Ia Rencrully considered tho best poet in
tho Wcatorn Htatts.1
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II waA discovered thnt only nnc Chinn1nan wns
employed ~ either company. In the City and
Cttunty Of RRn Francieco, ann thnt one ncta ms mn
Interpreter 1T tho Chinese language. The ialrnr-
Mekers havo not furnished man to take bis
plaCo yet.
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Rough and uncv1n t!onrs cannot wear out a
nnly that manufactured nf cottuh and piper.
Two kinds, sewrl ntll nj fit American Carpet
Lining Company, New furk nud Boston. For
euto by all t.trptt lGrtGr8
, 1880-04-05
PRINCE ALBERT,
a Royal Home-Domestio Life Of
Queen Victoria.
Tho Prince Consort-111s Character, In
nuencc, Life, and Death.
Tho Princes Last Leller Ono oI Kindness 10
Amorlca-HIs Death.

AmnrIn1-Hlg D6ayh.
"'9s0 VIC SS""'
r
rnNnou. March 17-Nr, trbcutoro Martin hoa
nspvs, m"tu,. l,:-sr' M, uncou',,o Ha.t," mug
finished h[s Llfo OF tho Prince Cousort.' md,
eossIlo that n summary of Tim ino,ticnts con
t.Irat H., ~, Mn.,in.s t,.oxn.t,,,.. as.rs 49,,
. u.aaso ~, ~ mr. ha. ,' Mnslis inHIes''nG poscs lnIy
not pe without valMo IN America, Tho authors
cat'mato Of tho pr'nco consort mist, Of course,
be un1crst.N1 ns that Of n fon,l md horcavei
vita VI Mr. Wnrtu In has @ wr,tcn ri % If. ~" aarS nIar
~, ...~ .A",, r. u'e , W. rN. n.' "A u,"e.
tho cyp or tho Queen, 1nd from matorlais placed
At bis disposal by her STnjcaty.
poursrio rirr.
1,r,,, s,,,,, .,,.o.,n,, .,.a ,n,.a. w.. -,...
wl'l SKIP tntoueh INC PaRcs anu t1otc ehFlosla
illustrations Of tho domestic ltfc Of tho Qucon
during tho Inst two years Of her tnnrrictl life.
Tho volume opens In 1860, Tho Princess noynl
wa. mnrricd nnd living in nor,tn. ,rhc rr;nco
Cousort, wr.tInu on Hcw.Ycnr,a f,uy n tho
1,.,.on, .,,i.. ,ito. 11., -. ~ Wv
irlheeast inakes uoncate aA1ussoN 70 nm event
that was aftofWnrd to give great JOY To
tho Royal hnuse, the birth OF tho
(Junrn's first utnn1Inuphtcr' ato,oviav
StaS ,,,s4 ,,,, ...'" c "e"".ny
hau Just ascu' ahu VIC hnd tho
Prince mourning fur him as p" grcnt loss." Tho
second anniversary OF tho Princess Royni'a we'd
,tlnv ,vna n,no thn occo,ron = ,,rott,, ottar t.,
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ME UNfins UtM0tTNf. = =
A darkey, whuse head tho frt.,s OF many win
ters bud tllgcti with fray. shoutcl Gln'i, don't
y rcllcct % s qat IT. sh9oa ',n; 1.,a "Eo 70.
hDrse In do Army." Gr,int said "No": but, re-
t!sctinY Il few moments. remarked, without tho
shadow Of q smile, "but think recolloct the
dun horse"
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Ivy Ivy ahy cnfno AYain, tho Q,tGnn hh.l tho
On my knees. iLoln3 her l,clnvrt hnnd, which
wna atiil warm atd RnFt, tnniI9l, hrnsIrr, 1T
i,ns; ta,n ,yci,, r.t iho en, ns tast pp,oneig q,
a,. as IL ~ henrt Wnnl l,rcnk. It wns snlcni,1,
ncl ",,I hHVcr.in. l'c- fnrEttcn secnc. Fn!ltGr
h,t thora tg 9sow M sMo EGtn'ns NJ H. ccsG!'
~. en6po w. WA ,,o cna'lgo q
~ haIe tyva s eiosrn " tnoy nnd bGnn !nr th9
nt snet ~ n ,,,n,I nr. Tho clock struck hnf.mst
bert ovsr l'er hant and e"vcrcd l. viii With kissss.
rnn hiaen i nc " nt,u stMk nc hto Iho nox.
- ,,,a,,sn ~, e@n..rGy @ mc.te9 'so ienfs, when
eiaspe'. lllG III bis nr'ne: asked MI wns over,
~ *" unrn 1v ni IT, sn ws s1 ssa,1 - e.
SSeT$!hnF ato,,t o. tSe %sl,Ifs5|,er yery wSsk;;
40 was 4 fond Of, singing. In tilcso tw, dear
,v,,n m,,ns, Wllorn Wo n!Hi ~ GnnaMnt'y seem ief,
t' wHnre osGrytn!ns spo.u OF 'ile, Wo rertltnGtt
down Mt her chn,r."
SHADOWS Or THE END.
Al through lsoi The rrI1ce meyer seems to
Queen noticed in her t(tnry lint hu VIVA " iii and
si,d," iIu Ind no wsf L, t!io. lit tll n1t c%ro
ito Qiccu, do Mt cItng t, iifc yo, do; Int
eet to Storc Ly H." III mn, suro If / lava n
severe iilness should G!yo lip at o,,ce. shoull
tnincd Tie Inc ,nc,iicni a,,thnrltirs trase Il hNck
r n fEF INN
irr-whrn thn Trinrn @,ons,,rt jnsnrct"l thc
ROyoi Miiitary Acn,lriny nj Hnnt,hI,rst in Fl tnr.
riiie rnn. I'D ca.no hoine irsm ,hjs ylsll = wcak
scnrscjv c'n4" III InK ~ or"s ~ ni,st sor t1c s
To nest & st EFr1lY 1 on Gt td "r
UWccn AZ Usual In her WIKI FEELING tint
3o must rcst, and avery ,l,,cornfortaTie from
nhn ta ,nnro @ ns.M't ,,n ind frcn,tcnt5s. n rcst
Himself, aa he Wis MT al ronW cro,rh 10 10 ot.
ThYn ene i,Sws q Sc Trs,lt araiF, tho saptaro
var whtrh n,GpI wrnyStsv Wv ~ In .rnr.sstnt,.
"whtch hnd becI, mo or tho most distressing
nr Mnvnml,er ,vS mi fhc Trimre s,tii nj fi,t
could cnt no bronkfast. md iookoI very
wretched." ~ N ' ~ WY
TIE FRINGE AND THE TRENT AFPAtN'
On this t'ny ho performed the lust public office
mt 70 reeall tho faet that THIS allce WIS one of
calamity, md wien she hna very iGw friends IN IN
England. HG rnso, nGcOE1l!nE 70 his custom, ut
~ inc morning. nmd bctnrp is II rena d,s.
amnrlcnn % finscrnnnont. M t' 3soiananr iI1n rrtirn
nf Mnsn, ard Sjitlrii. Thn i,ri1icU tlii mt m.
p1ova of Ills aispatch. thinki,!s lis tons M Miao
r. nT. ~ j. t" n" 29cS s,ys hn asr Ma1csty ~. n
xhiie %;it;x e Ish W . $sh%ush III ; ha6s
nf hnwr u s.nrtv ,"nn Mia 10 it'll, Nm ..n, III.
Martls prinis fac-simile of ths ,rs'is, asa cas
" ~ ~ t tho sss Inv n thS , nn; %n
i @ xsss s$ilsy @ y;I STSSSt I efsr q, tSs
~ 2niinxs! an "le 'uoS a@st' %
WIx,,sou cAs7tr, Dec, I, 1sol.-Tho Queen
whole ahe1pprnses; h.it sne be- ca,not hslp feeling
~ as s %nsseaa @ 1"'s1er !se
e tst tho A'ncrf"a r ~ Gp%a
St. Landry democrat., 1880-04-10

A negro is not only entitled to greater
privileges than white man in Virginia,
as shown by the recent decisions of tie
Supreme Court of the United States,
but in the North also, as just deter
mined by a United States Commissioners
in Chicago, who, in case brought
before him to punish an employer fer
having inundated his employees by
threats of discharge into remaining
away from election polls, has decided
that the fifteenth amendment does net
apply to white men, nor do the statutes
made to enforce it, and this decision,
too, was based upon a written opiniesl
of the United States District Attorney..
OF course the decision is wrong arsf
unjust, for no matter how anxious tile
Radical law makers were to put negroes
over the white people of the South, no
sane man supposes that they intended
to make them privileged class in tie
North but chickens will come home to
roost, and it is equally true that "what1s
sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander."-[Alexandria Va.) Gazette. i,
St. Landry democrat., 1880-04-10
Railroad News.
New Iberia Sugar Bowl, April LIST

Now that the Morgan Louisiana and
Texas Railroad trains reach Lafayette,
the Western Louisiana line constantly
employ the trucks of the former to
transport much of the material it
requires. Although the aligning and
surfacing of the roadbed is still going
on between Lafayette and New Iberia,
this does not interfere with traffic or the
regular trains for mails and passengers.
Week before last, thirty-one cars loaded
with steel rails and ties arrived ut the
western terminus of the Morgan road,
and OH Easter day another train, equally
with similar stuff as the first, reached
the same place. No time has been since
lost in using this material to extend the
track of the Louisiana Western to the
Mermentau river, so that now a gang ct
workmen are employed ut each rni OF
gap. Trains are at present running
from Houston to Lake Charles, and
from Lake Charles To the Mrrnlen'hn.
Between this river and Lafayette, is still
d distance OF abnnt forty miles, nn which,
although =. adptl, 40 track has yet hnrt
laid, but Il stage rontr is to be lmn'ii
ateIy established between the tNo pnIi :
last mentioned Tor the CONVEYANCE 81!
travellers.
Some Inconvenience and delay IL
railroad work has been CAUSED ny the
late Indictment weather.
The olh road-htu of the Op-lou>l>
branch is being repaired A supply Of
cross-tes and rails for the entire dis
lance has been secured, and ID large
gang of laborers have been brought
from Red River to push this work on aS
rapidly us possible. Lumber for thu
construction of Il camp, to be built At
CarpDcro for the accommodation Of thu.
workmen to be employed on the track,
has been sent on from Lafay cite, and
Abbeville is now yearning to be united
with iron bands to the grand trunk that
is to connect the two States Of Louisiana
and Texas.
By the 4th Of July we trust we shall
be able to see the entire route from
New Orleans to Houston in perfect
running order. At that time, Opelousas,
with it's new branch, may be able to
assist US in celebrating the event.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-04-10

The Police Jury of the Parish of Ter
rehone is decidedly a jolly set of men
The other day they had a meeting at
which a question came up, upon which
a vote was taken resulting in tie vote,
the president voting with the members
at the call of yeas and noes.
Then the President gave what he
facetiously termed his casting vote and
settled the question. The idea Presi-
dent of Police Jury. or Of any known
body in existance, having two votes is
one of the modern ideas of progress de-
veloped in Houma.
Then when proposition came up to
repair the public road on Bayou Black
that body decided chat it would not be
just to make a public road at the expense
of the Parirh, as the road was injured
by Daunis' wagons hauling from his
place to McCullOms.
In other words that party decided
that public road only should be made
where nobody would travel upon it,
Truly this was a luminous and progress
sive idea.-[Thibodaux Seminal.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-04-10
Capture Of a Desperate.

lJalVtSUOH tlcXdS) news, march 5Oti
Sheriff C. C. Duson, of st. Landry
parish, Louisiana, with sheriff c. NJ.
Noble and deputy sheriff J. j. FAINT,
effected the arrest in Brazoria county,
Saturday morning, of one of the most
notorious characters who has worked
in all the st. Landry section of our
State.
John Sonnier alias John Miller has
for nine years, more or less, been a
prison guard in the employ of the Texas
penitentiary. In 1871 he rode up to the
house of an old man aged 60 years,
named Prud'homme, asked him if he
had whipped his (SOnnier's) nephew,
who was living with him, and when
told EYES," said, "You'll never do so
again." drew his pistol, and When the
old man started to run, fired, killing
him. He fled Immediately. For the
crime be was indicted.
In Calcasieu parish he stands indicted
also for the murder for robbery of u
man named j. r. Runyon Il few months
after the commission of his former
crime. In this case the evidence is cir
cumstantial. Sonnier exchanged some
money, through which shot had passed,
and the shot holes correspondent to the
shot holes which were found in Munyon's
pocket.
The prisoner was found on Daring
tons farm, near Sandy Point. The
officers were warned that they had a
desperate man to contend with, and to
be careful. Accordingly they walked in
while he was conversing with Il gentle
man, spoke to him, and followed that
with drop of their pistols. The gen
tleman simultaneously grasped Son
ner's pistol, and he surrendered. At
first he proclaimed his innocence, but
later said he was the man. He is now
in Jail here, but will be transferred to
Louisiana in day or two.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-04-10
Things that Occurred During


During the year buried and Wept
over several things happened which
will never be mentioned i'll the dlctlOn
ary or Encyclopedia, but should be
remembered by the public all the same.
The number of men who pulled their
guns towards them by the muzzlc was
about fifty. One trial will satisfy you
that it never fails.
Elyhteeu hundred and SeventyLinc
WAS a good yeal for the fool who points
unluaued revOlVtrs at his aunt and
other folks. He managed to keel over
about twenty victims, and Is real
sorry for 1t. lie wouldn't have done
it for nothing, You know.
During the dcad year eleven para
graphcrs got Oft jokes on the motherin
law, aud then softly dropped into their
last resting place beneath the willows.
1t is well. Nobody has missed them.
The nlHnbtr OF orators who III 1878
began tIlelr speeches with Fellow cItl-
Zcns of this glorious country, Was elSh-
t,-tive; the number III 1919 was only
cighty-tour. Let us be thankful for
smali favurs and have hopes for the
tuturc.
The kerosene can showed a decided
failing Oft III activity Only seventeen
females hurried up the lire.
OF the 1872 lluusholdcrs who borrowed
slotyuus aud took dead aim at that
| internal cat three hit the cat and the
remainder Knocked Over small boys
and other live stock, and are HOW Won
tering how on earth they could possibly
nave done 1t.
Eighteen hundred and seventy nine
WAS d good year for deaf persons to
go visiting. Thirty four of them took
the railroad track to save distance
Ile express was on time.
The last year was also noticeable for
the number of persons who took Il
quiet smoke Defoie going to bed, fell to
sleep and passed into Il better land at
the expense OF insurance companies.
| \ clay pipe and cents worth of tobuc-
co are all the outfit needed.
The number Of kind hearted people
who went out limiting, mistOok friend
for IL wild turkey, fox or gllZzly and
pepered him dead was fourteen, with
Rhode Island to hear from. Every one
of them felt bad enough to cry, but
mistakes will happen in all families.
The sea serpent was seen only nine
times during 1879. This may influence
some persons to believe that he is grad
ually dying out and will soon become
extinct, but there is no danger OF it
not with the present band Of sea CAP
tains.
The number Of mothers who left rat
poison and other fatal doses where the
children could get at them was twenty
one. This is a decrease over the pre-
vious year, and in the dim future woman
kind may possibly realize the fact that
children, cats, rats, cOckrOacheS and
ants are susceptible to the same intlu-
enCe.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-04-10
The Cruelty to Animals Law.

An act defining certain mlsdemeanOrs
arising out of cruelty to domestic or
domesticated animals, and prescribing
the punishment therefor.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General
assembly Of the State of Louisiana, That
if any person shall overdrive, overload
torture, torment, deprive Of necessary
sustenance, or unnecessarily or cruelty
beat or mutilate, or kill, or cause or
procure to be Overdrivei, overloaded,
tortured, tormented, or deprived of
necessary sustenance, or to be unneces-
sarily or cruelty beaten or muti.ated, or
killed, us aforesaid, any domestic or
domtsticated animal, every such often
der shall, for every such otfense, be-
deemed guilty of a misdemeanOr, and
shall be punished as hereinafter pro-
vided.
SEc.2. Any person who shall impound
or cause to be inDounded, in any pound
or yard, for safe excepting, sale or slaugh-
ter, or shall cOntine in any stable, shed,
or in any place whatever, any domestic
or domesticatcd animal, shall supply
the same during such confinement with
sufficient quality of good and whole
some food, water, and give to sucl,
animal proper attention, and in default
thereof, shall, upon conviction, be ad-
judged guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or corporation engaged in trans
porting live stock on railway trains,
steamboats, or otherwise, to detain such
stock in cars or compartments for
longer continuous period than twenty
four hours without supplying the same
with necessary food, water and atten-
ton, or to permit them to be so crowded
together as to overlie, crush, wound or
kill each other; any such person or the
agent OF such corporation, on conviction,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor and
shall be punished as hereinafter pro-
vided provided, nothing in this section
shall apply to owners or officers or
crew of water craft who SHALL be de-
tanned on the navigable waters of this
State by storms and prevented by bad
weather from. reaching port; provided,
nothing in this act shall be construed
to apply to poulty shipped On steam
boats or other craft.
SEC. 4. That any person guilty of any
one of the misdemeanors, defined or
set forth in any of the foregoing sections
of this act, shall, Oh conviction thereof,
be punished by fine or imprisonment, or
both, at the discretion Of the court,
which fine shall not exceed one hundred
dollars, nor the imprisonment three
months.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-04-10
An AnectiOnate Miss.
Mobile NewS]

A young gentleman somewhat numer-
Gus i'll social circles took his sister, a
wee miss, to see a family the other day
in which he was a regular caller. The
little girl made herself quite at home
and exhibited great fondncss for one of
the young ladies, hugging her heartily.
How very at ecti,nate she Isl" said
the lady of the house.
Yes; just like her brother,' respond
ed the young lady unthinkingly.
Patcrfamallas looked sternly over his
spectacles, the young gentleman blush
ed and there was CONSERVATION in the
family circle.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-04-10

The stupidest man on record, was
hired to pillow a ten acre field and his
boss, wishing him to draw q straight
furrow, directed his attention to COW
grazing directly opposite, telling him
to drive directly toward that COW. He
started his horses and the farmers at
tention was called to something else.
In short time he looked around to see
what his hired man was doing. The
COW had left her place and was walking
around the field and the Hired man fol-
lowing, drawing a zig-zag furrow all
over the field.