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St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13
Why People are Poor.
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1t is stated on very excellent author
ity, that "the poor have ye with you
always" The remark was true when
uttered, and has been true ever since,
and from appearances always Will be.
There are those who have no DISPOSE
ton to save; who "live from hand to
mouth" so to speak; who take no
thought for to- morrow. Having enough
for the present hour, they are content,
and leave the future to take care OF
itself. Ii property were to be equally
divided among the people Monday
morning, before Saturday hight the
majority would be in destitute circum-
stances, dead broke, while the prudent
and saving would be on the road to pc
cuniary independence. One class OF
people spend whatever money they get
hold of and as fast as they can get 1t,
while others save means that come III
to their hands, .judiciously invest the
same and become rich. There are those
who not only do not know how to Save,
but they do not know how TO spend.
If they get anything, it goes for what
they do not need for articles that could
be dispensed with Those who are d,s
titute of the comforts OF life, as IL rule,
may blame themselves thereof. Ii
they have anything, they do not take
care OF it. They buy articles that peo-
pie in better circumstances would think
they could not afford. SO they are al
ways poor. Relieve their wants to
day and they are no better Oft tomor-
row. They are bound not TO save-too
have nothing, and are generally bound
to be in debt if they can find anybody
to trust them. OF course, We under
stand that people are sometimes I'M
fortunate. They get sick, or those de-
pendent on them become so. We know
that people are sometimes overtaken by
misfortune; but where there is one case
of this kind; there are fifty in which the
entire trouble may be found in the in
disposition to save.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

Power OF A GROWING TREE.-Wal-
ton Hall had at one time it's own corn-
mill, and when that announcement ne
cessity no longer existed, the milestone
was laid by in an orchard and forgot
ten. The diameter of this circular
stone measured five feet and a half,
while its depth averaged seven inches
throughout; it's central hole had a di-
ameter of eleven inches. By mere
accident some bird or squirrel had drop
ped the fruit of the filbert tree through
this hole on to the earth, and in 1912 the
seeding was seer rising up through the
unwonted channel. AS its trunk grad
ually grew through this aperture and
increased, its power to raise the pom
drous, mass of stone was speculate
upon by many. Would the filbert tree
die in the attempt7 Would it burst the
Or would it lift it7 In the
end the little tilbert tree lifted the mill
stone, and by 1868 wore it like Grim
oline about its trunk, and Mr.. Water
ton used to sit upon it under the branch
ing shades.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

MoTHERs.-By the quiet Preside at
home, the true mother, in the midst of
her children, is sowing, as in the vases
of earth, the seeds Of plants that shall
some time give to heaven the fragrance
OF the blossoms, and whose fruit be as
rosary of angelic deeds-and the noblest
offering that she can make through the
ever ascending and ever expanding
souls Of her Maker. Every word that
she utters goes from heart to heart with
the power of which she dreams. Sol
emn is the thought that every word
that falls from her lips, every express
sion from her countenance, even in the
sheltered walk and retirement, may
have an indilible impression upon the
old souls around her, and form, as it
were, the underlying strain of that edu-
ucation which peoples heaven with that
celestial being, and gives to the white
brow of the angel, next the grace of
God, its crown of glory.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

THE LARGEST LAND ANIMAL.-Prof.
Marsh describes the largest land animal
yet known to have existed on this globe.
It's name is Atlantasaurus Immarus.
The thigh bone of this animal is over
eight feet long, with thickness at
one end of twenty-five inches. The
comparison of this bone with the femur
Of a crocodile would indicate that the
fossil saurian. if Of similar proportions,
reptile was 100 feet long when alive is
most probable. The other bones of this
animal found were prOportionately
gigantic, the caudal vertebra having 4
diameter of sixteen inches. The fossil
bones, which are from the Upper Jn-
rassic of Colorado. are in the museum
Of Yale College.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13
To REVIVE FADED BLACK CLOTHES

To REVIVE FADED BLACK CLOTHES
Boil three ounces Of logwood in a quart
OF vinegar, and, when the color is ex-
tracted. drop in piece of Carbonate of
iron the size of large chestnut; let it
boil five minutes. Have the articles to
be restored well sponged with soap and
hot water, laying them on the table,
and brush the nap down with sponge.
Then take the dye upon the table, and
sponge them all over with it, and brush
downward. When completely wet with
dye, dissolve teaspoonful of saleratus
in teacup of warm water, and sponge
over again with this, which sets the
color so completely that nothing rubs
off. They must not be wrung or
wrinkled, but carefully hung up to
drain. 1t is said that brownest cloth
may be made perfect black in this
simple manner.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

A COOP EDUCAT1ON.-To read the
English language well, to write with
dispatch a neat, legible hand, and be
master of the first four rules in
arithmetic, so as to dispose of at once,
with accuracy, every question of figures
which comes up in practicc-I call this
a good education. And, it you add the
ability. TO write pure grammatical
English, | regard it as an excellent
education. These are the tools. You
can do much with them, but you are
HELPLESS without them. They are the
foundation and, unless you begin with
these, all your hashy attainments, a
little geology, and all other ologies and
OsOphies are OstentatiOus rubbish.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

OUR SOUTHERN COTTON Mills
Recent cotton mill reports from Geor-
gia and other parts of the South show
larger dividends than East and Europe.
This will encourage further investments
of capital in the South. At time when
competition is so active and strong, the
vicinity OF raw mateial is an important
factor in new enterprises. For more
than ten years our political troubles
have interfered considerably with
Southern manufacturing enterprises,
but as they are rapidly disappearing,
our cotton mill interests are assuming
a more important position relative to
the supply of cOtton.-[N. O. Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

| The entire proceeds arising from the sRle Of
! this work are devoted to The Hood Orphan
Memorial Fund, which is invested IN United
States Registered Bonds for the nurture, care,
support and education of the ten infants de-
prived of their parents last summer at New
Orleans, 1.-THE melancholy incidents of which
sad bereayements are still fresh in the public
mind)
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800 pages, with fine photograph likeness and
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The volume is published III the best style OF
Typography on elegant paper, with Illustrations,
executed as highest specimens Of art.
The author, the subject, the purpose, all alike
render it worthy place in every library-on
every desk-Or upon the book she'll OF every
house in the country.
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To the ladies' who feel desire to express
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a cause. ..,
For terms, rates to agent, etc, address with
'"'' GEN iEslN G. T. BEAUREGARD, Publisher,
On behalf of The Hood Memorial Fund,
Feb 7-3m New Orleans, La.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

Vegetables require rich food. In get
ting ready for spring vegetables, do not
fear to pile on manure. It is the rank,
rich growth which gives the agreeable
tenderness, and without an abundance
OF manure this cannot be secured.
Deep soil is also great element of sue
cess in this branch of husbandrY.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13
OF TARIEAU.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
No 4OOa
ESTATE OF LOUIS IAcrrApEIrr ANN
WIFE

whereas; Hcnriettc Lachapelle of the parish
OF %. talldry, attmlnistratrx of the estate of
LOUIS Laciiapcllc and wife deceased having
filed tableau of classification of debts Of the
salo estate accompanied by her petition pray
ing for the hohnlogaton of the same.
ANA whereas the prayer OF said uetition has
March I'd, 1880. - "'"iA ''o ""'e
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
tableau i'll writing at my office in thc town ''' nf
OpelouSas within the time required by law. whv
the sad taDlear should not be ho)uoI0rutcl and
confirmed. JAMES q ,IJanIILni, " anu
March 6-hlS iIor,,
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

"A tramp who was not very shabby got
dinner for week in Franklin county,
Mass, by pretending that he desired to
buy farm, and accompanying, the far
mer on walk of inspection, so timid as
to bring them near the house when the
meal was ready. One day he tried this
trick on a man who had heard of his
dolngs: A laborer was secretly ordered
to walk him for three hours through
neld and woods, and when he returned
TO the house, foot-sore and hungry, a
him into the highway. Such is Massa-
hospitality.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

ONE-SIDED.-It is strange how will
ling mothers are to sacrifice girls life
for the chance of saving the morals Of a
scapegrace man. If pious mother can
only marry her Beezebub to some good,
religious girl, the chance of his re-
formation is greatly increased. The
girl is neither here nor there, when one
considers the necessity of saving the
dear Beelzebub.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13
g HER1FF,S SALE.
GHER1FF'S SALE.
PARISH COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
No. %.
ANN YOUNG, WIDOW, VS., GEORGE
ZIMMER

BY virtue of writ of seizure and sale, issued
out OF the honorable Parish Court, in and for the
Parish OF ST. Landry, i'll the above entitled suit
public sale, to the highest bidder, at the Court
house OF said parish, i'll the town OF Opelousas,
on SATURDAY, the Sd day of April, 1880. at
crty, tO-Wit: toh
certain tract OIL land situated in the parish
of St Landry, State aforesaid, in the quarter
known as Prud'homme City, having six arpents
front on the public road leading from Onelnnsas
TO Prud'homme Bridge, bounded north by public
road leading from Opelousas to Prud'homme
Bridge, south by public land, east by Gilbert
Prud'homme, and west by Mrs joseph Andre
pont, containing two hundred arpents more or
less, together with all the buildings and im-
provements thereon.
TcrmS-Cash.
G. C. DUSON,
feb 2S Sheriff Of the Parish OF st, Landry.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

BY virtue of an order of the honor,h,o p,,
,,i!' Court OF the Parish of st. Landry there
WI, WI be sold at public auction, to the bishest
.ia, D. ne undersigned duly qualified auc
tloIeer, dt me last residence of the deceased
on H Rayon Petite Prairie, parish of St. Landry
on HEDN ESDAl. April 18th, 1850 the following
4escrlne1 property, belonging to the estate Of
both deceased, to-wlt: ''' "ilc'
l. "A certain tract of land situated on Bayou
pctlte Prairie in the parish of St. Landry, Con- W.
.a i4i IN ninety acres more or less together
on; bounded on the east and west by lands
nel9nS,1s 10 Mrs A. j. Rutleil.e. north by
Lands as he1"nsns to Napoleon Mcbride, south by
2. One stud horse, one American AZ. n,'o
trcole pony one helfcr. lot of household f,rni-
&c. l'ehon'''
Terms-Cash
March est " ,,t; 80
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

Mont Blanc is not the highest emf
nence in Europe. According to the
latest measurement, the Elburz, a
mountain OF the Caucasian chain,
exceeds it by more than $500 feet.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

A clergyman recently aroused his
sleepy audience py asserting in the
most positive manner that, nOtwith-
Standing the hard times, the wages of
sin had not been cut down one iota.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

The "one-sermon" subject is now aei-
tatlng the never-t to be- settled public
mind. The argument being that zone
sermon week is enough for minister
TO prepare and quite as mnch as most
congregations can practice.n
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

DO try. and talk little common
sense said young lady to her visitor.
An, wouldn't that be taking unfair adj
vantage you?'
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

A man having fallen down in fit in
a tailor's shop, an envious rival said,
"Tlat's the only fit ever seen in that
establishment"
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13
TrespNssers, Take Notice

All persons are warned not to hunt. shoot, or
otherwise trespass on tho Camp Hamilton PLAN
tatiOn Just east of Opelousas. o,-
dec. 2au. /. mILLE-E ANOGhoo|'
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13
John E. King.

A T T O r n E Y AT LA w.
OPELOUSAS, LA.
Having resumed the active practice of his
profession, will give prompt and exclusive at
tentlon to all business confided to his manage
ment, june SIT
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13

BY virtue of an order of the Hon. the Parish
Court, OF the parish of st. Landry, there will he
sold at public auction, 10 the highest bidder bv
the undersigned ex-officiO auctioneer at the
courthouse i'll the town of Opelousas parish of
st. Landry on TUESDAY, March 10th, 1880
the following described property belonging the
estate OF Julie Ritter, deceased, III community
with Joseph r. Colonb, deceased, to-wit:
l. The southeast quarter, of north east mar-
ter OF section ten. the north-wes of N WI of
section eleven, and Ell OF WI, and the N WI
OF wa of section fourteen i'll township No.
seven, south of range No. 6, east containing
one hundred and sixty 94Il00 acres, in the W
Land District of La.
2. The southwest of the WI of section No.
two, the WI OF N E4 S Ell of s WI and N WI
OF 5 Fl OF section No. fourteen in township No
7, south OF range east containing one hundred
and sixty 66Il00 acres, in the South Western
District OF Louisiana, belonging to the estate in
community between Joseph P. Cololnb and
Julie Ritter both deceased and Oh the follow
ing terms and conditions.
Terms and Conditions.-On a credit of one
two and three years from the day of sale;
purchasers to furnish their notes with security
III soldo to the satisfaction of the administrator
said notes to bear eight per cent annual interest
from maturity until paid and the lands to be
sold Ill lots OF fifty acres, and to remain specially
nortSaged with vendors privilege reserved in
favor OF the estate.
C. C. DUSON.
Sheriff and Elk Otficio Auctioneer
Feb. list
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13
JUDICIAL ADyERTHSEnEN
SALE.

rHobAlE COURT, PARISH OF ST LANDRY.
No. 413S
ESTATE OF ISAM H. LESTER AND FLY,
BETH ". STMMS, WIFE.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13
SALE.

:, - ~, -. 2. z. DUSUN,
feb IS Sheriff of the Parish OF st. Landry,
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and everything ready for the merry

and everything ready for the merry
dancers.
OF that dance I can attempt no
adequate description. 1t was gen.
uine mountain dance, such as only
mountaineers can dance, especially
when warmed into genial hilarity by
frequent draughts from the friendly
d.mijohn. At the call "balance
all" some wonderful steps were exc
cuted-steps which would frighten
a dancing professor half out of his
senses. Swing yer pards! and
the several couples would clinch and
fly around with frightful velocity.
/" All p'monade!" and with a wild
,cloop! off they would go like herd
of cattle on stampede. And so they
kept it up all night long, until break
fast was announced. When the
Nugget Gulch party left. the dance
was resumed, the last sound that
greeted the homeward-bound crew
as they filed along the trail being
oiO iCSuluL luuui p-tuuHlp p-Juuilp
-thump upon the cabin floor, and
the voice of the prompter calling,
Swing yer ducks an run away
all!'
1t may not be out of place to add
that an officious lawyer who came
up to the Gulch from Denver few
weeks after the wedding, pro-
nounced the marriage illegal, and
affirmed that by the laws of Color
ado, ministers must be regularly Or
dained, or bear official authority
from the proper courts before they
can be authorized to solemnize mar.
riage. When learning this, Bill
sent to neighboring district where
a new justice of the peace had just
been installed, and at his own ex-
pense, conducted the officer to the
little cabin in which Tom and his
chosen one had taken up their abode,
where legal ceremony was quietly
performed as the law required.-
Modern 4Aryo.
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Sayings-whO First Said Them.

Many OF our common sayings, SO
trite and pithy, are used without the
least idea from whose mouth or pen
they f4t originated. Probably the
works of Shakespeare furnish US with
more of these familiar maxims than
any other writer, for to him we owe:
I" Ali is not gold that glitters,"
Make virtue of necessity"
Screw your courage to the stick
ing place" (not point), They laugh
that win" This is the short and
long of it" Comparisons are odi-
Gus" AS merry as the day is
long" CA Daniel come to judg-
ment," " Frailty, thy name is Wo-
man." and host of others.
Washington Irving gives US. " The
Almighty Dollar" Thomas Morton
queried long ago What will Mrs.
Grundy say?" while Goldsmith an
swers, 8" Ask me no questions and
I'll tell you no fibs." Charles G.
Pinckney gives Millions for de-
fense, but not one cent for tribute.
First in war, first in peace, aud
first in the hearts of his fellow-citi-
zens" mot countrymen), appeared in
the resolution presented to the
House of Representatives in Decem-
Der, 1870, prepared by General Hen
by Lee.
From the same we Gull, Make
assurance doubly sure" " Christ
mas comes but once year," Count
their chickens ere they are Matched, !"
and Look before you leap"
Thomas Tasser, writer of the
sixteenth century, gives u.s.. It's an
ill will turns no good" Better late
than never" Look ere thou leap"
and The stone that is rolling can
gather no moss" can cry and NO
wool, is found in Buffers Hudibras.
Dryden says None but the brave
deserve the fair" "Men are but
children of a larger growth" and
Through thick and thin" " No
pent.up Utica contracts our power"
declared Jonathan Sewell.
When Greeks join Greek then
comes the tug Of war;" Nathaniel
Lee, 1892.
"Of two evils I have chosen the
least" and "The end must justify
the MEANS" are from Matthew Pry-
or. We are indebted to Colley Glib
Der for the agreeable intelligence
that Richard is himself again"
johnson tells us Of "a good hater,"
and Macintosh in 1871, the phrase
often attributed to John Randolph,
"Wise and mastery inactivity"
Variety's the very spice OF life, !"
and Not much the worse for wear, -"
Cowper. Man proposes, but God
disposes," Thomas o Kempis.
Christopher Marlowe gave forth
the invitation so often repeated by
his brothers in a less public way,
Glove me little, love me long"
Edward Coke was OF the opinion
that " A mans house is his castle. u"
To Milton we owe The paradise
OF fools" A wilderness OF sweets, "
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In no State in the Union is the
feeling against third term stronger
than in Massachusetts. Following
the prevailing custom of polling pa
pers and people on the Presidency
the Springfield Republican is print
ing the opinions of prominent Re-
publcans and they are all one way.
So great Radical as Thomas Went
worth Higginson says: "I am 90
opposed to the Presidential third
term that I should object to it even
if Washington or Lincoln could be
the candidate" Three college pres
idents-Seelye, Of Amherst; Capen,
Tufts, and Chadbourne, Of Williams
write in u similar strain, and J.
Freeman Clarke, who is leader in
New England thought, says: "My
own objections to this movement are
so pronounced that I can hardly
think it possible that I should vote
for Gen. Grant if he should be NOM
mated; I believe in that case there
are hundreds of thousands Of Repub-
licans who, like myself would either
refuse to vote at all or would vote for
some respectable Democratic candi-
date" These are very large straws.
but they were not needed to show
the way the wind is blowing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES. 1T may be in
teresting at this time to glance at
the list of probable Presidential can
didates, both Democratic and Re-
publican, which a New York ex-
change gives to the public. Strange
ly enough Conkling is not counted
among the probabilities" The
list embraces Blaine. Grant, She
man, Edmonds, Washburne and
Wheeler, of the Republicans, and
Bayard, Hancock, Hendricks, Nc
Clellan, Thurman and Tilden of the
Democrats. OF the twelve, Thur
man is the Oldest, being G6 last No
vember, Tilden, second, being G6 on
the ninth of the present month.
The youngest is Blaine, who was so
wears old Saturday, January 21st.
~ are Northern born except Thur
man aud Bayard. Sherman, Hen
bricks and Grant were born in Ohio,
Tilden and Wheeler in New York,
Mcclellan, Blaine and Hancock in
Pennsylvania, Washburne in Maine,
Bayard in Delaware, Edmonds in
Vermont. and Thurman in Virginia.
-Four, Sherman, Hendricks, Blaine
and Thurman haye been, or are
now. members of the Senate. All
have been members of the lower
House except Grant, Edmunds, Til
den, Mcclellan and Hancock.