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s. p. Blu ATT,
ORAL SURGEON,

Offers to the public his professional
experience of thirty years in the above
speciality for the treatment OF all dis
eases peculiar to the mouth and preser-
walton of it's natural organs, the teeth.
Charges for all dental services graded
by quality and character desired. to suit
the times. For dental substitutes, from
SIS, $50. S75, 800, $500, up to BuatRs
celebrated improved gold plate, $3.50 for
full sets, recommended as healthy, and
to perform the functions of mastication
satisfactorily as to kind selected.
Without previous arrangements, cash
is invariably expected. 4i4ta
Moved to new Office, near the Baptist
Church. @f# 49,
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7 Have for Sale at a Bargain

2 young mules, over Is hands high.
6 open and top buggies.
2 two-horse double-seat buggles.
/ one-horse wagon and 5 two-horse
wagons under New Orleans prices.
J. 5. HANDY.
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COME AND SEE,

Mr.. A. CURTIS is offering his best
brick for TEN DOLLARS PER THOU
SAND. Now is the best time to repair
your sidewalks and under-pin your
houses Call and examine the brick.
4. CURTIS.
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A poultry dealer recently
bought forty ducks from a farmer
who lived forty miles away. The
next morning they We're missing
and he supposed they had been
stolen. A few days afterwards
he received a letter stating that
the ducks had reached their old
home again.
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Geo. B. .HNrGsble, M. ID
BAsTROP, LA.

BAsTROP, LA.
hereby tender my professional services
to the people Of Bastrop and Morehouse
parish. When not professionally engaged,
can be found at my residence one mile
cas- o1town at night, and at the Drug
Store of DR.. A. L. Bussey during the day
feb9-y J. I
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, adequate service in keeping vi
the fences and gates. Ascertai,
how many planters are able te
, get winter work done, such az
breaking up land for next years
crop, fertilizing, and all the gen.
eral overhaulipg so necessary
TO the maintenance of high ag.
ricultural standard. In other
words, see if there be not a gea.
eral degeneration visible every
where; if the lands are not gener-
ally less productive, the planta-
tons in inferior order, and the
prevailing tendency downward?
| Every one, however, who is fa-
miliar with the cotton planting
business is aware of these facts.
ln tracing them to their origin
there can hardly be more than
one conclusion. The cause is to
be found in the labor system, and
nowhere else. One of the most
fruitful sources of evil is in the
annual withdrawal from nine
tenths of the plantations Of the
entire surplus of cotton seed after
the crop has been "pitched. "
This cotton seed is to the soil
what food is to the individual. It
contains all the elements OF res
torations, reyiyi6cation, replen-
ishment. Il is the natural and
amost in lispensable fertilizer of
cotton lands. In times gone by
no planter ever thought of dis
posing of his cotton seed. It was
invariably returned to the soil,
and thus utilized in the best pos
sible way by contributing to it's
preservation and Eourishment.
Since the era OF free labor,
however, and the Inauguration
of the share and tenant system
there has been most lamenta-
BILE change. One of rights
claimed by the laboter land in
nine cases out of ten conceded
by the planter) is the right to sell
the cotton seed. The practice
has become almost universal, and
under its operation the produc-
tive capacity of our soil is being
slowly bat steadily diminished.
The complaint is heard on every
side and is only too we'll founded
in fact.
Thus, our cotton lands are
Iaboring under powerful indu-
ences OF deterioration.
The obligation of drainage.
The abandonment of fertiliza-
ton.
| Nothing but the magnificent
natural resources of our soil
could have withstood so long
and with so little apparent injury
the action of these destructive
elements. Yet intelligent plan
ters already feel and deplore the
consequences, and express the
most gloomy forebodings in the
premises. Already the efforts
and deliberations of particular
individuals. and of such organi-
cations Us the Cotton Planters
| Association. are being directed
to the discovery and adoption Of
a remedy.
It is clear to our mind that
these are the direct and legiti-
mate effect OF the share and ten
ant systems as practiced in Lou
isiana. and that they must al
ways be taken into account as an
Offset to any advantages which
those systems may be known to
possess. So long as the colored
laborers are accepted as tenants
or received into partnership upon
the terms now in vogue in this
section. so long will the land be
poorly cultivated, the drainage
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Dentistry.
IN ALL IT'S BRANCHES,
DIR. nj. T. MASsENGILI

DIR. NJ. j. MASsENG1LL. II
Gold filings from 50 to S.; silver dill
ings from 81 to So; full upper and lower
set artificial teeth $40. Extracting teeth
a.speciahty. Having had my Office
newly fitted up, l wifi take pleasure in
serving all persons wishing work in my
line.
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} VINO Is incapable or taking Oh In.
telllgent interest IN the land he
tlils, and who is permitted to in
fuse that Indifference into all his
methods and acts, should not
have confded to him the desti-
MES Of so immense and impnr-
tauU an inouopIY as the cotton
culture of the United States.
ANOTHER SYSTEM.
We'are aware that great
deal Of popular opposition exists
as to the plan Of hiring laborers
by the month. It is claimed
that the negro will not work,
| that he cannot be controlled,
that the risk is too great, etc.
Our observation, however. in
cliues US to believe that tthe
contrary is true. We think. in
fact, that the negro will work
more faithfully and effectively
under intelligent direction than
when left to himself. We think
the negro can always be con-
trolled under policy OF kind
ness and fair dealing; and as to
the risk, we certainly consider it
less of a risk to pay money for
labor actually performed than to
advance itsin anticipation Of la
bor which may nevel be per-
formed at all. or, ii performed,
negligently and fraitlessly. There
is always this to be said in favor
OF the wage system. One can
then pursue the policy Of his
choice be is master of bis own
destinies, and if he fails it is his
own fault. Hiring labor and op-
Grating it in his own way end
for his exclusive benefit, the
planter can at least keep up the
standard of his place, maintain
his drainage system and secure
the replenishment of his coil by
the fertilizingi power OF cotton
seed. We fail TO be convinced
that the share system is not the
most wasteful and the tenant
system the most hazardous of
the three now under considera-
ton. Certain it is that every in-
telligent planter with whom you
discuss the question will admit
that, as they aresgenerally prac-
ticed in Louisiana, the share and
tenant systems are steadily tend
ing to the serious if not the ire
parable deterioration of our cot
| ton lands. It seems 10 us that
the time has come for an earnest
and deliberate consideration of
this labor question, and it is oil
the more imperative since, to our
mind, the interests of the laborer
are quite as deeply involved in
the issue as are thoss of the
planter himself. No more signi-
fcant contrast could be estab-
lished than between the negroes
of st. Mary or st. James parish,
where the wage system prevails,
and those of Franklin or Cald-
we'll, where the share and tenant
plans are pursued. In the former
case the negroes are advancing
in all material respects; in the
latter they are at a hopeless
stand-still. We believe this to
be the fault of the system. A
system so essentially defective
| and vicious could hardly be OK
pected to result favorably to any
of it's followers. The only remedy
is it's abolition in favor of one
better adapted to the wants of
all concerned and more in har-
mony with the fact and equities
of the situation.
A poultry dealer recently
bought forty ducks from a farmer
p fnf
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| tions Of the sshare system aboy
| described, the division of the Gro,
being governed always by th'
amount of risk; which in some ex
ceptionable cases, the laborer il
prepared to take. Tie principle
pursued, though, is in Fall cases
the same, and the operation il
practically uniform.
The system swhlch.ranks mex
in point of prevalence is the
TENANT SYSTEM.
What the tenant system is al
most everybody knows, without
| being told. In Louisiana it is q
tenant system without any of the
benefits to the proprietor which
are enjoyed elsewhere under
similar conditions. The Louisi-
ana planter has tenants, and they
pay a given rate per acre, but in
seven cases out of ten there are
tenants who have nothing at
stake, who depend upon their
crops to get the means of paying
their rent; and here again the
planter takes all the risk, and
bears all the burden Of whatever
misfortunes may occur. In this
case, as in that of the share sys-
tenn, the partnership is unequal
and ill-assorted. It forms COM
pact which would not be tolera-
ted or even entertained in any
other part of the civilized world.
II an individual were to approach
a landed proprietor in Illinois or
Pennsylvania and pl oppose to rent
piece of property from him,
without being able to give secu-
curity for the payment of the
the rent, and expecting, in fact,
to be supplied at the proprietor's
risk with food, clothing, and the
means of making a crop, he would
simply be looked upon as a lun-
attic. Such, however is the basis
Of the tenant system as practiced
in Louisiana between the white
proprietor and the colored labor
or, and it is after this fashion
this, together, with the share sys-
tem-that fonr-ifths OF, the cot
ton plantations in the State are
operated.
OBJECTIONS.
Perhaps it may be said that
we have already stated objec-
tions enough to condemn the two
systems in question. This is
true. The fact that In both in
stances the planter takes oil the
risk, bears all the consequences,
and gets only one-half the profits
would be, as we have previously
shown, sufficient to dismiss the
idea from serious consideration
in any other part of the world.
But the vices of the arrangement
do not end here. As the laborer
is often penniless and unthrifty,
SO he is unintelligent and reck-
less. It is not enough that he
perpetrates the sarcasm of rent
ing land without a cent in pos-
session or credit, and without the
means Of feeding himself for a
single month, lin which sarcasm
the planter solemnly particl-
pates,) he. enters into the com
pact without the faintest sense of
any obligation on his part to pro-
tect the planters property or pro-
mote his interest in any way
whatsoever. Take a trip though
the cotton belt and see for your
self. How many plantations
hoacl ,e oro, 4ho Hot;,,c &c
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C. NEWTON .
.S'earfOas s. EEazk.
1ATTORNEYo at LAW
DIE. II. e.. GRA ".
BAsTROP, LA.

BAsTROP, LA.
Offers his professional services to the
,eople of Bastrop and vicinity. Can be
found at his residence, or at the drug store
Of DR.. A. l.. Bussey, when not. profes-.
onallY engaged. feb9-y
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DR.. Tanner, the greai faster,
delivered lnntnra tho other
night in Now York on the sub
ject Of fasting He claims that
he had two objects in view when
be abstained so long from eating;
one tosprove that he had tasted
forty days in 1877, and the other,
to explode the rotten theories OF
the regular school Ioi medicine.
The Doctor claims that nine
tenths of the disorders of the
human family would recuperate
themselves, If the patients would
ouly let the poor, worked
stomachshave a little rest. He
attributes the prevalence of
chronic diseases in this country
to overloaded stomachs, and
to the credulity OF the public in
trusting in patent nostrums. In
the course Of his lecture, DR..
Tanner said "The sanatiye
principle is in man, not in medi-
cine. 1t is my aim to convince
the public'that they should rely
on the recuperative power of
self and nature, not upon burnt
loads of mercury and arsenic.
People nowadays are too cred
ulous. They are easily per-
suaded to pour down patent
medicines for every ILL.," II he
can succeed in convincing peo.
pie OF the danger OF using patent
humbug poisous, he will indeed
be public benefactor.
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Weather Wisdom.

"Gem'len," said the President
OF the Lime-kiln Club, II fink
dat de inhabitants of dis kentry
am rayin' altogether too much
,tenshun to dis wedder queshun.
Dar's a groan o dispair when
it's hot an growl O. dis,ln " el,.,"
when its cold. If it rains some
body raises row, an if it's dry
somebody else has a bone to pick
Wild de powers above. Ebery
red-headed, one-hoss white man.
ebery broken down old two-cent
darkey, has got de ideah in his
bead dat de Lawd am boun' to
send him along jist de sort o.
wedder he wants, no matter bout
de rest of de kentry. De ole
man Rubottom, libin' up dar by
my cabin, has got about fifteen
cents wort O garden truck back
of his, house, and when it's hot
or cold or wet or dry he am so
agitated dat he forgets dat any
odder soul in dis kentry has sot
out an onion or planted q tatar.
Mo- dan fifty vars ago | como
to de conclushun dat [ must put
up wild sich wedder as de Lawd
GIN me, no matter whedder it
brought on chilblains or rheu-
matics, and it was a great bur-
den off my mind. [ take it jist
as it comes, keepin' de ole um-
brelIa in goodsrepair, an / doan'
want to- Detroit Free Press.
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cents for each subsequent insertion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14

POLE RAIsING.-A Hancock and
English pole was raised in this place on
last Friday. Great enthusiasm was
manifested by the Democrats OF this
place and ncighborhOod. The EdIn-
burg and Woodstock Bands were pre-
sent and discoursed excellent music to
The entertainment Of the crowd. After
the flag had been thrown to the breeze
and three hearty cheers had been given
for Hancock and English, Hon. +. M.
McMulIen, Democratic elector for
this district, addressed the crowd. He
discussed the questions at issue be-
tween the Democratic and Republican
parties in an able and eloquent man.
uer, and explained the difference be-
tween the electoral ticket Of the Dem
ocratic and Readjuster parties OF Virgin
ia. He was followed by Capt. II. II
Riddleberger who presented the differ
ence between the tickets from read
| iusters standpoint. Both speeches were
well received and applauded by shei
respective friends.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14

LIST OF CoNvEYANCEs.-Deed from
Robert BalthiS and wife TO Geo. W.
Balthis.
Deed from Geo. w. BalthiS and wife
to Robert Balthis.
Deed from r. II. Tsrncr TT. and
Spl. COmr. to Robt. Balthis.
Deed from Jacob II. kinker ANA wife
to Perry y. Olinger.
Deed from Zea & Crawford to Obed
Funk.
Deed Of partition between Lewis
Ryman and Harvey j. Hotel &c.
Deed from Perry NJ. Hoover and
wife to Jos. G. Sager.
Deed from Hiram n. Jordan Ex. oil
Saml. S. Walters, decd. to John Vans
Ter,
Deed Of release from E. E. Stickley'
Tr. to Noah Bauserman.
Deed from Isaac Bushong and vile to
Noah Bauserman.
Deed from Samuel Oliuger TO VIM
II. Olinger.
Deed from A. Burkholder aud wife to
Rufus {. Bowman.
Deed from Geo. w. Miley, OK. to
Moan Bcedle.
Deed from Frank Walker ana wife
to Ambrose Glenn.
Deed from Peter Hoshour Ex. nc. IL
p. Bclew Tr. for Emma. V. Riddleber'
ger.
Deed from Mark Bird Comr. to JAG
r. Miller.
Deed from Joseph Doll and wife &c
Erasmu. Painter.
Deed from James II. Spiker and "it'
to Israel Z. Saum.
Deed from Joseph IIuddlc and Wilt
Sc. TO Margaret IIuddle.
Deed from w. T. Williams Comr. TO
Philip KILLER.
Deed from Absalom Wetzcl and wife
sc. to Abraham Wetzel.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14

Rev. BARNAs SEARS, LII. D., OF
Stanton. Va, died at 3 o'clock
Saratoga, July 9th, aged II years. Dr.
Sears was for many years president Of
Brown University, Providence, and
wa. also prominent in educational
matters in Massachusetts before going
to Brown University. He was also
author of several books on educational
subjects. When George Peabody gave
the fund for educational purposes In the
South DR.. Sears was made manager oil
the fund, with an advisory board OF
trustees. He then went to live in Vlr'
oinla. He came here about a month
ayo for his health, and to be ia readl'
ness to deliver an address here before
the American Institute Of Instruction,
Cd Wednesday evening, on "Educa-
tional Progress in the United States
During the Last Fifty Years" Dr.
Sears completed the address last week
He had been feeble for several days
but hopes were entertained until within
a few. hours before his death that ht
would recover. His remains Will D'
taken to Boston, where the funeral will
take place. The address he had pre-
pared will be read by Rev. D. Ellis o
Boston.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14
WOODSTOCK, VA. July u, 1880

WOODSTOCK, VA. July IL, looV
Dear Herald;
Perhaps it would prove
source of qualification 10 some of you
readers who were not present, to heal
something of the meetings that were
held here. The occasion was
the installation of Rev. A. A. j.
Bushong Of the Lutheran Church, a
pastor of the Woodstock charge, anC
the dedication Of the Disciple Church
Just erected here, aud there was al
unusually large number Of church goers
present from country and town. The
exercises at the Lutheran Church were
conducted by Reys, j. L. Campbell,
D, D. Of Strasburg, and VIM. Dosh, d.
D., of the Seminary at Salem. Dr.
DOsh preached the installation sermon
from the 5th chapter OF Thessaloniansi
1918 verses. We never heard ser.
mon more appropriate or better adapt>
ed TO the occasion than this one.
Mr.. Dosh said the relations OF pastor
and the people, arc Of twolold ma
ture, mutual aud reciprocal! i'll thai
both Lave a duty TO perform to GOD,
and reciprocal in that the people owe
duty to the pastor, and the paste: to
the people. BY "he@" OF the text,
is meant the ministers of the Gospel,
and we are to "knoU" them not as
supernatural beings, Int as human
beings, having human capacities iol
labor, human sensibihtics, and hnman
intirmities. lie then explained fully
the duty of the people TO the pastor
and that OF pastor to people, saying
that in addition 10 his other duties 1t Is
Tie duty OF The pastor TO instruct the
children and members of the church Ill
its doctrines or the doctrines OF the
scriptures as held for the church.
We do not give any part OF the above
as an exact quotation, but merely as
the substance as we are able TO recall
and express It.
After the sermon DR.. Campbell ads
dressed the candidate FOR installation,
basmg his remarks upon the first lew
verses OF the 9TH capt9r OF l Peter.
1t is unnecessary TO remark upon this
portion of the exercises, as all who
have ever heard the Dr.. know his
manner Of speaking ard
how to appreciate him and all that lie
says. The Lords Supper was then adj
ministered TO large number OF per-
sous. DR.. Dosh preached another very
acceptable sermon in the evening from
the l-2-3 verses Of the l4th chapter oil
John. W. W. L.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14


THE dedication OF the Christian
Church at .his place, under most fay
orable circumstances, passed OFF pleas
antly Sunday last under the auspices O
a large and interested attendance o
our people, who were instructed and en'
tertained by the preaching OF Elder
Pendleton and Cutler.
At the Christian Church the call for
700 dollars to provide for thc indebted
LESS Of the Church was promptly me
IN hearty response by subscriptions e
the amount OF S704 %. part cash am
the residue to be paid IN 30, 90, 30 and
100 DAYS or earlier if desirable, which
when paid together with the old sub
script;ons remaining unpaid, aud which
are now called for that they be sent il
promptly, will be sufficient to relieve
the church property Of any present Ill
dcbtcdness upon it..
An organization Of the church was
then effected by the election Of oue
Elder and two Deacons, with mems
bcrship Of G. persons, and il Is propos'
cd TO organize Sunday School on next
Sunday morning at9 O'Clock y. VI. to
which occasion The members and sGci
friends as may desire are invited 10
come aud bring with them their iaml-
lies.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14
ACCIDENTAL SHooTING.-MOl

ACCIDENTAL SHoOTING.-MOhd"y
night, while Tom Warthem was load
ing in the posloflice here a Smith y
Wesson pistol. it was accidentally dis
charged, and the ball passing througl
the postoGce box No. G5, entered tho
breast OF Frank Williams, who was
standing close to it and looking in. Dr.
Garrison promptly rendered the neces'
sary surgical aid, and the wound
though painful, is not considered fatal
No one regrets more sincerely the ~
fortunate accident than the young mai
is whose hands the pistol was at th'
lime OF the discharge OF ono OF IL
chambers, and Frank Williams Gan IL
dasnious yoalb) has the sympathc' o
this community IN his confinement, ant
its congratulations on his escape iron
sudden DEATH Warren Sentinel
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14
Court Day Discussion.

The discussion between Hon. F. Nj.
M'Mullen, Democratic elector and
Capt. H. II. RIddleberger. Readjuster
elector, ON last Monday, was conducted
in very pleasant manner. Both par
ties had their friends in tie audience
who delighted TO applaud their rcspcc'
tive layoritcs. aua somo whose dcyo-
ton 10 democratic principles found
something to admire in both speechea
applauded both speakers. The gentle
men engaged in the discussion acquitted
themselves with great credit. We have
only to add that any one who is skilled
in discerning the predictions OF a
crowd of people, would have had nc
difficulty in discovering the fact, thai
when the contest comes to an issue
Shenandoah will give forth no uncertail
sound.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14

THE Stanton indicator, Of July TO-
saws: A few nights ago during the ho'
weather, Anderson Johnson, the col
ored office boy of the Virginia Hotel
went to sleep in the reading-room win
dow and fell a distance ofnearly twen'
ty feet, striking square on his head on
the brick pavement. His skull was
not fractured, aud he escaped with few
bruises, which kept him confined to bed
a short Time. This is a practical Illus
trauon of the value Of that hardness
which is the attribute Of the African
Uranium.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14

SERENADE.-On Friday night last
travels Comet Bend serenaded Judge
Harris and Hon. T. NJ. McMulien al
Welsh's hotel in this place Judge
Harris expressed his gratitude to The
Band for the uniform kindness Will
which they had treated him for twenty
wears. He regretted that the Ith o
July convention had put another elec
toral ticket in the field. lie advised hl'
audience to support the regular demo
cratic ticket. He was followed BY Hon
F. NJ. McMullen ndJudge IL. {. AlleI
in excellent speeches in favor OF Han
cock and English, and the regular demo
cratic ticket.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14

ACoIDENT.-We are very sorry to
learn that Mr.. Archie Parker, machin-
est employed at the foundry ofB. p.
Newman & Co. in this place, met with
a painful as also serious accident on
Thursday evening last. Mr.. p. was
engaged finishing piece Of work when
u small particle of iron struck him in the
eye. Drs. Carter & VIM. II. Triple't
rendered the necessary surgical aid and
while we are glad to know he has been
relieved of the severe suffering incid ent
to such iaccident. yetwe are sorry TO
state that his physicians me of opinion
that the sight Of the eye has been de-
stroyed.