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St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-15

1t was tested in hard turf soil that was covered
with wire or Bermuda grass, and the speeta-
tors-several of them practical farmers-were
satisfied that it would do all its inventor said
it would. It is intended for convenience-tO
do the work of several plows-and to save
time and money. The new features about it,
are movable points that never need sharpening,
and.a movable or adjustable mould-board. The
points are made of wrought iron, about the
thickness OF a cane knife or cross-cut saw, and
areheld securely between the share and an upper
cover by screw, on the same principle that
the blade or bit OF a carpenters plane is held in
position. AS the point wears-it never gets
dull or blunt-it is moved further out Just as
The bit OF q plano is; which can be done in a
few minutes, with an ordinary wrench. It is
said that two of these points, costing about
twenty-five cents each, will last one year or
season. Sharpening plow costs twenty
cents, besides the loss of time in taking it to the
shop; and after good many sharpenings, the
share of the plow becomes so worn that it has
TO be taid-which costs still more. The saving
then isin the blacksmiths bill, the loss of time in
going to shop, besides always having a sharp
piOw- Another saving of expense, and at the
same time convenience, consists in making
one Plow do the work Of two or more. This
pillow Will both break land and cultivate; and
In cultivating, will both mold the dirt to small
plants, and heap it up to large ones. The
moid-hoard, at the share, works as on hinge:
and the upper part Of the mold board is held,
brace-like, by strong iron bar or rod, part of
which Is screw. By turning nut the mold
board Is drawn in or pushed out; SO that in
molding small corn, the mold-board set far back
would not cover it, and the middles could be
broken out with the mold-board set forward so
as to cover grass and weeds This is decidedly
the plow for the poor farmer who is not able to
buy more than one plow and pay blacksmith
bills. We advise all farmers to call on Mr.
Richard and see the plow work
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-15

The accidental shooting of his wife by Mr..
Zenon Huber, at his residence in FaquetaIque
prairie, last Sunday, is the saddest and most
distressing event that has happened in this
parish for long time. Mr.. Huber had been
ont and killed couple of cartridges, and en-
tering the back gallery Of the house, gave them
to his wife, with the remark that they were all
he could kill. She replied that she would pick
them and have them for dinner. She sat down
to pick the birds, while he, eight OF ten feet
from her, began to work with his gun. 1t
seems while hunting, one of the barrels would
not fire, and the same cap renamed on the tube
that had failed to discharge the gun. While
working with this, the barrel fired in some in
applicable manner, and lodged the whole load
of No. shot in Mrs. Huber's right shoulder
and upper part of the chest, from the front,
badly decorating the same as we'll as the upper
part of the right lung. None of the shot
passed through. Mrs. Huber was alive at last
accounts, but little hope was entertained of her
recovery. Their numerous friends in this
parish, and we who have often been the recip-
lent OF their kindness and hospitality, deeply
sympathize with them III their great affection
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-15

H. II. McMannus, wolf scalp. --......... 100
p. J. Lefebvre, repairs to office police
jury ..........-.........- $50
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
the I'd Monday In November, it being the 18th
day Of that month.
ALBERT GUIDRY, President.
Attest; p. j, LEEEHyRE, Clerk.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-15

OPELOUSAS, October 10th, 1881
The Police jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Present: Messrs. Albert Guidry. Pres
dent; ID. Meche, T. A. Hicks, L. Dubuisson
Sam: Haas, L: Young, T. c. Chachere B. E
Clark and A. Perrodin
The following correction was made in the
minutes OF the last proceedings:
Mr.. Young voted for the acceptance of Mr.
II. j. DaiSle's resignation as inspector OF public
roads, but voted against the resolution instruct
ing the treasurer to pay him for six months
services,
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-05

thing in the Constitution or laws Of
any State to the contrary notwith.
standing"
And for the Supreme Judges have
taken the following oath: ~ do SOL
EMMY swear that ! will support the
Constitution and laws Of the United
States, and the Constitution and laws
Of this State; and that I will faithfully
and impartially discharge and per-
form ali the duties incumbent on me
as (Chief or Associate) Justice Of the
Supreme Court Of the State Of Louis.
lana, according to the best of my
ability and understanding, SO help me
Cod For we must believe In God,
il not, in He'll st. James LeLouisia-
Mas.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-05

The Lake Charles Echo is mistak-
en- when it says that we denounce the
majority of the Supreme Court in the
celebrated case Of Saloy VS.. New Or
leans.
We rather denounce the constitu-
ton and the bitter feelings of the peo-
pie against those whohave recognized
the Federal Constitution as para
mount to the State Constitutions" and
we agree with our confrere. For the
Constitution of the United States de-
clares in it's sixth article: "This Con-
stitutiOn and the laws of the United
States which shall be made in pur-
suance thereof, and all treaties made
under the authority Of the United
States, shall be the supreme law of
the land; and the judges in every
State shall be bound thereby. any
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21
Beaten Track.

One great fault that stands in the
way of our success as people has
been our Indifference in attempting
untried experiments. For many
years we were at a stand still in
most respects. The difficulty with
us has been mainly to wait until
others inaugurate and reap the ben
Gifts Of important schemes before
we follow in the race. Fortunately
for MS the war with all of it's atten-
dant evils brought with it something
of good. 1t made our people more
self-reliant than ever before, and i'm
pressed the rising generation espe.
cially with the necessity of putting
their shoulders to the wheel and
making earnest efforts in the great
race of life. 1t is really refreshing
to. see our young men pushing for
ward in the busy world, in striking
contrast with their line of conduct
before the war. The new display of
energy has brought about changes in
our State never dreamed of by our
people twenty-five years ago. We
can readily see the effects of the new
turn of affairs.
Now having made such progress
in the past, what must be our future
if we but keep up with the spirit of
the times. The life of trade consists
in keeping step with the necessities
and improvements of the age in all
respects. We cannot afford to lag.
Trade will naturally follow in the
most energetic and industrious train,
and the community that makes the
best showing in these respects will
be more than compensated.
But above all, it is necessary for
people to inaugurate and invent new
means of prosperity. To follow the
old beaten tracks is antagonistic to
the age. Let Louisianians put their
inventive genius to the test and
while they work with their hands,
let the fertility of the brain be busy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21
Journalistic Sensati0naIism.

A man who controls newspaper
yields a power that is well calculat.
ed to Cypress considerations mind
with a grave sense of Responsibility.
He has in his hand an instrument
that is influential for good, but may
be made most potential for evil. 1t
is, in sense, public property which
he holds in trust for the benefit of
his readers. If he thinks it is strict
" and merely a private concern,
which he may use or abuse as he
pleases-if he thinks that he has a
right to employ it to overpraise his
friends or unduly censurc his ene-
mics, or if he imagines because it is
his, that he is entitled to use it's
keenness to cut whomsoever it is his
pleasure to wound, he altogether
misapprehends the character of his
property, he dishonors what ought
to be the noblest profession on earth,
and he proves himself a reckless,
constituencies Arab, whose hand be-
ing frequently raised against every
decent man, is pretty sure in the end
to find every self-respecting man
with his hand raised against him.
The subscriber to a paper has also
his responsibilities. If he chooses a
paper because he likes its peculiar
style of sensati0nalism or scurility,
he may for time indulge his mirth
at it's RIGHTEOUSNESS, but sooner or
later he is bound to find his laugh
ter turned into weeping. Chickens
come home to roost. So do unjust
attacks on mems characters. So
also does a love of verbal assaults
upon your neighborhood. Encour-
age recklessness in journalism by
subscribing for it, and by otherwise
patronizing it, and the chances are,
as thousand to one, that you are
creating and sustaining an instru.
ment that will one day be turned
against yourself, or against those
whom you would fain protect from
obloquy as sacredly as you would
guard your life. By the very means
through which you are provoked to
laugh at other peoples expense, You
are certain some day to have people
laugh at yours. Besides, you are
creating power for evil in the com.
munity. You are ministering to the
worst of scandal.mongers. You are
breeding pestilence, and feeding a
plague.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

The contract for closing Tones
Bayou was awarded A. L. Gervin
for 90, 900. A dam is to be built
across the head of the bayou, IS
miles below Shreveport. Four hun.
dred hands, from New Orleans, will
be employed, and the work is to be
completed within month.
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and unfaltering devotion to their
political convictions and public du-
ties; in short, the bearded vetrans
who have longest fought the fight
and kept the faith through the dark
days Of proscription-and not to
the gaudy "Sunday soldiers and
f1edglings of the eleventh hour grade.
Of such is our Democracy aud our
creed, call it what you may.
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Concerning Newspapers.

The Monroe Bulletin has adopted
the spatent' system and enlarged to
an eight-page paper. It is a good
paper.
We are pleased to place on our
exchange list, the Lake Charles Com.
mercial, a spicy weekly, ably edited,
fall of interesting reading matter,
and indeed a welcome visitor to this
Office.
The Natchatoches Vindicator has
better reading matter, and more of
it, than any country paper in Louis
iana-in short, it is a first.class pa
per i'll every respect. We couldn't
keep house without it.
The Ibcruille South has changed
in ownership, Capt. Chas. A. Brusle
having sold out to Mr.. VIM. A. Bry-
an. Its first issue under the new
management is brim full Of news,
selected with care, and presented in
an interesting shape. Mr.. Bryan
has our best wishes for long, sue
cessful and profitable journalistic
career.
Mr.. j. T. Walker has sold the
Vienna Sentinel to Mr.. 8. d. Pearce.
While we part with regret with the
retiring proprietor and editor, who
has ever been true and able advo.
cate of the Jeffersonian and Jack.
sonian party of the people, and who
has never swerved from the plain
path of duty as a patriotic Demo
crat and citizen, we have every rea-
son to believe that an eqnall,,, faith
full writer has taken his place in the
conduct of that journal.
This from the Shreveport Times !:
/" We are gratified to see from the
following from the Denaer Ne,cs,
that orr friend, John NJ. Scanland,
has gone into the newspaper bust.
ness in that live city. We wish him
brilliant success: THE Eueninq
Press is the title of a new candidate
for public favor in Denver. It is an
afternoon daily, published by the
Elliott Printing Company, a four
page paper, six columns to the page.
IA. Wynne is managing editor and
j. M. Scanland city editor. The
management has the best wishes of
the News for its success.'n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

Experience teaches every newspa-
per proprietor the evils of the credit
system in conducting a newspaper,
but it has been long time since we
have seen SO forcible an example as
the following:
"In an address of the powers and
duties of the press before the North
ern Indiana Editorial Association,
at Wabash, Mr.. Richard Smith, of
the Cincinnati Gazette, speaking of
the evils of the credit system, said /:
When the Gazette Company
changed from the credit to the cash
in advance system, there were $780,
600 due on the books from weekly
subscribers alone, that had been &C.
cumulating for third Of a century.
Of that amount not $4,000 cents
were collected. We employed a man
and furnished him good horse and
sent him off on a collecting tour
In six months the horse died, the
saddle and briddle were pawned for
food, and the man returned a con-
siderable balance against the Com.
pany. We sold the books for old
paper and called those credits lost.'n
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q
Though falln, looks proudly on that hill
lByron's Se;ge Of Corinth.
The editor of the Brookhayen
Ledger visited Corinth, Miss, re
Gently, and thus speaks of that his
toric city-so well-known to many
of us Bossierites who often occupied
those ssold breastworks," picketing,
accommodating and skirmishing, be-
tween the lines of Beauregard and
Halleck, in the spring of 1862, and
again, under Van Dorm in October,
1862, charging the lines of Rose
Grams, and attempting the capture
of Corinth and the defeat of ssOld
Rosey" and his army; but all in
vain. Corinth! What memories.
sad and tender, dark and bloody,
enshrine thy name. Bitter recollec.
tons of the hopes that animated
those who wore the GREY in the
days gone by now sadden the mem.
DRY, but one will brood, with a
miser's care, over the scenes of the
dead and sacred past, no matter how
sad the recollection may be. But
the poet tells us ''peace hath her
victories no less renowned than WARP
and those of us who once knew
Corinth, and nearly all of North.
Mississippi and Western and Middle
Tennessee, as Familiarity as our neigh
borhoods, would be as strangers in a
strange land in those prosperous Sec
tons now. Truly do we rejoice in
the success and happiness of the
ever-generous and chivalrous citi.
zens of Mississippi and Tennessee.
says the Ledger:
G. Corinth is pretty place, has
many handsome residences, large
stores, stately churches, and the
largest and one of the finest Court
houses in the State. This building
is grand, is Of the latest style of ar
chitecture, and elegantly fitted up.
From the roof a splendid birds-eye
view of the town can be seen, also
the old breastworks that protected
the Grey from Blue in the dark DAYS
Of blood and strife, when there was
sadness and mourning throughout
the entire Southern land. It also
claims to have the largest dry goods
store in the State, Rubel, Sekeles &
Co., and many assert that Corinth
has furnished the best Governor
Mississippi ever had. NJ. Stone.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

Gen. Sherman would have built a
canal at Atlanta during the war;
but not having time to do that, he
simply burned the city.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

The people of Canada are becom.
ing interested on the subject of an
nexation or independence. indie
pendence may be moro in name than
in reality; and as for annexation, it
is well for the Canadians to look be-
fore they leap.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

He who makes haste slowly will
generally win in the long run-win
at least all that is worth having in
the prizes of life.
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Human nature is the same every
where. Here is how it works away
up in Washington Territory, where
people ought to keep cool even dur.
ing the sultry dog days. Says the
Pomroy Independent: 1--WE are
sorry that one man was so offended
because we did not mention his be-
ing in town at the trial, that he or
dered his paper stopped. He is a
clever man, but very foolish in this
matter. Hope he will think better
of it,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

The Democratic party in the past
has always been most successful
when it has stood by its own iistinc.
tive principles and this will be the
case in the future.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

You may say what you please
about your sssilver-tonguedn orators,
but a brass cheek is frequently found
more effective.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

1t may seem strange that the
skunk, even the yeritable polecat,
should have a friend and advocate
in SO eminent parsonage as a men,
Der of the New York legislature, but
so it is. A bill has just been intro
duced for the protectian of the ssvar.
mint" because he is good to eat grubs
from the hop vines. There are others
Of the same genus (bipeds) who are
also receiving considerable attention
in that body, and if we are not mis-
taken several of the Albany crowd
will soon be in the condition of the
fellow whose girl said, after he had
caught a skunk: "If Henry was
soaked in rose water a thousand
years he'd never smell sweet again. y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

Sensible people know that an etli.
tor does not always endorse, or, even
believe, all that appears in his paper.
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Says the Galveston Journal -
" Justifying his heartless and false
TRADE on President jeff Davis, Gen.
Sherman says: We must speak
and write, else Europe will be left to
infer that we conquered not by cour-
age, skill, and patriotic devotion,
but by brute force and cruelty
The General did not put the senti.
ment in exactly correct phraseology.
He should have said. In our
speeches and writings we must bring
staiwart lying to its very tip-toe, or
the balance Of the world will ulti.
mately know the whole truth about
the late war.'n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

II the truth were known, we sus-
pect that the comet would be found
to have originated in Ohio.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

FOOL ONCE MORE" For ten
years my wife was confined to her
bed with such complication Of all.
ments that no doctor could tell what
was the matter or cure her, and 1
used up small fortune in humbug
stuff. Six months ago saw a U. s.
flag with Hop Bitters on it, and I
thought l would be a fool once more.
| tried it but my folly proved to be
wisdom. Two bottles cured her; she
is now as we'll and strong as any
mans wife, and it cost me only two
dollars. Such folly pays.-[H. W.,
Detroit Mich.-Free Press.
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Railroad Progress.

The Vicksburg Commercial says:
!" Work will commence on the new
road from Meridian to New Orleans
and on the gap between Monroe and
Shreveport by the LIST of August.n
The Ouachita Telegraph gives
this item: "The pile driver for the
railroad has been successfully placed
on a large fat and will be ready for
duty Monday. Mr.. Moore, who is
experimenting the work, has been
busily engaged surveying the foun-
dation: and Mr.. Rodgers is in st.
Louis looking for Iaborers. 1t will
be but a short time before every
thing is ready, and then the work
will progresses rapidly as possible"
The Iberville South Of the 9th
inst, says: "Tbe work on the Tex
as Pacific Railroad is progressing
rapidly. We learn that the rails are
laid as far as the Chocktaw swamp,
about 10 miles above Bayou Plaqae-
mine, where they will halt until the
trestle work and bridge are complet.
ed. On Monday force will CON-
mence laying iron on the branch
road running to Baton Rouge, and
it is thought that 1t will be complet-
ed within s or 10 days.
Says the Shreveport Standard !:
" The total length of the Southern
Pacific, from New Orleans to San
Francisco, will be 1897 miles, of
which all but $50 miles have been
completed. The various sections Of
this line are: Southern Pacific, 1868;
Galveston, Harrisburg and San An
tonic railroad ("Snnsen ronte), 431;
Houston to Orange. 1O6, and Louis
lana Western, ll2. The value of the
property of the read is $3.50, s73, 900.
The Southern Pacific has a land
grant in California Of 10000
acres and the "Sunsetn route = grant
in Texas of !, s90, 900 acres.n
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The Washington Argus has de
cided views on the question of debt
that is, one would suppose SO by
reading the following from its col.
umns:
Debt, and the facility of obtain
ing credit, is the great curse Of the
South, and of Louisiana in particu
lar. How many in our midst who
are now, today. living beyond their
means? And whyg To keep ND a
little outward show, which may
please the small boy and the I'M.
thinking darkey, bat which disgusts
all sensible men.
"Times are changed. The man
of worth. of social standing, is now
gagged by the amount be produces,
and not by that which he consumes.
"Kid gloves and fine vehicles can.
not balance that inevitable sheet
which is presented at the end of the
year; nor can the history Of ones
past wealth pay for the necessities
of the present"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-21

Many a VANISHED year and age,
And tempest's breath and battles rage,
Have swept DER Corinth; yet she stands,
The keystone of a land which still,
Though falln, looks proudly on that hill.
BYrOn's Seize of Gorinth
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WHEELER q WILSON
Manu- ring COMPANY
No. lo3 Canal Street,
NEW ORLEANS.

Watchmaker aud JeveIl

Matchmaker and JeWeleEs
Takes this method Of Amending - r
= his old friends and patrons an1 ~
tho public in general, that he win ~
found on Market Street, near BeRerS -
store. Shreveport. La, whore b = -
10 repair vstches. jewelry, 60. pse9peH
at moderate prices. Satisfaction guasaa1oee
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y. A. S,eSae,.

A ttorney ct Law, Bellevue, Bos.;e, =.
v3(hsn
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y. Hesss.y SJteuh>r1

A ttorney. at Law. Shreveport. IA M,
"A practice in the Courts Of Csada =. WI
Joining parishes also in the Supreme "a ss1 g .
eral C0s1t 81 tie State, sau red-
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:. LOWRY. WV
LOsEry n Va,aee

A ttSsneys at Law, Bellevue T.. u,.,
"A tice in the Courts Of Bossier ~ pfae
and Webster parishes "a. n.Sleaslls
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A ttorneys and Ceanselers at Law. ss,...
a port, La. viii practice il IT, ess .sn !.
Caddo, Bossier and Red River parishes ~. ~ q
the supreme Court Of the State. W.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-18

ing TO their own affairs. This inhumanity. tna t
cannot be too severely characterized or too wl4ey
nublished 10 the shame of its perpetrators caqseu
much unnecessary suffering aud many deaths: ~ 10 ~
10 be regretted that much money IL being sent 70
Ills nan for those on the ground who know MN
well have no confidence that be win use IT for other
than selfish ends Wealthy Sciotes VINO are ao th
Rodkonaki. bankers of London. COnstantlnople ana
Eeshor have snbssTbed to toe ss,ei should this
wi g. into The hands of Sadik Paeha, II is thought
d"uStfni whether much suffering will be relieved;
The International Relief Committee has therefore
refnscd to make him chairman of the organization,
and though ne NAV give much trouble III the WORK,
contributors may feel assured their gifts directed 70
the International or American Committees VIII HUI
lodge in his pockets.