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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17

Art 4th Resolved. that Mes
D. Nunez, Louis Thibeaux. \ y eli,
Bourque and Jos w. Harin5 on,
be, and they are hereby apg @ln;si a
special committee to careful aLam~
ire the Coulee Kinney Br;d =, for
the purpose of ascertainin~ = : aoal-
tity of lumber needed 10 reg ! ,G;4
bridge and to purchase the salna a
as reasonable rates as possible
Art 9Th Resolved farther, "a.
Marcus L. Morton. Road Overs eer
Of the 7th Road L.s.rict, shall cause
all repairs necessary to Re made to
said Lridgc by all persops &as.sct to
road duty in his jurisdicti2.
Lastie Broussard ESQ, clerk of
court, was authorized to purchase at
the exepnse Of the parish, the follo "
ing records for the use OF his Office,
viz:
/ Record for Notarial scts.
/ ss d" SUGGESTIONS.
1 sc g Index to Sheriff
sales.
The commissioners Of unbranded
stock appointed for the past year
we're continued in office for the pres
ent year.
On motion of Mr.. Broussard,
Art. 9th Resolved, that the com
mittee on the Court House repairs
be authorized ard shall have powel
to contract for the painting Of th'
Court House and Court room ant
to pay for same out Of a special fant
appropriated for that purpose.
Art. 7th Resolved further. tha
said committee are hereby author
lied to purchase paint and other ma
terials necessary in order to comps ct
the Court room and putting the sam
in good and neat condition ate
the amount already appropriated
shall be exhausted, they shall certi
ty nd approve the account or ac
counts for such materials they tla
procure for that purpose-proviae
said account or purchose does no
exceed eighty dollars which accour
so approved shall be presented t
this body for further approval.
The following claims against tn
parish were allowed to be paid gu
of their respective tnnds Of appro' RI
ations:
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17
Tar CoUecto,,'s Notice.

Persons owing Licenses-State
and Parish--for the year 1881,
and also back taxes are hereby
notified to come Immediately at
nv Office near the court house and
settle the same.
G.. 3. SHAW,
Sheriff & Tax Collector.
May 18th 1881.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17
Z 0ylll!GE & ! l.l4AA Ia s / q 1 .si
UNIV GRSiHY
Agricultural & Mechanical
COLLEGE,
BATON ROUGE, LA.

COL. W.. PRESTON JOHNSON,
PRES I'D E \ T.
Session c ne Menths Begins
C44c..ar J., 1881.
Healthy location. Free tuition. Board,
lodging, medical expenses, etc, $l6 per
month. Cheap Uniform. Full corps of
competent Professors. Workshop of
Mechanical Department. in operation.
Military discipline. For further partu-
culars, apply to
PROF. L. w. SEW ELL,
Aug. 27-6m Baton Rouge, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17
AGENTS
70.


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rs FULIPAGB CoLoRED PLATES !!
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17
Demosthene TrahaE, 5th" ''
James Pickett, 18th 's Is

Art. Sd Resolved, That the fol-
lowing named persons be and they
are hereby appointed Road yer ),
seers for the year ending on the
first Monday in July, 1882, viz:
For 1st road district Wm. Vanslyke.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-09-17
HE SOUTHERN CULTIVA-
TOR.

Now is the time to subscribe
the old and reliable Agricul-
u Journal. 1t is in its xXX7II
umc and stands at the head
agricultural papers. Is is now
sllshed by the Constitution,
Ianta, Ga.
see.. $50 per AMMAN
nOs Of TO-. 1850
laos Of &C. 1900 Z"
H WEGI1 GCr.soI.TU TluN.
RE aRFAT SOUTHERN FAMILY
\. PAPER.
'sse. '''s $3.50 per annum
ssaaes \ Of 10. 1880 I" !"
,nsSs Of 90 .2o.OO :" Z"
SC,ulti7ator !, and Weekly to
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ssas = Vluted every were. Lib
aeOmnissionr. Address.
CONSTITUTION.
Atlanta, Ga,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12
Boot, Shoe, Hat and Cap
EN- d RI III NJ,

IN Bank building, opposite St. Michacl's
i Church, Main st Flostburg, Md,
All who want anything in the line of
Shoes, of the best and finest quality;
Shoes OF the best and heaviest make; Shoes
for poorer rich, young orold; Shoesfomll,
no matter what their occupation or profess
ion. Boots for Men; Boots for Ladies';
Boots for Children; Boots for all. Hats
for old and young. TRUNKS, VALISES,
&c.,-sll at fair prices. should 70 to
WILLIAM THOMAS.
eT-Bootsand Shoes made to order. Re-
pairing neatly and promptly done. Leather
and Shoe Findings on hand. Apr IL
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12

not dig his coal; he only load it, oise
he would considsr FIVE tons q very
fair days voIk; it iSaa much as any
intelligent man should want and do
his person justice. This Digger" or
dangerous man, must surely be e
stranger in this locality, slss he would
never have said that the FIVE ear ays-
ten has been ruinous to provide
room for this extra force, (and con-
trary to the old system of two in a
ROOM for am ready to prove that
there have been from four up to
thirty.fve men in one place previou,
to any law among the miners q
Georges Creek. MORE ANON.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Homecoming, Mar. 7, 1881.
A WHA7.LS-IT.

HOMECOMING, Mar. 7, 1881.
Mr.. Editor Please grant me 9
small space in your columns to cen.
sure "a Digger" on the five tons pei
man question. My time has teen
taken up since the appearance of his
article in thinking how selfshness
will creep into some mems hearts and
prompt them to rob themselves, and,
what is even worse still, rob their
fellow-workmen and families of what
is just and right.
Mr.. Editor and fellow-workmen Of
this district, l will take the liberty of
informing "a Digger" that he knows
very well that his own article contra
diets itself. According to his state
msnt five tons is fair days work
and 1926 per day pretty good pay,
and with the experience of the last
twelve or eighteen months, we, the
miners of this region, see that we have
been greatly benefited by the result
Of this restriction rather than, ac-
cording to the statement of "a Dig
ger" being to the contrary. In con-
versation with our fellow-men all the
intelligent portion think "a Digger"
"a wolf in sleeps clothing, going
around seeking whom he may des-
troy" therefore, we warn all unsus-
pecting miners to beware, lest you
should fall victims to his prey.
will ask "a Digger" if he thinks
that we are living in an age of prog
ress and enlightenment, or if he pro-
poses to go back to slavery when men,
called white men, climbed these
mountains at all hours of the night,
and men that had struggled hard to
raise their families, and, when their
sons should have been some help to
them, had to stand by and see them
driven broadcast over this country,
not knowing whether they would ever
return to their homes again. So I
think that this anxious Digger" can
plainly see that the five ton system
has not only been benefit to the
miner but has made many a mother
and sister feel that they have home,
not only cherished by themselves, but
by the father, son and brother, where,
if we were all as selfish as "a Dig
ger" there would be many a fond
mothers son roaming this country,
we know not where. I believe that
should satisfy the selfish Digger"
This digger" as he signs himself
"a Digger" says
Let us reason the matter thus: Sup
posing you (the miners) have the oppor-
tunity of loading six cars.
Mark you, "the miners" Well,
would like to know what he is-"A
Digger" devil, or dangerous man.
1t is my humble opinion that he doel
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12

cult and expensive enterprise of coz
GtTucting its railroad to form an in
dependent connection With the mines
and canal entirely Invested of any
OTHER interest or control but that
which seeks cheap aud permanent
communication between the sources of
ccal production and the public works
of the State. The road 10 now in
such a state of completion that as
soon as the boating season opens, it
will be able to deliver to the canal at
reduction in cost CT at least twenty.
i've cents per ton large quantities Of
coal, which without the connection
sought by this application can not
obtain access to the canal and must
necessarily be diverted therefrom to
the great and lasting injury of the
coal interests of the State, of the
canal and of the large numbers of in
dustrious and useful citizens who are
employed in the mining of the coal
and in it, transportation by the ca
nal from Cumberland to tide water.
This work was not conceived in any
spirit of speculation or of hostility
to any of the public works of the
State, but was designed to meet a
condition of affairs that had been
long felt and loudly complained of by
every business interest, small and
large, directly or remotely connected
with the production of coal and its
transportation by the canal.
The G. @. & G. R. R. Co. again re-
spectfully ask that this matter Of
such grave Importance receive the
prompt and earnest affection OF your
Honorable Board, which is invested
by the authority of the law with the
power of securing to its road the
rights asked for, and thereby protect
ing it and the people against the
grievances complained of.
Respectfully,
(Signed) HENRY LovERIDGE,
President.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12

SPEAKING of our comments upon
the Neaos' severity of remark upon
the deserts of Martin Hall, the tramp
printer" that paper retorts:
An unworthy criticism by our usually
fair contemporary. A drunkard with a
loaded pistol loose in part of the town
almost deserted during business hours by
men is a fit subject for newspaper COM
ment and the action of the authorities,
whatever his other peculiaIities may be,
and the authorities should see that such
characters are put where they can do no
harm.
We did not deny the propristy of
newspaper comment upon such cases.
We did question the charity which
would consign half-crazed, hopeless
ly crippled creature to the peniten-
tiary, and see no reason whatever to
recede from that conviction, no matter
what the conditions and psculiarities
of any section Of a town might be at
any given time. That the "authori-
ties should see that such characters
are put where they can do no harm"
is eminent)J proper, and we agreed
to thu proposition when we COM
mended Justice Kings action Ia, send
ing him tojail. But the penitentiary,
and we repeat it with emphasis, is
not the proper place for any man
who hasn't sense enough to merit
punishment anywhere
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12

IT is not all of labor's duty to pro-
tect itself directly. If competitive
railroad entering your field, proposes
to reduce the cost of transportation,
that is an institution altogether
worthy of your warmest sympathy
and support, for indirectly it is your
friend and its success. goes so far in
preserving your wages, no matter
what the price of mining elsewhere.
1t were far better to have Clearfeld
miners competing with our railroads
than with our miners.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12

Ex-CHIEF JUSTICE AGNEw Of Pennsyl-
vania strongly and deliberately endorses
the doctrines touching the relations of
railroads to the State, laid down by Judge
Black in his letter to the Chamber of Com
merce.-New York Sun.
There is hope for brother Smiths
State yet. We would gladly see the
list grow in length until Seven thou
sand had not bowed the knee to
Baal."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12

The times are hard, everybody says so,
but the wages Of sin have not been cut
down.-Erchan0c
That's because the blacklegs are
enemies of wages in general and
friends of Sin in particular.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12

NoTE.-Time here given is Philadel-
phia time, which is fiveminutes fasterthan
Baltimoretime.
Entire trains run through to Hunting
don. Through cars between Huntingdon
and Philadelphia. New York, Baltimore,
Washington and Pittsburg.
All CUNT erland and Pennsylvania
trains stop at Hay street Stat on.
Fortulllntormati0n, time tables rates of
iare NC, call on PETER Noon, Agent,
corner Baltimore and Liberty streets,
or EVERETT MAREAN, at IL G station, Cum.
be:land, or address THos. E. WATT, Pas.
sengcr Agent Western District pittsburg,
Pa. l.. p. FARMER,
General Passenger Agent.
FRANK THOMSON,
NoV27 General Manager.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12
ssOur Exhaler''
WILL DISINFECT OR pERFUMEA
w sick room, or whole house, in ten

WILL DISINFECT OR rERFUMEA
w sick room, or whole house, in ten
minutes.
Immediate relief and speedy cure of AS
thma, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Diphthera,
Whooping Cough, Group and Scarlet
Fever.
Twenty-tourto forty light hours of cx-
halation cures the woret case of Whoop-
ing Cough. Petsonssuffering with Asth-
ma, Catarrh, Consumption, &C., using
"OUR ExHALER" will experience such re-
Lief that they can sleep quietly all night.
piphtheri;a is infectious, and nay
be communicated directly or indirectly.
The poison clings with great tenacity to
furniture, clothing, rooius and houses. 1t
may be conveyed by infectedartlcles used,
such as napkins, towels, &c, or directly
IN the act OF coughing, splitting, kissing or
sneezing. Our Exhalng Liquid constant
ly vaporized in the room of . patient with
Diphthera does absolutely destroy the
gem of contagion.
COUGHS AND COLDS.
"OUn ExuALING LIQUID" evaporlzed in
the sleeping room, relieves any cough or
crld i'll few nj. hts. In the worst cases
OF Influenza the sufferer will find almost
immediate relief
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12

A BALTIMORE clergyman recently die.
coursed on the subject: why was Lac
arus a beggar 2"-Chicago paper.
Perhaps Lazarus mined coal at &C
cents ton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-03-12

The coal companies are assessed at
$6,39l, 523.40 though representing a
capital of nearly forty million dollars.
If the $ll, 9l9, 235.l9, assessed to the
residents of the county, stands in place
Of a like proportion Of capital, the
county is worth one hundred and ff-
teen million dollars
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-07
pLuMPNESS A RRnIIsIrE

Instead of saying that there is AN eX-
cess of 10000 women in Massachusetts,,
we shall be able TO reason more clearly
if We simply say that there are $1,000 I'M
married women in that interesting state.
If the facts are stated in this way we at
once see that instead of troubling our
selves about Over-production We should
merely ask, why are these women un-
married w The answer is not difficult
to find. These women are unmarried
because they are of pattern which has
of late gone out of fashion. About the
Same time that the gray trousers of Eng
land drove out the black broadcl0th
trousers, which, IN connection with the
black satin waistcOat, and black dress
coat formerly constituted the walking
costume of the American citizen, there
was introduced the plump, English
style of girl. The latter soon became
enormously popular, and the bony and
specialized maidens o. Massachusetts, he
come drug on the market. 1t was still
generally conceded that the Massachu-
sets girls knew more about EmersOn's
philosophy and AlcOtt's Orphric utter
ances than did her plumper rival, but
the merits of the former we're no longer
able to awaken any enthusiasm. The
Boston poetical young man no longer
wrote sonnets expressing the emotions
of his heart on hearing the bones of his
beloved rattle as she ran to greet him at
the gate, and the Boston youth of fash
ion no longer proposed at public din
ncrs the once familiar toast, Beauty
and BONES" in honor of the spare sex
In fact, spare and angular girls went
entirely out of fashion, and Massachu-
setts men went outside the boundaries of
New England when they sought for
UiynS
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-07
BOSTON WOMEN.
Chicago Times


How noticeable many of the Boston
women are. have seen dozen of
them here, and while they are each in
divldual, they yet have strong generic
likeness. They are all thin and angular;
all wear eyeglasses; all dress queerly,
and all are very independent in manner.
They are highly cultured, intellectual,
abound in theories and opinions, and are
very interesting to talk TO. And how
busy they are, and how full of system.
They live by rule; they have an hour
and minute for everything; their
haunting dread is lest they lose bit of
valuable time. like them. They are
piquant studies; they repay analysis
They appear to have no sentiment, but
they are full of it. They keep il for
their husbands, actual or potential.
Beneath all of their cOmpOsure they are
intense and fervid, and capable, when
sufficiently moved, OF volcanic erup-
tiOns. When the Boston woman kim
dies she bursts into grand confiagra-
ton and is dangerous.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-07
SUMNER CARE OF SWINE.

II is mistake To assume that hogs
need no care or attention during the
summer season The first conditions
for insuring a profitable hog crop are
good grass, soaked grain, water, and
shade in the summer. The spring pigs
should, beside their mothers milk, have
Arun. 10 short grass, soaked corn and
Oets, aud whatever the kitchen and dairy
respect. Soaked corn is more whole
some than dry, and it pays we'll 10 shell
1t before soaking. We soak IL from
twelve to twenty -four hours. Spring
pigs, fed during the summer on soaked
corn and slop made from ground oats
and corn, half-and.haif, mixed with
equal bulk of bran and middlings, and
allowed free run TO pure water. blue
grass pastures and plenty of shade, with
access To box OF salt and ashes and char.
coal, will well repay ali care and feed
given, and will, as ten months, average
| from 900 to $50 pounds of choice pork
On The other hand, spring pigs, whose
mothers must root for living and trav'
ell miles each day in search of food, and
have hungry Filters clinging to and
| squealing after them, cannot make
| pounds of flesh out of scant feed and
overwork. A large per cent. of sucl
pigs die from exhaustion and
disease. The fittcst survive, but
/ none OF the survivors arC
| fit for the butcher until the season fol
| lowing. They must be carried through
| the winter At great expense and greaI
| risk, q source OF discomfort To themselves
and their owner. II is impossible to fat
| ten Them of before March, and IL tlIeE
they average go or 275 pounds, the own
or feels satisfied, because he don't know
4 anV better
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-07
DAVIS AND HOOD.

Cincinnati Gazette: Jefferson Davis
recent remarks to reporter on the fool
ishness of Hoods campaign away from
Sherman into middle Tennessee, is an
instance that hindsight is better than
foresight in grand strategy. Davis
approved of that movement by
Hood at the time. And it was 3
reasonable calculation that Hoods COM
pact army could beat ThOmas's scattered
troops in detail, when Sherman marched
away with 65, eco men. But after the
invincible Thomas had beaten Hood, it
was easy TO see that if Hood had kept a
posture 10 threaten Sherman's flank and
communications, and to follow him
in retreat, Sherman would not have ven
tured IA march away. and thus lie would
have nothing to relieve failure. Sher-
mans letters of the time show this. In
fact his apprehension that Hood might
follow him, and his holding Thomas to
follow Hoop il he did, was that which
so jeOpardized Middle Tennessee and
Thomas troops
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-07
THE LAST OF THE PTNE FORESTS.

Our agricultural wealth is bOuRdl6ss
our resources Of coal and iron are simple
and we have hidden boards Of gold and
silver vet 70 be measured and appraised;
but there Is no mistaking the fact that
our timber is going. Occasionally with
in the past ten years note of warning
in this regard has heen sounded by some
alarmed staais4ician who lass locked
into the figures and perceived the sare
result To which they were tending
but the country has not taken the mat
Ter seriously % heart. It appears thai
we have i1eea going IA in this respect
afier the manner at n spendthriGt who
imAgines bis platrimony To be inexhaus-
title, yet has At bottom an uneasy con-
seriousness that it 10 Is not. EnjoyiBg .
large abundance in the preseat. with no
check upon our expenditure, VIC have
put or the inspection Of our national &C
count until ct last, in the matter Of our
timber supply, We are but one step re-
moved from bankruptcy.
The United States census Of 1880 is the
agency by which we are brought face 10
face with this uuWelcome revelation.
Prom somewhat Voluminous mass Of
figures the brief deduction is simply tlFis:
that in the three states on which the
county mainly depends for its supply Of
white pine timber MinnesOta, Hiscou
sin and Aichig3n-there b to-day, after
making fair allowance for the quantity
cut during the past winter, an aggregate
of less than % eco 100000 feet At the
present Eate Of consumption, this
will be exhausted in about
six years or eight at the
farthesi- This estimate Is based on the
presumption, amounting IN . practical
certainty that the northwestern states
will themselves require. by their rapid
| increase in population, considerably
larger part OF their timber prOsluct for
their oWn use than has heretofore been
the case. But whether the calculation
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-07
OONOERNING COMETS.

Comets have always had bad name,
and the later generations of these celes-
tial Migrants seem unwilling to do any
thing to improve the family reputation.
Some of them have been suspected of
wars, others have been charged
with great famines, and the recent arrival
offers IN excellent excuse to every one
who wants 70 keep bad hours. OF what
avail is it that women have by persua-
sion reduced their husbands lodge
nights to one n month and that par
ents have instructed their daughters to
send admirers away at ten precisely il q
great big comet is coming along at two
o'clock in the morning and must be
looked at now or never? No matter
what portion of the heavens is com
EnAnded by the parlOr windows, young
lovers arc going 10 sit up to improve
this rare chance to increase their knOwl
edge of practical astronomy, while every
corner groccrY-save and except in Kan
sas--will be al inpromptu observatory
with glasses of all powers for every ont
who may drop in. The comet cannot b
arrested, for there is nothing about j
that can be hurt by club, and it ca
not be legislated out of the sky, for Their
would be no money in bill for tina
purpose. The best that can be done i
to have all amateur observations mad
under careful home supervision; thus
and thus only, can the demoralizing in
fiuences Of the comet be neutralized.