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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-16
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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-16

POLICE JURY,
PARISH OF NATCHITOCHEs.
MONDAY. April 4th, 1881.
The Hon. Body met pursuant to ad
journment. the following members
being present: :
W. O. Breazeale, President: VIM
Payne, F. Jennings, Il. q. Hathd p
Thos. Smith, r. E. Rammett, j. w
Burkett, W. O. Breazeale, $. G. Dow
den.
BY NJ. Hathorn:
Petition Of citizens Of Ward 2, ask.
ing for change Of Road No. Z, Distrfc,
No. 2, received and adopted.
BY Mr.. Smith:
; Petition OF citizens Of Ward Z, TO
change portion Of road No. 4, District
No. 7, received and adopted.
BY Mr.. Hammett:
Petition of A. N. Timon and others,
Ward 3, asking permission to place a
gate across road No. 2, In District
No. 3, received and adopted.
BY Mr.. Hathorn:
Petition of citizens Ward 2, asking
that road No. 10, District No. 2, be
abolished, received and adopted.
Messrs. NJ. Bandaries aud Jos. n.
Wolfson, by permission OF the Hon.
Body made statements and explana.
tions OF the change contemplated In
Petition OF r. w. Murphy and others
Of Ward 8, laid on the table at the
January Session Of the current year.
On motion, OF Mr.. Hathorn, the pc.
tition was laid on the table until to.
morrow morning at nine o'clock.
On motion OF Mr.. Burkett, the Hon,
Body adjourned till tomorrow morn.
ing the 5th inst, at nine O'Clock.
TUESDAY, April 9Th, 1881.
The Hon. Body met pursuant to ad.
journment. The following Members
were present:
W. o. Breazeale, President; VIM.
Payne, r. Z. Hammett, II. q. Ha.
thorn, F. Jennings, A. Maranovich,
Thos. Smith, J. w. Burkett, 6. g.
Dow rae: nv uh.,,.,
1aus s.,.;c ~. !" soo.el. ..,n.,.. :,
Ward 8, was read, and on motion Of
Mr.. Hammett. @
Be It resolved, that ID regard to the
petition OF los = ~ n; . Woliso9 Ia. ana
os ds : t1:' H. H. cM %u,pny y Isnr
Bowers and n. = f.. sc :! s os 9e sp'
!" iav ont sUd trace roed from ths
W = ~ ~. on :, '4 H. lsna ha+nean W
NORTH corner q ne le Me, between ~:
irom aaid lana - an :" the line H he ~ a
the lands q said bsndaries end Vol.
SOL nuu uanrr Tish M ,,i.c euoiio ioo
ne 81 tu0 tasra11c n;oh pave
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me nesI.Ion toll nh,, m"Iu ~, asddl ny
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1ollOa, wy sosu 1.v'H 1.I. aIn 1,so va
placed on me Rauper ils y a .od all9Heo
me sum u amU snc Anil 1sf
1881. ~ = p..,,o.,.
ny 6y W. c. -: n,e srnm wara 1 ast,no
-. aao ~ s'I pnaa 90 MI MY 1d1eu hse
that Jim heeq nt ana N9 g. Au!ey: % )
placeu on .ng s nisi T, ne i Pssa
au4 ~ v SI,a'. .no e, 81 "a a. -, ~
and Noe! e, Adiey were q pi ss,sas o. me me
pa0pei Llet, ano e "a - k no,, .ne
sum ~ Awv "nJ "1 ~. v An.si r. .
1851.
The petition ior renewal o. nsppll.
List the following Paupers. g. -.
Stewart. Israel Anderson. Emile hal.
burn. Elizabeth hllDurn ana pelle
kutherl0rds Vas Ie8o. snQ OF mo
ton. each allowed the sum o. Two
and oo-lVv Dol!are PEI , monsn' com.
On motion. the Hon. Body adjourn.
ed until p. %.
EVENING SESSION.
rha fnl,ovino nersona we're 40.
,,cintea Rn.d t,varsears Witnesses
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
Twenty Dollars Reward.

A gentleman in Conyers, Ga, offers
the above sum as q reward to any person
who viii, on sight, read the following
without mispronouncing a word:
Zone morning I found myself in q
queer locale, amid vast area of burn
ing sands. To my relief I deserted AN
oasis but, alas it turned out to be q
mirage. could see, as thought, cas-
cades, geysers and gewgaws indescriba-
bic. When I complained to an Edowite
Of such o deceptive land the untoward
fellow treated me with contumely. /
was only saved by the timely appear
ance of chamois from the puissant blows
of the nuisance which leaped up from
the root of q pyramidaf cypress, at
which he fred his fuse. This perverse
creature was so maddened by my escape
that he committed .felo de Sc. He was
the protege of the King, and had been
for some time his employe in decipher-
ing cruciform inscriptions, and may
have been q Chaldean. Though cleanly
dressed, he was not cleanly. Now
seeking recess by q stream filed with
animalcules, wrote an exquisite essay,
drawing ON my fertile brain, which I
read each alternate day for week, and
then wrapped it up and placed it in an
alcove for safe keeping"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
Faith and Pluck.

At certain Sabbath-school, not long
since, the old clergyman of the parish, in
visiting the different classes, came to a
class of four and five-year-olds before
whom the question of faith had just come
up, and he thought to illustrate the SUBJ
ject to the little ones by telling to
them the story of the child who was
called to jump into the fathers arms, in
the dark.
''The father was in dark cellar, while
his little daughter, only three years old,
stood upon the edge of an open scuttle,
or hatchway, in the floor. She could
hear her fathers voice very plainly, but
could not see him s'Come, my child, -
the father called, ''jump right down. 1
will catch you in my arms. Be not afraid.
1t is your father who calls"
Now, the little child could see nothing
below but utter darkness; nevertheless,
she trusted her dear fathers voice, and
jumped-jumped boldly down into the
darkness, and was safely caught into her
fathers arms
Snow, think of it, " said the aged cler-
gyman. ''Was it not beautiful illus
tration of faith?"
He saw one little, bright-faced boy
shake his head.
"Well, Johnny, what do you thing Of
it? Do you not think it required a great
deal of faith on the part of that little
girl to make that leap in the dark?"
'Well-I dono; but she must a had
lots O. pluck, anyho,O"
Evidently the old pastor had gained q
new idea, and one which he could not
dispute. York Led0er.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
At the Stamp-WindOw.

There were thirteen men and one wo-
man at the stamp window Of the post
Office. Most of the men had letters to
post for the eastern trains. The woman
had something tied up in blue match
box. She got there first, and she held
the position with her head in the window
and both elbows on the shelf.
SIS there such place in this country
as Cleveland 2" she began.
'Oh, yes."
'Do you send mail there?"
eyes"
"Well, a woman living next door asked
me to mail this box for her. guess it's
directed all right. She said it ought to
go for cent"
"Takes two cents" said the clerk,
after weighing it. eff there's writing
inside it will be twelve cents"
Mercy on me, but how you do
charged"
Here the thirteen men began to push
up and hustle around and talk about one
old matchbox delaying two dozen bust
ness letters, but the woman had lots OF
time
''Then it will be two cents, eh p
eff there is no writing inside"
"Well, there may be. I know she is
great hand to write. She's sending
some flower seed to her sister, and pre-
sumo she has told her how to plant
'em."
1.-TWO threes p called one of the crowd,
as he tried to get to the window.
Hurry upF' called another.
''There ought to be q separate window
here for women p growled third.
'.Then it will take twelve cents?" she
calmly queried, as she fumbled around
for her purse.
eyes"
"Well, I'd better pay it, guess"
From one pocket she took tive COP
pers. From her reticule she took o
three-cent piece. From her purse she
fished out nickel; and it was only after
hunt of eighty seconds that she got
the twelve cents together. She then
consumed four minutes in licking on the
stamps, asking where to post the box
and wondering if there really was any
writing inside, but woman proposes and
man disposes. Twenty thousand dollars
worth of business was being detained by
twelve-cent woman, and a tidal wave
suddenly took her away from the win
dow. In sixty seconds the thirteen men
had been waited on and gone their ways,
and the woman returned to the window,
handed in the box, and said:
"Them stamps are licked on kind o
crooked, but it won't make any differ
ence. will it?"-Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

BY JOHN BOYLE o'RErLLY.

A great rich city Of power and pride,
With streets fun Of traders and ships on the tide;
With rich men and workmen, and judges and
The shops fall Of skill, and the schools full Of
teachers
The people were proud Of their opuleut town;
The rich men spent millions to bring II renown;
The ong men built and the trndesmen planned,
The shipmen sailed TO every land;
The lawyers argued the teachers taught,
And poor shy poet his verses brought
And cast them into the splendid store
The tradesnen stared at his useless craft,
The rich men sneered and the strong men laughed I;
The preachers said it worthless quite,
The school-men claimed il was theirs to write.
But the songs were spared, though they added
naugEt
To the profit and praise the people sought,
That was waited at last from distant climes-
and the townsinep said, /" To remotest times
We shall send our name and our greatness down"
The boast came true; but the famous town
Had a lesson To learn when all was told.
The nations that honored cared nasght for its gold
Its skill they exceeded hundredf0ld;
IL had only been one of a thousand more
Had the songs Of the poet been lost TO its store.
Then the rich men and tradesmen and school-men
said
They had never derided. but praised instead;
And they boast Of the poet the town has bred.
-Harper's Ma0asins-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
The Population of France.

The total population Of France, little
under 81, 600, 900 in round numbers, is
divided into $4,000, 900 inhabitants of
towns and 5000, 900 inhabitants of the
country. On eliminating from the general
total $50, $50 individuals who are soldiers,
sailors, students in schools, infirm and
diseased, prisoners, or monks, not giving
instruction, the total of little over &c.
600, 900 of persons participating fully in
social life comprises with regard to
means Of existence and professions,
210, 200 persons without known profess
sions; II 800 vagabonds and mendicants;
2,151, 900 stockholders, including 1876, 900
pensioners of the Government, 1851 400
persons exercising liberal professions or
living by them; 1887, 200 persons en-
gagged in trade, transport, and navigation,
or living on their products; 9,274. 500
persons engaged in various industries or
living by them-6, 600, 900 in small in
dustries, 8, 900, 900 in mining and manu-
factures; 8,968, 900 persons practicing
agriculture or living by it, of whom TO-
500, 900 are proprietors of their land,
nearly 5000, 900 are tenant farmers, and
2, 500, 900 are agricultural specialists.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
Mexican Balls.

The Mexicans are notoriously fond Of
dancing, and will neglect almost any
thing else to attend q battle or ball.
Many American dances have been intro
duced, but the amusement, instead Of
being indulged in in a wild and unre-
strained manner, is conducted with
great decorum. The ladies all sit on one
side of the ballroom and the gentlemen
on the other, and when the music be-
gins the young men walk out into the
middle OF the floor and beckon with
their fingers to the young ladies whom
they desire for partners. At the close
of the dance the ladies return to their
side Of the room and the gentlemen to
their own. The waltz Of modern society
and other fashionable dances in the
East would be considered immodest in
q Santa Fe baiIe, and would not be
tolerated.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
Profits Of Texas Cattle.

The cost of keeping cattle in Texas is
estimated by the Fort Worth Lice Stock
Journal at about 81. so head, or 81 800
1000. -Four men, with - to 16 horses,
will tend herd of 1900. The profits
are as follows Beeves, per head, cost,
$15; running expenses, $3.50; sell at
$22, with profit of 80 per cent. Profit
on COWS costing $3.50 per head /; cost
of keeping, $l.60, making $15. Increase
of calves, 75 per cent, worth IS pc
head. Net profit % per cent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
Thought It Was a Mouse.

The Newburyport (Mass.) Herald re-
lates the following incident: A short
time since an elderly lady Of this city
startled the household with q piercing
shrek and the information that there was
mouse in her pocket Some one rushed
to her rescue, hastily assisted her to divest
herself of her wrapper, firmly grasping
the mouth of the pocket to prevent the
escape of the dangerous animal. The
garment was then turned over to the man
Of the house, and he, armed with club,
proceeded to the back yard to dispatch
the offender. The pocket was opened
gradually, but no mouse appeared. Final
ly, gaining courage, he vsntured to in
vestigate, and found the cause Of all the
excitement to be pocket tape measure,
from which the spring had become de.
tached and had unwound with whirr.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
A Romantic Wedding.

Romantic weddings are frequent
enough nowadays but years ago they
might not have been 80 common. An
anecdote is told Of Dean Swift, who, be-
ing overtaken by thunder-shower one
day, took shelter under tree, where he
found party Of young girls waiting for
the rain TO cease.
One young girl was weeping, and the
Dean learned that she was on her way
10 church TO be married to young man
who was with her. "Never mind I'll
marry you," said the Dean and took up
his prayer-book, and then and there
performed The ceremony and, to make
the thing complete, he tore a leaf from
his pocket book, and with his pencil
wrote and signed certificate, which he
handed TO the bride. 1t was as follows
Under q tree In stormy weather,
married this man and woman together:
Let none but Him who rules the thunder
Sever this man and woman asunder.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

A CINcINNATI man says that Mamie
Anderson's cherry red lips are the pref
tiest in America. Bah we'll put our
lips against hers any day.-Boston Post.
No you won't. No! You won't There
suggested something of the kind to her
parents, and the man il now tied in a
bow knot She only kisses a barbarian
on the stage that she takes along for the
purpose.-Peck's Sun.
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NEUROLOGY.
JANUARY.


8. Bishop Gilbert Haven, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Maiden, Mass, aged SO.
4. George Jones, the ''Count Johannes" an
eccentric New York character.
6. "Yankee Locke" well-known comedian.
10. Frank Leslie, the well-known New York
publisher, aged SO.
20. Jules Favre. celebrated French states
man Paris, aged II.
2s. James De Mile, professor in Dalhousie
College, Halifax, n: s., and famous novelist:
who designed the English House of Parlia-
ment at London, aged so.
FEBRUARY.
g. A. E. Borie, ex-Secretary of the Navy; at
Philadelphia, aged II.
10. John Rice, the last survivor of Perry's
victory, on Lake Erie atShelby, Ohio, aged ss.
II. Mrs. Tweed, wife of the late "Boss'' Of
New York city at Paris.
-. Samuel G. Arnold, for short term Uni
ted States Senator from Rhode Island at
10. Signor Brumidi, the artist who designed
and executed the frescocs in the Capitol at
Washington.
20. Ex-Congressman Lorenzo Danford, Of
Ohio, killed in o railroad accident near Bel
laire Ohio Benjamin Brandreth, the famous
pill-maker at Sing Sing, N. Y, aged II.
MARCH.
1. William Maxwell Wood, Surgeon General
"a.
s. Commodore Isaiah Hanscomb, United
States navy at Washington.
z. Judge W. H. Hayes, Of the Federal Court
Of Kentucky at Louisville, aged 50.
%. A. r. Corbin, brother-in-law OF Gen.
Grant at Jersey City.
so. Richard Van Rensselaer,, the last of the
celebrated New York family of that name, a
banker at Albany, aged So.
APRIL.
s. Rear Admiral Thacher, of the United
States navy at Boston, aged IA.
6. Gen. James L. Reynolds, soldier and poll
tician; at Lancaster, Pa, aged So.
10. W. A. Howard. Governor of Dakota Ter
ritory, and former Congressman from Michi-
gau at Washington.
10. DR.. Edward v. H. Kenealy, member of
Parliament, and counsel for the Tichborne
claimant
26. J. seligman, the well-known syndicate
New York banker at New York.
SO. D. W. Middleton, for twenty years Clerk
Of the United States Supreme Court at Wash
ington.
q Mai. Gen. Heintzelman, who commanded
| q division in the Army Of tho Potomac; at
Washington.
8. Hon. George Browne, statesman and jour
nalist, Of Toronto, Canada, who was shot somo
weeks before by discharged employee.
IA. Chief Justice Sanford e. Church, of tho
lew York Court Of Appeals at Albion, N. ";
| ged 65.
10. Ex-Gov. Foote, of Mississippi, formerly
United States Senator /; at Nashville, Tenn,
| aged 80.
20. d. X. Jones, the inventor and first max
or Of lucifer matches at Chillicothe, Ohio,
so 50. Ri Rioha,, tB. Connolly, the Tweed Comp
troller of New York in exile at Marseilles,
France, aged 20.
| 81. Sherrard Clemens, for thirteen years
member Of Congress from Virginia pauper,
at st. Louis.
| JUNE.
6. John Brougham, the noted dramatist and
| comedian at New York, aged 66.
IL. Ex-Gov. Albert g. Brown, Of Mississippi
at Jackson, aged 81.
IS. James 4. Bayard, ex-United States Sem
| ator from Delaware at Wilmington.
| II. ]. B. Howell, editor Of the Keokuk Gate
City, onoe United States Senator from Iowa
] at Keokuk, aged "a.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

M. AMEDEE GUILLEMIN, in his new
work, in the French language, on comets,
calls them "the vagabonds of the heay.
ems" He quotes the following prophetic
passages, translated from the Latin of
Seneca, written eighteen centuries ago.
and fulfilled in modern times by the
combined efforts of many astronomers.
Some future day a man will arise who
will demonstrate in what part of the
heavens the motions of comets take
place, why they move so far distant
from the other planets, what is their
magnitude and what their nature"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

The young ladies Of Geneva Lake are
to meet at the residences there and raise
charity fund by the sale of kisses, and
Heg, Of the Herald, wants to know if
complimentary tickets are to be issued to
editors. Heg is the editor that decided
to go heaven. As soon as he heard that
salvation was free he said he would take
It in.-Peck's S,a.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

A GIRL only eight years old was ar
rested in Lowell, Mass, the other day,
for drunkenness, and an exchange says;
''To complete the disgraceful picture,
the police let her lie ten hours insensioie
in q cell without attention" But they
did not club her.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

'"THERE is not corporation on the
round globe whose specific gravity is
greater than that of the old ETNA LIFE
of Hartford. It is solid as Granite and
as true as gold. ."-Phii. Weekly Item.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

SOME fellow has figured out that Van
derbilt's income would allow him to VISIT
8, OO9 circusses, eat 30, 600 pints OF pea
nuts, and drink 5000 glasses OF lemon
sde every day in the year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

Two Cincinnati servant girls, named
Stegemann, have fallen heir to $50, 900.
and the dollar stores have rained circu.
lars upon them till their lives have
become . burden. With riches come
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

A coLoREp railroad passenger in Ohio
refused, for q long time, to give up his
ticket to the conductor, protesting that
he had paid his fare at that other place
down thar" and that the ticket was his
receipt for the money.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06

6. John Brougham, the noted dramatist and
comedian at New York, aged 66.
IA. Ex-Gov. Albert G. Brown, of Mississippi !;
at Jackson, aged 81.
Is. James A. Bayard, ex.United States Sem
ator from Delaware at Wilmington.
II. j. B. Howell, editor Of the Keokuk Gate
City, onoe United States Senator from Iowa |;
at Keokuk, aged "a.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-11

sroopg themselves to see who shall take fhe girI. and it always falls tO the good natnred young man. He says Of course there is room for three in the buggy: Sometimes he tbiaks maybe this old glri can be utilized to drive the horse, and then he can converse with his sweet heart with both hands, but at such q moment as ye think not he finds out that the extra girl is afraid of horses, d:res not drive. and really requires some holding to keep her nerves quiet- The vouug man begins to realize by this time that life Is one great dlsappoint- meut. He tries tO drive with one hand and console his good girl. who IS a ilttle cross at the turn affairs have taken, with the other, but 1t IS a failure, and maiiy his good girl says sbe will drIye and then he has to put an arm around them both, which will give more or less dls- satisfaction, the best way you can fix 1t. ! If we had a boy that didn't seem G have any more sense thsn to make hat rach of himself tO hang girls on in buggy v.e should labor with him, and tSll hlm
 of the agouies we had experienced m | youth. when tEe boys palmed of two
 girls on us Co take to country picnic,
 and we believe ws can do 10 greater
 favor to the young meE who are just en-
 teriug tLe piynic cs life than tO impress
 upon them the importance of doing one ! thing it a time. and doing # well. Start right at frs.. and life VIII be one con-
 tinued pcnic buggy ride, but if your
 mind is divided in youth you will always
 be looking for bot boxes ard annoy ! anrcs.-i Heck's Sun.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-11
nrn.n-a..r.hle VIII.

Eleie c.fe m~n! lHCsi-rtI0us ct tEe laci tast the w.Ii can f0-cc even weak sie. .ui. tu obey its command. One Of ..t D, s, is associated d with Gen. Jackson at tle rme h, vGs i1 command oi the militia ol Tennessee.
 Nhile Le was lying helpless ia bed, slog iy recovering from several severe vounds received in @ hand-to-hand fight, news arrived of the terrible massacre at Fort Nims by the Indians.
 The Legislature Cf Tennessee lmmedl- ate!y assembled and called out three thousand five hundred m sn Co march to the Indian nation. There was great ex- citement. for 1t was feared that there would be an uprising of all the lndlan tribes m the southwest.
 General regret was expressed that Jackson could not tlke the field m per son. In an interview, prominent mem- Der of the Legislature expressed this re- gret to the General, as he lay grooming upon Eis bed.
 The sick man could not speak without pain, but he intimated that whenever the troops marched, it would be under hls command. Two hours after the inter- view. Jackson issued a printed order ap- pointing the place of rendezvous, and announcing that the health of the com mandiug officer was restored.
 His physician on being questioned as to the Generals ability to march at tine head of the troops, replied, ''No other man could, and 1t Is uncertain whether Gen. Jackson, with all his spUnk, can. But it was always uncertain what Gen Jackson could or could not Go.'
 He did march with the troops. but the physician had frequently to stop tho plucky commander, make him dismcuui and wash him from head Go foot in a solution of sugar of lead to keep down inflammation. With these troops Jack son fought three Indian battles.