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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-01

Judge Lazarus one Of the judges
Of the Civil District Court Of New
Orleans has been seeking to at.
tain . little cheap notoriety by a
resort to tyranny and fragrant
prostitution Of the ends Of justice.
Mr.. Lucien DeBuys Of the irm Of
DeBuys 4 Ogden, brokers, called
upon his honor and in the course
Of conversation expressed his de.
sire to see judgment rendered in
the case Of u suit brought against
the city BY certain bondholders,
and stated his willingness to de.
ray any expenses which might be
necessary in order to bring about
. speedy judgment. This was
worse than shaking a red rag be.
fore an angry bull. 1t insulted
his honor, and nothing short OF
DeBuy's Incarceration would allay
his rufled dignity. DeBuys was
snatchcd ont Of bed next morning
by a deputy sheriff armed with a
warrant, and brought before the
assembled, dignity and Sapience
of the Civil District Court. Here
he was arraigned by Judge Lag.
urus, who after reading q long
wounded homely, sentenced him,
to fen days Imprisonment and the
payment Of a fine Of $50. This
being done, we suppose tie losso
relievo figure on the courthouse
front representing the blind God.
dess Of Justice holding aloft the
scales Of equity. wept. DnBuys
was verv imprudent, but if he
wanted to bribe he should have
raised his pile. We believe We
are beyond the uncivil jurisdiction
o. Judge Lazarus Coayt.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-01

When It is written D. D., it
stands for doctor Of divinity, but
when it is written ID, it stands
for something altogether different.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-01

The steamer Maxey s., will be
here about the Sd or 4th Of this
month, she is now in New Or.
leans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-01

K EFT
DIRECT no NEW ORLEANS.

DIRECT TU NEW ORLEANS.
,NAA Shipper. on vermilion
M& B.?on are berebv Informed
hat the Str. EXCHANGE
is thoroughly rsatted and il now ready to
make regular trips 81 New Orleans.
Freights taken ct Morgan's Teche
rates, storage at Ebbevillr free.
Apply to J. f. CsFlin. agent at New
Orleans. or to the Undersigned at Ahbs-
willie, Louisiana.
SOLOMON WISE:
November 8. 1891.
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w. A.. Thompsor ,

DR.. w. A. Thompson,
|2ll Canal Street, New Orleans.
Piles, Fistula and Fissure.
Cured without the use of the
KNIFE, LIGATuRE OR cAUsT1c,
Free from pain, danger or loss of
time from business.
These Diseases Receive Special
Attention and Cures Guaranteed.
Epilepsy or Fits treated with
wonderful success. as all cases are
carefully examined. and none
taken but those offering good
prospects Of curing.
1mpotency, Spermatorrhca and
Sexual Debility. treated by medi.
cine alone. has heretofore proved
usicss and even injurious. They
do no good, is the universal
testimony Of all honest physicians.
Thousands have "doctored" for
these complaints, and have thrown
away their money and their
constitutions together, but the Doc
tor combines medical treatment
with electricity, the electricity
being generated by a simple
electrical apparatus tibet any one
can use, and by these means
insures success.
Constipation, the bane Of 20
many lives and the most prolific
source Of illheal,h, cnred by a
simple method, with little Or no
medicine.
Diseases of women treated by
electricity, without pain or expo:
sure.
Sticture of the Urethra and
Rectum cured without . surgical
operation and without pain: Tape
Worm, Diseases Of the Kidneys.
Bladder, Private Diseases, Rheu-
matis,n. Neuralgia. Nervous and
Sick Headache, Asthma. Weak.
Painful and Sore Eyes, without .
surgical operation; Deafness.
Noise 10 the Ears, all Skin
Diseases. ScrofIla, Tumors, Loss
Of Voice, etc., successfully treated
by improved remedies.
Letters of inquiry must be
accompanied with stamp for reply
N. B.-No names made plo!ic
without the Written consent Of the
parties.
The following persons may be
referred to:
New Orleans Testimonials.
Capt. Max Blanchard, Piles.
Jas. WallLillech. Supt. John.
Foundry, Rheumatism,
l.. b. Patterson, Pilot stmr.
Pagan, Piles.
Max Beer, 1853 Canal street,
Neuralgia.
Mrs. Miller. conner Jacson and
Libery streets, Deaf.
: E. Dill, Morgan Railroad, Tape
Worm.
Thos. Robinson, 10 Cont street,
Piles.
Jacob Blum, Baronnc st., Piles,
Capt. Pharr, Morgan City. Loss
oil. Voice.
Leo Wolfson, Craps Bluff. La,
Col, W. O'neal, Covington, Ky. !,
w. F. Shrock, Goodman, Miss,
Piles.
j.. T. Swim, Main street, Cincin.
natl. Fissure
E. Wolf, Port Hickey, La, Piles.
Byron Eastman, Mercer, KY, !
Structure.
J. B. Roos, Ben Louond, Miss,
JAS, Aldrich. Covington, KY,
A Freidheim, Bastrop, La. Plies
S. J. Gordon, 1872 Walnut
Cincinnati, O.. Catarrh.
J. T. Hawkins, Mason, Tenn,
from the Ear.
J: B. Wilson, Alton, KY,
g. D. Hickerson, vicksburg,
Asthma.
J. T Warren, Carrollton, Tenn,
Bronchitis.
81. Shipp, Owen. Ky, scrofula.
Office hours from 9 q, NJ, to 4
D. N.
Dee. II. iseo,-an. t
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-01

Thursday morning the thermom'
eter stood At Is degrees below
freezing.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-01-01

Ciucho.Q uinine cures chil's and
fever.
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It is we'll enough to ssy take
things as they come ;'but suppose
they don't come
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No boat this week.

Snow fell here on last Wednes.
day.
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Judgment i,eejf
cent Of sae a.
done On The a.. Mt
filed.
The following i.
lowed and orders
out Of thsir respscd,
Criminal pIos
Jacob Isaac, -
Trahan
Of Cotina Beadci.
uc0ey
Solouon Wise
Go aseg Of b ~
do Q! WI Hasl,;s
P Bidault
Emi1n. utl
G B SHAW
Police Jury TINA
Howard Hofpisit
D Nunes
Joseph Trahas
+ Broussard
seyerien Prinas,
A Vanslyke
Louis Thibea,1
Printer & Ststbs1
Isaac Wise rs.
Parish / Dist 4
Solomon VIZ
fyhA ..r,nsor
A Chsrgois n(int
Bridge repainne
Solomon Wise,
Cartrieht 70 as5
Ophilias Boarqls
N Defrance
w W Edwards
Magistrates &C.. lssd
jules Lanreats, ]
Felix i.aurent.. Coz
81 B Lyons, Constsb
w b White. JP
Election funds Il
Solomon Wis
Issac Wise sI|||
N C Broussard |||
J A Leblanc
P D Leblanc
Noe 3audoin ,
P U Leblanc
in Williams
W W Kuehling
Lastic Dubois
G A Mouisset, cl6tlra
Desire .Hebert, dy ,lafi1
A n Martin
N Y Lampmsu
Ophelias Bourque
G W Summers ,
G Moniet
Aristiae Picard
Felix Bronssard
] T Bronssars
F D Lege, dy sheriff
Mrs Lazare Brousard
John Morgan
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

MODERATION OR ABSTINENCE. The
story is often told of the temperance meet
ing in which, after many arguments and
appeals were made in favor Of total absti.
nenee, minister arose and declared him
self opposed TO these finatical and extreme
measures and in favor of moderation or
occasional drinking. Alter he WAS done,
a tipsy man. in the back part Of the room,
arose and hiccoughed out. That's right,
parsOn; that's where we standw The
point was evident. and the minister was so
thoroughly awakened that he Immediately
rose and declared himself total absti-
nence advocate from that moment
1t is astounding that in this nineteenth
century and in this Christian land. under
the very sound of the most thrilling ap-
peaIs. in the very face Of the sin. shame.
misery. and damnation of the drink
habit-knowing the fearful fascination
of this accursed thing-knowing that,
having once tasted it, no man is safe
there yet remain good people, protesting
to be friends of the cause. who declare
themselves opposed to total abstinence"
Is every good cause condemned to eternal
vigilance against traitors within the gatese
Is it not enough that the rum power con-
trolls the money and politics Of the coun-
| try, while men, women and children
writhe under it's grasp Is it not enough
that our sons and brothers must be con-
fronted at every turn with these gateways
of help Is it not enough that the demon
alcohol is daily gulping down the flower
and hope Of humanity Must we sti'l be
met at every turn by whining pleas for an
occasional glass in social way-for vino
in the dip, and brandy for a tonic, and
cider for the winter freside? In the name
of Christianity and humanity, have we
any love for this thing that is running our
nearest and dearest for time and eternity,
hat we hug it to our hearts so tenaciously?
Are we to drive just rs near the dizzy
precipice AS We can? Are we to keep Just
one little serpent coied up in our homesP
1t takes but one glass to open the dread
full down ward path for young mans feet.
1t takes but the f ,vored cake, pie, or
sauce, to plant the appetite deep in bows
nature. 1t takes but the fain'est Taste of
alcohol to revive the fierce desire in re-
formed drunksrd and send him back to
preditiOn. In view of these fac :, wb Vt is
our only course, it we are to be clear of
the blood of souls?-N L O.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14
Sunday School Workers.
BY REV. D. E. MILLER, MONTPELIER.

1t is not alone the great tributaries, the
Ammonoosuc, the White, the Deerfeld and
the Pennington which make the Connect
cult. Away up on the mountain are the
little spriugs-adown their sides creep
and run and leap, like the young of the
fiocks, the puring brooks. They all make
the mighty river.
The only workers in the Sunday school
are not your Robert Raikes, your H. Clay
Trumbuls, your Vincents and your Sum
day school orators u renown.
Away on the hi sides are humble homes.
river These IL much as the mighty are
Sunday school workers.
Let me indicate little how the humble
aud unobtru~ive ones can render efficient
service in this most important branch of
Christian work. They can pray for the
Sunday school. Prayers had sympathIes
of burdened hearts are invaluable. But
more. they can send their children to the
schools. Parents esteem their opportu
mites of thus doing, as we'll as getting,
good too lightly. And false pride among
the lowly, and false estimate of the i'm
portance Of the work keep many away.
Among people of religious professions
and those who cannot plead humble cir.
cumstances, rs an excuse, there is too little
care that the children he sent to Sunday
school-sent regularly, and kept there till
at least the rudiments are learned.
1t is deemed of vast importance that
children be sent to the public school
regularly and kept there through tho
period of youth. Is religious instruction
less important than reading, arithmetic
and geography
One method of home work is by train
ing the children to punctuality in attend.
ance. Struggling arrivals are most annoy.
ing and habits of impunctuality thus early
incucated will be debasing indeed in tbelr
effect upon after business life. Send the
children to church and expect them to stay
to the Sunday school, and this will have
the double effect of cultivating habits oI
church going and punctuality at the Sun.
day school. And not only send the chill
dren and punctually, but send them pre-
pared in the lesson. This may be done by
keeping the lesson before the family
during the weekly using the home
readings at family prayer. and by moi
nfrequent conversations about what is
read. Spend an evening occasionally in
social home study of the lesson.
spent a Sabbath few weeks since
with family at Chicago. liked their
method in this matter. Each Sunday
evening is devoted, in part. at least, to
familiar conversations with the children
about Bible demonstrating Bible stories
in an interesting way--calling up the
subject of the lesson of the day, or of the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14
Gfmpfrantt.
Eleven Years a RnmselIer.

a. have seen man who took hi first
glass of liquor in my place who afterwards
filled Il suicides grave. ] have seen man
after man, wealthy and educated, come
into my place, who now cannot buy his
dinner"
This was the beginning Of an address
of S. Stacy before the Cadets Of Temper.
ance, mere lads, who sat clothed in their
bright regaIia of hlue and rel in long row.
on the settees in Franklin Hall, in South
Brooklyn.
The meeting was held under the auspi.
ces of the Sons OF Temperance. and it had
heen announced that Mr.. Stacy. having
given up his drinking place in SIKH ave-
nue. he would give his personal expert.
ence.
For eleven years | sold liquor" he
said. II had one Of the handsomesl ss-
looms in New York. Some said il was the
rest saloon in the city. If it was the best,
God help the poorest. can recall twenty
customers each worth from 100000 to
$500 900, and only two of them now are
able to buy dinners for themselves.
ITO you, Cadets of Temperance, wonld
advise that you take rather a glass of
prussic acid than II glass OF liquor. II you
must die, 1t is better to die ut once. Ifa
gospel friend takes you by the arm and
seeks O restrain you from drinking. don't
turn and say TO him: Il know what / IN
doing. Be kind enough TO mind your own
business | have seen young men stand
ut nv bar with this blue ribbon on the
lapels of their coats drunk. No, no.
these young men would say I've taken
the pledge. rm obliged to you, all the
same They had no business there; (Mr.
Stacy raised his voice., that was not their
place. Liquor is at deadly enmity with
blue ribbon Pretty soon it will be =.
Well, III take glass of cider knew
I knew knew what that glass of cider
meant.
I" The rumseller is gooi fellow. He's
liberal with his money. He's jovial. When
n customer enters his door he says: Hello,
Johnny. where have you been these two
or three days?' But he's calculating all
the time how much money the customer
has in his pocket, and how much of it he
can put in his till. He is thief. He takes
money for which he gives no benefit in
return.
I'm all of my eleven years behind the
Odk Cuu ICChll OIl1 Uuc hGIerhDlc luluR
A young lady came TO me and said: |
wish you would not give father anything
more to drink laughed. as rumsellers
are accustomed to do in such cases, but
she PERSISTED, and tint lily promised
wouldn't let him have a drink | don't
know what possessed me but promised.
When next the father came in, he walked
up to the bar smiling, and said: Well, |
guess I'll take drink No, sir, not
here, said |. WHAT said be. II peated
what had said and also ordered nv bar.
keeper never TO let him have a drink on
pain Of dsmi sal. The result was u quar-
rel, and | threw him out into the street.
He was a smaller man than /. There was a
struggle outside the door. but ~ he rolled
over the curb at the edge of the sidewalk.
he seemed to lose all his strength. Look
ing up to me he said: Here Am in the
gutter, and turned out OF tun shopr
That man to-day is member of DR..
Armitage's church " z Paper.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14
Very truly yours,
A. f. ROCKWELL

LISTEN TO THIS, GIRLs.-Dr. Carbally,
an eminent physician and chemist, ,testities
that the cosmetics which the fashionable
bellies of the present day are so fond of
using and deem so indispensable to their
beauty, are the deadly enemies to their
system. Paralysis, that fatal and fright
full form oi bodily infrmity is said to
be the result of the continual use Of the
paints or washes enameling or otherwise
artlfcially whitening the skin
Chief among lthese fearful auxilaries OF
the toilet is thar white horror, Laird s
Bloom of youth. which is so extensively
used by the ladies of society, married and
single, for making up" their complex
ions. The salts of lead contained in this
preparation, which is the means of pro-
ducing that pearly white. polished appear
anoe of the skin, on applying it, is the
active agent OF paralysis, and any person
WAC uses it, or any other lotion or powder
containing these salts, is tampering with
ner life.
DR.. Carbally further tells us. seriously.
that the peculiar druop of the hands sar-
castically called the kangaroo style,
and which was supposed by the community
to be mere freak of fashion, really and
truly had its origin in partial paralysis
of the exterior muscle of The forearm,
produced by the use of those outward
poisons Some fashionable belle, no doubt
had suffered IN this terrible way for her
folly, and all fashionable geese of her ac-
quantance followed suit by crooking their
wrists and dropping their hands, like SO
many hens with heir wing, broken.
We learn also that all powders, paints,
and liquids which impart polished,
scntillating whiteness to the skin, contain
metallic poisous, and are extremely peril
Gus. The more beautiful the mere dan.
gerous.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14
MooRHEAD. Clay Co. Mimi,

btttlhOCl locks
Mr. EDIroR:-Your correspondent ap-
prehends that while all of your readers
have read much in praise of Minnesota
and D Dtkota, and especially OF that portion
known as the Red River Valley of the
North they have not been able to get
reliable information respecting points OF
seemingly less Importance, but Of vital
interest to any who shall chance to be
looking towards this country for homes Or
investment.
Consulting the map we find the place of
writing to be on the east bank of tue Red
river, on the west line of Minnesota, at a
point almost due west from Duluth, on
the southwest extremity of Lake Superior.
Here we are at the junction Of the North
ern Pacific and the St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba railroads, and at the termi
nus OF the MJorheai srthern and Moor
heal Southern railroads, now in course of
construction.
Ia the heart of the famed Red river
valley We look over this vast expanse of
level prairie for miles, our view broken
only here and there by some belt Of tim
ber along a stream slowly winding its way
to the Red. The valley extends up and
down the river on both sides. varying in
width. Indeed, it is impossible to define
It's limits, for, at greater or less distances
from the river, the level prairie breaks into
the gently rolling, dotted here and there
with little lakes and traversed by wooded
streams, and farther on arise hills and
bluffs, sheltering at their base green aud
fertile valleys. AS you recede from the
river there is more diversity of soil and a
more broken surface.
The marked popularity of the level
country near the river is its vast extent OF
almost universally rich, deep soil and
moist clay subsoil. While much good
land Is found farther from the river, there
is = greater proportion of poor land-land
not adapted TO wheat raising, whieh is the
standard. While scarcely foot of this
land cannot be successfully used for stock
raising, it is at present considered (mis-
takeuly, we think0 of little value COM
pared with wheat producing land.
In the midst of this valley have sprung
up in the last few years thriving cities
and villages. They have grown upon the
demand of the rapidly developing agricul-
tural interests of the country, and IS such
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

A MODERN ENOCH ARDEN. Loren Per
kins a little upwards of five years, ago was
a resident Of Rutland Vt. and had wife
and two children. He committed crime
for which he was sentenced to term of
five years in Windsor prison. After his
liberation, last week, he Immediately went
TO see his family at their old home. He
learned from nm acquaintance that Mrs.
Perkins had removed TO Fort Edward. and
further that she had become the wife of a
man named Fisher. This news was not
make the best of the circumstances He
purchased some little deicacies and keep
sakes for the children and started for Fort
Edward, where he arrived on Monday and
forthwith proceeded to make a search for
his late partner. With the aid of some
gentlemen he was successful. She who at
one time was Mrs Perkins was apparent
ly happy rs the wife of Mr. Fisher. a repl1-
table day laborer. Perkins visited the
house, where he was sgreeably entertained
by Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher and the lady's
mother. After a short stay, Perkins. not
wishing to disturb the harmony of the
household, bid all an affectonate farewell
and started for Fair Haven. Vt, where he
learned that his son now eighteen years o
age, is employed. Here is an authentic
example OF self sacrifice. Perkins nome
was broken up. but he was conscious that
any display of feeling on his part might
result in domestic infelicity in the Fisher
domicile.-G!e1' Fails Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

The OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD
Damascus is the oldest city in the world.
Tyre and Sidon have crumbled on the
shore; Baalbec is ruin; Palmyra is
buried in desert; Nineveh and Baby
lon have disappeared from the TIgri
and Euphrates. Damascus remains wha
it was before the days of Abraham cent
ter of trade and travel-an isle of venture
in the desert; "a presidential capital, d"
with martial and sacred associations ex.
tending through thirty centuries. 1t was
near Damascus that Saul Of Tarsus saw the
light above the brightness of the sun: the
street which is called Strait, in which it is
said she prayed" still runs in the city.
The caravan comes and goes as it did
1000 years ago; there is still the shiek, the
ass and the water-wheel; the merchant OF
the Euphrates and the Mediterranean still
occupy the streets " with the multitude OF
their wares" The city which Mohammed
surveyed from neighboring height and
was afraid to enter becausei 1t was given to
man to have but one paradise, and for bis
part he was resolved not to have it in
this world, is to-day what Julian called the
Eve of the Fast" as it was in the time oi
Isaiah, the head OF Syria. From Damas-
Gus came the damsom of our blue plums
and the delicious apricot of Portugal called
damasco; damask, our beautiful fabric o
cotton and silk, with vines aud flowers
raised on smooth, bright ground; the
damask rose. introduced into England in
the time of Henry VIII; the Damascu.
blade, so famous the world over for it,
keen edge and wonderful elasticity, the
secret of whose manufacture was los
when Tamerlane carried the artist into
Persia; and that beautiful art of inayins
wood and steel with gold and silver, t
kind of MOSAIC engraving and sculpture
united-called damaskeening-with which
boxes, bureaus and swords are ornamen
ted, 1t is still a city of flowers and brigh
waters; the streams of Lebanon and th,
"silk of gold murmer and sparkle in the
wilder ness of the Syrian gardens.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

One of the ludicrous incidents of the
Congregational jubilee, which was held
recently at Manchester, England, was the
perpleXity Ofthe committee having charge
of the collection of hymns when the jubilee
hymn of Charles Wesley was proposed. Il
begins with the familiar line. =" The year
of jubilee has come, and would have been
especially appropriate for the occasio
had not the unfortunate line been found
" Return, ye ransomed sinners, home" D"
Ii was thought that the American dele
gates might regard this reflection as un
called for. and the hymn was given up.
The joke was too good TO keep, and when
the omission was explained at the closing
ceremony by Mr. Milne in his reply TO the
resolution Of thanks to the people of Man
chester, his words were received with
roars of laughter