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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
.JUR r. LIST.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, I
Parish of St, Landry,

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of ST. Landry. :
BE IT known that we, the undersigned mem
bers OF the Jury commission, did on this sd day
OF July, 1882, meet at the clerks office, in the
town OF OpelOusas, parish of Saint Landry for
the purpose af drawing jury for the regular
term OF the District Court of the Thirteenth
Judicial District, under section 5, Act A of the
regular session of 1877, and all the members be-
ing present except Claudius Mayo, Diomel Du-
rio, one OF said members, drew from the gene
raj venire boa, one at a time, the names Of the
following fifty persons to compose the grand
and petit juries for the LIST week OF said Court,
commencing Monday, September 4th, 1882, list
of whom was then and there kept by the clerk
OF said court, James o. Chachere, and in our
Judgment a jury being required for the second,
third and fourth weeks OF the term we then
and there proceeded as in drawing the first
fifty jurors to draw thirty additional names to
serve as petit jurors for the second week and
thirty additional names to serve for the third
week and thirty additional names to serve for
the fourth week OF the term OF said court and
we, the clerk and commissioners, did then and
there place the names drawn as afOl esaid for
each separate week, in separate envelopes and
sealed and endorsed the same with the week
for which they were respectively drawn, which
said envelopes containing said names were
then and there placed in a jury boz provided
for the purpose, which after depOsting said
names therein as aforesaid was sealed and
locked by us and placed in the custody of the
clerk OF the court for use at the nert term Of
said court. FIRST WEEK
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
For Sale or Lease :!

100 arpents of land thoroughly enclosed
lUU and ditched, being part of the Green
land plantation, adjoining the town of Opelou-
sas on the east, with houses for laborers, will
be leased to overlooked planters at a mere
nominal price. commodious and large pasture
attached, plenty Of wood for fuel, apply to
B. A. MARTEL,
mch 25-tf or at this office.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
ESTR.4 r.!
ESTR.A r.

TAKEN UP by the undersigned, young
IL heifer, branded V o on right hip, has swal-
low fork ON left ear, and under,slope on right
ear, and has been running with the stock of
Robert A. Newell, deceased for the last three
years. II not applied for in reasonable time
the said heifer will be sold according to law, as
an estray, by VIM. s. DICKSON,
Tiger Bend o.
apl I5-tf AvOyeles Parish. La.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
FOR SALE.
FOR S.ALE.

A certain tract of land situated in POinte
tanning three hundred and thirty-two acres
and some fraction about forty arpents cleared.
all of which can be bought very cheap. For
further information apply at this Office or to
JOSEPH LACHAPELLE.
July 23-tf
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
OPELOUSAS TIN SHOP.
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Oct 22-tf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08

Justice of the peace i'll the interior
of Michigan had IA case before him
some days ago in which the defendant,
who had been arrested as suspicious
character, and pleaded guilty to va
grancy, was sent to the Detroit house
of correction for six months. A con
stable took him in charge to deliver
him there, taking him aboard the train;
and as the man seemed rather pleased
at the idea of securing board and lodg-
ing for six months he was not hand
cutfed. As the train was about ready
to 90 the constable moved across the
aisle to talk politics with friend, and
pretty soon they were having it hot
and heavy. When the conductor came
in for tickets he held ont his hand to
the prisoner and the latter shook his
head and replied:
Il don't pay fare"
"Aha! You don't, eh? Well, now,
you pay or git ~
81 won't pay ~
"Then you'll git When we slow up
at the crossing you jump off. If find
you on the train after we pass there
I'll give you a bounce that you won't
forget"
In two minutes the train began to
slow, and the prisoner walked to the
door, picked a soft spot and dropped
off. When the train had made another
mile the conductor held out his hand
to the constable and received two tick
cts.
"Who is the extra one for ~ he
asked.
"FOr the prisoner over there"
"What prisoner ~
"Why, that fel-"
Then there was raving and gnash
ing of teeth and hurrying up and
down, but it was no use.
Sorry" said the conductor, as he
passed along, but when Il passenge er
says he won't pay fare on my train |
give him the drop. The only thing
that surprised me was to see how will
ing, he obeyed orders"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08
The Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army is one of the
signs of the times which demands more
than curious glance or the smile of
derisiOn. In England it has already
enlisted hundreds of thousands in its
ranks. 1t is working with marked sue
cess in France, and in this country not
only attracts great crowds i'll many
places, but is laying plans for organiz-
ed and persistent effort. A great
building has been erected in London
for the training of ''Officers," both male
and female. Great sums of money are
accommodating to enlarge its sphere, and
not a few rich people as well as poor
have joined the "Army." The bishops
of the Established Church are moved
to look into the work with approval of
its spirit if not of all its methods.
The dean of Peterborough has appoint
ed Open-air meetings in market places.
1t is a fact that the army reaches rough
and ignorant men and women whom
the churches and chapels fail To reach.
TO be sure its methods upset all con-
ventiOnal notions of reverence and
good taste. The street meetings, uni
forms, flags, trumpets, waving hand
kerchiefs and cotton umbrellas are in
singular contrast with the ''dim relig-
ious light" upholstered pews, artistic
music and dainty veStments of the
churchly religiOnists. But every one
to his taste, and the Salvation Army
suits great many people who have
souls to he saved in one way or anoth-
er. The leaders are men and women
of tact, courage, enterprise and indie
pendence, who know the common peO-
pie, and speak their dialects. The
"War Cry" their organ, is cheap
sheet of enormous circulation, sold
during the services of every meeting.
The leader buys one, the praying breth-
ren and sisters follow his example, and
the congregation purchase freely. They
use military terms for everything that
is done. The first visit to town is
''the attack" the first service ''the
opening fire." intelligence from differ
ent centers are "bulletins" or "tele-
grams from the seat of war;" prayer is
''knee drill" the coming in of favor
ite officer is greeted with a ''salute,
their meeting places are "barracks,
there are marches" and "musters, .
''roll-calls," ''volleys of hallelujahs, .
''the Kings own," "blOod- washed war
riOrs, 'deSperate tightlngs" and ''glO-
rious Victories" ''ratiOns," "red-hot
testimonies" With the military no
menclature is mingled good deal o
slang and the free-and-easy idiOms ot
the populace. The Salvation Army
will have no such influence in thi.
country as it has in England, for there
is no such ignorant, impressible and
parade-loving class to work upon. The
corresponding class in our great cite,
is of foreign origin, and mostly al
least nominal Catholics, the hardest
sort of humanity to get hold of. The
instrumentalities already ut work il
New York are better fitted to reacI
them than the artificial fever of what
must be a transient movement. Jerry
McAuley's mission is worth vastly
more.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08
VOLUME 46---NUMBER 1854.

in regular form and with all due So
lemnity, and then announced his text
and began preaching. | stood it for
titty-five minutes, and then as he had
only reached "second G,r waited un-
til he closed his eyes and then made a
slide for the door. 1t was no go. |
hadn't gone six feet before he stopped
his sermon and asked:
stranger, must you he gwine ?'
eyes, | feel that | must"
AN you can't heah the rest ?"
mo-
Den I'll chop off right whar' is"
ooh, don't do that. You can go on
with your sermon Just the same"
But you see dar' mus he Il colleck-
shun toOken up arter de Sermon he
protested in anxious tones. "If you'll
obleege me by takin' II seat I'll
sing a hymn an pass de hat"
sat down, and when he had read
and sung a hymn, he passed the hat,
transferred the quarter to his vest
pocket, and observed as we went out ::
81 didn't git down to de moas' pow
erful part of dc sermon, but if You hap
pen long dis way mex Sunday I'll Civ
you de odder half. Dat quarter comes
iiss in time to encourage me to keep de
good work bilin."- Detroit Free
Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08
An Audience of One.

A writer for the Boston Herald went
to Il matinee performance of Pinafore,
paid one dollar admission, and found
himself the only paying auditor in the
house. "ThiS made me arrogant" he
says. ~ scornfully repelled an offer
of my dollar back, and explained to
the manager that the matter betwiXt
him and me was in the nature of con-
tract; that he was, in law and honor,
bound to have 'PinafOre' performed
before me. | refused all advances
toward compromise. A whole pro-
scenium box for that evening had no
temptation. My case was founded in
equity, and triumphed. The orches-
ira, Outnumbering me nine to one,
played an overture cOnscientiOusly,
and when Sir Joseph came on board
with his sisters, cousins and aunts,
found myself confronted by an assem-
blage OF thirty-fOur persons. | felt my
dread responsibility as an audience,
with all the applause and misses prac-
tically at my command. What could |
do if that company and orchestra
should take notion to turn and rend
me? | fancy that | gave no outward
token of fear, however, but leaned
back brazenly in my chair, and tried
to do my whole duty. When Jose
phine cut her 'suitor lowly born song
short by two verses, stamped, clapped
and cried 'hi-yi' until she gave me the
rest of an encore; when Sir Joseph and
Dick Deadeye took no pains to be fun
ny | brought them up to their work
with hiss; when Little Buttercup
sang the whole of her first song with
out leaving out word or bit of the
business applauded wildly, and when
Hebe came out into the auditorium to
sit down and eXpOstulate with Inc
said, "Go back behind the foOtlights
and earn your salary, Miss Sinclair
1t makes no difference to you whether
/ there's only one of me or 500. I'n
getting my dollars worth, and you're
earning your $50 week-or less ;
| Thus the entertainment was concluded
| to the auditors satisfaction.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08

pointed to ascertain from the servant
that Mrs. Whitaker had gone to see
him in the train in which she said she
would 90. He could not comprehend
why she had missed him and all day
long he lay in bed worrying about her
and wondering why she did not come.
Mrs. Whitaker got back to Bristol
about noon, and ascertained by inquiry
that her husband had returned, with a
broken leg, to the city. There was no
train that she could take until four
o'clock, and she spent the interval in
inquiring about the accident to Mr..
Whitaker and in trying vainly to as
certain the reason of his extraordinary
conduct. About half-past five he
heard her voice in the lower entry. He
listened eagerly to her quick footsteps
upon the stairs. Then she flung the
door open. Mrs. Whitaker did not
speak as she entered the room. She
uttered Il little cry, flew to the bedside,
and put her arms about her husbands
neck and kissed him.
Mr.. Whitaker felt that if he should
have exact justice dealt out to him he
would he sent to the scaffold.
When she had nearly smothered him
with kisses she sat down beside him,
and taking hold of his hand said, "And
now, dearest, tell me what caused all
this strange trouble?
"Why, you know, Ellen" said Mr.
Whitaker, ''it was your deaf ear ~
GLOW do you mean? ?"
"YOu slept with it up"
And then Mr.. Whitaker related the
whole story, and as he did so his wife
began to cry.
Il am so sorry" she said. II will
promise you never to sleep with my
deaf ear up again; never, never, new
err
Ellen" responded Mr.. Whitaker
''you will do me favor if you will al
ways sleep with it up and stuff cotton
in your other ear besides | have be-
| haVed like IA wretch"
Then the doctor, who had been vain
ly pulling at the broken bell-wire
knocked upon the front door and came
in to examine Mr.. Whitaker's fractured
| lep
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08

Just back of Missionary Ridge, Chat
tanooga, while following the highway
to reach Tunnel Hill, came across a
little church half hidden in the woods
The building was primitive, and the
old darkey who sat on IA log by the door
was more so. After ] had made in
quiries about the route and was ready
to go on, he said:
Better git down, boss, an come in
to mectin'."
''DO you hold services this after
noon ?"
Eyes, sab. We am gwine to open
in bout five minutes, an | specs de
sermon will be a powerful one"
1t didn't seem just right to be riding
around the country on Sunday, and 50
| got down and took seat beside the
old man. After a few minutes spent
in an informal and general talk Ii,
said it was time to go in. / followed
after him and found myself the sol
audience. | next found that he was
the preacher who was to deliver the
powerful sermon. He opened services
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08
A Vermonter's NIunifcent Gift

TrcnOr w. Park of North Berning-
ton has purchased the ''Hunt place" at
North Bennington and proposes to
found home for destitute children and
infirm women and endow it with $500
600. This property was once the sum
mer residence of wealthy New York
merchant named Hunt. He bought
two hundred acres of land at the base
of Il mountain and expended large sums
of money i'll improving the land and
building Il beautiful mansion. A grove
which fronts the house was left stand
ing by Mr.. Hunt when he removed the
primeVal forest. A clear lakelet on the
mountain and three miles from the
house is Il part of the estate, and fur
nishes bOuntiful supply of pure, cold
water. On the place is a fountain
whose waters squirt in a large stream
l75 feet into the air. Thirty thousand
dollars were expended in making an ac-
queduct of the lake and in constructing
the fountain. Brooks, pretty groves
and green meadows beautify the place.
The Hunt place is retreat at which
aged women would find retirement
without dTeariness, and where boys and
girls live very happy. Mr.. Park in
tends to use the mansion and estate for
charitable purposes until next spring.
Plans and specifications will he made
soon for three large buildings in differ
ent parts of the estate, to he used re-
spectively by destitute boys and girls
and infirm women. The moral, intel
lectual and physical culture of the home
will be carefully attended to. The
founding of the home is most noble
undertaking.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08

Still the south has good deal of the
spirit of ku- kluXism left The recent
story of plot among negroes to muir
der the whites in Choctaw county, Ala
bama, was extremely improbable on
its face, there has been no substantial
evidence brought ont in the matter,
and it is impossible to doubt that the
tale was invented merely to make Il
preteXt for hanging Jack Turner, ne
gro politician. In Choctaw county ne
groes oumumber the whites. Turner
had been chairman of the republican
county committee, and ut the recent
election nearly succeeded in beating
the democrats. He also had the hatred
of bourbOns because in 1851 he teSti-
fled against some who had tlOgged II
negro for voting the republican ticket.
Jack and six other negroes were ac-
cused of doing the plotting, and put in
jail. Then an open mass meeting was
held to see what should he done with
them, about $50 whites and 80 blacks
being present. Finally Turner was
sentenced to be hanged, the chairman
of the meeting appointed committee
of 2l as eNecutioners, and hanged the
unlucky man to the nearest tree.
The other six were mercileSSly tlogged
and tortured to make them Confess, .
but of course they told nothing, for
they knew nothing. The stoIy of this
strangest of all cowardly murders by IA
horde of rutiians is told by Mississip-
pi newspaper of such character that ii
praises the whites for their "modcra-
ton" in the case, and there can he ne
doubt of its truth-a "nigger" was
killed because he interested himself in
politics, and that, not by squad OF
modOcs in the night, but by large as
semblagc of citizens in broad daylight
proceeding with deliberation and for
mality. There is nothing worse in the
history of the south, and hardly in tn,
history of any country calling itsel
civilized. - Springlield Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08
SquibS.

Kentucky book agent was attack
ed by robbers the other day, but he
succeeded in talking them to death be
fore the villains could escape Phila.
delphia News.
A good many things that appear in
the newspapers are not true. This is
because the newspapers have frequent
t. to get their information from human
beings. Courier Journal.
Said Mr.. Morarty, in explanation of
his battered appearance: aye see, the
horse | was dhriving was ii mule"
And Mr.. Finnigan replied: aye need
say no more, Dennis - Boston Post.
The war in Egypt will soon he ended.
In addition to its new uniform the
British troops are to wear blue goggles.
The followers of Arabi will mistake
them for Boston schOOl-ma'ams and
fold their tents like Arabs and silently
steal away Lynn Bee.
The Concord school of philosophy
has again adjourned without explain
ing the difference between the 'here-
ness of the there" and the ''wherefore
of the thusncss," or showing why the
hencity of the henccfortlness is not
identical with the ncverthclessness of
the heretofore. Gu account of the eX-
tremely hot weather, probably - The
Judge.
An itincrant preacher once breakfast
ed at Il house where johnny cakes were
served. Observing feather prOtrud-
ing from his cake, he remarked, Sister,
your johnny cakes seem to he feather
ing out" Yes responded the lady,
unabashed; ; II told John no longer
than yesterday that he must either get
cover for the meal barrel or move the
hen roost."
Said the practical man, "You can
| talk all yOu want to about phrenolOgy.
| | think it is all stuff. The only impor-
tant bump ever found on my Uranium
was herc-right in the middle of my
| forehead land it was made by base
ball bat. | concluded to call it the
bump of ignorance because did not
know enough to get out of the way
Lowell Citizen.
Sententious Sayings Every man
Flowers are most beautiful when they
come to blows" John l.. Sullivan.
at is better to he Democratic butler
than Republican waiter."-B. f. b.
''They reckon i'll who leave me Out."-
| Brahma Tilden. "The idea of feeding
children on pie, when many poor dog
has ony bone to pick."-IIenry w.
| Bergh.
And now the merry Modesto mosqui-
| to makes the midnight melOdious with
! his music as he meanders mid the
maledctions of his maddened martyrs
who murmur meaningly their muttered
malisons. Meanwhile, Morpheus makes
mortal man miserably melancholy by
marching mysteriously his manifold
! hessengers and mOOdily marching into
| the mists of the morning. .- Modesto
/ (Cal.) Journal.
IL have a preparation here that will
eXterminate bugs" said hard visaged
old man with green goggles, as he en-
tered our Office the other day. "All
the bugs want is one smell of it, and
they are gone" "Will it exterminate
humbugs ?" asked our obituary editor,
seriously. "Oh, yes" anxiously an
swered the pedler moving up to the
scribe more closely, and .jubilant at the
thought of sale. "Well, just elevate
some of it to your nOstrils, and let me
see :" said our obituary man, which re-
mark had the effect of making the Cog
gle-eyed individual disappear beauti
fully Yonkers Statesman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08
PATENTS.
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Commissioner of Patents.
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Patents.
Boston October l9 lS76
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08

Domestic MIsERY.-NO unhappiness
in life is equal to unhappiness at home.
All other personal miseries can be bet
ter borne than the terrible misfortune OF
domestic disuniOn, and none so com
pletely demoralizes the nature. The
anguish of disease itself is modified
ameliOrated, even rendered blessed, by
the tender touch, the dear presence OF
the sympathetic beloved and loss OF
fortune is not loss of happiness where
family love is left. But the want OF
that love is not to be supplied by any
thing else on earth. Health, forsnne
success, nothing has its full SAVIOR wher
the home is unhappy; and the great
est triumphs out of doors are of no
avail to cheer the sinking heart wheI
the misery within has to be encOun
tered
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08
st. Johnsbury Post Office.

Commencing June 26, the mails will close at the
Post Office follows
PasSumpsic X. r. Way Mail, South, : 20 a. III.
No Danville $50 a. m.
St J. 4 L. C. X. X. Way Mail East $50 a. IN.
Boston, n y. and Central VT X. K. Mail.
New York Express, $50 a. m.
st. j. & l.. &. r. X. Way Mail, West 2.30 p. M.
Montpelier & W. River X. X. Way Mail 2.30 p. m.
Passumpsic X. X. Way Mail. North, 400 p m.
West Concord and St JOhnsbury East, 400 p III.
Waterford, W. Watfd and L. Watfd, 400 p. N.
Boston, New York, Conn. X. Val. Mail 500 p. m.
Central Vermont X. r. Way Mail, 500 p. M.
Mail to 20 south on the New York Express, clos
ing at $50 m, must be brought to the Post
Office. Collections will be made from the mail boxes
in season for the first mail south in the morning,
and At p. Collections will also be made from
the mail box at corner of Railroad Street and
Eastern Avenue, at 9 a. III. and 7.30 p. m.
CHAS L. CARPENTER. I'd, Z. NJ.