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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-03-17
AnecdOte of Calhoun.

Few statesmen have welded such power
full personal influence as John G. Calhoun
His hold upon the young men of the Soutl
was wonderful in its tenacity. He so fasci
mated them that they became his enthusias
tic disciples, and were proud to call hin
master.
His sway over the conservative educated
class, clergymen, doctors, judges, lawyers
Journalists, was as powerful as over the
young men. He was not Il man of the people
From them his habit of abstruse thought and
the severe logic of his utterances seemed to
divorce him. Yet even the uneducated class.
es loved him. They did not understand the
man, but they trusted the statesman, and
obeyed the leader.
An anecdote shows the characteristic
power of the great South Carolinian, and
| perhaps indicates one of the qualities of his
| character that gave him influence over the
common people.
When Mr.. Calhoun began his political
career, fierce struggle ragged in South Caro-
lima. One party sought to overthrow an
ariStocratic feature of the State constitution.
The propose chang was earnestly resisted by
the conservatives, and the contest excited tie
whole community.
Mr.. Calhoun and Mr. Yancy We're the
leaders of the hostile parties. Each was the
idol of his band. They met in public debate,
and then followed one OF the strangest scenes
in American politics. Mr.. Yancy publicly
confessed himself convert 10 his rivals
views and Joined his party
Gancy's friends were almost struck dumb
with surprise. One of them, an eccentric
man, known rs Uncle Jacob Marvin" was
violent partisan, who could see nothing
right in any enemy and nothing wrong in Il
friend. When he heard that his friend and
leader had gone over to his personal foe and
political enemy, he sworc, with blasphCmy,
that he would thrash Calhoun.
Straightway he started 10 execute his
threat. Finding Calhoun, who had been in
formed Of Maryn's vow, walking on the piaz-
IN of his hotel, the angry partisan took u
stand where his enemy would pass him Mr..
Calhoun approached, bowed, spoke II kind
word of sautation, held out his hand, which
was not taken, and then wtha bland smile
passed on.
Uncle jacob was spell bound Several
times Calhoun passed and repassed, each
time with the same gentlemanly salutation
AT last the unnamed jacob could no
longer Withstand the genial advances of his
great adversary. lmpulsively he graspcd
Calhoun's hand, and telling him his Grand,
begged his pardon
Arm in arm the two walked the piazza,
while Mr.. Calhoun, in language adapted to
"CnclG jacobs" understanding, cautiously
pressed his political views. This fierce parti-
san became another OF Calhoun's converts,
and after that one of the terccst of his fol.
lowers
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-03-17
VOL. XXVI----NO. IL.
VARIETIES.

"A printer should always marry good
type of girl.
-"What ID the worst thing about riches, ~
asked the Sunday school superintendent
And the new boy said: "Not having any"
--"Pll make a note of this" as the sharper
said when he got farmer 10 write his name
on piece ofpaper
-"What change" eXcams the novelist
Roe, zone little woman can make in a mans
life Exactly; and what heap of"change'
she requires while doing it,
Candid Cousin-"Why are YOU 80 very
precise in your statement? Are YOU afraid
OF telling an untruth?" Witness promptly
Mo, sirn'
Whoever shall smite thee on thy right
cheek turn to him the other Also" is a bibli.
cal expression. In modern parlance it is called
reversible cuff"
Shakespeare modernzed: The good die
young. The bad live TO lie about the wealth.
or and are spoken of as the oldest inhabit.
ants.
-"What is your name :" asked the Justice
smith" replied the bbulous prisoner
"John?" inquired the magistrate, 90" re-
sponded the prisoner. That's demiiohn."
said his honor well, you look like it take
ten days"
well, now, Joe" said Governor Vance,
do you really believe in the elect, that You
speak off, Deed do Massa Vance" said
the negro seriously, with a shake of the head.
"Wcll, do you think l am elected to be
savcd:' "Scasly know, NIassa Vance, but
| nebber hcered of any one being 'lectcd
what wasn'ta candcrdatc"
An absent.mnded father had been so
much in the habit of sending his children to
their mother, when they preferred any re.
quest, that the children after time took to
going directly to her. One day the elder son.
aged six, wanted to look at picture book
belonging to his f ther, and asked permission
of his mother. She replied, Go ask your
father" Why" said the boy in astonsh.
mcnt, lis he the boss now?'
-"Sir," began n creditor, who met one of
his victims ON Grand River street yesterday.
Il sent you bill in June" Yes, SIR
And again in September" yes, sir" and
again in December" Yes, sir" And pre-.
sumo you received one the other day" ~
did, sir "Wcll, sir-wcll, sir?" tiustered
the creditor Well you needn't feel stuck
up over il" replied the other, as he lighted a
20 cent cigar; there are firms in this town
who send me bills every two weeks in the
year, and they never stop me on the street
to brag about it either! dctcst such gro
tism, SIR! Good morning !"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-03-17

1t Is, of course, next TO impossible to do
away with fences altogether Division fences
OF some kind are desirable, yet thousands of
miles OF useless fences exist through out the
country, and which the thoughtful farmer
should seek to remove as circumstances will
permit. Few realize how costly Il fixture
the farm fence is, and it is only by the pre-
scntation OF the aggregate facts that an in
terest is aroused in the matter and atten.
ton secured Illinois is said TO have ten times
as much fence as the whole of Germany, and
1t is Claimed that Duchess county, New York
has more than all France, Germany and Hol.
land combined. 4 few years since, in South
Carolina, the improved land was estimated
to be worth S20000,000, while the fences ut
the same time had cost $1G,000000. The an
nual cost of replacement is at least a tenth
OF the first cost. 4 calculation made some
eight years since placed the cost of the fences
in the United States at 81 300, 600 900. More
than forty years ago Nicholas Biddlc said the
fences in Pennsylvania had cost 800, 900, 900
In Obi" they have cost still larger sum,
while in New York, only few years since,
the estimated cost of the fences was SAL
100000. Some time in the future many
fences now in use will disappear, and boun
daries will be marked with fruit and shade
trees or neat hedge rows.
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WORTH AND BEAUTY.

Beloved Ophelia. should the Poet dare
To whisper that which flattery might evade-
Or slight the beauties of so fair n maid
Not even frankness could offend thine ear:
For, in thy noble bosom, thou dost bear
a heart, whose virtues cannot be betrayed
70 over-valle beauty, which may fade
but steal no charm from one so truly dear:
Ct Is thy beauty radiant with those beams
Which Ganymede from peerless Hebe stole.
And fills my spirit with the hottest dreams
~ forms celestial, in that heavenly goal
Where worth and beauty thus combined. r
deems,
with charms ethereal, every crring soul
ALTON
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-03-17

-"0UGH. Those who are sometimes
troubled to know how to pronounce the ter
mination "ough"-so troublesome to foreign
ers-may see how simple and easy the fol.
lowing makes the task:
"Wife, make me some dumplings of dough,
They're better than meat for my cough
Pray let them be boiled till hot through,
But not till they re heavy and tough.
NOW l must be Off to my plough,
And the boys (when they've had enough
Must keep the flies Off with a bough,
While the old mare drinks at the trough"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-03-17
POPPLEIN
SiIicated Phosphate Co.,
Office 1873 w. Baltimore St..
Under american Farmer, Baltimore.
BooTHBy HILL, HARTFORD Co., Nd.


BooTHBY HILL. HARTFORD Co, Nd,
January 81 1881
Gentlemen: l have used your Slicated Phosphate
Tor the last four years upon my Egyptian Sweet
Corn, Trophy Tomatoes, Lima Beans and Pota-
toss and can truly say | have never found any
other Phosphate to equal it,
1t produces the largest crops, makes firner fruit
and OF better flavor, than any other kind
On account of its fine mechanical condition, alb
sence of moisture and Odor il is easily distihnfnd
and pleasant TO handle.
used twenty-five tons upon my Sweet Corn
the past season, and never had a larger or finer
yield. Yours, truly,
s.N.HYDE.
PORT DEPOSIT, MD, January 4, 1881.
Mr.. JOHN +. MARSHALL: y
;, Dear Sn@This is to certify that | have used the
Popplein Silicated Phosphate bought OF YOU for
two years past on my entire range of truck. and
the results have been highly satisfactory 1t is
nave used several standard brands. have tested
1t beside good compost from my hen house and
mud where used the Popplen my crops mature
better and the vines, especially tomatoes, bear
much longer, and the fruit is of a superior quail
ty. Where used it on cabbage they were twice
as large as where there was none put. Another
good thing can say in favor of this fertilizer is
that can put my plants or seed in the same hill
with the phosphate without any injury to the
pant OF SEED. rms nave tried to perfection.
Very truly, JOSEPH STEBBISG
DELAWARE COLLEGE EXPERIMENTAL FARM,
,..,.,,., c,,,.u,, ~, Newark, Del, April 3, 1881.
Gentlemen have used your Fertilizer for four
years past on the entire range of field and garden
crops, and always with the most satisfactory re-
suits.
| have found it especially adapted to the growth
of potatoes and Sugar Beeis and my crop last sea-
son of over twelve hundred bushels of these roots
was grown with this fertilizer, and their quality
may be inferred from the fact that in d strong
competition, i received six first premiums at the
last fair of the Peninsula Agricultural and Po-
mologlcal Association for the largest and best dis
play OF root crops. The splendid mechanical con-
ditOn IN which your Fertilizer is furnished, and
Its uniform quality, as determined by annual
Iuh IN. Of h,1nn
College, render it most valuable to our farmers
and fruit-growers. Yours, respectfully.
EDWARD ID. PORTER,
Professor of Agriculture.
Dealers in FERTILIzING MATERIALS generally.
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puetical.

Who would not thus exut with pride to hear
That, while inspired by all the tuneful Nine
Ophelias lips command the Poets line,
10 sing in honour of her beauties rare, =
Yet. when look upon thee can dare
10 hope such dazzling beauty to enshrinc,
- In hitting verse, with virtues that combine
70 render thee rs deal, as thou art fair:
Magician-likc, could |, with rod divine.
- CnnJure some spirit, of celestial sphere.
TO aid me, deity, in my 70. d design
Then might the likeness faint resemblance
wear:
l5ut, as II Is, before such charms as thine
Thy worth, the Muses. dumb. by silence, thus
declare.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

The average reader is about as IA.
miliar with the intricate workings of the
mechanical department Of newspaper
as he is with the inhabitants of the
moon. And it is as amusing as il is
disgusting for one who has Epent years
in learning the "art preservative of all
arts" to listen to the criticisms of a
person who is perhaps unable to spell
half the words IN the English language
correctly, when an occasional typo
graphical error creeps into the paper.
An ordinary printer will set up in day
from seven to eight thousand ems, in
doing which he will handle and place
in position some twenty thousand type.
Is it any wonder that he occasionally
misTlaees a letter? The best proof
reader in the world is apt to overlook
an error made by the printer if for one
momeNt he allows his mind to wander
from his SSsk. The New York Herald
is supposed to be the most perfect in
its mechanical department of any news
paper printed in this country. It is
supposed to have the most experienced
proof-readers that money can command;
and yet there is never an issue of the
paper but what one, and it more fire.
quently happens a half dozen, typo
graphical errors occur. Then, kind
reader, when You discover a misplaced
letter in your paper, or an occasional
misspslled word, don't imagine you are
a hero. The printer knows they are
there; he knows that it is an utter i'm
possibility to weed them all out. And
if he can't accomplish it, certainly you
cannot.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19
ER BEeBEAOrIam.

| Friends, tread lightly, here little Hubert lies
I Break not the slumber of the early dead
While bright winged serapb's watch him from
Move thou IN silence, guard with care bis
bed.
o little pilgrim, on LIES desert shore,
Many were the griefs, and many thy hours
Thy woes are past, thy journey soon was o'er,
SINS price is paid, thou meier canst die
again.
Hubert, on thy grave the earliest rose shall
And blue-eyed violets shed their morning
tear;
While friendships hand monument shall
rear.
We must not mourn thee, for thou hadst no
sin
We should not mourn thee, sainted one in
Heaven;
For God has taught US such might come to
Though Adam stnned, Christ died, and thus
forgiven,
Precious boy, in thy lone bed, no grief, no sin,
no care.
Shall e'er modest thee-sleeP, oh, sweetly
No frightful dreams shall ever enter there,
Where all is peace, nor pain shall make thee
weep.
We eannotteH why thou shouldst never return
To waiting friends and thy fond home, and
Why
So sad a lesson we are called TO learn,
But to remind Us we, too, all must die.
Rest, little Hubert, rest thy grave shall be
our care,
While one by one is laid beneath the sod,
Till kindred dear shall all be sleeping there
In hope to wake one family with God.
EMMA.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19
TAXES! TAXES !

N of the parish OF Calcasieu, that the tax
rolls for the year 1852, have been filed in the
Office of the Recorder of Mortgages, and have
been delivered and on file in my office, as re-
quired by law, and that the taxes for the year
1882 are now due. They are further notified
that said taxes will become delinquent on the
interest according to Sec. 40, of Act SO, of
1882, at the rate Of three per cent. per month.
Parties owing taxes on personal property
must come forward and pay said taxes imme-
diately, as said taxes will become delinquent
on the LIST day Of October, 1882.
Those wishing to avoid costs of notices and
seizure, will do well to make prompt payment.
d, II. LYONS,
Sheriff and ex-ofiicio Tax Collector Calca-
casieu parish, La. aug-5IS2.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

Arrivals and Departures OF the
WTmfBw


New Orleans and Way Stations. leaves
every day at F:10 a. m; arrives at 1850 p. m
Galveston, Houston and Way Stations
leaves every day at 1850 p. m; arrives every
day at e:10 a. m.
damerpn, Rose Bluff, J0hnBon's Bayou.
leaves Mondays and Thursdays OF n. m,
arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays ut II p. m.
Dry Creek, Sugar Town and Leesvflle
leave Mondays and Thursdays at 9 a. m; ar.
rive Tuesdays and Fridays at 9 p. m.
Hickory Flat, The Bay, Philips Bluff, ar
rive Mondays at 9 a. m; leaves Tuesdays at
Up. m.
Office open daily, Sundays excepted, from
2 g. m. until p. m.
Money Orders issued and letters registered,
from 6 a. m. to y. IN.
Office open Sundays from z to 10 q. m, and
from 9 to s p. m.
No money orders issued or letters regis
T.B. FERREN, P. NJ
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

A reporter Of the Echo. thinking he
might learn something Of interest TO the
many readers Of the paper, pnid q
hasty visit to West Lake Charles
Friday morning. BE found the littls
place unusually quiet. and those whom
he met complained somewhat Of The
dullness Of the season. Considerable
sickness was reported. DR.. Flowers
was confined to his room with q mild
attnck Of fever. A little child of Mr..
Abb. Rigmaiden died on Thursday
evening. Also one of Mr.. Jno. Cloo-
's.ehildren was reported quite sick.
One or two others were complaining,
but we we're informed that there was
less sickness Just now than there was
couple Of weeks since. The mills were
all driving ahead, with plenty of tim
Der and orders. Capt. 7. d. Reeves.
superintendent of the mercantile bust
ness of Mr.. A. J. Perkins, with his
gentlemanly assistant A Il. O'Brien, were
up 10 their ears in business, notwith-
standing the complaint of dull times.
Capt. Reeves resided fer some years
before the war at San Antonio, Texas,
the birth place of the reporter, and
since the war short time, and know
ing in common so many good people,
ii was real pleasure to meet him. He
is genial gentleman, and we shall
take occasion to renew our acquain-
tanee with him at the earliest opportu-
nifty
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

The schooner O'Jennings Gill
cleared for Corpus Christi Tuesday,
loaded with lumber for the Texas-
Mexican railroad. Before sailing her
captain deemed it necessary to obtain
a clear bill Of health, which was given
him by Mayor Meyer. He didn't
know what might happen-he might
have to put in at Galveston, and he
wasn't ready for q voyage to Ship
Island just yet.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

The police jury at its last session
appropriated $3.50 toward the building
of a bridge across Barnes creek. This
is only about one third of the amount
required for the erection Of the bridge.
A prominent citizen was heard to say
yesterday that he would give $50 to-
ward the project another said he
would give $40. Who will be the next
to loosen his purse-strings? The bridge
is public necessity.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

Forty7fve to sixty-fy dollars for
saddle ponies strikes us as a " fearful
price for beans !" but those are the
figures they are commanding in and
around Lake Charles. Can't some en-
terprising Texan bring over a few ?
At reasonable figures, drove Of forty
or fifty head could. be readily disposed
of here
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

BY his indomitable energy and
pluck, Father Kelley has succeeded in
making many attractive improvements
to the Catholic grounds in Like
Charles Tho spacious yard in front
of the church is being nicely leyeled
off aud trees and shrubbery are soon
to be planted therein.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

Prince Jones, the blacklist and among
the sharpest darkies in all this section,
and known by almost everybody, says
he's Democrat now, and will never vote
another Republican ticket. Prince says
that the change in his political convic-
tons is due to an article which ap-
peared in the issue of the Texas SIT
fngs of the 18th inst. He asked us to
advise the colored people to get hold of
that paper and read the article.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

The EoHo was wrong in its state
ment last week that the Republican
delegate to the congressional conyen-
tion from this parish was instructed to
cast the vote Of the parish for the Hon.
@. B. DarralL While he was the choice
of the parish convention, no positive
instructions were given. Mr.. ID. J.
Coos was the delegate chosen.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

we have been requested to state
that the Rev. A. Z. Terry win hold re-
hgious services 10 the First Baptist
church Of Lake Charles Sunday week,
the 27th inst. The reverand gentleman
will probably arrive here about the 2Ath
inst
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

Jos. Bloch, the popular Opelousas
merchant, and brother Of Y our Dave, 2
passed Lake Charles Friday morning,
on the east bound train, en- route home
from Galveston.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

Calcasieu'g "frst bale has made
ats appearance. # was grown by Mr..
Staiby of spgartoWn, ginned at Messrs,
Richardson A Lyons gin on the 18th
inst.' and purchased BY Moore &singIe-
ton, Of sugartowp.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

We are glad to learn that Mr.. Jos.
Eckhart, a resident of Lake Charles for
the past two months, has determined to
make his home with US, and has made
preparations for the moving Of his fam
ily here. Mr.. Eckhaft is an experienced
jeweler and soliets the patronage Of our
people.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

"A singular accident happened to
one of Mr.. A. J. Perkins carriage
horses on Tuesday. In scratching
about his nose with his hind foot he,
in some manner or other, got the foot
fastened tight in his mouth, the heel of
the shoe pressing against the roof Of
the mouth. The horse fell and remained
as fast as if he had been securely tied.
Mr.. Perkins was compelled to prize
the shoe from the foot before he could
effect his release.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

Dissolution of CopartnersIlrp

TIME copartnership under the style of Platz
L e. Moss is this day dissolved by mutual
consent A. II. Moss having sold his entire
interest In said business to Clement Brothers.
The business will be continued under the
style of Lake Charles Lumber Company, COM
posed OF Peter Platz, e. L, Rfddick and
Clement Brothers. The new firm assuming
all resources and liabilities of Platz & Moss.
PETER PLATZ,
A. H. MOSS,
4. l.. RIDDICK,
CLEMENT BROTHERS
aug 5-18S2-5t.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

The incessant rains have damaged
the cotton TO some extent in the Sugar
town and Dry creek neighborhoods.
But the splendid crops Of corn made
viii oyerbalanoe any loss in this direc-
ton.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

Strictly true. No advertising dodge.
In order to close out our stock of spring and
summer goods, we are offering
Great bargains
I'm Dry-goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes. Call
and examine. No competitor can undersell
U.S. At the Davidson corner. J. FRANK.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

THE week hos developed a healthy
increase in the demand for lumber, and
manufacturers are jubilant in anticipa-
ton Of 0 lively trade.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

W. G. Fricke is in receipt of Letter
from j. G. Stuttz, dated Ship Island,
August IL, in which Mr.. Sbuttz says
This transaction Of Galveston viii
cost me over $4,000. 1t was and is the
most outrageous affair 1 ever heard of. u
In the Galveston News of Wednesday.
the 18th, we find letter from Mr..
Stuttz addressed to DIR. Kelley, presi-
dent Galveston board of health, in
which he makes use of the following
language: There has been no yellow
fever in my company, which you and
the board of health know" Tie state
ment is not denied, and is, we are in
elined to believe, strictly true. Out
of the whole matter there will probably
spring up a suit for damages.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19

MIR. John Olooney, the popular
ship builder, has the contract for the
building Of two new schooners-one
Of them for Capt. Baker, Of the Lydia.