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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-01-21

missed but nothing was accomplished until
finally the Bayou rose sufficiently high for
the wa r. to pass through the breach.
As evidence was plain that the water
ter to the Governo of the State, asking
him to have the bre .h closed AZ soon as
the tall in the riv reached here.
received the following communications
from him
Executive Depa- ment, State Of La.
New Orleans, December 9th. 1881
| S. 7. Grisamore, Esq, President Police Ju-
~. Thibodaux. -,
Sir: Your letter of November %, with
tho IF Messrs. Windei, Billiu and Blake,
| all relating to the White Crevasse. were
| duly re. ived by Governor s. d. NcEnery
| and refered to the State BOardof Engineers
for information. BY the Governors direc-
ton the re It of the Board is herewith en-
closed to you.
Very truly yours.
Fo.--- II tYy CEV
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-01-21

On motion ofMr. Coulon. sccondea. tke
Coroner was authorized tO,make Immediate
application to the Board Of Health fvf a
quantity Of vaccine mxtter which upon re-
ceptinn he will distribute among physjcjans
anu other citizens Of the parish for The Dur-
not been 90 treated. 800
On motion Of Mr.. Conlon, scceu0ed- the
following Presmbls md .resolud1oa was
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
Spectac!es for Headache.

Probably very few physicians would
prescribe a pair Of spectacles for an
obstinate case Of sick headache. Yet
a physician, writing in the Medical
and Surgical Reporter, gives very
plain reasons for his assertion that
that is the remedy often most appro-
pirate. He was himself a sufferer
from frequent and severe sick head
ache. Feeling an attack approaching,
he did not treat it with the accustomed
chloride Of sodium, but put three or
four drops Of a one per cent. solution
Of atropia in the eye which gave him
most pain. In few moments he was
entirely free from pain and nausea.
His theory is that the pain in the eye
is the cause, not the effect, of the
stomachic disturbance which is usually
the subject of treatment. But it must
not be inferred that atropia SO used will
always have similar effect. The doc
tors eye was astigmatic and hyperme
tropic That is to say, it formed two
images, ard was long-sighted or old
sighted. The atropia.dilated the pupil
and put at rest the ciliary muscle,
which was previously kept tense and
tired through the effort of the brain
thus to correct the defective vision.
For time this unnatural strain can be
endured, but when the WEAKNESS be-
comes excessive then follows the ex-
plosive attack of headache. Thus is
explained the mysterious periodicity Of
the disease. Otherwise it is hard to
understand why it often comes despite
the greatest care Of the stomach, and
often goes under conditions-such as
rest and darkness-which rest the eye,
but cannot otherwise be connected
with nausea. This theory also explains
why advancing age often relieves those
who have been the worst sufferers
from this trouble. The old sight. which
has been latent, becomes manifest,
glasses are used, and the arti-
hcially perfected vision easily ac-
complishes tasks which, during the
period when the eyes were supposed
to be better, would have produced sick
ness. The theory rests on a more sub
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14

Ring, bells, ring, with your mellow din,
Ring the Old Year out and the New Year In
Like the voices of birds from the old gray
spire,
Let your silvery music rise higher and
higher;
Floating abroad Ger the hillside bare,
In pillows of sound on the tremulous air
Let it rise and fall with the fitful gallo:
Tel over city and wood the tale;
Say that tonight the Old Year dies;
Bid the watchers look to the eastern skies
For the beautiful halo that tells afar
Of the welcome rise of the New Years star.
Ring the Old Year out. with it's sighs and
tears;
Its whitening heart-aches and tiresome fears
Away with its memories of doubt and wrong,
Its cold deceits and its envyings strong;
all its pandering lures to the Salterng sense,
All its pitiful shams and cold pretense;
We will heap them together and bind them
fast
Te the old mans load as he 1Utters past,
The ills that he brought he may take again,
Keep we the Joys, let him bury the pain.
Ring soft. oh bells, as he goes to rest
Far in the shades of the darkening west.
Ring, bells, ring with merry dip;
The old year has gone with its care and sin;
Smiling and fair at the eastern gates,
Glad In tinted white, the New Year waits;
Welcome him in with the rosy band,
Who wait the wave of his beckoning hand
Hope, with her wreath of sweet spring
flowers
Joy for the summers glowing hours,
Plenty and peace for the fruitful fall,
And love for all seasons-best of all.
Ring merrily, bells o'er the biushing skies
See the beautiful star of the New Year rise.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
a MiIIers Monument.

AT Cavendish, Vt, is a queer monu.
ment. The person who ERECTED it, and
for whom it stands in memory. still
lives, although he has had his funeral
sermon, taking his place in the church
in front of the mourners. He has now
his coffin ready in the house to receive
him as soon as his life is ended. 1t IL
inscribed
"Tho' am dead yet speaketh. For hero is
rest"
HUpon this milestone top
set the noble block,
To let theworld know what
l have done; ii has ever
Been my hearts desire
To do unto you as I would
That We should do unto me.
So cast the beam out of your own eye
And let me lie in peace,
And sing my redeemed love.
Come, my sweet companion,
Meet me here"
He, being miller, took one Of the
miIlstones for a base for his monument.
Since the erection Of the m0nument
bis sweet companion" has diAd.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
WOODBURY., n J.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER A. 1882.

waste gas coming from pipes inserted
in the wells. They burn constantly.
Many of the smaller oil towns are as
light by night as they are by day,
owing TO the presence Of these pipes
in their streets.
Natural gas at drilling wells causes
many fatal accidents. Veins Of It are
sometimes suddenly penetrated by the
drill, and it issues with great force to the
surface. In such case it is liable to be-
come ignited by the lamp in the derrick
or the forge, or by the fre-box Of the.
boiler. it is more by good luck than
anything else then if occupants Of the
derrick-house escape with their lives,
for frightful explosion occurs. Eveti
if the lamp or boiler are removed far
from the derrick an explosion is apt to
occur, especially if the atmosphere is
murky and heavy. Then the gas set
ties to the ground, and if blown toward
the light OF FIRE an explosion is newt
able. Gas is found in large quantities
in the Sheffield district of the Warren
oil field. One of the heaviest wells
ever struck is at Sheffield. It has been
burning with flame fifty feet high
for years, and its roar may be heard
I
for miles. Another heavy well is the
Murrayville well, in Washington coun-
ty. There is great gas streak in that
region, and company has been formed
and chartered by the State to supply
Pittsburg and other places with light
and fuel from it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
Interesting Facts About the Hair.

Whether the hair should be cut
never could quite satisfy myself. AS
a physiological practice / seriously
doubt the propriety. Every cutting is
a wounding, and there is some sort Of
bleeding in consequence, and waste of
vital force. think it will be found
that long-lived persons most frequent
" wear the hair long.
The cutting of the hair stimulates
to a new growth, to supply the waste.
Thus the energy required to maintain
the vigor of the body is drawn off to
make good the wanton destruction. It
is said, I know, that after the hair has
grown to certain length, it loses its
vitality at the extremity, and splits or
'sbrooms up" Whether this would be
the case if the hair should never be cut
l would like to know. When it is cut
fluid exudes. and forms a scab OF
cicatrix at each wounded extremity,
indicating that there has been injury.
Women and priests have generally
worn long hair. 1 never could imagine
why this distinction was made. The
ancient priest was very often un-
sexed or devoted to vow Of eelibacy,
but I cannot surmise whether that had
anything to do with it. Kings wore
their hair long, in imitation of Sam
son, and the golden Sun-God Mithias.
/ suspect from this that the first men
shorn were slaves and laborers, that
freemen wore their hair unmutilated,
as the crown of perfect manhood and
manliness. If this be correct the new
era of freedom, when it ever shall
dawn, will be characterized by men
unshorn as well as women unper-
verted.
I wish that our science and our
civilization had better devices for pre-
serving the integrity Of tho hair.
Badness is deformity, and prema-
ture whiteness a defect. If the head
was in health, and the body in proper
yigor, am confident that this would
not be. I am apprehensive that our
dietetic habits occasion the bleaching Of
the hair; the stiff, arsenic-prepared hat
is responsible for much Of the bald
ness. Our hats arc unhealthy, from
the tricks Of the hattcrs. I suppose
there are other causes, however.
Heredity has its influence.
Certain diseases withcr the hair at
its roots; others lower the vitality of
the skin, and so depilate the body.
I acknowledge that the shingled
head disgusts me. 1t cannot be whole
some. The most sensitive part Of the
head is at the back where the neck
joins. That place exposed to unusual
cold or heat is liable to receive an
injury that win be permanent, if not
fatal, in short period. The whole
head wants protection; and the hair
affords this as no other protection
can. Men have boards because they
need them, and it is wicked to cut them
off. No growth Or part Of the body is
superfiuous. and we ought, as candi-
dates for health and long life, topreserve
ourselves from violence or mutilation.
Integrity is the true manly standard
Dr.. Wilder, in Medical Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
An Historic Bird.

The cock is an important bird. He
is historical. A cock assured Themis-
toeles of his victory over Xerxes. Aris-
tophanes tells us that ne reigned su-
preme over Persia before the time of
Darius and Magabazus. Numa Pom
pilius was inspired by cock, and
Romulus was influenced by the same
bird in his decision as to the site of
Rome. He was sacred to Mars, Apollo,
Mercury andHsculapius. Mohammed
found a cock in the first heaven, so
huge bird that his crest touched the
second heaven. The Moslem doctors
say that Allah lends a willing ear to
him who reads the Koran, to him who
prays for pardon. and to the cock,
whose chant is divine melody. When
this cock ceases to crow the day Of
Judgment will be at hand. The cock
on church spires is to remind men not
to deny their Lord as Peter did. Peter
9 Neye says that the cock was the
warlike ensign of the Goths, as
it is to the present day Of the
Malays, and that therefore it was
put up in Gothic churches for orna-
ment. The growing Of the cock has al
ways exercised an indefinable influence
on mankind; it covered the shutting
Peter with shame. it has furnished in
Vulnerable poets with stocks of phrases,
it has even become a means for the
expression Of parliamentary opinion.
In some places, it is true, the cock is
regarded with not altogether unmalev.
olent sentiments. An African tribe
complains bitterly that it was all
through the cock that they remained
black, and different from the rest Of
mankind. The great creating Spirit, it
is said, set himself during the daytime
to model the human race. By sundown
he had fashioned about fifty different
figures out of clay, but they were
all more or less brown, and some
of them were quite black. He
set them up in row and in
spected them before it got quite dark,
and then it appeared that they would
look better if they were white So he
mixed a great pot of whitewash and
set about daubing them by the light Of
the moon. But it was troublesome
work and he did not get on very fast.
At last, when he had still score or
more to whiten, day dawned, and the
cock crew, and he came to the con-
clusion that the rest must remain as
they were. And SO it has come to pass
that some of the races of mankind are
red and brown, while the poor negro
has remained quite black; and all
through q troublesome cock, who would
crow when he was not wanted. Ion.
don Graphic.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14

way I'll do anything you wish, any
thing, anything. In mercy, doctor, tell
me. is she dead ?"
DR.. Arnold was lifting her up as he
answered:
mo, she's not dead, nor dying, /
hope, but you know what will save
her. and then he gave uncle one sharp
look.
They laid aunt on the sofa, and she
opened her eyes and looked around,
and then raised her hand and put her
arm about her husbands neck; with
out sound.
He was sobbing like child, but he
knew what she meant, and he lifted
up the little girl and kissed her, and
laid her in aunt's arms.
believe was crying myself, but
couldn't stand it any longer, so I just
ran out 0; the room, hearing aunt say.
"Oh, thank God, have my hearts de.
sire"
Uncle and aunt went that night to
DR.. Arnold's to see Cousin Cecile, but
she was too i'll to be moved. When
she found she couldn't live, she had
travelled back to her old home, and
knowing the old customs of the New
Year at Norman Hall she thought
that then, or never, would be the time
to get her parents forgiveness.
She had never been very poor, nor
suffered much in that way, but she
said she couldn't die without her
mothers kiss.
1 tell sou, uncle is a good old fellow,
after all When he once knuckles
down he does it like man. He was
just as loving to Cecile, while she
lived, as if she had never disobeyed
him, and as kind and gentle to aunt as
if he had never bullied or worried her
poor life out. And when poor Cecile
died, the week after New Year, she
died happy, knowing her child would
never miss her love.
Well, uncle says that he had in
tended making me his heir, before
little Cecile came, and now the only
way to make it right will be for me
to marry Cecile when | grow up. 1t
makes me laugh to think of that little
tot ever being my wife. She's pretty,
though, and good little thing, but
nobody's ever going to force a wife
upon me against my will. No, when
the time comes, I'll see how 1 like
her.
Aunt has stopped crying, and 1
think she's getting well, which is the
best of all. Uncle gets angry some
times, but he never says cross word
to her, and he's as tender as mother
to Cecile all the time. You see, he
was clean whipped out, as we boys
say, and he's man enough to let every
body see he was. So that's the way
W. spent New Year at Norman Hail.
Youths Companion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14

Some one writes to d Detroit paper
to ask why it ii that the proportion Of
country boys who succeed in life is
greater than that Of city boys, Who
have. by far the greatest advantages
from The cradle up. It does seem as
though people Would get that little
secret pounded into them after it has
beenAold few thousand more tiifies
by newspaper men and other philosc-
pliers who have given such matters a
study all their lives. Take boy who
his grown up in the country, and either
spent his time on q farm on worked
around in aScountry town learning a
trade; and he does not have the time
northe opportunities to acquire the
peculiarities and the habits that be-
come burden to the city boy before
he has got half through life, but which
the city boy thinks he cannot live with
out. The boy in the country who works
all day blowing with a pair Of rebel
hous steers, and being 1erked over the
stumps, is not busying his mind with
some scheme to paralyze a town. He
is not working up some plan to win in
a game Of poker as soon as he finishes
his supper and gets downtown. The
boy in the country may be busy think
ing all day how he will beat his
heighbor's boy out of certain
girl at singing-school that liight, but
he don't want to learn d confidence
game that is surer than a lightning
rod peddler for taking in folks. The
country boy may look outlandish in a
suit Of clothes made over from some
his father wore, pants that bag at the
knees, only one suSpender, and his
arms, and face, and neck, and for a
yard down his spinal column, where
bis shirt opened, may be burned to a
delicate brown by the summer sun ;
but that boy has not acquired the tight
pants, and the cigarettes, and the
latest styles of profanity of the city
boy. While the boy in the city is
taking lessons in draw-poker, the COIN
try boy is running fanning-mill or a
corn-sheller in the barn, and listening
to his uncle tell Of the improved styles
of sharpers and confidence men that
cities are thronged with nowadays.
And when, few years afterWard,
the country boy, with only smattering
Of an education, but large bulk of
common sense, leaves the old farm
and goes into business in the city,
he is called "fresh" by the city "boys, 2
who have grown up to be sporting
men, and men who would go their last
dollar on a horse-race. The young
man from the country goes about the
city and attends to his business, and
when some city sharp stops him on
the street, and endeavors to "work"
him for a "snap," and play any conf
dence on him, he simply says: "Oh,
go along, old fellow you'll have to ex-
cuse me-" But the city boy who is
smart, and on to all the fine "rackets"
Of the day, will bite like sucker. and
the confidence man will play him for
all he is worth, because the boy thinks
he is smart. That is the reason the
proportion of country boys who sue
ceed is greater than that Of boys who
are born and brought up in the city.
The boy from the country is not 50
badlymashed on himself that he loses
his presence Of mind and his common
sense, or gets off his base, as it were.
--Peck'S Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14

Get not your friends BY bare COM
plilnents, but By giving them sensible
tokens Of your love. It is well worth
while to learn how to win the heart Of
man the right way. Force is Of NO
use to make or preserve friend, who
is an animal that is never caught nor
tanned but by kindness and pleasure.
Excite them by your civilities. AL
show them that you desire nothiR'
more than their satisfaction. 0bH
with all your soul that friend who n
made you present Of his own,
Socrates.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
NUMBER Is.

stantiaI basis than that yet recorded
The doctor found that when bis eye
was Under the influence OF atroDla ~
could only see at twenty feet objects
which were visible to his natural eyt
at i've times the distance. But his
vision was normal under the former
conditions, which apparently indicated
a less powerful and perfect eye. Using
glasses which produced the same effect
as tire drug, hefound himself perfectly
free from headache Is ing hi
glasses aside az an experiment, hif
headache promptly returned. "A SINH
lar remedy also cured his sist w
the doctors last lingering dout
opticians can cure some bel
better than physicians was fina
moYed.-Nea0 York Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
Exhaustion Of Soils.

The chemist Of the national depart
ment Of agriculture expresses the
opinion that the fertility of thesoiI,of
the Western praries will be exhausted
sooner than that of the rocky lands inS
the Eastern States. He acknowledges
that the Western soils are richer ID
materials for stimulating plant growth
and are capable Of producing larger
crops when first brought under the
plow, but affirms that that they are de.
ficient in means OF regaining fertility
after they have produced several crops.
They are rich in carbon and nitrogen,
but are generally poorly supplied with
potash, lime and phosphorl
latter substances are rapidly 7
by growing plants, and are pern
ly removed when small grains arc
and marketed, as is usually tn
in the West. These material
supplied to the soil by the disint
JlOA VI lOCho Ii JAetSCo NhSAN
abound, and the use Of farming iml
ments and the action Of the elemeI
operate favorably in restoring to lam
what is carried away in crops harvested
and sold. Portions Of the country that
are broken and rocky possess in crude
form all the materials for supplying
the soil with plant food for all time.
1t is true that the rocks may NOT
crumble fast enough to supply the sol
with all the materials that are taken
away from it under the common course.
Of cultivation, but by adopting the
resting process, which allows the land
to be in grass large part Of the time,
and following a judicious course OF 10
tation, the fertility Of the soil may be
kept up without the application Of
commercial fertilizers. The trouble is
in allowing them to become too much
exhausted before undertaking To restore
fertility. Chicago Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
The Deepest Coal Mine.

The deepest coal minein Amer
the PottsviIle, in Pennsylvania
shaft is 1876 feet deep. II
bottom, almost third of a mile
200 cars, holding four tons e1e
lifted every day. They are ruI1t,,r
a platform, and the whole weigfHs-
six tons is hoisted at a speed that NAL
the head swim, the. time occupied
lifting a fun car being only q Hit
more than aminute. The hoisting Q
lowering Of men into coal mines
regulated by law in Pennsylvania, 2
only ten can stand on a platform
once under penalty Of heavne
However, carelessness cannot
vented, and unaccustomeed visit
appalled, by it. "a person q
nerves." says a corresI
should not brave the
by descending Pottsville shaft.
machinery works as smoothly
hotel elevator, but the speed is aru
rife that one seems falling thrl
air. The knees after a few
become weak and tremulous. t
ring as the drums of these orgaI
forced inward by the afr pressu1
the eyes shut involuntarilE.
beams Of the shaft seem to
ward only a foot or two awal
leaves the light Of the upper
transition to darkness is
The light does not pass into
the same fashion as our dIn
into night, but there is a king
phorescent glow, gradually
DINNER and DINNER. Half
you pass, with a roar
crash, the ascending car; a
after what seems several MI
is only a fraction Of that -
platform begins to slow up, halts Al
gate, and through it you step i
a crowd of creatures with the shal
Of men, but with the blaekened fac
the glaring eyes and wild physiog
mics Of flends."
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14

a church in Chicago has an inva
room in a recess near the pulpit. a
occupants can see the preacher
cannot be seen by the congregatiI
and may lie on lounges, SIC on eil
chairs, take food Or medicine frq
table, walk about, cough, and
cave, without disturbance,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
DRIDGEPoRr HOTEL,
BRIDGEPORT. N. J.

The undersigned would respectfully inform the
people of Gloucester County that he has leased
the Bridgeport Hotel, and Intends to keep well,
regulated public house, The hotel has Been
newly furnished. The table win always be well
supplied, and the Bar stocked with the best EQ.
uors, Wines. Ales, Cigarsl &c.
E1sWOOD USINGER.
P. S.-This hotel is located near one OF the best
cunning marshes IN South Jersey, and gunners
viii be furnished with boats and pushers by the
proprietor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
RELmoNT PERRY,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law,
SPECIAL MASTER IN cEANcERY,
Mortgages negotiated, debts collected m any
part OF the United States Legal papers care
Iuiy drawn and Patents procured. Special alton.
tion To foreclosing mortgages.
WOODBURY.. NJ
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
r S, cLYMER,

p S, cLYMER,
AIToRNEY-4T-LAH.
AND
SOLICITOR IN cHANcERY
Broad st, below surrogate,s Office,
sept :. 1882.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-12-14
HOTELS.
HOTEL,
EDWARD ELLIOTT,

PK0PRlEIOR
The house re-ftted and Eewly furnished
TIE BEST ACCOMMODATIONS FOR lMAN OR BEAST.
The Table and Bar always supplied with the bes
Horses and Carriages to hire at reasonable
rates.
jan 5 1882. 1y.