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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
Perry's Bridge with its tall

Perry's Bridge with its tall
shady trees, its long alleys, and
its houses grouped on the bayou,
is a busy little place. It's citizens
are quiet and peaceable, and more
over very sociable. A cooper
shop is in operation continually
FIVE or six coopcrs under its roof
turn out moIasses barrels. Two
stores are in operation and are
doing a good business. A boat
lay moored, loaded with lumber.
last week for the place, several
houses are now building. This
place bids fair to play an import
ant part in the destinies Of oul
parish, it deserves more than 9
passing notice. On this side O.
the bayou is the picturesque resi-
dence of Willie Lyons, once tht
Perry place. Far in the back
grouud is the grit Of thick darl
wood, where the birds sing thei1
sweet songs, and saunter from
limb to limb.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

State of Louisiana--25th District
Court--Parish Of Vermilion,No.
668.
Succession of Lufroy T'oups.
Application Of B%clizaire Toups
to lie appointed administrator
Notice is hereby given to all
parties interested in the said
succession, or having any opposi
ton to make to the application OF
said applicant to file the same
in writing, in the office Of the
Clerk of Court within ten day;
from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and sea.
|of court this 18th day of June
1883.
LAsT1E BROUssARD, clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
CAROLINE BOUDREAUX.

State of Louisiana-25th District
Court--Parlsh of Vcrmilion--No.
.l67.
Succession of Edward Abshire.
Application of Hehrard Perry,
to be appointed administrator, de
bonis non of said succession and to
administer on the community
proper of said deceased with En-
lalie Boyer, also decd remaining
unadministered.
Notice is hereby given to all
parties interested in the said sue
cession, or having any opposition
to make to the application of said
applicant to file the same in
writing, in the Office Of the Clerk
of Court within ten days from the
date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal
of court this 10th day of June
1883.
LAsrIE BRoUssAED, clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
How TO MAKE HOME HAPPY

How TO MAKE HOME HAPPY
When you come home for dinner
sling your hat into the back par.
lor and give an Indian war whoop,
just to stir up the cook.
If the dog comes to welcome
you kick him down stairs with one
foot and tread on the cats tail
with the other it will give your
wife o cold chill, and remind her
that you are still the master of the
house.
Never mind washing your
hands ; comb your hair with Jour
fingers, dash into the diningroom
and throw one leg across the corn
Ter of the table. There is nothing
like a graceful position to impress
lone with your superiority.
If the soup is a little hot blow
lin your plate, especially if yos
have company ; it will make your
wife so proud of you.
Growl because the roast is over
done or underdone, or is too fresf
or too salt, or too something Of
other. 1t is about the only way
in which you can impress upol
your family a proper sense of you
lawful dignity.
If your wife and children, o
any Of them, ask you to take then
out for a walk in the evening
snarl back that you are tired t.
death, and they ought to hav'
some regard for your feelings
As soon as they are gone glide Of
to the pool-room, and play bill
lizards until midnight. When yo'
lget home say that you have bee
sitting up with q sick friend.--ES
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
Success in worldly affairs de-

Success in worldly affairs de-
ponds in a great measure on the
aptness Of the party who ambi-
tons the same, the surrounding
chances, and in matrimonial life
the disposition of young partners.
There are many women who are
too indolent to help their hus.
bands, particularly in small towns
The husband tolls from day to day
to earn the pittance that is to
keep body aud soul together
Their rent is left unsettled and
often the grocery man and baker
are minus Of the amount advanced
to the family.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
PARISH OF VERMILIoN.
Adolphe Dupuy, adr.,
Jules Hebert, ct ais

Jules Hebert, ct ais
By virtue OF q writ of Fl ia is-
sued in the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the honorable
25th Dist. Court, in and for the
State and Parish aforesaid, and to
me directed. l will proceed to
offer at public auction, to the last
and highest bidder, for cash, at
the court house door in this parish,
Saturday., July 21st 1888,
between the hours of II O'Clock
A. NJ, and 4 o'clock P. NJ, and con-
tinuing from day to day if neces'
sary. all the rights, titles, interests
and demands of the defendant in
and to the following described
property, seized to satisfy said
writ, to wit
lst--one certain tract of land
situated in this parish being the
north MALT of south west quarter
of section 6, township l3 south o.
range 3 east, containing eighty
16ll00 acres.
2nd-one certain tract of wood
land, situated in this parish on thu
west side Of the bayou Vermiliol
at a place commonly known NJ
Baudoin's Cove, containing eigh
teen arpent, superficial area, more
or less, bounded above by land
formerly claimed by Julie Mouto'
below by lands of John n Fetch
err and Clebert Br6ussard jr E.
and W being the same ira:
acquired by Jules Hcbert from Al
eide Hebert by act of sale passct
August 10th 1881
Given under my official sigma
ture, in the town Of Abbeville thi
10th day Of June 1888.
II. 3. Lyons, by sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

At this season, nothing Aatters
the mind more than a stroll
through the woods. 1t IS q solace
from the monotony of the every
day trudging. Here you first en-
ter under the shades Of gigantic
lords of the forest, and, high up
about the hanging green moss the
buzz of the bee gathering the
sweet honey from the tiny flowers
is heard. The birds enliven the
woods with their merry voices,
and silently the harp.bug sends to
the gentle breeze its notes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
THE MERIDI0NAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY
e.. I. a D D U.s. n.
So O....P PER so SO
T. II NJ s,

h eMEuIproNAL, is published weekly
IN E;nolish and French, at two dollars
and fifty cents per annum payable in
advance.
Advertisements will be inserted at $I.Ut
Nor souare of ten lines, or lees, for each
insertion. 49,,
Advertisements published in English
aud Freuch will be charged for both Ian
guasc-.
No advertisement. will be inserted 10Y
loss than two dollars and fifty cents.
Payment Of ali advertisements is con.
sidered due Immediately after their first
publication.
Advertisements not marked with the
pamber of insertions required, will be
published until otherwise ordered, ano
charged for accordingly.
TIN dollars in advance is required fol
announcing candidates for office; ane
election tickets OF other job-wofk mus
We paid for on delivery.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

A Kentucky farmer announced
Just before his death that he had
saved and hidden seven jugs Of
gold for his seven children, each
jug containing $1,000. He, al
the last moment, attempted to tell
where the money was to be found
but expired before he could i'm
part the information. Since that
time a vjgorus search has been
maintained, but so far only two
Of the jugs, each one containing
the specified amount of money
have been found-one in the
smoke house, the other in the sta.
BILE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

The rail road talk has some
what abated since the news from
head quarters has been Of SO dis
couraging a nature. In this as
we'll as in everything, always be
prepared for the worst, count
your geese only when the eggs are
Matched. There is an old true
saying that between the hand and
the lip there are many a slip, we
are Of opinion that ere the year
rolls over nevertheless that thing
will acquire an entirely new as
pect. Let US wait patiently.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
Figs are %ripening.
LOST OR MISLAID.

A certain promisory note, sign.
ed by Dupre Blanchet, in favor of
Caroline Boudreaux, for the sum
of One Hundred and Thirty Dol.
lars, $4,000 and dated some
time in March 1881, bearing eight
per cent interest per annum from
date until paid. The public is
hereby warned not to trade nor
negotiate for said note as payment
of the same has been stopped.
June 30th 1888.
CAROLINE BOUDREAUx.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

A New York man who sued q
railroad for killing his cow lost
his case. The railroad company
proved by II witnesses that the
schedule of the road was pasted
on a fence right where the COW
could see it, and, besides that the
engineer winked four times at it,
but the reckless animal would
not take the hint.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

A CURIOUS BUT PLEASING Gus
roM.-There is, according to an
exchange, a custom prevailing
among the inhabitants of Sande'
man Islands, which may throw
light upon the civilized use Of wed.
ding cake. When a native girl
whose exceptional beauty has
brought her many su;tors, is
knocked down and carried off by
her accepted sutton, the welded
pair, within forty,eight hours Of
the wedding, send a cup Of poison
distilled from the hulahula tree to
each and every one of the brides
former admirers. If any recipi
eut feels that he cannot become
reconciled to the marriage, he
drinks the poison and dies ; but il
be decides that he will survive the
loss of his intended wife he throws
away the poison and feels bound
in honor never to show the slight
lest sign Of disappointment. By
this admirable system the hus'
band is spared the pangs Of jeal
ousy and is able to live on friend
ly terms with the surviving ad
mlrers of his wife.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Arabians cay that it takes forty
days to purify the mouth that has
been puckered in a whiet'o.' In
Tonga and Iceland whistling is
considered to be disrespectful to
God. In North Germany the
peasants claim that to whistle in
the evening will make the angels
weep.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
Impv. .ant Notice.

All persons wishing to make publlca-
tionD OF tableaux, etc, are hereby noti-
fed that from and after late SAID no
tees must be accompanied by the
printers fee, or same deposited with
the Clerk of Court, otherwise, they VIII
not be published. We cannot afford 10
work for glory. much less promises.
April LIST 1852.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Here is a Texas society aote !:
"The beautiful and accomplished
Miss Flyhigh was so unfortunate
at the ball last evening as to he
bitten on her plump, snowy shout
der by a vicious mosquito. The
young lady Immediately tainted.
but was resuscitated and is now
doing we'll. The mosquito was
captured by four Of the young gen
tlemen present, taken outside and
decapitated with a meat Ak"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Send so cents to L. j. Gray
Box 500, Washington, D. c., for
samples of Fancy Good and Nov
elites, on which you can make
from $500 to $1,000 a day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Five members Of the Texas Leg
islature indicted some time ago
for poker playing, have about all
settled their cases, without trial,
by the payment of fine and costs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Alladvertisements and communications
intended for the MERID1oNAL, must be
handed in by II o'clock N. on Thursday
to ensure publication. This is an impoor-
taut business rule, which should not 10
overlooked o. neglected.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Col. 1ngersoll says IF the
Mississippi and tributaries we're
filled with pure whisky, the banks
were loaf sugar, and all the low
lands were covered with mint,
there would be no more drunken.
ness than there is to-day" "Per.
haps not" remarks the Howard
Courant, but there would be a
hi Of an Immigration to the
West !"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

About the only thing it is safe
to commence to read now without
first looking at the last paragraph
for a patent.medicine attachment
is tho dictionary or a 20O.year old
Bible.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

The busy bee is held up as an
example of industry to boys, yet
what q terrible example he is.
If boys were like bees you couldn't
put your nose into the school.room
without getting it %thumped.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

At Quito, the only city in the
world on the line Of the equator,
the sun sets and rises at 6 O'Clock
the year round. Your clock may
break down, your watch gel
cranky, but the sun never makes
a mistake here. When it disap'
pears from sight for the night il
is 6 o'clock, and you can set your
watch accordingly. In one part
of the city it is summer season
and in the other part it is winter
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

The Arkansaw courts have de.
cided in a recent case that the
burning Of ones own house is not
arson according to the law Of the
State. The ofense to 10 criminal
must be committed upon the prop
erty of another.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
POLICE JURY
MONDAY. JUNE 4TH 1888.

MONDAY, JUNE 9TH
The Police jury met this day pursu-
ant to adjournment.
Present Howard lloffpauir, Esq ,
President and tho following named
members, viz : Messrs. Broussald, Nun
II, Thiheaux, Trahan, Primeaux and
Vauslyke.
Minutes Of last meeting read and
adopted.
On motion of Mr. Trahan:
Art L Resolved, that Robert $ John
son, Robert S Henry, James N Will
liams. Alcidr Trahan, Cleonha Brous.
sard, Ursin Landry, Jules T%libodeaux
and Ubal Dorc, be and they are hereby
appointed jury Of frecholders to trace
and lay If q public road from Able
vile 70 Bayou Portage, and that they
make due report to the next meeting
of this body.
The Finance Committee made the
following report
REPORT or FINANCE COMMITTEE
10 the Hon. tue President and mem
bers Of the Police Jury Of the
Parish Of Vermilon.
ABBEvILLE, La, April 9th 1883.
The finance met for the purpose Of
exmaning the books and vouchers Of
the Parish Treasurer and found that he
is to be credited as follows The Treas
urer had paid the following elaine
which he produced as vouchers.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Squirrels are numerous in the
bottom below town, but, they are
sacred to all except to farmers
whose crops may be invaded by
them.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

We respectfully recommend to
the perusal Of our masculine rea-
ders the following effort OF one OF
the gentle sex. 1t may be called
the Jealous Wife's Command
ments. 1t is too rich to be thrown
in the waste basket. In one OF
our strolls near the residence of a
very unhappy husband we: picked
up the manuscript which contain
ed, the illusions of the exigent
wife, here it is: ....
WlFES COMMANDMENTS.
Thou shalt have no other wo-
man but me.
Thou shalt not have a picture
or likeness Of any other woman
but me ; for, l only am thy wife
and a jealous wife.
Remember thy wife's command
ments to keep them sacred.
Love and cherish thy wife, and
no other woman, that she may
live lovingly together in the home
thou gavest unto her.
Thou shalt not find fault wher
thy wife goes out to spend money
buying fashionable shawls, ant
dresses, tor, l am thy wife. Tho'
shalt not scold. Thou shalt no
suffer thy wife to wear a thread
bare dress, but shalt keep her de
Gently clad and in good repair
Thou also shalt furnish button
and thread to keep thine and tn.
children's shirts in order. Fa1
not.
Thou shalt not CAD about, frol
saloon to after, sunset, ncglectin'
thy wife and children.
Thou shalt not dress myself i
fashion, unless thou dress thy wifi
also.
Thou shalt not 60 to spiritua
or other slight off:hand mceting'
neither to speak tbyself, nor hea
others speak : thus saith thy wife
Thou shalt not find faith in tn
wife should fail in getting tn
meals in due time ; for, knowes
thou, o man better late tina
never.
Thou shalt not drink beer nc
spirits, nor chew, nor smoke ; fo
knowest thou it comsumeth moi
ey. Verify, verify / say unto the'
am Mistress of the house tho
gavest unto me.
4 END.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Two men while fighting at Bay
St. Louis, Miss, last week were
struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

II q tree we're to break q win
dow, what would the window say =?
Tree-mend.us.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Birds of same feathers will flock
together, for instance the geese.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Rail-roading is at a discount a
Abbeville.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Farmers are laying by their
crops.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Lately our town boys have
taken to top spinning. The mar.
BILE game is nearly played out.
The little fellows will have q quar-
rel over the top game as they did
with that Of marbles, but we no
ticed that the big boys always
came out victorious and that they
won their point in the c%ontrover
sy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

The postmaster-gencral, in a re-
cent order, says that postmasters
in first and second class Offices
will hereafter give their person
al attention to the business oil
their Offices, and not absent them
selves therefrom without authori'
ty granted upon written applica'
ton to this department. A viola
ton of this order. will be deemed
sufficient cause for removal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Approaching--the season o
meloncolic. .....
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Cattle are very fat in our par
ish.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

In the sweet buy and buy--mar
ried life.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Two or three refreshing show
SAO Loaf wool
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

Total---$ 10O13 70
For which we have given HIM a re-
ceipt and taken vouchers from him as
above. The committee has ascertain
ed by examination that the Parish treas
urer is to be debited as follows:
Received Licenses from G B
Shaw for 1882 334 IS
Received from G B Shaw for
taxes collected $3.50 63
Received from G. B Shaw fines
1880, 1881 and 1882 800 90
Received from Lastie Brous.
sard fines 1882 so 90
Received from Unbranded stock l1S 80
Balance cash on hand as per set
Element April LIST 1882 with
committee ...... ...... ...... 673 "A
Total 62
Showing a balance on hand in
the Treasury this day 1913 80
SOLOMON WISE. A. VANsLYKE, G
GoDCHAUx, Secretary.
June 4th 1883. the foregoing report
after having been read was adopted and
ordered to be published.
AMBROSE LACOUR. clerk police jury.
Art 90 Resolved, that the following
report of the Jury Of Freeholders ap-
pointed by virtue of Art I'd of the pro-
ceedings Of this body adopted April I'd
1888, submitted this day, be and the
aame is hereby adopted that the road
! therein traced and laid Oft, be and
lie hereby declared to be public road
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
Feminine bangs:

Hard to beat-carpets.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30
Sherif's Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

TWENTY-FIVE DISTRICT COURT
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-06-30

weep.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
XIIIEy m TENNESSEE.

Col. j. B. Killebrew, in his report
on Grasses in Tennessee" gives the
history of the introduction of Ger
man millett. Two Germans came
to Tennessee in 1891. One of them
brought little sack of millet seed
about a quart-which he kept in
his trunk during the war. At the
close Of the war he took it out one
day, and handing it to a merchant
asked him to give it to some good
farmer. 1t fell into the hands of
Mr.. James Allen, of Williamson
County, one Of the best millet seed
planters in Tennessee. The crop
was greatly admired, and a halt
bushel of the seed was given to DR..
W. M. Clark, who planted the entire
amount, and brought it to the notice
of the public, so that it soon sold at
from $3.50 to S. per bushel. Since
then it has taken precedence of all
other varieties of millet in that
region.-Prairie Farmer.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
A STRANGE CLOUD OF yAP0R.

A short time ago remarkable phenome.
non was observed near the village of San
Jose Papalvapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Two
days after iolent thunderstorm and in
cessant raining, what seemed to be an inn
mei,,e cloud rising out of the ground was
observed Little attention was paid to the
phenomenon, as many of the peasants in
terpreted it to be the smoke OF large guam
ties of wood that were burned into char
coal. An Indian, going to his maize field,
situated on hill, discovered that the vapor
issued out of his field His attempt to ap-
proach the column was thwarted by the ey-
IRENE heat of the vapor The extension Of
the column WAS some thirty square yards,
and the vapol issued at intervals of five
minutes. The smoke was so dense that the
eye could not see the trees on the other
side of the coinmn. The maize field was
completely burned, and as the vapor came
out Oh other spots covered with trees, the
leaves we're burned and the trunks became
black. The vnpor column proceeded in the
drec' on from East to West, between the
volcanoes of Tuxtla and that of Orizaba.
The phenomenon lasted nearly seven days,
aud il interpreted as an underground fire
communicating with the volcanoes of ORR.
Zaba aud that of Tuxtla.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25
REMARKABLE SHOOTING,

La Caccia, sporting paper published in
Milan, Italy, gives particulars of swallow
hooting feat said to have been recently
performed. We give the account in the
writer's words: II send you intelligence Of
a most important swallow shooting accom-
pli>hed by Signor Paglia, and which, as
feat of endurance and skill, will make the
round of the sporting papers. On Septem-
Der 2, Signor Paglia, with retinue of seven
;een persons, men and boys, went to q
place called Battifero, some two kilometres
distant from Bologna, about half past six
Il. H., with six central FIRE breech-loaders.
Tie day was very favorable for the match,
being rainy. The swallows passed in large
numbers during the whole day, and the
shooting lasted till quarter past six p. III.
The insuperable % Paglia closed his splen.
did day, killing 2,1Ss swallows Il repeat,
2, 1867, bringing them down one by one on
the wing. They were picked up before
jury composed OF Signori Cavaliere, Neri
Baldi president of the Bologna Shooting
Club), Count NASSAU, Grazioli, Caprini,
Gio,g, Brasagia and Gludicini."
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-25

l have a journeyman gardener
who attends to the insect depart
ment. He is an enthusiastic ento-
biological collector. The amount
of "bugs" he can take in during a
day is surprising, aud I think he
devours very nearly his bulk in
the twelve working hours. He is
commonly known as a toad. He
works for nothing and finds himself,
and / am never troubled with a
strike. My fellow is quite familiar
and pays no attention to me; but
throw down a dark whip-lash near
him, and he, possibly thinking it a
new kind of garter-snake, hops off
as though he were a member of
some toad's athletic society.