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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-11-17

Tho Directors Of ThihOdaux
p,;der Company have placed Il
-, mark in the Ba,on showing
and fall "f the Bayou.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-11-17

Wild ducks are plentiful in the
rarkst daily. The way they dis
..oear indicates that purchasers
3. n picntiful as those delicious
tirds.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-11-17

THAT candidates for ParOchial
,oeinatioDs for the Spring cleo
sac in Lafourche will be as thick
= leaves in vallambrosa appears
M evident just now.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-11-17
"A. Riggs & Bro, Cistcrn Ma
kers, 247 Delord street. N. O. Send
for price list.

- Persons building dwellings
should call and examine the Enam
rled ManteI CRATES. for sale by S.
I. Grisam"re which are both eco
nOmical and handsome.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-11-17

s96r Town authorities have
IN repairing The LevrrS between
dsd aud St. Philip streets very
abstantialIy.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-11-17


JAMES MCCORMICK. On last
Sunday evening James Mccormick
was buried IN st. Joseph's cemetr
~, aged 68 years. The deceased
had, resided ill., this town nearly all
It's long and useful life, being ma
tive Of Ireland.
He WAS a qniet, kind, social man.
a good nrighb0r and useful citizen.
Pursuing the even tenor of his way.
Occupied only in the pursuits of
bis business, he was best known BY
those with whom he was daily
throws in 'c0nta Ct. A good and
useful citizen has passed away.
After Tife's fitful fever be sleeps
well, with many to lament and
mourn his demise. His memory
will long live among those with
whom he was associated in the dai
~ walks Of life.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-11-17
oITUgDAY, NOV. II. 1888.
NE WIS.

u:aow Fnrc, Thihodanx was
Ia IN St. JoseplI's cemetery on
- Saturday.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-11-17

SILVER WEDDING Nj. and
MIS-. Blum, c-lelm the 25tl,. an
n~'vrrsary vt their marriage on
Thursday evening. a. their resi-
de"ce o" St Philip street.
TIE invi.rfgnr>ts We're net mn
melons hnt enjoyed tn. festivities
OF the OCCASION >e,y much. TIL.
supper iah'eS We're loaded with sub
stantialS aud de!lcacies to tem,,t
ana crafty the taste Of all, whilst,
f'e wines flowed freely 70 increase
the enjoyment Of The rppaxt.
In" gifts presented 10 the ho>pi
table host and hostess were ammo
pirate. useful AID h. au,jfu,. and
ere highly appreciated by the reel
pi+tts q" an occasion of so much
interest t" themselves.
The guest We're delighted with
the hospitality shown them. and
the genial aud kindly reception ac
corded to them.
After receiving a pressing invita-
ton to attend tue Golden wedding
OF the host and his amiable pa,.
ner, the guests retired wishing tina,
that future event may be as happy
ami pleasant As the one in which
they hail been Participating.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24
A Blizzard.

About one o'clock. while we were in
dry goods store, the merchant, who had
stepped out Il moment before, said to US:
" / don't like to drive away my customers.
but blizzard is coming from the west,
and it is cur..,hg fast. The telegraph says
that it has just reached Morris. That is
forty miles from here, but it is coming at
the rate of forty miles per hour. so you
have got no time to spare if you are going
home to day.
He rolled up our purchases as he spoke,
and appeared to be in hurry to get rid of
us. When we got outside the store the
first thing that attracted my attention was
the fact that of all the teams in the street
when we arrived, mine was the only one
for home. Even then | did not hurry.
rhe sun was still shining brightly without
with not the faintest suggestion of a storm
apparent anywhere. Before we got mile
from town | had forgotten all about the
coming storm and the horses were Jogging
at their will
We were still two mi es from home,
when suddenly the sun was obscured and
the air grew cold and chill in a moment.
A darkness as of smoke swept over every
thing. Then | remembered why we were
going home, and I gave the horses the
whip in earnest, lashing them into run.
Away to the west there appeared to be a
leaden wall sweeping toward us. There
was hum in the air. A light breeze
sprang up, grew stronger, and in minute
became gale. The wall came down with
railroad speed, the roar of its approach
growing louder every instant From the
top of a roll in the prairie we could see our
house, and it came pretty near being our
last glimpse of it.
Words will never convey an intelligent
idea of the blizzard; of the frightful roar
with which it bears down upon you, the
bowling and kissing of the wind. If you
try to speak, the wind dashes the syllables
from your lips so quickly that you do not
hear your own words, In thirty seconds
from the time the first snowflake fell |
could not see my horses. The atmos phere
appeared to be all 81 ow, and every flake
seemed anxious to get somewhere before
the rest should get there. use the wors
flake" but that is wrong. No flakes
could be distinguished. The whole atmo-
sphere was filled with one huge flake that
hemmel us in on all sides. Although
u
| could not see her features, and could but
dimly see her form. l tried to peer down.
ward beside the sleigh and see the track,
but might just as well have tried 10 see
the earth beneath snow bank. I could
feel motion to the sleigh, so knew the
horses were still moving. The cold was
intense. l tried TO ask my wife if she was
suffering, but l Gould not hear my own
words,
During the two or three minutes that
interviewed between the time l saw the
storm approaching and the moment IL
struck us the horses had run at the top of
their speed, SO knew that we could not
be much over mile from home. 1t did
not seem possible for the horses to keep
the track. No one could live an hour in
that storm. Our only hope lay in the
horses being able to keep track that was
every instant being buried deeper. 1t
isn't pleasant to sit still and freeze to death.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24
Probate and Commissioners Notices, 500

VERMoNT's GRANITE INDUSTRY. The
granite business in Vermont has had a
rapid developement of late years, this
industry employing several hundred more
men in 1882 han ever before. The Barre
quarrles have yielded an immense quanti-
y OF granite, the various firms engaged in
the business last year giving employment
70 nearly 800 men The largest firms are
Smith & Welch, Wetmore & Morse and
Wilkinson & Day. The shipments of
granite in the block and finished work
over he Montpelier and White River dvi.
sion of the Central Vermont railroad in
1882 exceeded 5000 tons, or about 800 car
loads. There is no place in the United
States where nicer monumental work is
made, the granite quarred at Barre show
ing the most beautiful and uniftrm
arrangement Of colors and taking the
finest and most durable polish
The qnarrics at South Ryegate. near The
line of the Montpelier e. Wells River rail
road also yield an excellent quality of
granite. Messrs. Mcdonald h. f. Carter
and Darling e. Sargent quarry and finish
Ryegate granite. The S. Johnsbury
granite compnnv quarried and finished for
monumental purposes some 80 car loads
OF Rvegate granite and about 10 car loads
Of Brunswic granite. Qmrries have
recently been opened in Victory ar1
Woodbury., and also at Dummerston. The
Dammerston granite quarry is located
near Bratteboro, on the line of the Brat.
tleboro and Whitehall (narrow g1uge)
road. 1t was only opened in June last,
but during the remaining six months If
The year the owner, Mr. George +, Lyon,
has quarried and shipped by rail over
2400 tons, Or nearly 800 Car lo,ds. The
granite is of light color and very hard.
1t is especially valuable for building pur-
poses The whole amount of Barre, South
Ryegate. Dummerston and Brunswick
.rante quarred and shipped by rail from
he stations mentioned in 1882 exceeded
10000 tons, This is equivalent to 100000
eet of granite. The figures of the business
or 1882 show good increase in the
mount and value of granite quarried and
lnished in Vermont over the previous
vear.-Forbes, IN Boston JournaI,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24
THE FiLLOW FIELD,

rbo ~, c,,,os m o,a the ,,,,, ,.oos do,,n.
The night mist shroudeth the sleeping town;
But II 1t be dark or II 1t be day,
II the tempests neat or the breezes play,
SUI here Oh TINS upland slope lie
LOOKING up to the changeful sky.
Nor,.b, m, tr. f,u co,,,
Never crop my acres yield.
Over the wall at my right hand
Stately and green the corn blades stand,
And hear at my left the flying feet
OF the winds that rustic the bending wheat
os.o,, ,,,,,,o 40. ,,,o ,,,,,
list for our masters eager tread
He smiles at the young corns towering height,
He knows the wheat is goodly sight,
But he giances not at the fallow field
whose IDLE acres no wealth may yield.
c,r,o+;,,,o, .,,o s,,o,,ts -, ,bo t,,,,o,tor,
Ihe sleeping pulse OF my being stlrs,
Ana as one IN dream seem to feel
Inc sweep aud the rush OF the swinging steel,
Vt eaten Tue souhd Oh the gay relfalh
AS they heip thelr "dihs With the golden gram.
Y.t q NV neiyb,,rs ba not too nroud
lnou6n on every toA2ue your praise lS ioud'
o'r lhothsr Nnuure Is kinu 10 me-
anu am oeloNtu uS oiru au" oee'
nn" neFoi ou'iu 'H'' pi'Sos W
pu' turns upon iii' sf"'o'ui eS0
Over my head the skiel are blne;
have my share of the rain and dew;
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24

THE WILD WELSH COAST Nearly
three-fourths of the entire circuit of Wales
is seacoast. A great part of this coast is
rugged and dangerous. but there are
frequen ly recurring harhors of refuge
easily and safely entered S.eep and
forbidding cliffs, with fronts of iron, b ack,
Jagged, frowning, receive the Atlautic's
rudest buffetings grimly. The southern
shore of Wales, from point just below
Cardiff to the extreme westernmost reach
of land at St. David's Head, is washel by
an ocean whose free sweep is unbroken
straight across to the coast of Newfould-
land. At various parts the cluel cliffs
are made still more cruel by huge disjected
rocks scattered about ut distance from
the mainland, as if the shore were show
ing its teeth in warning to the mariner.
Where this frOwning front is broken occur
bights and bays of exquisite beauty. with
long reaches of tawny sands, which waves
lap lazily of a summer afternoon. or across
which wild winds howl in storm. 1t is
striking line of coast, full of fascination in
itself to the lover of the picturesque; but
more: on every crowning summit stands
a castle olden. looking seaward, with its
hoary facades and battiemented towers
perhaps inhabited, perhaps crumbing
still slowly away, as it has been crumb.
ling for centuries. At every lovely harbor
is an old world village, or a great town
with clanking hammers, the one rich, the
other poor, but both lowered with those
aspects of antiquity which are so dear to
the eyes of the cultured American. There
are villages along this wild Welsh coast Of
an ancientness to be equalled hardly any.
where else in Britan-villages which IN
some cases have undergone little change
of aspect during the past five hundred
years. Remote from railroads, primitive
in all their ways, they are of the old world,
olden. Time has hardly disturbed them
since the days when London was village
too, with thatched roof and winding lanes.
In the caves and chasms hewed in the
cliffs by the long rollers of the Atlantic
in Ia thousand storms have
been found traces of primeval man-his
bones, his implements, the bones of the
beasts he ate-in great abundance. The
very land is older than the land of the
English, Scotch and Irish. Ages before
the solid parts of earth on which the rest
of Britain was built had risen above the
wide waste Of waters covering the world,
this land, now called Wales stood alone
in its glory, an island by itself, where
strange monsters dwelt, and misshapen
birds and reptiles. wandering, left the
tracks OF their feet, which are found to-day
in the solid rock where they were imprint
ed countless ages ago WIT Sikes, IN
Hdrper's Magazine for January.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24

"REMINISCENCES OF FATHER MARSHALL.
nscences of missionary in Vernon,
during the earlier days: Father Marshall y
as he was familiarly called, an early
missionary in Vermont, was generally
regarded as very godly man, and it is
said used to pray al lone with closed eyes
as he rode on horseback from one town to
another. He was in the habit of mentioning
his horse in his petitions and thanksgivings,
and tradition reports that, having spent a
night at New Haven, VT. at the home OF
Father Bushnell" )" he ofhciated at family
prayers in the morning, and, in enumer-
aling his mercies, thanked his Heavenly
Father that his servants borse did not fall
the day beforo-"for he is a poor, stumbling
old toad, o Lord, thou knowest"-and
gave thanks also for a comfortable nights
rest. "Albet the bed was shorter than
the man could stretch himself on it, and
the covering narrower than that he conld
stretch himself in it, The old gentleman
was once present ut q meeting of the
northwestern association at St. Albans,
and was invited 10 preach the .rmon at
the public service. He accepted the
invitation, but broke down when he was
half way through his discourse, and called
on brother minister to dismiss the
meeting. The next morning he took an
early walk and met one of the ministers,
who shook hands with him and asked him
how he felt. First rate! first rate!" was
the hearty reply; Il took good dose of
modification last night, and it worked
we'll"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24

HOUSE OF CoRREcrIoN.-The state
house OF correction at Rutland now has Is
inmates, including five women. The labor
Of the prisoners is contracted forbv Brown
and Bagley, who pay the state 80 cents
per day for each man, the convict labor
being used for working and finishing
marble. The institutions most celebrated
inmate is Silas NJ. Waite, who is described
IS now being vigorous looking man,
with form erect. His quarters are com
able and cosy. A large window looks out
Dver the village of Rutland and across the
Otter Creek valley to to the Green Noun
ain range presenting beautiful scene.
White plastered walls. u book case of
choice literature, n table covered with
copies Of daily and weekly newspapers,
hree or four arm chairs and well made
up bed and several wall decorations all 90
to make up pleasant and comfortable
quarters. This room is one intended for
lncarcerated debtors and is in the second
story of the building. and separated from
he cells of the prison. Waite has been
industriously at work preparing a''case"
for new trial, which he says he has per-
sstently but unsuccessfully endeavored 10
bring about for long time. He says his
counsel, Hon, E. j. Phelps and James c.
Barrett, Esq, express great confidence of
success in the new trial. He claims that
he officers of the government have caused
numerous postponements OF appointed
hearings against his protest Col. A. f.
Walker is appointed to take testimony in
the case, and in adjourned hearing is set
for next Tuesday. Waite says that if Il
new trial is granted he can prove from
the statement and figures made by Receiver
Price and taken from the books cf the
bank that instead of his owing the bank
S367. 900, as alleged by the government
1t the time of his former trial, the bank
owes him over Sl30,000 for which re
should be credited. Interesting develop.
ments are promised.
The house of correetion has several
additional inmates in consequence of the
war that has been waged on the liquor
-railic in Rutland during the last six
months. One Bridget Kennedy now rests
here for selling liquor contrary to law.
She was senteIced December 9TH, 1882,
o 17,S47 days confinement in the house
Of correction. Bridget was convicted of
295 second otfenses, and she will be allow
I'd to resume some legitimate business
,fler November 10Th, 1881, the day her
sentence expires. If living she will then
ne 10l years of age. Her husband, James
Kennedy. was also sentenced for the same
rhine. He j, serving out IL sentence CT
El97 days. 1t expires in 1894. James
Jooney, another Rutland saloon keeper,
5 in for 5O7 days.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24

The Norwegian snow skates must not
be confused with the Canadian, which are
much broader and used in a quite different
way. The Norwegian snow skates are
made entirely of wood; their length is
about eight feet, and their breadth three
to four inches, the forepart being a little
pointed and curved upward. The under
side is very smooth, sometimes with a
small groove planed along the middle
Some people use them tightly fastened to
the feet; others only put the forepart Of
the foot through u band fastened to the
skate, which enables them to withdraw
from it easily in case of fall, The
different parts of the country have their
own shape of snow skates, either a little
narrower or broader, shorter or longer.
Only by the necessity of using the snow
skates one can explain the wonderful
expertness at which Norwegian peasants
arrive.
In order to get to the top of a hill the
skater tacks up the sides of the hill, like
ship against the wind, sliding on the
surface of the snow, and never lifting his
feet from the ground except when NJ, king
a side turn or he goes straight up, lifting
one foot sideways over the other. A staff,
about five feet long, grasped with both
hands, is used by some people, either on
the left or right side. The hill chosen for
exercise or matches is often hundreds of
feet high and pretty steep, of course,
according to the ability of the runner. Let
us now commence the descent.
After few steps the speed increases so
much that you can hardly breathe, and all
your thoughts must be concentrated on
keeping your balance, In the lower
part of the hill the acceleration produces
speed which may sometimes be compared
with that of an express train. Should you
feel symptoms of an approaching loss OF
balance, you must use your staff, which
will partly help to keep the balance and
partly retard the speed. But if you use
the staff too much, you are called "staff
rider" and not considered good runner;
therefore people avoid it as much as
possible, and many never use it all, even
down the most difficult hills.
There are often drops on the sides of the
hill, either from following its general
outline or caused by snow drifts. When
the runner comes to one of these he has
to make an erial voyage, and the most
difficult moment is when he comes to the
ground again, as it is a matter of chance
whether he will land on his feet or make a
series of summersaults and be buried in
snow.-The london Field. as Ss
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24

, In ten minutes was chilled through and
felt that was freezing. The horses ere
still moving, and although I could not
now see them l kept lashng them with
the whip. 1t seemed hours since the storm
had shut us in, and was Just becoming
convinced that the horses had got out of
the path, and that we were lost on the
prairie when there came a sudden lull in
the fierce wind. The air was still full of
whirling snow, but could sea objects
about me, and it didn't take long to find
that we were in the barn and were safe.
had left the barn doors open in tho
morning, and the horses had found their
way back; think by instinct, but my
neighbors think it was sheer accident.
and declared that it wouldn't happen
again in a thousand years.
Although we bad reached the barn, we
were not in the house yet. From the barn
to the house is about twenty yards, but as
far rs seeing it was concerned the house
might as we'll have been in the moon.
The little woman helped me unharness
the horses and put them in their stalls
| Then l told her to remain where she was,
and made q break for the house. 1t is
difficult for any one to believe that in
'i'h'''E7 otoi III Nv C'ehhOu ~ eVOH'J yNito
in line sufficiently straight to find
house, but try it sometime
Do you see that pumpp stumbled over
it. 1t is twenty feet to the right of the
path from the barn to the house. If it had
not been for that pump l would never
again have found either the house or barn.
knew that the handle OF the pump
pointed directly toward the house, and
that it was not over ten yards away.
raised the handle and felt for my bearings.
let go of the pump handle and plunged
for The house. When tell you that ran
''smack" against it you will understand
that seeing was out of the question. After
got into the house took ball of twine,
tied one end TO thu door knob and succeed
ed in getting back to the barn, and by
following the string, we reached the house
again. For three days and nights there.
alter neither of us even opened the outer
door. When the storm ceased we could
not see the barn for the snow had piled
in between the house and barn so deep
That 1t covered the windows on that side
of the house. On the east side of the house,
however, there was very little snow. The
shovel happened to be in the house, and
the little woman and I succeeded in tun-
neling through to the barn. but we had
to carry every shovelful of the snow taken
out of the tunnel through the house and
throw it on the east side.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24

Tho Hollanders have the reputation of
being the lest skaters in the world, yet
they use the most primitive kind of a
skate, and attempt very little of the fancy
| figuring, which is deemed absolutely
necessary in New England, if person
pretends to skate at all Two kinds of
Dutch skates are used, each of distinctive
character, but both intended for running
straight ahead travelng-no nonsense
of fancy figuring No; first and foremost
rapid locomoton on the principle incul-
Gated by Euclid, that the nearest way
from one place to another is straight
line between those two points. The Fries
land skate is very light indeed, and its
iron very thin and narrow-not much
thicker than the back Of the blade of a
carving knife; the wood is low on the
blade and close to the ice, and carried up
high In front of the prov of the blade,
which terminates in little brass acorn;
the blade touches the ice all along the
length of the foot. The way in which
Dutch skates are fixed on to the boots is
likely to take the English skater by sur.
prise, particularly when it is impressed
upon him that TO tie them on as loosely as
possible is the greatest desideratum in the
country. Small line or rope or stout
string is generally used, and not straps
these would be too firm, and we think our
friends in Beverland may he inclined to
look upon them as "foplish.' This, then,
is the Fresland skate. Now let us take
the South Holland form. This is not SO
much running form, but is more especial
ly adapted for what is called the Dutch
roll. In this South Holland form the iron
is slightly curved, like an English skate,
Immediately under the FOOT its principal
characteristic is the very long sweep of
the iron forward in front The fastening
is rather firmer, but the same action as
the other.