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Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-15


 ressntation and not popular government. And now let our last question be, is there | any legal difficulty in the way of the consoli- 1 idation?
 Municipal corporations exist only for the public good and at the pleasure of the legis- | lature. Towns have no inher ent rights. The | General Assembly might by simple stat ute | consolidate New Haven with any adjoining l town or divide it into dozen new towns. But no such exercise of power is necessary. | It is sufficient to make the city and town linn | it's co-extensivs, to have Selectmen and Town | Clerk voted for at the annual city elections | and all other town officers chosen either in | the same way or by the Common Council, and to transfer all the assets and obligations of the town to the city. practical difficult ty would be the equitable adjustment of the | burden of taxation on the annexed territory | in due proportion to the benefits received. This might be effected as in the proposed Hartford consolidation charter of 1882, by forbldding any tax of above l cent on the dollar, oR any lands in the annexed portion l worth less say $500 an acre or by making said tax not greater than the estimated ex- penditures for the year on the territory. It would be easy also to put the care of the highways in the annexed district on highway surveyors, chosen by the inhabitants in high way districts, and let such districts lay their own taxes, and perhaps support their own poor.
 Professor Baldwin said that now that civil service reform was practically recognized by the'gensral government, it could properly give part of it's attention to needed reforms at home. This year the centennial of New Ha- ven ss 8 city was good one to let the town government "pass unwept from life into his- tory especially with New Haven the twenty sixth city in population.
 On motion of Professor Farnam a com nIlttee of three was appointed to confer with a committee from the taxpayers' association and prepare resolutions looking to the con- solidation of the town and city governments and to work before the Legislature for that end such resolutions to be submitted to the association for approval before going to Hart ford with them. The chair appointed Messrs. Simeon E. Baldwin, J. T. Platt and Burton Mansfield as such committee A resolution offered by Talcott H. Russell ap- proving of the appointment of City Engineer Hill by the Board of Public Works was also adopted.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-15

Leader in low prices, 312 Chapel St.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09
DESTROYING THE CATERPILLAR
MOTH.
MONROE, La, June 6, 1ss

MONROE, La, June 6, 1883.
Editor Telegraph
The Planters Association at meet
ing held to-day discussing the most
desirable way of protecting the cotton
against the depreciation of the worms !;
agree d that it would be advisable to
build scaffolds on which fires could be
lighted in different parts of the field,
the object being to destroy the moths
by attracting them to the ire. Inc
Association requests that you give pup.
licity to its action +; with the view OF
inducing those fcuitivating cotton TO
try the experiment.
Yours Respectfully,
d. A. BREARD, jR.
Sec'y p. A. of O.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09
THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF MANS
LIVER.
rTexas Si,tings.l

The good book says that tho tongue
Is like Roscoe Conkling when he was
In the United States Senate. 1t does
not, of course, mention Conkling's
name, but when it says that the tongue
Is an unruly member we know what 1t
means. When this statement regard
ing the tongue was written 1t may
have been correct. Many things have
changed since that time. Now 1t Is
different part OF the body that is the un'
ruly member, we refer to the liver
The average American liver is always
out of order. There are all manner OF
remedies for regulating livers, and yet
the country is full of unregulated iivers
that refuse to run on schedule time.
The liver affects the Intellectual parss
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09
TING Picnic.

The picnic given by Ouachita Fire
Company No. 1, Thursday, on Bayou
Desiard, at the Baker place, was well
attended, and we are told, was an en-
ioyable affair. The place was well
chosen, the large front yard where the
dinner was spread being dotted with
beautiful trees affording ample shade.
The picnicers had the use also OF the
spacious parlors of the residence, where
they paid their devotion to the Muse
Terpsichore, to the enspiring strains Of
music furnished by Messrs. Hunt, La Rue
and Moran OF the Wizard Oil combina,
ton.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09
now $40 FENCE WORKS.

Col. Ell. II. Jones, Of Macon, Ga, is
an enthusiastic - advocate of the emo
fence, movement. Writing to the
Evening Graphic of that city latey he
said: Zone of the most prominent
opponents ofthe present no fence law
in Houston county, when in this city
recently, frankly confessed that the
change was working like charm, ana
both black and white were now in ia
vor of it. Another citizen of the same
county, O brother of one of the firm OF
8 T.. Coleman g. Co., who also jealous
Nv fought the Innovation, does not
hesitate to say that the people are de-
lighted with the practical operation OF
the new law.
In Monroe country, likewise, the tes-
timony in favor of emo fence" from all
quarters is overwhelming. Indeed, in
every community where the expert
ment has been tried, both in Georgia
and Carolina,t,e verdict is pronuced I'D
behalf of abolishieg these expensive
land enclosures. The incubus has only
to be lifted, to convince every one OF
the wisdom and propriety OF such
step. The writer has had the emporium
ity in person of witnessing the salutary
effect wrought by doing away with fem
ces in Monroe and Henry counties.
One striking feature Is the new ana
improved appearance of the country.
The removal eff the dilapidated worm
fences. their corners all choked up with
noxious weeds aud brambles, is very
pIeasaut to the eye. But the substan'
tial benefit is hat challenges attention
Those old fence rows have been denud
ed of this rubbish and briars, and anC
now TEEN with luXuriant crops OF small
grain.
They embrace the richest portions o.
the farm, and can be traced distinctly
: in their zigzag course by the exuberan
, growth of the crops. Tho area
!, choice additional land brought int
. cultivation under the operation of :
, general no fence law, would amount t.
millions of acres in the whole states
; This would be the virtual creation
t so much more productive territory.
r What then shall be said of the emf
: nent utility of such a law, when tn
saving of timber, the cost of rail split
ting and hauling, the labor of erectIn
t fences. and the valuable time lost ii
l. such routine work which is ever goin
on, come to be considered.
el And this, too, on the suppositio
that every land holder has the timbe
~ and means at command to fence III
he plantation. But how many thousand
& do not possess these facilities, and soon
.. er or later must be compelled to sci
!, or abandon their farms under the pres
ent ruinous fence system.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09
FRNST FUDiCKAR.
No. Ii GRAND STREET,
BRANCH HOUSE - -s.
Corner Grand and Calypso Streets,
MONROE, LA.

Dealer i'm Choice Family Groceries,
Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco and Sene-
raj assorted Merchandise.
NV delivery wagon will deliver all pur-
chases free, and orders lett at either store
will receive prompt attention.
Monroe, Feb'y IA, --6m.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09

.
heart. that is really the scat of sentl-
ment. 81 love, of chivalry, and OF all
0nod and evil emotions. The cOndi-
tinn Of = mans liver colors and affects
all his acts. A man may have ever SO
warma heart, and it may be In the
r,oht Mace. but let his liver be out OF
order and he will kick the first harm.
less yellow dog he meets.
We often hear Of a man harboring
malice in his heart. The statement Is
not correct. All malice resides in the
liver Nine men in ten have malicl-
ono livers. All murderers have dam-
aoed and disabled nvers. This Is q
fact that will soon be heraided ABROAD
by the medical profession, ana then tne
day will come when, instead OF tne
monotonous insanity plea, the lawye.
or the defense will claim that tho deeo
was done while the prisoner was labor
ing under 1T of temporary oerange,
ment of the liver. If solomon mao
lived in these unhealthy times, instead
of speaking as he did about the heart,
he would have said: "The liver OF
man is deceitful above all things and
desperately overcharged with blie.
When the preacher draws gloomy
pictures OF woe, it is his liver that ID
out of order. When the philosopher
nredicts calamities and disasters that
are about to fall on the people, 1t Is the
hinges of his liver that neett oiling.
When our old friend tsTaxpayer'' writes
a letter to the local paper, In which ne
blasphemes monopolies, and demon
strates that the country Is misgovern'
| ed and is going to the ssdemnition bow
vows" old Taxpayer means well, Du'
the iappels OF his liver are turned the
wrong way. When a politician sets
on his feet in the House Of Representa-
tives and denounces the policy OF the
opposition as "crfminal and hurtful t.
the best interest of the people," hi!
liver is in need of repairs. When
man gets cranky and rails at fate, or re
fuses to pay his dog tax, we should
not Judge him harshly, his liver MAY
have got damned in among some OF nj
other ORGANS. Take the case of tn
Governor of the great State of Texas
on the historic occasion when he posi-
lively and firmly declined to take hi
+ COPY of Texas Siftings out of tn
Seguin postofiice, he was doubtless sui
ferinp from a displaced liver. He no
a notoriously bilious disposition. Sue
men should not be held to a strict az
count for their acts any more tina
lunatics should.
When science shall have so far al
yanced that the liver of man will
under control, then, and not till then
. will the millennium dawn, the sWor
= be turned into reaping hoot
ee|O'Donova Rosa lie down with tn
!. heir apparent to the English throne
. and peace reign DER all the earth.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09

The Nashville Banner, speaking Of
Hancock's visit to the President last
Wednesday, confidently predicts that
his (Haucock's) next call at, the presi-
dental mansion will he on March 4,
1885, when he will proceed to deliver
his inaugural address. There are many
in this portion of Gods heritage who
will rejoice aud be exceedingly glad II
the prediction Of the Nashville editor
should come to pass.-N. 0. States.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
The listing of the property of the Parish
of Onachita has been completed as the law
directs and said lists will be exposed for
the term of 20 days, beginning after this
notice has been published 10 days.
some forward within said delay and ex-
anime said lists for correction az the law
directs. CHI. PEEVY,
Tax Assessor.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09

We regret to announce that Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Eudom had the misfortune
to loose their youngest son, Bennie,
aged two years and one month, VINO
died Thursday evening at half past .
o'clock. We extend our sympathies
to the bereaved family.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09
PERSONAL.

We wish lady to take the exclusive
agency for this town and vicinity to canvas
for our Laces, Trimmings and Novelties
No other capital required than good en-
florsement. No risk and good pay to an
energetic worker Address. tor terms, ETC..
IL. GOULD & CO.,
500 81 Lake St., Chicago.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09
A DYING HUMORisT.
[Arkansaw Traveller. !


The editor of humorous paper was
taken sick. While he struggled with
the fire of fever, he dictated to the
Office boy, who took down the jokes.
The paper appeared as usual and the
proprietor had no cause for complaint.
The next week it was impossible for
tho editor to do any jocking. me
violence of his disease had increased,
and the physicians had pronounced his
recovery impossible. When the pub
Usher was apprised of the discouraging
state of affairs he rushed to the house
of the dying editor.
"Ie's dying" said the doctor; anu
the poor wife and the weeping children
gathered around in circle of gloom.
uHold ont! demanded the proprie-
tor. advancing to the bedside. Gle
must not die. There isn't copy enough
| for the next issue, and l can't stand II
to be left in the lurch this way. Ii a
man is fully bent on dying why doesn't
he get up enough copy to last Tor year
or so, until the reputation of the paper
is fairly established This disposition
to be unreliable is sucking the life-sap
from American institutions. Here,
Jim" addressing the humorist, "giVe
me joke! !"
uRelationship is preserved even
among animals" muttered the editor,
"for we often hear of their seals kin"
"All right give me another"
; uHere ~ exclaimed the physician,
"this is my patient, and am here to
see that he dies properly. II you insist
on his getting Off such gags, he'll get
. so far beyond my control, alters while,
that I can't kill him."
y "He may be your patient; but the
{ last duty of humorist is to his paper
Give me another, JIM"
"The other day." muttered the edi'
3 tori an old bachelor dropped his false
: teeth into the river. They will doubt
: less float down to the mouth"
D uAu right Jim. Now give me
two-line paragraph"
uThe recent convention of the Irish
a men-" but he died without fnishins
r the sentence, and the proprietor, turn
s ming to the doctor, said: elf 1t hadn'
s been ftsr your blamed foolishness, nc
: get another paragraph. Everybod!
!, tries to take liberties with the press.
The country publisher is now wrest
ling with the delinquent taxlist. Ill
5 works all day in company with cu'
and bottle of whisky, ana midnlgn
finds him still hard at the big job Wit
small pay. His coat hangs on nan
lie where it has been tenantless for week
IS his shirt sleeves are rolled to his arm
es pits; his collar is unbuttoned and III
g throat is bare; the sweat falls In shower
ne from his face red from the effects
il unrequited labor and good liquor
d. tobacco spit encompasses him on
Nv sides, till he is living island in tn
We midst of sea of saliva. Still he
a happy. But one thought troubles hi
n -one suspicion alone corrugates d
err. honest brow; it is a fear that the figur'
VS. will not hold out. We hope they ma
of not come up short, for the country pu
'et Usher is no small portion of the salt
,rs the earth. He earns ten thousand pr
cent. more than he ever eets--or ev
rts will.
The National tribune., 1883-04-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Our Agricultural Editors Weekly Chat With His
Readers.

I have plenty of persimmon trees on my farm
and would be glad TO know whether or not 1
could bud them with tie Japan persimmon.-E.,
Petersburg, Va.
Ans: We doubt if budding will be successful.
The preferable plan would be to select rather
young trees, cut them neatly off quite at or
below the surface OF the soil, and graft in
spring. They have been successfully grown in
this way, but budding has mostly failed.
1 hear about the strawberry tomato that it is the
best Of all for canning and preserving, but cannot
find 10 IN any seed list that have access to. Can
you inform me where 30 get il, and oblige SUBJ
scriber ?-Steuben county, n. Y.
Ans.: This is wild plant common in some
parts of the country, better known as the
ground cherry. The botanical name of the
plant is Physd!is.
have applied TO several seed dealers for seeds of
not been able 10 procure either seeds or plants. If
you can tell me the name of the plant may be
able to get it.-Martha s.. Troy, n. Y.
Ans.: Oil Of Bergamot is extracted from the
fruit of the Bergamot orange. One of the
mints, Meatha citTata or IL. 0dOrdtG, furnishes q
sweet smelling oil, with an od0r very like oil
Of Bergamot. This is a European plant, and is
probably TO be found in gardens here The oil
is extracted in the same manner as peppermint
oil from MeAtha piPerGta.
After a good deal Of inquiry about pea rnildevy.
j have not been able 10 get any satisfactory i'm
formation. md that The pea bug Is not trouble
some on late crops and If could gel rid of indew
i could grow good sound peas from seed sown late
in the season. have tried them on nv dryest
soils, but they mildew bad or even worse than
IN damp places Can you give any cure, or can
you say anything about what causes mildew on
peas ia summer, when il would be least expected
| j. IL. s., Western New York.
Ans: Dryness is the cause of mildew on
peas, as il is the cause Of mildew on many
other plants, such as the lilac, English haw-
thorn, European grape and gooseberry. Dry
ness being the cause, il is evident that applica-
tons of water would help to prevent it. But
il is not so much in dryress of soil as it is in
| dryness Of the atmosphere, over which we have
no control. A low, damp situation, where the
soil is well drained, would present the best
conditions for raising a late or SECOND crop Of
| peas.
The National tribune., 1883-04-12
eENERAL-urILITY HoRsEs.

As fast walking horse is of more general
use than fast trottiGg or fast running one L
would sooner own horse which could walk
five miles an hour than one that could trot a
mile in three minutes or run ii in two minutes
l think our agricultural associations should
offer equal premiums for such horses, fully as
much Us for speed in other directions A horse
that can walk five niles can accomplish as
much on the road witEf500 lbs behind him as
most horses that can trot ten miles an heur
with the same weight and the horse that is
permitted TO walk viii last as long again as the
one that runs or Tots.
The walking horse, however, shows his adj
vantage over all others when he draws heavier
weights in pl0w, wagon or cGIt, although under
the saddle the ease to the rider compensates
for the spurts of the canter and trot.
Let US then, improve this gait in our horses,
not neglecting the other gaits, as much more
can be gained by fast walking than any other
gait.-Americaa Farmer.
CLOVER AS A RENovAToR
A Minnesota farmer, who talks as though he
had experience, asserts that the best farmers of
the State are beginning to renovate their land
by blowing in clover. They SOW the seed in the
spring with spring wheat; the next spring it
makes heavy growth, and is plowed in when
in blossom; the land is fallowed the rest of the
season, ana wheat is sowed in the spring.
Practice has shown that one crop of clover
manures for three crops of wheat; thus, by grow
ing clover crop one year in four, the land can
be kept in good condition for growing wheat.
He also states that it is cheaper for mark eft gar
dener to grow crop of clover and use the same
in place of the manure which he is obliged to
haul from the city and then let it rot for a
season before he can use it. A crop of clover
one year in three, followed by fallow the rest
Of the season, which helps TO clear the land
from weeds, is the most economical way he has
found to fertilize for and to cultivate market
garden vegetables.
The National tribune., 1883-04-12
THE NIAGARA GRAPE.
NOTES AND EXTRACTS.
Digest of information Collected From Various
Sources.
Onions ZOE POULTRY.

O~N-O-H-
1t is a fact which owners and keepers of
poultry are conversant with, that the occas-
ional use of onions mixed with the food is a
safeguard to health where they are fed to
poultry once or twice a week. l fear the use
of it is not as prevalent among poultry keepers
as its valuable qualities warrant. 1t is not
cure-all after disease has once begun, but
preventive of the first approaches. Fowls will
readily partake of onions if they are sliced and
mixed with other food and a small portion of
pepper is added. Ii scalded with the other
food they viii be found to answer much bet
ter purpose. Fowls are much more tender and
delicate when laying than at other times They
are not only more liable to constant colds, but
frequently suffer from bad or irregular system
Of feeding. The tone and strength must be kept
up, or the working organs are injured.-G. B.,
ii CDstutra, fTe0fiefeaa
The National tribune., 1883-04-12
To the Editor NArIoxA1. Tn1pUyE:
COLOR IN DRESS.

Harmonious combinations of color with purple
as a base: Purple and gold Cor gold-color) form
a rich harmony. Purple and orange, rich har-
mony Purple and maize harmonic. Purple
and blue harmonic. Purple and black, a
heavy harmony. Purple and white, cold
harmony. Purple, scarlet and gold-color har-
monte. Purple, scarlet and white harmonic
Purple, scarlet, blue and orange harmonic.
Purple, scarlet, blue, yellow and black har-
The National tribune., 1883-04-12
Small Fruit Plants,

GRAPE VINES, &c. All the leading varieties. both
and Old at reasonable rates. New Illustrated eata
logUe free. Address IRVING ALLEN,
Mention this paper. Springfield Mass.
The National tribune., 1883-04-12
OUR LETTER-Box.


The young housekeeper will alsofind it economi-
cal if her ladle and spoons for basing and mixing
be strong and well timed. The plain wooden
lemon-squeezer Is easily kept clean, and Is there
fore, preferable to that made of iron, with porce
lain cup, which needs much care. The Dover egg
beater is the best in the market 1t will do in five
minutes the work that in former years required
half an hour. There are three sizes. The smallest
Is too delicate for large number of eggs. The
second size, selling for ST. % Is the best for family
use. An apple-parer saves great deal of time
and fruit and Is not very expensive. Wooden
buckets and boxes come in nests, or they can be
bought separately good supply of them goes a
order. The Japanned ware is best for canisters for
tea and coffee and for spice and cake boxes. Cake
boxes have shelves The most convenient form is
the upright 1t Is higher-priced than other makes.
The spice is large box filed with smaller
ones for each kind of ground spice 1t is very con-
venient and, BESIDES preserves the strength of
the contents. There are many beautiful moulds
for fancy dishes that there is no longer any excuse