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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

The main reason given for the pas
sage of the law taking away from the
people the right to elect their police
juries, was that it was necessary to pro-
tect the taxpayers in the Republican
parishes. We showed that in Iberia
parish the police jury had failed to do
it. The Thibodaux Sentinel, after adj
hitting that they could not do it, calls
our opposition to the police jury law
which is an onslaught on the rights of
the people, growing against the pres
ent administration ]" and the Opelousas
Courier copies what the Sentinel has to
say. This is an indirect but very lame
way of defending an unjust law.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22
OBITUARY,

One of the saddest and most heart
rending Affections that has visited our
village for many years was the death OF
MARIE ALMIRA DEJEAN, the beloved
wife of our esteemed friend and fellow
townsmau, Mr.. George Pulford. She
died at the residence of her mother on
the 18th inst, at ten minutes alter tour
o'clock in the evening at the age OF 70
years and 6 months. Scarcely ten
| months Of bllssful married lite had
passed, when the cruel messenger OF
death was sent to rob our friend OF the
richest treasure he had found on earth,
and to leave him desOlate and lonely
with his heart bleening from wound
| which not even time ltsel can neal.
They say that those whom the Gods
love die early, but those whose hearts
are dry as summer dust burn down to
the very socket.
The subject of this notice was called
away at the most interesting age of
womanhood. She had just reached that
period in life when every charm had
matured, and every virtue had expand
ed, and it was while eXhallDg her sweet
and tender influence around her dOmes-
tic circle that she was rudely snatched
from those who loved her SO tenderly,
and for whom she felt such tender at
lection. While her loss has created a
void in more than one heart, and while
her death has cast gloom over the en-
tire community, our chief sympathies
are extended to the bereayed husband
ann the desOlate mother. 1t is almost
impossible even to imagine the extent
of their grief, and We know that no
power on earth can assuage 1t, none but
tnat great being who tempers the wind
to the shorn lamb who heals the broken
heart and binds up the bleeding wounds
1t is sad to contemplate the gloom, the
agony and distress through which our
young friend will pass with a heart
wrecked by the sudden and re-
mOrseless blow, with every hope shat
tered and every nerve unstrnng, we
can but offer him our tendeIest sympa
thy and indulge the hope that time may
bring about that resignation and fOrti-
tude without which no one can endure
so cruel an affection.
Precisely at O'clock Sunday last, the
funeral cOrtege left the residence and
proceeded to the Catholic Church. The
funeral was one of the largest we have
ever had, which was an evidence of the
universal respect and esteem which was
entertained for the deceased. Upon
reaching the grounds the body was
carried into the church by the attending
pail bearers and an impressive sermon
was delivered by the Reverend Father
RAYMOND. The church was crowded,
and settled gloom seemed to rervade
the entire building. The church itself
was draped in morning, and even the
statues on the wall seemed to partici-
pate in the solemn gloom and sadness
that prevailed.
AS soon as the ceremonies of the
church were performed the coffin was
borne to the grave yard, and after the
last prayers were offered, all that re
NAMED of the devoted wife ard loving
daughter, was consigned to its last rest
ing place in the city of the dead.
9 Yale, Yale EterRamQae VGle."
A FRIEND.
0neInnsas. La March 18Th. 1884.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22
of Election.
nch 22-5t

DY virtue of proclamation issued by his
DExcellency, 8. D. McEneIy, Governor OF the
State of Louisiana, bearing date EeprnaFy l6Ln'
A. d. 1854 and in accordance with law, all the
qualified electors of the parish OF st. Landry,
in said state, are hereby notified that an elee-
ton will be held on
Tuesday, 22d day of April, 1884,
for the purpose of electing:
A Governor,
A Lieutenant-G Governor,
A State Treasurer,
A Secretary OF State,
An Attorney General,
A State Auditor of Public Accounts
A superintendent of Public Education.
Two Senators to represent the 18th Senatorial
District, composed of the parish OfSt. Landry.
One District Judge and one District Attorney
for the 18th Judicial District, composed Of the
paaish of ST. LandE5
Four Representatives,
Clerk Of tAe District Court
A Sheriff.
3RA@COrOner,
1.-TWO Justices of the Peace for the 1st and 9Th
Y Wards, and one for each of the other Justices
9WardS1h the parish of ST. Landry.
Two Tonstables for the 1st and 9Th Wards.
and one for each of the other Justices wards of
the parish Of st. Landry.
M And also to take the the sense of the qualified
sEOters relative to the adoption or rejection OF
certain proposed Amendments to the Consti-
gtutiOn of this State, as now promulgated Off
cially in the Opelousas Courier.
The polls will be opened in each election
precinct, in said parish of St. Landry, from the
fhour Of O'Clock In the forenoon until 6 O'Clock
in the afternoon, the day and date above men-
toned, to-Wit Tuesday, the 22d day of April,
A d. 1884, for the purpose of receiving the
votes of the qualified electors of the Parish of
st. Landry, under the supervision of the Com
missioners of election, appointed by the au-
thority designated by law.
The election to be conducted and returns
| made according to law.
HENRY LASTRAPEs,
Returning officer
inch 22Im of the Parifh Of St. Landry.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22
supplemental Registration Notice.

Notice is hereby given that owing to the high
water, which interfered with the appointments
previously made, the Registration office viii
be opened at the following PLACES, VIZ;
April Sd, 1884.
Lower Mammouth-At zenon Vidrine's on
Friday, April 4th, 1884.
Mammouth--At j. B. Saucier's on Saturday,
april 5th, 1884.
Opelousas, La, March %, 1884. Registrar.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

There will be Vocal Instrumental
Concert, and reading of Mrs. Marie b.
Williamslpoem "LaSalle," at Persever-
ance Hall, Washington, on the 9th, for
the benefit OF the organ fund of the
Methodist Church of chat place. See
advertisement.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

Miss Mary Elizabeth LittelI, sister-in-
law Of DIR. Vincent Boagni and sister of
Mrs. DR.. Willard, went to Grand Coteau
by rail Thursday morning and died
there of apoplexy few minutes after
her arrival. She was buried here yes
terday.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

just published by A. E. Blackmar &
CO., New Orleans, ''None will Ever Love
You More words by A. j. Reynolds,
music by Ed. Petzsch Also LA Debu-
ante" waltz TOR piano, by Ed. Petzsch.
We have received both pieces, with
compliments of the author, for which
we return thanks.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

Last Monday afternoon, night, and
Tuesday forenoon, one of the heaviest
rainfalls we ever witnessed occurred
here. In New Orleans the same
seems to have been the case, with a
storm of wind, which We did not have
here.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

Judge Hudspeth took suddenly and
quite i'll last Wednesday night; but he
is recovering.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

AS will be seen from the proceedings
published elsewhere in this issue of our
paper, the ST Landry Exposition So
ciety is fully organized, and promises
to. work energetically to get up a
creditable exhibit from this parish.
We learn that there was considerable
discussion as to the propriety of apply
ing to the Police Jury for an apprOpri-
alton to defray the expenses necessarily
to be incurred. In our opinion the
benefit to be derived from the EXPOSE
ton is altogether OF a public character,
and there can be no doubt of the pro-
pEiety OF such an appropriation. We
think it should be liberal. Ii we make
proper exhibit at the Exposition
immigration and capital will be Undue
ed to come here and the benefit to tax
payers will many times more than com
pensate them for any amount now APP
propriated out of the parish treasury in
aid of the Exposition.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

The heavy rain last Monday ami
Tuesdas ete1ls,I ploWing for the week
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

A saddle made here, with hair bride
reins and hair rope, was shipped this
week, by Mr.. B. Waters to Nj. j. B. G
Lncus Of st. Louis.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22
DIED.

DEJEAN-At the residence of her mother in
this town. on Saturday, March 18TH 1884, MARIE
ALMIRA DEJE4N, wife of George g. Pulford,
aged 26 years and months.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

Last Wednesday was the day for the
Democratic barbecue, and for the cam
paign speakers to hold forth here. On
ACCOUNT of tie exceedingly bad wealth
erNhat had prevailed, and the certainty
that there would be none but local ora
tors, there was no barbecue; but we
believe there was plenty of other
scrub" None of the speakers an
nounced to be here arrived, but the peo-
pie assembled at the Courthouse were
addressed by Messrs. Franchebois, Mar
tin, DuRoy, Estilette, Martel, Garland,
and others prObably-we were not able
to attend. There was pretty good
crowd, end good part OF it colored.
Not many years ago it was difficult to
get c0lored voter to attend Demo-
cratic meeting; now they come to them
like ducks to water. We have heard
the saying that "the Dutch had captur-
ed Holland - and we would not be sur
prised if the blacks did not capture the
Democratic party in Louisiana before
many years. They are coming into it
fast they like to be on the strong side.
The meeting last Wednesday was sue
cess, we believe; all went away salts
fed, especially the ones who got pro-
vendeF for the inner man-which was
bread and ham. At night the boys had
some fun at the saloon on the corner.
They put live whisky barrel on the
counter, put a funnel in it's mouth and
tried to fill it with whisky; but it would
not fill worth cent. Immediately af-
forwards they found out the cause:
young man of worth with fists like
wood pounded upon it and knocked d
good deal of wind from 1.-TWO things
cau't occupy the same space at the same
tune, the wind should have been rem0v-
Ell before they wasted so much whisky,
Mayo was master of ceremonies; to
prevent leaks, be directed that d knot
b. tied on the hose of the barrel.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

Oliver Ditson g. CO., OF Boston, send
us nice lot of new and popular music.
The first piece that strikes the eye is
Governor Robinson's March," adorned
on the title page with the remarkably
wide-aWake and pleasant face of Mas
eachusetts' new governor. If the music
is half as good as the picture, large
sale is secured. The price is 40 cents.
Other pieces in the bundle are:-Little
Major. go cts.) Comic Song by Skel-
ly. Since first | met thee. (35 cts.)
Song by Rubenstein. Loves Reply.
(85 cts) Song by Behrend. IsaW from
the Beach. (35 cts) Song by Quincy.
Bring back dat Ham bone! go cts.)
Comic Song. Fan Dance Waltz. (25
cts.) BY Streabbog. Queens Lace
Handkerchief Waltz. t95 cts.) By
Strauss. Tremolo. For Flute or Violin
and Piano. Gao cts.) Arranged by
Winner.
Ditson & Co.'s Music is found in all
the principal music stores, or will be
mailed anywhere for the price marked.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-03-22

To the Hon. f. F. Perrodin, District Attorney
18th Judicial District. parish OF ST. Landry.
We, the Grand Jurors of the 18th Judicial
District Court, parish of st. Landry for the
March term 1884, deem it proper, and an act of
and considering that your Sd term OF office as
District Attorney is about expiring, to tender
to you officially our heartfelt thanks for the
able and courteous manner in which you have
performed your duties in this body, and for the
able manner you have prOsecutee i'll this par
ish since your induction INTO office and 1T is
with sincere regret that we have learned SRhat
ton as District Attorney of this District
w. L. TRUMAN,
JOSEPH EDDY,
THEODULE DEVTLLEs
ELI MCDANIEL, d
1IcTof stoSfGd
JOSEPH WARD,
nara
JOSEPH a. GJL, -
LOUIS < BosDELoN
JULES FRILoT, ~
JOHN MORRIS,
GEO. C. PULFORD,
ANTOINE CHRISTIAN,
BEN K HIoG1NBoTHAM,
mark
AIPHONsE PRUD.HoMME,
LOUIS o. GULDRY.
Filed March 9th, 1884,
Deputy Clerk
A true copy: B. F. MCKINLEY,
Deputy Clerk.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-02
FIRM NOTES.

This is an excellent year for red clo
yer, the two cuttings yielding much
heavier than usual.
Maine farmers who attend the state
fair have got in way of camping
on the grounds.
The Worden grape is said to be as
good as the Concord and to ripen even
earlier than the Hartford.
Ten acres of red clover is sufficient
pasture for at least fifty hogs, and is
superior for that purpose to any other
kind of grass except alfalfa.
1t is estimated that there is one sheep
in the United States to every thirty
four acres of territory. In England the
rate is one to one and half acres.
Sliced carrots and oats figure largely
in the food given to sheep in Vermont.
The sheep of that state are said to eat
more of oats than of any other grain.
1t is said that some Ohio farmers are
feeding new wheat to their swine in
stead of corn, the old corn having been
all used up and wheat being plenty
and cheap.
Timothy grass took its name from
Timothy Hanson, of Maryland, who in
troduced it in this country from Eng
land.
ADenver dairyman has COW he
claims gives ten gallons of milk day.
No one will dispute the fact that this is
a good claim
A Lynn dairy farmer, who has tried
the prickly comfrey as forage crop for
three years, says it is failure, and he
will at once graduate the plant from his
land.
1t is claimed that there are S10,000,-
600 worth of Jersey cattle in this coun-
try, to-wit: 10000 heifers and cows
worth, on an average, S4O6 piece, and
$500 bulls worth $500 each.
In France, eggs are sorted and sized
by passing them through a ring. The
average sized ones must enter ring
four centimeters in diameter; the small
ones must enter ring three centime-
tiers.
An Ohio lawyer insists that the theo-
ry that the age of tree may be deter
mined by counting the rings in cross
section is correct. In his practice he
has often verified surveyors date by
counting the rings on ''hacked" trees.
Salt in their food when cooked, for
poultry, is very proper seasoning, but
salt given in its raw state is deleterious,
if much of it is eaten by fowls. We do
not recommend its use in any form save
mixed with their mash of scalded meal
and boilded vegetables.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-02

daily ration of succulent food to keep
the bowels open and system in good
condition. This can be supplied by eli
Their roots or preserved green fodder.
But for the successful growing of roots
a cool, moist climate is required, en-
tirely different from the hot, dry sum-
mers which we usually experience in
the prairie states of the west. To sup
ply this want ensilaged corn fodder is
the cheapest food of the kind that can
be grown and prepared, and, since the
keeping of it is SO simple matter, as
shown by the experience of DIR. Pratt
and others who have used the simple
earth pits, we look to see a large in
crease in its use among the dairymen
of the west, especially in the older set
tied portions where land hand has be-
come high priced.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-02
Exemption From MIR Ferer.


Farmers Review.
DR.. Pratt, the well-known Holstein
importer and breeder, Of Elgin, Ill,
said that since he commenced to feed
ensilage, four years age, he had not
lost a single cow by milk fever, while
before that time he thought himself for
tunate if he got a herd of forty cows
through the winter without the loss of
one or more from this cause. His
theory is that the feeding of ensilage
keeps the bowels open and loose and
prevents the tendency to constipation
which attends the feeding of dry food,
especially if in large quantity and of
stimulating quality for milk produc-
ton, and which causes feverish con-
dition of the system, which develops
into milk fever at the period of parturi-
ton. During the coming season he
will increase his silo capacity from so
to 100 tons. His silos are simply pits
dug in the ground, without masonry or
planking. The weighing is a portion
of the earth eXcavated, But the en-
silage comes out as fresh as from the
most extensively constructed silo.
There can be no question that all an
finals kept on highly stimulating food,
and especially mich cows, need a
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-02
Gentle Woyds to Horses.

Those who have heard some of the
city hackmen and teamsters shout and
and yell to their horses will appreciate
the following from the Journal of the
Farm: 1.-The ridiculously loud tone OF
voice in which orders are generally
given to horses when the driver desires
them to start or stop, has often been a
subject of surprise to me. If horses
were the next thing to deaf, there
would be an excuse for the shoutings
and ceilings so generally INDUCED in,
but they are not, and therefore need
not be spoken to loudly and harshly.
The ear of a horse is very sensitive, and
save in exceptional cases it is possible
to control his motions by command
given in a moderate tone of voice Just
as readily, and indeed l think more
readily, than where this rough, rude
manner is used. A horse is teachable
animal and is always affected by kind
treatment. The fact of the matter is
that if kind words and gentle treatment
throughout were given these noble ami
mails instead of curses and blows, we
should find their docility greatly in
creased. just imagine, if you will,
gee. or whoa! uttered in a tone suf-
ticiently loud to be heard at a half
miles distance. and this command
given to an animal within five or ten
feet of the party giving it. Wherein
consists the necessity for it? Why not
resort to more rational, and certainly
the more pleasing means? Why not
speak in moderate tone? This is
all that is required. The horse, if not
deaf, can hear it, and will as readily
obey it as if given in numbering tones.
One of the best managed teams have
ever seen, the driver rarely ever spoke
above his ordinary voice and yet his
horses laid into their work with as much
willingness and apparently greater
earnestness than if they had been driv-
en- to it by fearful shoutings. Let me
appeal to the common sense of readers.
The horse is an intelligent animal.
None of the brute creation more readi-
ly appreciates kind words and kind
treatment. Such facts should be con-
sidered by those who have the care of
these animals
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-02
CLOUDS WITH SILVER L1yINGs.

Inere's never dream that's huppy
But the waking makes us sad:
ihere's nevera dream of sorrow
BUT the waking makes lis glad;
we shall look some day with wonder
AT the troubles we have had.
Ihere's never a way so narrow
~, nut the entrance is made straight;
Ihere is always guide 10 point us
TO the little wicket gate:''
AND the angels viii be the nearer
TO soul that is desolate.
There's never heart so naughty
But will some day bow and kneel;
Inere's never a heart so wounded
That the Saviour cannot heal;
mere is many lowly forehead
That is bearing the hidden seal.
There's never day so sunny
~ But a little cloud appears;
Ihere's never life so happy
But has had its time of tears;
yet the sun shines out the brighter
When the stormy tempest clears.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-02
AUTUMN Care of MeadO,c Land.

--~N-~N~N
American Agriculturist.
Meadows should not be closely grazed
at any time, and especially not in the
fall. They need to have fertilizing
materials added to instead of taken
from the soil. Young animals are much
more injurious than mature ones, while
full-glo own stock that are being fat
tened, and are fed rich grain rations,
may by their droppings add materially
to the fertility of the soil. homegrown
ing stock withhold a large share of the
potash, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen
of the food to build up their bodies,
leaving the manure comparatively
poor. On the other hand mature fat
tening animals need very little of these
three chief elements of soil fertility.
Aside from the loss of plant food, the
close feeding of stock on meadow land
does mechanical damage. If the soil
is soft, the feet of the animals injure it,
and the close grazing pulls much of the
grass up by the roots. Meadows, like
winter grains, are injured by freezing
and thawing, and the plants need to be
in vigorous condition in late fall, with
a good growth of aftermath for pro-
lection from the frosts, winds, etc.
Well-rotted manure applied to the
meadows as a top-dressing, will
strengthen the plants and insure fine
crop the next season. This applica-
ton is best when made soon after the
hay is removed. Later in the season
much of the soluble material is washed
out of the soil by the fall rains. Quick
acting manures should be used in the
growing season, otherwise loss is sus-
tanned. Take good care of the mead
ows, for they suffer greatly if abused.
They are easily and often injured by
animals in late autumn.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-02
From, Pain to Death.
New York Sunday Mercury.

New fOrK buHUuy IuerCuIJ.
On the two fields of Waterloo and
Linden, splendid crops of crimson pop
pies appear every year. The ground
which nourishes these is packed with
the remains of soldiers. The prepare
tons of opium derived from the poppy
have been used in the form of lauda-
mum and paregoric. So, pain has been
stilled by the remains of pain and
death, and babies put to sleep by the
dead bodies of men who fell in the
deadly onslaught!
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-02

Mr.. Rufus Zogbaum, an artist who
has made specially of military sub
jects, visited while abroad the camps
of the leading European armies, and en-
bodied his personal experiences in some
papers which he wrote as well as Illus
trated for Hu7per'S Magazine. The first
of these, "War Pictures in Time of
Peace" appeared few months since
and described man9vre-campalgn
with French troops. The second, The
Home of Tommy Atkins, as the English
soldier is popularity called, describes
the great English camp at Aldershot.
Another, ga Night with the Germans, ="
descriptive of night reconnaissance
during the German mock-campaign, is
promised for some time next year.
Mr.. w. D. Howells is writing 4 novel
for the coming year of the Century,
under the title of 1.-THE Rise of Silas
Lapham.' In the first chapter, which
will be printed in the November num-
Der, Mr.. Howells returns to the life of
BARLEY and Marcia Hubbard, the much
discussed hero and heroine of ga Mod
ern Instance" showing BARLEY in the
character of interviewer for his '.Solid
men of Boston, series.
SIN feeding corn to cattle for fatten-
ing, l am;'' says John Walker '.decid-
edly in favor of having the corn shelled.
My objections to feeding the cob under
any circumstances are based on the in
jury it produces in the alimentary ca
nal"