The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-07

TOO GooD TO KEEP.--A certain gem
tleman in this town received small
sack OF Golden Millet'' from the De-
partment of Agriculture. AS he let the
sack OF seed lie on the counter for seye-
raj days without planting it. and not
being q planter, two of his young
friends-in the same establishment
asked him to give them the "Golden
Mlilep and they would plant it to see
what kind of forage it would produce.
He ostensibly consented to give the.
seed to them, but the sequel will prove
that he played a most unmereiful Joke
upon his amateur agricultural friends.
lie slipped the genuine millet seed ont
OF the sack, and substituted pearl grits
in the place thereof and gave the sack
to them. Elated with golden visions of
golden harvest from the golden millet,
they procured spades and . began
spadlng with q vim. They worked for
several hours and prepared and pulvcr-
lied large plat of ground in frst-class
order. They then planted the seed (?)
and reported the fact to their friend
With broad smile on his usually Sc
date and dignified countenance he said !:
"Weil, boys, you are beautifully sold !!
have planted the golden millet seed
myself, and you have planted planted
Ia pearl glits. | hope you will
make bountiful crop of amtsh." Jee-
whillikens what stare OF amazement
spread over the features of those young
men, and the grave joker laughed un-
til lie bursted the buttons off his
pants. Our informant told as not to
say anything about it, but really the
joke is too good to keep.
PERSONAL. Matt. Edwards and
family of Bayou Bnuf, were among the
visitors to Opelonsas the first of the
week.
Miss Belle Hawkins, daughter of DIR.
j. E. Hawkins of Chicot, is visiting
town this week.
| Miss Constance, daughter of Capt.
E. Sumter Tay lor, who has for several
months been a resident of New Or
leans, returned home Monday last.
William Hall, Esq, a member of the
bar of Marksville, and associate editor
of the Marksville Reyiew,-a native
and former resident of this parish, gave
us pleasant call on Wednesday last.
Among the latest arrivals in our
midst, is that of Mr.. Aaron Munzeshei-
mer, formerly of this place but now of
| Dallas, Texas. Mr.. NJ. visits relatives
and many friends here who will be
/ 10th to part with him when in few
/ days he leaves for home.
After the closing of the spring ses-
sion of the public schools here, Miss
Efie Ealef left on Saturday last for
/ Dayton, Ohio, at which place she will
/ spend the summer months. She was
j accompanied us far as New Orleans by
/ her father, Mr.. Charles N Ealer.
Rev. A. p. Schefeld, who fills the
pulpit Of the Baptist Church at this
place and Alexandria, called at our
office on last Wednesday. He Las
transferred his residence to Alexandria
I for the present, and reports the water
as falling there, and the belief that the
danger Of further inundation is now
over
The American Agliculturist fol
June, 1884, is another convincing
proof, that this journal feeds the world
with the best thoughts on all Farm,
4 Garden, and Household subjects. II
contains over one hundred and twenty
/ Eve seasonable, Instructive original
articles, with nearly as many engrav-
ings oflabor- saving devices, new plants,
i economical and common sense meth
i mis- etc. etc. Among we'll known
4 writers arc Al. S. Fuller, Dir. Geo.
Thurber, Col. NJ. C. Weld, Prof. S. r.
/ Thompson, DIR. B. D Halsted, Henry
Stewart, Alfred Trumble, Prof. ]. r
!. Roberts, Ethel Stone, and a score @
others. All readers, and especially tlie
] young, will be pleased to see the lib
eral offer for short juvenile stories
which bespeaks a still greater rich.
ness and variety for the Boys and
Girls Columns. Every department O
i the June Issue is brimful Of the besl
I instructive reading Published By the
Il Orange Judd Co, 75I Broadway, n. \
4 Price, $50 per year; single number
Il is cents. Cinbbed with COURIER z,
ss2.75 per year.
III l,is recent message, GOV. McEnerJ
thus speaks of the Soldiers Home
The General Assembly, at its las
1 session, appropriated 1000 out q
the revenue Of 1888 and 1884 for tll'
] temporary support of q Soldiers Home
Il for disabled Confederate soldiers
This has become now a permanent es
] tablishment. Al healthy and suitable
location has been selected and com
u Portable quarters erected am sur
4 it was not the intention of the origina
tors of this scheme or Of the Genera
Assembly in sustaining it to make u ~
asplnm, but q home, elegant and re
fined In its surroundings not q charity
but d compensation TO brave, worth.
men who gave what the State can
not return their youth and thel
manhood To her defense. All classe
Of our citizens are interested i
this home, and will approx
of further appropriations to sus
tain III III a manner which will seenr
"a the inmates d dignified retirement
The biennial report of the Auditor 9
Public Accounts show the total out
standing bonded State debt lconsols
!. to be 81 ,93I ,764. This includes aboai
three thousand dollars OF fractiona
. certificates, which are fundable. III
total possibility to be reached BY tli
daht ii So, 1872 900, which il Wi
u IN