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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

Senator Sherman has opened the
Republican campaign by waving on
high the famous bloody shirt. Re
publicanism is getting mighty low
do vn when it can produce no bet
ter argument than that, to sustain
it.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

We print below a letter, address
ed to the President Of the Police
of Latourche Parish, by the
Chief State Engineer, for the infor
nation of the people Of said parish !:
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 9Th, 'S5.
Hon. II. n. CoulOn,
President Police Jury,
LaTourche Parish.
ThiboJauxville, La.
Dear Sir Yours of the 29ih
ult. relative 10 certain levee repairs
needed III your parish, was received
during my absence in the upper
parishes which accounts tor the
delay in replying.
Tue financial condition or the
Third and Fourth Levee Districts
is not such as to make it probable
that the State can undertake the
reconstruction or enlargement of
any levee on the Lafourchc, cor else
where, that can possibly repaired
or held by the parish authorities or
riparian owners.
The "Lorio Leveei referred 10 by
you-and several others stated ont
last year in the 3rd District, with
the purpose of enlarging them if
our means permitted,-yOu will re
member was not put under con
tracts in consequences Of the large
outlay required i'll that District
principally for the Davis crevasse
levee-which, by the way, is not
yet completed.
There are other probable de
mands upon the revenues of the
Third and Fourth Districts, that are
likely 10 prove greater than eau be
met by the revenues of this year.
Under these circumstances, it
will be more than ever necessary
that the parishes do all they can
for the repair and preservation of
their levees. Some of the parishes
are already not only raising and
strengthening their levees with par
ish funds ; but also building entire
lines OF new levee.
Ifyour Police Jury should con
clude to undertake the raising aud
strengthening of the levees refer
red to-as I hope they may-and
desires stakes set and measure
ments made for the purpose, we
shall be pleased to attend to the
matter as promptly as possible
whenever called upon to do so.
Very resp. your o'b't servant.
HENRY b. RICHARDSON,
Chief State Engineer.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

IMMlGRATIoN.-The Suaar Bo,rl
comes back, in . half column, in re
ply to a late article in the SENT1
MEL on the subject of immigration
but fails to give any direct answer
to the query.
"What do we want with more i'm
migrants unless it be to help the la
borers now here to starve 7"
1t hegs the question by saying
that it "does not advocate the i'm
migration of paupers." Well, it the
class Of farmers who are able to pur
chase homesteads and increase the
farming t are the only class of
immigrants needed, then what do
we want with Immigration societies
and money to bring that kind of
people here.
1t does not advocate the immi
grafton Of paupers, but it wants
poor men to come here, when there
is no work for them, to become pau
pers, or force the laborers already
hereto become beggars.
The Sugar Bohl denies our asser
tlon that la5orers could not obtain
employment here. We repeat that
both skilled and unskilled labor
was idle here all summer, when the
laborers, were anxious to obtain
work, Notwithstanding the asser
ton of the Sugar Boul that they
sought employment hoping not to
find It.
The Sugar Bo,cl goes GU in its ran
lom way and adds that there is
not enough labor here to harvest
the rice. Rice cutting has been
going OH in this parish for Il
days, and we have yet to hear, af
ter much inquiry any grower say
that he has not all the hands that
he needs.
The following clipped from the
IbervilIe South will give him an an
swer for the parish Of lberville.
"The croakers have missed it
again, who predicted great scarcity
OF labor during the harvesting Of
the rice crop. Laborers are plenti
full and practicable,a and the rice crop
will not suffer from any scarcity Of
labor in 1885,"
There are thousands of small far
mers, swampers, bitches sc. who
always ONE out to the rice and
cane fields to save those crops, men
who are here all the year round.
1t will be time to raise the cry OF
alarm when facts existing justify
it. There is no need OF crying
"wolf just now.
Furnish employ ment to our own
laboIers before any more poor men
are deluded into coming here, un
der the impression that this is a
paradise.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

Minnie Wallace Of New Orleans
lately married Colonel Walkup of
Emporia Kansas. Col. Walkup
died suddenly and Minnie is being
tried 70: having poisoned him.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

1.-THE ladies especially go into &c
stacies over Parker's Hair Balsam,'
writes Mr.. j.. H. Decker, druggist,
of Eindlay, Ohio. "They say it is
the most elegant dressing they ev
er nsed.n Stops falling hair, re
stores color, promotes growth.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

The Board of Examiners recon-
mended by Hon. E. j. Gay has cleo
ted J. V. st. Martin, OF Terrebonne
as cadet in the Military Academy
at West Point from this Congress
District.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

The editor of the SENTINEL is in
receipt of a lot of turnip seed, from
the Department Of Agriculture, for
distribution to whoever may de
sire to SOW it.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

On easy terms, the large and commodions
residence OF j. Badeaux, on jackson street.
csrner of Rose, with flower and vegetable.
garden, stable. carriage house, and all the ne
cessary out houses. Apply on the premises.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29
Meteorological Record.

There was IA terrible cyclone at
Charleston S. &. on last Tuesday
that destroyed an immense amount
Of property.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

Creole Female Tonic, the great regula-
tor and invigorator, is sold by Roth L.
Fleetwood.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

Creole Female Tonic remove suppress
sion, cures prolapsus uteri or fall OF the
womb, and lnvig0rates the female organs.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29
Rie Sacks.

Would like to sack the o
See advertisement i'll another co
umn.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

THIS PAPER PAX Ea Ss sG' Z Coz on ss~ ~ ssSs
Advertising Bureau 40 Spruce St where adve5tnsiMne
euntxscts may be lnAAe fox II IN NEW AVA~As
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29

In our humble opinion we think
the disgraceful wrangle between
what is styled the "Ring" .and the
"Reform" Democrats Of Louisiana
has gone far enough. The fight on
both sides is but for the possession
of Office and the people of the State
take no stock III the wrangle.-FeH
ciana Ledger.
MOI a bit. The masses of the
Democratic voters are disguised
with tho wrangle of a few GROWERS.
They want quiet, and time to save
their crops, and pay little attention
to the miserable scramble now 60
ing on.
The sooner The law makers of
Louisiana return to the old system
of collecting taxes 1t will be better
for everybody. AS it is, no taxes
can be collected until late in the
season, when, if opportunity was
presented thousands of dollars
would be paid early in the year.
Let a return be made to the sys
tenn of collecting taxes in 1886 on
the rolls of 1885, and soon /; then
the whole matter will be simplified.
and taxes be paid into the treasury
all the year round, and all hurry be
avoided, that is now prevalent.
Dia Anulr
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-29
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-08-01
lNTROpuCTIONS.

The "Best People, at the Hub Setting
Their Faces Against the Gus tom.
Our '.best people" are setting the bal
of their displeasure against the custom
of introducing people to other people.
The social lines. including guests who
may be introduced to other guests, are
very tightly drawn, and an invitation tc
people in good society to visit them
does not by any means involve the
probability of your becoming known
to the other guests. This is not taken
to mean that you are not at liberty to
.'scrape acquaintance" with any of the
lordly guests if you choose to make the
attempt, but simply that the hostess
considers it no part of her duty to i'm.
pose your acquaintanceship upon her
other friends. There are some old
families here, the bearers of pre-revolu
tionary names and pedigrees, who carry
the absurd new notion to a ridiculous
extreme. Many of these families are
as poor as church mice, and have nc
little trouble to scrape along in their
shabby gentility, but the way they hold
up their social superiority is something
truly agonizing. heard bright and
cultivated young lady telling of her
experience under one of these ancestral
roof-trees the other evening, and as she
is sensible enough to enjoy the absur
dty of the whole pretentious custom. it
gives her friends no little healthy
amusement. At private musicale q
few evenings since one of the young
lady guests, who is social favorite, as
well as a remarkably fine amateur
pianist, was approached at the close OF
a brilliant performance by one of the
grand and unapproachable danes, who
condescended to say: "You play very
well. You really must ask some one tc
introduce you to mer' Needless to say,
the presentation has not yet been made
Boston Cor. Minneapolis Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-08-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Seventh Day Adventists seem
to be gaining in strength in New York.
They have recently established missions
in New York, Buffalo, Albany and
Syracuse.
Bismarck will devote $4,000 an
nual interest on his national birthday
gift to establishing charitable founda-
tons for students in universities for the
study of philology.
during the year there have been
three hundred additions to the Baptist
Church from the Cherokee Indians,
making the total membership 1000.
There are 5000 members of the denomi-
nation in the Indian Territory.-Sa
Francisco Call. "''''''--
The Christian Aduocate says: "A
reasonable estimate justifies the opinion
that more than 10000 persons have
protested conversion during the past
three months and joined, or are intend
ing to join, the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Linear drawing has been intro
duced, by recent enactment, into all
the elementary schools of England. The
theory is that a knowledge of this kind
of drawing is useful in almost every
kind of trade or handicraft. Chicago
Current
The $1,000 required to complete
the $4,000 for the Parsonage Building
Fund of the American Congregational
Union. for comfortable dwellings, for
home missionaries on the Western
frontier, was contributed by the Clinton
Avenue Congregational Church, Brook
Ign. after an appeal by Rev. DR.. Taylor.
of the Broadway Tabernacle.-M Y
Times.
AT colored church on the outskirts
of the city Sunday afternoon the preach
er notified the congregation that he
must have s. before he would preach.
The hat was passed round, and when
returns were made $3.50 was in the
pot, whereupcn the preacher said he
must have $1.50 more before he would
preach. The hat was passed around
the second time and the S. made up,
when the congregation was treated to
life.-CoIunibia rs. CO. Register.
The education of the Chinese in
San Franciscois problem that presents
manifold difficulties. The board of educa-
ton of that city have provided school
room and a teacher, but it is found that
the Weather Cinnamon object to having
their youngsters associate with the of.
spring of the rabble, and they are OPP
posed also to the co-education of the
sexes. So far but one pupil is promised
for the new school, which entails an
expense of $40 amonth for rent and 500
a month for the teacher.
President Eliot says that, without
special extravaganza or fast living in
any way. Harvard student can easily
spend $500 year, and some get rid OF
much more. A calculation of the
average expense at twenty-five of the
principal colleges, according to the
statements of their respective catalogues
as to price of board, tuition, and gen.
eral expenses, shows that it is trifle
over $500. An average college educa-
ton, then, costs $500 year, or $4,000.
OF course, the thing can be done for
less than this. Tuition may be re-
mitted by the gaining of scholarship,
| and young man who is determined to
support himself may do so in whole or
in part by teaching and other work
| Boston Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-08-01

I've work for two men in the hop-yard,
an there's sight O cowcumbers spilin'
to be picked fore they're too big for the
pickle fact'ry."
II wish you'd hire me to pick cucum-
bers," said Mr.. Elderberry.
The old man laughed, incredulously,
and then Mr.. Elderberry told him his
whole story, at which the old man
laughed again. and engaged him on the
spot for dollar day.
When Mr.. Elderberry returned to
Flintville his cheeks were brown and
his step was brisk, and he received
many congratulations on the good his
fishing excursion had done him; but
Squire Pogg spent Thanksgiving with
friends near East Gypsum, and the next
week committee waited on the pastor
1--WE consider you've brung disgrace
on US an the cause said the Squire.
severely, when he had detailed what he
had heard. "The bes' thing you kin do
is to resign"
When Mr.. Elderberry had told the
story of his vacation, and had explained
that the money he had earned in the
cucumber field had part of it gone to
swell the church missionary accounts,
the committee were Modified; but there
was still ranking feeling that he had
disgraced the church. The winter
passed, and spring was blossoming into
summer, when Fiintville was electrified
by the news that Mr.. Elderberry had a
call to Gypsum Center, and was offered
eighteen hundred dollars and parson-
age.
Its all come of that old Scran he
worked for on the Mile Strip, last sum-
mer." said Squire Pogg to Deacon
Harp. ..Scran's son IS deacon in the
Gypsum Center Church. / seen the
old Teller last week. an seq he, l never
had man on the place that put in the
ticks Elderberry did, SEE he; an when
you want to drive your new preacher.
Mr.. Chubb, ont O. town, SEE he, send
him up to me-"
"M-yeh- ah!'' calculated Deacon
Harp, with an expressive shake of his
head. IF he can't go to his father s.
or his father-in-law's, or-some'eres
respectable, Mr.. Chubb won't git nc
vacation. "--Elizabeth Cummings, in ~
Y Independent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-08-01

land cause I'm afraid You haven't
thought yet what it is will write you q
letter about it, and that won't be just
quite the same as if | told it, eos man.
ma said she didn't fink it was very nice
to tell what you wanted"
Getting sheet of paper and a pencil
Daisy sat down by mammals desk, and
scrubbed away until the little zigzag
lines covered one whole page. This
she handed to Tom, SAYING, very po-
litely, as her mamma did sometimes,
when she had family letter interest
ing to all: .'Read it aloud, please, Tom,
dear" So the laughing young man
read:
Dear Tom, / wish you would bring
me a little black-and-tan dog named
Pedro"
Isn't such word in itl'' cried Daisy,
so Tom passed the letter to her papa,
who read:
Il would like pair of earrings like
Kitty Lees"
no." said Daisy II s'posed yow
could read writing. papa"
The paper was passed around the
room, each one of the large family
reading it differently, but of the fans,
parasols, chairs, lockets, bracelets. dolls,
white mice, and rabbits. Daisy each
time said: NO" When the paper got
round to Tom again Daisy took it from
his hand with an expression of supreme
disgust and looked it over.
sit is just as fine lovely writing as
ever was" she said. but never shall
tell if you can't read it yourselves,
when have written tea-set, tea-set, TEA
SET, as plain as day all over it," and
away she ran upstairs in huff.
She had no idea that her long treas
urcd secret was out, and said, petulant-
", as shout of laughter followed her
flying steps: II don't fink its nice bit
to always laugh when get vexed."
When, on her birthday morning, she
found dolls chair, and tea-set in the
bay window of the breakfast-room, she
said: Il should like to know who it was
that fought and 'membered what l
needed and 'spected ever since dreat
while before Trismus Day." = Mrs.
Annie a. Preston, ia Chrsstiqn Union
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-08-01
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Earthquakes in North Japan are
more numerous and severe in winter
than in summer.
"A Milwaukee editor committed su.
icide because he was in debt. 1t is such
an unusual thing for an editor to be in
debt that he could not stand it.-Boston
Post.
I'm one issue of a Utica, On. W
paper recently were accounts of no less
than four suicides, two of which were
ascribed to dependency over the loss Of
wives, and third to the interference OF
a young mans family in his love affairs.
Emma Nevada, the sweet singer OF
the Sierras, kissed three hundred girls
before leaving San Francisco, and COM
plains that it made her very tired.
Served her right. Why didn't she hire
a cheap young man?-Burlington
Hawkeye.
"A man never begins to find out how
little he knows about domestic matters
until his wife asks him to keep his eyes
on the baby and to see that pan of
melted butter is kept stirred while she
goes into the attic to look through her
rag bag.-Cape Ann Advertiser.
"A ministerial acquaintance thinks
that he alone should decide what hymns
are to be sung during service. He
thinks that the choir should have no
voice in the matter. They haven't in
very many churches-that is to say, any
voice to speak Of Chyfstidn at Work.
The life of woman in Italy who
was recently buried beneath an ava
lanche was saved by hen. The ac-
count does not specify how this was
done, but we presume the woman had a
corn. and the hen in scratching for it
dug her out.--Rockland Courier Ga
zette.
Emerson says: "All the world
loves a lover" That may be true, but
wide observation has taught us that the
love of all the world doesn't make the
lover any more contented so long as
one little snip of seventeen-year-old
girl says that she can be to him only as
= sister.-SomerCitle Journal
Clara (shyly)-Of all the months OF
he year. George, dear, which do you
think is the happiest one for lovers!
George (of a thrifty nature)-May is
the happicst because it is the cheapest.
Clara-CheapestP HowP George-It
is too late in the season for oysters and
90 early for ice creamy. y. Times.
The other day, a reverend gentle
man. addressing his lawyer companion
at the fire, said he didn't see s'why a
stable should catch fire in the middle of
the day when there was no fireplace or
stove in connection with the building"
Whereupon the legal friend replied:
'They may have kept fiery horse IN
there. ~ Chicago Journal.
-''Soyou are a stenographer?' Yes.
sir" Il should think it would be very
difficult 10 take down everything q
speaker says cts not so hard when
YOU understand it. / was reporting o
speech the other day, and | thought
would just try and see how fast could
report, and. will you believe it, none OF
the speakers could follow met --9eras
Sytings. ~ ~
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FOB OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
NY FIRST POEM.

I'm going to make some poetry
About my brother Will
Tisn't every one that can make verses, though
he try;
To some it's like climbing a very stecp hill,
And a slippery hill, too-and perhaps LII find
it so.
But there's nothing like trying--so here go!
It's a very good day
To say what want to say:
Cause I'm shut up at homeland it's snowin
hard;
And hurt my knee;
For you see
had n bad fall, cause it's very slippery in
our yard.
And mother said mustn't go out
Till my knee got well.
It's just about
Two weeks ago, If remember, that fell.
But Will--that's my big brother
Says one day: Mother.
TIM goin QUIT the Pond to catch some fish,"
And mother says to him: "Why, viii, the
ponds all froze;
And do you suppose
You can catch anything? my son, wish
You'd stay at home, and amuse your
brother,
Who has got lame knee
And feels the want of company
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-08-01
A SONG OF LIFE.

Make life long by noble deeds,
Make il sweet by loving;
Walk i'm paths where duty leads,
Ever onward moving.
Life is short I'm point of years,
Bitter oft with sorrow;
Dim we look thro mist of tears
Tward the dread to morrow.
1t were naught If this be all:
Breathing, sleeping, waking;
cleam of sunshine-then a pail
Hearts with anguish breaking.
Were this all, OH then at best
LIES a withered flower;
Sweeter far to be at rest
From its biighting power.
We may make IL what we will,
Grand in strength and beauty;
And with sbeaves our bOsoms fill
Cleaned from fieldsof duty.
Make life long by noble deeds,
Make II sweet by loving;
And as day the night succeeds,
Onward we are moving.
q. W. Crofts. in Chicago Inter Ocean