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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-03

Mr.. j. w. Sanborn, of the Missouri
agricultural college, has, with usual
good common sense, been making some
experiments to demonstrate the value 0
good roads and broad tires on road and
farm wagons. he says that the condi-
ton of the country road is one of the
surest indications of the civilization OF
the people. The trials were made with
q carefully tested dynamometer; the
loads drawn were 1865 pounds each,
and the felloes and tires were IL inch
and three inches, respectively. The
first test was on Blue Grass sward
somewhat moist, though it had not
rained for two weeks. Tihe average
draft of the narrow-tired wagon
was 439 pounds. while that of the
wide-tired was 80 pounds difference
of over Al per cent. in favor of the wide
tire. Assuming the wagons to weigh
1000 pounds each, the same team could
draw 3,248 pounds on the wide tire as
easily as 1000 pounds on the narrow,
and besides this, the wide tires did not
cut through and injure the turf as the
others did. In q further test, IN a par
tally dried dirt road, the broad wheels
showed a draft of 371 pounds to AL for
the narrow, being H. per cent. in fa-
vor Of broad tires, so that with the same
wear and tear of team, .he broad-tired
wagon could carry 331 pounds per ton
load, more than the other. Although
these differences disappear on hard
welI-made roads, he concludes that every
farm shonld have one or more broad
tired wagons. and says the teamsters on
the College farm always prefer such for
use about the farm. We have long
known the value of a broad tire for
farm wagons, and have such o one ( 7
all work on raw ground or meadow
land. 1t costs very little, If any, more,
and soon pays for itself by saving the
team.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-03
Smoking Among the Ruritans.

New York Evening Post: The early
settlers of the Plymouth colony were
greatly addicted to smoking (which
practice subsequently became SO COM
mon that the weed was smoked in
church during service. This custom,
it seems, soon caused considerable an
noyance, as the exercises were greatly
disturbed "by the clicking Of iints and
steel to light their pipes, and clouds Of
smoke in the church, Hence, in 1869
the colony passed this law: at is en-
acted that any person or persons that
shall be found smoking of tobacco on
the Lords day, going to or coming
from the meetings, within two miles Of
the meeting. house, shall pay IL pence
for every such default. I'm
der this law were fined Richard Berry,
Jedodiah Lombard. Benjamin Lom-
bard and James Maker FOR smoking
tobacco at the end Of Yarmouth meeting
house on the Lords day"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-03
q USES FOR WOOD.
Some Curiosities Manufactured Ont Of the
Fibre Of Wood.

E1Dr0 Oh WOO0s
From the New York Mail and Express.
"Have you seen my cabinet of GU
riosities ?" asked a fruit dealer Of q re-
porter for the Mail and Express, as he
led the way into his Office. On the wall
of his office was arranged a black wal
nut cabinet with we'll filed shelves.
Taking from n of them a piece of wood
so pierced with holes that it seemed a
wonder that it held itself together at all,
the dealer continued: "This piece
comes from Mexico. A contract
or who was building a railroad
across a salt marsh had occasion to ex-
anime some of the piles which had been
driven into the water, twenty-six days
after the work had been completed.
What was his establishment to find that
everyone of the hundreds of piles which
had been driven was pierced with holes
and had been made utterly worthless.
He found an immense number Of small
worms in the wood.
Zone of the most wonderful things in
the collection is a piece of the tree from
which this is taken" continued the mer-
chant, taking up what appeared to be a
piece of plain meshed lace of fine quail
ty. "The lace-bark tree from which
that is taken grows in Jamaica. A sea
captain, in whom l have an exc client
friend, brought me this halter and whip
made from the bark of this tree. When
ever a native wants a whip he cuts down
asmall sappling of the right length, and
begins beating one end of it with a hea-
w piece of wood. The fbers soon sep
arate, and by careful manipulating the
lace structure of the wood soon shows
itself. When sufficient wood has been
beaten to form the lash he braids the
strands, and crack! his whip is made"
The natives use the lace cloth or fiber
for the manufacture of articles of cloth
ing. The wife Of an English officer
who visited Jamaica, Was SO struck
with the wonderful properties of the
tree, and the beauty of the lace which
was made from it, that she constructed
g bonnet with admerable skill entirely
from the material, and sent it as O pres
Cub W Su6Su fICJOLId' Lie Nku0Sn was
so well pleased with the curious gift,
that she sent q personal letter to the
officers wife, thanking her for the
present and expressing great surprise
that a thing of such beauty could be
made from the bark of a tree.
"This," remarked the speaker, taking
up a big pod at least a foot and a half
long and an inch or two wide, "is the
famous storm-bean of the East Indies.
l sent half way around the world to get
this specimen. These pods, which con-
tain a number of beans, when dry hang
in great numbers from the trees on
which they grow. The least breeze
passing through the branches sets the
beans a-rattling in the pods. When a
tornado such as frequently visits the
tropics comes tearing through the forest,
the noise of the rafting storm beans
becomes terrific. The natives are often
frightened at the unearthly sound, and
believe themselves in great danger from
the evil spirits who are said to inhabit
the iungles."
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-03
The Canadian Government.

The Canadian government is a
crowned Democracy. It provides for a
most perfect and rapid representation
of the national will in Parliament. The
Governor Generals Office secures them
against frequent turmoil in elections
and gives them the advantage without
the disadvantage of some European
monarchies. There is no danger that
his presence shall breed any royal or
aristocratic caste. The men to whom
he gives his confidence must first have
won the suffrage of the people and be
the leaders in their Parliament. III he
can in any way honor them it is only
stamping afresh the stamp affixed
by the popular voice. And with the
freedom from frequent elections comes
the freedom from a too exclusive party
patronage, the purity of the civil service,
because men possess their offices not for
the life of q party, but for the term Of
their own integrity so long as they do
not NEEDLE in political struggles. The
idler Is alone excluded from the suffrage
and the election of judges and the ring
government of cities and the purchase
Of influence are unknown or condemned
wherever such things seem likely to be
bred. Look where you will, through
the long list Of national communities in
ancient or in modern times, You viii
find none that have made o fairer use Of
their opportunities than has the Cana
dian.-Lord Lorne.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-03
Mexico as a Winter Resort.

By Sylvester Baxter in Atlantic for March.
Arriving at Cuautla, we found an ex-
cellent hotel, the San Diego, directly
across the plaza from the railway sea-
ton. The landlord was q German, and
had been in the country about thirty
years. The hotel was a one-story
structure, built around a large court,
the rooms opening upon q tle-roofed
veranda. In the court was a tall date
palm, with sprays of rich, o~range-hued
blossoms rising among its graceful
plumes of dark green.
I hardly expected to meet in an OBJ
scure Mexican town q party of Ameri-
can tourists passing the time in placid,
ease just as they might be encountered
at a nice Swiss inn at some Alpine valley.
Yet we encountered at the San Diego a
most delightful company of u compa-
triots. One, an eminent artist, who
was something of an invalid, wa enthu-
siastic over the delicious air and glo-
rious scenery of the place. These win
ter days in Cuautla were all like our
ideal June weather at home, he said.
There was no intense heat, while cold
and chilliness were absolute strangers.
Mexico he regarded as superior to Flor
ida as a winter refuge. In these warm
lands, besides the endless scenic varie-
ty, there was an unchanging climate all
through the winter; at least on the Pa
cific side of the mountains. On the
Gulf slope, as at Orizaba, there were
occasional fogs, rain and raw northers.
"And then there are no mosquitoes
here" said another friend. II have
never seen q land 80 free from them.
The few insects one meets here are really
contemplate; L feel inclined to pity
them for their feebleness."
It is, indeed, a great mistake for peo-
pie TO come to Mexico from the North
in the winter, and contine themselves to
the capital. They experience the chilly
weather which now and then visits the
high regions of the central tableland at
that season, and with the abrupt tran
sitions of cold and heat from morning
to noon and night they at times teel
more ulSCOIlIOEb budu III bu6lE WluITJ
Northern homes, where genial hearth
fires glow, until at last they perhaps
leave for home in disgust, anathematiz-
ing the whole country.
All this is mistake, when or every
hand are pleasant places like Cuautla,
within easy reach of the capital by rail,
iourneying to which might fill many
weeks with around of pleasure, novel
SCENES greeting the eye everywhere.
There is much of the great interest to
tourists to be seer in and around the
capital, but there are pleasanter winter
abiding places hear by. It is, however,
a good central point from which to
make agreeable tours all over the coun-
try, Now hat railway communication
with the United States is completed,
there will be many pleasure travellers
to Mexico. When they come they
should remember that there are rich,
warm valleys down below, close al
hand, where simple existence seems a
luxury, amid the delicious airs of gen.
uine tropical surroundings.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-03
The sunaower in the. Arctic Circle

From the Interview with Lieutenant Greedy.
I'm the most tropical part of the Arc
tic circle, " said the Lieutenant, grows
q creeping willow. When it is very
large and ~luxuriant it is two feet long
and the stem is as big round as my
thumb. Oscar Wide would find his
dear and esthetic blossom, the srnfow-
or, there, but in a snnbbed condition,
only o few inches high and shorn of
much Of its glory, the raging disk dwin-
died and the number of PETALS diminish
ed, until he would hardly: recognize il.
The dandelion and the ~buttercnp are
also to be found"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-09
TOWN COUNCIL.
Abbeville, March. 30. leee.

Abbeville, March 30, 1856.
The Council met this day in called ses-
sion there were present JOS. J.. Abad1s,
mayor, and Messrs. Wise, Bourque and
Young aldermen, -,
The mayor stated that he had called
this meeting of tho CosnciL ut tho request
Of tho signers Of tho following petition of
citi1ens and Taxpayers, to take s0me &C.
ton upon the matter suggested therein.
To the Hon. Mayor Of the town of Abbs-
:. ville La,
We undersigned citizens and taxpayers
of the above corporation would respect
fully ask, your honor to convene town
council, at such time and place a. your
honor may appoint, for the purpose Of
approp.iating such amount Of money a.
your, honorable body may deem proper
for the relief of the "Abbeville Hook and
Ladder Co. II
A. Monlor, John Laaeur,. P. D. Dupuy,
A. D. Laborda, L. Dutel, E. q. Flory, J.
Isaacs, w. d. white, David Beer, E. Tra-
han, J. o. Leg6 and ID, NJ Lyons.
On motion of Mr. Bourque, Resolved,
Tnat the sum of Seventy-fve Dollars out
Of the Sinking Fund be dtnsted to the
Abbeville Fire Co., No. 1, and that war
rant for said sum be drawn by thu secre-
tary upon said fund in favor of the TreaA
urer Of said company.
On motion the council, adjourned.
J. J. ABADIE, W. B. WHITE,
Mayor. Secretary.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-09
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed.

The original Of the last will and
testament Of Francois Schexnailder,
made in favor Of his wife Adelaide
Broussard passed before Leo Perret,
ESQ.,, Notary Public in and for the
Parish Of Vermilion, State Of Louis
lana, on the 2Ist day. Of April 1881
and signed by said Francois Schex'
nailder as principal and Messrs. A.
Lacour, Jr, '. T. Landry and Jos.
S. Nunez as witnesses. Any person
having the same in their possessiou
will please. communicate with the
undersigned.
U'BaYAn 4 WHITE, Attys
for Adelaide Broussard !;
April 18th 1885. s3
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house, his bill amounting to Sc, 80
was ordered paid.

house, his bill amounting to Sc, 80
was ordered paid. .
On motion the sum Of 90 90 or so
much thereof as. may be necessary
was was appropriated out Of the
funds Of the 7th ward for the pur-
pose Of making necessary improve.
ments at the school house at Perry's
Bridge, and J B Mills and John
Nugier are appointed to receive and
disburse the same, and the President
and Secretary are authorized to
draw a warrant on the Treasurer
for said amount.
Resolved that the sum of 5000
be appropriated out of the funds Of
the 9th ward for the purposes Of
fencing and making other necessary
improvements at the "Cole's Islands"
school house the same to he received
and disbursed by Desire Meauz and
I J Vaughan and the President and
Secretary are authorized to draw a
warrant on the Treasurer for said
amount.
Messrs Fl H Bartels, Saraz!n He.
bert and A Lacour jr were appoint.
ed committee to locate and secure
by donation one acre of land in
Mouton's Cove for the purpose of
erecting school house thereon, said
land to be accessible to all parties
concerned.
Resolved, that the sum of $1,000 90
be appropriated out of the funds Of
the End ward. for the purpose OF en-.
larging, and making other necessary
improvements at the school honse at
Morgan's Mill. and that T J Nor
gan and J N Williams are appointed
to receive and disburse the same
and the President and Secretary is
authorized to draw a warrant Oh the
Treasurer for said amount.
Messrs Jarasiti Guidrv. Pember-
ton Ruf1n and Marcel Fuselier, were
appointed as visiting trustees for the
colored school in. the 4th ward.
On motion W w Edwards, is
hereby authorized to take the ne.
cessary steps to collect the rents due
on school lands.
On motion the Board adjourned
to meet or the Ist Saturday of July.
W. ". EDWARDS, president,
J. N. Williams, secretary.
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$500 REWARD.


BY virtue of a resolution adopted
by the Police Jury. of Vermilion
Parish / do hereby offer reward of
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for the arrest aid conviction OF the
party, or parties who on the morn
ing Of Tuesday, April 7th 1885 set
FIRE to the Court House in, the Town
of Abbeville, Parish Of Vermilion,
Louisiana. >.
Dated in Abbeville this 10th day
of April 1885. ~.
HOWARD HOFFPAUlR,
President Police Jury.
E. NJ. SrEBB1Ns, Clerk pro TEN.
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S 1854 10
Very Respectfully,
Ell WISE,


Ell WISE,
Treas. School Fund
On motion the Treasurer is re.
J',rsted to distribute to the different
wards (on the same basis as the last
dlstrihution was made) the sum of
100000 provided the same may be
"eeded TO keep schools open until
vacation.
Tie Finance Committee having
submitted the following report the
same was received aud ordered
spread OF the minutes, to-wit:
r Eo ORT.
To lhe Honorable the President
ard Meti,berS Of the Board OF
directors Sf Public School for
ermiliou Parish.
Your undersigned Finance Com
tnittce beg leave to report as fol-
lows
That they have examined the bill
of +. /! Addison for printing 25O
copies of Rules and Regulations for
tie use Of the schools and find the
same correct and recommend the
payment Of tie bill to.wit $l2.5o.
They have also settled with J s
Nunez tax collector for the school
taxes Of the year 1884 on the l9Ih
o. March 1885 and as follows viz :
amount of poll tax Of 1884 as per
roll 1853 90
2 NIL tax j" 3,ISO.l9
The collector exhibited the re-
ceipts of the School Treasurer as fol-
lows Up to said date :
Rcpt for poll tax, including com
missions amounting to l,o64.O0
Rent 2 mill tax '' 2.004.o0
THUS !eafing the following bal
abcts hnaccounted for as follows
On poll tax 5 629 90
On Z mi Il tax l,l75,3 3s
All of which is respectfully sab
United W. W. EDWARDS,
J.N. Williams,
Committee
the claim Of e. I. Addison for
printing rules &c for this Board
amounting 10 $3.50 was ordered
paid.
" W Edwards having submitted
| detailed report Of collections made
for this. Board in suit Of School
Board vs. G., 3 Shaw ct als-the
same was referred to the Finance
Committee.
| On motion fhe bill Of R B-Mills
/ for blank book was ordered paid.
Mr. Jules Thibodeaux having beer
ordered to make certain improve
r,cnts at the Bayou Tigre schoo
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-09
. SCHOOL BOARD.

Ahbeville, La, April 4th 1885
The Board of School Directors
met this day, in regular session
with the following members
present, to wi:
w. w. Edwards. president, and
Messrs j Nugier. NJ G Broussara. j
Norgsn, J N Williams and 4 C
Eihhe. Absent: N V Lampman.
The minutes of last meeting WEI {
read and adopted.
On motion resolved that the
amount due S W Stafford by this
Board be paid to his administration
when duly qua'ihed.
On motion the claim of Jpo Elem
ing for time lost while teaching pub
lie school was rejected.
On motion, resolved that the
Board does hereby accept / acre
Of land in,.he 4,h ward, from Mr..
Felis Broussard. for the purpose Of
hui'ding a school house thereon, and
tha. Messrs. EeIi1 Broussard, Aris
tile Picard, Jno T Broussard and G
Mont;s, are appointed a committee
10 select said land ard secure a pc
tition from the patrons o. the school
to he heated or said land with the
number of children which they will
send to said school. the same to be
presented to this Board at the next
meeting.
On motion it was ordered that the
list Of delinquent tax payers received
this day from l.. c. Loyns, deputy
tax collector was referred to The
Finance Committee. j:
On motion the following report
from the treasurer was received and
ordered spread on the minutes to-wit
REP PORT.
.Abhevil|e, La, April 3rl 1888.
To the Honorable President and
Members Of School Board of Yer
million Parish. Louisiana.
The fnIIuving represents the amotnt
to The credit Of the various funds
for school purposes in this parish.
Contingent Fund s 259 26
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
rwENrf.F1FTA JuD'L DISTRICT COURT,
K
Parish Of Vermillon.
No. ESQ

Succession Of .Anathalie Guidry.
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties interested in the said succession.
or having any opposition to make to
the tableau of, debts, charges and
of final distribution, and settlement
with application of administrator
to be discharged Of said succession.
to fle the. same in writing in
the office Of the clerk of court with
in ten days from the date hereof. ,
Given under my hand and seal Of
court, this 4th day Of April 1885.
LAsTIE BRNussARD, Clerk.
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.,., OF suBscKipr1oS
oHciai Directory

~U--
District Jaefs: fSa,,,n DryA,l1oa.
District Attorney: psys,, G. sapvrs.
c,.,t d District Court,
tlsA :" Ii.srlE BsosssApD.
representative: J; = " y1parpeB.
s,sif { Tax ceIlss'"r; 1dlssn !; yryrs
Coroner Dr.. ". b. WhltE.
Police Jsry.
4. HorprAuIv, President:
!, d p pp-yaa, j. T. BRoussARD'
g,a, pn,, GREEN. T. J. MoRGAs.
y hVs,' y p,nrs,s J. a. LEBLANC.
l,lstk Of Police Jar,y,
V'''- LYMAN G. LYONS.
p.ria Treasurer, t,,.
Town Ctnncil.
J.J. ABADlE, Mayor.
1 + c.rnrs @. RouRcUE.
v ~
s.Elsg hAsTIE bRooSsANp'
('csstatle.
GEORGE E. LYONS.
y,s;eas ii the Peace, Sd. Ward !:
IAC. LYoss. Z. LABAUVE'
Surveyors,
wv. EpWAaDs. T. MnNT'GNn:
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N o T 1 G E.

All persons are hereby notified
and prohibited from hunting and
passing through our pasture. Any
violating this notice will be prose-
cuted to the full extent of the law.
SosrHENE HgRPrN,
GEBuIN TTAHAN,
RAZILE BROUssARD.
Abbevllle, April 18th 1855.
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NOTICE..

ALL persons subject to State
Licensrs for the year ss5, are here
notified to pay the same without de-
lay otherwise pthey will incur the
penalties prescribed by law. -
Sheriff Office, Abbeville, April
28th 1855.
JOSEPH S. NuNEz,
Sheriff Ex.officio Tax Collector.
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and on hand 1870 90
amt coll on taxes Of '82
and on hand 10 90
amt coll on taxes Of '83
and on hand 81 80
amt Of Int col on taxes Of 's3 4s
amt Of fines COL aud on hand s 90
$lo3l 67
Respectfully,
GEO. E. Lyons.
Con. Collector.
After examining this report 6nd
it correct.
Jos. J. ABADIE,
N. G. YOUNG,
Committee.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
for the quarter ending April S, '85.
To the Honorable Mayor
and Council of
Abbeville.
General Fund.
Dr.;
Jan 5, to bal On hand s 1873 q
April 5, amt received since
then to date on taxes Of "a 263 IL
amt reed on licenses 'e4 ll2 SO
amt reed On fines % SO
$ 5s7 SO
Credit.
April s, BY amt paid since
last report to date 299 Is
balance this date 287 So
Street aud Bridge Fund.
Jan S, 's5 to bal Oh hand 10 60
Jan 26, amt reed from the j,
coll on "a 1894 65
Credit.
April 5, BY amt paid to
date per rcpts & vouchers 400 43
to balance this date s. 2 81
Sinking Fund.
To amt on hand 5 264 60
Respectfully.
W. B. WHITE
Treasurer.
After examining this report we
end it correct.
Jos. J. AbAb1E,
N. C. You're,
Committee
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-05-09
.ATTORNEYS REPORT.

To the Honorable Mayor and Coun-
cilmen of the Town Of
Abbeville. Louisiana.
The undersigned submits thie, a
special report, as Corporation At
On the so,h Jany 1885, Geo E
Lyons, Coll acting dnder instruc:
tons from your Hon. Body, turned
over to me all the npcolIected IL
censes for the year 1884 that he had
on hand, amounting in all to $l72.
have collected thereon licenses
to the amount of Thirty $500 dol
lars leaving uncolleeted licehses
to tho amount of One Hundred and
Forty-two dollars. Those Licenses
which I still have on hand are m
collectable and cannot be made ott
5f the parties agains: whom they
were issued. -.
have one license in addition to
the above, against g Gddchaux as
retail dealer in tinware, Mr. God
chaux kept the tinsbi p but a few
months, two or three !; he is willing
to pay one.half of the same, and de-
sires to be released by the council
from paying the remainder, | submit
said license herewith for your con-
sideration. with the RECOMMENDATION
that Mr.. dodchaux be released upon
paying one.half of said license Of
any responsibility thereon.
l have on hand to be paid over
to the Treasurer of the town twenty
seven dollars, net collection, my
commissions being deducted.
AbbeYille, April 4th 1885.
Respectfully submitted.
W. B. WHITE,
Corp. Atty.
Oh motion Of Mr.. Young.
Resolved that upon paying one
half of the five dollar license as
dealer in tinware issued against him
during the year 1884, Mr. 6 God
chaux be relieved from paying the
balance the:eof.
Bids for the keening Of tie bridge
across the bayou vermilion at Alb
beSille we're opened and read and
on motion Of Mr.. Young they were
laid over until the next meeting OF
the council for action thereon.
On motion the council adjourned.
Jos. j. ABADIE, W. B. WHITE
Mayor. Secty.
/ mn q 90