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The Opelousas courier., 1885-02-28

Six months ago the american AgricuEarist
entered upon a new career of pross
similar periodical ever produced in this or
any other country. Richer in editorial
strength richer in engrayings; printed on
finer paper, and presenting in every issue 100
columns of original reading matter from the
ablest writers, and nearly 100 illustrations.
DR.. George Thurber, for nearly a quarter of
a century the editor-in-chief of the American
Agricultural, Joseph Harris, Byron D.. Hal
sted, Col III. C. Weld. and Andrew S. Fuller,
the other long time Editors, togetk,g with the
other writer's who have made the American
Agriculturist what it is to-day, are still
at their posts.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-02-28

The Morehouse Sentinel is q
new paper for public favor, edi-
ted bv &c. G. Brigham. IL Is
neat and neWsy, making q good
local journal. The editor pro.
poses to { cit up and rear and
rear up and Git IN giving local
news ii Y better style than any
other country paper. we
wish Ii success, and hope I'D his
gyrations the editor will not
fail oil The office towel and stab
hfmseIf~t. Mary Review.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-02-28

A man will work IA hours a
day for six dollars a week in
running a country paper of his
own without grumbling but if
he was paid a dollar aud a half
a day for eight hours1Mork at
any other employment, he
would strike for more wages
Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-02-28

The bill for the placing of
Gen. Grant on the retired list
of the army was defeated in the
National House of Representa-
tives on Monday last. The
right-thinking people Of the
country will heartily rejoice at
the defeat of the bill which II is
to be hoped, will be the last OF
the series Of efforts that have
been made to heap additional
honor and emolument upon the
ex-commander-in-chief OF the Y.
is. army. Grant has already re-
ceived more than sufficient com
pensation and honor for the
services he rendered the Union,
and IL Is high time the farce was
being brought to 4 close.--W.
Is. r.. Sugar Planter.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-02-28
Garry the News to Maryu!
The Star Grocery,

Under the Courier" printing Office, is
in receipt Of a choice lot OF fresh
GROCERIES, CHEAP FOR CASE !
The Opelousas courier., 1885-02-28
NO SURPRISE!
THE GOVERNMENT. ENDORSES
The American Agrieulturist,

from the Tenth Census, vol. 3 just published.
TIME AMERICAN AGR1CULTURLSTis
4 especially worthy of mention, because of
the remarkable success that has attended the
unique and u~ntiring efforts of its proprfetors
to increase and extend it's circulation. Its
contents are duplicated every month fer a
edition, which also circulates widely.
This Tribute is a pleasing incident in the
marvellous nearly
HAIL A CENTURY
The Opelousas courier., 1885-02-28
HALF A CENTURY
WMAT HT HS TO.DAY.

Career of this recognized leading Agricuitur
Journal of the world.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08

men who, twenty-five years ago. would
nave Thought il a privilege TO lacerate
themselves by sudden contact with the
cages Of typical New England girl. are
no" convinced that thin woman is an
incomplete woman, and as such is very
undesirable.
10 IS clear that the thin women of the
west have hit upon the only means by
which they can possibly retain their hold
on western men. Under the pretense Of
inVenting a new amusement they have
deNlseG plan Tor making plump women
obnoxious by making them costly. 1t
may lie very pleasant for a man to dance
ana fart with a plump girl weighing. let
us say, 100 pounds; but when ne tiads
tnat ID furnish her with supper costs
ABOUT three times AS much as it would
qua she weigh only 80 pounds, he resolves
TO cultivate only the society OF thin
women. The latter may not be as beau
utui IN his eyes as are the plump women,
DuI tneY cost him less money,
W ne e Overweight sOcials' have been
introduced they have succeeded in driv-
mig plump women completely out of So
clety. The thin women have had une-
qualed opportunity to display their graces
o. mud without fear Of rivals rich in
grace5 Of body. The result is that in
Oshkosh, where the Overweight socials7
are popular, the combined weight oftWelve
ladies' who We're married in March was
only 9i3 pounds, while not a single plump
9lrl was married during the month. The
new amusement Is sure to be introduced
INTO New England, and it is thought that
by It's help the number of spinsters in
NJ massachusetts, can be reduced fully one
nan Qurlnythc ensuing year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08
A NEW GRANT STORY.
Row the Captor of yiclssbnrg was L eat
en- by q Pork-Paeikers, Pool


10" the C"ptor Of FiclSs bnrg was Beat
en- by a Pork-Packers' Pool.
WGSAjaaton (lfo1 Letter TO s.. Loasis Globe
Democrat
Gen. Gront,s ansyyor 20 o,,os.,o,,, 90
co,,rsol j., 49,, 4o..;.,.,,. "a
SOI',i'et ~ MS 'esViHlouy puohshed IN To-
gay . Ut00e-beAt)cFat IN which he states,
referring to Ward: 81 supposed he was
more Of Il business man than was, re-
minds mo of "a 1ittl, iooilont -, +,o Coo
ID, ,I,,'.- - Vu0 o'o"-
'Nl Ni9'o45 WHICH, oeIieNe' mas never
oeen IN PRINT.
About 1850 Bellevue. la, a little
town ON the Mississippi river twelve
miles south of Galena, III, where General,
then known as Captain. Grant lived, was
50 eWhat noted for its pork packing m
dustry. There were three or four houses
engaged in the business, and usually the
competition between them was pretty
sharp. One winter, however, the pork
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08
California Hospitality.
From tie Chicago Times.


California hospitality is more remarka-
bic than that of Germany. I have expe-
rienced it in the following impressive and
peculiar manner. Anyhow, the peculi-
arity is so noticeable that the newcomer
is always surprised by it. The other day
1 called on leading business man and
was engaged with him until noon, and our
affairs were not yet settled when he in
yited me ont to lunch with him. AS he Is
a man whose business runs away up into
millions annually, ! supposed he would 90
to some neat restaurant and enjoy a civil
lied lunch, and the belief was made
stronger when he led the way toward the
restaurant of the Palace Hotel, the finest
place of the kind in America, and yet the
cheapest. But, alas for human eXpecta-
tions! He turned to the left and entered
the barroom. Wal ,ag upto the bar, he
said to the attendant;
"Give us the bones"
The barkeeper at once handed him q
little round box containing five dice. He
took the box, ratified it awhile, and
emptied it upon the counter. The bar
keeper drew aside two Of the dice, put the
other three back in the box, and my friend
spilled them out again. Then the bar
keeper put all of them back in the box,
and passed it over to me with the remark,
"Shakc." ! shook and spilled the dice,
and my friend said, "Will you fill or
throw againT' | thought l would throw
again. though / did not know what he
meant. When l had spilled the dice again
he only remarked: "lts on to YOU; whisky
in mine" l have been around enough to
know that 1 was to pay for the drinks,
which were 20 cents each. Then my
friend turned around 10 the free lunch
4rrptov apd rtrpan1IpI ia fin himself I
feared that he was absent-mnded, and re-
marked 10 him; "Ain't you afraid you will
destroy your appetite for lunchW
"Ihaps Just what ] am trying to do, or
/ wouldn'' be eating lunch here. What
do YOU have tor lunch az bars where you
came from?" he asked.
Casually cloves or burned coffee" /
an7Wered, for / had indianapolis bar
room lunches in my mind. Ih.n my
friend informed me that this was the
lunch he HI invited me { and that as 10
was "staud-up lunch" it was quite pop.
ular with All classes.
Later ia the day I was sitting I'm the
office OF another leading merchant when
"a fruit peddler came in with his basket
full of truck on his arm.
"Want anything to-dayY he asked.
eyes, give me q shake" said the mcr-
chant.
me peGdler nc once drew q dice-box
from his pocket, and they Pre- .eded 20
shake, ana / knew the merchant was
ahead, because the fruit dealer remarked
"Oh h-l, pick 'em OUT The merchant
took two large apples from the basket,
and. handing me one, remarked as the
peddler passed out:
~ don't pay for half the fruit cat; In
fact, I nearly always come out ahead OF
those fellows
Upou inquiry learned that this prac-
tice of gam ding is quite general, and that
even sober business men who are active
and liberal I'm church and sunday school
affairs DO rot regard 10 as 40 all improper.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08
BRITISH CELEBRITIEs.
With Especial Reference to Those WHO
Come Here for American Money.

From London Truth.
People go over to America-good, bad
and indiderent-t0 show themselves and
speak a piece. If they have any sort of
name, or have written any sort of book.
or if they nave made themselves ridiculous
or sublime in any sort Of way, they ex-
pect an audience and cash. With little
management and ready money, the lee
ture bureaus work upa man 'sreputatiOn,
CT IL and try to make it run. News
paper cuttings fly about. The great Mac
Jones, it appears, is suffering from a sore
throat in London. The great Mac is well
and will leave for America. Presently he
arrives; he is interviewed; a hail Is en-
gagged, he appears-the attendance is bad I;
Jones tries elsewhere, the attendance is
worse; Jones has another sore throat and
returns to England.
Some Costing poet, who has got hold Of
few press wires, is asked over to dis
course on other poets Of the past, and run
down his contemporaries generally. This
is lyceum or university lecture-hall at
fair; then il dWIndle5 into a sort of draw
ing-rOOm BUSINESS being paid for
by any scratch admirers who can be got
together. Then Costing comes home, and
perhaps even his best friends do not know
exactly how much he is out of pocket.
And sometimes it is a greater than Cos
ling. A Matthew Arnold, for instance.
thinks it important that America should
see him, if not exactly hear him. Ac-
counts differ, but in one respect they
agree, that, excellent as might be the
matter, there was room for improvement
in the manner.
Now that the Americans are getting
little tired Of our celebrities they have be-
gun to say so plainly. The fact is, that
men with Oratorical regulations, who can
always draw full hail, are not numer-
Gus, and the few there are have no time,
as q rule, to CAD about; besides which
they are in such demand at home that-the
lecture bureauscannott tempt them across.
The consequence is the bureaus have to
fall back on native worth, with now and
then a scientific star on the wing, a nov
elist hard up, a special correspondent or
an otiose literary critic who wants change
of air-and money.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08
LESSON IN LETTER WRITING.
How to Address the President or a Cabi-
net Oncer.

How to Address the President or a Cabi-
net Ohcer.
Your average letter writer, says a Wash
ington letter to the Nashville Union, has
great trouble in determining how he ought
to address the President or a Cabinet
officer. He has no particular trouble in
telling them what Office ne wants or why
he thinks he ought to have it, but when
he comes to address his letter he is
puzzled. The result is very amusing in
some cases. Among the thousands of let
ters that come to the White House and
the departments are some very curiOusly
addressed. There seems to be no settled
|. form by which the President is to be ad-
dressed, or if there is your average letter
writer seems not to have heard of it, for
! the variety Of forms by which letters are
addressed is as great as could we'll be
imagined. "His Honor, the Postmaster
/. General, Washin gUon, ID. c., u. S. A, - is
/ one way they put it. Perhaps the very
next OF tue great heap of letters the
weary clerk tackles viii be addressed
Zion. " II. Villas, POstmaster-G eneral
Washington, D. C." Another is addressed
/ ''Io the Honorable, the Postmaster CEN
! eral." Others are simply addressed to
the Postmaster General without mention
ing the name of the incumbent Of that
!
euharities -crop out even more frequently
''His EXcellercy, the President of the
United States,' is one way he is ad-
dressed; Hon. Grover Cleveland" is an
other way. "President Cleveland" is
common way of addressing the letters
sent to him. 'To the President1 is quite
a common manner, to. ''To the President
of the United States" is method frequent
ly adopted. Some people seem to be afraid
that the President was never heard Of in
Washington, for the particular drec-
tons theyput upon their letters are even
more elaborate than they would give for
the humblest and least known person in
Washington. president Cleveland,
White House, Washington" is the way
some Of them put it. Ellis EXcellency,
Hon. Grover Cleveland, President OF the
u tied States, Executive Mansion Wash
ington," is the somewhat elaborate man
1er in which some Of these writer's adj
dress their letters. 1t is noticed that the
worse the writing, as a rule, the more
elaborate the address upon the envelope.
The educGted and well-read man simply
gives enough title to show mark Of re-
spect and distinction, but avoids the
"highlalutin' style.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08
NInrnhinn IA Fnshlon.



Hypotism is the latest novelty in draw
ing-rOom speculation. At o O'Clock teas
the fair DANES who dabble in philosophy
and friy0lity talk about suggestion" and
opassional causesp and "biOogy,V and
the wonderful experiments OF Drs. Lhuys.
BCruheim and Charcot. There have been
several private SOirees dhgpnOtiSme, with
experiments intercdlated between a
caviar sandwich and a symphony by ChO-
pin. Jules ClaTetie and Adolphe Belot
have both written novels in which hypnO-
tism plays a leading role. and soon we
may expect 20 see some relOrmer eXc'aim
parOdying "a famOust0rmula Of Emile lola,
"Le roman scra hypoutiquc on II ue sera
pas" tits curious 10 notice how rapidly a
new word or now craze gets hold OF the
pIisiaus, and after having been served
Up with all sauces disappears and gives
place % another f1ible. Az one time
''morpainOmania" was fashionable topic
for discussion, and a recent report Of DR..
Combe, read before the Academy Of Mcdi-
cine. shows that there are eth not few
victims Of morphine Injections in Partisan
society. Then came ChOrc0t with his
iay0rte words, 'neyrose' and "ncyrO-
path" and society, art, poetry and prose
passed through q period OF "nevrOee."
There used 90 be % tall, pale barmaid in
one Of the brasscrics Of the Latin Quarter
who was proud of the name OF "la grande
Ncvr0se," given TO her by some tacetious
medical student who pauoniled the
establishment.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08
a NEW AMUSEMENT.
Intended to Drive Fat Women Out Of
SnclotN.

Society.
From The Nei0 York Times.
Anew form Of social amusement, known
q "hye-weight socials has been invent
% somewhere in our Western States, and
y. already become very popular. With
01' describing all the features Of this enc
N'lainment, it is sufficient to say that
e'el man participating in it is expected
y iaae lady to The supper room ana TO
y Tor supper at fixed price per pound
iwy THUS the mans bin varies d.
'l.y as the weight Of the lady who ac-
m nanies him, ana the lighter she may
we les3 expensive she VIII prove 10
~ 'ae fascination OF this new amuse-
i... N' ls not apparent t0us, 10 does not fol-
mat 10 Is not apparent TO the western
100 Ihe probability It's. however, That
.-"eight socialsn were not invented
'Ne purpose OF amusing any one, but
ueNlsed by thin women for the pur-
vi driving plump women out Oh So
y. Aere was time when thin women
much more in demand than plump
%. This was when the New Eue-
e influence ruled the North. Now that
ENGLAND no longer dictates in mat
TASTE or religion, men have discOv-
.'4 That a bony woman is not necessarily
3. ulliu VI, ANA that plump woman b by
aus a reyoiLug sight. In fact, thin
''0e skste fsabaeir dSy, aud the very
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08

Incorporated in 1868 for % years by the Leg
islature for educational and charitable pur-
reserve fund Of over S55O,000 has since been
added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote its fran
cnise was made a part Of the present State
Constitution. adopted Dec. 3 A. y. 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and Endorsed
by the people Of any State.
NJ necer scales ar p0stD0nes.
IT'S GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take
place monthly.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A
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Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE $4,000.
mn q. a fUfolaf. ~ Lisro ngIIora VtuoI EFpo.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08

Tho Voltaic Belt Company, Of Marshall,
Mich. offer to send their celebrated Elec-
tro-Voltaic Belt aud other Electric APP
pHances on trial for thirty days 70 men
(vOung or old afflicted with nervous de-
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No risk is incurred as thirty days trial is
allowed. Write them GO once for Nus
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08
CAPITAL PRIZE So. 600.


1857 Prizes, amounting to............. s2G5, 800
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only TO the oflce Of the Company in New
Orleans.
For further information write clearly. Civ
ing fnll address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders, or New York Exchaur ia
ordinary letter. Currency by Express (ail
sums Of So and upwards at our cxpense) al.
dress NJ. A. DAUPUIN,
New Orleans, La,
or NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
601 Seventh street, Washington. -. c.,
OrJEO. b. FEHNANDEZ.
Savannah, Ca.
Make i. o. Money orders payable and adj
drcss Registered Lcttcrs.to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, IA.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08

Thatoxcollent remeC y, Coussens' Honey
Of Tar, which has so rapidly gained in
popular esteem, Ii pure aud simple CONF
pound adapted % all ages and eonstitu-
lions. and The best medicine IN the world
for Coughs, Colds and al diseases Of the
Tffsat aEd Lars.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08
LadiesI Irirned H9ts a SneciaItV!

Thu
wca eeual
Ia z Tins hcy are.
Han is5mc French at 10 cents,
a onr pec Bunhes combiu
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-12
Another Railroad Enterprise.

A mortgage given by the New York,
Rutland & Montreal Railway Company to
the American Loan & Trust Company of
New York was filed Monday. 1t is given to
secure mortgage bonds not to exceed $4,000
a mile for single track, or $4,000 mile for
double track, for the entire length of the
mortgagors railroad. The New York, Rut-
land & Montreal Railroad Company pro-
poses to acquire by lease or contract the
railroad formerly of the Lebanon Springs
Railroad Company and the Vermont and
New York Railroad Company, extending
from Chatham, Columbia county, to the
east line of New York, in the town of
Hoosck, and thence to Bennington, VT,
and also of the Bennington & Rutland
railroad, extending from Bennington to Rut-
land, with branch to North Bennington,
to the terminus of the Troy & Bennington
road; also the road of the Bennington &
Glastonbury Railroad, Mining and Manu-
featuring Company, extending from Ben
nington to Glastonbury The bonds are to
be issued in denominations of ST. 900 each
to run until November /, 1913, at six pei
cent interest. The mortgage is given to Sc
cure bonds.-Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-12
A Question of Liability.

The supreme court of Wisconsin has de-
cded that railroad company is not liable
in damages for the death of brakeman
who was fatally squeezed between two cars
whose draw-heads were of such differing
heights as to shut by. The ground of the
decision was two-fold-trst, that it was the
duty of the brakeman, more than that of the
company, to have seen the difference and
understood the danger before going between
the cars: and, second, if it was the fault of
any of the company's employees that such an
unsafe car as one of these in question was
ever permitted to enter upon the road, the
well-established rule of non-liability of a
company to an employee for the fault of a
co-employe would prevent recovery Judge
Orion said: 1t is very sad and pitiful that
so many deaths and severe personal injuries
result from coupling cars; but this part of
the employment of a brakeman is extremely
dangerous and hazardous, and especially
when it becomes necessary to couple to-
gether cars coming from different roads
with dissimilar coupling appliances; and
the care necessary to be used increases in
proportion to such danger, and the law
exacts its exercise, or it will refuse redress
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-12

of these were waiting at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel until the cortege reached that point
and then fell into line. President Cleve-
land and Vice-president Hendricks rode
together behind six horses, and attracted
much attention. Then General Sickles,
with the old soldiers who had served under
the dead commander, joined the procession;
and finally the civic societies. Countless
thousands thronged the streets and gazed
in silence and with barred heads as the
solemn line moved by. Bands were playing
dirges. Bells were tolling. The chimes in
the slender, delicately carved marble spire
of Grace church joined in the chorus of
mourning. The draperes of innumerable
buildings fluttered their farewell to the
honored dead, and the whole metropolis
united in homage such as New York never
before paid or witnessed.
Riverside Park having been reached, three
regiments of infantry and two batteries of
artillery took position near the tomb
The regulars filed into the park and
halted to the northward. The rest of
the escort remained outside on the main
drive or approach. The services were
of the simple Methodist ritual, conducted
by Bishop Harris and DR.. Newman.
There was no discourse. George G. Meade
Post, Grand Army of the Republic, then per-
formed the Grand Army ritual over the re-
mains of their honored comrade. Mrs. Grant
was too i'll to attend the services and re-
manned at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Three salvos of artillery and three of mus
kerry were fired. The military marched to
their barracks, the crowds dispersed, the
mourners were driven back to their gloomy
homes, and the burial was complete.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-12
Phelps a DiplOmatist.

The East Alburgh correspondent of the
Swanton Courier tells of pleasing incident
that occurred several years ago, in which
Minister +. j. Phelps the late Chief JUS
tice Pierpoint and Parson Cady of Alburgh
all figured. 1t seems that the two former
gentlemen were duck-hunting near Alburgh,
and succeeded in shooting several ducks.
They were hungry, and conceived the idea
of roasting some duck over an eXtempor-
lied fire. Accordingly, they went upon the
land of Parson Cady and there seized upon
some rails, with which they built fire.
The parson, discovering that they had mis-
appropriated his property, approached them
and severely censured the legal gentlemen
for Stealing his rails" At this Minister
Phelps invited the parson into his tent in
his polite way, and finally induced him to
take some of the duck. The parson became
pleased with the cooking and left with
many apologies for his language when he
found out who the gentlemen were. Where
upon the Judge remarked to Phelps that he
would make good diplomatist-and sure
enough, the duck diplomatist is now diplo-
matist at the Court of st. James.