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The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

SKETCH CLUB PERFORMANCE.-The
Opelousas Sketch Club, with the ire
pressible Maj Addison as leading man,
gave their initial performance at Perro-
din Hall on last Tuesday night, the l1th.
A varied and interesting programme
was presented combining so much fun,
mirth and sides splitting scenes that the
audience was kept in a perfect efferyes-
cence of laughter throughout the even
ing. Maj. Addison, an old professional
IN the minstrel business, and fine per-
former on the guitar, gave some humor-
ons and sentimental songs in excellent
voice, and his facial delineations We're
simply inimitable. His interpretations
of Dutch and negro speeialties can hard
~ be surpassed. The amateurs associ-
ated with him-Messrs. John j. Healy,
John Jacobs, Rudolph Mayer and Geo.
Chachere, acquitted themselves splen-
didly only they did not speak quite
loud enough to be heard at the rear OF
the Hall. The attendance was not as
large as it should have been, but will
certainly increase in future performan
ces. Major Addison intends to give a
series of performances in the future, and
with the talents under his direction, we
feel sure that he will draw full houses
and furnish our people with all the fun
and mirth that they can ask for during
the monotonous summer season.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15
u NJ Der! !!
Best MATERIAL Low Prices

Owing to hard times and
dullness in trade q large lot
of LUMBER has accumula-
ted in our lumber yard, and
in order to unload we have
decided to offer SPECIAL
INDUCEMENTS to cash
buyers; and to those who
have not the cash we will
offer exceptional satisfactory
arrangements, being deter
mined to reduce our stock
on hand before the busy sea-
son commences.
The following quotations
will give an idea of what we
can do in the matter OF
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

Papabottes continue plentiful and
hunters come in daily with bags well
filed with these delicious birds.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

Hack metackn a lasting and fragrant
perfume. Price 25 and so cents Sold
by III, p. Young & Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

Are you made miserable by indiges-
tion, consumption, dizziness, loss of ap-
petite, yellow skin Shiloh's Vitalizer
is positive cure, Sold by NJ. P. Young
& IN
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

"A pebble in the streamlet dropped,
Has changed the course Of many ri yer;
A dew drop on the baby plant,
Has warped giant Oak forever.
A liver surcharged with vicious bile.
Oft makes the boat of life careen;
1t may be changed TO its wonted way,
By dosing the pilot with Smiths Bile Beans
Price, 25 cts. per bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

Al NJ ss Injector free with each bottle
of Shil8Iss GaEarrh Remedy Price oO
cents. Sold by N, r. Young y 90.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

shiloh's Catarrh Remedy-a positive
cure for catarrh, dyptheria, aud canker
mouth. Sold by NJ. P. Young & Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

Shiloh's Cure will Immediately re
lieve cronp, whooping cough and bf"n
chitis. Sold by M. P. Young & Go.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15
at 3 Cents.

Oatmeal at 5 cents;
Rice at cents;
White beans at 5 cents;
Choice -four at 5 cents;
Quire Note paper at 5 cents;
Potato mashers at 5 cents;
Tea bells at S cents;
Tin plates at 5 cents;
Pint cups at 5 cents;
Handkerchiefs at 5 cents;
Sponges at cents;
Rubber balls at 5 cents;
States at 5 cents
Composition books at 5 cents;
Transparent states at 5 cents;
Pocket knives at 5 cents;
Fishing lines at 5 cents
A the Star GT0cerV
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

The Rev. Geo. A. Thayer, of Bourbon,
Ind, says; Both myself and wife owe
our lives to Shiloh's consumption cure -
Sold by NJ. P. Young & Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15
The American Exposition.

Our readers will be pleased to learn
that there viii be opened this autumn
q worthy rival and successor to the mag
nificents Worlds Exposition, held at
New Orleans the last winter and spring.
Those whose good fortune it was to visz
1t that grand affair will never forget the
world of wealth-the rich and rare ex
hibts the startling evidences of un-
developed and heretofore almost un
known resources of this hemisphere,
there represented. 1t was the first prac-
tical opportunity OF the people of this
country to become thoroughly imbued
with knowledge of the great, almost
unlimited extent of the agricultural,
horticultural and mineralogical rcsour
ces of the Western Continent.
Such knowledge becomes the basis of
enterprise, the forerunner of the insti-
tuition of new lines of traffic and ex-
change, the opening of new markets for
our products and manufactures, of new
fields of industry and development.
To realize the full fruits of the work
inaugurated by the Worlds Exposition,
a new Exposition Company composed
of leading enterprising citizens of New
Orleans and of the Mississippi Valley,
has been organized with a capital of
$500, 900 under the name of the North,
Central and South American Exposition.
They have purchased the plant of build
ings and property of the Worlds Expo
sition and will open on the 10th of No
yember, 1885, closing April lst, 1886.
The new company begins its work
under the most favorable auspices
with a property complete for Exposi-
tion purposes originally costing 81 400,
600, purchased and paid for, with ample
funds IN its treasury, and with appli-
cations from old exhibitors and new
ones already flowing in.
t~s Railroad fares will be arranged upon
| the basis of not to exceed one cent pei
mile from any point. Accommodation in
the Crescent City, thanks to the expert
ence of the past season, will meet the
requirements and satisfaction of the Wis
itors. Good crops and the good times
will encourage an immense attendance
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15
EeUBLIC SALE.

Probate P coss,4, Parish of ST. Landry, No. 4615
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15

why will you cough when shiloh's
cure will give you immediate relief
Price lOc, Soc and 81. Sold by NJ. 2,
Young & Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-15
OPELOUSAS:

SATURDAY. ::::AUGUsT Is, 1885.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01
Advice to q Young Man.

Indeed, no, my son, one man is
not as good as another. MOI by a
long chalk he isn't. A young man
of your age ought to know better
than to say such a thing. 1t is a
very pretty bit of Democratic senti-
ment, but it isn't true. When you
have heard that assertion shrieked out
in resonant tones that fairly echo
back from the clouds, on the Fourth
of July, if you will follow the orator
home and observe him clearly, you
will perceive that he didn't and don't
believe what he says, and doesn't live
upon his own platform. Now, don't
misunderstood me. 1 am not talking
politics. I know, my son, that you
are as good as any man that walks
the earth. / agree with you most
heartily so far. We are as good as
other men. The back of our hand
and the toe of our foot to the SLAM
derer who says we are not. But, are
other men as good as We are? There
is where the gazelle comes in. That
is what tries your democracy. just
think that over a little when you are
fixiAg up your next Fourth of July
Grafton. 1t will stand a great deal
of thinking over. / tell you. nay
son, if all men were really as good as
each other, and we all thought so.
this world would be too perfect to
live in. You ask Mr.. Blaine if one
man is good as another. Ask him If
he thinks DIR. Burchard is as good
a man as Mr.. Stephen Elkins. Alb
no, my boy, n man IS not as good
as another.-Ro5t. j. Burdette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01
Gov. C. III. Hardin.

Some paper says that Gen. Mar.
maduke will be the first native Mis-.
sourian Goxerno, of the State.
What's the matter with ex-governor
Hardin, who vas born over here in
Columbia.-Marshall Progress.
Ex.G Gov. Hsrdin was born in Car
roll county, KY, July 10, 1920, hut
In November following came with his
father, Charles Hardin-who was
Coiumbia'si first postmaster-to How
ard county, where he resided for a
short time five miles north west from
Boonville. Very soon afterwards
he moved to Columbia where he died
August 20, 1880. Ex-Goy. Hardin's
mother was a sister of the late DR..
VIM. Jewell, the founder of William
Jewell College.-Columbia Statesman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01
These are Solid Facts.

The best blood purifier and system
regulator eve placed within the
reach of suffering humanity. truly is
Electric Bitters. Inactivity of the
Liver, Biiliousness, Jaundiee. Con-
stipation, Weak Kidneys, or any dis.
ease of the urinary organs, or whoev-
er requires an appetizer, tonic OF
mild stimuiant, viii always find Eiec-
trie Bitters the best and only certain
cure known. They act surely and
quickly, every bottle guaranteed to
give entire satisfaction or money re-
funded. Sold At fifty cents 5 bottle
by j. F. Llewellyn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01
Anti.Pr0hibition Petition,


From the following we presume
the anti-prohibitionists are at work
throughout the State.
The following is the heading to a
petition which finds room on the diff
ferent counters of Mexico liquor es-
adjustments. 1t is self-explanatory.
Read:
To the General assembly Of the State
of Missouri:
Your petitioners-legal voters in
the County of Audrain and State of
Missomi-respectfully represent that
they + opposed to what is known
as prohibition, for the following rea-
sons:
First: Because such laws violate
the personal rights of the citizens,
and are contrary to the spirit and
intent to our free institutions.
Second: Because temperance be-
longs solely to the domain of morals,
and any attempt to enforce it by law
would be a departure from the true
functions of government. We OPP
pose the submission of a prohibitory
amendment to our State constitution,
to a vote of the people, for the above
reasons, and for the further reason
that the whole matter of the control
of the liquor traffic should be left
where it now is-with the people, to
be acted upon by them, from time to
time, through the Legislature.
The above is being n~umerously
signed in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01
This Idea of Going West.

to Colorado or New Mexico, for pure
air to relieve Consumption, is all a
mistake. Any reasonable man would
would use DR.. Bosanko's Cough and
Lung Syrup for Consumption in all
its first stages. 1t never fails to give
relief all cases of Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Pains in the Chest and
all affections that are considered pri-
mary to Consumption. Price, so
cents and 500. Sold by Dobyns
& Gibbs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01

of nv Land peg;star
:
good fencine sitnated fWa saaa neSse. -
S200o oo down' haIanea ti,na ~ " PEI aeeo-
pe1 cent.
90 acres. seven miles south ~ n.v,.o 49,.
Heres in timber one and one-hsif story frs1s
house OF nve rooms good well and good pond :
htteeh acres o meadow; nne ofchss6 z
neiahbornood /; school and church coSyspfs.t
rfice, tzloo 00-mosfly c-sh.
80. ssl.
20o acres. all under fence subdlyided into n
ture balance cnltivstine ina A'o = ase ns-
!; new frame house one snd 3 b.iS 49,
frames tabie. ooaS o,fs mi, Ror..ce; ioe -
orchard Of 3 acres ia gooS $50 liz ~
miles soSthwess Of Mexico. Missouri ID
acre. = "a' trses s0W -
~
NO. so5.
Able stable 2oxa4 feet orchard Of of1 ahoat so y :
he timbe. !. 81 49, f.l ~ poaliie iand. sxee8
~ ~ msY1co is..u1.ed ABOUT . miles northuso
one -rhirs :ash poM Z IT, - xce per 500
mum. en1e s'e Pr cen@ -
NO. So6
ioo zcrSs, III Fenced with rails and hedge q
scr H IN euisfsslol !; 90 acfcs IN woodland 20
sure !; eood com1oftaole frame house offs room
iok sL3Oie ana c0fu crD good living wells ~
cistelh plenIy OF running creek water /: situA1oa
4pOut 3 miles northeast Of Mexico. No.
fftce, " % per acre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01

II you don't want the LEDGER next
year notify us at once. Don't wait
three or four months and then say
you did net want it. 37.3t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01


NO. 81.
in cuitiyation !: Ore-sfory homse 81 three roorss
a and p psSca . |; sSfd od drsms 6arn ! ; coed coed % yasp house &c.
chard OF about seyensy-Gye trees : good pondi .
good well good hedge and rail fencing sjfuat-
Z: 3D. y !. miles NILE an. north Of Mexico. Missouri. Prizes.
n s7a
.o
ali fenced ssss wi Z nl All. Saw saye o. 3 . ssesie s,.a hlssoug
Dasance ~ 49, ana cuitisas0n COCA tMtE
s SLOT frame house OF 9 rooms lair barn ; gotd
school house on corner Of land ; churches coli
yenient situated on public road, l mile from Q
$500 eo-One-half cash, balance time ut 8 pt.P
cent. per annum
100 acres-60 acres In cultivation and under
rail- fence good house, 6 rooms; good ofcharl,
good garden, good well-21 feet deep and 8 fee6
Der; situated four and = half miles south e6
Mexico. Price $500 per acre, $1,000 cash !; bal
ance, 10 suit purchaser.
No, IS.
Farm Of 80 ocres all wen fenced, good one story
n,t h,.;iifS Tvu l.a na, pa ano. ssS4a dcet, sla osnes
sinaLi iIuat, ~ acIes IN cuiuSauon oaiancs Tim
No ,,x
$40 acres, all INNER fence save 90 acres. Snb.
divided into 5 fields !: 100 acres pasture. 10 acres
meadow All enclosed susceptible OF cuitiva.
water an wear round. 3 story frame dWeliine'
with one story [, S rooms IN ali, ROOD wen anei
good Ouf-buiidines. Barn and Stable suff1clent
fair orchard. Good tena. t house, good rich land,
0Hd nn0 nf n a Gfnak f0Hmna ~ fhA agyTnf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01

Farm Of 80 ocres all well fenced, good one story
franc dwelling house OF four rooms, kitchen de-
tached. good frame barn AKA feet, and other
out buildings, y0und orchard and abundance OF
small fruit, 40 acres In cultivation balance I'm.
bered pasture, situgte 21-2 miles west OF Mexico.
Price $2,500. terms easy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01

100 acres-60 acres In cultivation and under
rail fence good house, 6 rooms; good orcharl,
good garden, good well-21 feet deep and 8 feat
In diameter stable for six horses with coTuscnb
attached /; good pond, creek rms through TIM
Der ; situated four and q half miles south t4
ance, to suit purchaser.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-01

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that /, as admin
istrafor OF the estate C. C. Scott deceas-
ed, will at the January term, 1885, make
my final settlement as administrator of
said estate. GEO. ROBERTSON,
36-4w. Public Administrator.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-18

KINNEY.-In this city, of apoplexy, on Mon
day morning. the 18th inst, Maj. Chapman
johnson Kinney, fourth son of the late Mich
olas Z. Kinney. ESQ.,, OF this city, aged 81
GAY.-At Laurel Hill, Augusta CO., March, 1.-THE
4th, of cerebro spinal meningi ills, Alice, Oldest
daughter of Mr.. g. W., and Mrs. Lizzie Gay,
aged years.
Washington papers please copy.
LIsKEY.-Hiram N. Liskey, son of Abram Lis
key, died on Sunday evening. March 8th,
1885, at his home, four miles southeast of Har-
risOnburg, in the 35th year of his age after a
long and painful illness.
WAMPLER.-On the 9th instant, near Broad
way, Rockingham county, Mr.. Martin Wam-
pier aged 70 years, months, and 26 days. He
had been member of the German Baptist
church for many years.
MELLON the 9Th inst, at the residence of her
father, near Gap Mills, Monroe county, w.
Va, of an aggravated form of measles, Miss
Ada Neel, daughter of Cyrus F. Neel, ESQ,
aged about l6 years.
Franklin, pendleton CO., w. Va, OF cancer of
the stomach, or liberation ofthe bowels, Mrs.
Catherine Dice, widow of Geo. W. Dice, in the
4Sth year of her age.
MULLENAX-In CrabbOttOm, Highland cOun-
ty, on Friday, the 9th inst, of typhoid fever.
Mrs. ]. K. Mullenax and on the next day of
the same disease, the hush nd. Mr.. J. K.
MullenaX, who were buried in the sam e.grave
on Sunday, the 9Th. The daughter and step
son are sick with the same disease.
SLAvEN.-At the residence of her son. s. G.
Slaven. at Meadow Dale, Highland county,
of old age, Mrs. Rebecca Slaven, ged So years,
and months.
HoovER.-Of consumption, at the residence of
Mr.. d. w. Swecker in Crabbottom, Highland
ceased was a sister of Miss Clara Hoover, of
Monterey.
CAMPO ELL.-EdwardJ Jenkins Campbell, son of
MIR. Rollin Campbell of Highland co.. died of
consumption. at the residence of Mr.. John
Rodgers in Augusta county, on Wednesday
morning last, at the age of 20 years.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-18

A GLOOMY WHEAT PROSPECT.
Robt. Beverly, of ''The Plains" Fauquier
county, one of the most successful, and
perhaps the largest wheat grower in Vir-
ginia, writes to the sam under date of
March IL:
'sWithin the last thirty days have been
through every State south of the Potomac
and Ohio rivers except Florida, and do
not think it possible that 30 per cent. of a
wheat crop can be made in those States. l
have been 46 years farmer and never saw
half so poor prospect before. The ex-
cessive drought of last fall reduced the
acreage full 80 per cent, its long continue
ton prevented great deal of the wheat
from coming up, and what did come got no
root before winter; then the unprecedented
cold winter-the thermometer being seve-
raj times below zero, with no snow on the
wheat-has killed it as if it were oats.
Much of it will be plowed up and put in
corn; much more will not make more than
seed, and have not seen a field that can
make so per cent. of CROP and this part
of Virginia is fine wheat country, the
crops around here last year averaging %
bushels per acre.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-18
psrrnsos's MAGAZINE for March opens with

PETERsoN'S MAGAZINE for March opens with
a beautiful steel-plate oftwo girls caught in
snow storm, and entitled 1.-THE Sisters" illus
trating powerful story by Frank Lee Bene-
dict. In addition, there is the usual double
size fashlon-plate. printed from steel, and col
ored by hand: Peterson" being the only maya
zine to give these expensive and refined fash
templates. Besides this. there is colored pat
tern for Tidy on Java Canvas; a capital hui
morous illustration, "Tbe Beleaguered Gar
rison;" and some fifty wood-cuts of fashions
embroidsries, workable designs, and other
things useful to ladies. The principal article is
an illustrated one. entitled "Washir gton City:
Its Pictorial Side." a remarkably welI-written
and discriminating paper on the Federal City,
considered artistically, enthusiastically, social
ly. ETC., etc. The stories. as always in Peter
son." are the very best of their kind. The con-
tinued novelet-"The Lost Ariadne," by Mrs.
John Sherwood, of New York-increases in
power with every number. Every lady as We
have often said, ought to take this m agazine.-
The price is but two dollars a year. Nth great
deductions to clubs Address Charles J. Pete son,
3O6 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-18

MISS BELLE MARTIN WHO COMMITTED SUI
CIDK-We gave an account last week OF the
suicide OF Miss Belle Martin. which occurred in
this county. near Lipsconb station on the
Shen. Valley Railroad. We were mistaken in
the statement that both Of her parents were
dead. Her father is dead, but her mother is
living. The following are extracts from a let
ter found In her bosom addressed to her moth
err
My Dear Mother:-Do you believe God will
forgive me II will kill myself? am tired of
my life, and do not believe that can be any
worse off when am dead. flood does not for
give me will then have to go to torment. Oh
mother. won't that be an awful thing to go
where will have to burn? But hope that
God will forgive me. Oh mother, always pray
when go to bed. maybe he will hear my pray
ers and answer them, for 1 do want to 60 TO
heaven to my dear father for know he has
gone to heaven to dwell with Jesus evermore
AS To don't think God will forgive
him as long as he lives Mother, I hate to
leave you all. but can't stay here another day.
sisters once more before I go. I want
to be buried out where father Is, but don't let it
be as much trouble as they had about him, for
do not want to be any trouble. Don't you all
one will never see any more on earth again.
and the one that we were talking about at the
supper-table. If could but die in his arms
would be happy once more. Mother will you
all please keep me out of the ground two days?
I want you to have my nice black dress and
jersey put on me when you lay me out, and
please get white tie for me. May
God have mercy on me and hear my prayers
tonight. Dear mother, farewell forevermore
on earth. I hope to meet you all in a better
land. will close with a good nights kiss to
one and all. 1 am coming, Lord. to
thee. To MY MOTHER.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-18
NOcturne in B-FIat.

Oh, the lady she puts on the roller skates!
Over the fence is out!
And into the may her way she.takes.
Eddying here and about.
Oh, but she shone in waltz or reel!
Oh. but she slung dizzy heel!
Oh!!! but you'd ought to heard her squeal-
Over the fence is out.
SECOND STANZA IN A-MINoR
Quivered and ratified the chandelier,
Lather the arnica on
All, but the slivers were sharp and sere!
Where has the doctor gone?
All, but her joyous race was run,
Ere the bright night had scarce begun,
Not for week can she have some fun
Lather the arlica on!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-18

THE WAYNEsBoRo' MEssENaER.-The last
Messenger announces changes in our sprIght-
ly Waynesboro' neghbor. Waynesboro' is a
growing and progressive town, and whist the
good people over there are building up their
schools, their splendid MILL their large stores,
their manufacturing industries and keeping
steadystep with the advancing times. we are
sure they will not forget their representative
newspaper which does and has done SO much to
promote the general welfare. g. W. Dudley &
Son, former proprietors, hsve yielded the helm
to Messrs. Huff Rife, who assumed control of
the Messenger last week. The retiring jour
nalists have labored faithfully and efficiently
in the field. Their successors take hold with
zeal and will not falter in the new relations
they assume to the public Mr.. Huff is the
editor. and is gentleman of fine literary tastes
and cultivation, and will make the Messenger
worthy Of Waynesboro', and all its progressive
interests. We welcome him into the family of
the fourth estate.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-18

WESTERN LUNATIC AsYLUM.-1he Board of
Directors of the Western Lunatic Asylum met
here on ednesday, the 11th inst, and re-
elected Superintendent Fauntleroy; Assistant
Physicians, Hamilton, Fisher, and Weir; Ma
iron. Mrs. Hopkins; and Clerk. C. A. Armis-
tead The Board elected a new Steward-Mr
]. w. Blackburn, Of Rockingham-in the place
of Mr.. - Timberlake. Mr. Undertake.
whilst filling the Office of Steward, made many
personal friends here by his urbanity and
pleasant manners. who regret his return to his
former home.
Mr.. Blackburn is man of character and in
telligence with all the qualifications requisite
to fill that office in satisfactory manner.
FARM HOME AND INDUSTRIAL REvIEw.-
This is the title of neat and valuable paper
recently established in Harrisonburg. of which
Jos. X. Smith, late Editor and Proprietor of
the Old Commonwealth, is the editor and mana
ger. and W. L. Yancey and P. s. Thomas are
the publishers. 1t is furnished to subscribers
at the low price of Sl.00. This is an enterprise
which deserves to succeed, and we hope that
the most sanguine expectations of it's projec-
tors will be more than realized. This journal
contains good matter and is neatly printed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-18

SLAUGHTER OF THE RoBINs.-We may now
expect the slaughter of the robins to COM
mence, and steps should be taken to prevent 1t,
for they are the best friends the farmers have.
No insectivorous bird of whatever kind should
be permitted to be killed. If we had no birds
in this country for ten years, no crops of grain
or fruit could be raised. Insects of various
kinds would multiply to such an extent as to
prevent 1t. The most salutary law that the
Legislature could pass would be one that would
prohibit the killing Of all kinds of insectivorous
birds at all seasons of the year.