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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-07-18
Something New in the Law.

Senator Vance claims that the peo-
pie of North Carolina are the most
awabiding people in the world, and
to prove it tells of q newly appointed
Justice Of the Peace who, on a public
occasion, when fight was about to
commence, commanded the peace, and
preserved it by rushing between two
combatants, drawing knife foot in
length, and threatening instant death
to the man that should violate the
public peace.
l know writes correspondent OF
an incident which illustrates admirably
the love of Justice which animates our
excellent body of magistrates, as well
as their ingenuity in threading the
mazes of the law and arriving at its
true meaning and intent.
\ newly appointed J. P. in one of
our eastern counties was trying civil
case of much difficulty, in which the
law appeared to be involved in consid-
erahle doubt. On one side was Law
yer b, contending that the law
was dead in favor of his client; on the
other was Lawyer H, who was
equally as positive that the law was
clearly on the other side. The Court
was in great doubt for a time, but a
lucky idea occurred to its mind. "Gen-
tlemen," said the Court, "the facts in
this case are we'll ascertained, but the
law seems to be doubtful. The attor
neys on each side have stated what the
law is, but they do not agree. The
Court decides that, as the facts are es
tablished by the oaths of witnesses,
the law must be established in like
manner. The Court requires each at
torney to swear that the law is what he
has asserted it to be.
One of the attorneys took the re-
qlired oath without hesitation. The
other demurred, and lost his case.
Our new j. P. declares that he has
discovered a plan of getting at the
truth Of the law never thought of by
Coke or Blackstone .-Harper's Maga-
zine.
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An Estimate Of Pope.

Pope received the present homage OF
his generation. For time he basked
in the fullest sunshine of popular favor;
but during the last century the chill
shadow Of disrepute has rested on his
name The reaction was inevitable.
He is the most un-English of our poets;
his merits are exactly opposed to those
of the succeeding school. His work
was one of discipline; he enforced the
need of proportion; he gave laws to the
anarchy of genius. For the varying
clouds and CLEANS, which constitute
one of the charms of our literature, he
substituted the metallic brilliancy of
rhe classic model There was truth in
the charge that English vigor was
sacrificed to French nettete, thought to
style, creative power to delicacy of
workmanship. His drudgerv of finish
and patient labor Of composition were
intolerable to his successors; vet their
easy, graceful use Of their own language
is an eloquent tribute to the genius
they disparaged To his detractors his
poetry seemed townish. courtly; artif-
clal, not genuine; ephemeral, not uni
versal; the poetry not Of nature but of
art. the offspring of the fashion to write
verse rather than prose, and not Of that
hieh-strung sensibil.tv which compels
the true poet into song. The adula-
tion of his admirers, who claimed for
him place by the side of Shakespeare
or OF Milton, was even more dangerous
to his reputation than the depreciation
of his enemies The controversy which
ragged round his name left his right to
the title of poet in dispute, and threaten
ed his preseril tive claim to correctness.
lis moral character infamed the Bit
terness OF the contest. Every part Of
lis life is :}asat W tn difficulties or OBJ
scurel by myster. es, which involve his
literary position and bias the sober
Judgment Of the critic with the scorn of
the moralist Even French critics,
from whom general appreciation might
be expected, are divided. Eut of late
years, against n. Taine's unfeeling
estimate may be set the sympathy of
Salnte-Be for "cet.e quintessence
dame cette goutte de vif esprit
dams du cotton. ."-Edinburgh Eecie,u
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Ears l Win, Tails You Lose.

The Selectmen OF the adjoining towns
of Avon and Canton, in the classic
wooden-nutmeg State, were the victims
OF confidence game a while ago, in
duced by little oversight in framing
the law regarding the bounty for dead
woodchucks. 1t seems that Avon re-
quired the tail as voucher, and Canton
the pair of ears, each voucher bringing
III the sum of fifty cents, and the wood
chuck being left for home consumption.
1t was nuts" for the boys, who formed
a syndicate to increase their wealth a
hundred per cent. 10y exchanging, "even
up" ears for tails, whereby hangs this
tale. It is not necessary to explain
further.
Finally, the demands on the excheq-
uers of the two towns became so large
and frequent that the Selectmen smelled
woodchuck in the fence, and an in
vestigation OF the records was had,
when it was found that they had been
paying full price for half woodchuck,
or double price for full woodchuck,
and thereupon decided to disburse no
more bounties, which made the farmers
angry and the boys disconsolate, their
pleasant and remunerative occupation
being gone.
At first the boys threatened VEN
geance against the Selectmen, and Or
ganized several Nihilistic bands with
"woodchuck" as the password for even
ing meetings and a peculiar signal for
recognition in the day time, to wit:
placing hand on each side of the
head, palm to the front, and gently
moving the fingers in body back and
forth. Then the boy of Avon would
say "Tails," and would receive the re-
ply Ears" if the other party was
from Canton, when they would mutter
in unison Revenge" and smile all ado
lescent but none the less terrible smile
"a sardonic smile, in fact-that meant
volumes, if not whole library
But wiser counsels prevailed, and
they consoled themselves with the
thought that they and their big broth
ers had enjoyed this sinecure for about
twentyfour years. or ever since the
Republican party went ill.," and said
in effect that something might turn up
under the new administration which
would pan out equally we'll Therefore
the brotherhoods of "Woodcluck War
riors and Bloody Bounty Bravos of
kannotbecaught' We're disbanded and
the properties laid away in their cave
in the mountains for future reference.
Those boys have The making of states
men in them. and will be heard from
about the beginning Of the next cen
tury--Pech's San
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VOL. XIX.
Brfgandage in Italy and Greece,

Brlgandage has fourished in the
mountains of South Italy ever since
the time OF the struggles between the
Romans and the Samnites. The rocky
Businesses there have always afforded
safe retreat for the criminal and the
outlaw, and for that class, always mn
merous on Ital an soil. who vo1,ld
rather live by any means than those of
honest labor. Most stringent laws have
been enacted against brigandage from
time to time, but the difficulty has al
ways been to enforce them. Perhaps
these freebooters were never more ag-
gressive and troublesome than during
the twenty years following 1860. after
Italian independence had been secured.
Tins was partly the result of the war.
which had thrown many out of employ
ment, and had reduced great numbers
OF the peasants to absolute begcary.
and partly to the inability Of the new
and untrled government to execute the
laws. King Emanuel, however, was
man OF much decision of character, and
DID much to check the prevalent law
lessness, but even TO the present time
travel through the hill districts is very
unsafe. 1t has been asserted bv those
who have lived in Southern Italy that
brlgandage can never be suppressed
while it Is in the interest of the peas
antry to support it. The brigands buv
all their food from the peasants, and
pay for it fully double the price that
the peasant can secure for his produce
in the town. In a word, the large
amounts of money which the robbers
take from wealthy travellers are all dis
tributed among the needy peasantry,
and it would be expecting too much of
human nature to expect this class, ig-
norant as they are, to turn against those
whose existence is constant benefit to
them. Further, the peasants do not
dare to give Drigand up to Justice,
through fear of the vengeance of the
band, which is certain to be swift and
deadly. The probability is that the
increase in civilization in these locah-
ties is the only thing that will work a
lasting remedy for this state of law
1essness. Brigandage in Greece has
been the direct result of Turkish OPP
preston. Men tyrannized over beyond
endurance have been driven to overt
acts of rebellion, and then have been
forced to flee to the mountain caves for
their lives, and here become outlaws
from necessity So large class have
come to live in these hill retreats, who
in time of war hasten down to the val
leys to take part in the struggle against
the common enemy, and in time of
peace resort to these hiding places,
whence they sally out to plumber friend
and foe alike. The difficulty in dealing
with this class here, as in Italy, comes
from the fact that they are regarded
with so much favor by the peasants in
the valleys and towns, and by them are
shielded from the just vengeance os the
law.-Iatter Ocean.
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Seine Good Bulls.

A capital bull is related in the
life of DR.. Sims of countryman of
his own, for whom he had prescribed
an emetic, who said, with great simplic-
ity: "My dear doctor, it is of no use
your giving me an emetic I tried it twice
in Dublin, and it would not stay on my
stomach either time" This calls to
mind the story about singer who, be-
ing rapturously encored repeated
her songs. A stranger who had
been at the opera was asked how he
had been pleased with. her. Not at
all, " said he. "Not at all? Why, she
is the first singer in Europe" "That
may be-" replied the man, "but she
sang so badly last night that they made
her sing her songs over again. Erery
Other SATURDAY Night
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MethodiSm in America.

The earliest recorded history OF
Methodism in this country dates from
the year 1866. At that time, however,
and for several years after, its labors
were directed from England, aud it was
not until about Christmas, 1854, that
the church was formally organized IN
this country, that organization taking
place in Baltimore, Md. Last wear.
therefore, was really the centennial of
American Methosl;sm proper.
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Didn't Like 1t.

There are two classes of conserya.
tlves-thosc who preserve the old be-
cause it is useful. and those who adj
here to it because it is old Sometimes
this attachment to the ancient paths
becomes such '"craze" that every
change is viewed as an evil.
Our ancestors were pious and en-
liehtened, vet so conservative were
many of them that they resisted the in
PRODUCTION of stoves into the meeting
houses or baseviol into the choir.
Fifty years ago some OF the members
Of New England parish, not seeing
the connection between o cold church
ard warm piety, called a meeting to
see if the town would vote to put in
two stoves to warm the meeting house."
After long debate, in which it was
urged by the conservatives that it
would be extravagant and injurious to
heat the church, the town voted to
place therein two large wood-burning
stoves.
One man was SO opposed to the inno-
vation that for several Sundays after
the introduction of the stoves, he acted
out striking protest. His pew was on
the wall side OF the house and by
large window. Though it was winter,
he would enter his pew. raise the win
dow. take off his coat, and sit in his
shlrt-sleeves.
Another strong conservative lived in
an adjoining town. A bass-viol was
introduced into the choir, and he de-
nounced the instrument as device of
Satan. Leaving his own church, he
rode several miles to another meeting
house, so that he might not hear 'the
devils music The poor man was
doomed that Sunday.
When got in sight of the meeting
house." he said to a friend, to whom he
unbosomed himself, "there was a man
with goon (bassoon), and dagon (bass
viol) was there too. So jist got onto
me ould meer and cum home.
Even the pitch-pipe was offensive to
him. The choir once failed to get the
correct KEY.
"Ah, johnny Smith" he called out
to the chorister, we maun blaw your
whostle again ."-I Youths COMPANION.
MUST tell YOU an anecdote Of old
Talleyrand. Murray wanted an auto
graph to engrave. S. E. benignantly
consented, and, taking long sheet of
paper. wrote his name You guess
where. At the very extreme top of the
page, so close that the French lady,
who wrote with feather from the hum
ming birds wing and dried it with the
1uS. of tho huttarHy'S wing cOull not
have squeezed in an /. .. I.
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A Terrible Night.

Concerning London nocturnal noises
q Nottinghiil gentleman thus relates
the experience of what he terms "A
Terrible Night:
9p. m.-Barrel organ. Special edi-
ton! 'Orrible and horful cannibalism.
Further fearful disclosures"
$50 p. m.-Cats' Parliament Gen
eral feline demonstration and discussion
of Egyptian policy in the back garden.
10 p. m.-Turn in. A drunken Brit
ish workman in fierce alteration with
his wife, Immediately under my bed
room window. Sultry night-window
open.
80 p. m. AT No. 160 opposite
window also open-musical reunion,
"The Lost Chord" "Stephanie Ga
Vote" Harmonious Blacksmith, :"
"Some DAY" cracked voice and con-
sumptive piano. At corner of street,
harp and cornet. "When other lips"
II p. m.-Cats move the discussion
to the front OF the house.
1l:10 p. m.-Concertina and chorus,
"As we go rolling home" "Wait till
the clouds roll by"
30 p. m-Slight doze.
II midnight proclaims
the morn!" At No. 1913 they cherish
fowls and are kind to poultry The
proclamation is taken up by all the
blessed cocks in the neighborhood-
Bantams, Cochin Chinas, Dorkings, and
Hamburgs, ct id genus. Sleep being
impossible, turn out, light candle, cold
tea, cigarette, and read.
1:3O .. m.-Turn in.
2:3O to $3.50 a. m.-Disturbed and
uneasy doze.
$40 a. m.-Carts Ell route to Covent
Garden Market shake the house to the
very foundation, the windows rattle
again, men thrash their horses-sleep
impossible.
4:3O a. m-Chanticleer shows faint
disposition to go in for another procla-
nation. Utterly exhausted I fall asleep.
$50 a. MA sweep over the way:
People asleop
Heed not tbc sweep.
He keeps up laundering knocking for
quite q quarter of an hour; he has mis-
taken the number; he tries the next
door.
6 a. m.-An i1rep1essibie buzzing
bluebottle enters by the window. I
turn out and chase him. One lady in
chanticleer's harem at No. 1913 has laid
an egg, and, as is customary with her
garrulous genus, trumpets it forth to
the neighborhood by cackling herself
hoarse
$3.50 to a. m.-"Milk! Milk! Milk!"
Morning papers!" Morning peppers!'
Morning pippers!"
7:10--A man to look at the cistern
over my bedroom.
Triumphal arrival Of a German
band.
And yet this is called quiet neigh
borhood! What must noisy one be ?
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$2UU.UUUsend s''' Us 5 cents y'ns" peesaas. oaas.
and by mail you will get free IL package Of
goods of large value, that will start you in
work that will at once bring you in money
faster than anything else in America, All
about the 5000, 900 in presents with each box.
Agents wanteti everywhere, of either sex, Of
sll ages, for all the time or spare time only.f
to work for us at their own homes For
tunes for all workers absolutely assured.
Don't delay. II. HALLETT s. Co., Portland
Maine.
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LEAD tanks, which witi,stood sui
phuric acid perfectly, Mr. $. z. Shar-
piles reports, We're soon destroyed by
hydrochloric acid. In some recent
experiments, undertaken to destroy
cotton fiber by means of hot hydro
chloric acid, it was found that lead
lined vessels were soon rendered use
less by it. Even the cold acid could
not be kept in wooden tanks lined with
lead. Most authors say that lead is
only slightly affected by hydrochloric
acid.
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How Coffee Is Graded,

The reason that Rio coffee is not
quoted high in this market is that only
the lower grades OF Brazilian coffee are
called Rio coi1ee. The best coffee from
Rio lie Janeiro is called @Java, "Mo-
cha" etc. You see the planters send
their coffee to Rio, and then it is all
mixed together, the good and the bad,
in order to get an average price. When
it gets here it is taken to large coffee
houses, where the work done in Rio is
undone. the coffee being sorted out
into different grades, and various names
given it. The lowest grade is called
Rio. AS matter of fact, some of the
best coffee we get comes from Bra
zil.-Salrador de Neradonco, Bro
silin11 Consul.
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COLLECTOR.

l am prepared to collect all kind Of bills
lntrusted to my care. Prompt attention
given to all matters intrusted to me- Best
OF references furnished. Address:
FRED DAVIS.
Constable 9th Ward, Lockport P. o
Aug. 80 e4-Iy.
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A FAMILY who spent October at a
farmhouse, because October is such
lovely month in the country, you
know" complained that fried pork
three times a day was too monotonous
a diet, and not up to the inducements
originally held out. "You jest wait till
next week." replied the farmer, reas-
suringly. II am going to kill hog
next week, and then you kin have all
the fresh meat you want. Detroit
Post.
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So LONG as thou art ignorant do not
be ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the
greatest of all intirmities; and when
justified the chiefest Of all follies. -
l. Fdlt0,a.
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Wilbur r. Storey.

The Journalist: Mr.. Storey was an
eccentric individual always, and had the
reputation OF being Il crank for twenty
five years before he lost his mental bal
ance entirely. In 1873, having had one
of his periodical rows with the Hoes,
he undertook to start 4 press foundry
on his own account, and actually went
so far as to emplt V an inventor at big
salary, whose duty it was to design fast
printing presses. 1t was with the
greatest difficulty that Mr.. Patterson,
his business manager, prevented him
from tearing up Il portion Of the Times
basement to put i'll furnace, molds,
etc. Another whim of his was to print
a thirty-six page paper. For nearly
two months he issued twenty four page
copies of the Times daily. half of them
being filled with selected matter. He
had mania for consuming white pa
per, and had not Patterson checked him
he might have bankrupted the Times.
He scarcely ever spoke to the men on
This paper. There we're a few, however,
for whom he had n strong attachment.
One of these was Franc Wilkie, who
was with the Times for many years.
IA Wis .}OHu Il lItllN, W Ho W as "
favorite reporter 1t was subject of
remark nj the time. in Chicago, that as
soon as Mr. Storey lost his mind Mr..
Wilkie and Mr.. Finerty were quietly
dropped from the Times pay roll.
BUCHANAN READS poem describing
:Sheridan's ride from Winchester is said
sby friend of the latter to have become
the bane OF his existence. In the popu-
lar mind, that little jaunt on horseback
is his only achievement. The rest OF
his gallant services have been thrown
into oblivion, so far as the knowledge
of the masses is concerned. Women
especially worry him almost crazy on
the subject. He is bound, IN common
politeness, to answer their questions
about it, and unnumbered are the
albums in which he has been compelled
to write a verse of the poem over his
signature. He used to decline to do
this. on the ground that 1t was not
modest, but he found that his scrupleS
were not appreciated, and so he now
scribbles couplet, which glorles the
horse only, with no mention OF the
rider.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-05-16

Fare each way, to NandevlI1e, 90 cts. !;
to Madisonviile, Is cts; to Cosington,
81.
Excursions every SUNDAY and WE'D
NESDAY-Fare, round trip. to Mande-
Vile 30 cts. to jacksonville, IS cts. :; to
Covington, 81. Connecting by stage
with Abita Springs.
Freight received Mt Canal street Car
Station, Broad street.
Careful attention given to shipments
of Freight and Live Stock.
IL. OERILiNG & SON, Agents.
No. 429 Julia street, New Orleans.
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REAL ESTATE

l. A tract of land in jacksonville,
having front of five acres, more or
less on the Tchcfuncta river, running
oeck between parallel lines twenty-three
scfea. more or less, bounded north by
lands of Adelan Baham, south by lands
q Jacquez and Lazare Baham, west by
lands of A. ]. Morgan.
4 half interest in tract Of land in
jacksonville, having a front of five
acres on the Tchefuncta river, running
oack twenty-three acres, more or less,
bonded north by lands of Lazare Be-
nam. south and west by lands of A. j.
organ lbeing swamp land.)
!. Half interest in four lots of ground
n Jacksonville, being lots Nos. 5, 6, Z
aad 8, in square No. 6.
Terms of sale-The above property
having been offered tor sale, and failing
70 bring two-thirds of its appraisement,
y now offered on a credit of twelve
months. the purchaser to give his prom
assory note for the purchase price, to
bear 8 per cent. per nnnum interest
from date of sale until paid. Mortgage
tesainedon the property until full and
nnai payment Of said note, capital ana
al interest.
GUSTAVE DUPART,
Executor.
Coyingon, La, Nav 8, 1885.
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Sixteenth Sections
Sales.
Bate of Louisiana, Parish of st, Tan.
many.

Notice il hereby given that. pursuant
% and by virtue of an order of sale
eaanating from Hon. o. B. Steele,
Auditor Of Public Accounts of the State
= Louisiana. dated April IL, 1885, and
IN acc Drdance with the provisions of
oeetion 1916 of Rays Revised Statutes
q 1870. will, on SATURDAY. the % 1
6ay Of May, 1885, offer for sale at the
Ceurtbouss door, in the town of Covino-
eon, parish of St Tammany, State of
Louisiana. within the legal hours for
jadicial sales, the Sixteenth Section
0ahooi Land in Township 8, Range Is
AAst and Sixteenth Section School
Land in Township Z, Range Is East.
0rsensburg District, Parish Of St. Tam
1any, Louisiana, said lands to be offer
q IN lots not less than forty or more
than one hundred and sixty acres. No
lids for less than appraised value will
- received.
Terms of Sale-One-tenth of purchase
Price to be pkid in cash, and the balance
- nine equal annual installments, with
9 Per cent per annum interest thereon
1son date. secured by special mortg ,ge
% the Iaud sold. and personal security
= solido. Or if the purchaser prefers,
- can pay the whole amount of the bid
= cash. deducting the interest which
he credit would otherwise draw.
w. B. Cook,
Sheriff and Ex-Officio Auctloneer.
Cev1saroN, LA. April Is, 1885.