The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-11-28
State Items.

| door nail. Every mercnaot IN tOWn
Except one or two--will bear Us
out in this assertion.
Lake Charles Commercial: Mr..
Harry Ortmeyer brought to our
Office quite a curiosity in the way OF
double orange. Tie center one is
much smaller, but perfect and dis.
tinct.
New Iberia Farmer ; Last Sunday
Mr.. Jules Mestayer, who was seri
ously wounded at Loreauville du.
ring the riot, last year.. was t? be
seen on our streets. He fs looking
very we'll, while still compelled to
use crutches.
Baton Rouge Truth A: Many of the
felds in the upper part uf. the parish
are yet white with ungathered cot.
ton. So many lahorers have gone
to the sugar farms that it IS q diff
cult matter to hire cotton pickers.
hence it remains in the field.
New Iberia Enterprise The dry
weather and continued frOsts fore
cast a famine winter for the stock
on our prairies, as the grass is rapid
ly drying up. Hard is the lot Of q
poor beast who winters on an At
takapas prairie, without shelter or
attention.
Lafayette Advertiser: The wealth
er of the past week has been excep-
tionally. indeed. wonderfully beau.
tiful. If'the crop is not gathered
will certainly not be able to lay it
on bad weathcr,-but it Is hoped
that no excuse Whatever will be
needed.
St. Mary Review The oyster and
catfish business is booming, and
heavy shipments have been made
this week by dealers. Some Of these
days an oyster. fish, turtle and crab
canning establishment will be start
ed at this place, and then somebody
will get rich.
Lake Charles Echo: As good
evidence of prosperous times as we
want to rec, is the long lists OF
marriage. to be eeee 10 the papers
throughout the country. Evidently
the average American is trying to
keep pace with the flow Of iihmigra
ton to this country.
! Maurepas Gazette: Cauc grind.
ing is still progressing, but the yield
is not 20 great as anticipated, the
cane not being ripe enough. Cotton
picking is progressing rapidly. Jacl
Frost got in his work k satisfactorily
on. the morning Of the l4th. This
will ripen the cane. There is tall
of a new steam packet on the Amitt
river.
Iberville South: The supply .
, ash in our swamps is almos'
inexhaustible; aud yet this valuable
timber has never been utilized ex
cept for purposes Of fuel. tn.
eetab ablishthent Of one or more barre
. factories in our town would git'
, employment to q number of our peo
ple and would create a market To-
that timber.
Free Press The poor man as
rule proves the best paying news
7 paper subscriber. The man who i
j. we'll able to pay 9ftimes neglects il
, or labors under the impression tha
because Of his prominence he is enti
tied to a free cory. We want to in
form this class. that the only person
Oh otr free list Dire the clergy; shoul'
we extend this at any time, it vii
, include only those persons who de
sire to and take pleasure in reading
! but are too poor to subscribe.
Opelousas Courier !: During til
paet week we saw d planter STORM!
: away rice in his barn unthreshed
8 prelerring to feed it TO his stocl
, rather than cell at. the present lo'
prices. Business is quite dull 70
the latter part Of November. 1t mus
]. be owing to the low prices Of fart
n products, which are not at all rent
nerative this season. We have ha
= another week Of 6ne weather, an
), the bulk Of the cotton crop is picl
. ed. In two weeks more the crop
3 will be, about all, harvested, cane
IS turning out we'll, and yield in suga
a and molasses is quite Satisfactory.
u Thibodaux Sentinel: Sugar an
r molasses 6nd purchasers in Me-
:. Orleans as fast as 1t enters the ma
10 kss, and sugar has shown a goo'
e solid advance in price during til
b week. No. ! rice has also advance
3 one eighth Of = cent 10 value, and
Ia in rood demand. Planters are bus