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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
RICHARD GRANT WHITE.

He quietly spent the greater part OF Ill
life in this city. / know of no Ameri
can scholar who has given better com
mentaries on many of Shakespeare
best plays. He will be sadly missed in
the fields of criticism. l am told that
to him "the times seemed out-of-join,
in n. Y, because his scholastic tastes
and sensitive nature disclaimed to min
gle too much with the sordid, greedy,
grasping, money seekers.
Thus do some men remain true to
their noble and finer sensibilities, incul-
cate noble lessons and die full ofhope;
while the great throng joins the ranks
of greed and dies fighting for gain.
Some, being quickly overcome i'll the
battle, become dishcartened, needy,
reckless and depraved. This fact crea-
ties the need of such large police force
and of our great -.
Police CotRTs.
of which l am led to speak. In these,
weekly, hundreds of men and women
receive sentences from justices, presid-
ing, who need not even be members OF
the bar. Some of them are little better
than ward politicians, yet the honor OF
man 9th has any who happens to
be arrested for the most trivial offence
or for none at all, lis subject to their c;l-
price. Many a man is sent up to "The
Island" without having had friend to
speak for him OF lawyer to plead his
case. OF course when justice has to
examine from lotto, % prisoners in two
hours, his peculiar feelings must i'll
great measure modify the sentences inn
posed. For all that we boast Of justice.
Who cares for it? Give us money!
The fact is noted by any observer,
that in the minds of many, there are
grave apprehensions of danger from
AslATIc Cholera.
Of course no one says much about the
outbreak of the fearful plague i'll this
city, because no one cares to contem-
plate the frightful havoc it would make.
A true New Yorker is full of hope and
not easily frightened, butwhen once his
hope gives way and fear seizes him, he
differs from no other man. Everyone
is sure that there is great need of pre-
caution, and this acknowledgement
from New Yorker means danger.
l am sometimes surprised when see
how the --- o.
PoLLrICL FEVER HAS SUBSIDIZED.
among the people. 1t is interesting to
notice that the men who were at the
highest heat of excitement during the
campaign, have settled down into the
calmest indifference. All the late Pres
idential appointments seemed to have
only.a momentory interest for. the mas
ses. All recognize in Grover Cleve-
land-a man WHO intends to manage. the
affairs Of this government according to
the dictates of his will. Those who OPP
posed his election are ready to extend
to him the hand of cordially but not of
flattery. No one hopes that he will
profit by mistakes and improve by ex-
pcrience more than hopes
THE OBSERVER.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
DUBLTC SALE.
10TH SCHOOL SECTION.

By virtue of the power in me vested by law,
and in pursuance to an order emanating from
the Honorable 0. B. Steele, Auditor of Public
Accounts for the State of Louisiana, will pro-
ceed, at the Court House door in the town of
Opelousas. La, on FRIDAY, October 10th,
1885, to sell at public auction, through duly
qualified auctioneer. the following described
property, tO-wit:
The 10th (sixteenth) section in township s
eight south range one east, situated in the
Parish of st. Landry. La
Said property will be sold on the following
terms and conditions, tO-wlt 1-10 (One-tenthb
thereof to be paid cash on day sale. The bal
ance in nine equal annuol installments from
day of sale. represented by notes of like
amount, bearing, each, eight per cent. yearly
interest from date of sale, till paid, to be exc
cuted by purchaser, with personal security, in
solido-sadnotes to be made payable to the
Auditor of Public Accounts, and shall be Sc
cured by special mortgage on the land sold.
In the event o. the purchaser negIecting or
refusing to pay any of these installments, or
Interest at maturity, the mortgage shall be
forthwith closed and The land Fesold. The in
terest on the whole of the notes to be paid an
nually.
The above prDerty will be sold in lots, ac-
cording to plat which will be exhibited on
day of sale. W. A. ROBERTSON,
sept 1885 Parish Treasurer.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19
OPELOUsAs La. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL. 1885

stiffness, and O feeling came over me
which can never describe. We bent
our eyes intently upon the glass until,
particle by particle, the shapely form
OF man had formed and lay floating
foot above, moored to the body by a
slender cord of its own formation. The
face took the shape of the dead man,
but was beautiful in expression. The
eyes were closed, and the new-fOrmed
being seemed as if it were asleep.
Presently the cord that lield it to the
clay parted, and a gentle tremOr passed
through the beautiful form-beautiful,
indeed, for every limb was of the most
perfect mould, such as earth has never
beheld. The eyes of the spirit opened,
and ray of intelligence and of un
speakable Joy passed over it's face. 1t
arose to a standing position, and cast
one sorrowful look at the tenantless
clay that lay so still.
| stepped from behind the darkened
apparatus, and looked toward the spot
where knew the form was standing,
but beheld nothing. The earth reeled
beneath me / cried aloud and fell
fainting to the floor. When again be-
came conscious Mr.. Holland was bend
ing over me; his face was an ashen
paleness.
" / mistOok your strength he said !;
perhaps | should not have called you
here. We have seen natural causes and
effects. Death is but the beginning of
life. Be careful to whom you tell the
story of this day the world is incredu-
lous. and to that is mainly due it's igno-
rance.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19
The Gibson Group"
Morehouse Clarion.

This is what our esteemed confrere of
the Baton Rouge Capitolian nAdvOcate
calls Senator Gibson, Congressman j.
Floyd King, Newton G. Blanchard, Ed
ward j. Gay, and A. B. Irion. These
festive politicians and Federal repre-
sentatives have been having a picnic
with the President in the way of oh
tanning spoils for their respective
friends, and in. securing appointments
have, up to date, failed to have light
ming strike a single friend and supporter
of the McEnery Administration, which
is fatty and pertly dubbed. " The State
Ring" The Capitolian Advocate is a
very consistent and a very persistent
organ of the administration. (We will
not call it Ring because we don't
know that there is one.1 The editor OF
that paper got in some efectual work
in the interest of the Cleveland ticket
last year, and he crOwed as loud and
any other editor in the United States.
He was rejoiced exceedingly at the idea
that the rascals must gO.n He was
elated &C the change that would be
made in the great Custom house at
New Orleans, and he actually ventured
SO far as to call Names that should
oficiate within the walls of that mighty
mass of granite and dirt He was n
warm political friend of the irascible
Eustis, who climbed into the United
| States Senate over the ebony shoulders
of two Madison parish Legislators, and
who was expected to control President
Cleveland and his Cabinet as he did the
Louisiana Legislature. But this Baton
Rouge editor was doomed to disappoint-
ment, and when Eustis made his charge
on Cleveland, was ANONYMOUSLY re-
pulsed and then shot out to Europe to
get fresh breath, the aforesaid Baton
Rouge editor grew red in the face,
rolled up his sleeves and pitched into
the +" Gibson Group" in genuine Brick
Pomeroy style. He " went for0 CieVe,,
land. and now intimates that marked
degree of partially has been shown
our Congressmen who are not on the
best of terms with Gov. McEneTy.
This quarrel over the Federal Offices in
Louisiana has resulted IN making the
breach in the Democratic party OF the
State broader and yet broader.
We think there can be nothing alleged
against the appointments made by the
President SO far as Louisiana is con-
cerned. The very best men OF the
State have been favored by the govern
ment at Washington. While they may
be antagonistic to McEnery and his
method of running the State,n they
are good Democrats, pure men and
friends of reform. The appointments
of our good Governor have been made
all Of them-with an eye single TO that
principle of politics which declares
that q the spoils belong to the victors,
and as the State Offices are all filled
with McEnery- -Eustis-J Jastremski fol-
lowers, We can see nothing so wickedly
corrupt in placing the friends of the
!" Gibson Group" in the Federal fat
places.
We beg of the Capitolian-Advocate
to !" let up" on the Gibson crowd. They
are merely doing for their friends what
McEnery did for bis.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19
An Important discovery.

The most important Discovery is that
which brings the most good to the
greatest number. DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs, and
Colds, will preserve the health and save
life, and is priceless boon to the af-
flicted. Not only does it positively
cure Consumption, but Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Hoarseness, and
all affections of the Throat, Chest, and
Lungs, yield at once to its wonderful
curative powers. II you doubt this, get
Trial Bottle Free, at NJ. P. Young &
Co.'s drug store. 5
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19

The decline of pauperism in London
is remarkable when it is remembered
how rapidly the city is growing year by
year. Thus in the second week in July
the total number of indoor and outdoor
paupers relieved in the metropolis was
So, $50 against 1908 in the correspond
ing week last year, 1868 in the cores
ponding week of the year before, and
as many as 86. .408 in the corresponding
week of 1889. The extremely low
prices of food may account for this.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19

An exchange very truthfully remarks:
Some go TO church to weep, while others
go to sleep. Some go their wives to
please, their conscience others go to
ease. Some go to tell their woes, others
hear the preacher, others like the solo
screecher, BOYS go to rec0nnoitre,
girls go because they ought to. Many
go for sage reflections; precious few to
help collections.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19

SLs .
will proceed to sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at the last residence of de-
ceased in Prairie Mamou, on
Tuesday, September 20tE, 1855,
the following described property belonging to
the estate of Melicia Bertrand, deceased,
to-wit:
l. A tract of land with the buildings and
improvements thereon, being the last residence
of deceased, situated at POinte -aux-Pins, St.
Landry parish, containing fifty arpents of land
more or less, bounded north by lands of Marce-
lin Lafieur, south by lands OF Pierre Sylyestre,
east by lands OF Charles Bertrand, Sr., and west
by lands of Henry McCaulay, Jr., and Charles
Bertrand, Sr.
. A tract of woodland near the above des-
cr1bed tract containing twenty-five arpentS
more or less, bounded on the north by railroad
lands, south by the lands of estate of Ange
Vincent S0illeau, east by lands OF Bertmlde
Bezas, and west by lands of Charles Bertrand Sr.
8. One lot of about thirtyseven head OF
gentle horned cattle, one pair OF work oxen,
one saddle and harness horse, two gentle po-
MES, one American mare, one gentle creole
mare five head of wild mares and colts, twelve
head of hogs, more or less, one branding ir0ny
one tWO-hOrse wagon, one OX-cart, one Duggg
and harness, lot of plantation tools, one lot OF
household and kitchen furniture and crockery-.
ware one lot of bedding, one Howe sewing ma
chine, one lady's and mans saddle, one shot
gun, one lot of corn, about one hundred barrels,
one arpent of growing sugar cane.
Terms and COnditions.-An adjudicatlOns
under ten dollars payable cash on day of sale,
all auJuQlCaGIOnS OF movable property u l6n
dollars and over payable in three equal install
ments, the first instalment January 1st, 1886,
the second instalment January 1st, 1887 and
movable property to be sold upon terms of
credit, the One-half of the purchase price pay
able January 1st, 1887, and the remaining half
furnish their notes according TO above terms,
payable to the order of the administrator, se-
cured by two solvent sureties, said notes to
bear eight per cent. per annum interest from
fhoi1 twas rafFI mnfii
drawers to bind themselves to pay ten per
cent. additional for attorneys fees in case of
suit to enforce collection. The lands will re-
main specially mOrtgaged with vendors priv
ilege In favor of the estate to secure payment
| of the principal, interest and attorneys fees.
and the estate viii retain its vendors privilege
upon the movable property to be sold upon q,
credit MARTEL MILLER,
aug 28-5t Administrator.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19
OF TABLEAU.
HIM. ANDRUs VS.. HIS CREDITORS.
No. 1882.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

Whereas, H. NJ. Andrus, of the parish
classification of debts and partial distribution
accompanied by his petition praying for the
h0mologation of same,
hee y 'H1 of e oi oSr bearn date
September 8th 1885.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition ~ said
Opelousas, within the time required by law
why the said account should not be homOlOga
ted and confirmed.
JAMES O. CHACHERE,
sept 13-2t Clerk.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19

Sam Jones, the revivalist, is opposed
to all lotteries, which reduces his popu-
larity in Louisiana Chicago Tribune.
This is not true. Sam has never been
in Louisiana. When he does come he
will draw. So will the Lottery.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19
SALE.
ESTATE OF AIELICIA BERTRAND.
No. 4641,
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
sept 13-2t

BY virtue of an order of the Hon. District
Court in anc for the parish of St. Landry,
will proceed to sell at public auction, to the
ceased in Prairie MamOu. on
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-19
Barber Shop.
II. a. BOD ~ l. L E e.
Bellevue Street, bet. Court and Main,
opET oTTsAs. la
oPELoUsAs, LA.

"A FIRST CLASS Barber Shop with an ods tne
N improved appurtenanees, toilet articles; E,lcins
ETC., viii be kept open and in 0pefatlon
the usual business hours. MT b. Is oetoL lAtAAAH
not to be excelled, guaranteeing
Coed work or NO Money.
July %
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-24
NO WONDER.
A Man Who Suffered Mental and Physical
Agony Eight Years Proclaims His Happi-

A Man Who Suffered Mental and Physical
Agony Eight Years Proclaims His Happi-
hess.
Mental agony is dreadful, but when that
and physical ailment combine it is simply
terrible Such was the condition OF Geo. w.
Frampton, OF Huntingdon, W. Va, for
eight years. He was a sufferer of necroses
that is, the leg bone at the ankle was in
famed and mortified, which caused run.
ming sores. He says: pieces Of bone
the size of silver three cent piece came
out of the sores on my leg. The discharge
from the sores was almost continual, and |
was unable to walk. For eight years !
have been doctoring. l had been under the
treatment Of physician at Newport, Ky,
for year; another at Burlington, Ohio, at
tended me for three years, and a doctor
here at Huntingdon worked with me for
long time. None Of them did me any
good, and they all finally said my case was
hopeless. A few months ago com.
meneed trying Peruna, aed now am we'll
| can walk as good as anybody, and
have perfSct use Of my limbs.
: Mr.. ALI. Lusk, Wooster, Ohio, writes:
"Dr. Hartman, Columbus, o. have been
a great sufferer from that dreaded disease
chronic catarrh' of the stomach. l have
thoroughly tried your MAYALIN, and it has
done me more good ten-fold than all the
doctors prescriptions, and have used
legions of them"
Mr.. Edgar Harte, Smeltzer P. o., ELL
county, Pa, writes: II have bought severa
bottles of your PETBNA, and find it to be o.
great benefit. also gave tito some Of my
friends; they experienced the same result.
Mr. l.. R. Wollen, As and Al Ross street
Pittsburgh, Pa, writes: 81 am taking Pc
runa with good results, and can highly
recommend it to all. l have applied at the
different drug stores for one of you books
They claim they have none on hand at pre-
sent Please do me the favor to send mt
one"
W. W. Russell, druggist, Canonsburs
Pa, writes: handle your medicine, Pc
runs. / have sold immense quantities o.
it. and consider it staple article.
have great many customers who thinl
there is no medicine like it for a tonic o.
for building up the system. IrecommenC
it as safe and reliable remedy"
Calists Fishel, Malvern, Ohio, writes: Il,
take pleasure in recommending the use o
Peruua and MansGn to any one affhctet
with any form of lung or bronchial trouble
| have been for some time afflicted with
very troublesome cough, but few bottles o
Peruna entirely cured me"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-24

Another stalistican who covers the entire
country even more thoroughly than any OF
those named is Professor Dodge the stats.
ticsn of the department of Agriculture.
His division has section Of correspondence
and Investigation, section of Crop Re.
turns and Records, and a section of Rail-
way and Steamship Transportation Rates
The crop reporting system includes corps
of about eight thousand correspondents re-
porting from mo, than two thousand pro.
iueing counties. A parallel and supple
mentary work is carried on through stats.
tical agents representing each State aud
Territory. These agents are executive
officers Of State official systems Of crop re.
porting in the States where such work is
organized, thus combining state aud ns.
tional organizations. and unifying and per-
fecting the work. The Inauguration OF crop
reporting in Europe, for the information Of
American farmers who depend more or less
upon the European demand for their cereal
and meat products has been attended with
good degree of success, Professor Dodge,
through these correspondents is able to give
each month very accurate statement OF
the condition Of the crops OF the country.
He furnishes to the press on the afternoon
of the tenth of the month the condition Of
the crops Of the country on the first Of the
month, following with the details few days
later. His work is very closely watched
especially by those interested in the price
of grain, and constant but unsuccessful eff
Il orts are made to get advance informa-
tion" through which parties might make
fortunes in grain speculations. Professor
Dodge has found in his twenty years in this
position a steadily growing interest in Stats
tics, especially in the past FIVE years, since
the result Of the last census is beginning to
make itself apparent In its effect on the
public mind. There are evidences" he said
to your correspondent "of higher popular
appreciation of the uses aud utilities VI stats
ticp and assuranances ola farthsrre lch and
superior accuracy in the work. In the past
the greatest bar TO efficiency in census work
was found in the ignorance the indifference,
or the actual opposition OF individusls from
whom primary data must be obtained Man
in the individuality or seltishness Of his wild
or savage state, has not learned to yield
gracefully something of his natural rights
to the general welfare OF the community.
He is suspicious and fears tax levy il the
inquirer is Government official, and some
economic disadvantage if he is fellow.
craftsman. 1t is wonderful to observe the
lingering Of some such prejudice in the
minds Of multitudes of no little intelligence
and degree OF culture. 1t is gratifying to
see this prejudice disappearing in the prac-
tioal culture of the present day. The spirit
of statistical inquiry is every where felt.
Statesmen are imbued with it, newspapers
have caught the inspiration, and pleasant
sermons find illustration through its inau-
ence"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-24
The Sea Serpent Has Gone Around the
Horn.
Co., DoI


The great sea serpent has arrived and is
flashing the waters of the harbor with his
sixty.foot tail. There is no mistake about it
this time. J. P. Allen, of the Bank Of Cal
ifornia, and other gentlemen in Alameda
have seen him, and that settles 1t. Ac.
cording to Mr.. Aliens statement, he and
the others were standing at the stern of
the ferryboat Garden City on her $50
trip over this morning. and when the steam
er was at a point between the Alameda
wharf and Goat Island black monster was
suddenly seen to lift tenfoot neck out OF
the water, surmounted by head resembling
that of serpent and crowned with two huge
horns. The mouth which was open, must
have been two feet wide, and displayed
rows of sharp teeth. The monster care
fully surveyed the passing steamer, and
then diyed, at The sane time bringing his
tail, which mnst have been 80 or GO feet
long, up in the air and then down upon the
water with whack which sent the spray
and foam Is or 20 feet into the air. He re-
peated this performance several times at
intervals of few seconds. and when last
seen was making bee line for the Alameda
baths, of which some fishing boats were an
chored.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-24
Never Give Up,

If you are suffering with low and deprsss.
ed spirits, loss of appetite, general debility,
disordered blood, weak constitution, head.
ache, or snS disease Of . bilious nature, by
all means procure bottle Of Electric Bit.
tiers. You will be surprised to see the rapid
improvement that will follow; you will be in.
spired with new life; strength and activity
will return; pain and misery will cease, and
hencetorth you will rejoice in the praise Of
Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents bot.
tie by Logan 4 Co.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-24

Imports and exports, and internal com
merce. We give with great exactness the
amounts of the imports and exports, and a
pretty good estimate of internal commerce.
OF course it would be impossible to cover
everything in internal commerce, for this
would include every business transaction
down to the sale of pound of coffee, but
We get the great movements in gratifying
Ray."
1T must take large force OF employees
to accomplish this work"
Yes. We have thirtyfve men here now,
and all the collectors of ports and their
forces of men ore required By law to assist
us, furnishing US the quantities aud value OF
the various articles imported and exported
Rv this means we are able to state the precise
oIantity and value of over a thousand differ
ent articles and classes of articles that are
imported. :.h .ho.
Of other countriesY ,
VERY tavorably. We get the Stahstie n
REPORTS of the other governments and hod
by comparison that ours is more satisfactory
than theirs. Then this is By no means tns
only statistical bureau Of the government
Each department has its statistlcan VINO
deals especially in the class or Information
suited to his department so the amount OIL
information gathered BY the government IN
this way is something wonderful.
Mr.. Nimmo who has been 80 long con
nected with this service goes to Californis
as soon as his term Of service expires, at the
end Of the present month, bat will return
here and continue to make Washington his
home. He has been in government wors
for twenty years, having been selected II
1865 to formulate and put in practice q new
system of measurement Of vessels, and DO
ing soon thereafter made chief Of the Ton
mage Division, going cn from this position
to the present one through a grade OF po
sitions of trust. His work has been largely
Of a literary character. also. and his pro
auctions rank him with those who make
study of this class of work.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-24
Carroll d. Wright.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics. under
Mr.. Carroll D. Wright, Of Massachusetts, IS
gradually getting itself into working order.
There are to be four or FIVE agents sent 20
Europe to gather facts bearing on labor de,
pressious and the remainder Of the lot OF
20 or Is xill operate in this country. Nc.
Wright. who is very familiar with this FofE
viii himself take charge OF the working
force, especially in New England where he