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New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-08-26
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

For the benefit of those who be
lieve that figures never lie we will
} state that the amount of iron il
Northwest Louisiana is 6,OOO, 900,
OOO, 900, 100000, 10000 pounds, say
the Shreveport Times.
The drug stores in Iowa are hay,
ing a boom under the decision o.
the Supreme Court, which declares
the right of every man to diagn ost
his own case and decide as to the
kind of medicine best suited to his
ailing. The lovers of the water Of
life will worship those judges as
deities.
DIR. M. Schuppert, in communi.
cation to the City Item, expresses
the decided belief that in addition
to the various valuable deposits in
the soil of Louisiana, there will yet
be found mercury to swell the list
of valuable minerals, as evidences
of its existence have been discov.
cred in several localities.
A. Mr.. G. I. Andrus, of St. Lam
dry, raised and gathered from ten
acres of land l75 barrels of rice of
the Honduras variety, which he
sold for 1926 per barrel. This is
about $55 per acre, and considering
the cheapness with which the crop
is produced and garnered, is en-.
couraging for rice planters.
The City Item is calling for com.
mittee OF one hundred to be com.
posed of good aud true mon, to put
down the lawlessness and crime SO
long rampant in New Orleans, aud
which the authorities seem power
less to repress. In some diseases
nothing but violent remedies will
effect cure. It is a waste of time
to dilIy daily with half way meas>
ures.
After a desperate bull up of the
price of wheat to high figure and
keep it there, the bulls have been
wOrsted and unable to stand the
pressure, are unloading on contin.
nally declining market. The short.
age in the present crop is more
han made up by the large surplus
n fic wer of the crop of 1884. With
'nch prospects and q redundant
'orn crop. there need be no fear OF
anime prices. f.;
The st. Mary Herald is down t
'pon the practice of carrying the !
internal popgun," and recommends q
hat every good, law.abiding citi.
en- 1T matters not what may he q
lis condition, position or color, take S
upon himself to inform against t
ny, one seen carrying a concealed a
'eapon, and when this is done the n
w will do its duty. Report the t,
'scals and show them no quarter. q
Fe most cordially endorse the q
bove view Of the evil and the plan G.
'commended, but until the mur. I
erously inclined are disarmed, it
ould be q difficult matter to induce q
'cd men to place themselves at s
70 mercy of cut throats. at
Mrs. j. A. Acomb, q New Or. d,
ans lady, lately presented her W
'sband with three bouncing m
by boys, the united weight of q
,ich was 10 lbs. and 2 or. Such az
ntribotions to the population of VI
T country would have made the r
'ther in the days of the great Ma.
leon the first of heroines, greatest 81
women, but to q poor man in pri. an
to life, such rush of RESPONSE no
tiles are rather calculated to Gt
mpen his ardor, than urge him ha
to renewed exertions. If the 70,
'te or General Government paid arl
'remium for such births it would be
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-08-26
Published Semi Weekly at So Per Annum.
Official Directory.

United States Senators-R. L. Gibson, J.
B. Eustis.
Representatire-ThirdC Congressional Dis.
trict composed Of the parishes of Iberville,
Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, Terre.
bonne, ST. Mary, Iberia, Vermilion, Lafay-
cite, St. Martin, Calcasieu and Cameron.
Z. J. Gay. P. O. address Plaquemine, La.
State Senator-Twelfth Senatorial Dis
trict composed of Lafayette, Vermilion,
P. o. address, Lafayette, La.
District Judge - Twenty-irst Judicial
District composed of Iberia and St. Mar
tin, F. L. Gates, New Iberia, La. Regular
terms: Jury-First Monday in January
and first Monday in May. Civil-First
Monday in March and first Monday in
November.
District Attorney-C. Homer Mouton, St.
Martinsville, La.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-08-26
PARISH OFFICERS

PARISH OFFICERS
Representative. ve.............J. A. Provost.
onerlH. p. A. VeaZey.
Clerk OF Court. .........A. j. Wakefield
Coroner. .......... DIR. Geo. p. Minvielle,
Assessor and Registrar. Robert Brown.
Returning Officer. ..... ALFRED G.. Barnard.
Parish Attorney. J. A. Breaux
Parish Treasurer. ....... james l., Burke.
Parish Surveyor. ID. r. PEBBLES.
Official Journal. New Iberia Enterprise,
Police Jury-President, Dudley Avery |;
secretary, l.. b. DelahOussaye; Members
Z Cade, j A Decuir, J. A Bernard,
Robert D Stansbury, H Steckler, Sr, l. A
Dupuy, Octave Romero. Regular meeting
days, first Saturday of each month.
School lBoard-President, James A. Lee;
Secretary, VIM r Burke Members, Felix
PatOut, A L MOnot, Euzebe Gonsoulin, p
L RenOudet, T ADerouen, Robt Olivier,
AdOlphe Berard. Regular meetings held
on first Saturdays Of January, April, July
and October.
Justices Of the Peace and COnstables-1st
Ward, (Jeanerette,) L j Brown. VIM
Stanton !, PatOutville-D B Migues, Vol
taire Gauthreaux; I'd Wards B Roane.
Paul N. Scull, Sd Ward-Oscar Olivier j
Edgar Sst ST Mardzdl f. seuggas sSggas
0eo. q Cseg18ssoot4 sGNc1, Nifeu E6ells}
jules Ddbus, BENZ Keller, Jr, Ozeme Ja-
con, Edward BOutte; 7th Ward Homer
Migues, Eloi Migues; 8th Ward Thomp-
son Caldwell, Robert Gadison.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15

my hand at. But the preacher new
er opened his head to call me to
time about it once, and for all he'd
say against it l reckon might have
still been a church member at this
minute. He sat there with a mar
tyred look around the mouth, hold
ing fast with both hands and feet,
and whenever I'd send a mouthful
at the old beasts head, as I'd fetch
him a cut with the whip, I'll be
hanged if he wouldn't give a cheer
full little groan and 'Amenp with q
good deal more meaning than l
could crowd into the word if had
practiced on it for two years. Yes,
sir, 1 damned that horse from his
nair to his hoofs; but the preacher
was so busy in thinking about his
sermon or something that he never
raised his finger against it, and
wheverer we'd bust q hub on a
milk wagon and I'd spit out my
opinion without taking time to var
nish my words, he'd only tighten
his grip, shut b is eyes, aud put
little more steam into his 'Amenr
Yes, sir, he's devilish good horse,
but no man who wants to 60 to
glory has any business to drive
him. guess I'll advertise him for
sale and say that the owner wants
to go a short distance in the coun-
try" -Chicago Ledger.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15
The Robber Barons for Free Trade,

The moneyed manufacturers at
the north, the monopohsts who
have grown rich by protection,
such as the Bessemer steel rail com
bination, the nail makers, etc, are
laughing in their sleeves and hire
men to abuse them in southern pa
pers. Why? They have piled up
enormous treasures for themselves
and they know that it is not just
and right to protect Ithem longer
and that their day of great grabbing
is over. They now favor free trade
because they don't want the south
to get rich like they did. If they
cen abolish the tariff it keeps the
south down in poverty and they can
nse their millions in other specula-
tions and still make money. II
incidental protection is kept up,
the south will be the beneficiary
and their opportunities will be les
sened. The Courier-Journal's "rob
Der barons' are in hearty accord
with it, and if Mr.. Watterson
should lose his job on that paper
they would buy him another and
pay his handsomely to keep up his
abuse of them. They want free
trade now. They have shucked al
the corn in that crib and they don't
want the south to shuck any.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15
STRONG REBUKB AND GOOD ADVICE.
The Spirit of the Farm Talks Sensibly
About Our Fair.

The fair of Giles County began
last Tuesday, and was held for five
days. The weather was all the
worst enemy could desire, for, with
the exception of one day, it rained
continuously. For this reason, or a
proper want of advertising, we know
not, the competition was light, in
some classes single handed. And
the attendance, for all the reasons
stated, was bad throughout. The
managers of fair cannot give too
much publicity to it. Some things
may be conducted under a bushel,
but fair is not one of them. Ev
cry means must be taken to bring
it before the public. Many per-
sons in athe city intended going,
but conld not find out when it was
to be held. Liberality in adver-
Using brings in both visitors and
competitive stock. We regret that
the weather was not more favorable,
for the people of Giles are whole
souled, hospitable, and enterpris-
ing; and there are more fine
churches, schools, villages and
dwellings than in any other coun-
ty. There is a strong determine
ton on the part of the people to
improve the stock of the country,
and they have gone about it in the
right way, by importing the best
breeds of the union into their
midst. This county, before the
war, was largely engaged in the
culture of cotton; but seeing the in
jury it did the soil, they saw the
necessity for a change, and set at
once about making it. The results
were largely seen at the fair. There
are no fine breeds of stock in the
country they have not representa-
tives of among their community,
and deserve success. They are
making a noble effort to change the
character of their productions, and
they are bound to succeed. Prior
to the war cotton formed almost the
sole staple in Giles, but the unrelia-
bilIty of labor, and its destructive
ness to land, induced them to make
a change from cotton to stock.
They are, and will do, more import
ing, the best grades of stock of all
breeds taking a high stand in OBJ
tanning the finest of breeds, which
is the true policy. Success, with
proper management, will certainly
result at last.
Giles is one of the very hest
counties in Tennessee. Its lands
are surprising fertile, and the peo-
pie rank high intellectually. 1t has
furnished more governors to the
state than any other county; they
have more beautiful churches, fine
school-houses and villages, and the
architecture of the homestead
not surpassed by any section in the
state. The county is slightly un-
dulating-just enough to carry off
all superfuous moisture. 1t has a
substitution of limestone. The
soil is black and rich, and is better
adapted to bluegrass than any 9th
er growth. 1t is abundantly wa
tered with springs and streams, and
its valleys are unsurpassed for fer
tility.
If the proper steps are pursued,
they have it ia their power to
achieve success in its highest point;
and we doubt not of that result, for
wise men always profit by the err
rors of the past.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15

The Americans insulting references
to Senator Jackson will go far toward
electing him.-Pulaski Citizen.
They will not go half so far as Rode
rick Random Buffers complimentary
remarks went.-Clarksville Democrat.
Did it impair the integrity, the
excellence of character, the intelli-
gence, the moral status and the
sound, sensible democracy of our
junior senator to have this sensible
republican praise him? 1t argues
even more strongly for his virtues
to have even his enemies praise
HIM. And it is little and unfair and
mean to thus seek to smirch gen
tleman's character by such in
situations. How would the Demo
crat relish such a base insinuation
upon the integrity of its own grand
toWnsman, Ex-senator Bailey?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15
Giles Stock Men.

Giles has seven stock men adyer-
Using in the Spirit Of the Farm.
F. G. BUFORD,
j. B. STACY & SON,
r. c. REYNOLDS,
W. e. CARTER,
T. NJ. SPOFFORD,
j. E. ALTERNATELY,
A. j. MKIMMIN.
They are public benefactors in go
far as they lead this people away
from cotton and the old halfway
methods of farming up into the
green pastures of stock growing.
They are the leaders. Giles is won
derfully adapted to it and already
is largely engaged in it, but it ought
to be more general. There ought
to be more cooperation right here
at home. There are men in Giles
who ought to buy all the best sur
plus stock these breeders have and
more. The bible spoke with wide
meaning when it said "a prophet is
not without honor save IN his own
country" We do not appreciate
the fact that we are the leading
PAGER breeders of the world. We do
not recognize the advantages we
have had and yet have in some Of
the finest bred horses that ever set
hoof on turf. Behold all things are
marvellously favorable. Why not
get deeper into this profitable bust
ness? We do not mean that all
our farmers shall become race -driv-
ers and turfmen, but that they raise
pure bred stock for the money they
are worth. We wish all these stock
men would use the CITIZEN to try to
create more home interest. We've
got a splendid market for stock and
splendid stock for market right
here. Why not introduce them to
each other?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15
Heroic Mention of Capt. Garrett.

To the CITIZEN.
There is in Vol. XI, Part ], "Ofl-
cial records of the Union and Con-
federate armies" the following dis
tinguished mention Of former Pu-
laskian, now a resident OF Nash
vile and one of the most noted ed
ucators in the state. His old SOL
dier friends Of Holman's cavalry
will say the compliment was well
deserved and his many friends in
Giles county will read it with pleas
ure:
Gen. j. E. b. Stuart in his official
report of the battle of Williamsburg,
Va. May 5, 1862, says: 81 assum-
ed the direction of the pieces (Of
artillery in those redoubts during
the rest of the day and will here
pay a merited tribute to the excel
lence of the execution done by them,
commanded by Capt. w. Robertson
Garrett, who, notwithstanding the
hailStOrm OF bullets and shells, kept
up an accurate and incessant fire
upon the enemy's battery until it
was silenced and then upon his line
after the brigade and infantry in
the woods TO the right had driven
the enemy to the edge of the woods
near the telegraph road" Our Mr..
j. II. Cannon says he was present
and saw the heroism above describ-
ed and that Gen. Stuart has not
said too much. l..
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15

rather q serions mishap Immediate
ly after starting from town to their
homes in the country. They were
IN buggy together and as they
were climbing East Hill on Jeffer-
son street the mare they were driv-
ing fell down. The accident occurr-
ed just below Mr.. Riddles, where
there is rock fence on one side of
the street, which, while it rises but
foot or two above the street, tow
ers about ten feet above the ground
on the other side. When the mare
fell Brownlow jumped out of the
buggy to see what was the matter,
but Aymett kept his seat and held
to the lines, thinking she would
get up pretty soon. He was right:
for she had a piece of broken
shaft pricking her ia the side and
she rose with consequent alacrity.
Bounding like a Mexican pony
stimulated by a pair of Texas spurs
she started straight for the rock
fence. She went over like a deer
and descended in the dark out of
sight, leaving the buggy in the
street. Ben still kept his scat, and
with outstretched hands he chung to
the lines with death-like: grip, as
with breathless anxiety he exclaim-
ed to his companion: "She's gone,
by George" The mare struck the
ground arunning and the only seri-
Gus damage was to the buggy and
harness.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15

1t is said that the best means of
cleaning up a strawberry bed is,
after the picking is through, to
burn the mulch of, when it Is very
dry, and then work the beds out
as usual-usiug the plows between
the rows and working the rows out
with hoe. Burning destroys all
weed seeds and the eggs of insects,
and does not injure the roots of
plants.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15
CORREsPONDENCE.
(DEFERRED FROM LAST WEEK. }


RURAL RIPPLEs.-Mr. and Mrs. Lew is
Amis visited Florence.-Mr.E Elisha Pat
terson and his mother have bought the
Jasper Hardeman farm, and Mr.. II. will
build on his place near Cedar Grove
Our 5. S, meets at 2 80 and is flourish
ing. SCRIBBLER.
MooREsvILLE.-Rev. w. T. Dale at
tended presbytery at Hickman, Ky
Rev. j. B. Kerr's duties may permit
him to visit his family again soOn.-A
sociable at Mr., Will Cross in honor of
Miss Hughes of Arkansas was a joyous
occasion. She has gone to school in
Kentucky,-MissA Alice Orr is recov-
ered.-The death OF little Gracey Orr
was peculiarly sad. She went with her
mother to attend a wedding in Giles
and was taken i'll in the church, and
died away from home, She was a du-
tiful child and has doubtless gone
where duty is rewarded richly.
DETRoP.
SHoRE.-The wheat acreage will be
large.-A new saw mill is going up on
Egnew where fine timber abounds. s.
The Egnew schOOl-hOuse is com pleted
and is comfortable for winter. Mr..
Vaughan has good school there and
will teach this month out.-The Shore
debating club had large number of
spectators Saturday night. A. G. Wells
was made president and G. w. Locke,
Mack Hopkins and G. w. Vaughan,
judges. w. j. West, t. D. Harwell and
j. f, Vaughan contended that "the me-
chanic is more useful than the farmer"
but the intelligent judges yielded to the
responsiveness of the negative, j. D.
Vaughan, T. E. White and G. NJ. Gard
Co. IL.
debate will lead its participants upon
delicate grounds: "Resolved that mar
ried life is more pleasant than single
life" Our John
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15

1t is coming to be pretty well
agreed that Fred Ward, Grants
partner, is not as guilty as he was
thought to be. He gathered in the
lucre by the hundred thousand and
parcelled it out among the vul-
lures. His trial will show who the
beneficiaries were and that Ward
himself did not take disrespectful
share.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15

The Lawrence Democrat says the
argument is delusive that the
south can prosper by the same pro-
lection that made the north rich
because the conditions are changed.
We cannot see how any sort of
change can intervene TO prevent the
same cause having the same effect.
To our mind the conditions are
nearly exactly identical. We dis
like to see a sensible paper like the
Democrat allow itself drawn into
the crusade against the south's in
FAINT industries. The northern
''robber- barons'' are delighted to
see the southern people inclined to
clutch at free trade and throw
away the opportunity that made
them and will make US rich.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15

"Ma, are matches made in heav-
emp asked a bright little girl on
Fifth avenue of her mother.
Eyes, my child, good matches
are made in heaven"
did you and papa make yours
thereT'
mo, we made ours in u parlor,
but our love came from heaven.
Why do you askY'
81 heard papa say parlor matches
were no better than luciler match
es."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15

"She's Gone, By George"
Last Friday night Messrs. Joe
Brownlow and Ben Aymett met with
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15

If the Russians car in earnest
we will hear the porte with )ine
again. The news came by grape
vine,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-15
WENTWORTH

That ended the fight. Went
worth, 1 regret to say, is not the
first student who came to grief by
letting spirits get the best of him.
Luke Sharp, in Detroit Free
Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-28
WHEAT.
What 1t Costs the Farmer to Produce the
Cereal.

What 1t Costs the Farmer to Produce the
Cereal.
The present low prices of wheat have
set farmers to figuring up the cost of
this crop. Usually the figuring mounts
up pretty high and above the value of
the grain in the market. The cost is
put down at the estimated expense as if
every part of the work were hired and
the receipts at the value of a minimum
yield. Thus the Detroit Board of Trade
has figured up the cost of a crop of
wheat at 1873 cents per bushel. taking,
we suppose, the yield to be about seven
teen bushels per acre. 1t is very clear,
however, that if the estimate had been
made at thirty bushels per acre the cost
per bushel would not have been in
creased very much-perhaps twenty
cents a bushel on the whole-and would
then amount to no more than forty-four
or forty-five cents an acre. Instead,
then, of selling his wheat at three cents
a bushel less than the market price, the
Michigan farmer would realize a profit
over and above all possible charges,
including rent of land and transporta-
ton to market, of at least thirty cents a
bushel, which is a profit of precisely
sixty-six and two thirds per cent. This
does not include the straw, which is
worth enough to pay for the threshing
or some other of the larger expenses,
and is far greater than any average
profit made in any other legitimate bus
mess. 1t must be remembered that this
profit is exclusive of every part of the
cost excepting the personal supervision
of the farmer over hired help, and may
be compared justly with the ten per
cent. of the merchant who does not in
clude in his expenses any remuneration
for his personal services.
This ought to be very satisfactory.
But it is rarely reached. That it is not,
however, is not the fault of the crop,
but of the farmer, for if well treated
and managed under skillful system
thirty bushels per acre one year with an
other is not difficult to attain. The cror
now in the ground is the smallest that
has been sown for years, and the prob
able market value next year will be con-
siderably higher than now. The farmer,
then, who will topdress his wheat
now with fine manure and in the spring
with some fertilizer and give it a touch
of the smoothing harrow to freshen up
the soil will doubtless make much
more satisfactory profit from his fewer
acres than he has done this year from
double the area.-N Y. Times
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-28
STRAW.

The Use Of Straw as Food for Cattle and
Because Of Its Manurial Value.
The question is asked if straw has any
important food value, and whether it
would not be better to use it wholly as
bedding and to increase the manure
pilep
This view was prevalent with farmers
few years ago. and especially was
this held by English farmers. With
them straw was regarded as only val
liable to litter yard and make manure.
These views arose from a misunder-
standing of food elements, and the val
liable elements of manure.
Straw contains so little albuminoid
matter to grow the muscles, and phos-
plate of lime to build the bones that it
was properly considered poor food in
the light Of complete ration, but.
when considered as partial food
to be supplemented by other
food which balances it's def
ciencies, it is found to have an impor-
tant value as cattle food. Its principal
value as food is in its digestble carbo-
hydrates (that is, composed of carbon
and the elements of water) which fur
nish the food to produce animal heat, a
very important part of food.
Now, in the hands of a skillful feeder,
who knows what food to give with straw
to make up its deficiencies, it is worth
more than half as much as good hay.
A ton of oats straw mixed with ton OF
the best clover hay. would make mix
ture equal in value to ordinary meadow
hay. And 400 pounds Of linseed or cot
ton seed meal mixed with q ton of straw.
would give 2, 400 pounds OF fodder, equal
in value to 2, 400 pounds Of meadow OF
timothy hay. This gives an important
food value to straw, and the point to be
veil considered is, that nearly all that is
ligested in straw has no value as ma
oure. Nitrogen, pbosphoric acid and
potash are the only valuable manure
elements, and scarcely any one of these
are digested in straw; so that straw is
practically as valuable Is manure when
led - when not fed. Straw should be
used - food and ~ IT, vnlue saved
Ltvs Gfeoh desrNdk