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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05
The Work Goes Bravely On.

Mayor Boudreaux has been vigor-
ously pushing the work of perfect
ing good connection and reliable
route to Free Town, Royville and
Ahbcville this week, and has been
successful beyond even his most
sanguine anticipations. Mr.. Raphael
Segura to whom he applied, together
with Mr.. G. 7. Cade, member of
the police jury, for a 20 feet right of
way. most generously donated the
entire so feet required for a good
road. The right Of way continuing
the road from the Lourd pasture ter
minus, has been secured in legal
form, so that whatever expense may
be incurred will not at any future
time he subjected to the caprices of
proprietors and leave a gap for liti.
CATION. The requisite bridges will
soon be put down, and parties are
about Offering bids to do the work.
The Lourd road is now being work
ed on with the view Of having it in
the best condition possible for the
heavy travel that may be expected
over it this winter. The outlook in
that direction is most cheering.-
New Iberia Enterprise. ~
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05
A Beautiful Legend.

A charming tradition is connected
with the site On which the Temple
of Solomon was erected. 1t is said
to have been owned in common by
two brothers, one Of whom had a
family; the other had none. On
the evening succeeding harvest, the
wheat having been gathered in sep.
arate shocks, the elder said to his
wife: My young brother is unable
to bear the burden and heat of the
day; 1 will rise, take my shocks and
place them with his without his
knowledge" The younger brother,
being actuated by similar kind mo-
tiges, said within himself My
brother has a family and I have
none; will contribute to their sup
port. | will take my shocks and
place them with bis without his
knowledge" Judge O. their mutal
astonjshment when on the following
morning their shocks were undimin-
ished. This course of events trans
pired for several nights, when each
resolved to stand guard and solve
shis mystery. They did SO, and On
the following night they met each
other half way between their respec-
tive shocks with arms full. Upon
ground hallowed with such associa.
,ons as these was the temple of
Solomon erected--so spacious and
magnificent. the admiration and the
wonder of the world Alas how
many in these days would sooner
steal their brothers whole shock
than add single sheaf.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05
McClellan--StantOn.

It's now twenty years since the
close of the war, and men are look
ing at ev.nts and men connected
with it calmly and dispassionately.
The result is that true estimate is
being formed Of Edwin NJ. Stanton.
The Philadelphia Herald, for exam.
Pile writing Of Gen. Mcclellan, says:
1t is curious TO note that his malig.
nant enemy, Edwin NJ. Stanton, has
ever since the close of the war, sunk
gradually out of whatever affection
and admiration the people of the
North may have once had for him.
They have long since learned to re.
cognize in him a man of imperious,
cruel and resentful temper, who mis-.
took his own savage rapcor for pa
trio,ic zeal. Stanton is now one of
the gloomy, we were almost about to
say one Of the repulsive characters
Of the war, and posterity will never
look upon him with that feeling Of
grateful interest which it will have
for Mcclellan, the soldier whom he
so brutally wronged. Justice is
often tardy, and Mcclellan had long
to wait, but his fame in the years to
come will grow only the more lus-
trous as that Of Stanton becomes tho
more dimmed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05

and there are found magnificent and
beautiful prairies affording abund-
ance of. nutrition for stock of all
kinds, variety of game abound in
the forests, and the different small
as we'll as the larger streams afford
an abundance of excellent fish OF
various kinds. 1t would have the
tendency Of bringing into requlsl
ton millions of rich uncultivated
lands that are idle, and valuless in
their present state, and also encour
age good class of immigrants to
that section-such as that portion OF
country needs-to go and dwell
there, till the soil, and help to de.
velop the now hidden vast resources
of that beautiful and healthy region
Of our@State.
1t now remains with our contem
poraries of the Lake City as to
whether railroad in the direction
afore mentioned .wonld be accepta
ble to them or not. It's practicable
and would cost comparatively very
small sum for its construction ac
cording to the benefits to be derived
therefrom; and, again, in addition to
its usefulness, it would be a road to
he made pay well. A road from
Marshall to Lafayette, we presume
coald be bnilt as easily and as cheat
as to Lake Charles, and be made as
useful and as profitable. What say
you, gentlemen Of Lafayette and
Lake Charles. who are always uE
and alive to the interests OF oul
State? In order that the people o
that section could rid themselves oI
the monopolies that now exist in onl
State, would it not be we'll for those
who are most interested to take thi;
important matter into serious con
sideration I? And in the meantime
would it not be in order. proper anc
right to invite competition from
whatever quarter it may be attained
and secured?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05
What Is An Editor.

In answer to the conundrnm,
what is an editor?" here is the
reply: He is the man who reads
newspapers, writes articles on most
any subject, sets type. reads proof,
folds mails, runs on errands, saws
wood. draws water, makes fires,
works in the garden. sweeps ons,
talks to all who call, Is blamed for
hundred things which is nobod,'s
business but bis own, helps people
to get into Office (who forget all
about it afterward), and frequently
gets cheated out of half his earn
ings. lie puffs and does more to
build up a towu than any other man,
aud the mice and frogs are benefited
thereby, yet they will say the edi-
tors paper is of no account, will not
advertise or take the paper, but will
borrow it. Who couldn't be an
! editor!
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05
THE NJ lDE Y.

No b'ushing daughter of the morn
Can vie wi h her Of woman born
No face at windows of the spring
Is like virgin blossoming.
Betwixt the blue lids of the sky
No orb there mates maiden's eye;
No. mighty Mars untailing lance
Can match the mischief of its glance.
Nature, how weak art thou to harm,
As does a dear, unsleeved arm!
Thy rocks would tr;ckle into sand
With tingles from dimpled band.
What swayir & shapes ct sun or shade
Approach the motions f a maid
What snowy curve by winter traced
Can take the taper of her waist !
And that soft darkness of her hair,
7 e Wright shades-ah, their despair
Not all the striving stars beguile
AS may one memory of her smile.
That foolish lips should speak so wise.
Makes mecIiment from earth to skies ;
Nay. na'nre drop dewy tear
For solemn knowledge bought so dea1
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05
A Proposed New Route.

The Lake Charles Echo Of the
2sth ult. contains the following par
agraph concerning transportation
facilities for the large amount of
lumber at that place awaiting imme'
diate shipment to. be transported
over the road that traverses that
parish:
What is the matter with oar rail
road management that they can't
furnish cars for the transportation
Of our lumber? Constant complaint
is being made hy our mill men that
the business season is fast passing
away and they are unable TO get
cars to move The lumber as fast as
ordered. This will work to the Sc
rious injury of class q our citi-
zcns who are doing more to build
up paying business for the railroad
that ,raverscs our parish than oil
others combined. and it is a suicidal
policy to do anything to cripple this
industry.
"A Marshall, Texas, paper, having
an eye turned in the right direction.
a short time ago produced an article
in which it advocated the propriety
of building a railroad from that city
to Lake Charles, in order that the
first named place aud the country
surrounding it would he enabled to
procnre lumber from the Calcasieu
district at a cheaper rate than now
paid, and have transportation more
ezpcdilionsly than the present mode
of receiving lumber from that region.
On leaving Lake Charles, to reach
Marshall by rail. we have TO pass
through Honsion, then take the
Houston and Henderson railroad to
arrive at Marshall. 1t will readily
be seen by referring to the map tia,
all air line road from Lake Charles
to Marshall would save more than
the distance from the former named
place than is from It to Houston.
A direct road built and connecting
these two cities would not only be
an advantage 10 the lnmber pro
dueers and consumers, but would
also afford an opening to new mar
kets for the products raised i'll the
CAlcasieu and adjoining sections O
country, such as sugar. molasses
,ice, oranges, etc., and iif returr
would find themselves in close con
nection and direct communication
with the -four mills Of Dallas anc
other cities in that portion OF Texas
the produce markets of St. Louis
Cincinnati and Chicago, and the
manufacturing districts of the East
ern States. by which means the,
would be enabled to obtain bette
price for their products, and &c
their necessary supplies at mucl
cheaper rate than what is now bein,
paid for the same; and il would als'
be, no douht. a source of great salts
faction to rid themselves Of tha
monopoly, the Morgan line. TIL
trade Of the Calcasieu and surround
ing country is simply immense, am
!. well worth competing for
+ A railroad from Lake Charles t
Marshall would pass through a fint
rich and fertile section Of country
well timbered and watered, and her
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05

And still we continue to hear of
accidents emanating from sup
posed unloadcd fire arms. A special
from Dallas, Texas, to the Times
Democrat states that q little boy
named Charlie Marsh killed another
boy named Johnny johnson with the
old pistol not loaded often heard
from, and with which they were
playing. The bullet went through
the head.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05

The st. Mary Rtrie,g has just
concluded its twelfth Volume. and
expresses itself satisfied with tie
present as well as. with the. past
The Reu,eao is Jolly paper in every
sense of the word, and we hope il
will not, in the future, only be pros
porous in its onward march, bul
continue in the enjoyment Of jim
Jolly time generally.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05
There is some talk of creating +:

There is some talk Of creating a
new parish in southwestern Lonis-
lana, by carving off a slice from each
of the parishes Of st. Landry, Ver-
million and Calcasieu, and making
Rayne the parish site. There is
territory enough, we learn, for the
project, but the question would be,
is there Il sufliciency of.population
comprised in these three slices, il
made into a parish. to maintain it
self as parish without taxing the
people who would come within its
limits too heavily. to do SO?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05

Dr.. W. \. Robertson has bought
the Washington .argus, Which VIII
soon be started as regular Demo
cratic paper.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05

Captain L. L. Fulton. mayor o'
Galveston, and Major Bob Lowe, o.
the .Ne,us, had a tiltle misunder
standing a Few days ago, and ir
order to settle the matter between
them they resorted to main strength
and awkardness, bat were soon sep
arated by bys'audti< Horace B
Yaalmer. we learn, was she instiga
tor OF that unpleasa,t, relcrnnter.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-05

It is stated that the cotton crop Of
Texas, this year, will sell for SIS
100000. This speaks we'll for the
1eecy staple Of that State.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04
APACHE H0sTILES WHIPPED.
The savages Break Away, and Are En-
deavOring to Get Into Old
Mexico.

The New Mexican Indians have for several
days back been on the rampage, killing settlers,
stealing stock, and generally painting things
red The palefaces are now having their in
nings, however, and the oopper-colored cut
throats are on the dead run. A dispatch from
Deming New Mexico, reports:
Capt Smith, OF the 4th cavalry, had an en-
gagement with renegades. about thirty miles
from Alma, in which three soldiers and three
were repulsed, but with what loss Is not known.
Sixteen companies and sixty Indian scouts
are now in the field and will be shortly
reinforced by two hundred Indian scouts
composed of Tontos, Mojaves, and Arivapai.
At the time OF the engagement with the troops
Geronimo had his women, numbering about one
thousand, In advance of the warriors, OF whom
there are thirty -four adult and half-grown
that the renegades Will, IL pressed too closely,
strike for Cooks Canyon. ana into Mexico, east
OF Deming. In anticipation of this move, two
cept them at the canyon. The troops are crowd
ing the reds on all sides, and another conflict is
expected at any moment SO far eight men are
reported killed, three near Alma, and five In the
MOgollon Mountains"
Washington dispatch states that telegram
in regard to the recent Indian outbreak, of
which the following IL copy, has been sent to
the commanding Generals OF tho Divisions of
the Pacific and of the Missouri:
use every exertlon possible, and call for all
assistance OF Federal troops you may require,
TO suppress the Indian outbreak in Arizona and
New Mexico. These outrages must be stopped
in the shortest time possible, and every precau-
ton taken too prevent their occurrence In
the future BY order OF the Secretary Of War.
"R. @. DRUM, Adjutant General"
The above order is the result of conference
between the President the Secretary Of War,
fnd Mr.. Oliver S. Teal, OF New York.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04
Governor of Dakota Territory.

Gilbert A. Pierce, Governor OF Dakota Terri
tory, was born in New York State. He went to
Indiana when l6 years old, and subsequently
studied law at the Chicago University. After
his admission to the bar he practiced at Valpa-
raiso, Ind, for six months before the outbreak
OF the war. Upon the Monday following the
firing upon Fort Sumter he enlisted in Co II,
Ninth Indiana Volunteers, and was elected
Second Lieutenant He served in Western Nir-
pated in the battles of Philippi, Laurel Hill,
and Carrick's Ford Upon June 3, 1861, he was
appointed Captain and Assistant Quartermaster
by President Lincoln, and was assigned to duty
at Paducah, XIV He served at Fort Donelson
and Shiloh and also in the Vicksburg campaign.
He was promoted a Lieutenant Colonel and
Chief Quartermaster of the Thirteenth Army
Corps in 1873, and was made Colonel and
Inspector of Department 1864. BY written
order from Secretary Stanton he was assigned
Department in the South, and served with Gen.
Foster. Upon the surrender of Mobile he en-
tered that city with the victors. In 1885 Col.
Pierce was elected to the Indiana Legislature and
was Chairman of the Committee on Benevolent
the Financial Secretaries of the United States
Senate. He resigned this position to ac-
cept editorial chair on the Chi
cago Inter Ocean. In 1875 he be-
came managing editor OF that paper, hold
ing the position for several years. In 1888 he
was thus engaged when appointed as Governor
of DAKOTA. When the grand reunion OF all the
armies took place at Chicago in 1868 Gov. Pierce
was chosen to read the original poem on the oc-
casion He is the author of Dickens Diction-
ary," published by James r. OsRood & Co., Of
Boston. He is also the author OF several plays,
one of which has been quite successful. he has
written two novels, Peggy, a Country Hero
inc" and "A Dangerous Woman, and also many
sisAt.'hAa for thA laahin1 ma0azines- etc n
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04
LIVING.
By JOHN BOYLE o'REnlH.

To toll all day and lie worn out at night.
To rise for all the years TO slave and sleep,
And breed new broods 10 do no other thing
In toiling, bearing. breedinR-life Is this
To myriad men, too base for man or brute.
To serve for common duty. while the brain
Is hot with high desire to be distinct;
To I'LL the sand-grain place among the stones
That build the social wall in million sameness
Is life by leave and death by insiRnihcance
To live the morbid years. with dripping blood
OF sacrihcial labor for Thought;
To take the dearest hope and lay It down
Beneath the crushing wheels for love OF Free
To bear the sordid jeers of cant and trade.
And go on hewing for fair ideal
This were a life worth giving to a cause,
II cause be found so worthy martyr life
But highest life of man, nor work nor sacrifice
But utter seeing of the things that bel
10 pass amid the hurrying crowds, and watch
The hungry things OF vulgar use;
To mark the growth of baser lines of men;
TO note the bending to aservile rule;
To know the natural discord called disease
IL test the sh aa a a by Sf
or that which is immutable, being clear,
Tho beam God opens to the poets brain;
To see with ewes of pity laborng souls
Strive upward to the Freedom and the Truth,
And still be backward dragged by fear and
Ignorance;
The rising harmony of growth, whose shade
OF undertone is harmonizcd decay;
To know that love If life-that blood is one
And rushes TO the union; that the heart
liz like cup athrst for wine or love;
Who sees and feels this meaning ut erly,
The wrong of law. the right OF man, the natural
TRUTH
PartakinR not of selfish aims. Withholding not
The word that strengthens and the hand that
helps;
Who waits and sympathizes with the prettiest
life,
And loves all things. and reaches up to God
With thanks and blessinR-he alone is living.
-BOst0n Transcript
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04
HARD LINES FOR EDITORS.
An Ohio Editor Receives Coat OF Tar
and Feathers.

An OhlO Editor heceives Coat or Tar
and Feathers.
Norwalk (ohio) special to Chicago Times !:
Ray s. Hathaway, reporter for the Toledo
Democrat, has been in the habit Of coming to
Norwalk and sending correspondence to his
paper embodying any gossip floating on the
surface or current talk. Having printed n
lot OF slush of this character, Hathaway
would come to Norwalk on the noon train
Sunday with lot of his papers, which he
would offer for sale. He came here as usual
yesterday. This morning W. III. Peters,
Henry Il. Smith, and @. l.. Merry, all merchants,
who had been attacked in the Democrat, took
matters into their own hands. Hathaway
was lured out to the st. Charles Hotel barn
to look at a horse. Peters then seized and
Merry aud Smith tied his hands and feet A
physician was also present. Hathaway was
then taken into the barn, where pail OF tar,
brush, and bag of feathers had been previous
ly placed coat of tar and feathers was
quickly laid upon Hathaway, and he was left
to his own reflections. revolver and billy,
taken from his pockets, were turned over to
the Marshal Hathaway was sorry-looking
sight after he was released, and 1t took over an
hours work by a number of persons to clean
him up so that he could take the noon train to
Toledo. The men implicated In the affair cay
they did not care what stories were retailed
about them personally, but when the charac-
ters of their wives were assailed they vowed
venQaanCa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04
The Seyenteen.Year Locusts.

Washington telegram: Prof. Riley says the
seven teen-year locusts, whose visit he has pre-
injury except 10 the twigs OF forest and fruit
trees Wherever young orchards have been
planted on land which has been cleared during
the last seventeen years the trees are liable to
suffer somewhat, but II is probable kerosene
spray will protect them. The ordinary locust,
which is so destructive to growing crops, has
laws which cut, while the seventeen-year spe-
cies more properly called the cicada, has only q
heak through which he sucks his nourIshmenk
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04
Hog Cholera and CarbOllc Acids

Eau Claire Wis., special: The hog cholera
which prevailed with great fatality In this and
adjoining counties last fall, has broken out
afresh, and promises TO spread. prominent
farmer living a few miles from here lost some
half dozen animals last week from the disease,
and others that were aiing were given a dose Of
fifteen drops Of carbollc acid, which effectually
cured them. Other farmers in the nelghbor-
hood have tried the acid, and found IL TO work
effectively in every instance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04

A DoaMATIcAL spirit inclines q man
to be censorious of his neighbors.
Every one Of his opinions appears to
him written, as it were. with sunbeams,
and he grows angry that his neighbors
do not see il in the same light.-Dr. T.
TV1ffs
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04

"WHIcH is the more delicate sense,
feeling or sight?" asked q professor.
Feeling" responded student. "Give
o proof Of it, with an example," said
the professor. "Well, my chum can
feel his mustache, but nobody else can
see it, responded the student.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04

Big Libel Suit Against an Indiana Editor.
Fort Wayne dispatch: Jerry Hilligass, County
School Superintendent, has sued the Fort Wayne
DAILY Journal for $1,000 damages because the
Journal recently charged him with drinking,
incompetency, e.c
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04

TAKEN together, all the beauties Of art
and nature do not interest the inquisi-
tive female so much as the view she gets
through the key hole.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04

THE hand which casts into the waters
os life stone of offense, knows not how
far the circles thus caused may spread
their agitations.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-04
A w,soonsln Edl,or,s spIne BADLY Hurt.

Sparta (wis.l telegram: An affray took place
this morning at o. ]. Newtons paper-mills, be-
tween that person and b. w. Perry, editor OF the
Democrat, in the course of which both fell OF
stairway to the ground, twelve or fifteen feet,
was dislocated and Perry badly hurt in the
spine.
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-20

You may speak as you viii of pedigree, gener-
ally, but in sleeping car it is mans berth which
raises him above his fellows