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department or Interior.

HOSOLULC. November 9, 1856
The anniversary of ths recognition Of Ia
...ti.p Iudepe udeucs by the Governments Of
,s-..t Britain and France, November zsth. fall
i,., on sunday. saturday. November 9th, viii be
-7,..-ys4 As a National Holiday. and all Govern
srt Offices throughout the Kingdom viii be
1'o''~ T.. AHOLO.
s., q,t,v.7 Minister Of Interior.
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Full Noon Concert.

Following X the musical programme
to be given by the Royal Hawaiian Mill
tarv Band this evening at 80 o'clock at
hmm Snmarn
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I-oR TERN CO.. OH YEAR on morn.
i the prc,riara aituat"i uu rtfutorr' Lane.
which couuetta with TuBrbhuol sttrot. brtwecH
Palace Valt and urtotauta sfrrrt lhr huuuo
contains four good sized rooms. aud 90" pantry
and kitchen are attached Those do1ifiUE tp I'm
4ue,t the prsruiaea can coli ou Mr. Nilla pt tho
rotiare on Puuehnowt street uorTly opposite
Palace walk or communicate tv telephone with
so 21C Of the Mutual Rent us month
Z7q nov ~
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VIM. &. Irwin a Co.,
\. CURRY Il BROTHER,

IMPORTERS A&b nFNLtN~ ~ SHOT
1 Guns RIDES aud Pistols, colt NluChoHt'r,
Kennedy uud Martin NngHgiuc Rifles. RciuinR
ton Shurps aud Ballard sporting ltHre. Agents
for W W. rrren"r. colt, Parker and bennington
Ercoch-I loading Double G"np. colt and smith e
W-as.ou PIatnIa S.tIRRY e BRO, l1a san
some street. san Frpucis"u Cal. I6Iy
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There viii De sold AZ public auction ou FRI,
D,,. tns 81 day of December. 1857. tie follow
a., az, licenses. for the term of one year from
January / 1881,
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Every Conceivable Glass OF Men and
Horses Present-Two Men Shake Hands
What 1t NIeans-EnGIand and ireland
Driving "A Bargain-Bidding.
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EIGHTH WARD.

Ulysse Aguillard, fisom e. III. MeS5ee to
Bayon Cane bridge;
On6sipe Ledoux, from Ambroise Lejeune
to Pointe-aux-Pins;
German bridge and Mallet bridge;
Aleide Lejeune, from Jos. Roy to PoiEtc-aax-
Loups and Bayou Cane bridge;
Louis Chiids, from BoudreauS bridge to
Ars5as paigls, from Church Point bridge
james spears, from Poiute Noire to Prud'.
homme;
Auguste Ledoux, from Pointe Nore to ward
Edgar Barousse, from way Church Point
bridge to .Opelonsas road;
Joseph Guidry, from Sosthene Bourque's
to Church Point road
FRANCOIS Bergeron, from Bayou dcs Cannes
TO Neg Fique
Ulyase McGee. from e, II. MeGee to Joe
Young gully
Thos. Bihm, from Dejean to Jno. Boudreaux; /;
John Boudreaux and to Mallet gully;
Peter verret, from Malles gully to half way
Big Woods:
Th6odule Guillory, from half wey Big
Woods to Tete de Vaehe;
Honor6 Fusilier, from Tete de Vaehe to
Joseph Ladeur, from ward line to public read (;
John Rougeau, from Aleide MeGee to Mes
Piqu6;
Oliver Fsngs, from Joseph Bacon to Bayou
Cane bridge and Alcide MoGee !.
Alexandre Miller, from Bayou de Cane
ROAD to Fruge bridge;
sentaue Guillory, from Frug6 bridge to
Aususte Ssuss igFSps Fruss5, from onssime Rider to
Ernest Frug6, via Bayou Neg Piqu6;
Rousseau Guidry, FROM John Bcudreanx to
DIR. Todd
Dutil SounieF, fgem Or. Todd to Prud'-
homme bridge;
j. p. Frug6, from E. q. MeGee to Prud'.
homme bridge and to Ambrose Lejeune
Ben Goss, frons Pointe Noire to German
Settlemenb
Steven Martei, FROM Sam Thomas TO Paul
Ledeug
Firmin Manuel, from Dr.. Haas TO Bourbeau
The Police Jury adjourned until She
3d Monday in FEBRUARY, 1886, being the 18th
day of that month. ALBERT GUIDRf,
Attest: President
z. j. LgFEBvRE, Clerk.
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JURY List.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, I
PARISH OF ST.. LANDRY.

EE 1T KNOWN that we, the Jury Com
ND missioners, did, on the ilth day of Janu-
ary, A. D., 1886, meet st the Clerks office, in
the town of Opelousas, parish of st. Landry,
for the purpose of drawing jury for the reg
ular term of the District Court of the 18th
Judicial District, uuder section S, Act No. "A,
of the regular session of 1877 all the members
being present except Diomel Durio, James J.
Thompson. one of the said commissioners drew
from the general venire box, one at time,
the names of the following fifty persons to
compose the Grand and Petit jurors for the
first week of the said Court, commencing
MONDAY, the 9Th day Of March, 1886, list
OF whom was then and there kept by the
Clerk of said Court, James o. Chacher6; and
in our Judgment, q Jury being required for the
second, third and fourth weeks of the term, we
then and there proceeded, as in drawing the
first fifty jurors, to draw thirty additional
names to servo as petit jurors for the second
week, and thirty additional names to serve as
petit jurors for the third week. and thirty ad
ditional names to serve as petit jurors for the
fourth week of tho term of said Court and
We, the Clerk and commissioners, did then
and there place the names drawn as afore-
said for each separate week in separate eu-
velopes, and sealed and endorsed the same
with the weeks for which they were respect
lively drawn, which said envelopes, contain
ing said names, were then and there placed
in o jury box provided for the purpose, which,
after depositing said names therein as afore.
said, was locked and sealed by u.s. and placed
in the custody of the clerk of the court for
use ut said term Of said Court.
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JUDICIAL NOTICES. .
SHERIFF,s SALE.
District Court, Parish st. Landry, No. 140a7
Valentine savoie vs.. Moses vaudrie.

vat8HtaM0 CHVui6 VS. MOSES V&9UReSs
By virtue of a writ of q. ia. issued cut Of the
18TH Judicial District Court, in and for the
parish of St. Landry, in tho above entitled suik.
and to me directed, will proceed toseil at
public auction, to the highest bidder, % the
residence Of Moses Vaudrie In Prairie Psqu8-
taique, in the parish of St. Landry, on SAT.
URDA Y, the 9Th day of March, 1855, st II
o'clock a. M, the following described prep
erty, to-wit:
A certain tract Of wood and prairie land
situated in the parish Of St. Landry, partly In
Prairie Faquetaique, having shape and form
as herein described: On the east side, ae the
bank of Bayou Dozas, measuring three ar
pents front, less thirty feet Of width; on she
west side, measuring three arpents of width,
o small fraction over ten arpents long, Now
the thirty feet wide from said bank at the
east side, and running due west one and three
fourths of arpents long, along the boundary
of Valentine Savoie and Eugene FL. McGee,
are reserved and not sold; also bounded
north by lands Of Eugene II. McGee. and the
land herein above reserved; and on the east
by the west bank of said Bayou DoEas, usu-
ally called lake, and on the south and west
by lands of Valentine Saveie, and the land
as ebove reserved to be additional on the
west side to make the full amount Of thirty
superficial arpents, together with all the
buildings and Improvements thereon, consist
ing of tan yard and all the attachments
appertaining to the same, and other impFeve-
ments.
One lot red oak bark, one grindstohe.
one pistol, one wheel-barrcw, one lot Simply
barrels, one lot empty boxes, one lot tlnware,
one lot tools, one stove and kitchen utensiis,
two chairs, one bedstead, one trunk, one iot
books, and one lot clothes.
Terms and Conditions-For the sum Of one
hundred dollars with interest ard coats Pay.
able cash ON the day of sale, and the balance
,.<, fha 1ak dov 0fN "a rae
second installment due on said property;
being for the sum of one hundred dollars
with oIo interest from maturity until paid.
Seized in the above entitled suit.
G. g. DUs0N,
Jan. 80, 1886. sksriH.
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asreceeaangs og slae Epe1lce y
tyIErzl1Es j. .yala. IStla, 1885.


tJrEIoUsAs, JaA. 18Th, 1856
Tle Police Jssi!s mel plrauaat 70 adjourn
inert Present
kiessrs Albert Guidry, President; Augaate
psrros3in, q. W W Taylor b Dubuiss0ls q.
Haas. Louis Young, 4. q q 1iasasr6 and D.-Ps
Saizan.
Thu reading of tile iuinateso of the last naeets
ipg was dispensed WITH.
Tho Police Jnrs proceeded II appoint the
Read 9xerseers.
FIRST WARD.
III Jay Lacy, from lhe Holiier place y Wash.
charles Il M Holliar, from Holiisr place q Opel
0nsas =.
Edgar Eauney, fr0ua Washington and Vile
Plate read 70 Garigues bridge
Edgar Dupr6s freH Garigaes bridge 70
Debaillons
Marins Vidriae, from BARON Petit Joe to
9peleusas read
j. q. Chacher6 from Gpelensas to N6aats
store;
Alpbonse RFasi hamEne. from 0pelqusas 20
Washington and y ille Plato road
Dave i. Smith. from Nezat ssose TO Riders
bridge
Jacob Waiter from 0pslousaa apd Washing
ton road at DR.. B0agnis place, 30 Little
Taehe nt Mrs. Mudde
:, from 5cabertss bridge
ID Eisher and Haspsros e flaee
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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
VISTA COUNCIL No. 1850. A. l.. OF r.
Washington, La, Jan,y. %, 1885.

VISTA COUNCIL No. 1850. A. l.. OF H.
Washington. La, Jan'y. %, 1885.
Whereas, It has pleased an All Wise Proyi.
dence in his wisdom to remove from our
midst our late companion and commander,
F. G.. ULRlcH. and Whereas, In the loss OF our
companion this Council is deprived of a faith
full and dntiful member, Therefore, be it re-
solved, That this Council extend its heart
felt ST nlpathits to the bereaved family.
tions be spread on the minutes of the Council,
aud i. copy of the same be sent to the family.
Be it further resolved, That copy of these
resolutions DO furnished the st. Landry DEM
oerat and Opeloasas CoURIER for publication.
Committee: j. A. DERBAEEg,
WM. A. Flynn,
PHILLIP JACOB.
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RIOTICE.--U. 81. Land once. New Orleans,
L% La, Dec. 2ist, 1885, Notice is hereby
given that the following named s0ttlsr has
filed notice of his intention to nake hnaI proof
In support of his claim, and that said isrnot
will 10 made before the Judge ~ Clerk %
Court at Opelousas, La, on the lst of ksg:,
1886, VIZ, Hilairc Carriere who made addi-
tionaI Homestead Eutry No. 5S0l, for tie
Lot No. q, See 20, TIP. o, y R. East, La.
Meridian.
He names the following witnesses 20 prove
his continuous residence upon, anu sulkivatsOn
81 said land. viz: EHildeyert Carrieru, Leon
Miller Pierre Beiiu and Derbonna. nil Of BIT
Landry parish, In =,
pee. .26, 1885. 81 Register.
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NOTICE OF TABLEAU.
Probate T Court, parish Of s. Lasdry, No. asal

Probate Court, Parish Of 81. LaadYy, No 2aa
ESTATE OF LOUISE FnlLoT.
Whereas, Ludger Lenelle. administrator
of the above entitled estate, has Gled 8
tableau and distribution Of funds OF said es-
tate, accompanied by his petition praying for
the homologation of the same
And whereas, notice Of fling of said peeiesen
and tableau has been ordered By an order Of
court bearing date Jan. 10, 1886
Now, therefore, notice Is hereby given so all
persons interested to make opposition 20 aaid
tableau, in writing, at my Office IN the town
of opelousas, within the time required By
law, why said tableau should not be homo
LOCATED and confirmed
JAMES @. CHACHERE,
Jan, %. 1886. CIerk.
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Tie stand occupied by the Star
Grocery having been rented from the
Isb Of February, its contents must be
aeared out to-day to make room for
III new occupant, and no doubt many
5ase bargains can be had at the auction
ssle Of the same whicll commences at
l0 o'elock d. n. Don'f miss it.
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4 grand ball will be given under the
auspices Of Carencro Hope Hook g.
Ladder Co., No ], at GuiIbeau's Hall,
cArencro, Oh Feb. 18th, 1856. We re-
snrn thanks for an invitation to attend.
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FoR SALE AT i BAEGAIs One hum
(ired pannsIs If choice heavy Atchafa
laya fencing Posts coal tarred at both
ends. Apply Immediately 10 w. A.
Sandog, at Littelrs Drugstore.
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Fon sALn-~A new Remington double
bsgrsi bIeech loading shot gun can be
bad at d bargain on application at this
mice.
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SALE
= =.
District oourt, Parrish of 81. Landry, No. asas.
EsTATr HuaTsvu Aarv

C13OoLlO DkAAtS
District ooart, Parrish of 81 Landry, No. asss.
Estate GUsTAvE AMY.
By virtue of an order of the Hon. the Dis
trict Court in and for the parish Of So. Ian
dry there will be sold at public auction, 70
the last and highest bidder, by the under
signed administrator, or any duly quaIiAed
auctioneer, at the Courthouse, In the parish
aforesaid on WEDNESDA z, the 3d day OF
February, 1886, the following described prop
erty, belonging to the estate of austaya Amy,
deceased, to-wit:
A tract of prairie land In Prairie HsYes, 81.
Landry parish, bounded north by W. b.
Brooks, south by Jack w. Spears, easss By
Marie M6lanie Young aud west by
measuring seventy snpesaclaa sg-
pents, more or less, with all tie buildings
and improvements.
One white horse, one brown horse, one
stove.
C. w. DUR0E,
JAN 2, 1886 administrators.
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Mr. Morgan Norris has rented the
esand under the Courier printing Office
shsre be will open grocery store next
Monday.
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DUBLIC SALE.
District Court, Parish Of ss. Laadav, No 4sas
EsrATE or MARIE LnursR LEnnrrx

ESTATE 06 MAh1G LOUISE LA0UU6s
BY virtue of an order of the Hon. the Pro
bate Court In and for the parish Of ST. Lanary
there will be sold at public auction, to the last
and highest bidder, By the uudersignsd aAmi-
Courthouse in Opelousas, on WNDMHg
BA r, the Sd day Of February, 1856, the fol
loving described property, belonging 60 the
estate of Mar;e Louise Ledoux, deceased.
late of So. Landry, to-wit:
The plantation on which tho deceased last
resided, situated about eight mica from she
town of Opelousas, La, on the PlaQuaUine
Ridge, containing about hfty arnants, naeTe
or less, with all The buildings md improve
nents thereon, bounded north by laIds of
Joubert, east by lands of 0nSSima Tenheet,
and west by lands of Mrs. james MeClasland.
Terms-eash.
FRANCOIS J0uBERT,
Jan. 2, 1886. Administrator.
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The Opelousas Social Club are hay-
ina the upper floor of Young's drug
store fitted mp for q skating rink, ball
rooln and meeting ball
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A London dispatch 10 Tie New York
Times, says The great steel manu-
facturer, Marshall, Of Shaffeld. is about
to remove his entire works to America.
The firm employs 5000 men. Some
scores of the Most skilled will be taken
over, aud the rest will bc hired iR
America. The State Department has
been informed Of the fact, which is re-
garded as a striking proof Of foreign
confidence in the results of the new
administration aud the reality Of the
American business revival
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Groceries, fancy goods. confectionery
liquors, stationery, books, etc, at aac-
ssiiI1p to-day ut tho Star Grocery.
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aOnly d Farmers Daughter III Per
Eoain's Hall next Tuesday night. Re
ssrFed seats at. NJ. p Young u Co.'s.
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School Books ait d discount Of 20 to-
25 per cent lit the Stal Grocery.
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The spirit which induces Germany to
expel 10000 helpless Poles hum it's
dominion Is shown iii smaller thugs.
Not many months ago We repeated the
story of d prosecution of II young girl in
Sclaleswig, Il hose sole offense was play
ing and singing, III her own parlof, an
old anti-Gefman song, OF the signif-
cance of which she vas ignorant. Nov
the story comes from Alsace of the ar
rest and tiial Of ail the male guests az q
wedding because they followed the Gus
tom of the county III wearing in their
button-llol fragments of the brides
garter, which in this instance chanced
to DC led, white aud blue, the eolors of
France. Oddly enough, however, the
prosecution in this instance was based
oh al, old French law.
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vol. <. < XII.
OPIsI.O IJgAB :

1 asI,Ilt,ls 4 JANUARY %, 1885
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Choice Texas seed oats OF G. Deit-
sit's ill New Orleans prices
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Auction to-day 81 the Star Grocery,
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The entire stock of goods IL the
Star Gfoeef5 vii bo aucti0ned off to-
s}ax. Hefo ii i chance for bargains.
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AT Cosr Pipes, Tobacco, CrOckery,
Glassware, Tinware, Hardware, Etc,
at cost, ait the Star Grocery.
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Vick's Floral Guide Tor 1886, the li-
0neer seed annual of Amefiea, comps q,
us this year a real gens, not i dry list nt
hard botanical names, bat over 80 pnges
ot reading matter, among which arc AZ
ticles on roses, house plants, cln.ap
greenhouses, onion culture, mushrooms,
5manures, young gardeners, and very
interesting reading, followed by aboRt
I5O pages containing illustrations, des-
criptions and prices Of seemingly every
thing the insart could desire III the line.
lot seeds, plants, bulbs, potatoes, &c.
II il IL mystery how this firm can afford
to publish, and really giys away, this
beautiful wnrk III nearly 200 pages If
finest paper, with hundreds of illnstra-
tions aud two fine Colored Plates, all
enclosed iii iii elegant cover Any ane
desiring goOds III this line cannot do
better than send 10 cents for the Floral
Guide, To Jamcs Fick, Scotsman,
Rochester, M. Y Deduct tils 10 cents
from first order sent for seeds.
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Henry Ward Beecller prefacesl his
sermon ID Plymouth Church last sun.
day BY d personal explanation. Here
marked tlIat iii il sermon preached two
weeks ago he had stated that righteous.
ness was the central theme Of the Cos
Del, aud that iis far as he recullseted
Che word 'sreligionn was not in the
Bible. He hadn't got out Of the church
whom good brother told him where il
was to Be found I'M james, and ut the
evening service lie corrected the error
into which be had fallen. Now he
spoke of it again to stop the letters
which were continually coming to him
about the matter Something less than
3 million had arrived They began TO
enn1e the next day, and the circle had
kept on widening, aud pow it had
reached the region Of Iowa, and lie supp
posed would spread to California He
did't know that so many people read
tie Bible. The vosd religion ac-
cured Eve times ID the New Testament
aud not once III The Old. When llt,
made an error he was ready TO con-
fess II,
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The MilIinefS Trade Review contrib
sltes new thought to the Mormon dis
cussion Ii deciafes thai poly gamy
has received Its hardest blow from fash
ion Ten years ago Mormen women
dressed simply, and the Gentile's wife
was distinguished by her feathers and
fibbons. Now Il change has come 0ver
the spirit 0f the times. All Utali
women strive to dress alike, and the
too much married saints, besides being
hunted by United States detectives, are
oppressed by nilIiners' bills of {lisheart-
eiiing length. The gildsd youth Of the
East think tlaey cannot afford to marry
one woman how much more must taie
rising cons biz Salt Lake fear 70 marry
many
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Prof. Edward S. Morse lectured in
New York last week Oh Wonders of
Growth in Animals" He is a strong
believer in evolution aud holds that
the young of the higher types resemble
always the mature Of the lower. He
showed tho resem blauce of the head of
a baby born III tbe lap Of civilization to
that of d full grox.n savage, and that
most boys III civilized society had all
the mental Characteristics Of sayages,
ansi even ot moakess. a naturalist
who lived while III part of. Asia
whu;e munkeys abounded, SO as to
stud. their habits, reported that one
night he saw a gang of monkeys raid q
watermelon patch. When They had
speaked off at i safe distance, each
with 4 ineloH under his arm, they set
up j. howl, aud scaanpered of AS fast as
they could lie had done that hiin-
self when boy. Wllena boy wished
to draw the picture of a man Oh o bird;
said the professor, he did ii just MS the
Egyptians did 1000 years ago.
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In testimony whereof We have herenntf
signsd, this lIth day OF january, 1881
- Sr~1@1 ROB- CHACHERE,
}sEAL w. G.. BELL, Com.
s@l y. j.. THOMPSON,
& JAMEs O. CHAcHERE, Clerk
January is, 1885.
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"only . Farmers Daughter. /"
A DETROIT MANAGERS SAFE SCHEME
FOILED By a AMELo-DRAMATlc
BURGLAR

Last week during tho engagement Of
"Only Farmers Daughter Co., at
the Detroit Opera House, an amusing
episode transpired, not oil tho bill Of
fare. In the 3D. act, Harold Lennox the
wealthy author, steps across his ele-
gantly furnished studio to his iron
bound safe to obtain the money for
Nine. Lanrent's trip to New Orleans.
Well now, Manager Charley Shaw
considers it chilly weather when he
gets left Cllas has been approached
on seyerai occasions By the solicitor for
an enterprising safe firm with the re.
quest that the name of the concern be
painted In large letters on the first safe,
which, as a bit Of stage decoration or
as necessary property, wonld be in
troduced. Learning from the stage
manager that safe was prominent
feature of Quo of the scenes in the play
to be produced, he instructed bis scenic
artist to label it with the name of the
aforesaid firin, and he sent batch OF
passes to its members Tie wanted ii
small safe for his Office The first
night found the firm with all its en-
ployees, with their female appendages,
present When the curtain rose in the
third act of the drama. the safe, with
its glaring sign, was the most prominent
feature of the stage setting, aud joy
was depicted on the countenauces of
the vendors of that particular make
But this joy was bat short lived, alas !!
alas! The dialogue became ominous in
its unmistakable suggestions of u burgla-
ry. It was evident, BY the expressed
and implied reliance placed upon the
absolute security of the safe. that it was
TO prove no obstacle to the villaiBy of
tile vill..in. The poor fellows in the
andienee, whose name, glaringly lnbri-
Gated, stared every one in the face,
began to get very nueasy But there
was nothing to be done. The play
went on. and tile whole audience was
treated 70 the sight of the celebrated
Blank Burglar proof Safe broken open
and riiled of its contents III 40 seconds
by the watch The manager did not
get his safe. This company will appear
at Perrodiil's Hall, Feb 2.