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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-30
Gould's Grab Game.
A prominent and entirely rel

Appointment and entirely reliable
citizen Of Shreveport said to a
Chronicle reporter last evening:
The Texas and Pacific Railroad
the line extending from New Orleans
to Ell Paso, Texas--is in a wretched
condition, and the track is in such
bad order that it is dangerous to
life and property. The passenger
cars are kept in a filthy condition,
and many of the depots have neither
light nor fire at times. This is the
deliberate work OF the Gould man.
ayers in order to depreciate the
the porperty and furnish the pretext
for a receiver, so that they can get
rid of the stock and bondholders
and other Judgment creditors with
out paying them a cent Un their
investments or claims. The appoint.
ment of J. G. Brown and b. 4
Sheldon is in the interest Of the
Gould wreckers. Brown has been
the general solicitor and confidential
counsel of Mr.. j. Gould, and now
he brings tie suit Of the Missouri
Pacfc Railroad Company of which
he is vice president and will proceed
to gobble up the Texas and Pacific
Railroad in the approved style Of
the receiver for his boss. For sever
al years the I. and, P under his
management. has been used to the
advantage Of the Missouri Pacific
system. Determinations against the
L. and P. have been continuous and
the Missouri Pacific property impro
yed and made valuable at the
expense and by using the I. and P.
for that propose.--N. o. Chronicle.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-30
Society in the South.

/ In the January number Of the new
Princeton Review, which by the way
is the first issue Of that publication
! appears an interesting article by Mr.
| Charles Dudley Warner on the
social condition of the South. I,
appears that the American revolu
tion made less social change in that
part of, the country than in the
North. Under conservative influences
the South developed her social life
with little alterat tion down to the
civil war. The South, and Notably
Virginia aid South Carolina, cher
ishcd English traditions long after
the political relation was severed.
Slavery divided i. from the North
in sympathy, and by excluding
European emigration slavery also
shut out the South from the infuen.
ces of the new ideas terminating
in Europe. The South thus isoIa.
ted became extremely provincial,
but 1t at the same time grew
thoroughly homogeneous and per.
haps more distinctly American in it's
characteristics than the North. So
far as society was concerned, the
South was a territorial aristocracy.
Not the least interesting portion
of Mr. Warmers article is his
notice Of the peculiarities of each Of
the several groups Of Southern States.
Even to-day the contrasts between
Que Of the South Atlantic States and
a Gulf States like Florida, for
instance-are very marked. Before
thu war :he social life of the old
South began to give way to the
conditions of our modern life. One
compensation for the intense
conservatism Of the South was the
entire absence Of all the speculative
doubts of modern civilization. This
may yet prove a blessing to the
entire country. The South aevcr
has been disturbed by ''sins" of any
sort. "spiritualism" or "spiri,ism'
has absolutely no lodgment there.
Within the past Eve years social
between the two parts
of the country has greatly increased.
The harshness of the nor thern win.
ter climate has turned q stream Of
travel and settlement to the South.
The Atlanta and New Orleans ex-
hibitions also did much to bring
people Of the whole country together
socially. With returning financial
prosperity the travel of Southerners
has also increased, and
we agree with the author that the
people both North and South have
something to forget but more to
gain in the union that every day
becomes stronger.-New. Yolk
Star.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-30
Tout Vie1ii A Qui Salt Attendre,

Tout Vie7t A Qui Salt Attendre.
In quaint old Indian pitcher,
That stands on my windows ledge,
There's deep red rose of perfecs bloom,
That beams on my sight like .pledge,
Of joys to c.me: for it seems to say,
In the way red rose would do,
That "a7l things come to him who waits,
If the waiting be steadfast and true"
Last night but bud it lay next my heart
And stole all its warmth away.
And the man at my side never dreamed why
was cold-but Il blooms to-day:
And so, for what it has stolen, it gives
A perfume both rich and rare
That burst into life, as the bud into bloom,
In tho pitcher of Indian ware.
So it seems to me, after all. sweetheart,
That the flower but asks as l do
From the bud to the bloom, from like
unto love,
To wait, and to hope and be true,
But if my motto seems cruel and cold,
I'll give you one not 10 prose,
And lis, that the love that can faith
fully wait
Will be love a couleur de rose.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-30

Morehouse Clarion 1t is graft
flying to note the disposition of our
readers to come Toward aud pay for
the Clarion. Its friends are not
slow to give substantial encourage.
ment to the efforts we are now
making to furnish them a good
paper.
Farmer,ille Gazette All the
eggs in our parish were frozen last
week. The hens have refused to
supply any further demands upon
them. 1t is a strike. Fire wood is
scarce in town, We have heard
several complain Of their short sup.
ply.
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Educational.
BY PROF. A. \. NEAL.

We give this proposition to start
with. One essential duty of the
teacher is to educate. parents up to
the point Of having their children
educated, and Of giving proper aid
to the important work. 1t is com.
mon to talk about the work of the
schools in making good citizens.
The school is an important factor in
such work; but, in the homes of a
country, and at their mothers knee,
the character of the man is more
fully deter mined than at any other
place. Here is clipping from a
religious paper which we think every
teacher, and every one else, would
do we'll to wear in his hat:
DANGEROUS sUPERfLUITIEs.
Half the actual trouble of life
would be. saved if people would re-
member that silence is golden
when they are irritated, vexed, or
annoyed. To feel provoked or ex-
aspcratcd at a trife, when the nerves
exhausted is, perhaps, natural to US
in our imperfectly sahctified sta te.
But why put the annoyance into the
shape Of speech which, once uttered,
is remembe, ed; which t,nay burn like
a blister wound, or raDkle like a
poisoned arrow? If child be try
Ing, or a friend capricious, 0: a SER
want unreasonable, be. careful What
you say. Do not speak while you
feel The impulse Of anger, for you
will be certain to say too much, to
say more than your cooler judgment
will approve, aud to speak in way
that. you will regret. Be silent until
the sweet by:and,by," when you
shall be calm, rested, and self-con-
trollcd.
Above all, never write a letter
when you are in a mood Of irrita
tlon. There is an anger which is
jnstifab!e; there are resentments
which are righteous. 1t is some
times duty to express indignation.
But if you consider the matter, the
occasions for putting such feelings
on record are comparatively few.
They come once in a lifetime, per-
haps, end to MANY fortunate beings
they never come at all. Upon the
whole, people--our friends and
reighbors. and the community Of
which we form a rart--are trying
to do the best they can; and in hours
of good temper and health life wears
n bright and sunny aspect !
Much of the friction which makes
the machinery of living move rough
and di.cordant is caused by things
too petty to be noticed if we we're Id
our normal condition. The ltasty
word spoken in petulence fIay be
explained, forgiven, and forgotten.
But the letter, written in an ebulli-
ton of wounded feeling, is a fact
tangible; not to he coudoned. There
it lies, with certain permanence
about it. You have sent 1t to a
friend. who reading it half dozen
times, will each time find it more
cruc! and incisive than before. Let
crs once written and sent away
cannot he recalled. You cannot be
sure that your friend Tor enemy will
burn them. Hidden in bureau
drawers or in compartments Of desks
folded up in portfolios, locked IN
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GUS. G0DCHAUX.
Abbeville, Louisiana.

NEEps constantly on hand a fine
y and selected stock Of all kinds
of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and
Shoes, Hats, Caps and Notions.
l keep also a fresh and selected
supply of
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"Aunt" Wouldn't Stand it.

The following details an actual occurrenc e
in a Massachusetts city near Boston. He
was a new convert in the rar Ks of the Saliva
ton Army and one Of the loudest shouters in
the meetings which were, and still are, being
held. He was telling what religion had done
for him and after enumerating various sins
of which he had been purged he came to the
matter of pride.
Before joined the army" said he. II
as proud as any of you sinners in the back
part of the hall. But now my pride is all
gone; there haint none of it left not bit of
it. There haiat a more humble man than me,
here tonight.
perhaps you don't take any stock in what
l say" confined the humble convert, "but
it's true every word of it. To show you that
my pride is all gone I'll go right down from
this platform and kiss the poor old niger
woman in the front seat"
True to his word, the convert started for
the front seat, but before he had reached the
floor both he and the audierce had become
motionless. Old aunty had arisen. Her
eyes glowed with indignation at the blatant
insult which had been heaped upon her. The
convert who would have ventured to kiss her
in that mood might not have had pride, but
would have required large amount of nerve.
In shrill voice she exclaimed "Keep
away from dis yere; if you hab got no pride,
why tank the good Lor' hab, and you won't
do none o your kissing round here"
As the humble recruit skunk back on the
stage she said: "You ought to be 'shamed OBJ
yusself, you old hypocrite," and the audi
ence spplauded the sentiment as Aunty took
her seat. Commercial Bulletin.
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Crafts.

A cherry tree at Chico, Cal, yielded
100 pounds of fruit which brough FIVE
cents pound. The product of an acre
of such trees would have been $500.
United States Consul Newcomb. at
Lyons, has sent to the Secretary of State,
at Washington. report upon the use of "a
mixture of Stacked lime and sulphate of
copper cure for mlldew or rot
upon the grape vine. This remedy is
being extensively used in France with fa-
vorable results.
President Polk, of the Maine Pomolog-
zeal society. says that thousands of dollars
are wasted each year from lack of knowl-
edge of fruit names, by which worthless
varieties are distributed through misrep-
reservations of agents mistakes of
nurserymen. and ignorance among farm
ers. A familiarity with the names would
therefore be OF great advantage.
The early history of the Seckel pear is
thus told: IL originated near Philadelphia
before the Revolution. A noted sports
man known as Dutch Jacob" used to
bring home every fail some small but de-
licious pears, declining to tell anybody
where he procured them. About that pc
riod the London Land Company. which
owned some land below the city. made
sale and Dutch Jacob purchased the lot
upon which his pear tree stood. 1t after
wards became the property of Mr.. Seckel,
and as he permitted nurserymen to take
gratis and buds from the tree they gave
the fruit his name.
The science of canning fruit is not due
to the genius of the present age. Some
years back when party of scientific men
were excavating in the buried city of
Pompeii they came across cans filled with
figs and other fruits that were Just as fresh
and nice as the day they were put in. The
cans showed that the fruit had been put
in hot and small holes left for the steam
to escape, then these filled afterward
The idea was seized upon and the methods
practiced in that city Is centuries ago
we're adopted and now we have canned
fruits also. Canned goods now cut an i'm.
portant figure in the commerce of this
country, and the housekeeper of the last
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wire cloth. Twenty or more trays are
placed, one above the other. IN troughs-
and through the troughs water flows as in
natural brook. When the spawn is near the
Matching stage. or when the eye appears
it is placed in larger troughs. where there
is also continual flow of water.
The eggs hatch in about four months,
and at birth the young trout measure about
a quarter of an inch in length. For q
month the young fry are helpless. and
spend the time in learning to swim. A
sac attached supplies with food during
this time. When 80 days of age, the
young trout begins to eat. and devours
food once an hour As the fish develops.
the intervals between meals are
longer, until once day. or once in two
DAYS is sufficient. From the Matching
troughs, the fish go to the artificial ponds,
each pond containing fish equal in size.
If the large and small were together. the
one would live on the other. When year
and half or two years old, the fish are
ready for market, and find ready sale in
New York. Boston, and other cities. The
trout, from the egg up, are fed on beef
liver. cut fine for the small, and coarse
for the large Some epicures, or connois-
seurs of fish flesh. claim that they can Sc
lect liver fed trout, while others contend
that only an exceptional faster" can dis
tin guish them from the speckled beauties
that hide under the moss grown banks OF
meadow brooks,-Netc England Farmer.
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PATENTS.
r. H. EDDY.

so. 20 state ST., opposite hilby, Bostor
SECURES Patents the United States; aIse in Great
Britain, France other foreign countries. Copies
OF the claims Of any Patent furnished by renittns
one dollar. Assignments recorded at Washington
No Aqencg in the United States superior IA
cilitfss TOR obtaining Patents or ascertaining ~
Dotentabiit Of incentions.
r. II. EDDY, Solicitor of Patents.
TESTIMONIALS.
"Iregard Mr. Eddy as one of the most capable qnn
suecssyul practitioners with whom have had OF.
ualintercourse."
CHAS. MASON, Commissioner of Patents.
"Iuventors cannot employ a person more .rustxo.
thy or more capable of securing for them an cart
aud favorable consideration at the Patent Office.
EDMUND BUREE, late Comrissio of Patents
BOSTON, October 10, 1870.
a. EDDY, Eso.,-Dear Sir: you procured fos
me, II 1896 my frs: patent. Since then you have ac
ted Cor aud advised me in hundreds OF cases, and
procured many patents, reissues and extensions.
have occasionally employed the best agencies in New
York, Philadelphia and Washington, but / still give
sou almost the whole of my business, in your line
and advise others to employ you.
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER.
Bos-on. January l. i16 ~
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g9etieaI.
A ROSE FROM HER HAIR.

Here lie blossom from her hair,
She gave Ii to me years ago;
] see her standing on the stair
To hear the musie's ebb and Jew,
Just as she stood that summer night,
sweet with the fragrances Of June
A radiant vision, all in white,
Touched with the glamour Of the moon.
see the distant dancers glide,
To sweet waltz music, down the room,
Az II a dreams enchanted tide
Went seaward, wrsps in blent perfumes
Of rose and heiiotrope and musk,
And wonder If it Is a dream
Born Of the music and the dusk,
Sweet odors and the moonIights CLEAN.
Oh, dream or not, % sweet, so sweet!
I close my eI e, and see 1t all,
And hear the tresd of light. swift feet
And laughing voices down the hall;
And..she stands smiling down at me,
This blossom in her yellow hair,
And In her happy eyes see
Her thoughts, and find new courage there.
Iwhisper low some quaint conceit
Found in the lovers worid-old lore,
And feel my pulses leap and beat
To swifter measures than before,
Because hsY eyes are meeting mine
o radiant eyes, so sweet, 90 true!-
And love hang. out its rosy sign
On fairest face / ever knew.
I feel, a. she leans down the stair,
The south-wind fragrance Of her breath;
She smiles, and gives me from her hair
This blossom, dropping TO its death,
And all her loorened tresses slip
Ger neck and boz ON, goldenly,
As with the rose from laughing lips,
She throws q rougish kiss 10 me.
The light goes out, the music dies;
The face ha- vanished from the stair,
Oh know you where her pathway lies,
Poor faded blossom from her hair?
She dEeleth on the hills of God,
Somewhere beyond my sight to day;
And sometime, where her feet have trod.
Ny feet shall seek and find the way.
Elem +. ReEford in Trdueiler's Record
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Sheriff s Sale.
STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC, 81.

HENNEBEC, 81.
Taken on execution, and will be sold by public
auction on the twenty-fo fourth day Of April, A. ID.
1856, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon at the Office of
Beane Became. in Haowe, in said county, all the
right in equity which Henry F. Harding Of HALO
WELL in said county, has or had on first day Of March,
NAL writ, to redeem TIVE following described mort
gagged real estate situated In HaIlowell In said
county, to wit: One undivided half part Of a Ger.
tain lot of land with the buildings thereon situate
in said Hallowell. and bounded as follows: Eat.
erly by Water street; southerly by land of Amelia
g. Spaulding; westerly by land of Mrs. Abigail Will
Der. and northery BY land of the heirs Of John Bee
man, deceased. WIN. Ii. LIBBY, Deputy Sheriff.
March 18th, 1885, w3wlI
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APPOMATTOX, 1895.
49,. ~ IL.
"a true inctdent.J
BY GEORGE COOPER.


The quantity gabled farmhouse there was bahed in
sunsets gold,
And silence brood, DER the wales there laundering
guns had rolled.
Upon the porch a silent man walked calmly to and
fro,
When TO him little child with timid ste pc
and slow 5s.ts lssas a
"And who you, my little ?" the quiet soldier
said;
The child looked up in wonderment. and murmured
Little Fred;
Ny papa is soldier too; but he is dressed in grav
wonder when he will come home, he stays so long
away"
A tear stole down the soldiers cheek his keen gray
eyes grew dim,
And holding out his he stood and called the
child to him.
"God bless you little one" he said and ped unto
his breast
The tiny form. while tenderly the dimpled cheeks
were pressed
"My dear wait for me at home, for have child.
sweet
Who long to see their papa, as you long yours
20 meet,
But soon you'll see him, never fear; cheer up nv
Blue coats and gray to- day; the war is past
and doner
He. smiling, babe the child good.by,-that man OF
firm set brow.
As then, the boy, to manhood grown, can see the
soldier now
The blouse of blue, the shoulder stars the .ouched
hat. eyes of gray
And Grant, from that old farm house porch has rid
den far away,
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KENNEBEC COUNT Y In PROBATE Court, at
Auonsta, on the second aIhonday Of March,
1885.
A CERTAIN INSTRUMENT, purporting to be
"A the last will and testament of Jane p.
Moody, late of Clinton in said county, de.
ceased, having been presented for probate:
ORDERED. That notice thereof be gwen three
weeks successfully prior TO the second Monday Of
April next, in the Kennebec journal, a
Newspaper printed In Augusta that all persons inter.
ested may attend at q Court Of Probate then to be
holden atAugusta, and show cause, fanny, why the
said instrument should not be proved, approved and
allowed, ~ the last viii and testament of the said
deceased.
h. 8. WEBSTER, Judge.
Attest-HowARD OwKN, Register. 3w1eS
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Eastern Steamboat Co.
BATH AND BOOTHBAY LINE

Winter Arrangement, via. Siscasset. Com
mencing Wednesday, Dec. ., 1858.
Leave Boothbay, daily Sundays excepted) at 7.lt
A. NJ, for Wiscasset, connecting with trains on
Knox Lincoln Railroad.
Returning leave Wiscasset at 1855 Z. NJ, or on AZ
rival of train which leaves Bath at 3 O5 =. NJ.
Landing daily at Westport, Sawyer's Island and
Southport
Train, stop at the Steamboat Landing
H. w. SWANTON,
Octl7eod1y Treasurer
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That the subscri
~ Der has been duly appointed Administrator
on the estate of
VESTA A GRAY, la,e Of Monmouth,
in the County of Kennebec, deceased infestate ano
has undertaken that trust by giving bond the Law
directs: All persons, therefore, having demands
against the estate OF said deceased desired to
hibit the same for settlement; and all indebted to
said estate are requested to make immediate pay.
ment to THOMAS ". HAM.
Feb. ~, 1885. w3wi0s
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Gout has various names according to the
parts affected, as podagra, when in the feet /;
chiragra. when in the hands, &C., but whether
the attack is first felt in the feet or the hands
rub with Salvation Oil at once. 1t annihil-
ates pain Price 25 cents.
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Road Tax on New Canada mo. II,
Range g., Aroostook County.

AROOS1OOK, S., Court Of County Commission
erS, January Term, Jan. 8, 1886:
Ordered, That the following assessment be made
upon township No. ", Range 9, in said county, for
making and opening a county road therein, and pay.
ing the expenses attending 1t, laid out June 10,
1885, petition of Jere Lamont and others, through
sad township three miles and 100 rods, from the N.
line to the center line at the OF lots l3 and
to be made and opened by July 1887 and that l. Ii
Page of Fort Kent, be appointed agent therefor
No. II, Range o. NEW CANADA.l