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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
Lunch Time.

A pointer in pork-A pigs nose
A bad sign-An illegible sigma
ture.
The bent pin generally carries its
point.
Pride goes before a fall-so does
summer.
Football players are always chron.
ic kickers.
Short ends in dress goods at one
! what they cost.
The man Of brass is always ready
to show his metal.
He is happy who takes the weather
as it comes cheerfully.
''Let her slide" is the slang that
goes with tobogganing.
Only a little 's' divides the specu-
lator and the peculator.
Occupants Of top floor flats are
not always "high livers."
An old pedagogue says his bust
ness is in collar-and-cuff line.
Ed-Lend me a dollar. Al
Certainly; got change for a Y.
These long winter evenings are
we'll suited to pressing engagements.
Nothing so wildly reminds ns of
the breyity of life as a tkirty.day
note.
A messenger boys diary-Monday
hired; Tuesday, tired; Wednesday,
fred.
A colide,oscope is about the same
thing as telescope in railroad par.
lance.
Sir, every word you speak is a
lie" Right you are, my pretty
MISS"
Water from the river Styx should
be good material for mucilage man.
u%facturers.
Poker players expect that 1888
will be a good year, as it contains
three of a kind.
THAT puts a different face on it,"
as the small boy said as his ball
struck the clock dial.
Man never has the same faith in
the eternal fitness Of things after his.
wife has made him a shirt.
Guest-"Waiter. bring ne a fried
beefsteak." Waiter-''Wid pleasure,
sab" Guest-"No, not wid pleasure,
wild onions"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
The One Cent Man.
The man who wroto

The man who wrote q ~l....
the New York Sun a few dav .''er 70
asking everybody in the count, sso'
send him one cent in order th., !! .
may thus acquire a fortune Of Ls,r ~
million dollars, recalls to tina, nansa
an incident IN the life Of John .i. apsl
Astor' millionaire. A ragged hes.
gar called upon Mr.. Astor. ono AZ
at his Office in Prince street s sa5
asked for aims. Mr.. Astor refa.os
to give him anything. The besss,
persisted in his appeal; the mill'na
aire was firm in his refusal. NV
beggar became p%ertinacious. . sDs
spoke of his hunger as he stood -
his rags: Mr. Astor appeared to h y
unmoved. Finally the beggar -
turning to leave the Office, put IN
what he regarded as a cliucber h1
saying Remember, Mr., A,,o,
that though you are a millionaire
and I am a beggar, you are driy;ns
out a brother, for we are brotha,s
all the same, as children Of Adam
and the Almighty" "AyI ayl
Hold a minute" cried Mr., Astor -
he pricked up his ears, put his hand
in his pocket, aud took out a con,
That is so; we are all brother,
Now, my brother, l give you iii,
cent; and if you get all your other
brothers and sisters to give YOU a,
much you will be a richer man than
am" The beggar slowly depart,
ed with the money in his palm and.
thought in his head. Mr.. Astor had
told the truth, though his millions /.
numbered over twelve at the time
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
Love of Brother. and sisters.

A girl is generally very ansel6sh
to her brother. You don't often
hear of a young fellow giving up ii.
pocket money to his sister; he usu.
ally growIs if she wants him to taxa
her to the theatre. But if a bow Is
in a little trouble his sister will stand
him like a brick. She'll not only
give up her pocket money, bu, she'll
go and wheedle some more ont Of
her father to 60 and give it 10 him,
Then he will grab his hat and bolt
out of the house. Aud she does no,
mind if he does not shank her par,i!
cnlarly. Hes her brother, and.
well-a woman always looks ut a
kindness done to a mar as It's owu
reward. A boy a generally,
whecdle money ont of his mother.
But il she can't give it to. him out
Of the household cash or her avn
pocket she las a tendency to spoil all
by telling lis father VIII It she wants
the money fer. A CIR! cannot suc.
coed with her mother YER, often, Int
she does not often fai! with the old
man. And she's always more inge.
nioHs in inyentipg necessities FOR it.
A girl with all the more limited &C.
knowledged needs Of vcmankind for
money, will End at any time a more
reasonable excuse for requiring it
than a man with innnmerable natu.
raj wants. God bless the sisters
anyway. Any one Of them is worth
whole family o: brothers.-Sau
Francisco Chronicle.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
.spring Oats.

The acreage sown in fall oats is
much less than usual. The freezing
out of . large portion of the crop OF
1885 by the hard freezes in January,
1887, had a most discouraging
effect, which was augmented by the
= unfavorably dry weather which pre-.
walled in some parts CT the country
>duriDg the sowing season. The oat
crop, however, is too valuable and
in the long run too reliable to be
given up. Spring sowing costs
little more than the seed, even if
the crop fails from droutb; and a
good 'breadth-eight or ten acres
! at least to each pillow run-should
be put in. Incur judgment-fonnded
upon experience and observation
oats sown in February arc much less
liable to injury by freezing than if
,sown in January. Sowing in the
"'old twelve days" smacks more of
superstition and sentiment than
sound reason. Our hardest weather
is usually from December Is to
February l, and it is not often that
oats sown in February are killed by
freezing. The soil for spring oats,
if not already fertile, should be we'll
MANFRED and deeply and closely
plowed-the latter to guard against
>drouth as much as possible. If the
land be cross plowed 80 as to leave
the burrows partly open, the seed
may be ,sown broadcast and har-
rowed in with good results. Cotton
seed, or the meal alono, or in
compost with acid phosphate and
potash, makes an excellent fertilizer
for oats. The crop requires rather
more ammonia and potash than the
percentage usually found in COM
;mercial ammoniated phosphates. Tn.
sdoubtcdly the Burt oat is the safest
for spring sowing, as it will mature
in 100 to 100 days when sown in
February or March, according to
latitude. Sow plenty Of seed; the
later the sowing the heavier should
be the seeding. Allow for yield of
twenty fold is q pretty safe general
rule, unless the unexpected yield or
capacity of the land is small, in
(which case the seeding should be
somewhat heavier than this rule
Wouh indicate, and vice versa.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
Opening tho PiaqucRAinc.

Every year complaints como from
the Teche region Of unjust rules and
freight tariffs of the Morgan's Louis
lana and Texas Railroad Company
The railroad company owns boat.
that ply in the Tcchc and By this
method seeks to cut off all legiti
mate competition by water. The
outside boats are compelled to make
the trip from New Orleans to the
Teche via the mouth of Red River.
a long and circnitous route, which
cripples the efforts Of planters to
serve themselves independent Of the
railroad of its boats. TIE Tarf1ic
Manager of the Morgan Line, Mr.. J.
G.. Schrieyer, by published advertise.
ment, has announced that hereafter
the Teche boats of his company will
not stop at seven named landings to
receive or deliver freight. The
seven landings are at points where
plantation owners have chosen. to
patronize as they saw fit, though
not exclusively, opposition boats.
Heavy freigh,s are shipped annual.
ly and the purpose appears clear on
the part Of the Morgan line to
punish parties who had the courage
to act as citizens OF a free country
despite the power Of q big railroad
corporation. 1t is the old and
continuous story which has ever come
up from the Tec,.e, and it is time
that something was done to protect
the inhabitants Of South Louisiana
from these petty assaults Of railroad
men. There are many advocates of
= railroad commission for the State,
and possibly the remedy might be
found in the organization OF one;
bat there 10 another measure that
promises sure and speedier relief.
and that is to reopen Bayou Plaque.
mine, by means Of locks, and shorten
the distance between this city and
the Teche. If this should be done the
boats might ply the year round, and
not suffer detention for DAYS or
weeks by the deposits at the month
of Red river. 1t was a great blun.
der eve to have closed Bayon
Plaauemine, for it il the natural
gateway to the Teche region. New
Orleans merchants and the Teche
planters have . common interest 10
Epetitiouing for the opening Of the
Plaqnemins, fer the Morgan freight
tariff operates to the injury Of both
classes. Our senator's and repre-.
sentatives in congress can serve
thousands of constituents in no bet.
er way than by pushing the Bayou
Plaquemine matter through at this
session.-N. o. Chronicle.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
Town Council.

Town Council
ELIJAH BOURNE, Mayor.
R. Il. MILLS, A. l.. LEBLANC.
SOLOMON WISE. JACOB GAsTAL.
EUpHEMoN LEBLANC, Constable.
Justices of the Peace, Sd. Ward ::
@. H.. OBRyAE, G.. LABAUyE
Surveyors,
". W. EDWARDS. +. MoETAGEs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
OFFICIAL

District Judge.
CONRAD DEBA1LLoN.
District Attorney.
ROBERT G. SMEDEs.
Clerk Of District Court,
LAsTIE BRoUssAPD.
Representative.
ROBERT. P. O'BRYAN.
Sheriff & Tax Collector,
JOSEPH S. NUNEZ,
Coroner, DR.. W. D. WHITE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
JOSEPH NJ. FRASER, Proprieto
Abbeville. Louisiana.

T KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
L Horses. Buggies and Ambulances for
hire. l also keep one of the best feed sta
bles in the country, and no pains nor
means will be spared togive that attention
and care to stock left in my charge which
is necessary they should have. Special
attention will be given to the sale of
horses, mules, or anything else pertaining
to the livery business. entrusted to ne.
Horses boarded by the week or month at
reasonable rates. Call an examine my
stock. inspect my stable and learn my
charges. Feeling confident tt give entire
satisfaction TO those who Ray patronize
me, | solicit a liberal share Of the public
patronage. dee 4 1886
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
Rules for Leap Year Parties.

!. Ladies will call for the gentle
men promptly at s o'clock. Those
who will keep their escorts waiting,
and are consequently late at a party.
will be treated for the remainder d
the evening as wall-fowers.
2. The gents will be expected TO
behave in the most lady like manner.
3. Gentlemen are to bring to the
ball a fan, a ,corsage bouquet, aud
smelling salts.
4. The gentleman whose bouquet
is not crushed ia the FIRST dance wilt
be a witness to the fact that be has
been held with propriety.
s. No gentleman shall cross the
floor without a lady attendant.
6. If a gentleman goes for a glass
of wafer unattended by a lady the
floor managers will at once declare
bin out of order, and compel him
to be seated.
I. Gents are expected to be Ian
guild, to drop their handkerchief %
often as possible, make frequent calls
for water, and at supper give tae
ladies no time for eating.
s. The ladies who have been spto-
bed at dances heretofore will claim
the greatest number of dances, ana
those who have been active society
bellies will let tie gentlemen seEery
alone.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
Amusement Notice.

T will continue TO give public balls at
J. the French Hall. at this place. from and
after this date. for those who are fond of
tripping the light fantastic toe" The
proprietor reserves the right to reject suck
person or persons as he may deem unfit to
enter the hall. Good order will be strictly
observed. +. F. FERAY.
Abbeville, October IS, 1Ss7.-3m.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court.
Parish Of Vesmilion.
Successian of phlomena L allando

SuCCtSS1On OF FhROInene IaIIaLde.
No. SO.
Notice is hereby given to all parties in
terestei in said succession. OF having any
opposition to make to the tableau of debts
and charges and of settlement fled by the
pending for homologStion, to file the same
in writing in the office of the clerk of
court within ten days from the date
hereof.
Given under my official signature and
seal Of court, this 18th day of October,
1887.
LAsTIE B]RoUssARD. Clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03

Police Jury.
II. HoFFpAUIR, President.
". L. VANsLYKE, J.T. BRoUssARD +.
Root. GREEN, Il. j. MORGAN.
Fl. Fl. BARTEIs J. A, LEBLANC.
Clerk Police Jury, ARCHIE YOUNG.
Parish Treasurer, ELIJAH WISE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
RICHLY those Ms who read this az

then act; they will find honorable EN-
pIoyment that will not take them from
their homes and families. The profits are
large and sure for every industrious per
son, many have made and are now making
several hundred dollars a month. It is
easy for any one to make S. and upwards
per day. who is willing tt work. Either
sex. young or old; capital not needed; we
start you. Everything new. No special
ability required; you. reader, can do it as
full particulars, which we mail free. Ad-
dress Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine.
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TO S3OOsAanno1s5 +

made working for US. Agents preferred
who can furnish their own horses and
give their whole time to the business.
Spare. moments may be proftably en-
plOyed also. A few vacancies in towns
and cities. B. r. JOHNSON g. CO., 1913
Main st., Richmond, Va. 3m
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03

School BonrGl Directors.
W. W. EDWARDS, President.
8. n. WILLIAMS, JOHN NUGIER,
JOHN MORGAN. NJ. C. BRoussARp,
E. G. kIBBE, NJ: v. LAMpMAN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03

The finest house in Washington .
that of 3. n. Warder, on K street.
1t cost 100000 and looks like ?
Venetian palace. 1t has 3 ba1
room of white marble, and in one o.
the bedrooms there is an apartment
walled with mirrors so arranged lna'
q woman can see herself on all sloes
without turning her head
A dead beat-The mufaed drums,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that application
will be made for the pardon of E1oi Deluc
Broussard, convicted at the April term of
District Court, 1887, i'll the parish of Yer
million, Louisiana.
Abbeville, October Is, 1887.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03

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especially to the Medical Interests Of the
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Subscription $500 per annum.
Published by the New Orleans Medical
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f. A. LUMINAIs.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
New ORLEANS
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EDITORIAL STAFF.

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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-02

wherein we are wrong if they disagree
with us, or give US the advantage OF
their approval, if they approve. See to
it then, fellow-citizens, those of you who
sympathize with our objects and aims,
that no tricks be played upon us in the
Nav convention. Farmers are too busy
to give much thought to their public
duties. But they can and should at least
demand, and thus will obtain, the right
to select their officials knowingly, and
make no more leaps In the dark.
TEE LEGISLATURE MUST ACT.
But, in the end the whole matter, both
of establishing the agricultural college
and OF making the much needed reforms
and economies in the State government,
rests with the coming Legislature. Our
experience with the one just adjourned
teaches us to beware of demagogues and
fence straddiers and weak-kneed indi-
viduals without frmness of character or
any convictions Of their own. We would
therefore advise and urge the absolute
Importance of selecting candidates OF
frmness and capacity, and Of requiring
them to define and explain their posi-
tions. If candidate is too good or too
unfxed to pledge himself to any line OF
policy demanded by the people, he can
and should be left at home; and when a
candidate, sitter having pledged himself
and been elected, breaks that pledge, as
did goodly number in the last Legisla-
ture, he is no longer worthy the con-
fdence and respect OF any intelligent
voter.
Appealing, then, to the good sense and
patriotism not of farmers alone, but OF
all classes of our people, to aid US in our
efforts to secure equal justice and equal
advantages to all, and to purify and
elevate our politics, and to bring about
a more economical and efficient govern
ment in State and county.
We are, respectfully,
(Sianed) D. X. NORRIS,
B. r. TInIMAN,
H. r. THOMAS,
W. @. NJ. BERLEY,
E. P. MOORE,
JOIN MoRsoE,
J. 3. MORRISON,
Executive Committee Farmers Asso-
ciation.
Columbia, April 81, 1888.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-02
Killed q wild Cat With a Club.

The other day Tony Kern, who works
on Mr.. Grifin's farm near Scranton,
Pa. was driving the cattle to water and
while passing through piece OF woods
his attention was attracted by the below
ing OF one Of the COWS. Tony espied &
dark object up q tree ready to spring
upon calf. The man clenched tight a
large club he carried and meeting the
wild animal half way dealt it furious
blow on the head. This only angered
the brute, and with g fierce bound it
leaped upon Tony and bore him to the
ground. The man made a desperate
effort to throw the animal off. The
brute had scratched his lace badly and
tore his clothes mo shreds. With
superhurnan power Tony threw the beast
of, and spring to his feet again he seized
his club. Once more the animal made
for him, but well-aimed blow from the
Dutchman sent him to the ground ap-
parently Gfeless. Tony hurried to the
house, procured a gun, and shot the
animal dead. Almost breathless with
excitement he ran to the house with the
astounding intelligence that be had shot
q fox in a tree. Farmer Griffin con-
cluded the man vas wrong as to the ki1d
of animal killed, and going out to the
spot found it to be wild cat weighing
about fifty pounds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-02
TIE SNAKE SEASON OPENED.
First Gun from the Annanias of Snake.
dom-The Worm Scarum Discussed.

First Gun from the Annanias of Snake
dom--The Worm Scarum Discussed.
A correspondent from Hot Springs,
Mo-, writes: The hot, muggy weather Of
last week drew the snakes and tarantulas
out Of their holes in the Ozark Noun
tains, and to-day Flint and his COM
panion saw many poisonous reptiles
summing themselves on the big ledges Of
stone skirting the "vale of vapors. The
'svarmints" were sluggish, but became
very irritable when aroused from their
stupor. Rattlesnakes and bulsnakes
were in the majority, but other species
we're represented as well. The spectacle
started Flint TO talking. 'You never
saw the parlor match snake, did you?"
he asked, with the seriousness Of o
Judge. His companion groaned and
started down the mountain. ''Come
back, boy" exclaimed the catcher. 81
want to tell you something you don't
know. I was out hunting along a bayou
near New Orleans late one afternoon last
winter, when I saw a flash of light as
irregular as one of Larry Corcoran's
curves and as big around as mans arm.
The ray OF light, which was On the
ground, was preceded by cracking
sound like the explosion of a parlor
match. In an instant the light dissp-
peared, only to appear the next instant
with the same cracking sound. [ be-
came interested. When the light flashed
the third time fred both barrels of my
shotgun at the brilliant object. The
light faded in an instant. I crept to the
SPOT and saw snake lying dead upon
the ground. Its head had been nearly
shot away. Curious to learn whether
the snake had been the source of the
mysterious fame, I tied a string around
it's body and took it to New Orleans
where Lionel Adams pronounced it q
parlor match snake. When aroused,
this species of the worm scaruu pulls its
skin over its body by hitching a lower
tooth in sort of loop hanging between
the eyes. As the skin leaves the tail it
scrapes small button on either side Of
the snakes body with cracking sound,
and the film of oil on the cuticule is IN
stantly set in fame. The oil burns with
phosphorescent light, and probably
does not hurt the snake. After having
struck fire the snake crawls the length
of it's body, thus causing the scaly hide
to return to its proper place. The
great catcher arose and stretched his
arms aloft, and asked his companion If
it looked like rain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-02

One of the most successful features
of recent Literary entertainment" II a
town the other evening was chung
whiting contest by ladies'" Each Of
the contestants recieved square bit of
good from which to woittle bung to fit
. large stone Jug. They could all see the
aole to be filled, bat none could measure
It. Prizes were given for the best and
eor the poorest bung, and then they were
all sold at auction. One of them nearly
fitted the bunghole.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-02

stated in one of the South Carolina
papers, then, and in that case, a law
might be suddenly pressed through to
add another hundred thousand or two to
Mr.. Clemson's muniicent, ''as it is
designated in some OF the papers,
though I hardly think the income of the
latter sum would "after all the college
buildings were provided" allow sufi-
cient sum to provide the college officials
with decent subsistence.
Yours truly, GIDEON LEE.
Seneca, April "a.