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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

Hunting on the lands Of the UNDER
sigued, at Little Belle Isle, Cessac range,
is henceforth prohibited. Any person
caught ~trespassing upon said lands, by
hunting, after this date, will be prose-
cuted to the full extent of the law.
CESSAC Bros.
Vermilicn parish, La, june 80, 1855.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

The Lake Charles Commercial
complains of the miserable condition
of the sidewalks in that city. Lake
Charles is not the only place in Louis.
lana where sidewalks are sadly in
need of r~epairs--for instance this
place. 1t is something remarkably
strange that so many people mani
fest such little interest in this mat
ter. It is just as essential to have
good sidewalks, comparatively speak
ing. as it is to have a comfortable
house to dwell in. Self pride should
dictate this if nothing else.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28
Notice..

Proposals fgr keeping the public
ferry known as the Campbell settle
meet ferry" are invited, to be laid be-
fore the Police Jury at their next regu-
lar meeting, July 9, 1888. The jury
reserve the right to reject any and all
bids. ARCHIE YOUNG, Clerk.
June %, 1883.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

We are informed by some of our
farmers that in certain portions Of
the parish rain is needed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28
AUX SOUNDS.

Une personne guerie de % an.
n6es de surdite ct de bruits d'oreiIles
par I'm remede simple en- enverrs
gratis Ia description a quiconque en-
tera Ia demande d NICHOLSON.
1T MacDougal Street, New
York. July I, 1883.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

She may not necessarily be a bru-
nette, but the object of the woman
who will paint and powder is to
keep her real complexion dark.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

The Crowley Signal, having de-
clared war to the knife on all mild
hammered journalists, We think
Governor Nichols should call out
the iberia melish" and thus avert
blOodshed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

A special from Austin, Texas, to
The Picayune of the Oath says the
governor of that State has issued a
proclamation to go into effect imme-
diately, quarantining all vessels from
Florida ports, or other yellow fever
infected places, twenty days.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

REDF1sH.--This splendid table
fish is being caught in immense guam
titles, by seining on the gulf coast,
at the mouth of the Calcasieu river.
Some of our Lake Charles boys went
down there last week, and caught
nearly 1000 pounds at one haul of
the seine, and a few days before a
fishing party caught about 1900
pounds at one haul. Think of catch
ing live reddish by the toni. c.
| American.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28
VermiIiOn Parish.

deg. so min, and 80 deg. 10 min.
north latitude !; the 18th meridian OF
longitude west of Washington,
passes throuh this parish. 1t is
about 40 miles long by 40 miles
wide, of irregular width, and con-
tains about 1900 square miles area.
It is partially bounded on the west
by the Mermentau river, which is
navigable for small steamers and
schooners the whole year through.
About IA miles west of its eastern
boundary flows the Vermilion river
or bayou, which passes entirely
through the parish from its northern
limits, o. the Vermilion bay, on the
northern boundary. This river is
navigable at all stages Of water, for
steamboats, and schooners the whole
length Of the parish and to Lafay-
cite above ; and a steamer is con-
stantly employed on this river
making weekly trips to Morgan
City, where its connects with the
Louisiana and Texas Railroad to
New Orleans. In addition to this
steamer numerous schooners ply on
the river in the lumber trade. No
portion of the parish is distant from
constant navigation.
Along the shores of the Gulf OF
Mexico and the Vermilion bay, the
land is low and composed of sea
marsh, for a distance from 5 to IL
miles. This marsh is q very rich
soil, and in many places firm enough
to pasture cattle on, but in time Of
high winds from the south, it is
flooded with sea water. There are
q few high ridges about in the
marsh, and along the shore of the
bays and gulf, called the Chsnieres,
which do not overflow, and are
inhabited. The remainder of the
marsh is uninhabited. The parish
also abounds in beautiful lakes.
Lake Arthur on the western boun-
Diary, is q beautiful, clear lake,
with high clean banks. Here are
many orange groves planted and
the orange thrives. On the eastern
boundary is Lake Simonet or
Peigneur. The thermometer in sum.
mer seldom reaches 80 deg, and
very rarely IS deg; about 81 deg.
il the warm weather of summer. In
winter. it rarely ever reaches 80
deg. Ice is formed perhaps two or
three times during q winter, but
sometimes not at all. Snow is not
seen oftener than once in ten years.
There is never any ice in the streams
or lakes. In the summer the heal
of the sun is tempered by the COO
breeze from the sea, 80 that in the
hottest days it is cool in the shade
as anyone could desire. All thu
strips of timber in the parish rur
north and south, so as to leave thu
sea breezes full sweep over tn
prairies with its cool, health giving
freshness. This breeze so moderate
| the heat, that working in the sui
r throughout the summer is not op
3 pressive.
The prairies are like one unend
ing meadow, the grasses growing
= very high, adding much to tn
;, softness Of the picture, and ar
\ admirably adapted to the rearinI
:, of cattle, horses aad mules, and til
more rolling lands peculiarly 6tte'
to the raising Of sheep. The sol
on these praities are unsurpassed il
fertility and salubrity. They prt
q duce cotton, corn, and all kinds {
n cereals grown in this section. |
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

Prince Bismarck is reported to be
Slightly i'll. .
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

&. The dissatisfied politicians, or
those who ara left, begin to speak Of
a constitutional convention. We
guess a good many of the Democrats
will also call tor a constitutional
convention when Governor Nichols
shall have appointed the officers for
this parish, as it is more than pro-
bable that he will only satisfy one Of
the two factions. In the mean time,
they seem to find that Governor
Nichols is q slow man. But we are
confident that Governor Nichols
will give US a good set Of officers
St. Martinsville Messenger.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28
NOTICE.

All parties are hereby notified tla.a
intend to enforce strictly the orolnan.o
of the corporation regarding oo tbs
Owners of dogs are required to pay ~, .uo
tax levied by the town. All aoes mot
ming at large in said town thai aIo W.
nroyided with collars will be SHOT.
EUPHEMON LEBLANC,
Constable.
Abbeville, July IA, 1888. -
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28
Sherifss Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish of Vermilion.
18th Judicial District Court.
No. 2O9.
L.. G.. Jacob
July 81, 1888,

Francois Chappuis.
d virtue of q writ of tieri facias issued
ID by the Hon. 25h Judicial Dist. Court
in and for the parish of Vermilion, in the
above entitled and numbered suit, and to
me directed, l will proceed to sell at pub
lie sale, to the last and highest bidder, for
cash, without benefit Of appraisement, at
the courthouse door in this parish, on
Saturday, September L, 1858,
between the hours of II 'o'clock a. m, and
4 o'clock p. NJ. and continuing from day to
day if necessary, all the rights, titles,
interests and demands of the defendant,
in and to the following described property;
seized to satisfy said writ, to wit:
A certain plantation situated on the
East side of the Bayou Vermilion in the
parish of Vermilion in this State. having
a front of ten arpents on said bayou. Yer
million by forty arpents in depth with the
buildings and improvements, bounded
west by Bayou Vermilion, east by public
land. south by property of Euclide Roy,
together with said plantation, mules,
horses, mich cows, carts, wagons, and
tools of husbanbry, and the whole of the
Judgment rendered on the 18th of Jan
uary, 1886, for the sum of Five Thousand
Three Hundred and ten dollars by 9Th
Circuit United State Court weston district
of Louisiana bearing No. 80 Of the Docket
of said Court in favor of Mrs. Jeanne
Caroline Cave in the suit entitled Jeanne
Caroline Cave, widow, VS. Marcelllne
Cavalier, widow, ct al.
Given under my official signature this
16th-day of July, 1888.
| "A. l.. LEBLANC, Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Twentv-ffth Judicial District Coul@
Parish of Vermilion.
No. 80.
Succession of Leontine Fabre: =,
Notice il hereby given to all parties M
terested in the said succession, or havln "
a tntor nRRpsl statement Of debts and e ehas sssid
and tableau Of distribution in i41 'iin
succession to file the same in WILLIS h;n ten
the office of the clerk of court W1tnin -
DAYS from the date hereof: and
Given under my official s1gnatn1aasSs
seal of court this 21st day OF july, L.
Clerk Of Court.
Lastie Broussard, atty.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

An exchange says: when visit
ing a printing Office keep these rules
in mind Subscribe for the paper
and pay in advance, keep six feet
away from the devil, hands off the
manuscript, don't talk to compost
tors, don't carry off the exchanges,
don't read the type on the galleys.0
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28

The town council Of Bastrop has
appropriated $4,000 to aid in its
Central School.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28
5000 Book Agents wanted to se,a
~THH LIFE n PUBLIC srRvIcxa IN ]

Full md complete from his boyhood 70 his nouinaioa In q.
Louis, with personal "Reminiscences, incidents nd ~ansssosai
R.ofussly illustrated With ste.! portrait. sna WOOD eass,i.s.
LIFE OF MRS. CIEvEIAND. together with ssa9ss
biography Of LIEN q. This b H. sal1
sNfhs1Hc LVe. DON'T b induced to get ay oshsv. Thsss uIk
probably BE- unauthorized Lives, but this IL ts right ON. N.
lance no h,ndsrascs,a - we pay al transportation elassss. SD
70 cspts in 10. stamps and b the hfst In the AelA, and thus -
1hs golden harvest. Writ for full particular aad Special Tsn2
ssat fse TO an. Addrsss, WINTER 4 CO., n
4pFInRfloid, Masos-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-07-28
TAKE NOTICE.

June 80, 1883.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
Making Slate Pencils in Vermont.

In the northwestern part OF the town OF
Castleton, Rutland county, Vt, is the
only mandatory in the United States of
slate pencils. The stone as it comes from
the quarry is first sawed into blocks from
four to seven inches wide, according TO the
length desired for the pencils. These are
split quite easily with a chisel into slabs
little thicker than the finished pencils
say 5-16 of an inch. These are passed
through a planning machine and over an
emery belt to make them fiat, smooth and
of uniform thickness Of about 3-16 Of an
inch. Next day they are pushed into the
jaws of crocodile" which consists of a
pair of steel plates, in the under one of
which are six rows of curved knives, each
set so as to cut little deeper than the one
that went before it, These plow out par
allel grooves half way through the slab,
which man then turns and lays on a
steel plate, having ridges which just fit
these grooves. This slides back under the
six rows of teeth of second crocodile ly
ing in wait alongside, which cuts the
grooves on the other side. and leaves the
pencils side by side Lastly, they are
broken and rolled off for an instant to
point them upon an emery belt. A man
can give this last touch to about 5000 in
a day. The average daily output is about
30, 600, and the mill gives employment to
some twenty-five hands. The old plan
was to saw out square pencils from the
slab one by one. These were boxed and
distributed among poor families, who
whitfield them round by hand at from
quarter to half dollar per thousand
Pottery and Glassware Reporter.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
The White Mountain Butterfly.

Mr.. Samuel II. Scudder, the entomolo-
gist, of Cambridge, and Mr.. Edwin FaXon,
of Boston, who take great interest in the
plants peculiar to Mount Washington,
have been making their annual visit to
that region. The former has been study
ing the growth and development Of the
White Mountain butterfly, which is found
only, with a single exception, on Mount
Washington, and there never below an
elevation of 500 feet. 1t is closely allied
to butterfly found on the coast of Labra-
dor, and it is supposed to have come down
here in the great ice flow in the glacial
period, and when the climate changed and
the snow line retreated it was left on the
summit of Mount Washington, where it
has since existed. The only other place
in which it is found is in Colorado, on the
summit of its higher mountains, and on
none at an elevation of less than 1900
feet-Boston Beacon.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
A Literary Confession.

One may be desultory over ones dinner
to some good purpose, or even in the en-
joyment of a holiday, but in writing for
ones daily bread, never. In the infantile
stage of my apprenticeship l would never
move toward the ink pot unless ! were
impelled by very vigorous inspiration,
such Is resulted in my tragedy or my first
novel, and would then write on and on
with incredible disregard for the clock
As natural consequence of this sacrifice
of the body's well being, my work had
been uneven; the spark of genius was
smothered in smoke
But now land / confess not without q
sigh | gave up all p1etension to the claim
of genius. | cuffed and coerced the hap
less ambition within me until it did not
dare even assume phantasmal import
ance in my dreams. When had my work
before me, | watched my minds move
ments as suspiciously as a weak father
watches the development of strong and
disobedient son. When my spirits capered
l let them caper, but did not work until
they had done capering BY these ruthless
Napoleonic measures Of self suppression
fitted myself for successful pursuit of
literature. Literature may well be femj-
nine; she leads her votaries pretty dance,
and. once having caught her, there is no
getting free from her.-Au the Year
Round
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
Another Fond Illusion Gone.

A short time ago we called attention TO
the statement that women never stutter
and that Indians never snore. 1t is now
stated that three suffering women have
been found, one at Seward, one at Brown
Hollow and one at Palatine Bridge. Only
three women that stutter found out of the
millions of our people! The fact shows
two other facts clearly-frst, that women
can stutter; second, that suffering women
are about as rare as white blackbiTds.
Exceptions are said to prove the rule, but
we could never exactly understand that
wise saw. But if suffering women are
very rare there is good reason for it.
What is the reason? 1t is worth investi-
eating, for it may lead to the cure or the
prevention Of suffering. And if Indians
do not snore, or seldom snore, the. reason
should be found out, SO that snoring may
become lost art-Troy Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24

been tragic and desperate 1 was sr1ll
trimming over with my new found joy.
All through Juliet's grand monologue,
where she swallows the poison, ran
the refrain, "Jack has come home,
I'm going to marry Jack" l had an
awful fear once that I mixed the two
names a little, and called on Jackimo
when 1 should have said Romeo. And
when my speech was over and l lay
motionless on the bed, gave myself up to
such delightful thoughts that Capulet or
the friar, forget which, bending over the
couch to assure himself / was really dead,
whispered:
''Keep quiet; you're grinning."
was very glad when the play was over.
We often read the reverse side Of the
picture-of how the clown cracks jokes
while his heart is breaking; perhaps his
only mother-in-law passing away without
his arms to support her. But no one has
ever written of the Juliet who goes
through terror, suffering and despair to
the tune of "Jack' returned. I'm going
to marry Jack. RE Henry in Home
Chimes
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
PHILADELPHIA. July q 1880

Wichita EAGLE, Wichita, Kan.
Gentlemen:-We have seen one of your
Mortgage Loan Registers at the Office OF
the Philadelphia Mortgage and Trust Co,
this city, and shall be obliged if you will
send this company one similar in all re.
spects at your earliest convenience, and ne.
main respectfully yours,
THEODORE fRoTHINGHAM,
65-tf* Secretary
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
Read, and Order WHAT You should have. to
comply With the Law.


comply With the Law. -
Each township trustee should have a
trustees record, road record, poor record
and full set of township records and other
blanks, worth at least s.. Also some sta
tionery.
Each township treasurer should have a
treasurer's record
Each township clerk should have a clerk 5
record and warrant book.
Each Justice Of the peace, should have a
civil docket, criminal docket. stray record
transcripts, compiled laws of 1856, and a
full assortment of blanks.
Each constable should have an assort-
ment of blanks.
Each road overseer should have road
overseers account book, receipt book for
labor. receipt book for extra work and a
receipt book for material used.
officers of each well regulated township at
the expense of the township.
For sale at the EAGLE Office. Orders
promptly filled by mail or express prepaid
48-tf w25-tf
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
Shabbiness of Suburban Peonle.

what perplexes me about these subur-
ban people, > said Boston man on his
way lii Monday from Sunday spent with
suburban friend, lis the univers i shah
hiness OF the men and the bright. neat ap-
pearance Of the women. Look at this
great train load trooping down the s,a-
ton! Scarcely man the lot but is de-
clGedly shady in his clothes | can't ac-
count for it, because they are mostly well
to do people beyond doubt That's
ii" said his host; "they are getting to be
well to do people, and most of them have
gone TO the country to build up their es-
tates and keep their families in better
style. They are the sort of men who care
q great deal more for their families tLao
they do for their own comfort and con-
venience; that is the reason they have
gone into the suburbs TO live. So they
have fallen into the habit of stintiny
themselves for the sake of their families,
and going about shabbily dressed Some
OF them have got rich, but the shabby
habit sticks TO them. BOSTON Tran
script.
A man dishonest enougn to engage ro
90 work. take pay for ii, and then not DO
Ii, would be commonly supposed 10 be
equal 10 any kind of thieving, provided
the chances for discovery seemed slight.
But such fellow missed a rare chance
the other day. He took a carpet from a
house TO clean and brought it back with
out ever having opened it The woman
who was TO put II down judged by the
dirt that this was the case. but when she
found a diamond stud among the dirt she
had the unanswerable testimony. 4
member OF the family had lost the srad
SIX months previous What could be
more delicious than the expression of the
rascal's face when confronted with such
evidence of his knavery-and q lost o.
Herald
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
GuacdiAn'S SalA.

For sale. the north half of the east half
CT the southwest quarter of section 3, in
township y, range east.
The above described land belongs to the
estate of c. G. Alliston, and will be on sale
for few days. This land is near the To-
cation of the Congregational college.
76-tf f. 3. JEwETT,
Guardian for the heirs, Office Temple block.
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
MUSIC,

blusic (Which is earnest Of a heaven,
Seeing we know emotions strange by IL,
Not else to be reveaIed) is as a voice,
a low voice, calling Fancy, as friend.
To the green woods in the gay summer time;
And she fills all the way with dancing shapes,
Which have made painters pale, and they go on
While stars look at them and winds call to them.
AS they leave life's path for the twilight world !
Where the dead gather.
s..- Robert Browning
Wichita eagle., 1888-02-24
sn.c,., to township Tru.,...-

We have complete line of books and
blanks as required by the township trus-
tees, township treasurer, justice of the
peace, constable and road overseer. Orders
promptly filled. Correspondence solicited.
The WICHITA EAGLE,
d109-tf Wichita, Kansas.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-12-13
A Japanese Fire Department.

The Fire Department of Toxic, &C
cording to Frank G. Carpenter, is un-
der the police, and Japanese fires burn
down more houses than those of any
other nation of the world. The archi-
out houses fall like they did in the Chi
cago conhagration. and saw state
ment in a newspaper of fire in the in
terror of Japan which burned 1900
houses. 1t is said that Toxic burns down
every seven years, and fires of from one
to five hundred houses are common.
When lire breaks out in one of the
interior villages of Japan, if the wind is
blowing, the town is practically gone.
The roofs are in many cases of thatch.
There are no fire departments to speak
Of, outside of the large cities, and the
six little steam engines which form To-
kio's Fire Department would not weigh
altogether more than two American
steamers. The firemen of Yokohama
wear blue hats like butter bowls. Their
pants stop just above the knees, and
their blue gowns have a round white
ring on the back, inside of which is
printed in flaring letters-the Yokohama
fire brigade.
The home life of the japanese is such
that fires can hardly be avoided In
stead of using matches for lighting their
cigars they have little bowls OF charcoal
called hibachis, and these are kept on
the floor, which is usually covered with
straw mating. The kitchen stove is
merely stone box and the partitions of
the house are of thin paper or Of boards
which will spring into flame at q touch.
There is no such thing as gas in the or
binary Japanese house, and the candle
and the coal oil lamp are the illuminat-
ing powers. The lanterns are the ordi.
nary paper lanterns, which you see at
American lawn fetes, or square boxes of
oiled paper stretched over wooden
frame in which lamp or candle burns.
The lamps and lanterns are placed on
the floor and about them the children
play and the family sprawl. 1t is
wonder, indeed, that there are not more
fires, and when it is remembered that
there is not chimney on any Of the
houses of Japan, and that the fuel of
the country is to large extent charcoal,
the danger from fire is appreciated. The
ordinary japanese smokes n pipe, and
the fact that this pipe must be retilled
about two times n minute adds to the
danger of fire. The bowl of japanese
pipe is not bigger than the bottom Of a
1t holds about two puffs of
smoke, and is usually made of brass or
metal