The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
abterille Meridional.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1898.

Positively the DeSt Itlhcu! eyer uiStoN
orsS Tor ali diseases of man and beast that
e. no reached by an external medical
'anrcotiou. is Rangum Root Liniment.
app trial will convince. Manufactured
uon ns hy Rangum Root Medicine Co.
TTasbviie. Tenn. 80 cents per bottle. For
sale by y. G. Young.
Business was quite lively in town
this week
Christmas passed off pleasantly
and quietly.
We ara having some very ugly
and d~issgreeable weather.
Mr.. Louis Laporte and lady, Of
Chenicre au Tigre. are here spend
ing The holidays with relatives ana
friends.
4 little nonsense now and then is
relisLed by the best of men; BAT
Lagarde's altidyspeptic elixir is the
fayor;te Of al.
Good country roads leading into
or going FROM a town or city, as the
case may be, are as essential to the
development of both the town and
country as any other one factor.
DR.. Warren G.. Young, Of Grand
Chenjere, Cameron parish, is on a
visit here to relatives and friends.
he is pleased with his new home
and speaks we'll Of the people and
that section Of the country.
Mr.. n. L. Gueydaa, one Of our
epterprising young gentlemen of
Shell Beach, paid US a short visit
this week. He is the picture Of
good health; and he gave us very en-
couragiDg news as to the filing up
Of that portion Of our parish with a
good class Of immigrants.
While the local drou3hs last sum-
MGR cut short the rice crop in some
SECTIONS OF the parish, the yield in
favored localities was highly salts.
factorg. The rice mill at Rayne
paying good prices has helped to
stifen the home market, which has
been from $2.75 to 1925 per barrel
in The rough. Ricc can be made
profitable and a sure crop in many
portions Of the paaish.
At the late term of our district
court a good joke took Mace. A
woman was testifying in behalf Of
her son, and sEore shat he had
worked on a farm ever since he was
born" The district attorney, who
cross examined her, said: You as
cert that yonr sor has worked on a
farm eyer siDce he s?as born" Says
she, Il do" Thea" said the dis
trict attorney, "xhat did he do the
first year ?" He MIXED" said she
and the attorney evaporated.
Despite the low prices of sugar
and the threatened wholesale re
daction of the tariff on the arti
Gle, q number of small planters ir
this parrish went into the sugar cane
industry on q limited scale, and have
been turning out a very fair article
Of syrup which finds ready salt
right here at home. The majority
Of these apparatus are ey%aporators
yet some are fully equipped with thu
usual battery of open kettles, hu
confne themselves to making syrup
which pays much better than sugar.
The concert given by the Ladie'
Aid Society Of this place on Thurs
day, Ahe Goth, was a grand success
beautiful and entertaining in all it
features. An immense crowd assem-
bled at the French Hall to witness
the performance, listen to the music
and partake Of the good things pre-
pared to comfort and sustain tn
inner man. Everything was 80 ex
cellent that it would he useless t.
make mention Of au7 one in part
cuIar. We are p~rn' % say tina
the good .aad fait ladies' who, b,
their undagginv zeal ard industry
accomplished the grand result full,
merited the success attained; and "
hope they msv soon have occasion
TO prepare again for the entertain
Ment and deIightof the Abbevillians
Protector Fire Co. No. 2 gave
very pleasant entertainments on tn
nights Of the Oath and :25th. Tn
programme was we'll ordered an
the ne-rEormaaaaa nood ftor III