The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-08
for the sweet violete.

,sls b. n c. Young.
Thanks for the sweet violete.
1.carde's anti.dyspeptic elixir is
.,ir recommended for diseases of
the stomach. 5000
Mr. n. c. Young returned home
lat Sunday afternoon after a weeks
.h.ence on a business trip to the
Crescent City. /
". ". Edwards, ESQ.,, returned
f,om his trip east last Monday even
;or and is now prepared to receive
lis his friends either professionally or
socially.
Father r.. Parmentier will show
steroptician exhibition to night,
Sunday and Monday, at the French
H.ll. and Tuesday at Perry's Bridge.
With the exhibition he will give
anne solos on the violin and differ
ent songs.
Mr.. Ernest L. Bowling. of Rich.
mond. Va, il now visiting her father.
Mr.. Thomas Winston, Of our parish.
Our people all remember the charm
inc add pretty Miss Mary Winston,
.nd her numerous friends will be
charmed with her visit.
The social hop given by the Young
gentlemen of our town last Thurs.
dsy night, was a most enjoyable az
hir. The music for the occasion
VA, furnished by an amateur band.
led by nur genial aud whole-sou!ed
friend. Will l.. Hutohins, of Lake
Charles.
Mr.. Martin Bagley, go we learn,
has had a serious break down in
his cane grinding machinery, and
for the present has been forced to
!. discharge his hands. Up to last
Saturday he had shipped 100000
pounds sugar, and has yet untouched
some 800 acres of cane.
Last WEDNESDAY evening, sosthene
Hebert, while attempting to cross
The Bayou bridge in a road cart
drawn by a rather skittish horse,
.collided with a vehicle driven by
Mr.. Napoleon Hebert. and was
thrown ont Of the cart and badly
bruised, besides fracturing a rib and
one Of bis thighs.
Mr.. O. BourQue has just received
d large and fine assortment of can
dies Of different and of the choices
kinds. Call and examine his flint
stock at once, and lay in a supply
before it is too late. He also has
and keeps constantly on hand, al
excellent 5 cent cigar. Try one ant
verify Our assertion.
Mr.. Edwin F. Pitcher, of New
Orleane, was in Abbeville this week
hunting a farm to purchase. Quit
number Of strangers, we are in
formed, contemplate visiting Ver
million parish this winter with
view Of locating in our midst. Al
we,can say is, come on, we have
good farming and stock'raisin!
country.
We are reliably informed that Nj
]. Henry Putnam is meeting wit
much vexatiou in his sugar making
There were no less than nine breal
downs in eight days; but Mr.. Pu
nam is a man of energy and wi
overcome all obstacles. We lear
that he had shipped, prior to the en-
of last week, some 10000 pound
Of sugar.
Mr.. Spears, who cultivated a po
ton Of the farm Of Mr.. W. F. Are
just on the edge Of Abbeville, mad
this year. with his own labor, 66O
pounds cotton, l02 barrels corn, ar
= good potato patch. His cote
patch was picked over only OF
the. Mr.. Spears is q small ma
ys'ghing lilo pounds with his boo
u. Besides all this, which he h;
made aud gathered unaidcd, he b
spent a considerable time during Il
year in canvassing the country +
enlarged pictures.
Following is the list Of Office
elected by Arcadia Lodge K. Of ]
atits meeting last Wednesday nigl
for the year 1889: Gus 'Godchau
Dictator; W. D. White, Vice Die
tor; NJ. l.. Eldredge, Assistant D