The Opelousas courier., 1889-12-07
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been raised near Lafayette. General Sewell
Mr.. Gillespie of Tensas, Mr.. Parker and DIR
Aver of New Orleans. interested in the Quilt
walton of this plant, are combining to estab
lish a mandatory fur the spinning Of ramie
weaving of cloth, etc. in Louisiana. The cap,
ital stock will be $500, 00o.-Ex.
New Iberia Enterprise The finest lot oil
fresh water trout thai has possibly ever been
brought to our market, were seld last Friday
morning by Mr.. Jack Stafford and they were
caught III that beautiful body of wafer, Spau-
ish lake, d couple of miles from town. The
largest weighed u fraction over six pound
and no..r of th*in less than four pounds.
Welsh Crescent: james Ritter, living on
the Grand Marais northeast of Welsh, was
in town Monday wit. q load OF rico. Ifc had
in nine acres that yielded him l22 barrels OF
choice rice, which at the present market
price will Net him about 1915. Acres are
scarce inlewa or Kansas that mako any such
All average.
N. q. Tnncs-Democrat The sheriff of East
F'eliciana. against whom Judgment was re-
Gently obtained for about $500 of poll taxes
uncoliected, is DOW busy collecting by sum,
mary process from those who have no taxa
BILE property. Chickens, eggs, butter, cord
wood, turkeys and even g~uineas are being
svized tn satisfy the 81 poll tax. This is right,
No man should vote unless he pays Il poll tax.
In the November Century will be pa ulished,
iot tn6 uCSf title, the dfaIt Oh q i0tSadSS anu
proclamation which President Lincoln sub.
mitted to his Cabinet Oh Feb. 5, 1865. In it
he proposed the payment of 500. 000, 900 ~ al,
indemnity 10 slave owners, complete pardon
for political o~ffeuses, and the release of cs,,,-
iiscated property except under certain c0u.
ditions. His councillors, however, "uiiahi-
mously 1isapproved" of his suggestions.
Learn your business thoroughly. Kee, at
one thing; in uowise change. Always be in
I,nuto tT1S FnCnr in "a. 1l.rrT (h1yErya apsfHfD
in all you do and undertake. Whatever is
worth doing at all is worth doing we'll. Que
to-day is worth two to-morrows. Be self-re-
liant; do not take too much advice, but III.
Their depend ON yourself. Never fail to keep
your appointments CT to be punctuai to the
minute. Never be- idle, but keep your hands
or mind ~usefulEy employed, except when
sl~eeping.-Ex.
N, o. Times-D eniucrat Tie Morgan City
Review thinks 1t unfair in the printers supply
firms of New Orleans to sell stationery, lux,
etc., 10 country newspapers, and then solicit
lob printing in interior towns. Editor Joltey
proposes 30 read the riot act or this subject
by Introducing q resolution at the next ses.
sion of the State Press Association. pledging
the members not to patrouize any New Or.
leans dealer that sells ammunition and then
kills all the game. 1t looks like q square pro.
position.
A little Connecticut g,rl, being asked by her
teacher to tell ''ail she knew about Washing.
ton, )" replied George Washington once cut
down a tree belonging to another man, and
as be didn't know how TO tell O lie, be crossed
the Delaware river and came pretty near
freezing to death all winter at Valley Forge.
He was the, father of the United States and
the first man to begin war and the last to de.
clare peace, and was always in the hearts of
the men living in the country.-ChF""iete-
The following interesting item is goin= the
rounds: I'm Pennsylvania, in 1880, there
were IS, $50 negroes, and 595 eoiored c~ouviets
in her prisons, or 7 in each thousand ; 1t the
same date in South Caroliua there GOA, AZ uv.
groes, and only 81 per cent, or less than one
colored convict to every thousand. In Kan.
sas there we're Dc, i07 negroes and 1873 convicts,
or as in each Thousand, while In Alabama
there were 600 ,l03 negroes and ll77 eonvicts,
or ID in each thousand. For every negro
convicted in Alabama, In ratio to the popula-
tion, Pennsylvania convicted 3, Kansas 2s3,
New York IL, aud Massachusetts, 2.4h
Abbeville Meridionai The best fencing, af-
ter giving u fair trial to the different varieties
now in vogue. seems to be the hedge fence, It
lasts the longest, needs no repairs compare.
lively. We do not know which We would
prefer of the 5ois dare on the bgiaf fence; both
are good. The onlg advantages of the briar
fence over the other is that it will be. useful
quicker than the other. AZ for the geu.ftl
use uBe is worth the other. Either arc lar
superior to any wire or cypress fence, ON the
ground that they are durable and that they
can be kept in good service with very lit
tie attention or nursing. The time will even
tuai,y come when NIL ether fences will be sub
Situated by hedging. Where can a better and
more substantial fence be found than tho b0is
dare hedge fences on each side of the road
leading from Abhsville towards Perry's
Bridget
N. o. pieaynns ; Mr. Johu Arthur Lynch
of Chicago has projected plans for a confini
Gus line of railway nerthward through Alaska
to Behring Straits and south ward along the
American Isthmus into South America. He
figures out that by means of the I}ehriug
Straits route passengers will be able TO visit
Europe with no more af a sea voyage than
the thirty mile width of tho straits, ~ there
will soon be railways across Sihs.rit aid Chi
MI into Western Europe. Sacl | trip to
Asia and Europe by way Of the Wtst AMI all
the way by land would be something Fan,aris
able. Then with a rail line through Mexico.
Ianirai and South America it will be posi-
bic TO make the tour Of both hemispheres and
all tho continents by Il continuous railway
line as it is q part of the scheme to bridge
Behring Straits and the Engiish Channel. d
trip to Liverpool by land will be one of the
possibilities of the next century.
Alawyer aud an editor stood Oh II corner
and saw y man murdered ia cold blood. The
murderer is a rich man and after committing
the desd be said to the lawyer and editos !:
Here is a thousand dollars for each of yuu,
defend me before the court ana the people for
the crime | lave committed" They took the
money and defended lin in their own was
and according Co their own profession, The
editor through his paper and the lawyef
through his mouth. The murderer, through
their Joint efforts, was acquitted, but mark
the result. The people said, .'ihe editor is a
seoundrel and did SO for pay. Lo! We will
stop bis paper and no longer patronage him.
And tthe editor having used his money
pie said, The is al able man. deeply learned In
law and deserves great credit for having oh
tanned the acquittaIofa man guilty of murder.
will give him our Law business and pay
him great fees They made him a judge, and
az such he sent his partner, the edifer. to the
work horse, and eaid he was q bad man.
Such ls life Lex.
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