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The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

/. Cases at issue wlil be called generally Oh
The first day OF Court ana fixed tol trial.
2. When not reached On Tie day fZed they
will bo retized at the request "f eitAer counses
3. When the trial OF case Is beeHh 1t will
have preference until closed.
Cases partially tried il open Court VIII ..lve
preference IN their Cs~ser Oh the docket BuG
Jury civil cases viii have preference over all
rs stated III rule No. T.
s. Defaults may be taken OF confirmed after
the legal delays on any day or at time during
the day the Court may be IL session.
6. Where a general denial Is :iled at the last
moment and when the case is called tor contir-
nation and it is manifest to the Court that the
object be TO obtain mere delay, in such cases
the Court will permit an immediate trial aud
not assign or fix them for a future day.
7. Civil Jury cases will haSo preference dur
ing the setting OF the Jury over all other ciTth
cases, and when in st,7i case jury may be
adjourned over to retI i'm and resume the trial
on given day 1t w!llTshe taken up by prefer
ence to all other cases
g. Attorneys or parties i'll giving an order to
summon witnesses must give III the order, the
number and title of the case and in addition
state in what part OF the parish the witneseIre.
side. The officers OF the Court will not lie re-
quired to execute such process otherwise.
g. Attorneys OF parties applying for C0ntln-
uences IN criminal Gases on the ground Ot-r1e
absen-e OF witness must prepare such appliCa'
tions before the case is called for trial. No de
lay will be given for such purpose after being
callel for trial except under extraordinary cir.
CumstanceS.
10. In criminal cases all applications TO re,
duce to writing the charge of the Court to the
jury, must be made before the trial is begun,
These rules are subject to such exceptions ae
may be found upon trial to work injustice and
in so far as they do not conflict with the }rovi.
eions OF law upon this subject.
The Clerk OF Court Is hereby directed TO post
d copy of the above, in the Court room, one il
his Office aud to forward copy to the Clerk oi
Court in Acadia Parish who is lerety so re
quired to post copies as above directed Tor the
information of all concerned
The Clerk of Court in St. Landry and Acadia
will further enter these rules upon the p4inutes
of their respective courts.
Given at Opelousas this ed day OF March, so
fSignedl E. LLEWls,
Judge 18th Jdd. Dist. La,
Filed March q, 1889.
". r. COCHRAN, D'y. CI'k.
true copy
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Teachers Institutes.
LOUISIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
N,fci,itocI,ns Nav 6kI, 1890

LOUISIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, I
NatcbitocLes, May 9th, 1889.
EpIIoKs COURIER
The faculty of this institution, assisted by
Hon. Jos. A. Breau4, State Superintendent Of
Public Education, and by Prof III. G. Brum-
Pennsylvania, will hold Teachers Institutes
ot Que weeks duration at Aexansiria, begin.
uing May 18th; Opelousaa, May Goth; Homer,
May n and Delhi, June Sd.
The programme will embrace not only the
usual lectures on School Management. Meth
ods of Teaching, etc, but the disqualification
of these methods by daily lessons given by
our teachers to pupils selected from the local
schools.
You are cordially invited to be present, and
earnestly requested to urge all friends OF ed
vicinity, TO attend the nearest Institute,
Very respectfully,
THos d. BoYD, President.
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- HER1FF'S SALE.
District Cottrt, Parish of S. Landry No. 14l8O.
Jules Perrodin VS.. Mrs, Antoine Ledes,


BY virtue of an alias writ of fier facias is.
sued cut OF the 18th Judicial District Court in
and fol the parish of st. Landry in the above
entitled and numbered suit, will proceed to
sell at public auction to the last and highest
bidder, At The front door of the Court House
III the town of Opelousas, parish of st. Ian.
dry, on SATURDAY,, the 18th day of June,
i. D.. 1889, at II \. NJ, tue following des,
trIbed property, to-Wit;
a certain plantation Nth all the buildings
and improvements thereon, in Mallet, con.
g taning forty and 5I[l00 acres, being described
> as lot No. } on the map and the process verbal
tiled iu the estate Of FRANCOIS Collins, decsas-
cd, III 1873 the said above land being part
Of the following property sold at the success
sion of FRANCOIS Collins "A certain plauta-
ton situated in Mallet st. Landry parish, aud
bounded north by lands of +. P. Pitre, east
by lands oI brauoois Simien and Mrs. Beaure-
pere ChaeuerG, south by lands of Louis ST.
nIien, and west by lands of Francois Pitre.
Seized in the above entitled suit.
Tesins--Cash.
I. S. FONTENOT.
Sheriff of the parish of St Landry.
OpeiUueaE May II, 1889.
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HOMICIDE -On last Saturday eve
ming, near the depot at Grand Coteau,
difficulty took place between two col
ored men, named respectively Evariste
Maytield and Henry Linton, during
which Luton struck Mayfeld on the
l!1sad with the fat side Of hatchet, and
Immediately thereafter with stick,
breaking the sknn, aud causing death a
short time afterwards. Both parties
are reported to have been drunk at the
time, but from tho evidgnce adduced ut
tue Coroner's Inquest Z seems that the
deceased was the aggressor, and that
Linton acted or the defensive. Linton
was arrested and committed to the par
ish Jail.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

Our neighbors of Washington elected
The following municipal officers last
Monday Mayor, w. A. Flynn, Esq;
Councilmen, Messrs. Lucien Dupr6, j.
Ehrbardt, Max Klaus aud F Vanhllle.
Although the election w;;.aU aUhotly con-
tested and had been the all-absorbiDg
topic for weeks past everything passed
ar nnipttC
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LOSE.

FHNHE public is notified that there was lost
Il note dated Il April, 1882, for two thou
sand dolIara, bearing eight per cent yearly in.
tereot from date, subscribed by Clinton B.
Andrug, and payable to the order of Mrs. Ss-
rah j. Hear (, widow, III two years from date
and paraph by Laurent Dupr6, Notary Pub.
lie, of St LaIdry; aud identified with mort
gage of same date and before Same officer.
Said note is credited with five hundred dol
lars paid Oh the principal, aud with payment
ot some interest, and lis acknowledged Oh or
about 9th April, 1889, by C. B. Andrus, in
writing on the back
April n, 1885, SARAH j. HEARD
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There seems to be an ppidemic of
lawlessness at this time. The latest is a
baud of armed Regulators who, openly
in broad daylight, break up IA munici-
pal election in Lafayette. It matters
not, if illegal voting was threatened;
the polls should not have been disturb
cd and voters intiInidated ~ the muz-
zle Of Winchester rifee, and sIot guns,
The courts Of tho county are open for
The punishment Of evil doors, as we'll as
to protect men in their constitutional
rights We want no mob law.
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Y NO,EEGE !!

a STATE Teachers Institute will be held
"a at Opelousas, commencing May Goth and
lasting ) days with session each day from 9
Il ~. to ? y. ni., aud with two night sessions.
The Institute will be conducted under the
management Of Mr Thomas j. Boyd, PreSi-
dent OF the State Normal School. The teach
ers of this and adjoining parishes and the pub
lie in general are invited to attend.
LAURENT DUPRE,
May i. l89.3t President School Board.
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KeEBH.EC NOTICE.

TENHE pnblie are hereby warned that neither
Il thu widow noy heirs of Edwin NJ. Smith
are the owa-rs of the following described
lands i'll Acacia parish, to-wit: East half OF
southwest auartar of section 81, aud south
balf of southeast quarter and southwest quar-
ter OF section 3d. Township seven south range
/ east. Sou! hwestetu Land District of Louisi.
ana, but that said lands belong to the heirs
and legel representatives of john G. BROOKS,
deceased
Notice, is further given that the Raid heirs
au, legal representatives. of Johp s.. Brooks
hid lrgat rires To said lands whlen have been
drstrs d ~ tire. aud for This reason we're not
recorded.
The public are hereby mortified and warned
uar To- buy ar otherwise negotiate IN regard TO
e4id ands except with the undersigned who
have been in actual possession thereof as own"
ers for over 80 years.
WIDOW AND HEIRS OF JOHN 6.
BROOKS, DECEASED.
OpoIousas, April e, l8s9,-5t.
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In another column will be found ad
.yertised a family knitting machine OF
which Messrs d. Durio g. Co. are
agents. This is one of the most simple
and useful labor-saving inventions ot
the day, by which every family is ena-
bled to do wide range of knitting.
Messrs. D. Durio & Co. will take pleas
ure In furnishing any information con-
cerning these machines. See adver-
tiaen1ent
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

At tie annual meeting of eOpelousas
Steam Ere Co. No. held last Tuesday
night, the following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: presid-ut, L.
n. Boagni; vlcepresident, AleSh Jan
doz; treasurer, A. Dietlein recording
secretary, A. ]. Bercier; financial sec
retary, Jos. Ducharme foreman, II. E.
Estorge; first assistant, L. Dominique
second assistant, G. Cahanin steward,
Il. p. Larcade; finance committee
Leonce Sandoz, G. D. Stewart and Nor
Gan Morris; investigating committee
]. ,. Sandoz, +. Latreyte and F. F.
Halphen.
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Personal.

Miss Cora Stagg of WhileyilIc is Wis
iting friends in town. ''>' 10 ' -
Miss Helen Lastrapes is on = short
stay among friends in Washington.
Miss Lou White of Alexandra, ;s
ne mere on visit and is the guest Of Mrs
w, NJ. Thompson. " ''
DR.. Homer Chachere, of LeonyiIlp
was in town on Thursday.
Messrs. James Lindsey and Wm 7
Noges, Of New Orleans, represent,nr
the great music house of philin Wers
lem, l35 Canal street, were in town
q few days ago. :
Mr.. Harry II. Nelson, special cores.
pondent OF the Times Democrat. gave
our office a pleasant call on last Wed
nesday morning Mr.. Nelson is an af.
liable gentleman and graphic writer.
ana we wish him abundant success in
his work here, and at all other points
ne may visit in his journalistic capacity.
Judge Lewis and District Attorney
Ogden left on Sunday evenings train
Tor Crowley, where a session of the Dis.
trict Court began Monday. The follow
ing members of the Opelousas bar also
lett Sunday: Messrs. f D. Estilette, G..
W, DuRoy and Laurent Dupre. and
were followed during the week by
Messrs. *. Baillio, W. s. Frazee. T.. /
Ianscy, and others.
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10 view of the scarcity of money and
dull trade, Mr.. Robert Chacher6, the
popular grocer, corner of Court and
Landry streets, announces that he has
put the price of his goods down to so
low afgure that they are bound to go.
Read his quotations Oh prices of -four
on fourth page and see if he has not
struck bottom then give him call
and you will fnd he means all he says
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11


The exhibition given by the nupjls
OF Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hayes Female Institute,
Oh the evening Of the 3D. inst. was a
most ~rredltable affair throughout the
entire programme. The songs, iustru-
mental music, and recitatons were all
excellently rendered, evincipg careful
and able training on the part of the
teachers, and aptitude aud asslduous
study among the young ladies. All Of
the school acquitted themselves in ii
very meritori0us manner, and while we
would not wish to be called inyidious
by personal mention Of any particular
person OF piece, we are constrained TO
particularize the splendid elocutionaly
method of Miss Mamie Hovey in her
recitatlon-C Connor-that so strikiDgiy
denoted the dramatic talent of this
young lady, whose histrionic powers.
By continued study, may develop into
thrilling, artistic Interpretation of the
roles she undertakes. The Nine Old
Maids" from its superior rendition,
also claims especia! mention So forci-
bic was the individualization and delin-
cation of tie different characters. that
the audience was convulsed with laugh
ter throughout it's vivid lmpersonation.
The following yunng ladies impetsou-
ated the old maids Misses Mary Small,
Anna McPnadden. Stella Dimmick,
Meta Duson, Mabel Ogden, Cora Tru-
man, Eunico Phalr, Nnua Ogden, Rosa
Firnberg and Irene Reynolds
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a great deal is said about what news s.
papers ought to ID for the people. Il
now and then might be proper to bin If
that the people ought to do somethin G
for the newspapers. If the people woul, l
do half as much for their home papers,
as their papers do for them, it would
not only insure first class paper in
every community, but would more ra--
pidly advance every other interest. -Ez~
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NO. 33.
JUDICIAL NOTICES.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
District Court, Parish of St. Landry No. 1880
Joseph -Jaaiy VS.. Mrs. Benj Dejean, Widow,
81 ais.


BY virtue of an order Of seizure and sale
issued cut Of the District Court, in and
for the parish of ST. Landry, in the above
entitled suit, and to me directed, will pro.
ceed 70 sell at public auction, to the high
est bidder, at the front door of the Court
House, i'll the town of Opelousas parish Of
ST. Landry, on Sd TURDAY the lst day
Of June 1889 at ii O'clock q. H., the follow.
lug described property, to.wit:
a certain plantation with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, situated in that
part of St. Landry parish known as Prairie
Laurent, containing three hundred and sew.
Cnty-tive arpents, E<SG7or less, bounded north
by coul6o des Names, south by Grande cou.
Go aud the heirs Of Castillo, east by Zephirin
Lemelle and Joseph Spyrer, aud west BY
Louis Spyrer, Edmond Dejean and Felix
Boudreau.
Seized i'll the above entitled suit.
Terms and Conditious-For cash TO a suf-
tclent amount TO pay the notes that are due,
with interests, costs and ten per cent attor
neyb fees and u credit of one, two aud
three years to pay, 1st, note maturing Feb.
20, 1890, for the sum of S3l0; I'd, note Of
1920 maturing Feb. 90, 1891 and Sd, O note of
%270 maturing Feb. 20, 1892.
I. S. FONTENOT,
April ~, 1899. Sheriff.
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Charles Williams Lewis, of st. Ian
dry, has been appointed a notary pub
lie BIZ the Governor.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

No family III the South however poor eaG
afford to be without that modern necessity, i
newspaper. Subscribe tor the Times Demo
crat-Daily aud>'Weekly. II has the largeS!
circulation.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

The twenty-fourtb annual session of
the Mississippi Press Association was
hald at Greenville this week
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

HYFoL1IL JAGoU yg. HIS CREDITORS
Take notice that by virtue of an order of
the Honorable the District Court and
commission to me- directed, bearing date
April 1t.4. 1889, and issued In the above
entitled and numbered suit, l will hold at my
Office i'll he town Of Opelousag, st. Landry
Parish, La, beginning ut IL O'Clock A: IT,, on
Thursday, May 18TH. 1889, meeting of the
creditors of Hypol,te Jagou, insolvent, for
the purpose OF obtaining their acceptance
OF sand insoiven1's cession of property, and for
the purpose of deciding whether or not said
lnSolveu' should be grantee discharge, to
tiy rhe terms aud conditions of sale, should
one lie determined upon, aud for such other
purposes IT'S may be proper in the premises
LAURENT DUPRE,
April II, 1889. Notary Public.
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The ninth annual meeting of thes
Louisiana Press Association will open
at atThibodaux next Monday. The indi--
cations are that the gathering viii b4s
a very large and enjoyable one.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11
HOMER, La. June 3, 1887


Mr.. Editor-My buggy mare, Nellie, was
very sick With collie Yesterday evening whea.1,
my Ruston friend, Mr.. Sherrouse, called to
see me He Immediately gave her dose Of
DR.. Tichenors Antiseptic, which seemed to
give relief iu a few minutes; and second
dose, about 90 inmates later, entirely cured
her. I wish to say this to your readers in
justice to the medicine anil for the benefit of
otssys, Respectfully, 7. B. WHITE.
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NOTICE. .

The death Of our father will Canse 10
i'll the business heretofore
carried on by him. The same will con-
tinued under the same firm name and
style of Achille Dupre.
GoDFRoY DUPRE,
Jos. TERREBoNNE DUPEL.
Washington, La, . 49,.
April 2Ofh 1889, t-ul.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

The electiontgor a member of the
Board of Police, 10 fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr. +,
Sandoz, will take pleee next Tuesday
The only candidate for the position that
we have heard of is Mr. G. y. Andrus,
whose announcement We publish else:
where. Mr. Andrus Is successful bu-
siness man who takes q deep and proper
interest in the welfare of the town, and
we trust that he may be elected.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

Eastern aud Northern Stock of Plan T..
Ing Potatoes, such as Early Rose, Pee II
less. Russets and Barbanks, at Botto II
Figures, ut C. DietIein's, Union stree /.
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REpwIsE. jackson parish, La, I
December |, 1856. {

& VI Sberrouse. Agt.-1 can say for DR.
Tichenors Antiseptic that it s sure cure for
fstulu OH horses aud mules. have tested il
ou u bad case and effected cure i'll a re
markably short time.
Reep'y.. o. Il SFESCEK,
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Services in commein0eation of Was h
ington's first inauguration were held ct
the Catholic Church here last Sunday :.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

Blank forms for use of merchaD IT
notaries, Justices of the Peace, ETC., tl
sale ut this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

Buist's Selected Stock Of Planting Po-
tatoes and Vegetable Seeds at Dietlei MS.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

1t stands al the bead of all Southern news
rlpers. The Great Times-Democrat of New
orleaus. La.-Daily aud Weekly, IL has the
nI,nest eircn I0tinn
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

Read Prof. Boyd's circnlar Oh The
Teachers Institute.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

Messrs. P. Passera and j. A. Fortisr,
representing N. D. Mcdonald & Co., 81
Carondelet ST., New Orleans, have been
N Opelousas for a few days past, taking
osders on line of standard works, viz:
standard aliases, edition of 1889, Web
ster dictionaries (late editionl, Gately's
Educators, Family Bibles, ETC., also a
newly-improved metal back Album, OF
most eleg9gt design. They have done
very fatteriug business in Opelou1as,
aDd We cannot too highly recommend
tne gentlemen to any Of our toWUsfolk,
who are in need of valuable works, ele-
gantly bound, and at the lowest prices.
Address, Passera & Fortier, 81 Caron-
deiet, New Orleans. my Ii st
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

In the Crowley Sigual OF May 4th APP
pears an article. headed !: Bulldozing
in St. Landry" copied from the City
Item of May 2d, which is incorrect in
every particular No "a respectable
democrats have been driven from their
homes" nor have several influential
Citizens been notified TO leave" The
recent act Of lawiessness in firing into
a colored mans house. at night near
Vile Plate, nor the previous acts of
violence, ,>some months ago, Of "a similar
kind, were not the outcome Of still ''lin
gering hostility between the McEneiy
and Nichols factions - in fact, had no
political significance whatever. Those
acts, as far as any information or cir
cumstances could explain them, were
prompted alone by personal prejudices
aud grievances. By a ueryJeC disorderly
amen, who assumed to take the law into
their own hands, and whose criminal
conduct Is exeerated by all the good
p6spIe of the parish.
The City Item was most wofnlly ini-
posed upon by its informant, and the
Sigual-our next door neighbor aud
(presun ably) constant reader OF the
CoURIER.shoui have known better
than to reproduce such u wild distor-
ton of the facts, such vile slander OF
our parish without word Of comment
10 palliation or contradiction thereof.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11

RY virtue OF the above order We the under
ed this day April II. A. D. 1899, to comply with
the same and have drawn from the VunIrb Box
sixty jurors as required by Law, OF which tie
following is A list
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-11
ORDER OF COURT.

PY virtue of the authority vested In ms by
ID law it is ordered that Special Jury term
OF the 14th Judicial District Court Of Louisiana
be held IN and for the parish OF st. Landry. bt-
ginning Monday, June 10Th, 1889. Hnd ending
Saturday, June 22d, 1889, for the disposal Of
civil business. And it is ordered that the Clerk
OF this Court enter Of record this order and Slvc
public notice of the same according to law for
the period Of thirty days and before tbs 10th of
June, 1889.
Given at Opelousas in open Court this 18th
of April A. D. 1889 +. T. LEWIS,
Judge 18th Jud. Dist LII
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a Correction.

EDITORS COURIER: | beg leave to
call N0uI attention to Il mistake You
made in your statement about the sob
, servance of the centennial anniversary
Of the Inauguration Of Washington" ="
The President of the e. s. having very
+ properly requested all religious demon
nations tO assemble in their respective
places of worship aud thank Almighty y
God for bis kind providence and boun~
titnl blessings bestowed upon Us 3 a
Nation during the 9Fr hundred years
Just passed. and to invoke cOntinua,
ton of the same unparalleled favors to
lis in the future, accordingly Oh the Both
day of April last. at Q o'clock q. NJ,
quite q respectable audience composed
of different denominations assembled
in the Methodist Church i'll Opelousas,
and held very appropriate and impres-
sivo services conducted by the Revs
Isbello and Lewis. They were public
, for alb and very enjoyable. Similar
services wer< held also in the Metbo.
list Church in Washington by Rev. Fl.
S. Johns. D w Foster.
PIaisancc, May 6, 1880.
We apologize for mistakes made 10
all former issues and say they are mex
cusabIe, as all al editor has TO do is to
hunt news, and clean the rollers, and
set type, aud sweep the floor, and pen
short jteuIs, aud fold papers, and write
wrappers, and make paste, aud mail
the papers, aud talk to visitors, aud
distribute type, and carry water, and
saw wood. and read the proofs, and cor
rect the mistakes, aud hunt the shears
, to write editorials. aud dodge the bills,
aud dun the deliuguents, aud take Gus
siugs from tbu whole force, and tell our
subscribers that We need money. We
sav that we've no business making
mistakes while attending to these little
matters, and getting ouI living OF GO
pbertail soup favored with imagination
and wearing old shoes and no collar,
aud IL patch on our pants, obliged TO
turn smiling couutenance to the man
who tells Us our paper isn't worth one
dollar anyhow. -Leman Globe.
New Iberia Enterprise The boliugs
~ ~ the Diamond Drill Co., at Ayery's
Island, We're completed last week to
depth of upwards of one thousand feet
and the salt deposits were found to eS
ist to depth of nearly one thousand
feet. Below that was Il soft mushy
substance. Boliugs are now going oD
at Jetfcrson's Island, but We have not
vet heard of the results obtained.
\ watch ior .h1G;ly two dollars aud City
cents. warraDtest TO keep good time, AT
f Mornhinvegs jewelny store.
Genuine Texas Rens Rust Proof Oats
at New Orleans prices, aud best Wheat
Brau, ut c. Dietleiu's.
Durbam's hand made Cisterus are the
best. Sold by E. H. Vordenbaumen.
Reeds Itch Ointment never fails.