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The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
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A movement is on foot to erect in
new orleans monument to commemo-
rate the glorious Fourteenth of Septem-
Der, 1874, when the patriotic citizens of
the Crescent City with virtuous indig-
nation arose in their might and over
threw the despotic and corrupt Kellogg
government, and brayely barring their
breasts to the Gatling guns of its janis
saries, the Metropolitan Police, scatter
ed to the four winds of heaven every
vestlge of its hated rule. Federal bay
onets, it is true, soon propped up the
rotten fabric; but this splendid exllibi-
ton of military prowess in defense of
civil liberty proved the turning point in
our political fortunes and hastened the
advent of Democratic government.
1t is therefore meet and proper that
the beneficiaries of the efforts of the
gallant men who yielded up their lives
on Canal street fifteen years ago should
testify their appreciation and their gra-
titude by erecting on the spot where
they fell fitting monument to COM
memorate their noble deeds and per
petuate their glorious memory. But
New Orleans should not be allowed to
perform this patriotic duty unassisted
and alone. The country parishes should
each send a contribution - however
small it may be-and while thus dis
charging sacred obligation they will
remind the rising generation, who know
naught or but little of the trials and
tribnlations of "the days that tried
mems souls" that duty and patriotism
are not vain words, and that reverence
therefor has not entirely gone ont of
fashion.
A subscription list has been opened
at our Office, and all contributions will
be forwarded to the Memorial Associa-
ton and the names of the contributors
published in the COURIER. The dime
of the poor man will be as cheerfnlly
accepted and forwarded as the dollar of
the rich, Let us all send something.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
Correspondence.
HAAsyILLE, la, Sept. 90, 1889.

HAAsylLLE, La, Sept. 90, 1889.
EDITORS COURIER:
1t has been several weeks since we have
had any rain. The consequence is, that the
land is getting very dry. 1t is dusty-ex-
tremely so. The weather is warm and has
been since cotton began to open, and as the
farmers express it, delightful for harvesting
the staple" Rain is needed for gardens and
turnip plots. A soaking rain would benefit
the land and planters who have fall pIowing
to do. The crops on Elm Bayou are said to
be very fair this year. The farmers living in
that district are all industriously engaged at
this this time picking cotton gathering corn, get
cotton ginned and put on the market has
brought Il very fair price
Times and business seems to be improving.
Labor for saving the crops appears to be plen
iiful and are working we'll and willingly.
few instances of sickness are reported.
Mfr. Ewes the section foreman at Haas station
has had as many as four of his children down
with the fever at one time, but now, under
stand they are recovering.
Very little hay will be saved this fall. ex-
cept pea hay. This crop has the appearance
of being very good. The corn gathered to
date is quite good it is sound and very fair
crop of it made in this and Elm Bayou neigh.
borhoOds.
The staye and lumber men are going ahead
at lively rate. White oak is valuable for
slaves and brings good round price in the
New Orleans market
The Rev. Mr.. Fen, Of Cocodrie, was in our
village on the 20th inst. The reverend gen.
tleman says he has moderate crop
Mr.. Dave Bass, Of Elm Bayou, dropped in
to see us last week.
Messrs. VIM. Feigle and Martin Dean both
industrious farmers of Elm Bayou, were out
on business last week,
Miss Mamie Gradniego and her sister, Miss
Corinne, after spending some weeks with
friends in Washington and Waxia, returned
home in Haasville on the 2lst inst.
/ am informed that the crops on bayou
Waxia are measurably good this year. fhe
cotton from that district selling we'll. The
staple is good, the weather permitting it to
be gathered clean and nice.
Yours, ILLINOIS.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

The following which we take from
the agricultural columns of the Plea
yune shows clearly the immense resour-
ces of the great State of Louisiana and
its industries. 1t also shows what are
the capabilities of Louisiana if her re-
sources are fully developed:
The production of Louisiana soil
alone ia single year have been esti-
mated at more than 800, 200, 900 in
value, before the war. Louisiana far
mers have never cultivated SO, 900
acres of land out of an area of more
than 26 ,OOO, 900 acres. The soil of Lon
isiana could be made to produce, under
high state of cultivation, with hel
.syainps and marshes reclaimed, like
those of Holland, more than $500, ,00O,-
900 in value yearly, to the end Of time,
By utilizing her vast oyster fields and
fish resources, with water line o.
1000 miles on the gulf coast, manufac-
turing her lumber into numerous artl,
cles ofvalue, manufacturing cotton ant
wool and bagasse and fibers of numer
ous kinds into paper, the State OF Lou
/ isiana could produce agricultural and
manufactured articles to the value o
( 81 ,0OO, 900, 900 Ia thousand million
YEARLY. We think this has been clearl,
demonstrated by the writer in o repor
TO an immigration convention IN New
Orleans soon after the war.
Louisiana has sugar soil sufficient t
produce 5000, 900 tons of sugar yearly
cotton soil sufficient for ,000, 600 bale
of cotton and more (she has made owe
zoo, 600 bales in ono year, rice lands 10
Z 8 600 600 barrels of rice, grass lands to
5000, 900 tons of hay besides many MI
lions of acres for pastnrage and cor
and oats land sufficient for three hnn
,,red millions bushels of corn and va
quantities ofsoats, and sweet and Iris
potatoes, field peas, peanuts, Tobacco
chufas, millet, rye, barley, vegetable
fruits, wines. butter, poultry, eggs, etc
), almost without limit. She could fee
: nopulation of three or four milliont
and sell $500 ,00O, 900 worth yearly fro
her fields and factories, forests, tishe
les, etc.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

81 i stores Of our Jewish fellow-citi
Tere nd closed Oh Thursday, on ac-
N of the celebration OF their New
: and our streets wore more quiet
IL than usual on that day; Rosh
s6sI,annah, or the first day Of the year,
Z with viii our 81 Hebrew friends not merely
) : , s;s;I and social anniversary as our
& nsw s.., year. but q religious festival OF
~" ~ str;ctest obligation, and morning
org s15 aranine services were held as nsaai
81 asa liz Masonic Hall The year Ns'
hse,,n IL i, II IA Thursday il -....svtsasssaas
reckoning the 565 - tsfe featioh.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
HE showed His Good Sense.

Our travelling men as a rule are men Of i've
ly disposition. They make a good impression
on the public by their engaging manners, but
when the true gentleman with kind and SYM
pathetic impulses and that feeling of tender
ness, known only to men, of the highest order
is to be shown, the drummer is not behind
his fellows. Capt. C. F. Hoke, one ofthe most
widely known travelling men in the South,
writes: 81 got from you bottle of DR.. West
moreand's Calisaya Tonic for my little daugh.
ter who had been Frustrated with fever and
was very weak and had no appetite. She had
not used more than half the bottle before she
had an excellent appetite and regained her
strength with astonishing rapidty. believe
is sold by f. E, Bailey. Opelousas, and Blake
& burke, Washington, La. ol9
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
Personal.

Mr.. j. Arnaud, Jr., of ArnaudviIle
paid US pleasant visit last Saturday.
District Attorney Gibbs, of Calcasieu
is in town.
Miss Marie Boniglio, of New Orleans
is the guest of Misses Melanie and
Louise Jagou.
DR.. r. Mayer is here on visit to his
parents and friends.
Miss O. Laas spent the day Sunday
with friends at Lafayette.
Mrs. j. p Russell and Miss Bella ia,
cobs. Of Washington, were in town lasI
Mrs. JOS BtssL and her daughters
Misses Julie and fassellle, returned
home last Tuesday from q prolonged
summer tour of the north
Miss Hortense Englade, q NeM "
leans. who has beer sslsSAaas sonle o
time in town WHY her sistelSs--larrs =
Latreyte, returyed home on sundas@--
Misses Rosa Snd Bella Roos, OF New
Orleans, returned home on Sunday, az
ter spendingSa couple OF months in
town with reatives and friends.
aIr. and Mrs. Philip Jacobs, of Wash
ington, Wen on visit to our town last
Monday. -
Mr.. Gee. @. Elms, his son Charley
Willie satterly aud Mr.. j. n Rhorel
are engaged in surveying 10000 acres
of land near Lamourie. in Rapides par
ish. aboat rs miles southwest OF Alex.
andria, recently bought by the Morgan
railroad company.
n. @. Times Democrat Past Die
tator Jacobs, of Opelousas Lodge No
3497, has been in the city the past weel
and visited the various lodges in ses
sion. Mr.. Jacobs is the past officer o
the lodge which was instituted shorl
time since at Opelousas, and seemet
much pleased with the working OF thu
city lodges (of knights of HONOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
Volume ~.

srhe COURIER to-day enters upon its
S7tll volume. It was established 10
December, 1852 nearly 81 years ago.
but having suspended publication for
several months during the war and in
1870, it has only jnst completed it's 36th
volume. With thanks to it's friends for
their encouragement and support and
kindly greetings to its contemporaries,
ola and young, ii starts ont for it's 37tll
mile post with good will to all and mall
ice toward none and high hopes of PROV
Ing ID useful to its people In the future
as 1t hopes to have been in the past,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

1t ia idle for those in the North to maintain
that white men anywhere will consent to
negro supremacy and negro rule, for they
section. The only solution of the problem at
tainable at present is to let the people OF the
South, white and colored, work out their own
welfare, and keep incendiariss away. The in
dnstrious negro will always find good treat
ment and encouragement there. But any
propaganda looking toward his supremacy
over the white population can only lead to
the most disastrous onsequenees.-Aibany
IN u Argus.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

l, A G. Hattiefnger, do say consumption
can be cured by Dr. Davis Compound Syrup
of Wild Cherry and Tar. My mother, years
ago, contracting terrible cough soon became
unable to attend to her household duties
Prominent physicians pronounced it ineurable
consumption We knew of DR.. Davis Wild
Cherry and Tar, and commenced giving it to
her Before two bottles had been taken m i'm
prosement was noticed, and by the time one
dozen bottles had been consumed she was
we'll, aud has never been troubled since. We
have recommended it to many and always have
it in the house. For coughs, colds, Group.
whooping cough, asthma, bronchitis, it is with
out q rival One dollar bottles hold two and
a half times as much as soc bottles.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
A Care for Paralysis.

Frank Cornelius, of Purcell, Ind Ter. says:
II induced Mr.. Pinson, whose wife had pi,rai-
vsis IN the face. 10 bny bottle Of Chamber
Iain's Pain Balm. To their great surprise be-
iprs The bottle had all been used she was 4
great deal better Her face had been drawn
10 one side but The Pain Balm relieved NIL
pain aud soreness. and the mouth assumed IT'S
natural shape 1t is also a certain cure ior
rheumatism, lame back, spraiIs, sweihhgs
aud iameness. so cent bottles for sale by j.
I4assaile aud all merchants.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

The investigation into the issue OF
fraudulent State honds Is actively going
on and developments made this week
would seenl to indicate that ex-Treas,
urar Burke WIS cOgnIzant OF their issue
IS i back as several years ago. Why
lle remained silent has not been ex-
blamed. He has not jet embarked fol
AmeFica, but on Wednesday last said
III d cabiegrann to the Times. Democrat,
ssEf abandon my business here vii
sose the results Of aix months struggle
This day tlls papers aEe slgnea reiessl
i'm n1e from the trusts of othefs, I vii
aEsgI F0E Louisiana !.
H8 added, however hold nysel
sOlsly and individually responsible fol
eyery act at the Office, and no peEsor
should for an inatant be permitted g
! beaf shadow Of criticism on its ac
coGnk.
1hue the matter stauds
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

The Louisiana State Fair aud Shreveport
Exposition will present its Fourth Annual
Exhibit at Shreveport. beginning Tuesday,
the 9Th day of October aati ending Monday,
the l4:t Past experience enables the man
sgemeut TO enlarge the scope of nseininess
and attractiveness of the various exhibits of
eur agricultural and other products, and in
crease the premium lists &C. the highest point
Of liberality Better crops, fatter aud better
cattle, larger and stronger work animals, and
encouragement in all Industrial pursuits is
the sure outcome OF these annual exhibits
Everybody should raise something for compe-
tition, or send something useful or attractive
to exhibit, and 60 to Shreveport dnring Fair
week An immense number OF attractions
are engaged by the management that will
prove instructive as well as amusing.
Competitive prize and exhibition drills Of
tho crack military companies OF the south
west will be- "a grand feature of the Exposition.
committee are now perfeeting arrangements
TO entertain them.
Trotting, running aud pacing races will
have an unusual number of entries of the
fastest horses.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

For many years Mr.. B. F. Thompson, OF
Des Moines, Iowa, was severely afflicted with
chronic diarrhoea. He says: "At times it was
very severe so much so, that feared it
would end my life. About seven years ago /
ehanced to procure bottle of Chamberlain's
collie, cholera and diarrh0ea remedy. 1t gave
me prompt relief, and believe cured me per-
manently, as now eat or drink without harm
anything please ! have also used it in my
family with the best results" For sale by j..
Lassaile and all merchants.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

To see a local paper trying to puff
and boom d town with its columns bar
rem Of local advertisements, is about as
thin as trying to convince a sensible
man the moon is made of green cheese.
The paper is the index to the towns
energy and prosperity. The paper and
tile town work in u1ison-the town
builds the paper and the paper builds
tha fnwn.-Ex.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

The contract has been given out for
the erection of new Episcopal Church
building on the corner OF Union ana
Landry streets, and work will begin
thereon I'D soon as the lumber, which
has been ordered, is brought to the
snot The dimensions will be 3lxA3
feet, with spire 20 feet high. Messrs.
T III. White and Geo. G. Palford are
the contractors. We understand that
the old church, which is situated in the
same block. will be offered for sale. Ii
il well situated for a public school or
for nublic entertainments.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

Capt. w. A. Albeit, who has long been with
Messrs. Pereival & HattoD, real estate and
insuran ee brokers, Des Moines, Iowa, and is
one of the best known and most respected bn
siness men In that city, says: g can testify
to the good qualities Of Chamberlain's cough
remedy. Having used 1t IN my family Tor the
past eight years, can safely say. it has no
equal for either colds or Group" oo cent Dot
tles for sale by j. Lassalle aud all merchants.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

One Dollar will secure the New Orleans
Weekly Picayune for year, 1t is l6page
paper, with reliable market reports and IN
teresting reading matter for all classes. IL
al a ',susu post oeas noes saturday, thus aording
celiept Sunday reading matter.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

don. Jas. I'll. Muse, q stalwaFt old
after III the cause of Democracy In
ke recuustruction era, when Democra-
ev was not ais popular as it is to-day,
iiAd III Bis home in Greensburg, ST
Heiens parish, last Tuesday, aged a
gaass: He was man of incorruptible
IslSss;# and splendid talents and a
IssS;5Is and eloquent public speaker.
psss6 il his ashes.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
JUDICIAL NOTICES.
NoNsTABLE's SALE. ,a,s :,
u . I'll.
1st Justices Court, Parish of Be. naa
Mrs. R. A. Simpson VS.. Jeff. Horne.

By virtue of writ of feri faeIae
to me directed by the Hon. T. B.
Brooks, Justice of the Peace, lst ward,
in aud for the parish of Sc. Ian
dry, l will proceed to sell at public aue'
tion to the last and highest bidder, on WE'D
NESDAY. the 9th day Of October, A. D.,
1889, at 10 o'clock a. M, in front of the office
of Hon 7. B. Brooks, in the town of Opelou-
sas, parish of st. Landry, the following des.
cribed property, seized in the above entitled
suit, to-wit:
One bay mare.
One black mare and colt
Terms-Cash.
ALPHONsE PRUDHOMME,
Constable LIST ward. parish of st. Landry.
Sept. 28, 'S9.-2t.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

A small bank in Opelousas would
help the town wonderfully, and at the
same time be most profitable invest
ment for those who might take stock
iii ii. Why ia it that some of our idle
capital is not invested in the thanking
business7
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

be divine services mt the
hurch, Opelousas, to.mor-
ly) at ii O'clock a. M, by
Mack. and at Washington
hour in the afternoon.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

,w rain fell here on We'd
ont half the day. It did
batever to any of the
zone of them much good,
4ntolerable dust.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

To eradicate the poisons which produce
fever and ague, take Ayers Ague Cure. 1t
cures without leaving any injurious effect up
on the system, and Is the only medicine III
existence which may be considered an abso,
Lutte antidote for malaria.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

( #iil be seen by the card in an-
\ AoIumn, Mr.. FL. q. Lewis, who for
SSst six years has been teaching at
RVS Academy, will on Wednes.
M omen q school for young men
snrs iat the corner of North and
streets Prof. Lewis is q fine
tor and knows how to make
|ls Of the boys, and We bespeak for
4 large number Of pupils.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
NoTICE OF TABLEAU.

Probate Court, Parish of 81. landry, NO. As9
ESTATE OF ELIZA PrTRE.
whereas, Diomel Durio, of the par
ish of ST. Landry, tutor of the above
entitled estate, has filed final tableau ana
MED by Lis petition praying for the hornoio-
And whereas, notice of filing Of said petit
ton ana tableau has been ordered BY yd an or
der of court bearing date Sept. 10th, 1889
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given TO "a
] tableau. in writing, at my office, in the town
Of Opelousas, within the time required by law,
why said tableau should not be homoiogated
and confirmed. rox
=, 5000 Clark
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

The Globe Democrat pertinently remarks
that Corporal Tanner perished as q public
officer in desperate effort to run hair trig-
ger mouth in conjunction with hint lock
BRAIN
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

Emerson Bentley, former editor of
tbe So, Landry Progress, a Republican
newspaper published here in 1868,
died 10 New Orleans last week.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

FARaERvILLE, La, May, 1887.
Having severe attack of Flux some two
years ago, applied to DR.. Tichenor, of Baton
Rouge, for treatment. He gave me his eele-
brated Antiseptic, and in few days was re-
lieyed and cured JAMES RAHUN.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

Cotton seed is selling at $1,000 per
ION, cotton 81 to i0c per pound, rice
$500 per barrel, corn 75c per barrel
FRO in shuckl, or SC per gallon shelled.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
REpwlNE, jackson parish, La,

c. NJ. Sherrouse, Ag't-I can say for Df.
Tichenor's Antiseptic that it is q sure cure Tor
fistnio on horses and mules. have tested 1t
on bad case, and effected a cure in re-
markably short time.
Respy., U. b. SPENCER
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

Some of the herbs in Halls Hair Renewer,
the wonderful preparation for restoring. the
color and thickening the growth of the hair,
grow plentiful in New England.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
Photographs.

ANY one wanting first class work
done should not fail to call on ns at
once as we will positively take no
negatives after October 2lst.
BARNETT 81 Sons.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
SALE.
lst Justices Court, Parish of st. Landry.
Vim, C. Johnson VS.. Cleophas BOHdPoau.

WHIT o sUHTIsVH vs. VlvUPHas UVWVIV0U'
BY virtue of writ of f, fa, to noe directed
by the Hon. T. B. Brooks, Justice of the
Peace, lst ward, in and for the parish OF st.
Landry, will proceed to sell at public anc-
tion to the last and highest bidder, on WE'D.
NESDAY, the 9th day of October, A: ID.
1889, at 10 o'clock a. m, at the Office of Hon.
T. b. Brooks, in the town of Opelousas, parish
of ST. Landry the following described prop
erty, seizeEsS1 the above entitled suit town.
One Jyagon,
One dun horse,
One blind sorrel horse
Terms--Cash,
ALPHONSE PRUDHOMME,
Constable 1st ward parish of st. Landry
Sept. %, 1921.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

What's the matter with that silver dollar
It's all right, for yOu can now use it IN paying
for the New Orleans Weekly Times Democrat
for i. whole year.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

The New Orleans Picayane has reduced the
yearly subscription price of the Weekly from
81 so to 81 year. 1t 10 a splendid l6-page
paper filed with the best reading matter.
sample copy sent free to any address.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

Mrs. Jagou has opened grocery
store and restaurant at the old Claude
stassis, ON Main street, nearly opposite
the post office. "A lunch house and a
fruit stand have also been opened here
recently. Who says we are not pro-
gressing9
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

An open enemy commands our respect
pretended friend our contempt.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

We SAID that after Sept, Is, 1889, Que Dol
lar would do it. So it will Send One Doiiaf
and secure the best newspaper III Amefiea
fog one year, The New Orleans weekly Hines
Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

4 The DonaIdsonviile Chief, L. r.
Bentley, Esq, editor aud proprietor, as
recently entered its 18th year.uragE he
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

Ed. O'Connor, d yonng white man,
was shot in the back last Thursday BY
Adema Fontenot near Vile Plate. Fon-
texsot was jailed here Friday
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

sterling newspaper, the La
Advertiser, published by our
B. Bailey, Esq, has just en-
a5th volume. May it live long
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

The shipment of produce for the sea-
son from this place up to Sept. 26th ls
as follows: 724 bales cotton, 375 barrels
rice. $50 tons cotton seed.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
YentY-frst anniyersa .

Yenty-hrst anniversa-
s,t. at Opelousas, in
able number of colored
lives and Capt. M. G..
Aleans and A. B. Ander-
..-.xafDgton were wounded.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

Rubber Stamps, Stencils, Seals, Mon
ocrams, Badges, &c, furnished on short
notice. Apply to Fred L. Sandoz
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
School for Young Men and Boys

MwR HENRY G LEWIS, for the past sig
lv Years teacher OF English at st Marss
Academy, will open school for Young mel.
and boys ut the residence corner ;, onson issa '''
North Streets, "Wednesday, Oct 20, ios q III.
Day aud night classes Terms Fe'8''lo'f'
Opsionsas. Sept 49, fSs9.-im
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

It costs you nothing to be polite and polite
ness never makes enemies.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

New Orleans cotton market
irm on Wednesday evening at
ghg quotations: low ordinary g.,
.1ary 8, good ordinary 81, low
middling 10 sic, middling 10 9Il6, good
middliDg l0a, middling fair II, fair l IL
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
HOMER, la, June 8, 1887

HOMER, Ia, . uFC ., tt'S5t
Mr. Eaitor-My buggy mare, Nellie, was
very sick with collie yesterday evening when
nv l,uston friend Mr. Sherrouae. called TO-
see p1 n,s He Immediately gave her dose Of
Dr. Dr. Tiehenor's An1iseptfe, which seemed to
rive relief in few minutes; and seeond
dose, about 20 minutes later, entirely enfea
her. / wish to say this to yonr readers IN
iustiee TO the medicine and for the beneht OF
others. Respectfully, =. D. !" BITE
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28
EseR SALE.

Jersey Bulls, one reg stored ana
y nine wears old, one thoreHshpfe three
Years old, several one.half Jerseys. anu ssh
sraI three.quarters Jerseys from wy 70 anni,.
teoA IS 'A.s~ JAMES II. HOUSTON.
" opelousas, Sept. i6, lsss.-3t.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-28

Sugar and rice planters are referred
to the card of VIM. b. Bloomfield. 6m