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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Several persons were arrested
last Saturday, charged with having
whipped . negro named Pierre
Campbell. The men, it Is said, be-
longed to Lassis Bourque's company
OF regulators.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Or. F. D. Young, Of Rayne, was
Il town last Monday, on . vistt to
alhis son, DR.. r. ]. Young.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Tornips and ground 4artichokes
"a plentiful in market, and, as
vegetables are scarce, they Ind
ready sale.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

atbsrills Mletidional
saturday, November 2. 1889.
No ducks yet.
Heavy fog every NOR ming:
Arrest that young lady chewing
gunl
ror & Louisiana State Lottery
t;eket, call at O. Bouraue's store.
wild horses sold for $50 on three
,ears credit. at the succession sale
81 Mfr. Peter Lee.
Fire Co. l are getting up q thea
Etrical entertainment, which VII
ike place about Xmas.
Read the advertisements Of Mt
q, b. Dupuy, and Mrs. Viotorine
Kills, which appears in this ISSUE.
aessrs. Euphsinoa Leblanc and
10. LSg1. made ! pleasure trip to
Nv Orleans last week.
Or. and Mrs. A. J. Abshirc. re-
surned from their honeymoon trip
il Texas, last Friday.
The China tree leaves are turning
.,ellow and dropping to the gsoOnd'
1ouched BY the recent freeze. (
Or. F. D. Young. Of Rayne, was
II town last Monday. on . visit &c
.bis son, Or. r. J. Young.
Tornips and ground 7artichokes
.re plentiful in market, and, a
vegetables are scarce, they INC
ready sale. e
a schooner WIS ii the tow
vh.rf this week, selling Avery
Hand aalt 1t 81 90 and $l,25 pc
nck.
Mrs. E. Barlow, Of Bayou La
iourche, Who: vas on . VET g y
asughtsr, Mr.. j 3. Landry le'
for her home last y Wednesday
NhitefrbstsEwas seen ~ earl,
ri,ers hersron Saturday end Sanda
mornings last. Out ii the spfsirl
.orth of here. ice was also reporte
e.3 u: 49, !,
Monday evening %. n0us,oai /.
bring back ba*a'o Dauo"' wy :
beeu csptufeq ~.
n. !. 4. Derbeane. dentist,
nov visiting our tow PROFESSIONAL
ana wiz 70 ioe''u -
50, Tor the nsA' 'c" o"y''
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

fessrs. Euphsinoa Leblanc and
10. LSgs. made ! pleasure trip to
NV Orleans last week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Rice has been, lbreshed opt rap
idly, bot, strange to s.y, very little
X Il comes Is Abbeyille. One rea
- i, tbs excessive freight rate,
seventy. fye cents i sack, hadicops
o1f merchants 30 heavily they can
- compete With Rayne, Royville,
asw iberia and other railroad
points, Vote Tor Ihe tx.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

4 schooner wis Il the town
wharf this week, selling Avery's
leland salt 1t 81 90 and 81 ,25 per
sack.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02
Iatberille aIeridioual.
e.turday,s November 2, 1889.
No ducks yet.
Heavy fog every NOR ming:

Arrest that Young lady chewing
gun |
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Nhiteirbsts~ as seen M early
rlsers hersron Saturday end Sunday
mornings last. Out II the spfsir,e
north Of here. ice was also reported
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Sheriff a i. Leblanc, left here 90
Monday evening for Houston, to
bring back Edward Badon, who had
been captured there's
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

The protracted drought has been
d draw back to those who calculated
ID sowing early oats. Il is ilui
possible to break the soil, ard put
Il in proper coaaftirn. What il
necessary is . continued rain o.
several days.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Ms. E. Barlow, Of Bayou Lsa
iourche, Who. vas on q witt to her
daughtsr, Mrs. q ?. landry, LETT
a. her home last Wednesday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

The crcps are fast deing gathered
corn pulling, hay making, rice
thrasAinr .nd woaA hauling for
winter sppp'ies' - gong % With
notable vigor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Wewere witness TO q very novel
,ceDe one day this week., VII Q
10Y trying 10 trap . chicken with 9
f.h hook and . grain 81 corn az :
hate. Capital idea, when they bite
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

DR.. J. A. Derbaane, dentist, is
nov visiting our tow professionally,
and will be; found at Abadie's Ho
"a, Tor the next ten days.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Many Of our cattle. through 9
general instinct, have taken to the
bayou to quench their thirst, the re-
aservoirs all over the country being
S& eu &
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Have you signed the petition for
Il special tax 10 favor Of the 4. @
i. 4 G. R, RI Il not, go and do
. ii once. Your failure in the 10
stance may prove fatal 70 the road
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Only i lev daysm ore. and tho
petitions for ! special election for
the railroad tax will be presented
10 the Police Jury. All Of the
many friends Of this vital movement
should como forward and sign The
petitions ana get - many more y
possible to do 20. Delays are dan;
eerous, and if we do net vote III.
tax, the road will go 70 Calcasien
and leave us at the mercy Of til
Morgan Railroad monopoly. q
and sign at once.
A@
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

GIVEN AwAr,-For holiday
presents, Il d. Bourque's store,
The purchaser 81 one dollars worth
of goods get 1 ticket, free, which
entities him to one drawing on
watch HID clock.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-11-02

Dr.. White, Of Abbevilla. was q
pleasant caller at our office last
Tuesday. 1t was his first visit 70
Crowley, bat we are satisfied, from
the qualification evinced By him II
regard to the progrcssiveieas Of the
place, that Il will not BIO the, last
|Cr0wley Signal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15
w. C. T. u.


SOht III ~
was lying on my bed in my home at
Evanston, Illinois, in the crisis of typhoid
fever. 1t was one night in June, 1859.
The doctor had said that the crisis would
soon arrive, and l had overheard his
words. Mother was watching in the next
room. My whole soul was intent as two
voices seemed to speak within me, mi of
them saying, "MY child, give me thy
heart. l called thee long by joy, / call
thee now by chastisement; but | have
called thee always, and only because Hove
thee with an everlasting love-"
The other said, sSurely, you who are so
r~esolute and strong will not break down
now because of physical feebleness. You
are a reasoner, and never yet were you
convinced of the ~reasonableness of Chris
tianity. Hold out now, and you will feel
when you get well just as you used to
feel"
One presence was to mo warm, sunny,
safe, with an impression as of snowy
wings; the other cold, dismal, dark, with
| the futter OF a bat. The controversy did
not seem brief; in my weakness, such a
strain would doubtless appear longer than
it really was. Solemnly, definitely, and
with my whole heart, | said, not in spoken
words, but in the deeper language Of con-
seriousness:
of God lets me get we'll, I'll try to be a
| Christian girl" l was then nineteen
years old. But this resolve did not bring
peace.
You must at once declare this resolu-
ton" said the inward voice.
Strange as it seems, and complete as had
always been my frankness toward my dear
mother, far beyond what is usual even be-
tween mother and child, it cost me a
greater bumbling Of my pride to tell her
than the resolution had cost of self-sur-
render, or than any other utterance of my
whole life has involved. After a hard
battle, in which | lifted up my soul to God
for strength, l family called her from the
next room, and said:
Mother, l wish to tell you that if God
lets me get we'll, I'll try to be a Christian
girl"
She took my hand, knelt beside my bed,
and wept and prayed. l then turned my
face to the wall and sweetly slept. \ \ n
That winter We had revival services in the
old Methodist church at Evanston. DR..
(now Bishop Foster was president of the
university, and his sermons, with those of
Drs. Dempster, Bannister, and others,
deeply stirred my heart.-FrOm AdDance
Sheets Of Fifty Fortunate Years, By Fran
ceS E. Willard.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15
The Lamplighler coupon.

Our Book Coupon No. 2 presents another
remarkable result of Alden's Literary
Revolution. A copy of the book to be
seen at this office, which Mr.. Alden sells
for 90 cents, is printed in large type, on
good paper, excellent printing and taste
full cloth binding, and is every way super
ior to the edition formerly published at
the price of 81 so. Few readers of books
have not heard of The Lamplighter, which,
with two or three exceptions, is the most
popular and widely circulated novel ever
published by an American author. Wholly
free from any attempt at se~nsationalism it
is intensely interesting, and though not a
theological novel it is thoroughly Christian
in its tone. We congratulate our readers
on our ability to offer them a book SO
every way excellent, on such surprisingly
easy terms. Please notice carefully the
simple and reasonable conditions on which
it is offered.
st-Paid in advance subscribers to the
MONITOR.
2d-To be presented within q specified date;
3d-25 cents cash with the coupon, and II
cents postage, if by mail.
The first condition is our requirement.
If you have paid us. thank you; it is a
pleasure to acknowledge it with the above
privilege. IF you have not yet paid, the
above is an inducement for you to do SO
at once. If you have a neighbor who
''borrows" your paper, or who is not a sub
scriber, will you kindly tempt him, for us,
to subscribe by showing him this notice ?
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15
A Knot of Ribbon.

a gift-a knot of ribbon white
SO frail, 1 rend it with my hand,
And vet, with strongest ties it holds
The firmest truest, hottest band
That eyer loved, and lived to a
ssFor Cod their "home and native land.
\ pledge-"I promise to abstain
1t is no sacrifice to me:
But Joy, TO burst the shackles loose
And help to set the captive free;
TO lead from runs dark thraldom forth,
Into Gods glorious liberty.
4 vow-that never while life lasts,
While hope exists, while faith endure
To fail, or falter at our task:
Or doubt the Great Physicians cure;
Watching through darkness, for the day
That dawns, eternally, and sure.
And so. dear friend, this ribbon white,
Pure emblem. of our sisterhood,
III treasure through the coming years,
And willing toll for future good,
Trusting in Him whose promises
Have for .'eternal ages stood"
Jennie Il. Hinmore, in potce.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15

of the Assembly districts Of tile State was
ordered to third reading.
The bill legalizing the shooting OF pigeons
from a trap was recommitted.
Mr.. Edwards offered a bill giving to the
| State Board of Education sole control of
the appointment of County Superinten-
dents.
Nh. Adrain introduced a bill appropriat-
ing $1,000 for the establishment OF a
meteo illogical bureau at New Brunswick.
Mr.. Gardiner introduced a bill making it
unlawful for any banking association to re-
ceive deposits, unless SO authorized by law.
Mr.. Carter introduced a more stringent
bill relative TO cunning for rabbits. etc.
A bill allowing the employment of nom
residents on oyster boats in Maurice River
| Cove was recommitted, as was also 4 bill
providing that no nonresident Pinkerton
detectives shall be employed as special
officers in this State.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15

The Prohibitionist MONITOR, OF Woods
town, cannot even note the passing Of
drunken Riddleberger without emphaslz-
ing the fact that he occupied his seat as a
Republican Senator from Virginia. -
The MoNIToR is driven to hard straits
these days to keep up its unwarranted i'm
parchment of the Republican party on the
liquor question.-Camdea Courier.
The Courier is driven TO hard straits
when it has to point a moral or adorn a
tale by garbling what other papers say in
its frantic %endeavors to score a point. The
Republican Philadelphia Press advised the
Prohibitionists to secure drunken Riddle
berger as a ~frightful example, and spoke
Of him as likely to be a conspicuous sue
cess in that capacity. 1t struck us that
as an example his position as Republican
Senator made him sufficiently conspicuous.
If that is what the Courier calls F'empha-
sizing the fact, let it go at that. We can
stand it. We don't impeach the Repub-
lican party on the liquor question. Never
did. The party is all right on that. Its
the temperance question on which we ven
turc to doubt their immaculate purity.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15

In my Judgment the temperance move
ment is one of the greatest Importance. 1t
seems as il other reforms sorely needed,
could not be made until the success of our
temperance reform had laid a foundation for
them.
Allow me to add that at this stage OF
our movement, when fifty years OF agita-
ton rave thoroughly educated the nation
on this subject, it seems to me we are vast
ing our labor unless sc supplement- moral
suasion by demanding of our several states
sueh legislation as will make our streets
safe for reformed men to walk n Wendell
Phillips.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15
woman.s Vote this Month.

The election of school trustees in our
public schools, occurs during the fore part
of March. and as we have been honored
with the right to participate in these cleo
tions, | sincerely hope no white ribbon
woman will fail to be present and cast her
ballot. Wherever it is desirable let a wo-
man be elected to represent the woman
hood of the district, in the board, for, in
every community there are taxpayers,
among women, and as Our school tax is the
largest demand, and made upon property
owners, it is eminently fitting that they
should nave some one to represent their
interests. Besides the largest majority of
teachers in our public school are women,
and the propriety of having one of their
own sex in the board Of trustees to whom
they can refer questions for settlement, not
appreciated by men, is, at once, manifest
to all. In the public schools of Asbury
Park and Ocean Grove there is one woman
trustee. "We builded better than we
knew when, last spring a number Of
Christian ladies of this district turned out
to the meeting and thought to put in "the
thin edge of a wedge by casting our bal
lots for one of our own number, never once
dreaming of an election, but somehow Owe
have never been able to explain it only in
one way, that God was in it, our side found
favor in the eyes of our gentlemen, and al
though we were only about twenty, fifty
four votes were cast and our candidate was
elected by a majority of one. The result
has proved entirely satisfactory. Her re-
ception by the board was most gallant and
gentlemanly, and her work has been fully
up to the best. \ lady teacher, speaking
of the matter, said to me last evening,
stShe is an excellent trustee and we all like
her." Enquiries are coming to me as to
the methods to be used. We have nc
methods further than to fix upon a suitable
person, and when the time comes be at the
meeting, have your candidate properly
nominated and quietly cast your votes for
her. Don't be afraid TO exercise your right
and privilege. 1t is also a duty which you
owe to the children which cannot be ignor-
ed. The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union being the largest organized body of
women in the country, is naturally taking
the lead in this matter, but many Others
are also deeply interested. Those who have
read Miss Thomas 'Health Crusade" will
appreciate the vast importance of some
motherly heart being stirred in these mat
tiers. We are not simply interested in
this subject that women should be put for
ward, but for the sake Of improving the
| character of our schools and that the little
things pertaining to the comfort and we'll
being OF teachers and pupils, and which
are closer to the hearts of Women shall be
more carefully looked after. Some of us
can speak from a very unpleasant exper-
fence right along this line.-Mrs. s. ). q.
DODnS,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15
A Little Lower than the Beasts.

Try to give a dog whisky to drink and
you will see him shudder with fear and
run away. A rabbit, which was given
whisky, one spoonful every day for the
sake of experiment, died in a few days
with terrible cramps of the stomach.
Place a good microscope over one drop of
water and you will see hundreds of little
animals living and swimming Justify and
cheerfully in it, but place the same instru-
ment over a drop of whisky and you will
find no life whatever, death reigningthere.
Then mix them together and you will wit
ness the following spectacle like this: The
poor animalcul9, lively and cheerful
though they were but one moment before,
cally; they are taken with spasms, with
which they suffer a little while, until death
relieves them. Hence you may realize the
nature of whisky and the horror which
Nature herself has instilled into every
creature against it. But what are these
in comparison with the susceptibility of
the human body to the ruinous effects of
alcoholic drinks, the traces of which are
often and Enthusiastically found in the diff
ferent disorders of the stomach and
bowels, the heart, the liver, the kidneys,
the throat and the larynx. the brain, the
skin, the five senses, and the mind itself?
Who can tell the amount of trouble and
pain and misery caused by only n OF
these Affections? How terribly ruined and
deformed by drink is the human body,
the most noble work in the whole of Gods
visible world, that 'stemple of the Holy
Ghost" as the great st. Paul has so grand
ly styled it! A short time ago | saw eight
representations of a mans stomach laid
open and affected with those disorders of
which alcohol is so prolific They were
taken from Nature and so disgusting that
people who were shown them could neither
eat nor drink on that day.-Father Loison.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
carried one hundred aud five thousand peo-
pie to Washington to witness the inaugural
ceremonies las week, without delay, IN
jury or accident to 4 single person, a feat
in railroading, for the same distance, new
er before accomplished in this country, if
in the world. Such 2 result could never
be achieved except under the method of
operation employed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, coupled with the ability,
sagacity and faithfulness Of the employees.
It was a truly wonderful exhibition of skill
full management, and finds its only parallel
in a similar achievement, wien the same
company handled with conspicuous success
one hundred and seventy-fve thousand
people on the occasion Of the Constitutional
Centennial Celebration at Philadelphia, in
September, 1887. The revenue from this
service will amount to a half million of dol
lars.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15
One OF Many TestImonfals.

tLARKSBoiof y. j., Dee. 81, 1855.
Mr.. j. +. TRuIrr, bridgeport, Nj:
DEAR SfR:-It affords ME very great pleasure
TO write the %followingf Miss Kate ramsey
II young ladyAwho makes her home with us
has been troubled for a long time with very
severe pains inAfhe stomach after eating
whether she ate little or much, and whatever
kind OF food she ate. A few weeks ago
bought some Of yopr Vegetable ~Lozenges
which she used with some relief immediately
and perfect relief very soon, and she has no
had II return OF pain since, aud now eats viii
IMMUNITY whatever she wants. Respectfully
yours, John y. Westcott, pastor OF Clarks
boro NJ. Il. Church..
Don't fail to try this valuable remedy
1t will cure dyspepsia in any form, and al
the same time you may eat anything yot
wish. Price soc a box. For sale by Il. b
Humphreys & Co., or sent by mail. Agents
wanted in every county. Address j. f.
TRUiTr, Manufacturer, =. O.. Cox 30
Bridgeport, N. j. sept2S 1y
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15

The sorrows and the horrors of a wife
with a drunken husband, or a mother with
a drunken SOL are as near the realization
of hell as can be reached in this world at
sorrow, the sense Of disgrace for herself
and her children, the poverty, and not in
frequently the beggary, the fear and the
fact of violence, the lingering, lifelong
struggle and despair of countless women
with drunken husbands, are enough
to make all women curse wine, and engage
unitedly to oppose it everywhere as the
enemy of their sex.-Ine Working Woman.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15

Why would it not be a good thing for
the w. G. t. [. 20 take hold of the mat
ter of corruption of voters. Could they
not secure the names of the large number
of voters who regularly sell their votes,
and also of those who are so greatly re-
sponsible for this wiekedness. 1t would
certainly be a good Christian work, one
which Christian people have condoned too
long. There has come TO be but one con-
dition of tbings-if the good people of the
town sincerely desire to elect a reform
ticket they are stared in the face with the
fact that corruption must be met by cor.
ruption. Cape Nay star.
A good idea, truly. The male sex dis.
franchises the ~women-won't allow them
the privilege of voting themselves. But
when the lords of creation find themselves
incapable of exercising their %prerogatives
without corruption and bribery, and The
offensc becomes so rank as to smell tc
Heaven, then appeal to the w. G. t. U,
to act as detectives and help break it up
Twas ever thus. Women are not good
enough-or too good-to share in the
privilege of self-government, bat they are
ust about good enough to help masculine
humanity out of the mud of political cor
ruption. We suspect the star means u
be sarcastic, if we could only see it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15

When ones comes to realize that cider is
''rotten apple juice" SO to speak, and
wine, rotten grape juice, and other liquors
the products of rotten grain juice, ETC., he
begins to lose that sense of pleasure and
temptation which drinks of that character
may rave had for him. He knows better,
he cares for his physical and mental well,
being. than to introduce into his system the
known products of decay; for common
sense teaches him what must be the newt.
able consequences. The sparkle OF
champagne, the ''inspiration'' of the wine
cup, the ''stimulus' Of brandy and whisky,
are terms which lose their fasc mating
power. The poetry Of drink IS gone. Alb
stinence ceases to be an altrnistic virtue, and
becomes a practice for self-preservatlon'
One would as soon think of drinking a
glass Of mud and water for pleasure, as a
glass of cider, wine, beer or whisky.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15

AS the temperance movement presses Oh
towards it's final triumph new obstacles
will be continually thrown in its way. The
contest is to be one of the most earnest and
determined the world has ever witnessed.
All that s~elfshness, money, official posi-
ton, talents and Learning can do, will be
done to save the liquor traffic from eestruc-
ton. Among the most formidable OF these
obstacles are those thrown in the way pro-
fessedly in the interest of the good cause
itself. At first sight they deceive m my OF
its true friends aud for a time lead them
astray. The devil is never 50 hard to meet,
SO difficult to overcome, as when he ap-
pears in the garb Of an angel of lights.
d. Hastings.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15
Gov. Green signed last week the bill re-

Gov. Green signed last week the bill re-
pealing the Jury Commission law. ltputs
the drawing of the grand and petit juries
in the hands of the Sheriffs, and provides
that they must be drawn thirty days pc
fore the succeeding term of court. Inc
next term of court 10 hudson county be-
gins the first week in April, and at present
neither the Sheriff nor the Jury Commits
sioners have a right to draw the petit
jury for the term. 1t will be necessary for
the Legislature TO pass a supplementary
law giving the Sheriff the right to draw
the jury.