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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

The States, which has for the past
leighteen months been proclaiming
with all Its yigor and vehemence
that the State OF Louisiana is a pau.
per and its people too penuriods and
beggarly to support a government is
now attempting to, charge the Anti
L~otteryites With slandering the fair
reputation of the aforesaid cringing
pauper ! No aDti-lottery paper has
ever charged, as the States asserts,
that the people of this State as q
class are less moral than those of the
rest Of the Union. Scodndrels are
not exactly exotics 10 Louisiana,
and while we have as many honora.
BILE chivalrous men and virtueus
lovabie women as any country u0der
Gods sunny sky we are panied to
admit that under the fostering care
of the Lottery company there has
developed as eaoice a coterie of
precious seroandrels US will ever
grace the front seats in He'll. The
uadue prominence Of some of these
creatures, the spectacle which is to-
day presented to the world, of a sub
sidized press, a elavisk legislature,
and corrupt demagogues attempting
to fasten upon the State a partner.
ship in. a skin gambling game, to
lend to brazen-faced vice the mask
OF responsibility and elothe the
croupier in the mantle of Statehood,
may cause the world to- Judge us
harshiY, bat surely the blame there.
for cant attach to the ants.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

We have 10 our possession a circu.
Tar letter from Mrs. T.. j. Ford ap.
pealing to forgiving people to- as
sist her in securing the liberty of
her husband, Judge +. J. Ford who
was sent to the peoitentiary as one
OF those connected with the murder
Of Murphy, in New Orleans. It is
said the Judge could have made his
escape during the terrible cyclone of
July 9th, Ut Baton Rouge, but instead
of leaving he worked to relieve the
suffering of the other prisoners. In
view Of this fact it is asked that he
be pardoned and restored to his
family. The name Of VIM. Ell. Buck.
Ley is- also included in the request.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05
Don't Forget Burkes

The Monroe Telegraph Bulletin
and the Lake Charles Echo have
been doing a big ghost dance and
wasting a vast amount of adjectives
and superlatives in an attempt to
create the belief that "au impending
crisis" now exists in the affairs of
the Democratic party in the State
and that McEnery is the Only and
original Moses, who could lead the
party with safety. After reading
the fulsoBe edlogies of these lottery
strikers oue might well wonder how
such pigmies as Webster, Clay, Cal
houn, Douglas, Disraeli and Glad
store ever attained such q reputation
for greafness9
But there is one very important
matter which these gentlemen have
overlooked and that is the bright
particular financial star Of the Nc.
Emery regime, the second person in
that famed political trinity that pre-.
sided over the destinies of louisiana
from 1880 until 1883, is, BY reason
Of his enforced absence in Honduras,
unable to lend the light of his in
tegrity and skill to the attempt of
fotteryites to work out the political
salvation of the Democratic party !
Can't Morris, Herwig or Fairfax
rake up some old drainage warrants
and be ready when the Revenue
Amendment sweeps the board, to
step forward and wipe out Bnrkes
little Indebtedness and restore this
Aaron Of ours to the full enjoyment
of the enhancing bliss of Official
power. just think how sad and
gloomy Sam and Little Jim would
feel were he absent from their coun.
cilsl And then. too, who is it could
portray in more glowing terms the
wonderful era of prosperity upon
Louisiana is to enter under lottery
dominion Who else coald so we'll
care for and collect that one million
and o quarter dollars as that l~ostrous
levee statesman, and fearless fnan.
eier the absent but not forgotten E.
A. Burkel
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

The Trade Editions of the New
Orleans papers we're good this year.
The New Delta leads with a 20, page
edition and CT columns of Advertise.
ments; The Times Democrat follows
with 90 pages and 81 columns Of ads;
The Picayune l6 pages and GO col
umns Of ads; The State 70 pages and
81 columns Of ads; The Item s pages
and 81 columns of ads. Valuable
statistical information Is contained
in all Of these papers.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05
,Ts.lane University OF L.oaisianas.

Tulane University embraces college.
high school. Fl. Sophie eweomb Memorial
College for Young Women, law and medi-
cal departments. The college has four
entifie and Engineering. There is also g.
special course of Electrical Engineering.
Next annual session of the academical de-
partnlenta; including the Ill. Sophie New
comb College, begins October /. Law
department opens November l6. Medical
department., October f9.
For special or general catalogues apply
tothe Secretary Of tie University. Tulane
Hall. VIM. Preston JOHNSTON.
President.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

The Daily States is still vigorous.
1y working its little malicious one
idea lie that the postal bill was
passed by a Republican Congress.
Every Democrat in Congress voted
for the bill, and the only vote cast
against it was by q republican tool
Of the lottery company, and we are
able TO announce without regret that
che Father Of Lies has recently
gathered him to his own.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05
NOTICE.
Land Office at New Orleans. ca.

August 6. 1891.
Notlcsis hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intent
tion to make final proof in support Of his
claims and that said proof win be made
Court, at Abbevil1e, Louisiana, on Mon
day. September 81, 1891, viz:
MARCEL FUsELIER,
for self and heirs of Jules Fuselier, who
NJ of SET Sec. Is, Up. Il, SIR. s East, La.
Meridian.
He names the following witnesses t6
prove his continuous, residence upon. and
cultivation of, said land, viz John 4.
Brcussard, Joseph Bephomme, Gerasime
Gnidry, Jim pheall, oil Of Vermilion par
ish, Louisiana.
CHARLES c. PALFREY, Register.
August Is, 1881.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05
The lottery may be an exponent Of

The lottery may be an exponent of
Democratic doctrine, bat the Pointe
.CoUpee Banner tells OF how its
agents are hanging around tie ne.
gro churches In that parish urging
the negro preachers to- talk for the
lottery. According to lottery Dem
ocratic ideas it is very wrong for a
white Democratic preacher to talk
against the lottery but it is alright
for q Republican negro preacher TO
talk for the lottery.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05
The editor Of the Florida Parishes

The editor Of the Florida Parishes
has received some pears as a sample
from a tree OF the Chinese variety.
The tree is II years old, IL inches
around at the first limb, 4 feet from
the ground; it is 80 feet high and 80
feet from tip to tip of branches. It
has produced 40 bushels Of fine fruit.
he has sold $40 worth and has SIS.
worth on the tree. Such a tree is
we'll worth 0 farmers attention, aud
there ehould be more Of them.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

While SO many Of the lottery or
Rans r expatiating upon Sans BIC
Enery's stauueh Democracy will
some of them explain bis threat to
tnrn over the State to Warmeth,
and the conference at Moreaa's
wherehis lacerated spirit was bound
up with the premrse OF his present
Job.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

Murphy J. Foster, The King Bee
of the Anti Lottery caucus, has
shocked himself of what little DEM
ocracy he ever had.-Carroll Dem.
Ocrat.
And has it come to this, that the
Democracy Of man who in all the
trying hours, perils. and privation
through which the party has passed,
nobly bore the brunt Of danger and
risked life itself to rescue the State
from Radical misrule and oppression,
must be questioned and himself ma
fgned because be refuses to worship
the Morris golden Lottery calf?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

The spectacle Of that blasphenous
hlatherskite and swashbucklen the
Daily States, invoking God and
morality 10 calculated to make Satan
smile.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

The New Delta is very much in
the position Of q modern frst-class
ironclad surrounded by old time ships
They keep well out Of the seach of
her shot, knowing full well that
when she hits one they go under.
The Louisiana Gutter snipes's
hurt themselves almost as much il
bringing out McEnery for Governor.
as they do in attempting to defeat
the lottery. Fate has no fayors 10
extend to personal governors in this,
the free born Pelican State, after
April, i892.-Trinity Herald.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

We have received the 6rst number
of The New Era, a Republican paper
of the Blaine persuation just started
in New Orleans by John l.. Minor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05
FACTS, NOT FIGURES.
NO LOTTERY MoonsRine.

the public school system of Louis
lana in general. OF course Vermil.
ion came in for her share of depre.
citation. The showing made by the
local organ is SO m~anifestly unfair
that we feel it incumbent upon us to
refute its fallacies.
To begin with the author of this
remarkable article, which, strange
to say is patterned after the. "tesd.
ers' in haH a dozen ether lottery
sheets of last week, betrays a woful
ignorance of the Topography of the
parish when he places the area of
the parish at 1880 square miles of
presumably inhsbitable territory.
Why not tack on the three miles
shore line and figure it in Even
the local concerns recent and limi-
ted knowledge Of the parish should
have suggested the fact that the four
lower tier Of townships on the west
side Of Fermilion Bayou are unin-
habitable sea marsh, and should not
figure in an honest estimate Of this
nature.
We have no means Of verifying
the figures given bot accepting them
for the sake of argument still con.
tend that the condition of affairs is
highly exaggerated. 1t is stated
that there are 10 the parish 664,273
acres OF swamp and pasture lands
Now unless the writer means to con.
tend that it is a part Of the Morris
plan of State salvation and educa.
tional regeneration that the blessed
cup of instruction is to be extended
to the wild and woody mustang, and
the broad horned COW and her prog
eny-yea, even also unto the indus
taioHs and musical mosquito and the
homely but humble alligator, this No.
inhabited territory should not figure
in the calculation; hence, deductiDg
this amounting to 1898 square miles
from the total area we have Efty.two
square miles OF inhabited territory
with tweaty-three schools or one
school for a little over every two
square miles I
The great difficulty encountered
10 this parish 10 not that there is a
lack Of schools, but a scant of scholars.
What is the average attendance as
shown by the above figures 1871
pupils per school Taking out four
or five of the principal schools the
average attendance for the remain.
der will be about IL.
There were schools in the parish
in 1889 which had an enrolment of
80 and 100. 1t was not due to
favored location but to the interests
Of parents this occurred. Certain
lottery advocates are endeavoring TO
create the belief that If the amend
meDt is carried schools will be 80
plentiful that every man can have
one in his dooryard and that is about
the only way to reach all the chill.
dren Of schoolable age.
Nor is this all. To-day there is
vacant in thickly populated
neighborhoods more than one school
which closed its doors because
the people would not send their chill.
fren to school. And, oh, whisper it
not, in the Times-D Democrat, tell it
not to John a. Morris, these are the
localities where. the seductive infn.
snce of lottery Doodle is being felt
and where the Revenue Amendment
like Q green bay tree. be.
tide the running water.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05


Cosgrove Of the Natchitechea
Democratie-R Review reminds "a oil
the little boy who had just began
making pictures on his slate. His
efforts were SO crude and unlikely
that he found it necessary to label
them, 4this is a horse" &c. Cos.
grove is 80 afraid people will see
through bis disguise that he is al
ways shouting Il am al anti-lottey.
ite." Poor man, if you think you
deceive any one BY such tactics you
are indeed deserving Of more pity
than contempt.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-05

When it comes to nerve of The
kind usually denominated gall the
States is a bowling world heater.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-04
WORTH UNTOLD MILLIONS.
New Parasite Which Is Saving the Orang
 Groves of California.

New Parasite Which Is Saving the Orange
 Groves of California.
 "They are not much to look at. but they do their work in good style"
 Alexander Crow, entomo1ogist of the state board of horticulture, was looking very closely and with evident satisfae tion at what appeared to the naked eye as minute specls of dust on piece of glass as he made the remark, and passed the glass to San Francisco Examiner reporter.
 What is it?''
 "Let me put this slide under the mi croscope and then see for yourself"
 Under the glass the tiny speck, hardly visible to the naked eye, became a well developed fly, about as large as horse fly, with two pairs of wings, three pairs of legs and a pair of antennae. The wings were covered with long, bristly hairs, and the legs terminated each with pair of pincer-like claws. If small, it was evident that the little fel- low was amply prepared to do battle for life.
 "It's fly. sure, but what is it good for?"
 Next to the vedolia, it is, perhaps, the most valuable insect known in Cali fornia," continued Mir. Crow. This little fly, for which we have yet no name, but which belongs to the Chalcid family, is the natural foe of what is known as the yellow or San Gabriel scale. Each female will lay probably from fifty to one hundred eggs, and those eggs develop larvse that feed upon the scale insect Tho female is fur nished with sharp stingerlilSe ovipos- ter. This she thrusts under scale in sect, and deposits an egg, which matches into a voracious little grub that, as soon as matched, proceeds to consume it's adopted parent. Under the skin of the scale insect it passes through it's meta morphoses, when it eats its way out a fully developed fly, prepared to lay eggs for another generation of yellow scale eaters.''
 Ut is such little speck. How did | you ever discover it2'
 "The orange orchards in San Gabriel valley were badly covered with the vel low scale. The foliage was sparse and the fruit almost valueless. Before the fruit could be marketed the growers had to put it in long water troughs and scrub the scale off with brooms, and then it was not clean. So destructive was the pest, in fact, that many orchard ists talked of giving up the business. MT. Coggswen at Sierra Madre had an orchard that was badly infested, and after awhile it began toimprove until the trees became clean and the fruit ex- cellent. Other orchards in the vicinity showed signs of improvement, and l began to look for the cause, when close observation showed this little fellow at work. Prof. Coquilette had also discov- cred 1t and study of its habits has shown it to be the natural remedy, and I believe the only remedy, for the de- structive yellow scale.
 Why" continued MT. Crow, becom- ing enthusiastic, ''that minute speck is worth untold millions to this state"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-04
rHE PAssIoN PLAY.
Father NIuIcahy's Interesting Lecture Delivered in Public.

Father NIulcahy's Interesting Lecture
 Delivered in Public.
 A large audience listened with the closest attention to Father Mulcahy's lecture upon ''The Passion Play" at the opera house last night, and many were moved to tears at the touching recital of the sufferings of Christ.
 Father Mulcahy took his inhabitants over the ragged hills and mountains to the little village of Ober Ammergau and introduced them to the people, whom he described as genuine honest and christian people, most of them humble in station, being employed as farmers and wood carvers. It was here the Passion Play" was first presented, in 1633, when Bavaria was visited by a plague. The prayers of the people for deliverance were answered, and out of gratitude they made a vow to perpetu- ate the play by repetition of it every tenth year.
 The play, which attracts thousands of spectators from all parts of the world. is given on Sundays and Mondays during the months of June, July, August and September, and lasts the whole day with the exception of an hour at noon. A large open theatre with stage partly enclosed, has been built, and on this the | audience witness most realistic repre- sentation of the sufferings of Christ from his triumphal entry into Jerusa- lem until his death on the cross. Father Mulcahy illustrated his ad dress by stereopticon views of the prin- cipal characters and scenes in the great play. The role of Jesus was assumed by Joseph Mayr, in d manner the lecturer said, that defied criticism. His physique is a model for a sculptor, and his face as it appeared in the different and difficult parts of the play was represented by the stereopticon, and showed that the character of the Christ had been closely studied and appreciated by the actor. The character of the Blessed Virgin is impersonated by Miss Lang, the burgo- masters daughter. Almost the whole population of the village has some part in the play, appearing in the chorus tableaux or dramatic work. The re hearsing for the drama occupies months and years and is under the direction oi the burgomaster.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-04
BARcELoNA's ANNUAL RECEPTION.
Last Nights Event the Most Successful
 Ever Given by the Council.

Last Nights Event the Most Successful
 Ever Given by the Council.
 The annual reception of Barcelona council, K. of C., was held in City hall last evening under the most favorable conditions. The hall was well-filled and the different committees proved ex- cellent entertainers. A happy and popular feature of Barcelona's recep- tions is a concert of vocal and instru- interesting programme was rendered, including two selections by Bergen's orchestra, solos by Miss Emma Farrell and Miss B. Coogan, a duet by Miss Maggie Farrell and George F. Butler, and duet by the little Misses Maggie Cooney and Lizzie Lawlor. All were warmly encored, the little ones especi- ally receiving rounds of applause. Several recitations were delivered in an excellent manner by John s; Fay, and then the dance began. Over 150 couples participated in the grand march, which was led by John $. Neagle ana lady. The committees were as follows: Grand Knight, John S. Neagle, assisted by John c. Thompson, D. G. K., Thomas Kane, treasurer, M. J. Keefe, F. S., D. Hackett, I. G., James Farrell, w., O. Shields. Joseph A. Guilty. R. s., N. Nc Evoy, C., P. McNally, O. G., J. P. Con- way, J. Hurley, J. Delaney. Floor com mittee, John $. Fay, J. Claffey, D. J. Delaney, J. Gavin, c. K. Kilbride, T. Mulvaney. John Black, James Carroll, John Delaney, J. F. Phelan, J. P. Con. way, J. w. Dow, c. Boylan, w. Kiely, w. C. Shuby, Thomas McCann, H. l. Brown, Joseph A. Wells, M. Cassin, F. Carroll, J. Farrell, J. Caffey, D. Mur. phy. P. Shields. A. Coward, A. Dono van, George H. Butler.
 The other members of the council constituted a reception committee. Through an oversight in preparing the programme copy for the printers, the name of Treasurer Thomas Kane was omitted. Mir Kane has been treasurer of Barcelona council since its institu tion and to him belongs a good share oi the credit for last nights success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-04
wATEReuRYs MILITARY HISTORY.
An Interesting Book From the Pen of
 Charles w. Burpee.

An Interesting Book From the Pen of
 Charles w. Burpee.
 We have received a copy of "The Military History of Waterbury" very interesting book from the pen of c. w. Burpee. The idea of publishing such a book was first conceived severak years ago when the question as to the date of the origin of Co A was being discussed. At that tune Mir Burpee resolved to write a sketch to be read at an anniver- sary of the company. He was persist ent in his search through old records and as a result collected such a mass of facts of historical interest that he de- cided to publish the work in book form. From 1878 to the present day the ground is carefully covered and much of the material collected IS of great value, hay ing to do with the lives of nearly all of the old families of the town. Mir Burpee very carefully edited the material, much of which was in found in crude form, and his book. which contains 9S pages contains wonderfully complete record of Waterbury men in the different wars, in addition to the record of the citizen soldiery, including full list of all the commissioned officers of the town from the founding of the colony to the present day. The book will be sold at the nominal price of 75 cents. The edition is limited to 500 copies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-04
AMUSEM ENTS.
"As You Like It..

Margaret Nlather wIli be seen in As You Like It. at the opera house Monday evening. Her Rosalind is a perform ance that is quite unique in its mingling of womanly penetration and poetic feel Ing. Miss Mather will be supported by Otis Skinner and her own company. There will be but one performance.
 Little Lord Fauntleroy.''
 This beautiful drama will be presented at the opera house thIs evening. It has received the highest praise from the critics everywhere and has always been well received in this city. The company is said to be strictly first class. ''The old HOmestead.'' Few plays ever come to Waterbury with a heartier recommendation than Denman Thompson's, which will be pre- sented at the opera house on Tuesday evening next, and of which so much has been written. The plot is simple story of the present day, and deals with one of the present types of country farm life in New England, into which is thrust a wedge of life in the city, a moving panorama of the two, bringing back to all a dear memory of ''old home."
 ''Fantasma.'' Hanlon's "Fantasma" will be pro- duced at the opera house next Wednes- day and Thursday.
 Casino Theatre. The second nights appearance of Rose l Hills's English Folly company at the casino was greeted by another good au- dience. The organization is a strong one and gave a very pleasing performance of the burleSque and speciality kind. The singing was way above the average, and taken altogether the company have made favorable impression. They will conclude their engagement here to- night.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-04
TIMELY TOPICS

Corsets is the theme upon which Miller 6 Peck speak to our many readers to-day.
 I. Chase is showing the finest line of spring millinery ever displayed in Wa terbury. Lowest prices.
 Tenement of three rooms, $7, to rent on Wolcott road.
 If you want a spring tonic or ap- petizer call at c. K. Kilbride .& Cos store, 134 East Main street.
 Elder down shoes for infants are among the specialties at Dodge's. The shoe can be washed.
 The best and most reliable seeds, for sale by Dallas, 32 Union street, 68 Bank street.
 If you have a cough or cold, use syrup of tolu, tar and wild cherry, for sale only at James E. Roe's pharmacy.
 Send your name on postal card to the branch of the Bridgeport Pants Co, in Platt's block and they will return 100 samples of cloth from which their goods are made, with a linen tape and instruc- tions for self-measurement.
 U. Moran wants 100 tenements to rent right away. If you want to buy, sell or lease real estate call on him.
 Gentlemen are waking up to the fact that it is true economy to buy good clothing. It wears longer and looks better. J. B. Mullings has as fine line of spring wear as can anywhere be found. Walk in and look at the stock.