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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-04-25

From o letter TO Major Geo. O.sElms,
which appears elsewhere in te-days
paper 1t will be seen that his w OF
Pecan Island has been formally accept
'edby the Department of the Interior
tandithe lsnds are now open to entry.
! W0meed.ssAgents Throughout Louis
mana to anvass for -RoHEances of New
F0rleans." Good references essential, Ad.
dress the publisher, Geo. Augustin, No. IL
Sarondelet Street, New Orleans, La.
MRS. Joe Dooley died last Sunday. at
o residence of her husband at Gross
Isle Gap. She leaves nine children
and a husband to mourn the loss of an
ahectionate mother and wife. Her re-
mains were taken to Iberia parish for
burial.
On DEMANDE.-Un ieane homme
p'ein d'energie Ct possedant un capi.
tai de $50 a 5000 posr poyager es
charette q la campagne.
'S'adresser au soGssigna,
N. C. YOU'VE. i.
With the rapidEapproaM of summer
the political fever begins to rise, and all
the candidates are beginning to whet
their little hatchets for the fray. We
are watching their maneuvers with in
terest, and will .hollo, .hurrah for the
man that wins.
1t should be kept constantly ins mind
by the rentgayer that through a CO.
operative homestead society he a be-
come the owner Of his home at about
the same manthly outlay that he pays
to his landlord without a chance Of es-
Gaping thisss0rt of servitude.
The crops throughout the parish are
very good. The frosts of the early
part of week before last hurt the e
tables and fruits some hutaot seriously.
The prospects for good gardens and
crops are very encouraging Flowers
are plentiful and beautiful.
Salary SIS per week. Wanted Good
agents to sell our general line of mer-
chandise No peddEng. Above-saary
win be paid to Give" agents. For fur
Their i~nfedunation address Chicago
General Supply Co., s17S West Van
Buren, street, Chicago, Illinois.
OF all the fakes which have ever
struck tbs edge Of 'iEAeols' Paradise"
we calculsts the "Histcry of Southwest
Louisiana" takes the blue ribbon. Ye
Gods OF Satire, what "a burlesque A
friend h~aspromised us a criticism of the
work and We shall take pleasure in
publishing it.
100
have isst received n large stock OIL
all kinds of paints in all size packages
dry and ready mixed. | am in posi-
tion to Offer exceedingly Row prices.
The public are invited to inspect my
stock and learn prices.
Respectfully,
N. c. YOU'VE. I
Early Monday. morning Claude
and Henry w. Cnevis left
here for Lafayette on the steam launch.
They 60 to New Orleans to take out
papers as engineer and pilotrespectiye-
", and if they pass the required exam
nation will run the boat from here to
'eashore on excursion trips.
Last Tuesday evening q select party
If gentlemenswent out to the Lake for a
ish fry. Among the number were
Lastie Broussard, W. A. White,
I. 0. Bronssard, 4. L. Leblanc, Judge
uouton. ". B. White, Jos. T. Labit
Ind J. p. B.. Greig, and several others
whose name escape us. All had O good
ime. III
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-04-25

:. y. Hogsstt, proprietor Of the Ct.
aaftlnsvslle, New Iberia and Abbeville
ssaegraph lines was town Wednesday.
Aals having the line thoroughly over
saaied and put in good repair.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-04-25

2Hlnak DerlaiouaI.
SATURDAY APRIL l8, 1897.
"Tesva ard Parish.
-
1Ns Darmore car1s In Tuesday and
sssAe down Wednesday,.
IA. II. Delano was in town hast
1AehdAy visiting friends.
s4E -s-
Aiss Ada NEuAz is noW.i in New Beria
,and win make it'her home in future.
- -~@~-
GAS Fontelisusthe New Iberia Jaw
sse was In iowa this week attending
coert.
The Japan plum crop which has
bssn :spsyt prolific this season Is about
sesdad.
Dir. Gas. Godchaux returned from a
pnIsinsss trip to New Orleans last
Thursday.
Douglas Sauthweiscame over Monday
10 put in the new furniture for the
ceart house. }
Theodore Laperte has moved to his
Ilace on Bayou .Tlgre which he bought
osods Richard.
Miss Lydia Theriot of Royuille was
ia town last Monday visiting har sister
Affs. a. j. Godara.
Some cruel, cowardly miscreant last
Wednesday nerning shot Harry squires'
pretty little pet dog.
MIRA. Louis Abadie who has been i'll
during the past week, we are pleased
TO learn Is improving.
The requiem mass for the repese Of
tho soul.@ Mrs. SEVERN Leblanc was
largely attended last Monday.
Miss 0lita Abshire swhe has been
spending SEINE time with friends in
New Iberia has returned home.
Rev. Father Chabrier ef Royuile was
IN town Wednesday, as che guest of
Fathers Methauit and Thebault.
The now furniture for the new Court
house y very pretty. And the judges
stand 70 beautiful piece of work.
Mss Cora Loeb, after q stay Of some
weeks in Abbeyille returned home a
few days ago.-Morsan. City Review.
An infaut,ohild Of Columbus .Brous-
aard OF tho 9th ward was buried4in the
Cafhclic'C Cemetery here last Thursday.
The pretty little steamlaunch belong
ing to the Carancro Exclusion. Club is
now stationed here in. charge of Henry
Gheyis. ~
Rev. Father Henri cfSt. James Parish
President Of Jefferson College,, was in
town last week rs the guest Of Father
.Nethault.
~
Judge Mouton came down Wednes-
DAY and finished up the April term Of
court, adjourning sine die afser reading
ais decisions. |.
Inc young corn 10 doing better since
me sprinkle Of Wednesday; plant cane
hosever needs . good soaking rain to
ihslp3 the stand come out. (
WAETED.-An energetic man to run
Isuutng cart i'm the country. Must
aase sl5O or $500 ready cash. /,
apply to. N. @. YorNe
March IA, 1890. !,
frank Labit left us again last Sun
'qsy. .'This time he went North and
T00k In 1na1otsoe vkeun = -
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-04-25

homestead societies create 4 spirit Of
sass0g 10 iadividuais, make families
aappS BY providing them with their
s.e ZONES and are apublic Advantage
2 swelling tue tax lists.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-04-25

BY aEnnan& &nEned over 20 J.
Abadie, corporation treaaufsr
Anil j, 1891.
On Licenses 1891 -Yak.EH
On Fines 20 al
By amopnta nnc1lleeted
On General tax 1880 O.
On Special tax
Given TO attorney On lieensss 5oM D 0S
BY aInt u~HeeuecSable lisenaas - ID
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-04-25

10y Monday morning Mfr. Oneil
.1esuaan accompanied by an eleping.
a,pas nom fDuson, arrived in town
~ attempted to procure a marriage
lss' put owing TO the young hdy's.
was retneed. She wasea Miss
- fae sVonld be groom Willie
80. sp xasy.le that evening for
49, tofernaass on Queue Tortue in
:. 4papy WIN that gentleman, and
AZ. Gus Faux.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23

feeding is begun again On lot 1; or the
field may be divided up and down in
the center by one fence. and smaller
lots laid of by double lines - before;
then, when onc-half the field II fed OF,
the other hall is fed, beginning next TO
the last onc-thus returning TO the head
of the field and beginning again I
have found that by this method three
times as much feeding may be had from
. field - BY pasturing the whole 1t
at once, - the waste Is scarcely OBJ
servablc. while II % hogs were turned
into s0-acre field at once, in . week
the whole field would be trampled over
and half the heritage spoiled
by painting the hu rdles with tar and
using them carefully, they win last
twenty years
To set them, have used . square
pointed bar, with which holes are made
in the ground in the right spots, Is the
hurdle is held half-upright BY IN as
sistant The holes are made small, and
when the hurdle is set up, the points
enter and are driven down BY . few
blows of . maui ON the ends Of the
posts, but not ON the boards. The
ends of the hurdles are wired together
in two places. and 70 stout stake
driven in the ground, by which they are
supported Quiet sheep will mot 1T
tempt TO jump over fence of this kind,
which will be fifty or fifty-twO inches
high, and It win restrain any sized pigs
over thirty days old.-H. Stewart. in
Country Gentleman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23
AN EXPLANATION NEEDED.


Aad II was Made In . Very Satisfactory
Manner.
''Sec here, sir! she said, as she en-.
tered . sewing machine Office the other
day, "your agent has imposed upon
me-"
''Is Il possible, ma'am9 In what re-
spect p
Eyes, sir; he has lied to me and don't
want your machine
''How has he deceived you?"
''Why, he came into my house and
told me that your machine was the
best in the world. Told it right before
witnesses, and can prove every word
Of fitr'
..But that was not deceiving you,
ma'am."
'Yes, il was! I hadn't the machine
two days before another agent called
and said his was the best, and he had .
circular to back it up. He had hardly
got out doors when another called and
said his machine had taken ten medals" /"
But we have taken fifteen, ma'am." +"
''Oh. have yOu?"
'And are sure to get the premium ut
the next worlds fair"
''Indeed-'
"And We have issued challenge for
. public trial, which no other machine
dare acespt"
rs that 50? Then your machine is the
best after all?"
Certainly"
Then you win please excuse me. I
thought I had been imposed upon, and
guess l was little hssty. The other
agents must have been the iarA"-De-
troit Free PresA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23
SCHOOL AND .cHvRcn.

There are nineteen Rosaan Catho3e
el arches in Newark. N. ].
"A party of 1--WE recently sailed Tor
Secunderabad. India, to Join the self
supporting mission work Of Rev. G. B.
Ward.
Tho kindergarten association (bi
San Francisco has received fully fly
two thousand dollars from Mrs Leland
Stanford.
There 10 still one isolated land fry.m
which Christian teachers are entirely
excluded. This IL Thibet, the home Of
the high-priest Of Buddhism. +
PROF. Bell, Of Bell telephone fame,
has given twenty-five thousand dollars
TO the association for the teaching Of
speech to the dumb of New York.
According to IN official report -e-
Gently published the number Of stu
dents At the twenty universities Of Ger
many amounts to sS,7l1; Berlin cane
first with 6,597.
Twenty-six lepers were recently bap-
tized at Purulia (Chota Nagpore), India,
making in all one hundred and eighteen
lepers received into the church since
the commencement Of the asylum there
two years ago.
Prof. Theodore w. Dwight, who has
recently retired from the head Of the
Columbia law school, had been with the
college since 1855, and II perhaps the
most noted teacher of law in this coun-
try. He is sixty-nine years old, and .
grandson of Timothy Dwight, former
president of Yale.
The government Of Irkutsk, the
capital Of Siberia, contains only S6S, $50
persons, of whom three-fourths are Of
the orthodox religion. There are in the
government 4S7 schools Of different
kinds, where Christian children are
taught alongside of pagans. Moham-
medAns, Buddhists and the w0rshippers
of stones and talismans.
DIR. Tucker, the evangelical bishop
who has succeeded to the dangerous
Of equatorial Africa, rendered
vacant BY the murder Of the heroic
Bishop Harrington, has arrived at
Uganda, after terrible and prolonged
suferingsL A hundred miles of tho
long journey were through . dense,
foodless forest, infested BY savage rob
bers, who murdered stragglers and stole
loads at every opportunity.
One of the peculiar features of
school life in New York is the reading
Of the list of contagious diseases in the
city. The list is furnished to teachers
BY the health board, and when IL is
read the pupils are asked II any of
them live in that vicinity. When q boy
Or girl stands mp. he or she b taken
aside and cross-questioned. II danger
Is suspected the youngster is sent
home.
Nine bright young Irishwomen
took the degree Of B. A. 1t the Royal
Of Dublin, at the last COM
Miss Maud = Joynt At
taincd the highest honors in modern
literature, and was awarded the title
N. A.. while another pretty girl. Miss
Francis Helena Gray, won the LII. d.
The examination papers Of the women
higher marks than those Of
their brother students.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23
THE cHlLD-klNcs

A Qualst ola Religsoss Proeessise o. the
Spanish Coast.
Ono Of the most charming festivals
Of . religious character to Be seen in
Europe IL that OF the Three Kings. or
Magi, celebrated every winter on ~
riable dates 1t S. Jean Do Luz In
Spain.
Tho church Of St Jean do Luz Is
said to possess some relics Of those wise
men Of the east who followed the star
until Il lay over Bethlehem, and led
them to the manager whero the Christ
child lay.
In the old days this festival was
general in the country round about,
but Il is now confined to . procession
In the town. in which all tho religious.
civil and military authorities join
Tho chief feature Of the procession
Il the trio Of kings. represented BY
three beautiful boys In fine oriental
costumes, their long trains borne by
peRes in costumes Of the time Of faaeis
the First
The chronology Il little mixed. but
the intentions are excellent and the
effect Of the whole Il like that Of
looking into some illuminated miSaal
of the middle ages-N. Y. Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23
TREATMENT OF RoUP.


Ss0seanss tAe HateAss u ~ Dsse Mons
- Ezsalsasing TIE Dlssas&
When the roup appears our advice h
to kill the affected ono and turn your
attention 1t once 70 the 6oclE, giving
sulphur In the ratio Of . tablespoonful
to fifteen fowls every other day for .
week, feeding tincturs Of iron, eight
drops to hen every day IN their soft
food, which win pay to be boiled rice.
until treatment Is over. With this bo
sure that the ventilation h complete
and free from direct dra5ts upon the
fowls For the benefit of those who
wish to cure the disease We give the
following symptoms and our method Of
treatment:
SymptOms-Swelling Of the head.
watery discharges from the eyes and
nostrils. which are very fetid and often
sive to the smell, following which these
discharges become acrid and result in .
CONCEALED yellow coating 10 tho mouth
and tongue, called canker-which we
term . poisonous fungus growth in the
blood
Wash and steam the head and throat
with hot water in which . daah Of car
bolic acid il added Clear the nasal
passage 10 throat BY an injection Of
carbolic water. one part carbolic acid
to ten parts Of water. or By the use OF
kerosene oil and the crooked syringe.
rs spoken Of in distemper. Gargle tho
throat with kerosene oil three morn
ihgs running, when al the canker Of
throat and mouth will generally cleave
OF, leaving the mouth and throat red
but clean.
We have seen cruel though ignorant
people remove this canker with stick
or nail. All this kind of treatment but
aggTavates the disease. Give . dessert
spoonful of castor oil, and follow with
. gill Of milk In which two grains Of
bromide Of potassium has been dis
solved, night and morning. The milk
can be easily administered BY taking
the bird by the under beak and drawing
the neck upward till straight when the
milk poured from . teapot viii run into
the crop without the effort II swallow
ing. At the end u shout four Or five
days the effect Of the bromide in the
blood, and the solution Of carbolic acid
~ bath, and the kerosene a . gargle.
may be seen In the sloughine on Of tho
cankerous substance from the tongue
and mouth, when the fowl win COM
,mence to mend The treatment at this
stage should be nourishing food, with
occasional doses Of sulphur. and the
fowls viii regain their health and
sprightliness. In some cases the
bromide seems 70 fail in overcoming
the poison in the blood We have used
Fowler's solution, one drop . day, and
in . week seen the birds commence to
mend, but when the disease hangs On
for . long time wethi6k IL poor policy
to breed from such, for we find such
birds susceptible 70 coldA They havo
become 80 debilitated that their recup-
Grafton, and the watching fer long
time before they will lay; makes tho
hatchet better means of ersz1icating
the disease In those isolated easeA-
Western Rural
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23

A Gnay Job WA YOa KnoW Juoe WoW
- OO It.
The method referred to II the one
shown in our engraving. Il consists In
having q handbarrow or other receipts
ele 70 receive the prepared soil On
this sieve that Is IN inch or so wider
than the barrow should be placed to
slide upon It After the sieve IL shout
two-thirds filed with unsifted soil, II
u worked quickly back and forth By .
person at one end Of the barrow, until
its contents are properly riddled.
The task Il quick and easy one. II
two persons engage N t. ono 70 vibrate
the sieve, The oths~ . SHOVEL in the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23

He Discovers . Hlre aad Soasas the
Alarm.
Over on the north side fine residence
Is approaching completion. and day or
two ago small charcoal stoves werc
placed in every room to dry out the
plaster. The fres in these stoves make
considerable smoke, but there is NO
possible danger that they will be COM
municatcd to the woodwork.
These stoves were bclchinR forth
large volumes Of smoke, which was es-
Gaping through the open windows, when
. young lawyer, who il q prominent
republican candidate for mayor,
drove BY in . buggy. He saw the
smoke, jumped out Of the buggy, asked
. young woman who was passing to
hold the horse, and ran frantically two
blocks and q half to the nearest fire.
alarm box. When he turned in . healthy
alarm he made haste back again. The
crowd that he expected to find was not
there. and the only person in sight was
the young lady ut his horses head.
She lives in the neighborhood and knew
the lawyer. F'e-,g
'.What's the matter?" she inquired.
"Why, he answered. ''don't you sec?
That house Il ON flrer' ss-
'Pshawy' she said, smiling. That's
only the smoke from the drying-out
stoves"
The lawyer said never . word, but
jumped into the buggy and drove away
~ fast a he could And when the fire
department arrived there was nobody
to tell them what was the matter.-
Chicago Post tg
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23

The hurdle is solid and durable and viii
last many years. A lot Of them may BE-
carried ON . low-wheeled wagon or .
sled, and set mp and fixed In the ground
very quickly. have set up with the
help Of one man zoo Of them in short
day, which will give . adouble line across
q 2O-acre field.
say . double line. because this is
necessary for the economical feeding
OF of a crop of clover. The field be-
ing laid out in this way, in NARROW
strips, with two lines Of hurdles. lot
is first fed OF, and then lot 2; the line
il then moved 80 rs TO inclose lot 8,
and SO on to the end This II necessary
to let lot grow mp again. The ten lots
will give two acres or more In each.
which should feed good many hogs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23

Patent Medicine Proprietor. - rsu
very sorry you can't give MS testimar
NAL for our Auti-Fak We're willing to
nay well. but supp ,se you are op-
posed 70 Recommending anything.
Popular MinisteE-It isn't that ny
dear sir. Tho trouble b that ycu arc
iust little too late. This very morn
hx wrote tcseimonial fce another
usa,s AuttLseA-Jwy. 4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23


The panorama was invented by q
Scotchman named Robert Barker, who
obtained license in London in 1857 and
erected . rotunda on Leicester SQUARE.
He was associated with Robert Fulton,
the practical inventor of the steamboat,
who introduced panoramas into Paris
in 1896. but resigned in favor of Thayer,
perhaps in order TO give his attention to
the application of steam to boats.
Thayer raised . rotunda on the boule.
ward Montmartre, whence comes the
name of the Passage des Panoramas.
Bonaparte caused plans to be drawn
up for eight panoramas, in which his
conquests were to be shown to the
Parisians. whom he always tried to i'm.
press with the magnitude of his achieve.
ments in order to keep them faithful to
his star. But these projects were never
realized. Barker was imprisoned for
debt 1t Edinburgh in . cell with one
opening only, in one corner Of the roof
Of the dungeon. II was 20 dark that he
could not zee to read, but he found that
by placing the paper near the narrow
shaft Of light that fell through the hole
in the ceiling the letters Of the writing
became surprisingly distinct. This set
him thinking, and after he WAS released
he began !, experiments on pictures
strongly lighted from above in dark
room.-Chioago Herald. ip'N'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23
AMONG THE POULTRY.

ONION tops cut fine make good green
food for poultry at this time
SET the hens now - soon as they are
ready, providing them warm place.
OK small farms poultry and small
fruit growing can be combined to good
advantage.
II the poultry must be confined sow
. good bed Of lettuce TO provide them
with green food.
II feed for the young poultry must b
purchased millet seed can be used 70 .
good advantage.
Asa general rule IL win not Be found
best to attempt to keep more than Afty
hens in one house.
A HEN that Il scared OF her nest every
time anyone approaches should not be
used for hatching.
HENS are often obliged to leave their
nests on account Of lice; e II important
70 keep . lookout for them.
LrxEwArKR will not only often cure
indigestion, but also often cure the hens
Of laying soft-shelled eggs
Old plaster kept where the hens can
help themselves will furnish the mate
rails to manufacture shellA
Ar this season hot ashea from the
coal stove win aid 70 maintain health
II sprinl<led under the roostA
Fees, whether used for Matching or
sent to market, should always Be clean.
The shells are porous and readily ab-
sorh Alth.
THE managers can often be eleaued
out with the refuse thrown where the
poultry can pick It over; they will And
many seeds
NEeLEcTIxe TO give tie young
poultry . good start b Il many caaes
the cause Of failure 70 make them
profitable.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23

for . week, moro
or less - the
pasture II heavy
or light giving
ample time for
the herbage ( o
be renewed be-
fore the end Il
reached, and the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
HURDLE FOR SWINE.

n Excellent Plaa 10P the r10e0Fin9 e
sheep and Pigs.
lbeg 70 suggest . plan which have
used for pasturing both sheep and pigA
II the pigs have been used TO control,
or are well ringcd, - they should be
when pasturcd. . hurdle light enough
for sheep will answer equally well for
them. The hurdle may be made Of 2 BY
Z chestnut uprights and BY 9 barn.
They may be 10 feet long and made In
this shape:
The three lower boards are inches
apart and . barbed wire II stretched
between the lowest two. No pig over
. month old viii get through this fence.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23

Little Johnny Yerger has caused .
breach between Gus DeSmith, socie-
ty gentleman. and the Yerger family.
Gus called to make . friendly visit after
supper, he having previously informed
Col. Yerger Of the intended honor.
The whole family and Gus were In the
parloe, when Johnny riveted the stten-
tion Of Ill present BY asking Gus De-
Smith: sfL ~ l.-f -
"Hsve you brought your gimlet with
you :" ~ r,as..5.i Fl.
What do you mean. Johnny" asked
Gus. -.
II don't mean nuAln; except I heard
ps say you were coming up this even
ing to bore NJ aI."!TexAs SiftinRx
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-23

Vienna has 0oc, 900 Roman Catho.
lies There arc sss priests and 9s7 nuns
In her cloisterA The Vienna university
contains S,Sl6 Roman Catholic and aOa4
Jewish studentA In the twenty-six
hospitalA with their &9ss bsds, sAodo
poyVous were treated q looQ