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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Those of our people who need note
heads. bill heads, envelopes or any
other kind of printing will do well to
send their orders to this Office, We will
duplicate any job made in New Orleans,
I'm workmanship and in price.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Contractor Van Horn has resumed
business-at the same old stand.
Having received the building material
which had been detained BY the high
water. and completed the burning OF
another kiln of briekWhieh turned
out to be first-class, be now has every
department of his com petent force under
full headway, and would give employ
ment to six or eight more good brick
LAYERS ii they apply soon. He thinks
he can also give steady employment to
IS or 100 good. steady reliable super
visors, who would be willing to devote
their undivided attention 70 the afdu-
Gus labors Of looking on At the work . s
n,eu and furnish them with valuable y
suggestions. TO all such, as az, induce
ment. lie will hold out the privilege or
roosting Oh the lumber pile lantll the
carpeDters tilt them Off and Of splitting
tobacco Juice around promiscnously as
! d;usrfissen,ent--if Lacombe or Megin-
lev will furnish the tobacco, on tic, for
the occasion.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Elaborate preparations are being
made to give the Lake Charles exs
eaEsionista rousing reception on the
l0th of May next. Committees have
been appointed as follows On ar
rAngements, ways and means, recep-
Elou, music, ETC.. ausl our visitors on
that occasion may depend on receiving
hearey welcome from the people OF
Opsloosas in general, and our gallant
FiEemen in particular.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25
April 25, 1891
NOTICE OF TABLEAU.
Probate Court, Parish of 81. Landry, No. 1850

MRS. CLEMENS oLLAIN VS.. ADELIsE ST.. CYR
Whereas, Mrs. Clemens olIain, curatrix of
Adeline ST. Cyr. interdict, has filed tablean
of classification of debts, distribution OF
funds and final account of administration of
the said interdict, praying for her discharge
and for cancellation Of bond !;
And whereas, notice of fling OF said petit
ton and tableau has been ordered BY an or
der Of court bearing date April "a, 1891.
Now. therefore, notice is hereby gwen 70 e:a aiI
fabIeau, in writing, at my office in the town
of Onelousas, within the time required by law
whv said tableau should not be homologated
and confirmed. G. M. THOMPSON,
AnriI q. 1891. Clerk.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

We had a refreshing shower Of rain
last Tuesday evening which was well
come to town and country. The dust
III town was getting extremely dis
agreeable, while from every part Of the
parish were heard complaints that the
ground was too dry to work.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25
Rally, White Men, Rally!

The people of the Town of Opelousas who
believe that White Men should rule this
country and hold it's offices respectfully in
vite their fellow citizens of the Parish of st.
Landry, irrespective of political differences,
who entertain the same opinion, to assemble
in Mass Meeting at the Court House in said
Town, on
Saturday. April 25, 1s9G,
at o'clock D. M. for the purpose of PRO
TESTING against the appointment of Harry
Bloch, eolored, as Postmaster at Opelousas,
and to take such steps as the exigencies of
the case may require.
COME ONE COME ALL
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25
NOTICE OF TABLEAU.
Probate Court, Parish of 81. Landry, No. 507l
ESTATE OF SEVILLE CARR1ERE.

ESTATE OF SEVILLE CARR1ERE.
Whereas, Justine Bertineau, of the parish
estate of Seville Carriere, deceased, has fled
a tableau of classification of debts of said
estate. accompanied by her petition praying
for the homologation of the same;
And whereas, notice Of fling of said petit
ton and rableau has been ordered By an or
der of court bearing date April i6. 1881.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given TO all
persons interested to make opposition to said
tableau, in writing, at my Office In the town
of Opelousas, within the time required by iaw
why said tableau should not be homologated
and confirmed. G. M. THOMPSON,
April 25 1891. Clerk.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

New drug store, fresh stock, compe-
tent druggist, prices moderate. a q
L B Chacher6, proprietors, Landry
street, between Main and Court. Also
full line of stationery, school books,
combs, brushes, perfumery, tobacco,
cigars, ETC., etc,
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Mr.. Gus. E.. Dnpr6 having just conn
pleted his large and commodious livery
stable, and replenished his outfit, is
prepared to serve the travelling public
ID frst-class style. See advertisement
III another column
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Mr. S. E. Loeb's grocery, corner of
Main and Bellevue streets, was closed
on last Friday week, he having made q
cession of his property. Liabilities
shout So, 900; assets between $500 and
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25
NO 81.
JUDICIAL NOTICES.
DUBLIC SALE.
Probate Court, Parish of 81. Landry, No. 5o47.
ESTATE OF MARTIN FoNrENor, decd.

ESTATE oF MARTIN FoNTENoT, decd.
By virtue of an order of the Honorable the
Probate Court in and for the parish of Saint
Landry, there will be sold at public auction,
to the last and highest bidder, by the under
signed administrator, or a duly qualified auc-
tioneer. at the last residence Of deceased,
in Vile Plate Prairie, parish OF st. Landry, on
Wednesday, May 13th, 1S9Is
the following described property, belonging
to the estate of Martin Fontenot, deceased,
late of the parish Of St. Landry, to-wit:
Forty arpents of land situated in Vile
Plate Prairie, st. Landry parish, together with
all the buildings and improvements thereon,
being last residence of deceased, bounded on
the north by public land, east by public land,
south by Francois Fontenot, Sr., and James
Stevens, and on the west by James Stevens.
bedsteads and bedding, pots, l loom,
clock. aud sundry articles too numerous to
mention.
Terms and Cenditions.-Th real estate will
be sold for one-t1fth cash on the day of sale,
and the balance payable in one, two and three
years from the day of sale; purchaser to
execute his notes with security thereon and
to be secured by special mortgage and ven
doris privilege. The movable property to be
paid for on the 1st day of January, 1892, and
purchasers to execute their notes with seeuri-
ty and to the satisfaction of the administra-
tor. JAMES n. HARhEh,
Administrator.
April ll,-5t.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Mr, f. q. Grevs, the druggist who
had been employed by Messrs. a. T. q.
3. Chacher6, died at Lafayette last
Monday, while en- ronte to New Or
laans had been drinking heavily
fer several days before his departure,
and II Is aaid 10 bis unsuitable appetite
fnK strong drink, had consumed large
quantities BIZ tinctnres containing alco-
aoi, aueh as paregoric, laudanum, etc..
Nlloh vas doubtless the cause Of bis
Aaath.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Ths @. p. Il. & ID. A. have in reher
saI i've act drama entitled Under
The Laurels = which they expect to
produce here about the middle of next
month. The piece is pronounced a
most interesting one, and our people
viii no doubt appreciate the efforts OF
slle enterprising @. P. &. g. p. A.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

II is not advisable for the bank
cashier TO read nautical tales; the
practice might inspire him to become
skipper. - Boston Courier.
No comments,
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Tie Jewish feast Pesach (Passover)
vas observed by the several Jewish
Iamilies of our town on Wednesday
night last.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Have your job printing executed at
the COURIER Office. Keep your money
IL home and patronize home institu-
ton.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

MAaarED-On April 6, 1891, at the Catholic
Church in Franklin, La BY Rev. Father bro,
Mr.. wv. !. G. Satterly aud Kiss Lily Y. LenKs.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

FoR SALE AT 4 BARGAIN.I Buck
eve Reaper and Binder, | G. Aultman
81 90. Thresher, ! 9 inch Rotary Pump.
Apply to Jos. Bloch.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

WANTED.--I000 bushels Of corn in
exchange for lumber, cypress or pine,
ar shingles. e. STEWART.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Proceedings of the mass meeting
held Id Washington last Tuesday will
"a found in another column.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Marinlevs stock Of groceries i large
and sIways fresh; his bar is supplied
with the choicest liquors, aua hls .sss. .,s.
auTant Is celebrated for its exceliens
cuisine
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Ben Meginley 10 prepared to furnish
arst-class refreshments-liquids and
solids, at all hours.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Tee cold beer on tap from and after
Nav 9th, at Ben Meginley's.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Strawberry cream at Mrs. Perrault's
to.morroW Sunday.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Get vonr meals at the Farmers Union
Lunch House, opposite the Post-oflce
on Main street.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

The st. Landry Homestead and Loan
Aseociation loaned $1,000 last Monday
evening at 30a per cent.
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wv ANTED.--An active man with 800
capital In every Parish or on the road.
No books will guarantee salary. Ap-
DIV at once Box 25, Lafayette, Ia.
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VOL. Xxx xvii.

Copy intended for publication in our col
umns Ss should reach us not later than Wednes-
dsg morning.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25

Get yonr meals at the Farmers UnIon
Lunch House; opposite the Post oii1ce
Oh Main street.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-04-25
Personal.

Miss Pussle Petot of Denver, Col,
is visiting our town; she is the guest
Of Miss G. Hebrard.
Messrs. Sol Meyer, Mark Heyman
and Sam We'll, of Aiexandria, paid our
town visit Ills week.
Mr.. B. L. Lambert of Crowley wasjn
town the first of the week.
Miss Katie Leer of Washington, La,
spent several days in our town as the
guest Of her cousin, Miss Alice Diet
iein
Mr.. Lionel Bienyenu, and lady, OF
ST. Mauinsyiile, have been visiting
relatives and friends in town for the
past few days.
Mr.. Frank G. Lahit, young man
from Abbeviile, has accepted situation
as druggist at 81. g. Z. B. Chachere's
drugstore.
Miss Nora Richardson, Of New Or
leans, is on visit to our town, and is
the guest of the Misses Bntlers on
Camp Hamilton plantation.
Capt. e. ID Prescott and A. B. And
erson. of Washingt y, attended the
meeting of tho Uldted Confederate
Veterans Associatian OF st. Landry
here last Wednesday.
Mr.. T. Jay Lacy. of the celebrated
Mount Hope Nursery, favored our OF,
ice with an appreciated visit last Wed
nesday.
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Police Jury proceedings on 4th page
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Fresh Oysters at Vilasecas s,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
Imprudence in Courtship.

great many young men fail to win
the wives they covet because they con-
duct their courtship in the wrong way.
The only plan they know of to express
their affection and matrimonial inten-
tions is to bounce at the object of their
affection and kiss or try to kiss her,
squeeze her hand, or steal an arm about
her waist. Now, girls who are bright
know very well that imprudence eX-
presses itself in the same way. A girl
with any self-esteem can not be willing
that any man should thus establish a
right to her lips or her fingers, and it
will be such pleasure to put down"
what she must feel to be presumption of
her favor, without warrant from her.
self, that she will think of nothing else.
Compliments and admiring glances all
sorts of delicate attentions have great
power to win woman's heart; but il
she is worth having premature attempts
at caresses will not only offend her, but
will actually inspire her with dislike
for a man she might have loved dearly
if he had not at once presumed too much
and caused her to doubt his respect be-
fore she had the slightest assurance of
his affection. old Homestead.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14

hot as a blast from an oven. Members
Of jack rabbits, driven from their ac-
customed haunts, came leaping across
the prairie; bevies of prairie chickens
few whirring by; several huge rattle
snakes and "blue racers" darted
through the flames and sought refuge
under the school-house; and across the
slough two coyotes were seen 'goin'
like streak Of lightnin'," Aleck said.
Suddenly the backire sent up leap
ing tongues of flame, and began to fly
forward to meet its huge adversary,
much as bits of steel are drawn TO a
magnet. Now the children's work was
done. They could only stand back and
wait. The interior of the school-house
was filled with dense cloud Of smoke
that could not be endured, so Nell sent
them to the eastern side of the house
where they had it as a sisicl5 tTC1a the
fearful heat
On came the fire, roaring, surging,
seething billow of fame that broke
over the little blaclxened beach of burnt
prairie and reached almost to the door
of the school-house. For a moment the
air about them was full of fire, and the
children fell on their faces with screams
of terror. 1t was moment never to
be forgotten-a moment face to face
with death. Then the baffled fire drew
back, swept around and on, and they
knew that they were safe.
Nell had stood her ground on the
western side of the house, beating back
the burning tumbleweeds and husks
that came flying across the burnt space,
and Aleck and Jimmie had bravely
stayed with her. Every spark that
flew across the barrier was promptly
extinguished, but it set fire to the trash
under the house; and not until the fire
had passed well beyond them did they
abate their efforts. Then they dropped
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
scott in All His Glory.

"Now look at Castle Garden" said
one of those old Boweryites who are
always giving "reminiscences, ''while /
tell You my first memory of it. 1t was
just after the Mexican war, about forty
years ago, when the splendiferous
conqueror of Mexico, Gen. Winfield
Scott, appeared there at a reception
given him after his return here. 1t was
the grandest thing that had been seen
up to that time in Castle Garden. The
victorious hero, who had majestic fig
ure, was proud that night; he was gor-
geously arrayed in the military Style
that gave him the nickname of "Fuss
and Feathers;' he marched in an inn
perious way to the front of the plat
form, and tell you he looked toplofti-
cal as he bowed before the welcoming
shouts of the multitude in the decorated
rotunda of Castle Garden. 1t was a
great night for Winfield Scott and for
the whole city as far up as Union
square. / could tell of many another
spectacle of the old times in Castle Gar
den, but not of a grander one than
that IN " SIM
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
TEACHING HOUSEKEEPING.
A New Profession to Brighten the Lives
of Young Couples.

A New Profession to Brighten the Lives
of Young Couples. f4.
The woes ofyoung housekeepers have
been described so often that it is re-
marlkable that practical teacher of
One of the army of women who had to
do something for her own and family's
support, and whose limitations were
defined narrowly, as she thought, with
in the qualifications of systematic and
sloillful housekeeper, had the bright
idea to utilize her one accomplishment
She spends fortnight or month in
the newly-founded household superin-
tending the servants adjusting the de-
tails, and in fact getting the domestic
machine in running order and teaching
the young housekeeper just what touch
to put upon the cogs and wheels in or
der to keep it so. 1t is marvel that
nobody has thought of it before.
Now that a start has been made, how
ever, they are likely to be other profess
sors who will seek patronage. 1t will
be well, perhaps, to remind such that a
woman, to succeed in this work, must
be first practical, not theoretical,
housekeeper herself, and must be, be-
sides, a systematic person and Of good
executive ability. She must also have
the power to impart her knowledge,
for teachers, like poets, are born, not
made. All households will not need
ihe same routine, each presenting indi-
vldual problems, and she who under
takes their regulating must have the
adjustible faculty in marked degree.
If she has these characteristics She will
be likely TO find her profession of ex-
pert profitable, as 1t certainly is praise
worthy,-N. Y. Tanes,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14

ways in his seat and gazing idly out of
the door 1t was not a pleasant pros
pect outside, and Nell wondered why it
should be SO attractive to him. The
prairie stretched away from the door,
brown, dreary and bare, till it dropped
for a moment in the muddy waters of
the Ninnescah.
The ''big slough" that passed within
a few rods of the schoolhouse, and
trailed its snake-like course across to
the river, was the only break in the
dreary level This slough was mar
row depression in the prairie, marked
by a rank growth of tall grass and sun
flowers, curled and Drowned by the
heat, and giving little token of the tor
rent of water whose bed il was at GER
tain seasons of the year. Across the
river two miles away low cloud of
smoke had been slowly creeping north
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14
POST OFFICE RODENTS.
Washington Rats That Nest Among Ben
iamin Franklin's Letters.


The loft of the Post Office Department
building in which the department ar
chives are stored has for long time
been infested with rats. This rodent is
as fond of soft place in the depart
ment as the average office-seeker, and
this he finds among the stacks of old,
papers stored in the attic. It is an ideal
nesting place. Much of the musty old
stuff filed away there is about as useful
for rat nests as for any other purpose.
There are files of old letters from Ben
Franlzlin's day down-long shelves filed
with ledgers half century old; money
order statements long out of date;
quarterly accounts current from post
masters long since turned to clay Not
only the lofts, but some of the corridors
are stuffed to fatness with decrepit old
files The rats have caught on to this
fact.
1t is not every rat in the world that
can line his nest with Ben Franklin's
old letters, or the annual reports of
Samuel Osgood, or the quarterly re-
turns made to Joseph Habersham, or
the love letters of Return Jonathan
son on the Morse telegraph, or Mont
gomery Blairs briefs in behalf of a
money-order system. These depart
mental rats have of late become gnaw-
ing evil.
Terrets and dogs were b~ought into
the building for the determination of
the pests. Prof. Hosmer, the ferret ex-
pert, has the work in hand. He soon
captured 140 rats. In the loft of the
dead-letter Office, where are stored un-
claimed articles awaiting the dead-letter
sale, thirty-nine lusty rodents were cap
tured, but not until they had created
sad havoc among the old junk in that
quarter.
One of the department rats known as
the "closet rat" was extremely large
and had proven great nuisance to the
department spinsters. One day while
the ferrets and dogs were chasing big
rat about the garret one OF the dogs
crashed through skylight and tumbled
end over end down among a room full
of clerks, creating a scene of consterna-
ton. 1t was the same room in which
Capt. Bodine committed suicide some
years ago, and the astonished clerks at
once thought it was Bodine's ghost.
The glass from the shattered slSylight
flew wild. The dog fell almost on top
of Capt. Gibbs and scared hirn out of his
boot-he has but one limb. Luckily no
one was hurt-not even the skylight
terrier r-Washington Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-14

down utterly exhausted by their work
and terror, having only strength
enough left to watch the fire as it rolled
| away.
1t was sorry-loolSing little group
that met the eyes of Farmer Somers,
who came hurrying up, in his wagon
soon after. Their faces, hands and feet
We're scorched and blistered. Their
clothes were burnt by sparks and black
with cinders Their eyes were red and
swollen with smoke. The teacher,
| Aleck and Jimmie, who had been in the
hottest of the fight, had their eye
brows and lashes scorched The bon
nets and jackets that had done such
good service were now an unrecogniz-
| able heap of charred rags.
"All here, safe and sound, thank
GodI' exclaimed the farmer, springing
from his wagon and catching up his lit
tie girl who ran to him crying with joy,
while Aleclt limped after her as fast as
his blistered feet would allow. 'Why,
Miss Benson, you're clear played out!'
| for the relief of the farmers presence
was too much for Nell's overtaxed
nerves, and the tears were rolling down
her cheeks. Here" he continued,
children, gather up your books and
dinner buckets and I'll take you all
home. n more school now till these
burned faces and hands and feet get
well. And you set baclx-fire! Well
now, that was cleverly done, but you
must have worked fast, for the fire
came like lightning. We didn't even
see it coming till too late to get to you,
and we just made sure the school-house
would go, and like as not lot of you
would be badly burned. / tell you,
mother and me done some praying
yes, and some crying, too. l amt
ashamed to tell of it. But the Lords
been good to us all, spared every one
of you. Jump in-jump in! Your
mothers no doubt are pretty nigh
frightened to death, and must get you
home as soon as possible"
How thankful the mothers of that
community We're to receive their dar-
lings safe again, only mothers can tell.
As they bathed and bandaged the
burned faces and hands and feet, they
thanked God that the little teacher had
stood so true to her trust had poss essed
so cool a head and had been so prompt
in action.
In writing of it to her favorite friend
Lii, Nell said SIT was an awful ex.
perience, such as hope never to have
again. Even while fighting the fire the
thought came to me that this was a
lesson not laid down in the Oxford cur.
riculum, but it belonged to the course
marked out by the Heavenly School
master, and as such must be faithfully
learned. What His object in sending i
was, can not tell. This much 1 do
know: That little while of work, oI
peril, of fear has bound my heart to my
scholars and their hearts to me- so thai
our school days now are filed with de.
light There are no more troublous
days, there are no more unruly scholars
there is no longer an easily-vexed
teacher. We have been cleansed so as
by fire. '"-Marie Nantz, in Farm ard
Home.