The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-02-14

town we are pleased to note that of q
lively little youngster at the home OF
DR.. F. f. Young. He is a twelve pound.
OF and promises to run the establish
nfent Id a few weeks.
Our merchants are all making bic
displays of plows, names, trace chains
and blowing gear. And the black
smiths are getting ready to beat out the
pillow shares. But the awful rainy sea-
son wont let the farmer get ready to
tear up the soil.
Sunday was rather a bad day for the
favorites. Charlie was bested ia the
mile trotting races in New Iberia, and
Dolly was beaten in the three. arpent
race at Rousseau B%roussard's BY the
Neville Vincent nag. Never mind boys.
luck will change.
Messrs. Demosthene and Ovignac Lee
blanc are building on Bayou Tigre op-
posite the drug store of DR.. Lucius P.
Leblanc, and will shortly open up a
first class country store. The location
is an excellent one and we feel assured
the gentlemen will do well.
Cotton is still coming in to the gin
and some of the country ginners say
they viii not get through before some
time in March. This will make six
months steady ginning, which is an
unusually long season and from this
some idea may be obtained of the large
~ increase yield of cotton this season.
One Of the best teaching pieces for
the piano is without question Lost in
Sorrow: Reyerie," by j. Z. Ecker. 1t
requires a very light and crisp style of
execution; as a study for Staccato and
playing, fine phrasing. it can
not be excelled. The piece is already
D. great faEorite and will be in good de-
nand. Price, 40c. Ign. Fischer, pub
Usher, Toledo, Ohio.
The newly elected board of directors
Of the Abbeville Building and Loan
Association, met last Friday and organ
.zed by electing the following officers:
Gus Godchaux. president; G. J. Ed
vice-president; l.. o. Broussard,
secretary; Ophelias Bourque, treasurer;
White x Brouseard attorneys; W. B.
public. The salary Of the seere-
AIRY was increased to 1925 per annum.
will be offered at next meeting,
4th.
Perhaps it may interest his old friends
ind acquaintance here to learn that
he gentleman mentioned below is held
n high esteem in his new home at Lake
Providence, as is shown by the extract
rom the Democrat Rev. r. S. Isbel is
IN earnest, eloquent minister, who will
your attention and please you
With his quaint, unpretentious way of
preaching the gospel, and impress you
With the inexhaustible resources of the
,lan of salvation. ever telling, yet
Intold.p
Arcadian Lodge of Knights of Honor
# this place recently elected the follow
ng officers ID. w. Wall, sitting past
dictator; S. P. Watts, dictator; w. D.
vice dictator; j. H. Putnam, as
istant dictator; O. Fl. O'Bryan, report
r; L. j. Feray, financial reporter; L.
'okoloski, treasurer; WI. Vanslyke,
haplain; J.. T. Labit guide; B. Isaacs,
Guardian; N. L. Eldredge, sentinel; j.
|. Putnam, j. D. Landry, w. i. Van
lyke, trustees; Jos. Z. Labit, represen-
to grand lodge; W. G. Kibbe, al
ornate.
One Of Hon. Adrien Nunez's hirelings
While leading a vicious bovine to water
assaulted by bis bull-ship and re-
eived some ugly gashes and painful
1t was a serious affair but the
in which he states that he re-
ented the assault by hitting the animal
nth his fists is enough to tickle a
orpse, more especially when Mr.. Nunez
avs, in all seriousness that it was an