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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
ROMANCE OF THE RosE-Bups.

II you love me as much us you used to-" she
wrote
AZ the close OF a poor little heart-broken
note,
send me six rose-b buds, pure and white,
hisseo by your lips before six tonight"
he read, and he laughed to himself to see
bow fond and how foolish woman can be;
but ne stopped at the florists. II love her
far more
Yet how can tell her so? All, yes, I know. +"
The rose-buds were Bought, and the rose-buds
were kissed;
her street and her number and house were
not missed
She counted the buds with loves haste and
loves grace
NOT SIX, but twice six, smiled up In her face
White buds make white roses; they opened
and died
Again: DO you love me as evers" she sighed.
IN rose-buds he answered her, kissed as be-
fore;
Not six, nor twice six, but two do zen buds
more
And so, in this city OF music and dance,
Two hearts have their own pretty rosebud
romance,
And when she grows sad through the long
lonesome hours,
Though absent, I love you." he whispers in
flowers.
All! Love will have seasons of sadness and
doubt,
So sure as the spring puts her tender buds
out;
But Love will find language for questions and
answers
So long as the Rose lives the Queen OF Ro.
mances.
Pearl Rivers In Harper'S BaZar
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
Notice of Election.

Whereas, a petition has been 49ressed
to me by citizens and legal voters M Town
ship Five South Range One East, St Lam
dry, asking that the Fractional Section
No. 1G (School Lands) Of said Township
and Range, be sold according to law
all the citizens and legal voters resiaing in
said Township, that an election shall be
held on Tuesday, the 11th day of August,
1891, before Auguste Lahaye, justice of the
peace, in said Township, for. the purpose of
taking the sense of the inhabitants of said
Township as to whether the said Sixteenth
Section, above referred to, shall be sold pr
therefor. The polls shall be open from eight
o'clock a. m. until four o'clock p. m.
j. ]. THOMPSON,
July 11th, 1891 Parish Treasurer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
B. BLOOMFIELD.

Commissaire de la Cour de Circuit
des Etats-Unis, pour lie District Sud
Quest de la Louisiana.
Commissaire de la Cour des reclama-
tions des Etats- Unis.
Notaire Public dams ct pour la Pa
roisse ST. Landry.
Son attention toute particu1iere sera
donnee aux entrees de terres ct aux
Preuyes Finales.
Soccupera de collector prompte-
ment dams les Paroisses ST. Landry ct
Acadie.
s'occupe des pensions, des patentes,
etc.
Office ayec lHon. John n. Ogden,
Opelnnsas. Ine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
The Equitable Assurance Society
------1JF II1T---
UNITED STATES.
JANUARY 4. 1901:

JANUAR i, 1891.
ASSETS IS. .$11o,24s,744 90
Liabilities, ~. 955o3,297 90
SURPLUS $2s74o447 90
INCOME SIS. =. . 49,. !. $35 036 633 90
New Busines written in 1880 sos s26, ,107 90
Assurance in force $720 G62 473 90
THE EQUITABLE SOCIETY holds a
Larger Surplus, writes Larger Annual
Business, and has Larger Amount of As
surance IN Force than any other company
in the world.
Its latest form of Policy is Unrestricted
after one year. Incontestable after two
years, @Non-forfeitable" after three years,
and payable Without Delay
HENRY B, HYDE, President.
JAMES ". ALEXANDER. yice-Prest.
DAVE NEWHAIJSER r, Spec. Agent.
Office, 81 Earondelet St, New Orleans LA.
ll1ay9 sIn
B. BLOOHFTELD,
Commissioner Il. s. Circuit Court for the
Western District of Louisiana.
Commissioner United States Court OF
Claims, throughout the United States
Notary Public in and for the Parish Of
st. Landry.
Office, with Hon. John r. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases
and to Final Proofs.
Collections in the Parishes of st. Landry
and Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured Patents, Caveats Trade
Marks, etc, procured without delay.
july11 tt
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
AN ANCIENT AMERICAN TOWN

Some of the Queer Features of Laguna,
New Mexico.
Laguna is built upon rounded e1eva-
| ton of rock. Its appearance is exactly
that of a Syrian village, the same clus-
ter of little, square, fat-roofed houses
in terraces, the same brown color, and
under the same pale blue sky. And the
resemblance was completed by the fig
ures of the women on the roofs; or NOV
ing down the slope, erect and supple,
carrying on the head a water-jar, and
holding together by one hand the man
tie worn like Spanish rebozo The
village is irregularly built, without
much regard to streets or alleys, and it
has no special side of entrance or ap-
proach. Every side presents a blank
wall of adobe, and the entrance seems
quite by chance. Yet the way we went
over the smooth slope was worn here
and there in channels three or four
inches deep, as if by the passing feet of
many generations The only sem blance
of architectural regularity is IN the
plaza, not perfectly square, upon which
some of the houses look, and where the
annual dances take place. The houses
have the effect of being built in ter
races rising one above the other,
but it is hard to say exactly what a
house is-whether it is any thing more
than one room. You can reach some of
the houses only by the aid Of ladder.
You enter others from the street. II
you will go further, you must climb a
| ladder, which brings you to the root,
that is used as the sitting room or door
yard of the next room. From this
room you may still ascend to others, Or
you may pass through low and small
doorways to other apartments. It is
all hap-hazard, but exceedingly pictur-
esque. You may find some of the fam
lily in every room, or they may be gath
cred, women and babies, on a roof
which is protected by parapet. At
the time of our visit the men were all
away at work in their fields. Notwith-
standing the houses are only sun-dried
BRICKS and the village is without water
or street commissioners. l was struck
by the universal cleanliness. There
was no refuse in the corners or alleys,
no odors, and many of the rooms were
patterns of neatness. To be sure, an
old woman here ana there kept her
hens in an adjoining apartment above
her own, and there was the litter OF
children and OF rather careless house
keeping. But, taken altogether, the
town is an example for some more civ
ilized, whose Inhabitants wash oftener
and dress better than these Indians
Charles Dudley Warner, in Harper's
Magazine
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
PROCLAMATION.

Board of Police Town of Opelousas.
July Sth, lS91.-Whereas, at an
election held in the town of Opelou-
sas, on the 9th day of June, 1891, for
the purpose of ratifying or rejecting
an ordinance recently passed by the
board of police of said town designated
as the special tax ordinance, providing
for the building of two public school
houses in the town of Opelousas, by
levying special tax of d mills ON the
dollar, ETC., which was duly published
according to law, that said election
having been held by DR.. Y. K. Irion,
J. B. Sandoz and w. r. Cochran as
commissioners resulted as follows, to-
wit ~
For special tax one hundred and
two, against special tax ffty-four.
Therefore /, Robert Chachere, presi-
dent, Of the board Of police Of the town
Of Opelousas, La, do hereby proclaim
that the aforesaid ordinance having
been duly ratified by the legally quail
fed electors of said town has become a
law. ROBERT CHACHERE,
President Board of Police OF the Town
of Opelousas.
On motion the board adjourned sub
ject to call. ROBERT cHACHERE,
w. r. COCHRAN, President.
Clerk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
Respectfully submitted,

f. T.. BAILEY Treas.
On motion Off. J. Clements duly
seconded and carried, the above re,
ports were received as read, and sub.
mitted to the finance committee for
examination. The commissioners APP
pointed to hold the election on June
9th, 1891, providing for special tax
upon the property tax payers of the
town of Opelousas for the purpose OF
erecting two school houses, report as
follows
State of Louisiana Parish of st.
Landry-Opelousas, July 9th, 1891
We the undersigned commissioners,
qualified according to law, held an
election in the courthouse, town of
Opelousas, on Tuesday, June 9th, 1891
for the purpose of adopting, or reject
ing an ordinance, published for thirty
days in the ST. Landry CLARION, the
official organ OF the town of Opelousas,
providing for special tax of 2 mills
on the dollar, upon the property tax
payers OF the town of Opelousas, for
the purpose Of erecting two public
school houses. We opened and closed
the polls at the appointed time with
the following results. For special tax
one hundred and two, against special
tax, fifty-four.
V. K. IRIoN,
J. B. SANDoz, Commissioners.
w. r. COCHRAN.
On motion of e. j.. Clements, the
above return was accepted.
The following bills were read and
approved.
II. Bodemuller tax notices and
election tickets > $50
FL. D. Larcade making dog
stamps. o.oO
Arthur Dejean commission on
collections 1858
j. T. Stewart lumber for bridg-
es, etc, -. - 1906
John Perrault hauling lumber 3.05
M. Vilaseca A bbls. shells Ms8e 3.52
st. Landry Democrat printing
street orders -, -. $50
J. B. Sandoz horse hire 81 days
g. 75S, $63, sharpening spades
$l.35 ............. 6435
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
Assessors Notice.

q
The assessment lists are now on file in my
office, and all persons are requested to call
and examine the same for correction, as
the Police Jury will sit as a Board OF Re-
viewers on Monday, August TO- 1891.
IL SUMTER TAYLOR,
july Lift Assessor, Parish Of St Landry.
T,oR SALE AT So PER ACRE
IL Large Tracts of Land TRAVERSED
BY THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD, in the parish of st. Landry, between
Melville and Palmetto stations. These
heavily timbered with valuable cypress
and ash timber. Apply to the undersigned
at Opelousas, La. TH0S. III. LEWIS.
NOTICE. The copartnership heretofore
existing under the firm name Of Clements
Il Stagg, as general insurance agents, was
this day dissolved.
j. B. CLEMENTS,
Al. L. STAGG.
From and after this date, the general i'm
suranee agency lately conducted by Glenn
ents Il stagg, will be continued by the un-
dersigned, under the firm name Of Glenn
ents Brothers. A continuation of the pa
tronage OF the public il respectfully solicit
ed. j. B. CLEMENTS,
E.s. CLEMENTS.
Opelousas, March LIST. 1891. mch7 If
81. d. LEWIS. J. p. SAIZAN
LEWIS & SATAN,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
oPELoUsAs. LA.
60 Office on Main street. oct II
MULES FOR SALE
About two miles west of 0pelousas. Pri-
ces cheap. Come quickly, before they are
all gone mi " c. +. BUR RR
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
Living and show.

Foreign Visitor-Does it cost much to
live in New York?
Host-No, sir, it doesn't cost much to
live in this city; but it costs like Sam
Hill to keep up appearances.-N. Y.
Weekly.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08
DELINQU TAX DEBTORS OF THI
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

. By virtue of the authority vested in me
by the Constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, I will sell at the principal
front door OF the Court House. at Opelou-
ssas, parish of st: Landry, within the legal
hours for judicial sales, beginning at II
O'Clock a. M on
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-08

went be any better off tomorrow and
| We'll have them on our hands,
"'No matter! Besides, I'm going to
do something for 'em right away. Now
all of you go in and get breakfast and
| I'll be back shortly
HE was gone for three hours and
when he came back he had a paper
signed by the mayor and dozen of the
most influential citizens of the town,
telling OF our position and asking the
people of Richmond to give us a benefit
Monday night.
! "'All the men whose names are on
that paper, he explained, ARE not GO
| ing to do any thing tomorrow but sell
tickets for you. We will get out some
hand-bills in ,the lporning and if hard
work will fill tina, house, tomorrow
night it will be pack>d
He kept his word to tae letter. The
theater would not hold all the people
that came, and a. better disposed audi
ence | never ssaw. They applauded
every thing and everybody. After the
fourth act our manager went before the
curtain to make a speech, and before he
tears. Every word of thanks that he
uttered came from his heart. He was
well-educated man, but he didn't try to
use any big words. He simply told them
how grateful he and every member of
the company were to them all. We were
crying back of the curtain, and when
he spoke of the landlords father we all
cheered and the audience cheered with
us. After the performance was over
the audience crowded on the stage and
we were kept busy shaking hands for
the next hour. They felt they had done
a good action and they fairly ovsrfowed
with kindly feeling toward us. The
managers wife had her little girl in
her arms and all of the ladies kissed the
child and the men tucked money into
her hand. When the landlords father
came upon the stage she rushed up to
him and made the child put its arms
around his neck and kiss him and then
SHE kissed him and everybody cheered
The splendid old fellow couldn't keep
the tears back and he just stood there
with the child in his arms and made
speech.
'' I tell you, neighbors,' he said, 'if
you all feel as happy over what you
have done for the people here as / do,
you won't be ashamed of your tears.
have kept good many show folks in
my time and know that they are just
like other people. They have all got
feelings, and every. one of this troupe
will remember this evening with graft
tude as long as they live.'
81 don't believe such scene ever
took place on stage before"
Ibid you get away all right?" asked.
so, yes. The benevolent old gentle
man took charge of the money for us,
paid every thing we owed and we had
enough left to buy us all tickets to our
homes
He was modern good Samaritan"
He was that; for when we were
leaving I heard him say to his son:
Here, Charlie, put this money in the |
safe; it's them show folks board for
three days, thirty-six dollars. You see,
my son, the old man knows thing or |
two yet. If we had kept their trunks
we wouldn't have got five dollars on the
lot"
put into my pocket the handkerchief /
with which I had vainly sought to
check my tears during the pathetic re-
Weitzel, in Detroit Free |
Press
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22

John l.. Wilson, the youthful and enthu-
sastic member from Washington, to his
sorrow crossed swords with General Syi-
nola. The New York man was speaking
on some pension bill ana took occasion to
allude to a member Of the Republican side
aus THE gentleman with the Shakcspere1n
head who took no part il the war; lie
pointed in Wilson's direction, although lie
was not abiding 10 him. Wilson fired at
once aud objected to being singled OUT for
an attack when there was no call for il.
81 object To the personal remarks Of the
gentleman from New York, he screamed.
81 was not referring to the gentleman
from Washington, said General Spiuoia.
"You pointed at me- said Wilson.
THAT may be true" was the reply, but
the gentleman from Washington might
know | did not mean him. because he is
not old enough to remember anything
about the war, He wasn't born then, and
besides, | never heard before that he
claimed to have Shakcsperean head" re-
torted General Spinola, and Wilson reached
the cloak room before the applause sub
sided. New York Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22
THE OLD BAND.

It's mighty good to sit back to the old town
Considcrin' I've been away twenty year and
more
Sence moved then TO Kansas of course see a
change,
A-comin back. and notice things that's new to
me and strange,
Especially at evenin' when yer new band fell
lers meet
In fancy uniforms and all. and play out on the
street.
What's come of old BIZ Lindsay and the sax.
horn fcllers, sny2
want to hear the old band play.
What's come of Eastman and Nat Snow, and
where's War Barnett at?
And Nate and Bouy Meek, Bill Hart, Sam
Rich'son and that
Air brother of him played the drum as twicet
as big as Jim.
And old Iii Kerns, the carpenter; say, what's
become o. him?
j make no doubt yer new band, now's a com
petenter band,
And plays their music more by note than what
they play by hand,
And stylisher and grander tunes but somehow,
anyway,
want TO hear the old band play.
Suoh tunes as John Browns Body" and
"Sweet Alice" don't you know,
And THE Camels Is A-comin," and John An
deraon, My Jo,"
And dozen others Of 'ern, Number Nine"
and Number 'Leven,"
Was favorites that fairly made Teller dream
o. heaven.
And when the boys 'ud saranade I've laid so
still IN bed
I've even heerd the locus blossoms droppin' on
the shed,
When Lilly Dale" err Hazel Dell" had sobbcd
and died away;
.. 4 ~.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22
Cnrious Notices.

Py the side OF tho r3ain road, four miles
from Canterbury, the following curious
uotiye may be read. Traction ines and
other persons taking water from this pond
will he prosecuted This is rs good as a
notice I onos saw in barber's window
"Hair cutting while you wait"
Al IyuemoOth appeared some thirty or
more years ago tire alarming annorncs.
racnt Visitors are cautioned against
bathing withln a hundred JazdG OF ta.s
spot several persons hsy.ng been drowned
hero by order Of ;he authorities '-AoIts
gnd QaerieA
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22

y writer, commenting on the differ
ences between the two systems, gathered
cream and separator, says among other
things:
Suppose a creamery is gathering
cream from sufficient milk to make 400
pounds of butter per day. Figuring it
up, it is easily shown that at least sixty
pounds more butter per day could be re-
allied from the same milk were it han
died by separators. AT thirty cents "A
pound this in year would make loss
of 500.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22
TIE WRECKlNQ TRAIN,
Something About tho OUTFIT Carried IN
Its Curs and Always In Reediness,


Its Ours and Always In Readiness,
Accidents will happen occasionally on tho
best managed railroads, and sometimes
bad wrecks happen, the cause Of which fire.
quently IS q mystery, and the tracks arp
blocked for hours. For every minute tho
track remains blocked money and time are
lost, and passenger and freight traffic "a
interrupted. So the railroads are always
prepared, and within thirty minutes after
q wreck has happened o wrecbins train Is
on the way with trained crew of men,
and ii the telegram announcing the wreck
says that passengers or employees are ip-
jured tho wrecking train comes along with
its physicians, bandages and cots A
wreckiug OUTFIT Is about the horneliess
thing owned by a railroad company. but
when they are needed they are needed
badly.
TIE wreclting cars arc kept at tio end Of
a division, and are directly under the con-
troll Of the superintendent Of that division.
The wrecklng train is composed of three
cars and powerful locomotive, and oil the
cars arc fitted with air brakes The first
car is what Is known os the truck cor. The
body OF tho car ia very low, and upon it
ore carried two extra pairs of trucks. rolls,
cross ties and spikes, for sometimes the
track is torn up IN wreck.
The second carts the wrccEing car. It
is built Of tho heaviest timber, and is
mounted on two pairs Of email, heavy
trucks. HALF Of the car IS covered over,
and the other hnl2 IL nero platform; but
arising from the center IL powerful der
rick with 90 foot boom. With this pow
crful contr!vauce trucks, GERS and locono-
tives are swung shout. gho covered por
ton Of the car resembles ir side a Ct oreroorn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22

4 writer in tho American Aoricnltur-
ist has been exnerimentinr thoroughly
with tha 1ilr+ion method Of creom r,is-
ina He has tried dilut,no mill, with
both hot an1 cold water for mis- nnrnoso
"A roerIt ba nrononncas If = dalrsion
and q snare. No method is equal in his
Judgment to the raising Of the cream by
punRing the cans or pans containing tine
milk into ice water.
Buttermilk contains about the same
per cent Of solids as skim milk.
A. co.,,-s ar,,,oY-h colvin,, TINA tbair
milk increases in solid matter.
Nvbap fine rrice of buttar rooo ..o,va,.
min ~ r.,tIa s.,r r.i,,r, If 80 f,n.l,.
&C.,. IT, and the rrico f,,nbIos This
ebo~.. +no+ b,,,+er j.. anita -, ,,,,rb If -
Inxnr, 49, n ,,acessifv and thai n Lrrtar
,o,1 Din not ,,.,s,,or IL II snto =, Foot
dow, ~, b,.d man tho nocl,s Of ,,a ,,,-
+;ort ,uI,l;o
LAT men II you nave never Stt pre-
p''' ~ 'ii'' o'' ~, /, o+ VI 'oiN :
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22

Mrs. BoNey, Jr (who is of romantic
turn)-My! amt the moon lovely, gltterin'
on the waves. 1t does ones heart good to
see i'll
Mr. B,(Blokey& Son)-Ahl and wouldn't
it do ones art good TO see "Blokey a. SONS
Pick les printed right across II in capital
letters big enough for all the world to read
with Tue LaLed Lil--Exchanma,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22
THE COUNTRY ROAD PROBLEM.
Its Solution and tho Wisdom of Apply
inu Ii.

an interesting hudltlOn 10 tne uJeraJure
of road making is pamphlet recently
issued containing an address delivered
last January before the New Jersey state
board Of agriculture by Mr.. Chauncey
b. Ripley on "Improved Roads" and
collection of his views on the making of
good country roads and their financial
value. Mr.. Ripley is n lawyer practic
ing in this city and living in New Jer-
sey, who has, as a property owner, the
most unbounded faith in the doctrine
that money expended on roads comes
back to the taxpayer who expends it.
Having been instrumental in securing
the passage of the New Jersey Jaw which
permits the chosen freeholders of each
county to designate certain thorough
fares as "county roads," and TO bond the
county to raise money for their improve
ment, he has stirred up the people Of his
own county (Uniou) to take quick ad-
vantage Of this law, and he bears graft
flying testimony to the result.
Mr.. Ripley defines "a good road to be
"a road available for all sorts of travel
and at every season of the year" No
one certainly can find fault with a road
which can stand this test. The ordinary
country road is the exact opposite. In
deed, it may be said Of it that it is real
~ available for no kind Of travel except
for few weeks in year. If of clay, it
can be driven over with pleasure only in
dry time. If of sand, II affords good
driveway for only a few hours after
rain, before its packed surface is cut up
by wheels. Nature very seldom pro-
vide5 a roadbed which Is not 1nire mole
in the spring and dust bed in the sum
lner; and in this country only in recent
years and very slowly have farmers come
80 recognize the fact that the cost of
making "a good road after Mr., Rip
ley's definition, will come back to them
in any way. Accepting the adage that
the condition of "A countrys public roads
indicates its civilization, Mr.. Ripley
points out that in our country We nave
been spending our millions on the rail-
roads which were unknown when this
adage was framed, and which have had
SO much to do with shaping the civilizl-
. ton of all countries in modern time.
The farmer who would look on any ono
as a schcmer who should tell him that it
would pay to mortgage his county for
per cent. Of its valuation in order to
maCadamize the wagon roads has been
easily persuaded Of the personal aivan-
tage to him Of bonding the same county
to assist in laying out arailroad through
it, and may have invested a few hundred
Al