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The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

We learn that one of our colored
ministers Of the Baptist faith lately
came across male member of his
flock one night with couple Of chick
ems under his arm, when the following
dialogue ensned:
"De Bible says, my brndder, dat
dou shalt not steal -
Il knows it, parson, but eff yer wont
say muffin bout it, III give yer one on
'em.
aDat's right, brudder, de Lord lub-
beth de cheerful giver.n
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

A part of the machinery for the cotton
compress has arrived, and it is expect
ed that The entire outfis will be on the
grounds BY the time the building III
completed, work on which is being
pushed vigorously forward.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

= j. Lacy, of Mount Hope Nur-
s'EEg lefs sample Of Scuppernong
Eskss At our Office last Thursday
aaell were quite treat. Th0se wish.
.s2 grapes oh other fruit should give
IsAey an early call as The crop Is q
Snort bne this season ana will coon BE-
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Eugene Bunch, the famous train rob
ber and desparado was hunted down
and killed last Sunday morning near
Tangipahoa, La, by posse under
command of detectives jackson and
Summers He died as he had lived,
reckless and fighting TO tie last. His
lieutenant sCol' Hobgood was cap
tured and brought to New Orleans
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The harvesting season is now open,
ing, and planters are Oh the alert. All
speak we'll of the rice. Very many
sny The same of corn. Cane has snf-
sered for lack of cutivatioa, but cotton
I ID WOfally short.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Now is the time to examine your En-
gines. Boilers and any other machinery
which you have to use to prepare your
crops for market. See what repairs
are necessary, and call around at J.
MEYERS & CO., who carry full line
Of all kind of machinery supplies, fit
tings, rubber and leather beltings, and
a general stock of hardware, which
they are selling at prices that will COM
pete with any point
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

1he new Clerks and Recorders
nee, forming an annex TO the Conrt-
a9gIae, viii soon be finished. The fur
nisaEa and fixtures have arrived, and
Then finished will doubtless be one Of
ssse most complete Offices Of the kind
ia Southwest E4uuiAiana.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
a LONG FELT WANT SUP
Piled.

Having leased the residence adjoining my
drug store e--ths old Posey stand-I win ba
found there from o'clock q. N. to p. M,
and at residence at alf other honrs--inclnding
SUNDAYS. Thanking the public for the libe-
raj patronage bestowed upon me, and hoping
to merit continuation of the same, re.
main Respectfully
Anril l6. ,92 tf A. KRAMER.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Ifyou are Peoples party man and in
tend to vote for Weaver, you can not
consistently participate in democratic
mass meetings or conventions, because
such participation virtually pledges you
to the support of the democratic ticket.
1t s decidedly cheeky for man to
take part in nominating ticket he
does not intend to support or to parti
cipate in the proceedings of an organi-
zation of which he is not a member
Progressive Age.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Coop OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST
Opelouaas, La, has need of Good
Hotel Building aud large Livery
Stable. | have the lots suitable, and
will sell at reasonablergrice, and on
long terms of credit.
FL. L. GARLAND,
July g Opelousas
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The congressional committee for the
fifth district met at Monroe on Satnr-
day last, and the majority refused to
conform to the rule agreed to by the
Foster and McEnery State committees
that representation in the convention
should be based ON the white demo-
cratic vote of the several parishes in
the said district, and the committee
men from Union, jackson, Lincoln and
Morehonse parishes bolted. The ma
iority will issue an address to the peo
Pile 1t is conceded that Boatner will
be renominated.-B. R. Capital Item.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The furniture for the u S. Court
room has been received and is beanti-
fri and substantial, and sets off the
inside of the elegant edifice to advan-
tage.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Go to Kamer's for Mineral Waters,
Trusses, perfamery, fancy stationery,
etc, etc,
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Some needed improvements have
recently been made ID our Postoffice
building, which the employees will
doubtless find both useful and conye-
nient
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

a Tally Ho party composed Of our
Washington friends, passed through
town early Wednesday morning en-
route TO spend . day 10 the woods Of
Grand Cofeau.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The Governor las appointed tho
following gentlemen to constitute the
School Board of tile Parish OF Sc. Ian
dry ". *. Irion, Nv S. Frazee. Jones
z. Smith, w. S. Boykin, T.. r. Carroll,
al. II. Fontenot, NJ. r. Wilson, j. Ls
Gnilbeau, DR. G. a. NJ. Cook.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Mr. b. r. Perley, the experienced
ginEright and machinest will be on
Bayou Beuf and Big Cane during the.
mouth of September.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

A card party was given at the resi-
dence Of Mr. G. ]. Thompson, on Mon
day night, the 22nd inst, compliment.
tary to Miss Lula Lott, of Mobile.
Among those present were Misses Cal
lie Godchaux, Rosa Firnberg, Aline
Delarne, Lula Lott, and Messrs. Rob-
ert Firnberg, Jonas Jacobs, Allen Della
rue, s. Z. HebraFd, and Mr.. and Mrs.
g. ]. Thompson and daughter.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Wagons loaded with machinery,
reapers and binders. etc. have been
leaving our town daily for weeks past
for the rice farms of our parish, and it
is evident from the quantity of ma
chimes sold by our merchants this sea-
son chat nearly all our rice planters are
securing their own outfit for gathering
and harvesting their rice crops, which is
an evidence Of both prosperity and en-
terprise.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Clements g. Wilson have just re-
eeiyed nice lot of sboes, latest styles.
for ladies, gents and children, very
cheap
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Mr. c. b. Andrns has removed his
store to the new building on Landry
street, between the Bank and Shute's
drug store.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

NoTrcE. Entries in Stud Race which
will take place on Opelousas track on
Oct. 1892, will positively close on
lst September.
OPELoUsAs RACE COURSE Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The Whitney National Bank and the
Bank of Baton Rouge were selected as
derositaries for the States moneys,
for which privilege they pay the State
$4,000 per annum
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The Third District Congressional
Committee, which met at New Iberia
on the 18th, decided that the Nominal
ing Convention be held in New iberia,
on the 21st of September.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
Horse Racing.
Following is section 4, act No. 81, O

Following is section 4, act No. 81, of
the laws,of 1886:
Be it further enacted, etc. That any
person who shall run, or be in any way
connected in running, any horse race,
or what is known as horse racing, in,
along or across any public Cquare.
street or alley in any city, town cs viii
lage, in or along any public road with
in the State, shall be fined, upon con
viction thereof before any court of
competent jurisdiction. not more than
fifty dollars and in default of payment
thereof, shall be sentenced to not less
than ten nor more than thirty days i'm
prisonment.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
The Public Cemetery.

We take pleasure in noting the fact
that the mork of putting the Opelousas
Protestathl Cemetery in proper eondi
ton, has been commenced. Mrs. P. A.
Gray, unto whom all concerned should
feel thankful, is prosecuting G it with all
possible expedition. The horrible
hedge that for years has been growing
around tho premises until it had be-
come a hiding place for vermin of
nearly every description known among
us she is having cut down and in a
short time, the torch will be applied
and the briars destroyed.
AS speedily as this can, it will be
done, and as soon thereafter as possi-
BILE, she will direct her attention and
her available means to the erection
of a wire fence around the entire Gem
etery grounds. The people who have
thus far been called on, have promptly
responded to Mrs. GIay's solicitations,
and they may rely upon it that every
cent they may contribute to aid her in
this mingled duty, reverence and kind
ness, will be faithfully and prudently
used by her. AS yet, she has not pro-
cured the subscription of sufficient
money to have the work done as she
has projected it, but people continue
to give and it is confidently hoped that
ere her efforts cease, enough will be
given to answer the desired purposes.
She is iudefatigable, We think too
much SO, for one of her age, and con-
sidering the heat of the weather
Those who have their dead buried
there, should contribute all they can
in furthering the accomplishments of
her noble design. 1t is the best op-
portunity ever presented, and the
work is in the hands of one who can
be trusted and relied on.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

For light running. easy sewing and
aasting qualities, you viii find no ma
chine to compare with the White. II
commands The praise of all users. See
advertisement III this issue.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

We have had some very hot weather
notwithstanding clouded skies, nearly
every day.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
MULES AND HORSES.

We will have tine lot OF missouri mnies aHes
and horses in Vile Plate on or about the 25th
nroximo which can be bought at satisfactory
6onres and terms Parties in the vicinity OF
0nalousas can leave their orders with Marx
Firnberg, Esq. ,-,,1
Ang. 1885,
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Remember that Shute'a drug store
ID headquarters for everything in the
drug inc.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Reform is bnrgeoning ana fructify
ing as if a patent fertilizer had been
applied to the seed sown in the late
campaign. In Vermilion the police
jury, ignoring the law and the much
better bidder, has "subsidised' the
newspaper of its choice. In Iberia
parish, the jury is accused of like fa-
voritism in awarding the parish treas
urership, the cost to the public being
$500. In st. Tammany the charge
is made of like unfairness in awarding
the public printing. Surely, these
"saints'' will tarnish their ''halOs'' If
they 60 on in this way. Or were they
pinchback haIos after NIL City Item.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The next session of the Opelousas
Female Institute, Mrs. M. M. Hayes,
Principal, opens Monday, Sept 5th.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

j. MEYERS 81 co. have just re.
ceiged. car loads of the celebrated
0wenaboro Wagons.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

c. C. Antoine, ex-lieutenant COVER
nor of Louisiana, has been arrested on
the affidavit of j. N. Wolfson, of Or
leans, charging him with obtaining
money under false pretenses.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The ex- -Confederates had an interest
ing reunion at Monroe on the 18th
inst,
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
Important To Ladies'.

The undersigned owns the patent right
for this parish for Smarts Swinging Treadle,
the best and easiest device made for running
a sewing machine. 1t is easily operated by
any one-a child years old can manage it.
There is no fatigue in working it for any
length Of time, and it can be attached to any
sewing machine. 1t will be put on your ma
chine free of cost, and If not found as recon-
mended, taken off aud machine put back as
found, without injury
For full particulars apply to
CONRAD BRAND.
Opelousas La.
August 6.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

FoR SALE CHEAP CHEAP One
thousand cords of wood at seven miles
from Opelousas, on Courtablean.
Fl. e. Garland.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Don't forget the 'tSenses" party to-
night at the o. s. C. Hall.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
SAMPLE COPIES FREE

Family Weekly, should be taken in every
household The price is only 90 year, and
present which is worth that amount or more
is sent for every yearly subscription. A sam
pie copy will be sent free to any address.
Write at once to j. II. SEALS & Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

BOILER TUBES fitted at short no
tice at j. MEYERS & CO.'S.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

The Attakapas Vindicator, so ably
conducted by our friend Alpha, has, to
use a vulgarsm now very current,
got a "move on it," running in the di
rection Of Truth He says sit IS time
to tell the trntll," and he daringly ven
lures to tell it. Brdpo
Bro. Alpha has expressed our senti-
ments in very lucid manner and with
great felicity of dictioD. Like him,
we think it time for every editor to
tell the truth concerning the political
situation 10 Louisiana. We have been
listening with sullen avidity aud cre
dulity to recognized falsehoods, and
because we had the power, we gave
them the currency of holy truth, and
all fol. the party Somehow the party
has got matters rather muddled, and
we are driven to the necessity of filter
| ing them. 1t is all important that we
should do so. We do not propose to
| tell hon, in this article, further than to
| indorse the statements contained in the
indicators article. We are decided
| ly of the opinion that free use of
wholesome truth may have salu-
tary effect. Try it again brother AL
pha, we are fond of it, and believe
there are thousands just like us.
No party leaders can long dupe
its members, when every promise is
broken, and every justified expectation
rewarded with deliberate discontinue.
Leaders have come to believe that the
masses are mere creatures, ready to dc
anything their speculative ambition
and cunning intrigues may devise.
| This presumption has led to the disor-
ganization of the Democratic party, and
as confidence is a thing of very slow
| growth, it will be long time before
the leaders can revive it. This 1.
] truth
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Ex-Chief Justice Edmund Bermudez
died in New Orleans last Monday.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
NOTICE.
Attention! q. G. v.

A meeting of R. E. Lee Camp No. IA will
take place at the courthouse in Opelousas, on
Saturday. September Sd, 1892, at Ii O'Clock q.
M, to take official action on communications
received full and punctual attendance OF
L. D. PRESCOTT,
n BrooMFrELp. Commander.
Adiutant.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

j.. MEYERS & co. are the head
quarters for machinery of all klnds.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
Tso,. Comgresg-sfxtla District.

we are authorized to announce the candi-
dacy of JUDGE e. NORTH CULLoM, or Ope-
rressional District Of Louisiana Election to
take place in November next.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

STEAM & BRASS FITTINGS of all
sizes at J. MEYERS g. CO.'S
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

Dectof Subscribe for tie N. @.
Medical aud Surgical Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

July 8
The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27

On Wednesday last Truth was hon
oFed by visit from that talented son
of ST. Landry, Judge Laurent Dupre,
who was Ia this section looking after
his political fences. The Judge 10 q
candidate for congress from this dis
trict, and if pleasing and affable man-
ners, convincing conversational pow
ers and legal ability count for anything
be viii certainly be exceedingly hard
To defeat. B. r. Truth.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-15
HE SLEPT IN A BED.

The warm southern breezes have be-
gun to watt the tourist northward.
Two of them were seated on one of the
stone benches on the Common yesterday.
They were frozy looking pair, both as
to physiognomies and general attire.
But the features of one of them were
disfigured by sunGry cut and bruises, to
which one or two pieces of dirty court
plaster chung, and one eye was partially
closed.
"Just got in, pard?' said one.
eyes" replied the one of battered
countenance in hoarse whisper.
"Where you from?''
"Philadelphy."
"How long?"
give weeks"
Huh! ] just got in from Hartford on
a palace car"
There was a brief silence, during
which the man from Philadelphia SEEM
ed absorbed in melancholy reflection,
when he inquired in his hoarse, hollow
tones:
"Were you ever in Rhode Island,
pard?"
"Rhode Island! Huh. No; | always
step over it when / git to it. There amt
room enough in that back yard for an
honest man."
81 stumbled into it by accident the
other nighttime place called Che
paohet,"
81 know-near Providence"
Il slept in a bed there two nights
ago."
'Slept in bed!"
Eyes, pardher, and feather bed at
that" said the man from Philadelphia,
with glance of satisfaction which only
one of his eyes could family express, but
which Immediately disappeared as he
added, with weary sigh: But not all
night, though"
"How was that, pard?'
1t was at farmhouse. l come along
there about dusk, and see winder open
crack down stairs. | sneaked up and
looked in, and see that it was bedroom.
1t didn't look as if anyone had slep' in it
lately, and 1 took it for the spare
room"
$50 you crawled imp"
Eyes, was having rampagious old
snooze, but about u o'clock l left the
room"
"What for-scart?"
81 don't jest egzactly know. l might
have been struck by cyclone. The first
thing knowed was goin' through the
winder with part of the sash for COM
pany. l dunno whether / landed in
Massachusetts, or Connecticut, but was
wide awake before 1 struck terry firmy,
and never got out of sight of place
quicker'n did then. But it was lucky
l slep' in my clothes, though, or ]
wouldn't be in Boston now"
"You took your chance and the far.
mer took his bed, eh?''
Eyes," said the tramp that slept in
the feather bed, as he stopped man to
ask for cnew of tobacco. 'Idon't take
no more beds in strange houses in
Rhode Island, or anywhere else, unless
it's dead sure thing"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-15
WASTED ENERGY,

did you ever reflect" said the scien-
tific nuisance to victim sitting beside
him as they rode down town on the
Third Avenue 81" road, ION the i'm
mense amount of energy which is wasted
annually by New Workers in going up
and down the steps of these elevated sta
tions?"
mo" said the victim YEARLY, for he
was anxious to finish the stock report he
was reading. 81 never did"
WELL" continued the man of science,
81 estimate that half million tickets
are sold daily, which means that these
steps are assembled and descended 1,OOO,-
600 times day, and that means 1865, 0OO,-
900 times year Do you follow mel"
"Oh, yes. Oh, yes" answered the
other, not paying the slightest attention.
''Now, if we put the average height OF
these stations at thirty feet and the
weight of the average passenger, count
pounds, we have 100 times thirty times
365, 100000, or 1O9500 100000 of foot
pounds of energy wasted annually by the
people of this city in climbing these
steps. If you have no objections we will
call it 100, ZOO, OO0, 900, 900 of foot pounds. y"
"Oh, l have no objections" said the
other man, getting red in the face. Not
the slightest"
"And if we should add to this the
number of foot pounds of energy which
would be obtained if all the noise pro-
duced by these elevated trains were con-
verified into useful force instead of being
waSted''-
Eyes" interrupted the victim, "and
if we should add to that all the foot
pou DIS of energy which are wasted by
good, long suffering passengers who are
fools enough to listen to such internal
nuisances as you are instead of kicking
you down these steps you are talking
about so much'-
But the scientific gentleman had start
ed for the door, and as the train drew
out of the station he was seen in ami
mated conversation with gateman
whom he was pumping for new statis-
tics,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-15

actual voters is probably much larger.
Rhode Island has the largest proportion
of foreign born among its males OF Il
years and over; it is no less than 40 per
cent. In Massachusetts,, SO per cent. of
the males of voting age are foreign born,
and in the other States the proportion
gradually decreases until Maine. with
only Is per cent, is reached.
These are the salient facts of the
Census Bulletin. They show how under
the double influence of heavy immigra-
ton from Europe and Canada, and a
scarcely less heavy emigration west
ward of our native sons and daughters,
the character of the people of New Eng
land is undergoing gradual transtor-
nation. There was time when this
phenomenon occasioned intense alarm,
but the matter is now more calmly and
reasonably considered. 1t is now rec
ognized, for one thing, that the change
in our population is not proceeding at
the headlong pace which was once pre-
dlcted, and that, in the years to come,
the rate of increase among the foreign
born element is likely to be checked in
stead of accelerated. Again, it is seen
that the strong and aggressive forces in
New England life are making considera-
BILE progress in assimilating our foreign
population. The ballot, the newspa-
pers, the public school, are potent
agencies in transforming the immigrants
and children of immigrants into good
Americans. 1t is true that the New
England of 1890 is not the New England
of 1910, but it is also true that the in
coming of this vast army of aliens has
not produced one 1.-THE of the social and
political disturbances which was appre-
hended. New England has not become
a New Ireland; it has not become New
France, nor is it likely to, even at the
present of immigration. Three-quarters
of our New England people are still ma
tive born, and the grandchildren of the
immigrants of 1910 have something of
the same pride as their neighbors of
Maytlower stock in their American
origin Boston Journal,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-04-15
ESTATE OF MARTHA R. PRATT.

win presented.
STATE OF VERMONT.
District of bennington,
In Probate Court. held at Probate Office In Ben
nington, in said District, on the 31st day Of
March, A. D. 1892.
Present, Hon. Alfred Robinson, judge.
An instrument, purporting 10 be the last vii
and Testament Of Martha r. Pratt, late of
Bennington, in said district, deceased, being
presented for probate it is ordered by
said Court, that all persons concerned
therein be notified to appear at session thereof.
to be held at the Probate Office in Remington.
IN said dis riot, on the 18th day of April. A.
D. 1892, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and show
cause if any they have. against the probate of
said viii; for which purpose it is further ordered,
that this order he published three weeks success
sively in the Bennington BANNER, a newspaper
printed at Bennington, in this State, previous to
said time of hearing
By the Court Attest,
IL ALFRED ROBINSON, Judge.