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The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Shute's drugstore is the place to get
your drugs, medicines, perfnmeries,
toilet articles, trusses, surgical instrn-
meats, etc Prescriptions speciality,
in charge of Jos. E. Estorge, pharma-
eist
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Deposit your surplus cash in the
First National Bank of 0peloasas,
IS here it will be safe from the flames
or the midnight burglar.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Mrs. Harrison, wife of the President
of the United States, died at Washing
ton City last Tuesday morning after a
long and lingering illness.
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Miss Helen Taylor who has been vis-
iting with friends and relatives in Ope-
lousas, returned home on last Saturday
accompanied by Miss Annie Gordon.
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NO. t..
The How Will You Have EN-

oyster Saloon Ladies Restaurant
Has re-opened it's doors for the 21st year, at
the corner of Market and Bellevue sts.. Oppo-
site the Market honse and will always be sup
piled with the best the market affords
Oysters, Fish, Crabs, Shrimp,
Vegetables, &c, will be kept throughout the
season. Boarding and Lodging.
e Oyster loaves q speciality.
M. VILASECA.
Sept. B. 80. 6m Prop. and Man'gr.
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NOTICE.

The ST. Landry Homestead and Loan Asso
citation opeued the new series G on Sept. l6,
1892 Those who wish to avail themselves of
the advantages offered by this organ
ization should apply at once for shares. Only
twenty five cts. per week will secure two hun
dred dollars.
E. D. ESTILETTE. President,
G. BAILEY, Secretary.
Oct. Ist.
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Clements s. Wilson have, en- route
from, The factory, one car load of the
celebrated Stndebaker wagons, which
the, are expecting daily. !.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Hyou want any first class job Print
ing done, call at this office and you
will iss perfectly satisfied.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

WANTED-A good light second hand
hparsr Apply to L. B Sandoz, care
j K sandoz & Bro, Opelousas.
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Crowley Signal: DrIWalter w Du-
son. son of our esteemed friend G. G.
Dusan, was III the village this week
visiting friends and relatives,
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Miss Edna Gardiner, of Bellevue
La is the guest of Miss Liline Martin.
Lafayette Advertiser.
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j MEYERS s. co. have just re-
ceivrd q car loads of the celebrated
Owenshoro Wagons.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

The wether still continues dry. and
the dust on our street is sufocating.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Go TO Kamer's for Mineral Waters
Trusaes, perfumery, fancy stationery
etc, etc.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

We regret to learn that Mayor Glenn
snts is again on the sick list since.
Wednesday.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Fancy articles, staple drugs and
chemicals, popular patented remedies,
&c, at Bailey's drugstore.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Dactar. Subscribe for the N. G
Medical aud Surgical Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Latest designs in fancy cards, enveI-
pes. ETC., just received at fhis Office
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Fresh parched and ground coffee al
I ways on hand at Vilaseca's.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

We had both frost and ice last Wed
nesday Morning.
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NIOTICE.-U. S. Land Office, New Orleans,
/ " La. Oct. "a. lS92.-Notice Is hereby gly.
a., that the following named settler has fled
notice of his intention TO make final proof ID
supnors of his claim, and that said proof will
he made before the Clerk of the District
Conrt at Opelousas, on Saturday, Dec'br. lG,
1892, viz:
EsamieE Bmtclaers
who made Homestead entry No. 89I6. Tor tbe
~ : af s ID aud s Kuf w Sec. IL. Town
shit, q S r. | west Louisiana meridian
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. and cultlva-
ton Of said land, viz Joseph b. Sing
Joseph r. Pearce, Neal S. Mccormack, David
| c. Clark, all Of st. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
CHARLES G. PALFREY,
Oct. 2e, 1892 Register
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Blank forms for use of merchants
notaries, Justices of the Peace, ETC., TOT
sale at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Now Is the lime for our merchants to
west a. few dollars in advertising:
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

!. Order your oysters, crabs and fisll
rom Vilaseea delivered at domicil.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

fiInsses. tippofs ers, syTinges, DC.
sae., nc Bailef's drugstore.
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fEAM Il BRASS FITTINGS Of all
sIaes ..t II. MEYERS IL CO.'S
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

BOILER TUBES fitted at short no
.tiee at j. MEYERS g. cos.
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DIED-At Prairie Ronde. IN this parish,
s,ee % 1900 Mrs AzELISE PITRE, reliet OF
Martin Duprs, aged about 50 years.
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Prescriptions filled ut all hours at
Bailey ss drugstore
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FVor. Congress-sixrh District.

We are authorized to announce the candi-
dacy Of JUDGE E. NORTH CULLoM, Of Ope-
iansas. La. for Congress in the Sixth Con-
grassional District of Louisiana. Election to
saEe place in November next.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Advertise in the CoURIER.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

July s
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02
The Town System.

A bill is before the legislature max
ing the town system compulsory. This
system has been adopted in Massachu-
setts and New Hampshire, after an ex-
perience similar to ours with the school
district 1t is not more necessary in
the practice of medicine to know the
nature of the disease, before applying
remedies, than it is in political and
educational institutions to know with
certainty the cause of troubles before
attempting reformation.
Superintendent Palmer, on pages
800, 321 of his report, speaking of the
effect of the law authorizing the es-
Enlistment of school districts, says:
The delegation of power over the schools
to small localities or neighborhoods in
towns, which the founders of the state in
tended should be vested in and exercised
by the towns, under the general control of
the state, has caused, and in one way and
another at this time, is causing, nearly all
the trouble in our schools. This delegation
of power to inefficient agents to educate
(d) has produced the small school; (b) it
has produced inequality of taxation; (c) it
has produced inequality of school privileges
We must have permanent and progressive
school system. We never shall have one
until it is placed on sound financial basis
There can be no sound financial basis with
out equal taxation for the support of the
common schools"
The following table is taken from the
superintendent report, pages 325-329,
showing the highest, the lowest, and
the average rate of district taxes in two
counties, which fairly represent the
condition of school taxation in the
state:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02
The Political Outlook.

The national election occurs on Tues
day next. The canvass now nearing
its close has been one of the most re-
markable in the history of presidential
elections. There has been, the country
over, singular absence of political
excitement. The old-time campaign
pyrotechnics have not been employed.
There has been earnest discussion.
There has been practical exclusion of
the barbarism of national politics. 1t
is hoped that outside of certain causes
that have had humanizing effect upon
the ways of campaigning, there has in
fact been decided and permanent adj
vance in political civilization.
How stands the case to-day between
the two great political parties? Follow.
ing is list of the electoral vote of the
states assigned to the states which are
generally conceded to be republican,
democratic or doubtful:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02

der. Almon was regarded as a youth
of weak mind. 1t was believed that
his will was minated by his mo hers,
and that he WAS not wholly responsible
for the part he played in the crime. To
save his mothers neck, he pleaded guilty
TO the charge of murder and received
the death sentence. His mother pleaded
not guilty, was tried, found guilty of
murd,r in the first degree, sentenced to
be hanged, and the sentence was Gully
executed. A petition to commute the
death sentence of Almon to life.mpris-
onment was brought before the legie-
lature in 1882. The WATCHMAN
strongly urged the granting of this
prayer. After fervent advocacy and
strong contest against committing, a
contest that excited the deepest inter-
est, the measure of mercy prevailed.
One of the strongest arguments against
the proposition to commute was that in
the course of few years, when the
horror excited by the crime had died
away, the pardon of Almon Meaker
would be asked on the ground that he
had been sufficiently punished, and that
some acknowledgements executive would
release the convict and turn him loose
on society, again to appal it with some
awful crime. The best thing to do with
this criminal was to let the law take its
course. Humanity cried out against
this view of the case. The strongest
advocates of life imprisonment main
tanned that such a measure of mercy
and justice should be carried TO its
natural conclusion. AS one of those
who pleaded that in the hanging of the
mother the atonement of life for
life would be made, and that the son
should be allowed to end his days in
confinement, we vehemently protest
against this proposition to take Amon
Meaker from prison now, or at any time
hereafter during the period of his nat
ural life. Society protests against such
an act of false and undeserved leniency,
and demands that the legislative settle
ment of the criminals fate run its lawful
course to the very end.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02

right. The fact that the towns have always
retained some kind of supervision over the
schools, the fact that they are now paying
more than one-half OF the expenses OF the
schools, Is clear proof that the people know
that this division did not absolve them
from this paramount obligation. If q town
could avoid any part Of this duty by di-
viding itself into districts, some large, some
small, some rich and some poor each town
could divide itself into 900 districts, OF az
many as there are families, and hence, by
indirection, evade plain duty imposed by
the fundamental law Of the state"
In his remarks on the town system,
in his full report now before the legis-
lature, Superintendent Palmer has gone
to the bottom of the question. We
have quoted but briefly from what he
has said on the subject, aud said with
force and directness and candor that
has never been equalad by state SUI
perintendent-and Mr.. Palmer with his
lawyer training supplies incontroverti-
bic evidence to sustain the ground he
takes, and uses this evidence with tell
ing force.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02

The republicans count this year with
justifable confidence on the vote of
West Virginia. 50 they may lose Iudi-
ana, and By carrying G Jnnecticut and
YVES Virginia, elect the president. Ga
the other hand, the democrats must
carry New YORK, Indiana and Virginia
sure, and either Connecticut or West
Virginia, OF M Cevelan will not be
in it. There are weak spots in the col
umn reckoned as sure for the demo-
crats, and the democr cy hui high
hopes on detaching number of st ties
from the republican column, but figuring
on chances of this description is in the
nature of rainbow chasing.
AS to New York and Indiana, the
Tribune claims New York for the ry pub
licans without saving clause. So does
the Press. So do other republican pa
pers. The democrats claim the state
with an equal show of confidence. The
story the registration figures, completed
on Saturday, are telling, strengthens
the republican claim and justifes the
confidence of republicans. The aggre-
gate registration in the city does not
satisfy the Sun, or Gil it with confidence
of democratic success. The total reg
istration does not reach the figures the
democracy deemed necessary to insure
in the city democratic majority large
enough to overcome the republican
majority in the rest OF the state. The
increased registration in wards where
the republicans poll their largest vote
in both New York city and Brooklyn is
an indication to republicans that the
democratic maj )rity in the southeastern
corner of the state will be kept within
bounds that will be overborne by the
republican majorityin the country. So
mote it be. Indiana is confidently
claimed by the republicans, and reasons
given for the faith that is in them. In
the closing days of the canvass the re-
publicans are feeling that the battle
will surely be won by them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02
Hon. j. Mcmillan Shafter.

An esteemed correspondent, president of
the Pacific Coast Association, Native
Sons of Vermont" sends the WATCHMAN
copy of the associations publication, The
Maple Leaf" and calls attention to the fol-
lowing mOrtuary resolutions, which will be
read with deep interest in the Green Noun
tain state.
"VheredS, our most esteemed and respected
ex-president and fellow-worker, Hon. j.
Mcmillan Shafter, has been taken from us
by the ruthless hand Of death and his place
in our ranks made vacant; and whereas the
deceased has always manifested deep in
terest in the welfare of this association,
and by his wise counsel and efficient eff
forts has done much to promote its success;
therefore,
''Be ii reSolred, that in the death of Hon. J.
Mcmillan Shafter, the Pacific Coast Asso-
citation, Native Sons of Vermont, has lost
dear and valued friend and supporter,
and the state most useful and distin-
guished citizen, advocate and iurist; that
we fully appreciate the valuable services
rendered by the deceased in his lifetime in
organizing, aiding and maintaining the as
ISOLATION, and greatly deplore the sad event
which has deprived us of an officer and
member so efficient, and so universally
respected. Resolved, further, that we ex-
tend to the bereaved children of deceased
our most sincere and heartfelt sympathies
in this their hour of trial, aud assure them
of our own regret and sorrow at the death
of their lamented father; also that these
resolutions be entered upon the records of
the association, and that copies thereof be
sent to the children of deceased" Signed
A, O.. Cotton, A. w. Scott, f. Dillingham;,
S. G. Cheever, John Townsend, committee.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02
Politics in Amherst College.

Eighteen professors of Amherst Col
lege recently signed an appeal urging
their fellow-citizens to support Cleve-
land, because they agreed with " his
views on public questions, admired his
courage, his constancy, his public spirit,
his studious neglect of his merely per-
sonal interests when they conflict with
the calls of public duty; because, fur
Their, they remembered his tariff mes
sage, his pension vetoes and his letter
against free silver as conspicuous
instances of disregarding personal
considerations for the public good"
Publishing this remarkable document,
the Boston Journal tersely summa-
rized the points in the Cleveland
democratic creed-as shown by the
party votes in congress and the
Chicago platform-which so appeals to
the admiration of the schoolmasters,
and which they exalt as conspicuous
instances of Cleveland's Disregard of
personal considerations in his devo-
ton to the public good. These are the
demand for revival of the old wild cat
state banks, the adoption Of the old
secessionist doctrine of the unconstitu.
tionality of protective tariff, the recent
vote of three-fourths of the national
democratic senators and three-fifths of
the representatives for free and unlim-
tied silver coinage.
None, indeed, but clustered precep-
tor could find in Cleveland's personality
and in his record matter for so devout
personal homage. His abasement of
himself before Tammany, an organiza-
ton of notorious political pirates, fresh
from the theft of the senate of New
York-the latest of long line of glar-
ing crimes-is, indeed, an act of cour-
age" an exhibition of constancy."
This is fine irony, but there is deal of
solemn truth in characterizing this and
almost every act of his career as a
"studious neglect of personal inter-
ests Interests one who is solictous
for the hereafter is anxious to conserve.
The infatuation of these professors is
equaled only by the blind passion of
Titania for an ass. Cleveland is their
"gentle joy" and, in an ecstasy of love,
they "stick musk roses in his sleek,
| smooth heal and kisa his fair LARGE
ears"
The students Of Amherst stoutly and
Indignantly resent the course of their
professors. They publish their appeal,
quote the Boston journals article
thereon, and, ain the name of the ma
jority of Amherst College," add this
vehement protest:
We, the representative two-thirds o.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02
Weekly Payments.

Three bills are now before the legis-
lature providing for weekly payment of
wages by corporations-one introduced
in the senate Is. ~ by NJ. NJ lad of
Rutland county, and two in the house,
II. 80, by Mr.. Clement of Rutland, and
H. 6S, by M. Stafford of ST, Johnsbury.
Senator NJ cad and Representative Glenn
ent except steam surface railroads from
the operation of the proposed law, but
Mr.. Stafford's bill includes all corpora
tions. With this exception, the bills all
are practically alike. Every manufac-
turing, mining or quarrying, mercantile,
railway, steamboat, telegraph and tele-
phone corporation, every incorporated
express, electric and water company are
required to pay all their employees
weekly in money to within six days of
the date of payment. Checks against
evasion of the requirements of the
proposed law are provided, and punish
ment by fine not exceeding fifty dollars
or less than ten is imposed for each
violation.
If these bills were amended to read,
shall pay all their employees in money!"
and should include all employers Of
labor, no valid objection could be raised
to measure embodying such propo-
sition. If corporations or private part
nerships or individuals engaged in
business of any kind are paying their
employees in "truck and dicker," at
company stores or otherwise, by COM
pulsion, direct or indirect, to the injury
of the employe, the protection of the
law may be reasonably thrown around
the suffering laborer; but to compel
employers of labor to pay aoeekly in
money appears like an unwarrantable
and an unreasonable interference with
the business affairs of citizens; and to
single out a certain class of employers
of labor and to compel that class to dc
a thing when the compulsion is not
extended to other classes of labor EN-.
ployers is an unjust discrimination and
an exceedingly invidious distinction
Here is a manufacturing or mercantile
corporation, individuals associated fol-
the greater permanency of the business
or for other good reasons, in business
enterprise under the laws of the state
Across the street is an individual O
partnership engaged in a private capac
ity in a similar business, having possibl,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02

Amherst College students, do most heartily
indorse the views set forth in the editorial
article in the Boston journal, as copied
above. We do also deplore the consum-
mate lack of judgment which has led some
of our professors to issue a manifesto
avowedly in opposition to the expressed
sentiment of the college. We protest
against the dragging of our beloved alma
mater into politics, and into such politics as
are upheld by minority of the students.
The students organized a torchlight
parade, passing the homes of most of
the faculty. A prominent feature was
a transparency bearing the lie lend "a
Tammany Faculty, A Christian Col
lege," and on the other side. " is Profs.
Can't Scare U.s." Bravo, students of
Amherst
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02

Gentlemen of the legislature, how
long is this abominable method of sup
porting the schools to continue? There
can never be a more propitious time for
putting an end to it than the present.
The superintendent we'll says, on
page 1886, as to these and other statis-
tics:
This is the result of our tax laws for
the support of schools, schools, which, by
common consent, have been instituted and
maintained as defense of peace and order
and the republic itself. Ii may well be
doubted whether there can be found in the
civilized world another tax law so unjust
in its operation, and at the same time so
absurd in violating the declared principles
of its authors. The history OF the state, the
early records of the towns, the laws, and
the constitution itself, all prove that the
duty TO educate the young was imposed by
the constitution on the towns, under the
general control of the state The statute
authorizing the towns TO divide themselves
into school districts did not have and could
have, the slightest tendency to free them
from the imperious duty of educating the
children of the towns, Under this statute
the towns have neither moral nor legal
right to allow small aeghborhoods to or
ganize as school districts, and then suffer
their children to grow up in ignorance.
Under our government each child has the
same right TO common school education
that every other child has, and il is the
duty of the towns and state to protect that
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-02

The aggregate electoral vote is 444;
necessary to choice, 223. In the re-
publican and democratic columns have
been placed the states that are reason
ably sure to vote republican and demo-
cratic, respectively. Those states placed
in the doubtful column, neither party
can fairly claim. Each party hopes to
recruit enough votes from that column
to swell its sure vote TO a majority.
The republicans need from that column
8, and the democrats IS votes to give
them the presidency. If they carry
New York, the republicans will have 27
Yates to spare. Or they may lose New
York, and if they carry Indiana they
will win.
There are possibilities in other states.
In 1888 the democrats carried Virginia
by only l $50 plurality. In 1876 the
democratic majority was 44,1l2; in 1880,
l2,957 in 1884, 6,l41. 1t nearly reached
the vanishing point four years ago, and
the republicans may speculate with con-
fidence on its entire disappearance in
1892. So in West Virginia: In 1876
the democratic plurality was IA ,564; in
1880, II, l44; in 1884, 4,22l; in 1888,
506-and if fair count had been made,
there is no doubt the states electoral
vote would have been cast for Harrison.