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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25
Perry Pointers.

Editor MEBIDIoNAL:
Weather to-day warm as spring.
Flowers are blooming in the open
air.
Birds are singing in the trees and
all nature lovely as a poets dream.
Truly nature has been lavish with
her gifts to our country, but the
trail Of the serpent is over them all.
Our lovely village is cussed witt,
one OF the agencies of Satan, where
evening after evening may be heard
the reyelings Of drunken mon, aud
where even our boys are tempted
into its Satanic precincts to play a
harmless game Of cards, and while
there some one brings or gives them
spirits and some of them have come
home showing traces Of where they
have been, and the kind of company
they have been keeping. Those
boys are minors and we warn those
whom it may concern that such things
are not becoming moi is it 10 BIO
tolerated 10 a country where there
is law. "A word to the wise is
sufficient"
Qua S. s. has died, cause, neglect.
We have had but one sermon
preached here this summer, but still
the work of satan goes on day and
night. His agents are at work.
What will the har vest be?
Our village is very quiet TO-DAY
just noise enough to keep one COM
pany.
Mr.. Putnam's cotton gin has been
running this week.
The Mary Rose makes daily trips
past here now, hawliDg cane to tbs
refneries.
The bridge keeper is using his
money now.
L. Alexander, Frank Jones and
Clarence Mckay have just arrived
from sedynick Co, Kan. They
came via the Cherokee Strip and
were then at the opening for settle.
ment. They report times very hard
in Kansas, an account Of shortage Of
crop. They are helping j. Nj. Ram
som TO take off his cane crop.
A great deal of Winter gardening
has been done since the rains.
The wedding ball at Ferrays
Hall last Monday night was very
quite. everything passed off pleasant.
y. The bride was lovely and the
grooms happy.
Mrs. Stakes has been quite sick
TOR the past week but is improving
slowly.
Miss Mable LeBrun orr assistant
school teacher spent Saturday aud
Sunday in Iberia.
aSuNuy OWEN "a
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Sheriff Leblanc Is still confined to
his bed, but is slowly improving and
will soou be around as usual.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

AO$NhS 1.
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties interested in the said succession,
or having any opposition to make to
the tableaH Of debts and charges
against said succession filed by
Eugene Dechamps Jr. radministrator
of said succession to file the same
in writing in the Office of the clerk
Of court within ten days from the
date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal OF
Office this 18th day Of November
A. D. 1893.
ALc1DE LEBLANC, Clerk Of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25
Dentistr

-
If you need anything in the line
Of destistry. call on Dr.. j. A. Der.
banne who will be found, all next
week, at his old stand-the Vcrauda
Hotel. Remember that he will re-
main here o week only.
The drouth is over and the roads
are covered with mud ankle deep
No one ear complain however, but
the chronic grumbler as we are all
interested in rolling aud the wealth
er during the past month has been
just the thing for cane grinding.
VIM. H. Swain one of the old
residents Of the parish died Thurs
day morning at half past IL at his
home in Rice Cove, about 81 miles
from town. His funeral took place
yesterday, and his body was laid to
rest in the Masonic cemetery.
Life insurance agents have been
quite numerous in town of late.
Insurance in a good company is a
wise provision for ones family, and
we arc glad to know that a number
of our people have ayailed them.
selvea of the opportunity. .
Thereza Migerez, beloved wife Of
Col. Isaac A. Smith, s. P. r. r.
agent at Rayne, aud a former resi-
dent Of this parish, died after an
illness of two weeks at Rayne, on
Sunday night Nov. 5. Our sympa-
thies so out to the husband in his
great bereavement.
Oliver Broussard left on yester.
days noon train for New Orleans,
where he goes in the interest of his
firm, which enjoys one Of the most
prosperous businesses ip Southwest
Louisiana. Ell. r. Allen 10 up from
Ascension to replace him during his
absence.-Rayne Ranger.
Henri Montague. the good looking
young constable of the Sd ward, was
married Thursday evening at the
Catholic Church to Miss Louise
Gauthreaux of the 9Th ward. After
the ceremony the near relatives Of
the happy coaple were eniertained
at a supper given at the home Of the
groom's father in town. May the
young couple realize the many wishes
of their friends for a long and happy
life.
A rail road from Abbeville to
Rayne, on out through Plaquemine
Brulee, Church Point, and The north
ern part IF this parish would be a
grand thing for this country. Is it
not possible to enlist some capitalist
in this enterprise?- Ranger.
just wait until Congress settles
the question of a tariff or bounty on
sugar, then we will have a big re
6nery at Abbeyille and a rail road
such as yon speak Of will follow as
a matter IF ~nennasify
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25
Who was it said "Be Wise to-day
tits madness to defer?

Miss Dora Lyons is visiting in
New Iberia this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER rs, 1898
Towra and Parish.

correspondents will please send all COM
s..eations 80 that they will reach the
'sca wednesday night to ensure publ
..+;on the same week. m
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Vermilion River,
THOS. s. WINSTON,
born in Virginia, July 20, 1926.
Thus has passed from the stage oil
life into the shadowy realms oil
eternity, one who wore beneath a
ragged exterior, a heart gentle as a
woman's, yet fearless in the right as
a lion. One who had so lived du-
ring his long sojourn in this comm
nifty as to enjoy the love and esteem
of all with whom he came in contact.
Richly endowed with all the higher
qualitis of lofty manhood, he was
truly one Of natures noblemen. a
prince by virtue of an earlier crea-
ton, and the IMPOSITION of a mightier
hand.
@, how tender 10 feeling and sym
patty he was! What a delight to
be with him when surrounded by his
family His wife, loved and cher
ished all the days of their married
life, lovers to the last; his children
adoring him, glad to be near him,
never pushed back when affection
brought them to his side, never too
busy to greet them, | do not know
of a more admirable domestic life.
The awful Indifference of nature
to the darkness and pain, and sorrow
Of death seems harsh and pitiless as
we turn from the newly made grave
to the beauty and brightness Of a
sunny Autumn, day. "Ifa man die
shall he live again." Generation
after generation the sons and
daughters of men have come and
gone since that heartstirring enquiry
was first recorded. Science has been
appealed to in vain to answer, and
all the passionate longings Of love
get no reply. Our friends and loved
ones pass from life-and the rest is
silence. Only faith can make the
hopeful response, and never is faith
so hopeful as when regarding LIES
duty well performed, it listens in the
darkness and gloom Of the tomb and
hears the still small voice;-"Well
done, thou good and faithful SER
want"
Gods finger touched him and he slept.
A Royville correspondent of the
Lafayette Gazette thus makes men~
ton of an old friend Of ours whom
he had the good pleasure of meet
ing a few days ago that venerable
and most esteemed gentleman. Sim
onet Leblanc of Lake Peigneur.
"Mr. Leblanc is the oldest and most
influential citizen of his section and
bears the honor of being the father
of the large Leblanc family of Bay
on Tigre. This pleasant and enters
tanning old gentleman of ~ years Of
age. and anyone not knowing him
could hardly give him 60. lie is the
father of s children with ages rang
ing from IS to 50 years and weigh.
ing respectively from 100 to EOS.
He has IA grandchildren and 81
great grand children. Mr.. Leblanc
is still hale and vigorous, and walks
from 4 to 6 miles every morning.
He never carries a walking can, and
never had an attack of rheumatism
10 his life. To show your correspon.
dent that he still felt as young as at
%, be danced an old antl-bellnm
jig" which was highly enjoyed.
Electric RffferSa
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Inmber is OH the ground for re-
,,;,d;np Melebeck's store.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Miss Jimmie Kibbe and Edvar
Boudoln were married at the Cath
Ollie Church Thursday evening in the
presence of a number of their friends
and relatives.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Friday opened up bright and clea
with a sharp frost and ice.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

last week.
Cbas. Caldwell left Monday
morning or a business trip to New
iberia,
r. w. Gr;mshaw, of the Daily
Iberia was over for the reception
Monday.
W. G. Morrell the piano man,
returned home this week from a
business trip.
Albert Laurents, of Lake Arthur
spent a few days in town the early
part Of the week.
Mrs. Odilou Blanehet, of Royville
was visiting her aunt, Mrs. f. F.
Young, Tuesday.
L. 0diIon Broussard was a visitor
10 Rayne for a short while on Sun
day evening. Ranger.
Dir. R. J. Young was called to
Royville Saturday to see Miss Maude
Young, who was quite i'll.
One dag this month several ladies
we're quietly baptised by immersion
in the bayou just above town.
DR.. Derbanne, the jovial dentist
Of Washington, is in town this week
and will do all work in his line.
superintendent l.. O.. Broussard
and Sol Isaacs have been making
their mark lately as good duck hunts
erS.
Monday night about IL o'clock
quite a little squal and heavy rain
came up from the south, but did not
last long.
Oliver Broussard, the leading
druggist Of Rayne. stopped over
here a few days last week on his
way back from New Orleans.
J. Henry Putnam has shipped
about 900 barrels Of refinery molas.
ses to New Orleans, where it will
be manufactured into alcohol.
DR.. A. ". Harrington, after an
absence Of some or 8 years, has
returned to this parish and is now
residing with Mr. Bartells. on Hope
Mill plantation.
Vermilion raises some fine cane,
hut we doubt il any Of our planters
can beat the specimen boasted Of by
the Bayou Black planters in Terre.
homie parish. This cane measured
~ feet 4 inches, weighs 8 pounds
= ounces, contains 81 large red joints
and is a fair sample Of leo acres Of
second years stubble.
une Of the best sold pieces of
property in town is that of Mrs.
John 2. Moutcn who sold her prop.
erty on Jefferson street just in the
rear OF Horace Trahan's saloon, to
Louis Leotaud for $3.50 cash. Fer
iess than half a lot and nc improve
nerts at all this il quite a high
figure.
We are happy to be able to an
nounce that Postmaster Abadio has
Oeeu officially notified BY the Post
ufhee Department that a change hes
Deen made in the mail schedule; and
nat from and after December 18th
sexs, tAe mails to and from Abbe-
vllss will be handled by the Iberia &
sernilion Railroad. Hats off TO
We Post Qddce, gentlemen
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Miss Lela Nickerson of Lafayette,
accompanied by her friend Miss
Thoms, a handsome and accom-
plished young lady from Canada,
came down for the reception Mon-
day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Mrs. Archie Young, Of Rice Cove
lac beeu very sick, but is somewhat
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

One dag this month several ladies
we're quietly baptised by immersion
in the bayou just above town.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

DR.. Derbanne. the jovial dentist
Of Washington, is in town this week
and will do all work in his line.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25
Notice.

State Of Lonissama,-Parish Of Yer
mikoB,-17N Judicial District Court.
Succession
of mo. 2l0.
Eugene M Dechamps.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Sol Isaacs made a flying trip to
,be Oxnard & Sprage sugar factory
last week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Dir. R. J. Young was called to
Roysille Saturday to see Miss Maude
Young, who was quite i'll.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

superintendent l.. O. Broussard
and Sol Isaacs have been making
their mark lately as good duck hunts
era.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Monday night about IL o'clock
quite a little squal and heavy rain
came up from the south, but did not
last long.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Oliver Broussard, the leading
druggist Of Rayne. stopped over
here a few days last week on his
way back from New Orleans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

L. 0dilon Broussard was a visitor
10 Rayne for q short while on Sum
day evening. Ranger.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

J. Henry Putnam has shipped
about 900 barrels Of refinery molas.
ses to New Orleans, where it will
be manufactured into alcohol.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

If you need anything in the line
Of destistry. call on DR.. J. A. Der.
banne who will be found, all next
week, at his old stand-the Vcrauda
Hotel. Remember that he will re-
main here one week only.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Mrs. Odilon Blanehet, of Royville
was visiting her aunt, Mrs. f. F.
Young, Tuesday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

Albert Laurents, of Lake Arthur
spent a few days in town the early
part Of the week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

W. G. Morrell the piano man,
returned home this week from a
business trip.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

The drouth is over and the roads
are covered with mud ankle deep
No n can complain however, but
the chronic grambler as we are all
interested in rolling aud the wealth
err during the past month has been
just the thing for cane grinding.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

DR.. A. ". Harrington, after an
absence Of some or 8 years, has
returned to this parish and is now
residing with Mr. Bartells. on Hope
Mill plantation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-11-25

r. W. Gr;mshaw, Of the Daily
Iberia was over for the reception
Monday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-09-15
\, w. VA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1898.

halted. He at first imperiously de
manded our surrender. No one an
swered him. but Joe asked of the ser
geant:
ANY change in the sky =
There's small, dark cloud which
looks as if it might bring a sQualI.
The chief INDUCED in threats, but
as they were unheeded he turned TO
promises. He offered TO let the rest
of us go if we would give up the scout.
Cloud spresdin' any, sergeant =
asked Joe, as he brought out his
matchbox and handed a splint to
every man he could reach.
Yes, and here comes the wind from
it"
Hold steady I'm goin' to lift
that Injun. The minute | fire light
them matches and stick 'em ip the
grass Drat the critter. but he's of
Ready with your matches -
The dry grass almost exploded as
the flames touched it, \ wave OF fire
ran to the south and spread away
east and west with such increditable
swiftness that We stood amazed. In
side Of sixty seconds the fierce gusts
which swept down from the cloud
had carried that wave TO the cedars
Of .f Ia. n n "a n
other minute the timber on the noun
tain was ablaze. There was one grand
yell from the Indians as the smoke
had them. and | heard Joe strangling
and shouting
"Kiver your heads and the heads OF
hosses, and we'll come out all right -
So we did a quarter of an hour
later the squall had settled into o
fresh breeze, which rolled the smoke
against aud over the mountains. but
it was long after dark before the
horses would take to the hot ground.
Between the spot we had occupied
and the base of the mountain we
counted right and left OF Our path
twenty-five blacksned heaps on the
gray black surface of the prairie.
Some were the bodies of Indians,
some of ponies There were plenty Of
heaps we did not see in the darkness
enough, as we learned year later,
to make the loss almost death blow
to White Dogs band. They had
been consumed in the furnace pre-
pared for us. s.-Nelc York Sun
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The Pollard -Brec eckinridgc Affair,

\ dispatch from Lexington, Ky,
Says the widow OF General Luke
Blackburn has written letter to
Governor Basil Duke, one Of Mr..
Breckinridge's counsel in which she
tells him that had he known the facts
he would not have undertaken to de.
fend Col Breckinridge. She went on
TO say in substance that the latter
told her OF his engagement with Miss
Pollard, had placed Miss Pollard un-
der her chaperonage. aud had sprci.
ally requested Mrs. Blackburn's kind
est consideration for Miss Pollard, on
the ground that she would soon be
come Mrs. Breckenridge. Mrs Black
burn, Of course. entirely unconscious
OF the relations existing between the
two, accepted the charge, permitted
Miss Pollard TO share all the social
recognition she herself received, and
even invited her TO accompany her
self and Mrs. Zane To the springs.
VI II. lDlhIhbDu "hh lilllsbhuA We
yond expression when the disclosures
made by the suit appeared in the pa
pers. In her letter TO Gen. Duke she
freely expressed her deep sense OF
wrong and outrage, and characterized
the conduct OF Col. Breckenridge In
the strongest terms she could com
mand. She concluded with the dee
laration that were her husband alive
he would hold Breckinridge person
ally accountable for the indignity
and insult she had been offered.
II appears further that Senator Joe
Blackburn, who was balfbrother to
the late Gov. Blackburn, bscame ac-
quainted with the relations existing
between Col. Breckenridge and Miss
POLAND, and when he heard how Mrs.
Blackburn had been imposed on he
declared on several occasions and
without secrecy that he intended
holding Breckenridge responsible for
his conduct. The suit followed, how
ever, and the presumption II that
Senator Blackburn decided to await
its result before taking action.
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IN HATS

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-09-15
How a Farmer was SwindIed.

\ novel swindle was worked on
James Conifr. of Pocahontas county,
a prosperous farmer. Two weeks ago
man with all the distinguishing
marks Of farmer called on ConiH
and offered to sell him the patent
right on new cider mill for Pocs-
hontaS county. Coniff did not care
TO buy, but the stranger, who gave
the name OF Barnes, urged him, say
ing that PocshontaS was the only
county in the State not disposed OF.
CouiT refused to buy aud Barnes left.
giving his addi eSs aS Alexandria, Va,
and instructing Conitr 10 send his
note for $3.50 payable in % days, il
he decided to buy.
Four days later prosperous look
ing fellow, giving his sname aS TAYLOR,
called on Con!n aud asked il he had
a certain cider mill patent right for
PocohoutaS county, stating that he
had worked the same thing success
fully ia Pennsylvania, aud would
pay ConiT S40O for IT, Couin told
TAYLOR he had the refusal OF il, and
that he would close the deal with
Barnes and sell out. This was salts.
factory TO Taylor, aud he forthwith
planked down $40 10 bind the bar
gain. CouiI immediately filed out u
! blank note left by Barnes and sent il
by the first mail Two days later the
note turned up in the Warrington
Bank, having been discounted by
Barnes Taylor has not called 10
take the patent right yet and Barnes
cannot be found
\ recent dispatch from Charleston,
! this State, says: Lowen Bragg aud
John Briant tried TO pass off green
goods on William Tate and John
Wood, two farmers, about six miles
from here The price was $1,000 for
$500 Bliaut gave Tate S27 in good
money "a sample and he took il for
keeps Briant said the government
had more money than ii knew what
10 do with aud wanted TO sell somc OF
the surplus. Two or three weeks
later the swiudlers returned aud pro
duced paper which they claimed to
be their authority from Washington.
They said the government had con
cluded not TO sell any more money
and they wanted their samples. The
farmers produced United States
deputy marshal and n warrant instead.
Two shots were fred after Briant,
who tried To escape. but none took
effect Briant got away. Bragg was
captured, brought before the United
States commissioner and bound over
TO appear at the next United States
court
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The Little Dog Under the Wagon.

Come, wife" said good old Farmer Gray,
PUT on your things, 'tis market day
And we IL be off TO the nearest town.
There and back ere the sun goes down.
Spot? No, well leave old Spot behind
But Spot he barked and Spot he whined,
And soon made up his doggish mind
To follow under the wagon.
Away they went at good round pace,
And joy came into the farmers face.
Poor Spot" said he, "did want TO come,
But I'm awful glad he's left at home,
He'll guard the barn, and guard the cot,
And keep the cattle out of the lot
I'm not so sure OF that" thought spot,
The little dog under the wagon.
The farmer all his produce sold,
And got his pay in yellow gold,
Then started homeward after dark,
Home through the lonely forest. Hark
A robber springs from behind a tree
"Your money or else your life, says he;
The moon was up, but he didn't see
The little dog under the wagon.
spot ne'er barked, and Spot ne'er whined.
But quickly caught the thief behind.
He d. agged him down In the mire and dirt
And tore his coat and tore his shirt,
Then held him fast on the miry ground
The robber uttered not a sound,
While his hands and feet the farmer bound
And tumbled him into the wagon.
so Spot he saved the farmers life,
The farmers IN oney, the farmers wife,
And now q hero grand and gay,
A silver collar he wears to-day
Among his friends, among his foes,
And everywhere his master SC es,
He follows on his horny toes,
The little dog under the wagon.