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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-12-15
4 K CHRISTMAS.

A musical and dramatic entertain
ment. which promises to be ~ofunusual
excellence, will be given at the Thib-
odaux Opera House. Thursday Dec.
9th. under the ausDices Of the Home
Circle Orchestra. Our best local tai.
ent have volunteered their services.
The program will embrace singing.
dancing, II very funny Il act comedy
ADD the living pictures. Last but not
least, there will be a Christmas tree,
loaded with presents for distribution
among the audience. Every pnrcIias-
er of ii ticket, adult or child, will re-
ceive a number iu an envelope for the
presents on the tree. We trust our
readers will attend not only will
they witness an entertainment well
worth the money, but they will be as
s;sting a worthy local organization
that we should be proud of. The
Home Circle Orchestra never receive
pay for their services, and this is their
only means Of %repleatIug their treasu-
ry.
Mr.. j. A. Mellon will personally di-
rect the entertainment.
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Now INsANE.-For.t the last three or
four months, it was perceived by the
family anG his friends, that Mr.. Robert
Taste, residing about 3Imiles above
Raceland was becoming insane, and at
last no doubt was left in their mind /;
this was brought on. it would seem,
from sickness. caused by dyspepsia.
Accompanied by Messrs. Zenon Chau-
vim. John Folse. A. S.. Wagenspach
and A. RousseI, he was taken to Thib-
odaux on last Saturday and handed
over into the custody of Judge James
Beary, Sheriff of the Parish. He is
now lodged in a comfortable room in
the Jail house, and we'll taken are of
until arrangements can be made for
sending him to the Insane Asylum at
jackson. The most regrettable part
of this affair is that Mr.. Taste has a
wife and four young children, Deepen
dent upon him !; they are very much
depressed oven his sad condition. He
is a native of the parish Of st. Charles
and son of Mir. Emile Taste, formerly
Recorder of that parish, and Celestine
Trosclair. The physician expresses
hopes that he may yet o his
mind: this is to be sincerely hoped.
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LIST OF PATENTS

Granted to Southern inventors this
week. Reported by c. A. Snow 4 Co.
Solicitors of American and Foreign
patents, Opp. U. S. Patent Office,
Washington, d. c.
w. S. &. Baker, Baltimore, Md,
Brake for railway cars. j. d. Boat
wright, Barachias, Ala, Cordage meas
uring machine. w. Daniels, Fort
Smith. Ark, Chair. C. p. DIEGO,
Owensborough, KY, Mosquito-net
frame. J. g. H. NJ. Goodman, Louis
vile. Ky, Telephone transmitter. j.
w. Holmes, Louisville, KY, COLLAPSE
BILE core barrel. S. j. johnston, Lees
burg, Va, Carriage or wagon jack. P.
r. Lanier, Jackson Hill, N. c., Grain
separator. E. E. Leary, Rock Hall,
Md. Oyster tongs. L. Leitch, Boswell,
Va, Bread raiser. +. T. McWhorter,
Forest, Miss, Stoker for engine fur
nace>. A. Me,ser, Longwood. Fla,
Pump attachment. j. W. Mullins,
Fatiston. & Il. NJ. Jackson, London,
KY, Tl.ill coupling. T. H. & j. T. II.
Paul, Frostburg, MI, Gas engine. G.
| C. Phillips, Manchac, La, Cotton pick
ing machine. J. Reel, French Camps,
! Miss. Car-coupling. J. Z. Schiller,
Lani-r. GA. Extracting turpentine. /
w. Ullman. Birmingham. Ala, Flee.
trio switch. ,McC. Young, Frederick
Md, Brush machine.
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SON

Messrs. Edgar Lirette and A. Blum of
HounIa, spent IL day il Thib"daux
during the latter part Of lass week.
Mrs. Caliste Bourgeois of Houma,
was in Thibodaux on last SATURDAY.
visiting her daughter, IA boaIder at
Mount Carmel Convent.
Mr. H. N. Coulon, the leading no.
tary public Of Tlib"daux. spent u few
days in New Orleans. during the latter
part of last week.
Mr.. Frank Christen IT Bayou Des
Aliemands, right descending bank,
and a member of our Police Jury. vi
sited Thibodaux on business on last
Saturday, returning home on Sunday.
MeSsrs. Remy Roussel and Alfred
Taste, residing about three miles
above Raceland, visited Thibodaux on
last Monday.
NJ. Jules Hoffman, the atfable clerk
OF Mr.. "A. B0uron, was sick and con-
fined to his room for over a week. He
is now up and at his post of duty.
Mr.. J. S. T. Dezaucle. formerly a
resident and merchant of Thibodaux.
left on last Thursday for Eunice with
his family. to make it his future home.
We wish him all success.
Mr.. S. P. Aclhee of Houma had the
misfortune of losing on last Sunday
his oldest child, a daughter, aged 4
years. The body was taken to Laba-
dieville on Monday and laid to rest in
st Philomena's Catholic Cemetery in
the Aclee family tomb. The bereaved
parents have our sincere symnathies.
Mr.. A. NJ. Dupont, a leading mer-
chant of Houma, passed through our
town on Monday to attend the funeral
of Mr.. S. P. Achee's child, returning
Tuesday.
Mr.. j. w. Knoblocb, our deputy
clerk of court was very sick a few
days ago, the result of eating oranges
at night his condition was very
serious for a while and his suffering
very painful. He has since entirely
recovered. end is now able to attend
to his duties.
Mr.. W. Il, Williams of Lower La
fourche, better known as Uncle Bill
Lush. left his home on last Sunday
morning at 2 O'Clock in a small piro-
que, reaching Thihodaux at 8 p. m,
travelling a distance of So miles. He
came here for the purpose of obtaining
some money to build the levee in front
of his property 10Y caved in. Through
his friends here, he has applied to the
Board of Levee Commissioners of the
Atcl,afalaya Basin Levee District.
We hope the relief will be granted.
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Elsewhere under the heading IF ga
New Firm" you will la4fn that Mr..
Ellis Braud of Thibodaux will on the
LIST Of January, 1895, transfer his COM
plete stock of merchandise to his sons,
when the new firm will take charge
of same under the nam of ellis
Brands Sons. Mr.. Ellis Braud has
been one of the most successful mer-
chants in our town, and his retirement
from business is regretted by his many
friends; they. however, feel that in
the hands of his sons the business will
be carried IN in as friendly a spirit,
and they promise, to the
sons, the same pleasant business rela-
tons as were accorded the father.
Although, retired. we express the hone
that Mr.. Files Braud will often meet
his former patrons in the same estab-
lIShment.
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LILLlpuTIANs AND MIDGETs. -
Have you ever seen Lilliputians and
Midgrts ? IF rot, 90 to the Ihibodaux
Opera tonight, and see them in Mrs.
Gen. Tom Thumb Co. They will not
ONLY show themselves, but will give a
pleasant evenings entertainment.
Their program is u diversified one.and
will be very amusing.
Price of admission, 25cts, 35cts. and
Scots. Do not fail to see them. There
will also be a grand family Matinee at
2:3O p. M. to day, for the special bene-
fit of mothers and children.
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A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-Mr. Theo-
4s2le PIeou of our town, while making
Barrels on Acadia plantation, met with
painful accident. While tightening
barrel. the crank on the windlas
prung loose, and he was struck on the
oxer jaw by one of the arms of the
fheel of the windlaS, breaking the
Nv bone, and knocking out ) teeth.
y was attended to at once he lost a
peat deal of blood +; had he received
ae stroke on the head, he would have
cen killed outright, With all his
llafortune. he was. indeed very fortu-
ne. He is now better and can be
zen on the streets.
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The cnnvicts whose camp Is located

The %c"nvicts whose camp Is located
below town on the Acadia plantation,
are now backing and raising the levee
between the upper line of Acadia and
the upper ,iue of the town of Thibo-
daux. Between Thibedaux and the
Catholic Church. a sufficient space of
the road will be left between the levee
and The crmented hanquette for trdi-
nary public travel, sufficient for two
ve',ic!rs to cross me another while
travelling in opposite directions. This
is quite ii r~etrenchment on the propos-
ed levee as it was formerly staked off.
and the citizens of Thibodaux are to
be congratulated for this favorable re-
suit. They sincerely thank the At
~chatalaya Basin Levee District Board
for receding from their first position
We understand that in front Of Thibo.
daux, the levee will be so built as tt
} cause the least damage possible.
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The Engerran Bros, the popular ha-
fers of our town. have bought out the
cake fixtures of Mr.. Alois Weissen-
TANNER. and are now prepared to 60
anything in that line, from the smallest
Nv cake to the largest wedding cake.
Prices moderate. Don't fail to give
them a call. 1l-3-94-2m.
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Mr.. Willie Thomas, the efficient and

Nj. Willie Thomas, the efficient and
worthy manager of Magnolia planta-
bon belonging to Capt. j. J. Shaffer OF
~Terrebonne. sent us last week IA few
sanples of sugars made on Magnolia.
Ne do not claim to be Judge of sugar,
yet these samples appear to us to be
y 90 d as any we have seen this year
the quality sent us must command
The top Of the market.
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Mrs. O. Gauthreaux the popular
&illlner of st. Philip st. announces to
b public and her many customers
hat she has received her winter hats
br ladies' of the latest and most
ashionable patterns.
Give her a call. O-27-94.-2m
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We had the pleasure of meeting in
.ssRu or last Sunday, Mr.. G. +. Guet,
the firm OF Vergues, Guet and Sc
M. importers aud wholesale liquor
3ealers of New Orleans. This house
bthe sole agent of the Cotton EN. Ex-
ia Dry Champagne of Reims.
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The boys gave a dance at the Thlbo-
,.nr One,a House on last Thursday
evening. and those present had a very
~n,sasant and delightful time. On
aecount Of the advent season. the
.,endauce was small. Our thanks to
.hs committee for an invitation to
attend.
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Every person owning a horse or a
k3nle. should have Dr. Sylvesters
E%neciic for Bots, Collcs and Tympa-
|,;tas-.A stitch in time saves nine.
|gor sale at Thibcdeaux Drug Store.
1O-13-94-3m.
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VI. Sylvester's Specific for Bots.
zones and Tympanites in Horses and
Jules Is the best remedy that science
yer discovered. For sale by Thibo-
FAUX Drug Store. 10-13-94-3m.
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", Mellon will take part in the
u.me Circle entertainment Dec. 2'tt.
mis- will be his first public appearance
here since last August.
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a. Eugene Folse. one OF the oldest
Aeas OF this parish. and living a
"ilies ABOVE Raceland, is reported
SICK, and not expected to live.
h. ~ over eighty years old. Mr..
, a. Badeaux visited him on last
su aay to fix his business, ere he
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musicians highly recommend DR..
esiSester's Specific for Bots. Coles and
t!mFanites in Horses and Mules. For
s'e at itlbodeaHx Drug Store.
1913 9i-3m.
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..,uons C;stcrn SIS. 1900 Gallons, SO
lMu = Eros, 90 Perdido st. New Orleans
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AhI =. = oood hank. Time deposits
s.0w ;.,terrs; ana the smalleS. am-
unit will omen an account. Bank
dThib0dauX.
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Husband and Son
impure Blood, Eoiis, Car
buncies, Rheumatism
Perfectly Cured by Hoods.

C.. i. Hood & Co.. Lowell, Mass:
MY husband was afflicted with boils for eight
years. He received several prescriptions from
different physicians but did not realize any bene.
nj from the medicine. Last spring his neck was
nearly covered with little boiIs which would
break and run a little and then heal only fol
others to take their place. They grew in mum.
Der and size until they turned to carbuneles. He
began to think they would kill him.. Everything
the doctors did seemed to
Aggravate the Disease.
he at last bought a bottle of Hoods Sarsapac
rila and when he had taken half of it his neck
was well and he has had but one pimple since.
The remainder of the medicine 1 gave to my
twelve year old boy Willie Massey who had
been afflicted with rheumatism from his infancy,
so badly that I feared he would always be a
cripple. He could not run and play like the
other children. After he had taken a half bottle
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla it seemed to do him so
much good that we concluded to give it a fair
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co,noisseurs of Il good cigar smoke
&c r. Beauresard's .Favorite. and
'oe n,nce it fine. 1t can he found at
pto". cnJoon 1913 ,94-2m.
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n;strict Court has again been i'll
.ossion this week.
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LOCAL NEWS.
VIE P4ILEOAD SCHEDULE.

.rup4ILHO1D SCHEDULE.
Ts,BoDAUx BRANCH ROAD.
n~ooo,tn,es. Arrivals
NO. ~ 10.5O"" 59.12:50 p. M.
" 20 IN n. 81, .5:2O " "
NAILS.
J Departures.
No West mail.
"a East and West mails.
Arrivals.
s., =, East and West mails.
70 81 East mail.
81 West mail.
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MessrS. Edgar Lirette aud A. Blum Of
Houna, spent il day il T~hlboiaux
during the latter part Of lass week.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-22
a WHITE MILESTONE.
Glad Eastertide Heralds the Resurrection
oP

Glad Eastertide Heralds the Resurrection
of All Life.
We have come again to one of the
white milestones of the year, Easter
tide, and we look beyond it for the
April softness creeping over the land.
For there is a sweet prophecy Of balmy
winds, and the soft. restful green of
the tender grass along the hedges, and
the vi1lets are peeping from their
frozen beds,
"Emblems OF our own great resurrection.
Emblems of the bright and better land"
And the blush of the apple blossom ia
in the ringing of the Esster bells
Our eyes have long been dazzled by
the SHOWS of winter, or blinded and
weary with the fog and mist, but the
air will soon be full of the perfume of
spring flowers and the song of birds.
Such is to be our portion, for the an
niversary of His resurrection is at hand
and Nature clothes herself in the most
delicate and beautiful of garments in
honor Of our risen Lord. How hope
comes again to the invalid with Easter
day. and how II brings a renewal Of it
to the weak and weary Christian, for
the remembrance of this day warns
the heart into new resolves, new love
for others, into broader charities and
greater sacrifices for those who stand
and wait. For. ''as Christ was raised
up from the dead, even so we also
should walk in newness of life BAN
ner of Gold.
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AN ANCIENT CUSTOM.
The Giving of Colored Eggs Among the
Early Peoples.

Early Peoples.
Eleanor A. Burnet asked awhile ago
why eggs are used at Easter time. The
fact is, the custom dates so far back
that think nobody knows just how or
when or where it originated We are
told that the Jews always used eggs at
the Passover feast, SO they were called
Pasch eggs; and as our Easter CORE
spends with the Jewish Passover the
practice was continued. 1t is said that
the Persians, also, when they keep the
festival of the solar new year, in
March, present each other with colored
eggs; and so the pretty custom has
been handed down and passed on to
our day; and we give to our friends all
sorts of beautiful colored eggs. and
dainty devices in the shape of eggs for
Easter gifts, hardly knowing why.
With us the Easter egg has come to
be symbol of life from the dead. AS
life springs from the apparently lifeless
egg, and as now nature wakes from a
sleep that has seemed all winter like
death, so we may know that when our
bodies are laid away in the grave
there is just as surely resurrection
for US as there was for the body Of our
Saviour when He broke the bonds of the
tomb upon that glorious Easter day SO
many years ago. Let us all keep that
thought with US as we prepare our lit
tie Easter tokens, and see how much
sweeter and gladder it will make the
day.-Phebe Bird, in Chicago Advance
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OF all writer's of English, Chaucer is
most free from self-conscious cry. Not
the greater genius, Shakespeare him
self, was free of occasional strain, of
rhetorical soaring into regions dim with
haze. To Chaucer was given the calm
clear vision of Hellenic eyes There is
not n line of his that is not as clear as
the morning crow of chanticleer when
all the air is still and crystalline. So
common now in verse, and even in prose,
are the gaspings for the vague and the
fantastic strain, so accustomed are we
to the lack of sweet propriety of meas
ured phrase. that Chaucer seems, in
the apprehension of many writers, I'M
literary. This misconception is as bad
for literature as the Bernini notion of
sculpture was for art. And it is not
excused by the idea that modern life is
more complex than life formerly, and
that its expression must necessarily be
vague and misty. Life is richer and
more complex, it may be. and the op-
portunity of the poet and the novelist
is greater than ever. but human nature
is not changed, and art is bound by the
old laws of sanity and moderation
Charles Dudley Warner, in Harper's
Magazine.
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Easter proved beautiful day, so
Robert end I. with our tvo little oues,
went to the quaint old church. How
different it all seemed The bright
sunlight streaming through the VIM
dows. and the only decoration was the
bunch of violets on the desk The con-
gregation of true and earnest people
sang as II their hearts were in tho
hymn; the minister prayed as if he
were having talk with a loved friend.
and the sermon was the plain and SIM
pie gospel of the Christ who is indeed
risen.
AS my little girl crept close to me
and laid her golden head, with con-
fiding gesture, against my arm, my
heart overfowed with thankfulness
that at last knew the joys of wife and
motherhood. and was no longer "a
soulless doll"
That evening, as we sat around our
cheerful hearth, my husband, bending
to kiss me, said:
"Ah, Margaret, this Easter, although
without lilies, has been the truest Sab
bath of our lives!"-Agnes w. McClel-
land, in Good Housekeeping.
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Never mind. through Lent I would
try to get acquainted with my chill
dren and win Robert back to my side;
and with sigh left the conservatory,
where the Easter lilies, just budding,
had started this train of thought, and
went slowly up the broad stairs to my
boudoir My maid was waiting to
dress me for the Van Tassel ball.
As stood before the pier glass, that
stretched from floor to ceiling, 1 looked
with curiosity at the figure before me.
The green and pink brocade of my
court train lay in shimmering folds
far behind ne; priceless Duchesse lace
draped the front of the gown, and was
caught here and there by a diamond
star. The shoulders and arms were
quite bare but for the diamond neck
lace that clasped the rounded throat.
The proudly poised head, with dark,
satiny braids, and the face, with its soft
black eyes, were very beautiful, they told
me; but / saw the disconnected droop
of the scarlet lips, and the reckless,
disappointed glance from the eyes; and
l wished, as l stood there, that might
change places with any woman who had
lived good, true and useful life. l
was so tired of this endless round of
pleasure for pleasures sake; but who
would have believed me if had told
them? In the eyes of the world was
one of the favored few.
The ball was brilliant affair; all
the highest beauty and wealth of the
city were there. Jewels worth kings
ransom. gowns from Worth and Felix
that had cost small fortune, light,
music, gayety everywhere, and still
was wretched.
1t was growing late, and stood for a
moment in the conservatory, waiting
for my escort to bring an ice, while
two gentlemen ON the other side of the
palms were talking in low tones.
"Well, it's all up with Morton. He's
lost every dollar!"
"Yes, so they say. pity him; fine
fellow, young, too; and it will go hard
with him."
And that wife of his is nothing but
butterfly. tell you a man has my
sympathies, who goes down like that.
with such a wife. She will be him
drance, burden, rather than a help
meet"
..She is beautiful. but soullsss doll,
as anyone can See"
The ''soulless doll" stood as if turned
to stone, while all my utter selishness
rushed over me. My husband, whom l
had promised to love and honor, had
been struggling with this trouble alone,
and had seen nothing of it! What
was + but butterfly? All, It's we'll
sometimes to see ourselves as others
see us Invent blindly up to the dress
ing room without waiting to see my
hostess, and in few moments was roll
ing toward my home.
In the library dim light was burn
ing. Robert was at home then. Go
ing softly upstairs I found my maid
doing before the fire. She sprang up
as came in. 80, you are i'll, madam"
mo. only tired" and soon 1 was
clothed in my dressing-gown, and went
down to the library.
There, seated by the table. his head
resting on his arms. was my husband.
Going to him, laid my hand on the
bowed head.