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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-06-07

A correspondent ia luda heard very
iuoctuo0s Hlodoo pc hce khaivsr cay the
other day. When / went into the house,
| ssw iour dead bodies. One of them was
carried away slive.
Then you saw three dead bodies aud not
forr2 / qIeued
No, sir, Was the reply emphatioally sld
reprovinPly given, saw iour dead tod.
les The one taken away alive turned DOT
10 be dead.
Whist does he meab2 asked Of his
European superior al lltLm.D.
lie means, sofr that q the four dead
men the "s3 earned away sl.iye doyed,
es be was going along 10 the kysr.
Aud au'thet story comes 10 ~ from the
Tast; lhefr lis al Dtpbapage st Bandota
A Reutltmsu made react Tor the lutl. 10,
m.trs, QUE OF sbow VA observed 10 be
-tonhg he ockers All. cake Why dou't
y,u ,st Il1s.Ii tue ltDJ douof Qaot4
toe o'thsu. I'm keepiayu ull ny par.
enfs camrlos enc. # a-rd to be said
.hst ba J.. ~rfs eu l.i.G sprcslly. Bot
ID tar trsf4rd .f~ fryr po.D,iDg
.he afteltel cast Of I.isl oa.Lt.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

The proper use of ice in storerooms
is also an important point. In connec-
ton with the experimental laboratory
In Copenhagen is an exhibition auild
ing for dairy products. 1t is in This
building that the frequent competitive
exhibitions of butter from dairies all
over the country are held. 1t is essen
tial that the butter should be kept at
Il low temperature, and to this end
Prot. Fjord constructed an icehouse in
connection with it which is SO arranged
that the air which enters the storeroom
must pass over the ice in the icehouse.
There are v%entilators placed near Che
bottom of the wall which separates
the icehouse from the storeroom, and
the cold air from the icehouse flows
through these into the storeroom.
The principle is illustrated in Fig. .,
the arrows showing the course of the
air currents. The cold air comes out
from the ice directly under the butter
packages, and as it becomes warmer it
rises and again enters the icehouse or
large icebox, as the case may be, at
the top. It is a principle which may
be advantageous for our creameries to
put in practice.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON HALL
An Open Field.

II any n has an impression that
communications to these Studies
will not be published unless they echo
its ideas, he is mistaken.
Articles on any side of the question
will always be welcome, so they are
decent, we'll written, within reasonable
limits and to the point. except h a we
do not discuss the tariff.
We will take chances in the open
field, and reconsider any proposition
we can not fairly defend.
Land owners especially should be
interested. as the principal benefit OF
any improvement or social advance
goes to them in the increase Of value
given to land. Write your opinions
briefly. Address this Office, or P. 0.
Box SO, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
PRAISE FOR THE FARMERS.

They Are the Backbone of Our Country
The Cities Would Die of Dry Rot If
They Did Not Draw Men From the
Country.
To the Editor of the Advocate-In
the issue of your paper OF September
10 you say Mr.. Robert Hoods argu.
ruent Is nnanswerable; foreible and
convincing. ,
MIR. Hood advocates the taxing of all
property. This is one OF The most
important questions Of the times and
hope you will open your columns to its
full, free and fearless discussion.
The farmers must always be the back
bone of our country. The cities have
to draw men from the farms year after
yea year. r. d if they hey did y the cities would
The present system of taxation makes
the farmers pay sixty per cent. of the
national taxes.
The land values of the cities, towns,
railroads and mines are ninety per
cent. of the land values of the country.
The single tax is not a tax on land
values; and if all taxes were concen-
trated on land values the farmers
would pay only.tc tel per cent. of the ma
tional taxes, instead Of so per cent. as
they do now.
Land values are made by all the peo-
pie and therefore belong to the people
as a whole.
At first thought it might seem That
10 per cent. of the national taxes would
be an unjustly small percentage for
the farmers to pay but you must re-
member that the large land values of
the cities, towns and railroads would
be impossible if it were not for the
farmers, and under the single tax they
(the farmers) would justly share in
large land values that they help to
create.
There are lots in New York city 25x
100 feet that are worth n hundred
thousand dollars and the rental value
of them at five per cent. would be five
thousand dollars a year: The lot is
worth that without a building on it.
When the farmers think of that inn
mense value that they help year after
year to produce, and which now they
are robbed of, they will all be for the
single tax. c. F. COOPER
Brooklyn, October 5.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

she plan L and NJ represent the OPEN
ings. same as in section. K is the box
in which the ice is thrown. d D are
drains to carry off water, and A B rep
resents the point at which the section
Is drawn.
Following are the results of expert
ments conducted by Prof. Fjord to
ascertain the efficiency of packing ma
icehouses. Chaffed straw is taken as
the standard and represents one hun.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
THE FARMING WORLD.
DAIRY lCEHOUSES.

HINT. from Denmark Which May 30 OF
Value to Our Readers.
Prof. C. G. Georgeson, in his recent
report to the department OF agrlcul-
ture ON the dairy industry of Denmark,
gives illustrations of icehouses aud the
use of ice in the storeroori, which we
have had reproduced by Photographic
process. and present them in connec-
ton with Mr.. Georgeson's description
and report as follows:
Ice being used SO largely i'll the Dam
ish diaries. they have given consider
able attention to the construction OF
ice houses. Their icehouses arc now
constructed above ground, and, when
ever practicable. in direct connection
With the creamery: Although ice Is
not a scarce article In that cut1ntT'y, II
has been found more economical 20
build a substantial house with double
walls than to put the ice in a hllnsy
structure with thin walls through
which the changes of temperature are
readily felt.
Fig. |. shows the plan and section of
an icehouse Of modern construction,
built in connection with a creamery.
Both the ot!tside and inside walls are,
in this case, of wood. But they are also
frequently built of brick. The plan
shows hat the outside studdinA is
boarded up on both sides. On the o\t-N
side ordinary Notwithstanding is usek,
but on the inside it should be male s
tight as possible. Inside of this shell,
and 2 feet from it all around, is an
other set of studding, which is also
boarded UP Oh both sides, the BOARDS
being fitted nicely together. The 3
foot space between these two walls Is
filled with some non-heat Conducting
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
il Equity,

Legislation, Senator Hill declared.
must be for the whole people. If real
estate is to be taxed. then all real es-
tate should be taxed. If personal prop
erty is to be taxed, then all personal
property should be taxed. If incomes
are to be taxed, then let all incomes be
taxed. There should be no discrimina-
ton. Any legislation is bad which re-
lieves certain classes from the support
of the government. If the rich are to
pay all the taxes, they will soon de-
mand the right to control the govern
ment.--SPeech at the Farmers Fair.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
The single Tax.

An association has been formed to
advocate the placing of all taxes. in
state. county or hundred. and munich
pal upon the land, irrespective of inn
provements. The scheme is nfopian.
and will not amount to anything be-
yond the amusement of drealners of re-
form. Wilmington Del Daily Re.
publican.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
An Ounce Of Prexentton.

DR.. James A. Law, the distinguished
veterinarian, thinks that no one suffer-
ing with consumption should be al
lowed to milk cows or work in a dairy.
In the matter of tuberculosis cows are
mor often sinned against than sim
aine.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
Its Evil Effects.

The last census shows that in the de-
cade ending in 1890, with an increase in
population of 25 per cent. and in ma
tional wealth Of so per cent, the num-
Der Of farmers who own their farms
increased less than l per cent, while
tenant farmers increased 40 per. cent.
and incurred real estate mortgage in
debtedness increased 156 per cent.
In fact, statistics prove, beyond a
doubt, that our present system of tax
alton is rapidly robbing the farmers of
their farms, and it present conditions
continue, the next generation of Amer
lean farmers will differ in no material
respect from Irish farmers: they will
be tenant farmers, drudging for an ex-
istence, while landlords living on the
products of their toll saunter to and
fro in the world attended by servants
and drinking the costliest wines.
CHARLES e. BENTON.
New Bedford, Mass, October.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
The Single Takers Remedy,

To the Editor of the PostsDispateh'-
MI. J. K. Gwynn's statement that it is
passing strange that Missouri should
have been used for more than a quarter
of a century as a bridge across which
the wealth and population OF the east
has been tided + y y while her own
well-watered and fertile lands have
been neglected, is not amazing when
we consider the cause.
1t is mans nature to crafty his
wants and desires with the least eXer.
ton. Having seen long ago that
mother earth is the storehouse from
which all our needs must be drawn.
long-headed individuals were not slow
in gobbling up all the land, which on
account of an increasing population
must sooner or later become very valua-
BILE.
1t is n of the maxims of landlord
ism to improve at A and G., leaving Z
in the state in which it was created.
This Is done for the purpose of in
creasing the value of the land at B, the
promoters of such schemes being very
we'll aware that man. being a social
animal, would rather pay good round
sum for the advantages which the So
ciety of his fellows grants him than to
60 into the wilderness beyond c.
It was landlordism that compelled
the emigrants to cross Missouri as on a
bridge and to 60 further west to seek
cheaper or free land.
All our zinc ore mines. all our lead
mines, all our coal mines, all our for
ests, and everything else Of value in
the nature of land, are monopolized.
In st. Francois county two corpor-
atoms own 46, OsO acres of land; in Car
ter county three corporations owl.
$50, 900; in Iron county thirteen individ.
uals and corporations own 113, 600
acres; in Wayne county six individuals,
1877. 900 acres; in Reynolds county five
individuals and corporations, III, 600
acres; in Butler county eleven persons
and corporations, 116, 2s6 acres. Two
million seven hundred and se~venty-nve
thousand acres of public land were in
closed by cattle syndicates. and several
others inclosed from TO- 900 to 30. 900
acres each.
In the city of St. Louis 80, 500 people.
out of a population Of 500, 600. w all
the land within the city limits. We
are very fond of teaching our children
that the Creator made this earth for
the use of all his children, and then
we Immediately prove ourselves to be
prcvaricators by permitting a few
to appropriate and to hold ont of
use ~nine-tenths of our common inherit
ance
We invite the thrifty, the Industrious
and the conscientious to come and set
tie among us and then we straightway
punish them by making them pay sew
en-eights of all the taxes.
We reward the INSCRIPTIONS, the
lazy, the shiftless and the dog-in-the-
manager by permitting them to reap
where others have sown and then we
wonder why the public treasury is al
ways empty. We take private prop
erty for the payment of public ex-
penses, and public property we kindly
allow to fill the Golfers of private in
dividuals.
To place Missouri where she properly
belongs. takes something more than
mere invitations, Worlds fair displays
and statements about her natural re-
sources.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

AMATEUR HUNTER ito rabbit driver, who
has just got a load of small shot in his coat
-"How much damages will you ask fQr
this unluckv accidants" Peasant-''Oh,
never mind such Il tlifle! I'll just charge II
till you hit me Acknowledgements Blattef:
TtMM1Ss-"yVhat do you think of my new
desks Bought it secondhand; made the
money gil from thy jokes slIpm m 9s,
were ali secondhand, were they nots"-
Cincinnati Tribune:
SHE-"Have you ever had any experience
of Wall street, Mr.. Lamb" He-'Yes, in
deed, plenty of it," She-"HoW long were
YOU there's He-'tJust fifteen minutes."-
Munsey's Magazine.
No, MAUD, dear. Il journal devoted to
the interests Of palmistry, isn't strictly
speaking, a hand organ. - Philadelphia
Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

A good character is. in all cases,
the fruit Of personal exertion. 1t is
not inherited from parents; II is not
created by external advantages: it is
no necessary ~appendage Of birth,
wealth, talents OF station: but ii is the
result of ones own endeavors-she4
fruit md reward Of good PRINCIPLES
manifested in a course of virtuous and
honorable aetion.-J. Halves.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

FIG 1.-GROUND PLAN AND SECTION OB
IcEHoUsE.
material, chaffed straw or hay being
the most III Any material thus
used will. in the course of two or three
yeats; have gathered moisture SO that
it will begin to mold, OF if it is OF & ma.
ture which prevents molding, it will
nevertheless be moist, and in this con-
dition it has partly lost its non-con'
Quoting properties, and it ought to be
renewed. 1t is. therefore, essential to
have small doors at convenient places
in the outside shell near the ground,
through which the packing can be re-
moved. and others near the top through
which it can be renewed. The space
is large enough to admit a person to
tramp it together.
The icehouse here represented opens
into the creamery and, in this case, no
special attention is needed; but if the
entrance is from the outside, an ante
room is essential in order that the
warm air may be excluded from the
icehouse on entering. In the section
of this ieehouse the letters H Ii rep
the chaff which is packed in
between the double walls. NJ NJ are
doors through which the icehouse is
filed, and l. L are doors Used for the
renewal of the chaf. T is the layer OF
peat on which the ice rests. The layer
of chaff extends over the ice as we'll as
up the sides of the building. Ice is
removed through the shute t and falls
into the box K, from which it is re-
moved as wanted. v is the entrance
to the house, under the ceiling, where
there is also a window for light. In
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
Better Sense Than spellings

Wjilapa City, Wash.-At the school
meeting held at this place to-day to de-
eide for or against a special tax, q bal
let vas cast BIZ. an enthusiastic populist
which reads as follows:
Hepudiate all bonds. mortgages and
taxis, and make the ballots file by-gor.
Yours for Washington, the best state
in the nnion.-taxis, no. From the
Morning 0regonian.
LANCE and increasing number of in
teliigent citizens believe that mort
Cages and other debts represent moth.
ing but 4 lien on lands. goods or chat
tells. which have already been once
fully taxed. and therefore that such
TAXATION is double and often triple tax
stioi on the same piece Of property.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

Hounds follow d trail better during
humid than in dry weather, because
the moisture of the atmosphere pre-.
vents the dissemination OF the odora
LETT ny fleeing animals,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
He Couldn't Post the Judge.

Judge-You have committed a seri-
Gus crime, Do you know what the
penalty of ii Isl:
Culprit~-Sorry I cant o'blige you.
Why don't you look II. up?-Fliegende
Klaetter.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
II. BLOOMFIELD.

Commissioners U. S. Circuit Court for the Vest
ern District OF Louisiana.
Commissioner u. s. Court OF Claims throughout
the United States.
Notary Public in and for the Parish of 81. Lam
dry. Office with Hon. John N. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
Ut. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured; Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks. etc., procured without delay.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
FOR SALE.

WILL sell for sash or on easy terms the fol-
l. lowing described property, viz:
sixty-six arpenis, all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and outbuildings,
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
2. plantation situated on the Courtableau,
containing four hundred and forty-two and
AZ. 100 arpents, about sixty arpents under pieux
ana wire fence and in cultivation, with two good
tenant houses and outbuildings. The rear OF
this tract consists of cypress swamp.
3. Several tracts of wood land on the BAYOU
Ieche, situated between Coulon's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan-
tageously for the year 1894, and if sold l will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
w. G. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
SMALL FARMS

FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.
Lot /, Section A, T 2, S, 1, E., 1874 65. 100 acres.
Lot 2, Sec. As, same I and n, 2O4 70. 100 acres.
Lott Sec. IS, same I and r, Is sc. 100 acres.
Situated in Bayou Chicot settlement and
partly improved.
These lands have been patented by the United
States, January, Is. 1884, under a re-survey exc
cuted by Geo. X. Bradford, Esq, U. s.. Deputy
Surveyor, and are choice uplands.
Also W y NV Y See. "a, T ), S, r 1, E, State
patent to J. d. Haggerty. Sw "A OF Sc "A Sec. o.
rs, s, r.. j, w, U. S. patent No. 4245, containing
AZ acres.
Z l2 of Sc Il See. II and W IL of sw n Sec. u, T
{, 5, h !, w, containing lGl 20. 100 acres. This is
tine timber land, and adjoins Marius Landreneau
the whole to suit purchasers. Apply to
I'D HAGGERTY, Washington, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
Not Orthodox.

Dottie-Mamma. | guess my dolly's
mamma must have been a very unpious
lady.
Mamma-Why SO, Dot?
Dottie-Why, she's made herSso her
knees won't bend. / have to put her
on her stummick to say her prayers
Judge.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

10u can save EloEey ny wearing fne
W. L.. Douglas $500 Shoe.
Because, we arc the largest manufacturers of
this grsdeo of shoes in tho world, and guarantee their
bottom. which protect you against high prices and
the middlemans profits Our shoes equal custom
work In style. easy fttfi,g and wearing qualities.
We have them sold eyarf where atlower prices for
the value gisea than any other make. Take no sub.
situsss Ayeus dsslsr cannot supply you, re esu~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-29
WORK AND WORKERS.

Tur Massachusetts House Ropresenia'lF'a
-oiootod Nv vote of 81 to 81, the bill fixing
"A hours per week as the limit for tho labor OF
women and minors in mills. factories, etc.
ACCORDING to despatch from Des Moine7'
tbo Farmers Alliance and Industrial Onion
is about to ioin the alliance orsaAized Dy '''
Kniohts Of Labor and the American Fedora
ton Of Labor.
,v,s Ohio Miners Convention. in session III
Columbus. voted down a resolution to con-
tnue the strike, and adopted one accepting
the strike settlement and ordering feS"'"P-
ton of work at once
TUE American Strawboard plant et kopiS'
willie Indiana, shut down on account ol th9
coal famine. and the Lake Eric and western
R,ilroad has DISCONTINUED its local lreig1V
trains for the same reason.
FIFTY stone cutters at work on the pfih'i-
n,l bui!dings in Victoria, q. C., struck De-
conse Contractor Adams deducted from inc
WAGES of one Of the masons the value oi Il
dreased stone which the latter had accident"
ally broken. ru.-
FACTORIES .. 3, 5. 7anl Of the Illinois
Glass Company. at Alton, have resumed
onoraiions. It has been decided to operate
one-half OF the factories all summer. in order
70 make up for the frequent stoppages cause"
by the coal strike.
Tur National Convention Of tho American
Railway Union, in Chicago, by vote Of ll3
20 102 refused 70 strike out Of the amended
constitution the clause declaring that mem-
bership shall be restricted to railway ems
ployes born Of white parents.
IL consideration OF bonus Of Az acres OF
land 80 lots. gas we'll and railroad switches
all offered by Phil Matter. syndicate Oh
cani,alists headed by Chicago men, has de-
cided TO establish mammoth tin plate plant
north Of Anderson, Indiana, that Will Do III
rnu operation this lan, employing 300 men.
Ovr thousand men were thrown out oil
worl, through the closing down OF the Mount
Clare repair shops Of the Baltimore ana ONO
Railroad Company, at Baltimore. No prev
ions notice had been given the men. Inc
action Is said to be due to general business
depression supplemented by the coal strike
THREE hundred steel workers, members OF
tba Amalgama,ed Association, employed III
Jo,es & Lau2hlin's American Iron Works, ag
p;ttsburg. have been notified OF wage re-
duction amounting to As per cent, 70 tako
affect July l. The men have protested a5oinsr
the reduction and a strike may result.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-29
ECUsE.

1-4ru pAY.-Oa accoun. OF tho slight i'll.
nees Of the speaker, 1lr. Bailey discharS9u
tha duties Of speaker pro ten. IN TIE hous9
of REPRESENTATIVES. Two bills were passeo,
and then the Anti-opt.on bill was taken up,
butwithout aroGsinS tho bitterness iormorly
disDlayed against this MEASURE hlr. Ha,ch
made tho following speech IN 'ayof 81 u. no
was followed ly lir. Warner, ol AcW 1orAl III
oprosition. and by Air. Bryant, OF NeDrasHa,
in I, yor fthe bill after which the House adj
iourhcd.
155Tu DAy.-Tho proceedings Of tho House
of Representatives were dull in the extreme,
the entire day being given TO long speecne5
on the Anti-option bill.
18TH DAY.-Tho Anti-option bill occupied
the attention OF the House Of Representatives,
all day. and an agreement was made thaC
debate should close at adjournment Ihufa-
dav. and a vote should be taken on the bill
Friday morning after tho morning hour
18TH DAY.-Therc was some delay in TAX
ing 10 the Anti-Option bill IN the House OF
Representatives and an agreement was en-
tered into extending the time for debate ior
two hours Friday to be consumed under tne
five minutes rule. after which Mr.. ltatch VIII
bc allowed an hour for his closing speech
Spoeches were made by Representatives. GroB
venor wheeler, Stockdaia and Berry n
support of the bill: and by Mr Covert, Bart
lott On;gg and B0atncr IN opposluon - -
| MIR. Pence spoke on the silver question.
! f58ru DAY.-Tho House adopted TIE Ann
| option bill by a vote Of l49 20 ST. DURING iH'
! two hours allowed for amendments numDe,
were offered, many OF " zen Wcro accep'eu
Lv the committee OF the Whole, Dul "hci
Gnol action came in the House eleven amend
ments wero rejected and the bill passed IN it5
o.lr;nal form except that -four was placed
amop.- the commodities affected by tho iii.