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The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
STRAWBERRY PLANTING.
A Method Which Ii Reasonably Sure {
Bring Good Results.

A Method Which Ii Reasonably Sure to
Bring Good Results.
In planting Strawberries there is a
right way, and there are a number OF
wrong ways. What we are after in
ordinary culture is TO induce a reason
able number of plants to make an early
start, in other words, to have them in
good growing condition before our
usual midsummer drought, SO they
will give us a nice matted row. We
find hat the earlier we plant after the
land is IN readiness to receive the
plants, the more surelyd do we reach the
coveted result. Usually we can get
better plants in the early part OF the
season than will be obtainable later.
Atmospheric and soil conditions also
are more favorable then. The plants
start promptly, and 20 fll the rows
with strong
The right way of planting always
presupposes the use of good strong
plants. Some of our nurserymen are
not careful enough in the sorting Of
the plants they ship, and only too often
have we received strawberry plants
that were utterly unfit for planting. If
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
Keeping Fruit rree. Dormant

The uses Of "cold storage in keep.
ing meats, fruit and vegetables in an
unchanged condition are well known
but the modification of this process
called cool storage" as applied to
trees, ETC., is more novel. 1t is
such an arrangement Of packing
house and cellar that all extremes
OF temperature are avoided and a me-
dunn preserved In which nursery
trees will remain dormant for any
length of time. A western nursery
firm last fall had trees in its packing
houses which had been there twelve
months and were in perfect condition.
Apparently they could be kept through
the winter in the same conditions and
be ready to grow when planted out.
We dc not know that the length of
time trees could be thus kept has ever
been tested.-Country Gentleman.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

Every shower that came over the hills
brought hurry and worry with it, for
she must take down everything hang
ing in the ~lean-to, and set pals in half
q dozen places in the attic, and the car
pet in the end Dom had already been
taken up because the numerous wet
tings that it had received were HfOl-
Ing it, and the brilliant colors were all
running together in one indistinguish-
able blur.
The paint was all off the house in
some places and fast coming off IN
others; in fact, the cottage was in a
state of peel" all over. The neigh
bors had begun to speak about it, and
say to Malvina how nice it would look
painted in light colors. And down at
the sewing circle one lady had heard
that she was going to have her house
painted, and another asked "if she'd
got to hev paintin' done this fall!"
When she returned from that meet
ing, she decided she would not attend
another till the house was either
painted or she could say with truth
that she expected it would be.
She had asked and asked John to
have 1t done, and for two years she
had asked in vain. First, John must
have a new barn, for IA merciful man
is merciful to his beast" and then he
must have a new binder, for it would
save half the time, and he would need
hut one man.
In vain she told him the house
leaked, in vain she told of the peeling
paint, In vain she bewailed the new
rag carpet ruined by the dripping
water, and said how tired she was of
setting pals, and how afraid even to
go to the nearest neighbor for fear of
q sudden shower and no one at home
to attend to it.
Now his last refusal was ringing in
her ears, and the poor woman, tired
out with the numerous cares of q
farmers wife, just sat down and cried.
But If you think a woman's tears end
the matter, you are much mistaken.
The tears are only the beginning.
When she wanted anything done,
John was always ready to start for the
poorhouse, and was quite sure that
anything laid out on the house, inside
or out, was only SO many paving stones
on the road to the great, roomy old
farmhouse where the dozen or so poor
and crippled ones of the town were
cared for.
The first time she asked him timidly
~ he didn't think the house needed
paint, he said: Eyes, I do, but we
should go to the poorhouse if we got
everything we fancied."
When she wondered If he couldn't
have the roof patched, he said: mo,
ihe couldn't lay out nothin' this year,
for that binder had jest about swamped
him, an he calc'lated he'd have ter go
ter the poorhouse if he KEEP on spend
tn' money"
She heard about the poorhouse till
she was tired Of it, and one day when
she was out in the berry pasture, she
sat down and looked at the building
which could be seen in the distance
just Owe the hill, and, with a queer
feeling at her heart, she thought If she
did have to 70 to the poorhouse. Il |
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
Keen q Farm Account.

There is large field for the farmer
to work yer in order to find out what
his receipts and expenses are. The
farmer knows the price he received for
his butter, but may not know what the
cost a It is not difficult to arrive at
an estimate of the cost of any article If
accounts are kept. Progressive farm
ars keep an account with each animal,
weighing the food and charging there
for. Even the fields are entered in tho
book and accounts kept with them. It
Is an extra work, but it is the only
Hay " know what the farm is doing.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
SPRING CLEANING

Is such a trial that men say "Let the
house take care of itself" But the
conscientious wife feels bound to risk
health and strength in this annual
struggle with dust and dirt. The con-
extra work is depletion of the blood,
the source of all life and strength,
manifested in that weak, tired, nervous
condition too prevalent at this season
and very dangerous if allowed to con-
tinue. What every man and woman
needs in the spring is Hoods Sarsapa,,
rilla. 1t keeps the blood vitalized and
enriched. and thus sustains the nerves
and all the bodily funrtiOnS.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

with Widow Smith to come in three times O
week and cook the ~victuals and clean up the
house while 1 am away. ("Good land, where's
she goin'?") I was looking at the %poorhouse
the other day from the Blue Hill pasture, and
it did look so nice that 1 thought II I'd got to
go there, I.might as we'll go there now. It has
just been painted, and / asked Goody Blake II
1t leaked, and she said no: and I'm going to
ask Mis- Grove to let me keep the end room
for you. for 1 s'pose it won't be many weeks
before you'll come, too. That room looks right
down "a the medder that leads to our back
door, ahu I think II it's empty she'll keep 1t for
You. for she's always ben real accommodatin'
ter me-
Don't forgit to take down the coats In the
lean-to, and set the pals rs quick as you can.
for it does come in like sixty when it begins Il
shall work for my keep there. and If they allow
paupers to so ~gisitin'. 1 shall come over when
l ken. Your affectfonate wife,
"MALvINA WEEKS"
"Wal, I never see the beat O. that"
He ate his meal in silence, trying to
digest the fact that his wife had taken
his frequent illusions to the poorhouse
in earnest, and thought if she had to
enter the house some time she might
as well take advantage of the condition
of her own home and avail herself of
its shelter at once. Who'd a-thought
she would?" was a question he asked
himself over and over as he took the
pals and went out to milk.
AS he came back, he noticed the seal
ing paint and the bare sashes. and said
to himself: ut looks wus'n I thought
it did" Then he remembered hts last
remark to her, that she could go to the
poorhouse if she wanted to, he didn't.
She had taken him at his word.
Just at dusk, the keeper of the poor
house drove up, and, stopping before
the house, said to the man sitting on
the doorstep: "Hello, Weeks, met with
reverses?'
mo, not specially. Why?'
oval, Mis- Weeks she cum up an
talked with my wife alone, and asked
if she might stay and help her a spell,
an my wife's real glad she's come, cos
she does think your wife knows a leetle
the most about dom pickles an things
of anybody round, an she put her in
the spare room, an sent me down to
see you"
John chewed a straw vigorously
Willie ne WOuutItu "lluU WI OlOSC
thought, and what excuse he, n of
the largest tax payers in town, could
make for sending his wife to the poor
house, He tried to seem perfectly
easy as he said: oval, the fact is, !
told her she could go. I'm goin' ter
hev the house shingled and painted.
an 1 thoughts longs the smell O paint
makes her sick, I'd git her out of this
way; but I 'xpect she'll be soma
s'prised, cos l didn't let on that vas
goin' ter hev it Done"
"All right, neighbor, l won't say
nothin' bout it." and turning the
horse he drove away, but he wondered,
and muttered to himself that "'twas
curis doin's, and he bet there was
that he warn't told"
However, the next time he passed the
Weeks place, there were mep at work
on the roof, and men painting the
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oPELoUsAs. LOUISIANA.
A BURIED CITY.

One time q little town did lie
Within a hollow fair n green;
And flowing to the open sky, ,
A little river ran between.
One-half that little town lay spread
AS II asleep below the hill;
And on the brow, more quiet still,
The other half were lying dead
And there one time a little boy
Was wont to steal away from school;
For much his rebel heart had Joy
To break the masters iron rule;
He knew the reody rivers brim:
And when he wandered up and down,
The green old hill from base to row
Was friend and fellow unto him.
Oh. many years since then have flown!
The hill was cleared by ruthless hands;
The little boy a man hath grown;
Where lay the town a city stands.
Yet when that city seems to frown.
Outlines the little boy" doth sigh
For ali the rebel years hat lie
Deep buried with the little town.
G. Rogers, in N. Y. Independents.
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II take Hoods sarsaparilla sr,,-
spring, and it is the only medicine ~.
through the year. 1t enables mo -
my house cleaning and farm wor,,
through the summer. It belnoa oil
very much for palpitation of the hoo.
l think Hoods sarsaparilla is the ma.
cine for everyone and oil who t,l,s "
will never be without it. I hare ~
used Hoods Pills and they are the ba,.
I ever tried" Mrs. T. IT. Avnn.N
s. Woodstock, Ct.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

" I'VE BEEN SO LONESOME, OH, JOHN
kitchen inside, and he thought the
front room was being papered, but he
could not quite tell.
Meanwhile Vina was homesicE, and
though she went into the end roo
and looked out on the meadow that
she knew reached her home just out OF
sight beyond the woods, it only made
the tears come faster, and she won
dered If she couldn't have stood the
leaks and the pealing paint a little
longer, and then, perhaps, she might
have coaxed John.
John was homesick, too. and hurried
the carpenters and painters till they
made jokes among themselves about his
impotence. The home was not home
with Vina gone, and he thought per-
haps she might get SO used to living in
a big house that she would never again
care for the little house she had called
home so long.
With fear and trembling he h~arnessed
the horse, put on his best suit of
clothes and started for the poorhouse.
"She's awful sots. an eff she's TUX a no
ton she's a goiHsg ter live in that big
poorhouse, nothin'l fetch er back.
Mebbe if I told her I'd build a house
next year, she'd come" So he tried to
go over all the arguments he would
use with the woman who was more
ready to return than he could possibly
be to have her.
She a OF the back porch knitting,
when Mrs. Grove called her to answer
the doorbell, for her hands were in the
bread. John Weeks argument fed,
for Malvina threw her arms around his
neck and sobbed:
i've been so lonesome, oh, John!".
And he patted her shoulder and said:
''So've ], Why, so'ye l."
Then when she could think she said,
with a curious expression on her face:
Have you come to stay?"
mo. / say. Why, I'm willin'-Ill do
anything-Tn build q house IL you'll
only come back to live. Miss Smith
can't make bread fit to chewl''
Happy woman that went riding down
the valley by Johns side, and told him
ner stay In n pOorhOuse. Happy
John when they came out beyond the
the woods, and the cottage with Its
new paint and bright blinds looked at
them, for then Why put her head down
on his shoulder, aud cried that she
would v go away again. and that
It was al wrong for her to go when she
did.
And he said very grufly: ut was all
and she could go again whenever
she wanted to, if shed only come back
when he come after her"
She does not look longingly at the
big poorhouse now, and John never
it. Malvina has had the sew
ing circle meet in the pdrlor, and she
look them all over the house, and
showed them the new paint and paper,
I'LL some q declared: John Weeks
couldn't be called stingy about the
house, anyway
Vina repeated it to him, with this adj
lition: Il do like to have folks think
val Of ye, hn.'-Househo1d.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
Short Journey. on a Long Road

Is the characteristic title of a profusely
illustrated book containing over one hun
dred pages of charmingly written descrip-
ions of summer resorts in the country
matter is new, the Illustrations are new,
and the inform alton therein will be new to
almost everyone.
A copy Of "Short Journeys on a Long
Road'' will be sent free to anyone who will
enclose ten cents ito pay postage) to GEO.
81. H~EAFFoRD, General Passenger Agent
Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul Railway,
Chicago, Ill.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

you CAN.
would not be such q bad place to stay
IN, after all.
Next day she went about her work
very quietly, and stole away in the
afternoon to Widow Smiths for a little
while. The second day she made one
more effort: Don't you think you
could have something done to the roof
after you get the harvest out Of the
way, John?s'
II you wan to gD to the poorhouses
you can, / don't" was the concise an
Gwer.
When John came in at night, his sup
per was ready, but his wife was not to
be seen. He thought she would be in
in q moment, but after resting awhile
and seeing no sign Of her, he decided
to eat, as She had probably been called
TO ON q Of theneighbors. On his
plate lay q note:
'pxAA sosat hsye made arFansensate
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
FOR SALE.

r WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol-
i lowing described property, viz:
l.. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-sfx aTpents. all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and outbuildings,
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
2. A plantation situated on the Courtableau,
containing four hundred and fOrty-two and
~. 100 arpcnts, about sixty arpents under pieux
and 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 IN the bayou
Teche, situated between CoulOn's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan-
t4geously for the year 1894, and il sold I will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
w. c. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

Di you ever stop to think how com pleteiy tho Aermosn
Co made the modern windmili busne.s1 How il has mon.n
oiized this entire line Of manufacture because Of il, id Mx
inSentions, designs. qualities and prices, OF forced oh.,
to be literal and ,ervle imitators7 witness ths rs,
Wheel, the back gea-od pumpsr, the high sear,d posa
mill. the steel towers, fixed and fitting, the galy,niIns
q work after completion, the grinder centrifugal issSi
pole saw-one Of tho most popular things We ever put cd
the steel storage and stock tanks. Everything We han
touched we have bettercd and chea pened. It |, the thins :.
have delighted in AMI it has paid: We have established q Won,
OF branch houses, so as to have all these goods near thoss ub.
want them. The Aermotor Co. has but enc moro ambition. n
wants to build and fill ono more new building. It ha, z sers
Of land at its present location unoccupied by buildings, Ites.
r.c,: to commence in june to cover that q acres viii sinh
building, 7stories high. This will give it II more acre, Of 1om
space. Then when the public demand requires more emd,
than can be produced with this added space, Il will rsfase u
extend further. or make any effort. It will have done is I'M,
to supply th,t demand i will then turn away all new Conner.
THE WORLD WITH THE GREATER PART or ms VIM
WHEELS, TOWERS, GRINDERS, FEED CUTTERS, PrHPs
STEEL FRAgE BUZZ SAWS, STEEL STORAGE AID gT0C1
TANKS, STEEL srBsTRTCTrREa, ETC., ETC. Cal
VAETZED AFTER COMPLETION. lT WILL CONTINUE To
DEAL MOST LITERALLY WITH THE PUBLIC, FURNISH RI
FAIRS At A LOW PRICE, AND DE TIE GREAT l0Dii
6~QUARE-DEAIISa WIND POWER AVID WATER sIPPiI
HOUSE OF THE WORLD. AERAOTOR co, CHICAGO,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
HOW ONE WIFE MANAGED.
Why John Weeks Built a Pretty
New Home.

Id SAYING
what can't be
cured must be
endured" New
version-''Wha
can't be en-
d e d must
needs be cured"
A very tired
W o m a n vas
Ma1vina Weeks,
and she said
she should new
er be rested
again till she
could have The
house painted
and singled.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01
b. BLOOMFIELD.

Commissioned u. S. Circuit Court for the West
eEn District of Louisiana.
Commissioner U. s.. Court of Claims throughout
the United States.
Notary Public In and for the Parish OF St. Lam
dry. Office with Hon. John N. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
to Final Proofs. Collections In the Parishes of
gt. Landry and Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured; Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks, etc, procured without delay.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

A PATH may look pleasant and yet be
filled with footprints made by the cloven
hoof.-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

g DON'T think your arguments against
Wagner are sound" "Well, if they are not,
that's where they differ from Wagner's mu-
sic."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

If thou hast ~wanderings in the wilderness
and tind'st not Sinai, It's thy soul is poor
Lowell.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

Life without industry Is guilt, and
industry without art il brutality
Rukkin.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

FRUaALITY is founded on the principle that
all riches nave limits.-Burke.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-01

n. 3. Remember thar
The evening times., 1895-09-10
WHY Is 1T?

Serious accidents or narrow escapes from
result OF the grade crossings in the city
and of lack of a sufficient number Of
watchmen to operate gates or flags or
lanterns. The law prescribes that these
safeguards be provided. The Commissioners
of the District ought to be able to say
why the law is not strictly enforced
One instance of the indifference with
which this abuse is viewed by some whose
duty it is to look after the public welfare,
was cited by a member of the Northeast
Washington Citizens Association, as was
reported in The Times this morning He
why there were not watchmen at certain
streets, the officer answered that they
were surely there, as he had been assured
to that effect by General Agent Alvey, OF
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.
This, if true, is probably good illustra-
ton of the manner in which officials attempt
to enforce the law. They accept the assur-
ance of corporations that the lay has been
complied with, though they know these
same corporations are notorious law
breakers.
But to attempt to correct such abuses is
TO throw a feather against the wind.
Citizens may enforce the placing of an
extra watchman here and there, but the
railroad companies will never sink or
elevate their tracks until self interest
prompts them, and then Congress will
kindly assent to anyplan they propose.
The evening times., 1895-09-10
GO SLOW. sENATORs.

II has been reported from several sources
that white leaders in South Carolina re
form" politics, the most notable mentioned
being Senators Tillman and Irby, will make
probably successful attempt in the consti
tional convention, which begins its sessioIf
at Columbia to-day, to provide that only
white cit tizens shall be eligible for election
10 office. As the reform Democrats have
large majority OF the convention they can,
of course, carry the provision If they so de-
sire.
II is asserted that such proscript lon of the
negro citizen from holding office is not in
conflict with the Fifteenth Amendment to
The national Constitution, as it does not
limit suffrage, but merely declares the COM
But If voters may not nominate any one
of their number they please and vote for
him with the assurance that If he he elected
he will assume the office. the suffrage be-
comes a farce. If the provision referred to
be adopted the ma iority of citizens of the
market to be bought and sold by white can
dates for office.
Unlimited negro suffrage may be distaste-
full 10 whites in States where the negro vot-
ers are numerous. Unlimited white suffrage
has its weak points, and some of them are
very weak But it may be set down as an
axiom that the less the right of suffrage
is circumscribed the less will be the civil
disorder. discomfort and corruption.
The evening times., 1895-09-10
THE wORKINGMAN'S LIBRARY.

The Times opens to-day a popular sub
scription to establish workingmaD' 8
library, reading room and labor bureau
in this city The object of such an insti-
tuition has been frequently explained TO
the public, and, as it will be of great
service in furnishing a place of resort for
workingmen, where their idle hours may
be devoted TO social and literary pastime.
it is hoped the enterprise will be earnestly
supported.
1t is the desire of those in charge of the
work to collect books for the library by
po:.ular donation Every family should
contribute at least three books, and there
are many who will doubtless give them
by the dozens. No definite plan has yet
been adopted to solicit donations, but The
Times suggests that it be done through the
publication of coupons, and offers its col
umns for that purpose free of charge
The committee in VIII ose charge the
work of solicitation has been intrusted
consists of-men Of ability and high stand
ing. All communications and donations
should be addressed to Labor Bureau,
care of The Times, and prompt responses
will be made.
The evening times., 1895-09-10
NORTH POLE MANIA.

Gen. Greeley and Chief Engineer Mel
viiic;- IN brief fnterviews in The Times,
have ridiculed the project of Frenchmau
named Andree to attempt to reach the
North PuIe by balloon
Why the plan of Andree is more ridic.
lous than other plans that have niiscaricd
and resulted In privation and death Of
many good men they do not say.
Arctic exploration long ago reached the
most northerly limit of common sense
and penetrated 10 the barren domain of
nonsense and. emotional insanity Mania
for adyentufe leads. nicn and women into
all sorts Of foolhardy and fatal expert
meIts, but search for the North Pole has
presented more idiotic phases than any
other in the history OF mankind.
Give me dogs and sledges," exclaims
Engineer Melville. Well the ice caves of
the Arctic are strewn with the bones of
dogs, wrecks of sledges, and skeletons of
men who used them Really, NJ. Andree's
plan seems TO be more comfortable than
any previous one, and quite as sensible.
II the pole must be discovered, and IL
any value eau result from the discovery,
the aim of scientific men should be 10
enlist the assistance of all governments
which give money for the encour-
agenIent of science, induce all OF them
TO send contemporaneous expeditions, es-
tablish stations within easy distance Of
each other and Of the vessels, and so
reach the pole and hold a grand Fourth OF
July picnic there without the possibility
ofgreat disaster. The Times charges moth
ing for this suggestion.