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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-05-18
SATURDAY MAY Is, 1895.
EASY ENOUGH.


town. It needs only little awak-
eping to start it on to great ACHE
vements. But how to arouse it is
the mooted question. We believe
it will be agreed to that our peo-
pie are fully aware of the crying
need for factories. because the
raw material demands it. Then
how to get these factories.
It will take hustling and money,
and especially money to build
them. Granted.
To build, equip and operate a
plant of 5000 spindles and 200
loones, and allow 1926, 600 for work
ing capital, will require 100000.
Now suppose a stock company is
formed, placing the par value
shares 800, will make the num-
Der of shares 1000. These shares
are to be paid for at the rate of
Soc a week per share, till the par
value of 500 is paid in full. This
will require 200 weeks. Any one
can hold stock, and as many
shares as,. they desire. Men, wo-
men and children, rich and poor,
all will have the same privilege,
and find it an excellent savings
institution, and at the same time
assist in building up their town.
There need never be any bonds
issued, nor mortgage placed on
the factory. It would be home
institution, managed by and for
the people. Now it may be asked
how will We get the factory?
As soon as all the shares are ia
ken organization is perfected, and
the payment of the installments is
begun. Having an assured in
come of $500 per week, we can let
the contract for building for we
can pay the contractor as fast as
the work is completed. When the
buildings are completed we have
paid for them. The next thing
needed is machinery and motive
power. Having the building paid
for and an assured income of $500
a week for ITO weeks, our credit
is established, and we can buy all
the machinery needed on 6, 9, IL
and Is months, or even better,
paying from our weekly income.
In eight months from ofganiza.
ton the factory can be built
equipped and operated. The plan
is as easy as rolling off log.
The MESSENGER does not claim
this idea as its own, on the con.
trary it is just what has been done
in Charlotte, aud Saulbury, N. G
Five years ago the people of Soul.
bury thought they could not raise
enough money for cotton facto
~ 30 resorted to the installment
plan. The result of the first effor
was a $4,000 factory, and now
the town has q half million inves
ted in factories; and we want t.
say that this plan is equally ap
plicable to sugar refinery, o.
any other manufacturing plant.
This idea of the installmen
plan is seen in full practical oper
alton in the Building and Loal
Associations. Lake Charles, ant
New Iberia have these association
in complete operation, it pays thu
stockholders splendid dividend
applied to factories it would hav'
the same successful result.
Now the question arises, cal
the Board of Trade take hold of
c,orr3,fhinc whan thew see ito
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LOST.

Note Of Zephirin Prot, to order Of Ed
ward Simon, dated 9th Of January 1924.
due lst of January 1895. for 800.
BOD. EDWARD SIMON.
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Next week the MESSENGER will
submit some more points on this
matter.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-05-18
Blood
Purifier

Before the people today, and
which stands prominently
above all other medicines, is
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-05-18
EXTRACT.


Minutes of the Police Jury of the Pa
ish of st. Martin. meeting held April lst
A. ID. 1895.
On motion of Mr.. Liable seconded by
Mr.. Martin. voted and unan imously car
ried. Be 1t resolved that the Corporations
of st. Martinville and Breaux Bridge, be
and are hereby made liable for one half
of the keeping and for one half of the
repairs Of the Bridges across Bayou
Teche at their respective places. from
and after the first Of January Of the pre-.
sent year.
Be it further resolved that the Clerk
Of this body be and he IL hereby direc.
ted to notify the Mayors Of aforesaid
Corporations Of the passage Of this resp
ton by serving on each Of them a copy
of said Resolution.
A true copy from the minutes at pages
2l8. Signed" AUG. MARAIsL.
| Clerk P.J.
On motion of Mr.. Bisnvenm duly &C..
conded, the above communication was
laid on the table, indefinitely. by q un-
animous vote.
| The Mayor appointed Messrs Albert
Bienvenu. 7. j. Liable and George Eas-
tin to form and constitute the Commit
tee on improvements.
i There being no other business to be
transacted. on motion duly seconded
the Council adjourned.
| Signed" A. V. FLEMING. Mayor.
"Signed" VIM. B. EAsTIN, Secretary
A true copy, Attest VIM. B. EAsLIN,
Secretary.
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The Only

Great and thoroughly re-
liable building-up medicine,
nerve tonic, vitalizer and
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1895-05-18

Parish of st. Martin Louisiana,
April 9Th 1895.
Hon. A. v. Fleming.
Mayor of st. Martinville. La.
Sir:
The Police Jury Of the Parish OF St.
Martin has directed me to notify you
of the passage Of resolution adopted at
its regular meeting Of the LIST inst in re.
gard to the Bridge across Bayou Teche
in your Corporate limits. To that effect
please find below certified copy thereof
Respectfully.
"Signed" AUG. MARAIsT,
Clerk p. j.
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job work in all styles at this
office, get samples and prices.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
Presence of Mind.

Quick thought and prompt action in
time of danger have averted many an
otherwise fatal accident, as is we'll illus
trated in what came near being case
of drowning last winter. A dozen boys
were skating on pond, when one of
them broke through the ice and the
next moment was struggling in the
water. The accident occurred near the
middle of the pond; there was no house
near to which the boys could run for
help; no rope which they could throw
to their unfortunate companion, nor
yet pole or stick of any kind. For a
minute they stood aghast, huddled to-
gether, watching the poor boys strug-
giles in the icy water and his futile eff
forts to hold himself up by grasping the
treacherous ice. Suddenly David Small
threw himself face down upon the ice
and cried: Quick! Shove me to the
edge! John, you lie down and get hold
of nay feet, and 81, you get hold of his.
I'll catch hold of Bob; and when give
the signal the rest of you fellows grab
81 and haul US out of this" The brave
boy took the post of danger himself,
the others followed his directions, and
when he had securely grasped Bob the
signal was given. All hands pulled
with will and the drowning boy was
saved. -Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
the alfiredest thrashing he ever had IN

the alfiredest thrashing he ever had In
his life fer latin at the kid, cause he
bawled little on the quiet over his
mothers picter. Wal, stranger, I'm
darned if that boy didn't kinder re.
form Bill in a little while so that we
vigilancers didn't consider he needed
the looking after that he used ter. Bos-
ron an he made the queerest pals IN
the territory, but I'm darned if Bill
didn't love that boy better'n anything
and everything on Gods earth. Any
how, we didn't hev no more trouble from
Bill, an after spell he an Boston went
over to Crimson creek and we lost sight
o him fer year or two.
But one morning Ike Harkins' sorrel
mare want to be found, and what's
more, the bride he'd been cut, an that
meant 'hoss thief. 1t didn't take long
to organize a posse and track the mare
in the direction of Crimson creek. We
hadn't got more'n two miles though
when under hill what should we see
but Boston, and I'm darned if that
quiet little cuss wa'H't astride o. that
mare.
ut didn't take us long ter snake that
kid out'n his saddle. He declared the
boss wuz his; but when Ike pinted out
nick over the gambrel o the left hind
leg, he jest said kinder perlite: All
right, gents, you're right an I'm wrong.
Good mornin';" an actually started off.
Wal, when we explained what we wu2
in the habit o doin' ter hossthiefs, an
how we didn't make no exceptions on
anybody's account, he jest swallowed
hard a couple O times, drew up his
whole height, an givin' us a steady look
out O them blue eyes o his'n, says he:
All right, gentlemen, go ahead
80 we put him on boss an back we
toted Sim ter camp; an they put him in
my tent with four of us outside to
watch
ITS lucky for BostC \, stranger, that
we lost half an hour huntin' for a bar
rel; but at last we found one, an the
hardest job that ever | had was when
they sent me into that tent to call BoS-
ton. He wasn't prayin', as ! expected
he might be, but he was jest devourin'
that picter NV his mother with those
harnsome eyes o his. After I'd told
him as best | could, he jest put his hand
on my arm an says he: JIM you always
was good ter me. Iwant yer to see that
this picter goes under the sod with me.
| promised, and took the picter and out
we went.
'Well, to make a long story short,
we'd just boosted Boston up on the lar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28

City, or Peterson's, as it was usually
called, was in the early seventies about
the worst apology for municipality
that even Arizona could boast of. On
paper it was attractively laid out, but,
to use the words of an inhabitant, 1.-THE
man what laid it out would make
a mighty poor undertaken Half a
dozen, or, at the most, ten buildings, if
we may so dignity their architecture,
stood in the settlement, while beyond,
on the low hills surrounding the village.
cluster of sheds might be here and
there discovered.
The Eagle hotel, which stood OPP
posite the store and post office, was
most atrocious libel on hostelries, hay
ing three sleeping rooms and another
common room for guests, which was at
once office, bar, dining-room and litch
en-, as well as the sleeping room of the
proprietor and his wife.
The proprietor, who was also the
mayor, was a siX-footer, lean, and with
a savage hristling black mustache.
Moreover, he was pattern of obedience
for husbands. His wife, who was about
half his height and twice his breadth,
was extremely effusive to her guests
there was another traveller at "The
Eagle"-but Zachary" her husband,
had evidently been well brought up,
for she voiced her orders with no I'M
certain sound. The combination of So
liability and authority, both of which
were too pronounced, grated upon my
nerves; so, after a meal, called by
courtesy supper, l crossed the street
and entered the post office, which, ac-
cording to timehonored custom, occu-
pied a corner of the general store.
| found the postmaster and proprie-
tor a genial little man with a short,
fiery red beard. He was quite ready to
talk, and eXpatiated upon the merits of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
Queer Uses for Cards.

In strike among bricklayers and
masons in Vienna Hungarian workmen
were employed to take the places Of
native workmen, bat great trouble was
experienced owing to the absence of
interpreters and the difficulty of giving
orders to the foreigners. Finally re-
course was had to pack of cards, and
as the workmen of every nationality
understood these system of signs and
signals was esta blished which answered
every purpose. Criminals quite fire.
quently convey information by means
of cards. On one occasion prisoner
in Paris prayed to have pack of cards
lent to him. His request was refused,
whereupon he obtained a sheet of
paper, drew blood from his arm and
made fair imitation of five of hearts.
He was caught in the act and confessed
that next visiting day he intended to
have passed the five to a friend, and
that every card in the pack had dis
tinct meaning. -Pearson's Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
TRAP AND GUN.

A lynx weighing 40 pounds was shot
in main street, near the center of the
city of San Diego, Cal, few days ago.
1t is said that deer are so plentiful in
some OF the wild parts of Oregon that
the systematic slaughter of them for
their hides is profitable business.
While hunting for partridge, and, of
course, with both barrels loaded with
bird shot, an Ellsworth, Me-, hunter
stumbled upon three deer. He didn't
swear, he says; he ''laid right down
and bawled'
A good-sized bear was killed in the
city limits of Montesano, Wash. The
animal strayed in from the nearby
forest and got within four blocks of
the courthouse before anyone appeared
with gun. Then a 14-year-old boy
killed it.
A party of hunters returned to Ash
land, Ore, from six weeks hunt in
the mountains of Curry county, bring
ing with them the spoils of three bull
elk, four bears and Is bucks. There is
a wonderful abundance of game in that
region.
Grouse, partridge, deer and many
other kinds of game are unusually
plentiful in northern New Hampshire
this fall. Black bears are numerous
near Thornton, and an unusually large
lynx was shot near Ellsworth few
DAYS ago.
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WAY RACK IN 80.

this barren corner of 'Arizony" in a
manner that was certainly brave, CON
sidering the resources of the land. He
was, too, the oldest inhabitant," and,
as he proudly announced, 1.-The only
man in town that had knowed Bill Muir
ray"
AS one of the uninitiated, inquired
who Mr.. Murray might have been.
"Wal, stranger" he replied, bill wuz
tough nut; but | reckon Bill wuz
about the squarest man that was ever
assisted from Arizona to the happy
hunting grounds"
This seemed to be the opening of one
of those stories, part truth, part fic-
ton. which the natives of the region
were so fond of imparting; so, placing
my flask at my hosts command, |
asked for the particulars.
at was way back in 49," he began,
"and Il dozen of us ranchers had effected
ourselves vigilance committee, and we
sorter had our eyes on Bill fer some time
when Boston come out"
who was Boston," queried.
wal, that warn't exactly his name,
but he was a slip of lad who'd BEN
sent out fer his health. He cum from
New England, and was so darn book.
fed that we called him Boston, an the
name stuck.
Boston was about IS, an didn't weigh
100 pounds, to my thinkin'. Him an
Bill kinder took to each other right off.
/ rekerlect how Bill gave Jack Powers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
MY GARDEN.

Ny garden aboundeth in pleasant hooks
And fragrance is over il ALL
For sweet is the smell of my old, old books
In their places against the wall
Here is folio that's grim with age
And yellow and green with mold;
There's the breath of the sea on every page
And the hint of stanch ships hold.
And here is a treasure from France la belle
Exhaleth a faint perfume
OF welded lily and asphodel
In garden of song abloom.
And this wee little book of puritan mien
And rude, conspicuous print
Hath the Yankee flavor of wintergreen,
Or, maybe, of peppermint.
In Walton the brooks a babbling tell
Where the CHEEKY daisy grows,
And where in meadow or woodland dwell
The buttercup and the rose
But best beloved of books, l ween,
Are those which one perceives
Are hallowed by ashes dropped between
The yellow, well-thumbed leaves.
For it's here laugh and it's there tear,
Till the treasured book is read
And the ashes betwixt the pages here
Tell us of one long dead.
But the gracious presence reappears
AS we read the book again,
And the fragrance of precious, distant years
Filleth the hearts of men.
Come, pluck with me in my garden hooks
The posies that bloom for all;
Oh, sweet is the smell of my old old books
In their places against the wall!
Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28

WE HEARD THE ALLFIREDEST YELL.
rel when we heard the allfredest veil
and into camp galloped Bill Murray.
never see horse so tuckered as Bill'e
was, and he looked himself as if he'd
been riding to save his life. But he
hadn't; just the opposite.
Gentlemen says he, 4 hate to dis.
turb you, but I'm afraid you'll have to
transfer your attention from Boston to
me. I'm the man that borrowed that
mare, an the youngster was riding it by
mistake
"'Oh, Bill says Boston, running up
to him, you didn't really steal that
marco
Yes, young un,' says he, I've had a
fall from grace; but | promise it shan't
happen again. an with the queerest
look passin' over his face, these gentle
men II help me keep my word
1T seems that Bill had wanted fresh
mare for some time; and in spite of Bos-
ton the old Nick had got into him again
an he crept into camp and got the mare.
Boston was going to Murthy's gulch an
started before Bill woke up, mounting
the first horse that came to hand, and
Bill followed him when he woke up, see
ing what might happen.
1--WE gave Bill and Boston half an
hour together before we resumed the
thread of our proceeding, and when we
interrupted 'em Bill says:
tJInCtnr NKhan tboCa Cra ', ~ 7
finish keeping our little appointment
put necktie on me an slick me up
little, an promise not to leave this tent
for 20 minutes An, turning to us
Gentlemen, trust there's no hard feel
ms
Boston did as he was told, and in a
day or two went east. Arizona want
no place for him, anyway"
ventured to say that thought they
ought to have tempered justice with
mercy in that instance.
Maybe we had," he returned, "may be
we had, but you don't know what Ari-
IONA was in the sos"
I'm no parson, stranger, but upon
my soul | think that Bill Murray started
in the next world even. Yes, by thun-
der, he squared himself"
told my companion that l thought
so, too, and riding away from Peter
sons next day l unused on the story
that had been told me, realizing that, in
deed, as has been said, 1.-The good are
half bad and the bad are half good
Boston Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
A MOTORMAN'S LIFE.
Full Of Hardships, Exposure and
Constant Danger.
Tho Great Strain on a Mans Nerves Suf-
ficient in Itself to Wreck Him in
short Time-The Experience of q
Weu-Known Motorman.
From the Cincinnati, Ohio, ENQUIRER.

The life of motorman is not a bed Of
roses. He is subjected to many hardships
especially in the winter when he is exposed
to the cold and snow. Even in the sum mer
he must bear the intense heat which beats
down upon him. Considerable nerve and
self possession is necessary in good m otor-
man, for the lives and limbs of his pas
sengers are at stake. One of the best
known electric motormen in this city is
William Frazer, who is at present running
car on the Cumminsville electric line. He
is not only well known to his fellow en-
ployes but to the people who travel on his
car. Mr.. Frazer is young man about
twenty-siX years of age and resides with his
wife and child at Ia Belts Street. Cincin-
natl, y. About year ago Mr.. Frazer was
taken with serious stomach troubles. He
bought several kinds of medicine which
were recommended to him, but none of
them seemed to give him even temporary
benefit. An enthusiastic admirer of that
famous remedy known as DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People told him to try
them. Frazer was almost discouraged, but
took the advice. To a reporter of the En-
quiTer he Said
81 can most heartily recommend DR.. Will
iams' Pink Pills. They are all that is
claimed for them, in fact they advertise
themselves better than any medicine l ever
saw. L was seized some time ago with a
bad attack of indigestion. My stomach
hurt me nearly all the time and l could not
digest my food. The pain was almost un-
bearable and found no thing that would give
me relief. | confess that when / bought
the first box of Pink Pills l hadn't much
confidence in their efficacy because had
tried so many things without success that
was almost discouraged. Before / had
taken one box l was decidedly better. Two
boxes cured me entirely. While l have
been under the weather from other causes
my indigestion has never returned. II it
ever should know just what to do. have
so much confidence in the efficacy of Pink
Pills that IL ever get real sick again with
any disorder l shall use some of them. 1t
is pleasure for me l assure you to testify
to the excellent quail ties of these Pink Pills.
They not only tone the stomach but regu-
late the bowels and act as mild cathartic"
Mr.. FrazerS testimonial means some
thing. He speaks from personal experience
and any one who doubts that he received
the benefits stated can easily verify the as
sertion by calling on Mr. Frazer or seeing
him some time while he is on his car.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are sold in boxes tnever in
loose form by the dozen or hundred) at 50
cents box, or six boxes for $50, and may
be had of all druggists or directly by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
SELF interest is ALWAYS Mt the rata NJ 1O0
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28


The wonderful sagacity sometimes
displayed by the dog in its efforts to
save its master is well illustrated by the
following true tale of late occurrence:
A nine-months-old puppy of the Shep-
herd variety, owned by Farmer Nathan
iel Peardon, of Melindy's Prairie, Wis,
was sent to bring home a drove of six
good-sized hogs that had escaped from
their pen, little thinking the dog could
accomplish this difficult task. Imagine
the farmers surprise on seeing the
puppy bring each hog home, one after
the other, in quick succession, leading
it by the ear, each trip stopping for his
masters approval. Each time the hog
refused to advance, or seemed inclined
toloiter, the puppy pulled his ear all the
harder, thus compelling him to move on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
SQUARED HIMSELF.


lad been riding
all day through
the stony, I'M
cultivated soil
of northern Ari-
IONA, had break
tasted at Re
vival, had dined
at Perdition
Pass, and had ar
rive d on m y
tough little sor-
rel at Peterson
City. Peterson
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
False Witnesses.

There are knaves now and then met with
who represent certain local bitters and pois-
onous stimuli as identical with orpossessing
properties akin to those of Hostetter's Ston-
ach Bitters These scamps only succeed In
folstlng their trashy compounds upon peo-
pie unacquainted with the genuine article.
which is as much their opposite as day is to
night: Ask and take no substitute for tho
grand remedy for malaria, dyspepsia, con-
stipation, rheumatism and kidney trouble.