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Headed for the Poor House.

Oncst more | turned my horse loose
and rode down the ridge and across tho
creek on my return back home. l had
already went far enough to find out
that there was some trouble goin on in
the world besides what come to me and
mine. Down there in the swamp, jest
beyond the bridge ] met up with Dunk
Strickland, and Dunk he was lookin like
a man that was sent for and couldn't
possibly go. His mouth was standin
| wide open like a beaver trap, and his
face was as long as a rainy Sunday. l
lowed maybe somebody was dead at his
house, and after passin compliments
with him in regards to the weather /
was raley skeered to ask him about his
folks. But Dunk is a man that most in
generally always tells everything he
knows, without waitin for questions.
with niue mouths to feed and dry
goods to buy for the whole shootin
name is mud, Rufe, Inc the poor house
is my home. Me and my wife had been
married six years and had five children,
and all gals but ono. And now they are
| doublin on me and comm two in a burr.
| The doctor was at my house last night,
and when he went away this mornin he
left two twin babies there, which be-
long to the Strickland generation.
They are both gals Of course, and the
next news you hear they will be calm
for calico and red ribbin. can't stand
it, Rufe, blamed il / can stand it. You
are on to all the tricks, and I want you
to go and take out papers of compell-
ment and send the Strickland family to
the Poor House."
AS to me, l didn't tell Dunk whether
I would or wouldn't in regards to the
papers OF complement, and whilst he
looked like he was fixin to cry, l didn't
feel sorry for him a blame blessed bit.
Instid of whinin and pinin he ought to CT
been singin songs of praise and thanks
givin. Maybe if they will keep doublin
on him till the figures run up to twelve
or fifteen he will do about a little and
be a full grown man.
So l then went on home, feelin like
the good Lord has blessed me as free and
liberal as any Twin man, both in my
bread basket and store. ! had q right
tclerable good appetite to eat that day
at dinner, and from then h~enceforwards
continually all the time ! have bee1
healthy and hongry and happy.
The next time you git under the
weather and ontLLs lifts remember what
I tell you that Mother told ne: Stir
ronnd some" You mought take out
your little note book and set it down
But At any rates, stir round some" II
is q dead shot for the muIlygrubs and
the most pleasantest medicine in the
world To take: ssStir round some"
RUFUS SANDERS.
APERsoN has q right to exercise his "
vpIirinr nrnpided Ill does not interfere with
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18
STIR ROUND SOME"
The Sage Of Rocky Reports a
Firesidc Lecture.
threat Gobs'' OF Sense In a Plain ram,v
Ialk-"The Darnin Gourd and That
Basket of Old Socks Means a vho,.
Passle"-How to BE Healthy and
Hongry and Happy.
copyright, 1857

Copyright, 1857
Hit was waxin late along into the
night and l was tninkin to myself that
l mought as we'll to go and bring in
some klndltn and set the rat franc and
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A DRESS does not make q woman, b,
often breaks a man.-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

$50 Much for sperits-of-Cats a-Fightin.'
Well Mother she went on at that rate
till late bed ~time-never missed q lick
nor jumped a cog. And ven when she
got through and took out and quit, ]
didn't say nothin. But yet still at the
same time 1t was my own private per.
sonal opinion that her head was as big
as a hamper basket and as level as q
SQUASH. She was the doctor in this
case, and there was nothin left for me
TO do but to take the medicine like she
had fixed it up. So bright and early the
next mornin I saddled up and lit out.
I didn't start out to go anywheres in
particulr. The mainest thing with
me was to "stir round some."
I then give my horse the ribbons and
s.aturally of course we soon rounded ur
at the old Scroggins place. But Blew
he want at home. He was way of some
where's down in the woods paster playin
doctor as best he could to a sick mule.
By roamin and ramblin around promiscus
for some time finally at last I found
him. He was foolin and physicin with
his young mare mule. Kizzie.
Things are comm top side down and
wrong side out with me, Kufe," says
Blew, land yon know when they start
to comm wrong they most in generally
always come in hocks and squads and
droyes. The best cow on the place laid
down night before last and said her
PRAYERS and kicked the bucket and
turned her cloven hoofs up to the hog
weed and the daisies. No. Idon't know
what was the matter with her. Nothin
At all 30 far a. We could . and find out.
Accordin to yonr doxology, / reckon her
time had Jest naturally come and she
had to 70. At any rates, she 10 gone
whore the ~honeysnckles bloom and the
tree frog sings forever. But dadblame
II. that want nothin to speak d. Mandy
she took on about IL powerful and shed
! few tears 81 tho sly. and II was ~
ssTshen last night this young lady,
shIch ~ know ~ y tae best laule Y
4AEt$H%#X
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"Stir Round Some.D

You have now been on the lifts TO,
two ar three weeks, Rufus, and l wan,
you to git up and git out and stir round
some," says Mother, as she picked ur
her darnin gourd and got out a basket Of
old socks. White people, whensomever
| see the darnin gourd and that basket
of old socks come out and report fol-
duty l I am ready to hear somethiu drap.
1t means some new socks made out OF
old ones, but it likewise also means a
whole passle more than that. It means
that the day and hour have come when
somethin must be said.
Il would love the best in the world
to see you come around on your feet
oncst more, Rufus, but all the doctors
in creation couldn't tell for certain
what you have got, she went on to say.
Il reckon maybe the good Lord knows
what ails you, but He won't tell it. But
If it ANT one thing the matter it is
somethiR else, From all the general
appointments Of the case it looks to me
like you mought be suferin with a gen.
eral mixtry the dumps and the studs
and the mullygrubs. At any rates you
have got somethin or other and a mighty
bad case Of it, and it has now come to
that pass where it makes me sore in
spirit and weary in the flesh.
"Stir round some. That is the main
est thing for you, Rufus. Stir round
some. Go out amongst the highways
and the byways and mix and minsle
with the folks. 1t will beat bluemass
and snake root tea and salts and the like
of that clean out of sight. There is
many a man in this country that feels
and looks a tremendous big sight worse
than you and has a whole lot more bad
luck and hard times than you do. You
have stayed here at home mopin and
moanin around in the low grounds SO
monstrous long till you have come to
think that all the trials and troubles
and tribulations, and sorrows and wor-
riment in the created world are right
here on our place. But that amt SO. No
doubts 1t seems that way to you, but
that is jest simply because your wife's
husband is lookin darkly through a set
of green goggles, as it were. Stir
round some. That is the mainest
thing for you, Rufus. Stir round some.
"You will mighty soon find out that
other people turn up sick sometimes as
well as you. Some people fall out and
fight and split the blanket and quit,
whilst some die and are buried, and
others land in the Poor House. But
bless gracious we amt con, to that yet.
Other people git their potatoes frost
bit and ruint, providin they dig 'em in
rainy weather, like you did, and then
leave 'em out in the patch OF a cold
frosty night. Other people have their
hogs to take sick and die with the
colery, or maybe their COWS 60 dry all
at oncst, Or the dogs pitch in and kill
their sheep, and so forth and so on. In
the long run the good Lord is more than
probable to even things up all along the
line, Rufus, and we raley couldn't ex-
pect to have everything our W way
all the time. If all the machinery rum
smooth and even and l can have my
own way about things in general one
half of the time I am more than thank
full for that much. Stir round some.
That is the text l am preachin from to-
night, Rufus. Stir round some"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

WHAT is lone cannot be undone, especial.
~ if it is a hard boiled egg.-Texas Sifungs.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-18

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For rent-six room house.
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Agents wanted to sell the Life and
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THE CITY.
e BREVlrlEA.

LOCAL BKEvlrlEA.
J d. d. Holdridge returned from a
business visit at Woonsocket.
4 Mrs. A. E. Clough and daughter Nina
were passengers by the north train for
Minneapolis.
Weather report: Partly cloudy TO-
night and Thursday. Warmer east por.
ton. Southerly winds.
j. E. Kelley arrived from Howard by
the morning passenger to be present at
this evenings populist rally.
Don't forget the entertainment to be
given in the Presbyterian church Aug.
ust Is. Watch for program later. n
Mrs. Frank Hess of Cresco, Iowa, was
aguest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Schriner last
night en- route to Ramona to visit a
sister.
1.-THE Baptist young people INDUCED ir
a picnic at Lake Herman to-day, the
! attendance being large and the enjoy
ment great.
A populist meeting will be held at the
opera house this evening which will be
addressed by j. E. Kelley, nominee of
the party for congressman.
The ladies' of st. Thomas church will
give a lawn social at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. T.. j. Lannon's tomorrow
evening to which a cordial invitation is
extended.
< Mesdames Coglan, Mckee, Wheeler
and Elliott drove down from Howard
Yesterday afternoon on a shopping tour
and we're the guests of Mrs. D. D. Hold.
ridge while in the city.
NJ. A. Murphy, who has for several
years been in the employ of Father
Flynn, has gone to Swea City, Iowa, and
taken charge of Ripe Bros. elevator at
that place. Mike is q reliable young
man and will undoubtedly fill his new
position with ability.
Scribner News: Frank Gale, of Fill
ley, recently ran over q 800 pound hog
with a family Of pigs while scorch,ng at
afour minute gait. Herbert Barker who
was close behind ran into the bunch.
The hog said "woof" and lit out. This
was the only remark made that was fit
for publication.
All parents desiring to send children
PAto the kindergarten, who have not given
their names, are requested to do 90 at
once. Supplies will be ordered only 70,
those who have given their names and
and those entering later will be charged
extra on account OF expense and trouble
OF ordering by express.
G. NJ. Fairly returned home this morn.
ing from Mitchell whore be had been tc
attend q meeting OF the state democrat til
central committee. He reports q large
attendance and considerable interest in
the political situation. In the matter Of
fusion, the committee decided by q vote
OF IS to to endorse the populist nom
inees OF the state ticket the vote after
ward being made unanimous. Tbs
Deadwood convention has been callet
of, and demo-p fusion may now b.
considered in full force in South
Dakota.
j. Il. Williamson, Esq, returned las
evening from a visit in the east which
extended to the New England states
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reduces tbs country to a condition of sill
yer recommendation, with it's vacillating
and unreliable standard of values, and
tends to bring the farmer, the wageearner
and the salaried man to the wretched con-
dition of the same classes in countries in
which the silver standard prevails, and
where the rewards of agriculture aud Ia
Dor are lower than anywhere else in the
world.
Absolved From Obligation.
The Chicago convention having thus de-
parted from the recognized Democratic
faith and promulgated doctrines new and
strange to the Democracy, all Democrats
are absolved from obligation to support
its programme.
The duty of the hour is to stand stead.
fast In the defense of our ancient faith.
That this party, as we have known it,
may not die, let the faithful Of years rally
around it's historic banner. reform its
broken lines, ard, with abiding faith in
the final triumph of its principles, unite to
restore me name Democrat to its former
meaning and proud G.st;Ection.
To this end we request all Democrats
who are opposed to the platform adopted
and candidates. h'n.:njtcd at Chicago to
organize in The So, cr,.l S,a,rsald to scnd
reErcsentati e. 20 the convention of lie
National Democratic ANY, to he held at
Indinnapolison "wednesday, Sept. ?, 1876,
in accordance with the call heretofore
issued by the national committee.
One of the most important matters
settled at the meeting was the selection
of Walter Kesseler for sergeant-at-arms.
Mr.. Kesseler is the manager Of a large
quarry company at Minneapolis.
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Chas, H. Hood, broker and manufac,
turer's agent, Columbus. Ohio, certlfies
that DR.. Kings New Discovery has nc
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proprietor st. James hotel, FIT. Wayne,
Ind testi6es that he was cured of a
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says that he has used and recommend.
ed it and never knew it to fail and would
rather have it than any doctor, because
it always cures. Mrs. Hemming, DO E,
25th street, Chicago, always keeps it at
hand and has no fear OF Group, because
it Instantly relieves. Free trial bottles
at G. H. Woods drug store.
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The political sentiment there 10
favorable to the Mckinley forces, with
only q scattering silver sentiment. Many
conservative business men say they
would have no objection to free silver
as a business principle, and had the re-
publican platform contained such a
plank that they would have voted for it.
But they figure that the Chicago plat
form, besides free silver, ID open to all
the vagaries and visionary notions Of
populists, democrats, and all other un-
stable elements of humanity, and they
are afraid OF the consequences to the
business Of the country should Bryan be
elected with a congress to assist him in
his visionary notions. Bryan's New
York speech was q fiat failure in the
minds of the people Of the east, and the
great hprrah and talk OF capturing the
enemy on its own ground fell fiat, and
became the laughing stock Of the solid
business men OF both parties. They
look upon him as being what he has been
represented by his enthusiastic friends
to be, "a boy orator." wholly unfit to
manage the affairs Of a great nation.
In regard to western investments, the
people of the New England states with
means say they want nom Of it. II Bry-
an is elected they look for al unsettled
condition in values OF all kinds,
with perhaps a panic and even a revul-
sion in the business affairs Of the
country, and while they have money in
hand which they would like to invest in
the west, they propose to keep it in
hand until things become settled
down. Aud their opinion, is that the
election Of Mckinley will do this.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10. 1896.

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Freight, No. 81, departs 6:45 q. m.
TRAINS GOING WEST,
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TRAINS rRoln THE East.
Passenger, No. /, arrives $3.50 p. nj,
Freight, No. 9s, arrives 2 90 p. m.
TRAINS PROM THs wksT.
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Ali the above trains carry passengers; but
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w4yTs THE CERTIFICATE ANNULLED.

Justice Clement. in the Supreme Court yesterday
heard the application of Sebastian Roggemahh lot
annulr,ent OF the liquor tax certificate granted 10
Herman Holke for the premises at Atautc-aVe'
and Sprucc-st in the village Of Union Course on
the ground that 1t obtained under false pre-
fences Holke's place is hotel and the petition
alleges that II Is within 200 feet OF his house. and
that there are other buildings within 200 feet which
are used exclusively as dwellings. He says. more
over that Holkes place was In use as schooi al
the time he applied for the certificate.
Mrabeau l.. Towns appeared In opposition to the
application and said that the real reason why the
petitioner wanted the hotel closed was that IL IN
terfered with the business Of MS brother -m-iaw.
who has n saloon between the hotel and the mouse
OF the petitioner. Mr.. Towns said also that hoike
place was not within 200 feet OF the house OF the
petitioner He said that when the WoodnaNsr
school was blown down by n cyclone last SUMMER
the defendant offered his hotel for school eur
and the school was held there until the midoie OF
last June when the new school bullying was nm I'm,
ished Then Hoke moved back the place hau
been hotel for more than thirty years. The matter
was adjourned TO take testimony az 10 ,ne acsu .
distance Of the hotel from the house Of Inc peu-
TONER.
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A .STEAM-ROLLER RUNAWAY.
ONE USED TO PACK ASPHALT PAVING
BECAME UNMANAGEABLE.

TT nRoKE DOWN A LAMPPosT MASHED b.
CYCLE AND PLUNGED ITSELF INTO A GULLY.
WHILE PEOPLE WERE PANIC-sTRIcKEN
Considerable excitement was caused on Tues
dav afternoon by one OF the big steam rollers
which Is being used on the Glenmore-ave. extern
sion getting beyond control Of the engineer and
moving down the street at a lively rate for such
ponderous affair It knocked down a lamppost.
smashed Superintendent Joness bicycle to atoms
and did a lot more damage before winding up in
vacant lot near by.
The work of asphalting has been going on rap
idly. and the four blocks between Jerome-a
and Llnwood-st. have already been paved. The
steam roller which has been used TO press the as
phalt down Is an extremely heavy one. The peo-
pie up In that section enthusiastic over the
splendid road which they are soon TO have, and
as each block is completed innumerable bicycles.
baby carriages and other pleasure vehicles crowd
upon the new pavement Just before quitting
time on Tuesday afternoon the street was crowd
ed with people, who thrown into panic
when the engineer lost control of the roller. and
It was only by good luck that no one was injured.
Several wheels abandoned on the street in
the hurry to escape from danger. and among
these was superintendent Jones's new wheel,
over which the roller went MASKING II out fiat as
a pancake. The machine kept right on, jumped
the curb struck q lamppost on the sidewalk
with crash, just missed the corner OF frame
house in Jerome and finally landed at the
bottom Of a gully in n nearby lot. The roller Will
not be used until some necessary repairs are
made