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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

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very little to offer him. She baked
her delightful little puffs of biscuits,
and enjoyed them immensely, finding
them lighter and more digestible with
out butter. She read Thanksgiving
psalm and went about trying to sing
in little chirrupy voice like a brown
sparrow. She brought in the small
basket and flushed over the unexpoot-
ed treasuretrove, but took it kindly as
bit of neiehbo:ly goodwill. The
sweetbread, white and plump and all
ready for cooking, reminded her of old
Mrs. Morrison, just beginning to sit
up and watch the people go by the
window. What q toothsome dainty
this would be for her, and what de-
light that she should be able to take
it to her as she went to church, yes,
a. seme>of the celery, too, for a rel
ISL. The chops were transferred to q
plate on the shelf, the tbread
wrapped in q fine old napkin and laid
back in the basket with the best half
of the celery, and the biscuits Miss
Matte had saved for dinner.
"The cold bread will go just as we'll
with chops" she reflected, and pre-
pared for church with glow of hap
piness such as she had not known in q
long time.
It helped to real feeling of thank
fulness, especially when she thought
Of old Mrs. Morrison, and how pleased
she had been with the unexpected
gift. She laughed little to herself
as she returned to her own door after
service, remembering how when Sally
Morrison had commiserated her on be-
ing alone Thanksgiving Day, she had
assured her she had company invited
Tommy Barnes, from the next door,
who was spending a couple Of days
with her, the rest Of the family being
away.
II hope t want a sinful untruth, !"
she said, smiling at Tommy, who lay
peacefully sleeping on the braided rug,
"but if old Miss Morrison had set in
to have me stay to dinner, I shouldn't
a. known how to get away, and she is
such talker."
With long, clean apron over her
best frock, Miss Matte began cheer
fully to make her small preparations
for the Thanksgiving feast. She had
meditated leaving one chop for break
fast, but her walk and happiness had
made her hungry and she decided to
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

ing visit and taken the whole family.
At least they said 1.-THE whole family"
but at the very moment Miss Matte
came to the gate a member of the fam
lily was huddled up in a corner Of the
doorway, cold, hungry and much per-
picked to understand what had become
Of all his friends and why, in spite Of
his pitiful plea, no one came to open
the door for him. He heard Miss
Matte and ran hopefully to meet her,
limping as he came, for he had stiff
leg.
"Wby, Tommy Barnes" said Miss
Matte, stopping to pat his rough yell
low head, "you don't mean to say
your folks have gone off to Thanks
giving and left you beeind. Well, if
I ever! How dreadful thoughtless-
and you cripple besides!"
Tommy kept on crying, E1t he had
his eye on the door while Miss Matte
was fitting her key, and the minute it
opened he darted in.
"That's right, Tommy said Miss
Matte; ''just make yourself at home.
You and I'll have our Thanksgiving
together. That extra chop will be
wanted after all, and I'm going to
make riz biscuits"
She put away her bonnet and shawl
and hung the basket on a nail in the
Darkroom without even looking at the
contents, though Tommy Barnes
watched her keenly with shrewd sus-
picion of something good, and faint
hope which nothing in his past expe-
rience justified that he might come in
for share of it. Miss Matte was ac-
customed to being alone, and she
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

From London it is officially an
nounced that the famine in India,
which is the greatest and most extern
sive which that Empire has under
gone since ITO, is~now at an end.
The rainy monsoon has thus far been
both sufficient and widespread enough
for the universal sowing of the autumn
crop. Perhaps the best proof is the
fact that most Of the villagers have
abandoned the state relief works in
order to till and SOW their lands.
Meanwhile the English government,
after having fed at the expense of the
state several millions of natives for q
continuous period of more than six
months, is now lending them money
on the security Of their future crops.
but without interest, in order to faci.
litate their agricultural operations and
at the same time preserve them from
falling into the hands of that chief
cnrse of Indian life, namely, the vii.
lage usurer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

light, the Calls head at her elbow
seemed to be grinning ct them both.
swell, Miss Mattie.|' called out the
market man, in his hearty fashion,
II see your mind is not set on tur-
key this time, but just wait till I start
this basket off for Cap'n Lawson's and
I'll show you the right thing-a
plump little duck I clapped into the
safe this morning, thinking to myself
that's the very moral Of treat for
Miss Matte"
Miss Matte looked embarrassed
and rubbed her forefnger uneasily
over small coin that lay in the palm
Of her hand under her glove. It was
a silver fve-cent piece, and she Ind
taken it with much hesitation from a
little store of pieces, most Of them
given her when she was q child. For
herself she could have got along very
we'll with bread and tea, but somehow
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

Bicycles have been heralded as the
bringers Of good health, and so they
are, but two recent suicides are laid
at the bicycles door. In Utica, N. Y,
a young girl, II years old, rented a
wheel, took ride and deceived her
parents about it. They discovered the
falsehood and punished her, where.
upon the miss threw herself into q
canal and was drowned. The other
case occurred in Kansas City. A
physician became Respondent because
his wife persisted in riding a bicycle
against his wishes, and took dose OF
poison from which he did not recover.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
o HEART, GIVE THANKS.

O heart, give thanks for strength, to-day
To walk, to run, to work, to play! -
For feasts Of eye; melodious sound;
Thy pulses easy, rhythmic bound;
Ten servants that thy will obey;
A mind clear as the suns own ray;
A life which has not passed its May;
That all thy being thus is crowned,
o heart, give thanksl
Feet helpless lie that once were gay;
Eyes know but nights eternal sway;
Souls dwell In silence, dread, profound:
Minds live with clouds encircling round,
In face of these, thy blessings weigh!
0 heart, give thanks!
Emma 9, Dowd.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
scarcely thought of Tommy, as she

scarcely thought Of Tommy, as she
trotted about, setting the sponge for
her biscuits in pint bowl, putting @
little cup Of broth on the stove to
warm for her supper, making her tea.
toasting her bread, and at last sitting
down by the table in the little green
chair with patchwork cushion. Up
to this point Tommy had sat quietly
by the fire, having learned by many
severe lessons that little folks should
be seen and not heard, but when Miss
Matte poured out the savory broth
the delicious odor was too much for
his fortitude, and with one bound he
sprung into her lap.
"Bless me-" said Miss Matte, "if I
hadn't clean forgot you, and you half
starved, I dare say. There, get down.
I never could abide cats around my
victuals."
She put Tommy gently on the floor,
crumbled some bread into the bowl of
broth, cooled it carefully and set it
down for him to eat.
tits pretty rich for me anyway"
she said, as she made out her supper
with toast and tea.
It was perhaps we'll for Tommy that
he took an early promenade next
morning around the back yards Of the
neighborhood, and secured several
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
cook them all.

CVOh OACW dIls
But where did she put these chops
she was getting so forgetful-she
could have sworn she put them on the
shelf-could she have left them in the
basket after all? Her perplexed eyes
sell from the shelf to the floor, and
there, just peeping from the wood-box
was the plate, and two small, very
small, bits Of bone, gnawed quite clean
and white.
Ungrateful Tommy Barnes, lying
there in peaceful slumber, with those
precious chops rounding out your yell
low sides, if justice had befallen you
then and there you might not have
lived to steal again. But into the
midst Of Miss Matte righteous wrath
came the reflection that Tommy must
have been hungry, and the fault after
all was partly her own for putting
temptation in his way, "though how
anything could have been further out
Of his way than that shelf, I don't
really see," she added, dolefully.
At that minute Tommy Barnes
walked from his nap, transformed him.
self into camel, yawned in a fright
fully tigerish fashion, and proceeded to
sharpen his claws on the rug, the
sacred rug into which had been
braided some precious old garments
dear to Miss Mattie's heart. It was a
straw too much to have insult added
to injury, and springing from her
chair, she cufed Tommy in such
vigorous fashion that three or four
hearty blows found their mark before
the astonished sinner could withdraw
his claws and bound out at the back
door, left ajar in the search for the
chops. At that instant resounding
knock on the front door sent Miss
Mattie's heart to her throat with q
sudden leap, as if justice were already
coming to take her in hand for unrea-
sonable cruelty.
When Miss Matte was peacefully
pattering about, unconscious of the
cruel trick fate and Tommy Barnes
had played her, Mrs. Deacon Giles
was surveying her husband with dis
turbed and fearful face.
''You don't mean to tell me-" she
repeated, "that the minister's folks
amt comm at all, and you and me
has got to eat this big dinner alone?
Here, I stayed home from church to
tend to it. Oh, you needn't to look
as if you thought it was Judgment.
Josiah I wouldn't be such hipper-
crit as to pretend to be thinkin' O:
spiritooal things when I was wonder.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

The City Of Erie is the first in
Pennsylvania to take advantage of the
new state law providing for q free
public library system. Benjamin
Whitman, one of it's citizens, was the
originator Of the law. It empowers
boards having control Of the public
schools to establish and maintain
libraries for the use of the residents
of the district, a tax not exceeding
one mill in any one year on the prop
erty assessed for school purposes
being authorized for their support.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
Early Results In New H.mn..,..


The old-fashioned methods q road
repairing in vogue in New Hampshire
some in for criticism from sxriter in
the New England Magazine, ~.
shows the advantages Of good road.
md advocates a State commission
similar to that of Massachusetts. ]
In this connection it is interesting
10 note some facts recently narrated il
! communication to a Boston paper,
The writer learned them from . cen.
sleman who was member Of the NV
Hampshire House Of Representative,
N 1872 and q member of its Commit.
lee on Roads, Bridges and Canals.
He stated that an old stage drive
wanted him to assist him in getting
he House to grant seven hundiel
dollars to the Cherry Mountain, Whit
Mountain Notch and Profile Notsl
roads, as the towns through Wild
They ran we're too poor to raise IL
money. He had canvassed, he said l
radius Of forty miles, including Ba
lehem, Jefferson, Whitefeld, Nol&'
Conway, Franconia and Littleton
estimated that the summer touriai
spent fully $75, 900 in assessor. nj
better roads he expected that tsy1,
would largely increase and fr ls
money r. expended in the townlh;
visitors. III
Eighteen years later the gentlsa|l!l
In question met the stage driver e -
md he told him that a recent csnl1'
IF the same district, counting only u
hotels and clearinghouse andipG
Ing the boarders in farmhouses, in
cated that the tourists had left sts
Of money exceeding three milhells 4
dollars. "1'he success Of the 81
roads movement caused the buildl(
Of railroads, and it is estimated 81 =.
the expenditure by summer toafis e.
New Hampshire exceeded ten ralllc
In 1896, and is constantly increasing
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

IN II HHfHn EN6U WOulu I6m6MU0f 20
haste the turkey. Seems to me they
might let US know sooner"
"But I told ye, mother, it was 9
telegram come just before church.
You can't regerlate kilograms like the
weekly newspaper, or stop folks from
dyin' unexpected"
"Then, why didn't you rush round
and get somebody else? Mercy sakes!
Twon't seem like Thanksgiving at
all"
Didn't seem to be anybody to ask
but old Mis- Morrison and Marthy
Ellison. I drove round by the Morri.
sons, but the old lady was just having
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
Rural Postal Delivery and Good Bsel

Rural Postal Delivery and Good e.
Discussing the benefits Of ~
postal delivery, the Brooklyn -
ard-Union has this, to say:kn =
cures the prompt and regular deliN!
of mail matter to people who residss
considerable distances from postoamge's. IA
and who, by reason Of being busy
their farms or on account Of the a
dition of the roads, are unable
reach their postofices except Of
inconvenience" s,]
It is doubtful if rural postal den
cry can ever become entirely suooa
full SO long as the rural highv'!s II
main unimproved. There are 3
tions that have good roads and = =.
Government ought to give them =
preference in establishing the dena "!
system in the country. Community a
not enterprising enough to buia ISL
roads should not expect to be rev. :, ii
ed for their inertness by having W. .,1
newspapers and letters brous1. u
their doors.
Perhaps the Government IN e1ps.
menting with the rural postal d ie''n Il
system might contribute waterway = 4.
the Good Roads movement y !.
eliminating, as suggested above, :: =
favor of those districts which have "a
stituted reform on their h'gn..,s|
By every possible means the ne0.. |,
for better roads should be inprs
upon the minds Of that class O -.
residents and land owners thss 80. ~
as vet be made to understand -. ~ .
good roads will contribute . y. ~ q
owp,well being, as they would u 49, 80 Il
that of all who have to use inc .:;...s,,
Rural postal delivery isa de ss.,. e
improvement and in q few Is. q
will prevail to large extent .l !. 4 Il
out the country; but it is no. s., : 8
compared in value and lmpol' ~, /.
good roads. There is no quesusu.,
fore the American people p,u ll 4.
such practical consequence % 49, * h I
people as the latter -hoon'''
" Democrat. Us
80 Il zE' i..~ sa5
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

America will be benefited by the
partial failure of the crops of Europe,
but the fact does not seem to be
agreeable to some foreign critics.
Perhaps they would restrain their ILL.,
natured comment, opines the San
Francisco Chronicle, if they would be
induced to reflect upon the probable
consequences Of a simultaneous short
age Of crops in this country. The
United States will profit by its posi-
ton, but it is fortunate for Europe
that we have food to spare in abun-
dance.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

The winter of Sitka is milder than
that Of many European capitals, Ber-
lin,. Vienna or Copenhagen. The mild
climate of the southern portion Of
Alaska is due to the japanese current.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

The King Of Siam on his recent tour
in Europe is said to have kept an eye
open for bride for his son now at
Harrow school. He inclined to an
English princess, SO it is reported,
and he saw no incongruity at such an
alliance. Her Majesty, however, made
him understand politely, but with IN
mistakable tirmness, that such happi-
ness as British royal female spouse
was not for his dark colored son and
heir.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

Winthrop-''1f Freddie is going to
spend Thanksgiving with his grand
mother, perhaps you'd better buy him
that tin horn"
Mrs. Winthrop-"I spoke to him
about it, my dear, but he said it would
do no good to him, as grandmother is
deaf"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

There are 100000 Thessalian
refugees scattered through Greece,
mostly in a state of restitution, &C.
cording to the United States Consul at
Athens. Even should they be allowed
to return to their abandoned homes,
several years would be required to re-
pair the damage done by the occupa-
tion Of their farms by the Turkish
army, who appropriated all their
crops and live stock.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27

I was growing
dark when Miss
Martie, with her
basket on her
arm, came into
the corner mar
ket to buy her
Tha nksgiving
dinner. T h Q
haskell was ab-
surdly small, but
Miss Matte was
little herself,
and when she
set it on tn e
hi gh counter
and stood blink
ing in the bright
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
THE :. TRUE :. DEMOCRAT.
Published Weekly at
ST. FRANClSYILLE, LOUISIANA.

Cahn College, established in Hawaii
fifty-six years ago, has been potent
factor in Americanizing that country.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
000t'
Steel Rails For Gu. g.

to the gauge Of the the ' srs, ,sl.l
wagon ', They are about half
thick, OF inverted trough ,b.a =
corrugated when'used on HIM s
der to prevent slipping. TSa ' IS !
expected to run from $2so - : s. *
per mile according to distance IA \.
Road Road Improvement in Al.s, \
Road improvement in Al.s
started several years ago, sons : h
pioneer work being done , .has. s T.
mingham. The News Of tS.t !,
now reports that "the Con ~ r. r.
mlssloners Of Colbert County ,;' IA
contracts n for the building q 4 n L
worth Of roads in that cous n,Y \
money N having been placed l ;sss!
&C Treasury for that that rn =
The last Legislature autho, x q !,
county to sell bonds to tha :, y
amount for the above PURPOSE 'G y
bonds were sold and the mon s. !. = :
hand in cash." 'v4e! = :
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
The Kids Harvest.
Now he Is as pleased as pleased can be,
And has no cause to sigh.
With all his heart he says: ITO mo
Thanksgiving time is pie"
The Turkey on the Wall.

EAHE opening of the chest
nut burs,
II The leaves, yellow and
n sere,
/! Told beyond a porad
venture
V That Thanksgiving Day
was near.
(: But, to my childish
\ fancy,
Il The surost sign OF 81,
- OF the nearness 81
Thanksgiving,
Was the turkey on
the wall.
It plainly told the story
That wo had not lon1
to wait,
For the path from wall
to table
y short and straight.
II plump and golden
near the door
or two before tho feast,
N was seen no more.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
On Desert Air.

Emma O. Dowd.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-11-27
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-01
NOTICES.


SHETIFF.S SALEM CHANCERX OF NEW
Between The Harrison and Kearney Building
and Loan Association bf the Town Of Harris
son, complainant. and William Young ct all
r q. For Sale Of Mortgaged Premises.
Returnable February Term. 1897.
William ]. Davis. Solicitor.
By virtue of the above stated writ, to me
directed and delivered. ! shah sell By public
vendue, at Real Estate Salesroor1, No. AZ
Montgomery street, Jersey City, on
THURSDAY. the Eleventh day oil February,
A, d. 1897.
at two O'clock In the afternoon. nil the fol-
lowing described land and premises. with the
appurtenances. being the same described in
said writ, that is to say
All that certain tract or parcel Df land and
premises hereinafter particularly described,
situate: lying and being In the Town Of Har.
New Jersey, and known and designated on a
certain map entitled Map of property at
East Newark Town Of Harrison. Hudson
surveyed and drawn in the year 1853 by Austin
D. Even, City Surveyor, New York, and filed
as lot numbered thirty-four Ga in block mum
bered fourteen dD and contains as follows,
viz
Commencing at a point on the north line of
William street distant westerly two hundred
and twenty-five C225) feet from the northwest
corner of Fourth and William street, and
from thence running westerly along the north
line of William street twenty-five (25) feet;
thence northerly parallel with Fourth street
with William street twenty-five i20 feet; and
thence southerly parallel with Fourth street
one hundred d0W feet to William street, the
point or place of beginning.
Being the same property conveyed by Gaetano
Centauni and wife to the said parties Of the
first part by deed dated April 10th, A. D.
1891. recorded in Book 527 of Deeds for Hudson
WILLIAM HELLER.
Sheriff.
Jersey City News and Kearney Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-01

sHER1EFs SALEM cHANcERY OF
Between Lawrence H. Trimmer, complainant,
and PEebe reswitc ct al. defendants.
81; IA; e For sale Sale Of Mort Fed Premises.
Hudspeth & Puster, Solicitors.
BY virtue of the above stated writ, to me
directed and delivered, I shall sell by pub
lie vendue, at F. G. Wolbert's Real Estate
Salesroom, No. AZ Montgomery street, Jersey
THURSDAY, the twenty-ffth day Of Febru-
airy, A. D. 1897,
at two o'clock in the afternoon, all the fol-
lowing described land and premises, with the
appurtenances, being the same described in
said writ. that Is to say
All that tract or parcel of land and premises
hereinafter particularly described, situate, ly-
ing and being in the Town of Harrison, in the
County of Hudson and State of New Jersey.
beginning at a point on the westerly side Of
south of the corner formed by the intersection
of the southerly line of Cross street with the
westerly line of Fifth street; from thence rum
ming southerly along the westerly line Of
Fifth street twenty-five {25) feet; thence west
erly and parallel with Cross street one hum
angles twenty-five t25) feet; thence easterly
and parallel with Cross street one hundred
QOO) feet to the westerly line of Fifth
street, the point or place of beginning. Being
known and designated as lot number twenty
five (25) on Block twenty-nine 1929 on the Or
fetal Town Map Of the Town OF Harrison and
the same premises conveyed to the said James
Preswitch by Bernard NJ. Shailiey ct all. nv
deed dated September 26th, 1854, and recorded
In Book 4S9 of Deeds for said County OF Hud-
son, pages 2S1, etc.
WILLIAM HELLER,
Dated january 10th, 1897.
Jersey City News and Kearny Record.