The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-08-26
Personal Mention.

-A-
Hon. S. P. Watts has resarned from his
Baton Rouge trip.
Zenon Lejeune was a visitor to jean
erette this week.
r. f. Keller, the baker, was a business
visitor to Crowley Friday.
w. II. Waggoner Ias returned from
Mermentan to spend q few days in Abb
beville.
Robt. Putnam, of iberia. attended the
funeral here 81 his fAthsr-in-law. DIR.
Hamblet, last week,
Robt. Hilderbrandt and his brother
Acton, were visitors to the Sulphur mines,
Calcasieu parish, this week.
Mrs. S. A. Minor and daughter Eva, of
Mississippi, are on d visif to our parish,
they are the guests Of FRS. Minors SON,
w. w.
Romuel Leblanc. of Yermilion parish.
was the guest during the past week of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Soniat.-New Or
lean States.
Delma Hebert and bride arrived Thurs
day evening from Abhegille, where they
have been on a visit y relatives.-Jen-
nings Reesri
We i sorry to learn Il the illness of
DR.. r. P. Nelson, but hope that before
long we will see his smiling face on our
streets again.
Miss Inez Dezauche, who has been
spending a few weeks with Mrs. A. j..
Golden left last Thursday to visit rela-
tives in Charenton.
Prof. B. G. Caldwell delivered an inter
esting lecture to the Normal Institute Fac
uty and q large and appreciative audience
at the court house Thursday night.
Louis A. Blanc has returned horne, hav-
ing resigned his position with the White
Star Store at Abbeville, where he was
employed for several months.-Iberian.
Martin j. Andrus, of Crowley. agent Of
the Mccormick Co., has been busy put
ting up binders in this parish all the
week. Martin is a hustler and will GER
tainly succeed.
DR.. f. f. Young. of Abteyille, was the
guest of his brother DR.. M. a. Young
Tuesday. He was accompanied home by
his children who had been OF a visit te
their uncle.-Rayne Tribunes
The large void now noticeable in this
community is dueto the absence of oul
genial editor and business manager, DIR
G. j. Edwards. who is now in Chicago
visiting relatives and studying metropoli
tan journalism. Our hustling friend viii
incidentally study the manners and Gus
toms of that far off place, and we hope t.
regale orr readers with f. quent letter
from his versatile pen, which viii appea
under the caption of From Our Specia
: Correspondent As the gentleman vii
/ return in about three weeks there will b
!, no reduction in our subscription rates
but we crave the indulgence of our nan
; readers for the short comings which ar
8 always evident when such a hand as hi
lays down the pen. Justice compels U
to add that the Doctor did not ask us t
insert this notice of his departnre-we d
it to satisfy the inquiries of his man
friends, who join us in wishing him
pleasant trip and a safe return.
Joseph Jefferson the great comedian
IS whose palatial winter home on Lake Sin
onet, is just on the borders OF our paris
!. has many friends and admirers here, an
they naturally feel a kindlyinterest in a
d that concerns him and his. A late lite
in the Record says that when MI. Jeffe
sons sons came to Chicago last season {
p substitutes for their distinguished parel
it was impossible to give them unqualitit
70 commendation. But the great conedia
seems to have bequeathed some of his a
9, tistic talent to the second, if not to u
le first generation of his descendants.
: grandson, now scarcely more than 20, hi
recently had an orr ginal two-act opel
"a presented with success in London. III
young composer for his genius is musics
:, not literary is the son of b. L: Far1eo
:" an English novelist of note, and he is
:, garded as one of the promising studen
IN of the piano at the London Royal Acad
!. my of Music. Recently he gained e
- m~uch-coveted Goring Thomas prize; al
when his grandfather heard the good me-
he sent him a check for $1,000. Sever
other honors of almost equal worth 81
credited to him, among the number bel
ad a prize for the best musical setting fol
Burus poem. His mother wal MargaI
jefferson.
nd ~
be The Time Has Passed
" uWhen il was necessary to p