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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-01-05
A Minstrel Company.

Messrs. Alert Chargois and
Lawrence Luem are at the head
OF a movemet to organize a
minstrel comrny of boys and
young men i this city, and
Judging from te present indica-
tions they viii 10 doubt meet with
success. The IBERIAN hopes
that these your men will succeed
in their efforts, md get up 4 COM
pany that viii be an honor to
themselves and,his city,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-01-05

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
December 21--Amede, Delcam.
bre to Ovee Broussard, an unim.
proved tract of land of 30 arpents,
for 5000. Anthony N Muller,
notary.
December-Mrs Widow Margaret
app-Broussard to Jean Courrege,
au improved tract of land of abou,
Is acres, for $500, at the northwest
limits of New Iberia. 10 Hacker,
notary.
December 2C-Nelson Goode te
Louis Guillot, town lot As by SOC
feet on Weeks streets, for si25. A
N Muller, notary.
December 21--Onesiphore Vlatol
to Toussainte Tyler, So arpeuts o.
land and improvements in Petit,
Anse for. 1858. F w Bauman
notary.
December 15-Gustave Pessan tt
Robert Moseby, 8 arpept tract o.
land IN Petite Anse, for 4B5O. A n
Muller, notary.
December 21--To 4ssainte Tyler
to / n Satter6eld, a 80 arpent.trac
lot land and improvements
for $639.55. f w Bauman
notary.
December 22-Joseph Delord, e
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-01-05

70 The fragile babe and the
growing child are strengthened by
Whites Cream Vermlfuge. It
destroys worms, gets digestion at
work, and SO rebuilds the body.
Price 25ecents at the Estorge Drug
Comparth
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-01-05
The Grand
Encanlpment
OF the X. Of T. of Louisiana,
Will Meet Here
In Annual Session on the
26th of this Month.
Arrangements are now Being
Made by the Local
Encampment.


The Grand Encampment of the
order Of Knights of Temperance
of the State of Louisiana, will
meet in this city on Saturday,
January Goth, in annual session;
which is on the last Saturday of
the present month.
This will be the first session Of
the Grand Encanlpment held out
side of the city of New Orleans,
and the members of the local
Encampment of this order are
making extensive arrangements to
make it one which will be remem
bered for many years to come.
The local Encampment, Teche
No. IS, will be represented at this
session Of the Grand Encampment
by eleven delegates, who were
elected by ballot at the regular
meeting of the Encampment on
Friday night of last week. They
are:
Z. W. Phillips,
S. A. Benthall,
Richard A. Pomeroy,
Henry Ortte,
A. j. Cammack,
John I. White,
Dudley S. Campbell,
Clarence L. Widney,
Fred w. Bauman,
John NJ. Perry,
Jerry w. Taylor,
Mr.. II. Fl. Shaded of this city,
the present Past Worthy Chief of
Teche Encampment, is Grand Vice
Chief Of the State, having been
unanimously elected to that Office
at the last session of the Grand
Encampment last January.
Mr.. Clarence L. Widney, the
popular parish tax collector and
deputy sheriff, is the Deputy
Grand Worthy Chief for this
section of the State, having been
appointed to that important Office
by the Grand Worthy Chief of the
State.
The following are the officers of
the Grand Encampment:
Grand Worthy Chief. w.
Calm, New Orleans.
Grand Vice Chief->U. II.
Shaded, New Iberia.
Grand Chaplain--Robert F.
Derouen, Abbevllle.
Grand Treasurer--JOhn r.
Todd, New Orleans.
Grand Recorder--W. J. BOs
worth, New Orleans.
Grand Marshal-M. Walle,
Berwick.
1t will require only one day to
dispose Of the business before the
Grand Encampment, with possibly
a lengthy night session. None
but members of the order can
attend the sessions Of the Grand
Encampment, and even they them
selves must possess certain
requil ements in order to be
admitted as visitors.
/ Arrangements are not as yet
completed for this occasion, there,
| fore we are unable to give any
further details at the present
time.
We note by an item in recent
issue of the Picayune, that Mr.
Robert Fl. Cage, now Of New
Orleans, has been elected one o1
the delegates Of Crescen
Encampment No. l, of that city
Ito the session of the Crane
Encampment.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-01-05
Storm Beaten.
r,e Congressman Hunters
Have a Rouge Time
3, hit Little Sport in the
Marshes after Duck
and Snipe.

The party that left here on
,,prsday Of last week for 'efter-
!. Island were Hospitality
,,t,rtained by many hosts' but
,,pshly used by old Neptune and
!, ,or,.s. At Jefferson's Island they
- received by General +. f.
r,1ss, the prince of entertainers
no spared no thought or effort
| = the comfort of his guests The
! t.vy rains had so filled the
,rshes with water that the
..,apht Of bird shooting was
.l.0doned. The prevailing bad
-..thar had another dlsappoint-
!. .Hect-.the majority OF the
,sty, as expected, failed to
niye.
a Jefferson's Island the
,;.;tors were: Judge Tony OF
loaisville KY, the presiding
],dee Of the Court Of Law and
pouity; his son, Berge Tony, a
tsdsot ct the Yale College; !;
fneressmsn Henry B. Clayton Of
y Third Congressional District
1 Alabama Congressman Robert
], Broussard Of iberia; General
n. Myles Of New Orleans, the
1T and sMessrs. A. B. Romero
a Clarence E. Colgin OF this
Hon. James Ware OF
Bs7ille, started. but due to the
esther telegraphed that he
"a been compelled to return
ae.
0a Friday the party became
ntient at the continued
hsorable weather which had
snpktely spoiled the shooting
! Je6erson's Island; so it was
iled to organize another party
4 those who cared to brave
asas and Neptune. and try thu
~. That evening Messrs
hgteu, Broussard, Romero ant
lgh, boarded the sTrue Repub
- 8 two masted schooner
ihe In Bayou Tgre. With he,
~ they drifted with tide ant
~ towards Vermilion Bay
ading the night On the boat, il
hyoa, in the marsh. TIL
Day they reached the opel
= d the Boy and spread sail
saif breeze.
lach coastlng brought bu
port On Sunday a storl
ssat severity drove the 'Tru
ablican" with her Democrat
g into Cypremort Ham
where q perilous landin
edected late that evening
the storm the schooner
gig utensils were washe
noard and lost. Mr.. Romero
sas also carried away by
NJ
uyprem0rt Hammock Il
Witnessed the swamplng
systsr iasgars, one load,
~ thousand oysters al
- With about six thousan
9 q these vessels "
sirl Of some eleven yea,
we're saved. In order
ellcr the party had to ia
. Though the sea marsh
seaerick Hebert,s home
"a land. Mr.. Hebert,
Sptaia Hebert of Pet
We'd . most hospital
'v1ding for every conf
ss0lence of his CUES
Y them over night.
the party made th
ssAislss to Louisa, VIII
le the guests Of NJ
ueries at her ha
hone. With a railr,
'asislt the party were
saesr, realizing t
'daaips were !
They boarded
aisa and came back
49, e00. vent fror Loso
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-01-05
Court House
Record.
Dolngs at the, Parish Capitol
During the Week.
Real Estate Transfers Re
corded and other News.
SALE OF HOPE PLANTATION

SALE OF HOPE PLANTATION.
December 22-Maurice Stern,
acting for Lehman, Stern g. Com
pany, Limited, to the State of
Louisiana for the use of the Board
of Control of the State Peniten
tlary,
That certain plantation situated
on both sides of the Bayou Teche,
in the parish of Iberia. in this
State, known as the "Hope Planta-
tion' together with all the build
lngs, machinery and other
improvements of all sorts, planta-
ton implements. tools of all kinds,
carts, mules, wagons and in fact all
that belongs to said plantation, and
all the appurtenances thereof
including all rights. servitudes and
franchises belonging, attached or
appertaining to said plantation.
The said plantation has 25 arpeuts
front on the east side of the Bayou
Teche by a depth of so arpents,
and front OF 20 arpents on the
west side of Bayou Teche by a
depth of 40 arpents and is COM
posed of the following parcels and
tracts of land, to-wlt:
!. A certain tract of land on the
west side of the Bayou Teche,
having front of l24 arpents by a
depth of 40 arpents, and having 90
arpents more or less on the east
side of said bayou by depth of IS
arpents !;
2. Another tract of land measur-
ing 90 superficial arpents, being
fractional S. w. or. ofssec. %, T.
s. IL. S. R. IL E, as per certificate
No. 1917, being swamp lands
situated on the east side of said
Bayou Teche
3. A certain tract of land,
situated, lying and being in said
parish of Iberia, measuring 5
arpepts front on each side of SAID
Bayou by depth of 40 arpents on
the west side of said bayou and 80
arDents on the east side of SAID
bayou
4. An ther tract of land situated
on the west side of said Bayou
Teche. having a front of 81
arperts on said bayou by depth of
40 arpents.
For the sum of $4,000 s26, 200
cash. The remaining S52, 900 Is
represented by 3 promlssory
notes,
Signed by
Maurice Stern, PIT.
G. Harrison Parker,
President Board of Control.
Accepted and approved,
w. w. Heard, :.
Governor.
Felix J. Dreyfus. notary.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28
BlaCkmail by
Lawyers.

Fortunately for the average lawyers
client, it is not often the case that a
solicitor so far betrays the confidence
reposed in him as to utilize the in
formation poured into his private ear
for the foul purpose OF blackmail, yet
the records of legal malpractices con-
tain a certain number of such cases of
more or less Nervousness, says Tit
Bits. Not SO many years ago a young
lady residing in a Midland county had
occasion to consult a solicitor regard
ing a rather delicate matter in which
she had been, through no fault of her
own. involved. For obvious reasons
she avoided the practitioner who at
tended to her family's business, and,
rather rashly, pitched upon the first
gentleman whose d%oorplate caught her
eye.
Her choice proved an unfortunate
one. The lawyer in question was an
unmitigated scoundrel, whose chief
harvest was reaped from indiscriminate
biackmail, and very soon the girl dis
covered this fact to her sorrow. For
the INSCRIPTIONS scoundrel, having OBJ
IdlllSu LUZ ueId1lS VI uSF pOSlIlOns TO-
gether with certain compromising doc
uments, proceeded to obtain from her
various sums under threats of ex-
posture, and it was not until she had
parted with all her savings and was on
the verge of desperation that she sum
moned sufficient courage to lay the
whole distressing business before her
father. The latter relative at 0nce took
very active measures to bring the vii
lain to justice, but, owing to some
legal technicalities, the case fell
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
WERE HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS
by ANCIENT GREEKS.
From Q A. u. Until 1896 There Were
No Olympic Games-America Led in
Modern Games with Nine Events to
Her Credit.

Beginning with TIC B. c., the Greeks
reckoned their time by olympiads, or
periods of four years when the olym-
pic games were held. A sacred truce
lasting for a month put a stop to all
war between the various states at the
time of the games. This enabled ev-
eryone to travel in safety, as non
would dare to offend the terrible god
Zeus. Almost every town in Greece
sent representatives either to compete
or to look ON at these contests. and
from the islands along the coast as
well as from the colonies in Asia, At
RIGA and Western Europe visitors
came for business or pleasure. No
women, except one priestess, were al
lowed to be resent at the contests. All
competitors were obliged to prove that
they were Of pure Greek blood and
that they had spent ten motnhs in
preparation for the contests. Then,
if accepted, they were obliged to pass
the thirty days Immediately preceding
the games in training at Olympia I'M
der the direction of the officials. Dur
ing this period the athlete and his
friends made frequent sacrifices and
prayers to the various deities whom
they thought might assist in giving
him the victory. On the day of the
games all the competitors were obliged
to take a solemn oath at the altar of
the god Zeus that they would abide by
the rules and would take no unfair
advantage of an opponent. Originally
the games consisted of but a single
race, the stadium-600 feet; but at the
time of their greatest glory five days
were consumed in deciding the con-
tests. They were then as follows:
Foot races, the pentathlon, horse and
chariot races, boxing, wrestling and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28
michigan Horseshoelng Law.

On account of considerable misun-
derstanding having arisen concerning
the law recently passed to regulate
the practice of horseshoeing in Mich
igan, Secretary Walter Beckwith has
made an explanation. He says: "Sec-
ton 1 says that no person shall prac-
tice h~orseshoeing as a master journey
man horseshoer in any city Of this
state of 10000 or upwards, unless he
is duly registered and has been granted
a certificate by the examiners. Now,
that doesn't say anything about little
towns and country places, so it should
be very clear that such places don't
require certificates. This act took eff
feet September 22d, and any person
who can furnish satisfactory proof to
the board within six months Of that
date that he was practicing horseshoe
ing in this state at the time shall,
upon payment of a fee of So to the
board, be given a certificate as master
or journeyman horseshoer. If he fails
to do so before that time he will have
to take an examination before the
board of examiners. This examina-
ton is very rigid and is made so to
protect the horseshoers of the state
against those coming from Canada
and other states. All horseshoers in
cities referred to in this law who have
not attended to this matter should do
so at once, as there are only q few
days left In which they can act.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28

together and told them that If they
desired 1t he would publish an annual
report giving the details Of the bust
ness, showing just how much each
mar had received for his milk, what
per cent of fat it contained according
to the Babcock test, and just how
many cows each man had used in the
production of his milk. At the next
meeting the patrons voted not to have
the report. The good dairymen were
afraid the poor ones would learn how
they did 1t. and the poor ones were
ashamed to have their records known.
Publicity is one Of the surest ways
of getting better conditions, but a
good many men are afraid of pub
licity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28

the ~pancratium. The foot races con-
sisted of the single course, already
mentioned. the double course. the long
race, sometimes twenty-four times the
length Of the course. and the race in
armor. The pentathlon consisted Of
five events, leaping with dumb bells.
throwing the discus, throwing the
spear, running and wrestling. A victor
was Obliged to win three out of the
five events. The wrestling was not
very different from what we have now
adays; but the boxing was done with
the hands enclosed in strips of leather
on which were fastened pieces OF
metal. This arrangement was called
a cestus, and you can imagine what a
terrible mass of blood and bruises
would result from such a contest. One
day was given to the contests of boys,
the others to the men and youths.
After each contest the victor was CIV
en- a palm branch. At the end of the
games there was a formal presentation
of olive Wreaths to all the winners,
then followed feasts and sacrifices al
most without number. When a cham
pion neared home, the whole town or
city came out to meet him. If there
was a wall about the city, a new open
ing was made for the glorious one to
enter through; songs were sung re-
garding him, statues were made of him
and set up in his native town and at
Olympia. Presents of all kinds were
made to him in such numbers and OF
such magniicence that all necessity
of working for the good things of life
was taken away from him. From the
year 1874 A. D., when they were dis
continued by the order of the Emperor
Theodosius. until 1896, there were no
Olympic games. But in that year,
through the efforts of Baron Pierre de
Coubertin and a committee represent
ing all the nations which take an ac-
tive interest in gymnastic and athletic
exercises, a modern edition of the
Olympic games was held at Athens.
America led the prize winning, with
nine events to her credit. The other
winning countries were France, Eng
land, Greece, Germany, Australia, Hun
gary, Austria, Switzerland and Den
mark.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28
ENCOURAGED BONDAGE.
Once New York Had a Municipal Slave
Ship.

Once New York Had a Municipal Slave
Ship.
When New York city owned a slave
ship is told in an article in Pearson's
Magazine. The greatest impetus was
given to the slave trade by the act of
parliament of 1884, which legalized
slavery in the North American colo
MES. This does not NEAR that slavery
was unknown in what is now the
United States before that time, because
as early as 1920 a Dutch man-of-war
landed and sold twenty African ne
groes at jamestown, Va. In 1926 the
West India company imported slaves
from the West Indies to New York
city, then New Amsterdam. The city
Itself owned shares in a slave ship,
advanced none for it's fitting out and
shared in the profits of it's voyages.
This recognition and encouragement
may account for the astounding fact
that in 1850 slaves formed one-sixth
of the entire population of New York.
The general prevalence of slavery is
shown by the fact that at this time
there were sixty-seven slaves in New
York's small suburb of Brooklyn, and
that in London itself there were resi-
dent q 1000 slaves. Slaves were at that
time publicly dealt in OF the London
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28
Some Inscriptions
Members of the
Bar Guilty of this
Crime.

through, and he escaped his weIl-mer-
tied punishment.
A case that threw a third light upon
the methods of these human vultures
was tried some time ago in one of the
western courts of America. A young
lady typist employed in a fancy goods
firm sued a solicitor of shady repute
for attempting to obtain money from
her by threats. 1t then transpired that
the girl, having got into a scrape
through an unfortunate love affair, had
consulted the lawyer as to the best
means of getting out of the trouble.
Instead of giving her the necessary ad-
vice, the rogue had proceeded to de-
mand from her the sum of 800, add
ing that, unless the amount were paid
to him within a month, he would pub
lish her story to the whole world. BY
a lucky chance, a friend of the girl who
had accompanied her to the Office hap
pened to overhear the conversation
from the adjoining waiting-room, and,
armed by the presence of this witness,
the plucky girl retaliated upon the, viii
famous solicitor by placing him in
the dock shortly a~fterward. He was
sent to prison for a long term, the
court complimenting the fair prosecu-
trix on the courage she had shown in
bringing the scoundrel to the doom he
deserved. A Matchmaking lawyer who
died some ten years ago in the West
Indies confessed that, while the ordi-
nary exercise of his profession had
brought him in a little more than a
bare livelihood, he had earned no less
than $4,000 by the exercise of black
mail.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28
Ainu Race Vanishing.

The curious Ainu race, which
originally occupied the whole of the
island of Yezo, is rapidly vanishing
before the influx of Japanese emigra.
ton. According to recent ~investiga.
tons they o only number some
1 5000, and in a few more decades they
will probably be totally absorbed
They are the hairiest race in the
world, are filthily dirty in their hab.
its, and terribly addicted to drunken
ness. They worship bears and snakes,
and in some cases live in caves.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28

SILVER-SPANGLED HAMBURG HEN.
and White. They are all very pretty
birds and seldom fail to prove attrac-
tive and profitable to the average
breeder and faneier. Hamburgs are
economical fowls to keep; besides be-
ing light eaters and great foragers,
they are prolific layers and non-sitters.
The only thing against them is the
smallness of their eggs. They lay a
pretty, w~hite-shelled egg, but smaller
IN size than those of the Leghorn.
There are some which lay larger eggs
than others, and by careful selection
from year to year of the birds which
lay the largest eggs this defect may be
remedied and the size of the eggs i'm
proved.
The Silver-spangled Hamburg is,
perhaps, the most beautiful as we'll as
the most popular variety of the Ham
burgs. Their proud carriage, royal
decoration and graceful and symmetri-
cal forms command attention when
ever seen. Breeders of Hamburgs uni
versally adopt the following as a
standard for the breed: Comb square
at front, tapering nicely into a long
spike, full of points by no means plain.
firmly and evenly set on the head;
face red; earlobes moderate size, round
as possible and clear white; legs leaden
blue; carriage graceful; plumage very
profuse. Color-Cocks, Silver-spangled:
Clear, silvery white ground, every
feather tipped OF spangled, the breast
as bold as possible. but showing the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28
Queen victorla.s 1nflrmittes.

An English paper says that the only
reason that Queen Victoria does not
appear personally at the opening OF
parliament is that she is physically
unable. She would have to walk a
long distance and climb a flight oil
stairs, and has now passed the age
when she can do that.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28
Dairy Notes.

Close accounts should be kept in
the matter Of dairy expenses, and
where the farmer has a boy or a girl
the work Of that child to keep such
accounts. Now more than ever the
schools fit children for just that kind
of work. "A small sum in the way of
pay will prove a stimulus and secure
close attention to business.
The production Of oleo in the coun-
try last year increased 80 per cent, and
it has doubled in five years. The
Grout bill is to be brought up for con-
s~ideration at the coming session of
congress, and it is hoped that whether
modified or not it will be put through
in such a form that it will forever pre-
vent the selling of oleo for butter.
If oleomargarine is "just as good as
butter" why should it not sell under
its own name?
At its last meeting the California
Dairymen's Association passed reso-
buttons asking the State University to
do it's utmost to secure the erection of
a building for a dairy schol. The
movement in that state as we'll as in
many other states seems to lack force.
Certainly if there is one practical
branch of education that needs to be
encouraged among the farmers it is
that Of the making and handling of
good butter. Every state in the Union
should take action in this direction,
as there Is nothing that would be of
greater value to the farm interests,
considering the amount of money ne
cessary to be expended.
A contemporary tells Of a creamery
manager that wanted to stimulate the
patrons of his creamery to produce
more and better milk. He called them
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28

exchange. No wonder the traffic in
human flesh was a recognized com.
merce, and that in 1771 the English
alone sent to Africa 1872 ships equipped
for the trade and with a carrying ca
pacity OF Alag slaves per trip.-NeH
York Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28
Hamburgs.

Hamburgs are in the front ranks Of
egg producers and are in general ap-
p~earance much like Leghorns. There
are six varieties of Hamburgs-the
Golden : spangled, Silver : spangled,
GoIden-penciled. Silver-penciled. Black
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-02-28

SILVER-SPANGLED HAMBURG COCK.
~spangle; the bars of the wing regular
and bold; neck, back and saddle nicely
tipped; bow well marked (by no means
cloudy, brown or brassy); back as
green as possible.