The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-06-14

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established I'm 1856.
ONE Dollar a Year.
SATURDAY, JUNE Il, 1902.
Town and Parish.
= has been as high as 95 degrees in
the shade this week.
nj, for the excursion to Hunters
anal next Wednesday night!
uot and sultry weather this week.
rnaaday was very ~oppresslvely hot.
rr;oh stansbury recently shipped
nearly two car loads of fine open Kettle
sugar.
q Godchaux & Son are having AN
addition built to their office DIT the
lumber yard.
Vary LIGHT shower fell here Wednes-
Az afternoon, but heavy rains to the
west made the air very cool.
The dust has been so bad this week
4hat the town street sprinkler mas
heeD running night and day.
Ratbing is the order of the day at
nrasant and a number of ladies ENJOY
fhe refreshing waters Of the Vermlllon
every afternoon.
The Catholic and Baptist churches
nov have electric lights, thus all the
white churches in town are lighted
with electricity.
The public schools of this parish
closed this week and the bright and
talented teachers will now enjoy a
much needed rest.
We return thanks to the following
named persons or firms for cash taVors
since our last issue:
Philip Werlich, Ltd, j. A. Provost,
Homer Decuir.
49,
Vermilion grown Water melons have
been on the market this week. Oscar
Leblanc having brought up a schooner
load from Cheniere au Tigre, selling
them at from 80 to so cents apiece.
The merciful man will have mercy on
his dumb animals. Have mercy on
yours by buying them some Gnat Oil
like advertised on first page, and let
them work in comfort and live in
peace.
Read ad. of Gnat Oil on FIRST page of
this issue and if your. stock needs any
order it today. This firm is patroni-
zing us and we want to sell some oil
for them. Remember if it does MT give
satisfaction you don't have to pay for
it. Try it.
The school board will, we presume
make the appointments of teachers for
the parish schools during the vacation
period, which has been the practice
for a few years past. This plan enables
those who are cut out TO secure other
positions, and it is a good one too.
A. Lacour, of Perry, presented the
publisher with a sample of his Irish
potatoes last week. Four of them
filled a gallon Measure full. He has
raised a good crop and has been sup
plying the Abbeville market with a
choice quality.
The Postal Telegraph & Cable Co.,
LTD. have opened an office at the Alb
;DeVllle Rice Mill for the transaction of
q general telegraph business. F. F.
..Pnlilbert, of New Orleans, has taken
charge as operator and Tom White is
messenger boy. Abbeyille is getting
abundant means of communicating
with the outside world.
Iae game Of baseball played here
sunday by the Iberia nine and the
juniors Of this place resulted in favor
VI Iberia by a score of 10 to IL. Frank
uoachaux was umpire, and Ed. Boyle
.ahd a. Y. Escudier, scorers. Lots of
money was bet on the result and many
:aie several dollars short on that, &C
Sount; Take u advice boys. and
cont bet any more.
sotning hurts a town more than
JEALOUSY. If among doctors, the medi-
~ profession suffers; if among bust
aess men, their trade suffers; if among
i 1; number Of citizens, the whole town
20 sctuaiiy damaged. Unity of action