The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1903-12-12
TOWN AND PARISH ITEMS.
Christmas times


ION your hen and turkey roosts,
Likewise your coal bin and wood pile
Are none of the >Sundayssehools t.
have Christmas treesf
FayJ j.. Caldwell of Bellevue was yis'
lifting here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W!SS. Nilsson are on the
sick list with typhoid fever.
seedfcotton sold here this week as
high ASSES per thousand pounds.
Abbeville is spreading out, the cor
;porate limits having been extended.
Several gentlemen of the #cosier
state have visited our town recently.
u. @. u edlenka, a prominent Crow
lloy lawyer, was here this week attend
Ing codrt.
Popular Miss Georgia Labit visited
relatives asd friends at Welsh and
Crowley last week.
Bear 10 mind that the Cash5itc Fair
commences to-day and will continue
three days.
]. Sunday last was an ideal winter
'day-aetfearS45y, q bright sun and a
'bracing wind.
The cold weather that has visited
'us lately has given the farmers a chance
TO kill their hogs.
The primaries Of Vermilion parish
will take place OH the same day'3f the
State primary-January 18th.
A great d lumber of our store keepers
have spreas out their Christmas goods
and b eyNo0k the picture Of Toyville.
Mr. rahtl Mrs. BraExtbn Carson Of
BeissSttEts sssre;vs4iting c. q. 'Upthutch
andlfiHilly. hear 'Perry's Bridge, list
week. " :,
Noigrowi;ng atd vaih 'teplniifsg TIRE
lasSrl in Ghbevt.e. DIR tpeople ARE
happy. prosperous ami 'eonteifted.
Mcr!
RDhert r. Ballard anti family nave
moved into theiriaew .Ebnse on Afain
f:saeet, formerly Occupied by Wan
LahiplnHn.
Monday sahtning thefs vas a huge
white frost. which was no thick and
white as to Resemble a light fall of
snow.
hon. Rom ip. LEBLANC left wednes-
day for lialda Rouge to Nteha the ex-
ira session IF the Legislature which
"fsnrd Thursday.
Miss Eliza HdHihgsworth of Belle
vfh, who wis ..h,.fe on IL visit to her
akter, Mrs. VI. W. Edw2'ds. returned
iheate Wednesday, 'oh'shc e;nn train.
We rejoice hssAaa t'maksT substantial
improvements 'tsdif,jg on I'm oar town,
'and'frdNh present 'atdicatitns moresand
greater ones sate'hsstSTe fdr the cohing
year.
oaty'abodtf Fitch more days, good
children, before the advent of CHRIST
mas, and we trust every boy and girl
,wH'have something that will gladen
their sweet little'hearts.
Mcfarland & Co. are now quarteted
In their new place OF business on State
street. This firm was neighbor to THE
AERfDIoNAL Office and we are sorry to
part with the clever hangers.
December has The evident intention
O. earning a reputation and place as
Is q winter month. The weather so :
Hr has been all the most ardent lover
OF the wintry season could demand.
A renowned writer says: "Hear no
III Of q friend, and speak as little as
possible of an enemy" How much
more congenial this old world would
Oe II We but followed this excellent
advice.
"Haags' Mighty ~ Shows" gave two
performances here Monday. 1t was a
nambug of no small dimensions. How
sver, our pe6ple were not Victimized
70 any great extent, as the attendance
our Office was the recipient'of a pleas
Snt visit Thursday from Hon. Henry
u Gueydan of Gueydan. Mr.. Guey-
van 10, as is generally known, a candi-
uate for Representative in the Legisla-
lure from this parish.
keS' .. J. Davies will preach his last
ssrtlon to his Abbeville charge Sunday.
~ Years work ends with thAt service.
Snoo.d conference assign Mr. Davies
70 sdother charge the friends of the
sssefend gentlemen and his estimable
wife will regret it.
vermilion parish offers unusual re-
suras for labor to the man who will
sefk. One day thisweek, Tom Briggs,
: grandson of the ever faithful Lofty !.
nnrlgks, q well-known sugar planter of
aaouson's Cove, told US he raised this
l9atAl harrala Of aaSss lE laSsslS -aE