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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-05
BrOuSSard Notes.

The cotton season is on and
our gin had a steady run Satur-
day. Several bales of cotton are
on the depot platform ready for
loading.
The school house is being
painted both outside and inside,
which will help the looks a great
deal.
w. E. Chase and J. w. Faulk
drove over to Indian Bayou
Thursday. returning Friday.
Mrs. Fanlk and little daughter
Vera, returned with them.
School will open Monday with
a full corps of teachers. The
teachers will be arranged as
follows Miss Lucy Triche, A and
B Primer; Miss Wynonah
Breazeale, Adv. Primer and LIST
grade; Miss Eunice Carney, End
and 3rd grades; Miss COrinne
Steckler, 4th and 9Th grades;
Miss Hilda Kahn and Mr.. Faulk,
5th, It'll and 9Th grades. Let
this be our banner session.
Several of our pupils of last
year will leave for other schools
this week. Sidney Bernard
goes to Covington, Earnest Faulk
to Jackson, and Ruby, Eva and
Bulah Girouard, Anna and
Torrance Liable, Eola Malagarie,
Della Billeaud and Nita st Julien
go to Grand Coteau. We wish
them all success.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick is having a
good residence built on his lots
on Madison Street.
Mr.. SOntag was well pleased
with the band practice Friday
night.
How about that hall and band
stand? We are ready for it now.
Some one told us some time
back that 1t was a sure thing.
Time to show up.
Send your children to school
Monday morning and keep them
there every day and at the end
of the year you will see result.
Don't forget to send the S1.OO
the first day and save the
teacher trouble.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-05
BRYAN'S GRAFTON.
A Graphic and Entertaining AC-
count of the Great Event.
Given By a LafayettaE Who Served
AS a Member of the ReCep-
ton Committee.

Editor Advertiser:-It may be
of interest to some of your read
ers to know that Lafayette was
represented at the homecoming
of w. j. Bryan and on this ac-
count l may be pardOned for at
tempting to describe my impress
sion of that great occasion.
Through the kindness Of Cover
nor Blanchard, of whom | had
requested a ticket, it was my
good fortune to be presented to
Mr.. Bryan and participate in the
reception rendered him at the
Victoria Hotel Thursday after
noon. III the guise of a member
of the reception committee, hav-
ing my badge pinned on by no
less a celebrity than Sergeant-at-
arms Martin of the Democratic
National Committee.
Mr.. Bryan was greeted by
hundreds of thousands along the
way of march in a joyful, re-
spectful manner, without gush
and without too much noise.
At the Victoria Hotel. where the
delegations from each State were
in waiting, such a loving greeting
was given him that he had to
square his jaws to keep from
showing his emotion.
But the climax was reached
when he rose to speak in Madison
Square Garden. Imagine a
building enclosing a fiat floor
twice as large as the court house
square and with galleries almost
two hundred feet high, with
every available seat or standing
room held by men and women
eager to show their love of the
great man. Every person on en-
tering was furnished with a little
American flag.
The sight of Mr.. Bryan stand
ing on the edge of the speakers
platform electrified the vast con
course. and by a common inn
pulse the mass rOSe to its feet
and such cheering! 1t was a
noise that swelled in volume at
intervals and though deafening,
it was not displeasing to the a
For eight minutes it lasted.
During that time the band struck
up Dixie and it woke the biggest
rebel yell that has been uttered
in many a day. Towards the
last (Mr. Bryan vas motioning
for silence) the assembly caught
the strains of Aud Lang S.yne.
Immediately 10000 voices took it
up and it was then that tears
came to the great leaders, eyes,
and he bowed his head as if in
sorrow.
His speech was not delivered
from manuscript. as many be-
lieve, but with all fervor of per-
haps the greatest living orator.
Every subject that he touched,
carried storms Of applause. but
it was the government ownership
of railroads that lifted the roof.
To me. that speech was the
nOhlest and deserves to take
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-05
Society,".

Last Wednesday Mr.. D. y. Alb
bolt. an employee of the South
ern Pacific. and Miss Viola Burke,
a charming young lady Of this
city. we're united in marriage at
the Catholic church by Father
Chasles. A large number OF
friends were present at the cere-
mony. which attests the popu-
larity of the young couple.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-05
rlarshaIl-T OISOn.

last Wednesday evening at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. F. r. TOl-
son. when their lovely daughter,
Miss Julia, who is the happy pos
SCISSOR of those qualities which
make her a general favOrite in So
cial circles, became the bride OF
Mr.. Ambrose Marshall, a very
popular young business man of
sterling worth. Every room
down stairs in their large and
lovely home was artistically de-
corated with ferns, palms. pink
chrysanthemumsan and evergreens.
The altar which had been con-
structed in one corner Of the
front parlor was prettily deco
rated in pink and green and was
universally admired. The horse
shoe which was suspended over
this beautiful altar. containing
the letters r.. and NJ, was indeed
a sign of good luck as this was
the third time couples were mar
ried under it and it is predicted
that this couple will be as happy
as the proceeding ones have been.
At $50 the bridal party en-
tered the parlOr to the familiar
strains of Mendelsohn's wedding
march played by Miss Maxim
Beraud. The groom entered the
front parlor accompanied by his
best man, Mr.. P. G. Saint, of
Crowley, while the bride entered
through the back parlor leaning
on the arm of her father, pre-
coded by her maid OF honor, Miss
Challie FOLSOM, who looked beau
tiful dressed in white Organdie
with a mere touch of pink. AS
Miss Julia advanced. Mr.. Mar
shall stepped forward. and re-
ceived his bride from her IA
theirs arm and led her to the al
tar. where the impressive mar
riage ceremony was performed
by the methodist minister, Rev.
J. D.. Harper.
The bride was indeed a vision
beautiful" in her gown of love.
ly imported hand-embroidered
null. Her long veil, caught up
by a spray of orange and
a sparkling diamond brooch, fell
gracefully almost to the floor.
She carried a bouquet of brides
roses and ferns; the maid of hon
Or's bouquet was pink carnations
and ferns.
The groom and best man were
handsomely attired in evening
costume.
After the ceremony was per-
formed and the bride and groom
had received congratulations, an
inpromptu reception was held,
during which Miss Claudia Up
ton rendered several pretty Sc
lections on the violin accompanied
by Miss Jeanne Siadous on the
piano. Miss Amy Young and
MI. Earl Leblanc also cOntri-
buted music which added much
to the evenings entertainment.
Delightful refreshments were
served and a great deal of merri-
ment was occasioned by the cut.
ting of the BRIDES cake. Not
withstanding the most pains
taking efforts none of the young
ladies cut" the ring, that for
tunate event falling to the lot of
one of the younger buds" Miss
Inez BiOssat.
A little before train-time as the
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-05

See those beautiful electric
parlor lamps at the Lafayette
Drug Store-they are swell.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-05
Showcases For Sale.

All of our Showcases that we
now have in use are for sale at a
bargain.-Moss Pharmacy.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-03

An old branch of business conducted
by New York establishment devoted
to supplying and boarding feathered
pets is that Of bird funerals. Children
who have lost their canaries or other
songsters through disease or accident
bring the little cadavers there to be
laid out in becoming style.
Tiny collins just large enough for a
bird are kept in stock; also quantities
Of pale pink and blue cotton. The lat
ter is used for filling the bird coffin,
and on it the bird is laid. The effect
when BRIDES remains are "decently"
composed upon the pink and blue is
excellent, sufficiently so to console the
little mourning master or mistress.
The children then convey their coffin
away for interment. Funeral expenses
are light.-New York Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-03

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart beats very
fast; then that bearing-down feeling,
and during her periods she is exceed
ingly respondent. Nothing pleases
her. Her doctor says: "Cheer up: you
have dyspepsia; you will be all right
soon
But she doesn't get "all right" and
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone,
but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. See what it did for
Mrs Rosa Adams, of SO 18th Street,
Louisville, KY, niece of the late Gen
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
al cannot tell you with pen and ink what
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done for me I suffered with female
troubles, extreme lassitude, 'the blues
nervousness and that all-gons feeling. I was
advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but it has restored me to perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy of my
Younger days has returned, and do not suf
Ter any longer with dependency, as did be-
fore / consider Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a boon to sick and suffering
women"
II you have some arrangement Of
the female organism write Mrs.
Plnkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-03

All private and confidential CORE
spondence, according to postoffice in
spector, should either be sealed with
wax or else addressed and stamped on
the back instead of the front. Sealing
with wax is an excellent insurance Of
privacy, but it Is difficult and awk-
ward operation, and wax and match,
candle and seal are not always at
hand. The other method is much the
better. After fastening down the flap
Of the envelope firmly, affix the stamp
across the flaps junction and write the
address across it as well. Then it Is
absolutely impossible to steam open
the letter and close it again in such a
way as to escape detection.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-03
GOethe's Last Moments.

The story of the deathbed Of Goethe
reveals striking picture of fortitude,
artistic calm and intellectual activity
under the chilling dews of death The
information is gathered from letter
written on March %, 1882, the day aft.
er Goethe's death, by Fraulein Louise
Seidler, an art student and close
friend of the poets family. On the
evening before his dissolution, with an
icy GOODNESS taking possession of him
and the death rattle beginning to be
audible, Goethe, with his charming
daughter-in-law by his side, would talk
Of nothing but his pet theory of color,
of the treaty Of Basic, of his desire
that the children should go to the thea
ter, of his plans for the near future.
AS sleep did not come with the night,
he called for newly published volume
Of history, and covered his inability
to read it with joke. Even at Z
o'clock the next morning, just three
and half hours before he died, he
sent for a portfolio to, talk optics and
was setting himself to classify some
papers when the last agony seized him.
He then lay motionless, notwithstand
ing its violence, till respiration ceased
and the heart stood still.-London
Globe.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-03
BLACK GOVERNORS.
a. Curious Piece of Old Time Con acct.
icuf History.


lieut. History.
A book little known even to collect
ors of Americana is volume entitled
Hartford In the Olden Time; Its First
Thirty Years." by Scaeva, which was
edited by w. M. B. Hartley and pub
lished at Hartford in 1853. There is
chapter in this book entitled 1.-The
Black Governors of Connecticut" the
very title of which will excite the sur
prise of most intelligent people even in
Connecticut, who have never heard of
any black governors in the Nutmeg
State except the governors of an oppo-
site political faith, who were, of course,
politically black. The title, however, Is
explained and justified by little ex-
PLANTATION. Before the Revolution and
down to period as late as 1920 it was
the custom for the negroes living In
the state to hold an election on the Sat
urday succeeding the regular election
day, choosing one of their number as
governor. Sometimes, however, no
election was held, the retiring governor
assigning his office to another. The
man chosen in either case was usually
''of imposing presence, strength, firm
ness and volubility, quick to decide,
ready to command and quick to fog"
He appointed a staff of military and
judicial officers, who executed his or
ders in all matters pertaining to col
ored people, especially questions per-
tanning to morals, manners and cere-
monies.
The fact that he had no legal status
in the province or state did not at all
trouble him or his subjects, and he ap-
pears to have exercised a very real
power, nearly always on the side of
morality and justice. The justices Of
the peace appointed by these black
governors were, as a rule, extremely
severe in Furnishing people of their
own color who transgressed the law.
So generally was this recognized by
the whites in colonial times that when
slave committed some offense it was
the custom to turn him over to the
black justice for punishment. Such
culprit always Jared much worse than
if he had been tried by the regular
courts.
Among the more notable colored men
who held the office of governor were:
Quaw, negro belonging to Colonel
George WHY'S; Peleg Mott, who be-
longed to Colonel jeremiah Wads-
worth; Boston, belonging to Mr.. Mich
olas; John Anderson and Cuff, who
held the office for ten years. After the
abolition of slavery in Connecticut the
custom fell into disuSe.
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mo, but do you SUPPOSE


'"There is no supposing about It.
am your mother, and I am no spring
chicken. Now go on with you.'
Burt Anderson was working in the
cornfield that morning within two rods
of the highway when he caught the
pounding of hoofs and the rattle Of
wheels and looked up to see Minnie
Milton driving by. He dropped his hoe
and opened his mouth to call, but she
struck the horse with the whip as IL to
hurry on. He couldn't say that she
saw him, but he thought she did, and
the thought hardened his heart. He
had forgiven her "sass'' days and days
ago and was ready to snake up" but
this action on her part showed that she
was Furnishing him. From then until 8
o'clock In the afternoon the young man
managed to hoe about twelve hills of
corn. The rest Of the time was spent
in srlking or sitting on the fence and
looking down the village road. His
waiting and sulking was rewarded at
last. A mile away arose a cloud of
dust kicked up by old Charles feet.
and as it drew nearer and nearer the
young man prepared to drop off the
fence and hide. Minnie should not
have the pleasure of fouting him again.
He was on the ground when he heard
a woman's screams for help. He heard
the hoof beats Of horse on the gallop.
He heard the clatter of rickety old
one horse wagon.
1t was a runaway. Burt Anderson
saw that 1t was the instant he got his
head above the fence. 1t was Minnie
returning home. The lines had fallen
under the horses feet, and she was
standing up and swaying from side to
side and screaming. There was hero
and a rescue. There were explana-
lions. There was no apology to old
Charlie, though he certainly deserved
one.
mo, Pm no spring chickenv' observ-
ed farmer Millions wife to herself as
she stood at her gate and saw that
Burt Anderson was driving Minnie
home and that Minnie's red cheeks had
come back to her.
Say, now. but how did you manage
it?" whispered the husband to the wife
that evening as the two lovers had the
piazza to themselves.
Manage what?' was the reply in a
puzzled voice. "ADijah Milton, you
are the most thick headed man ever
saw How did l manage it! Just as
If I'd been managing something-con-
spring and plotting and all that sort
of thing! There are certainly times
when you make body tired"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-03
How to Handle Your Horse.

Decision should never in handling
horses be COMPOUNDED with unwise de-
termination to have things your way.
In this application it means the faculty
Of doing the right thing at the right in
slant and may be cultivated by fire.
quent practice with all sorts Of horses,
and of course no hands were ever de-
veloped by handling any one animal or
any one kind of a horse. 1t is decision
that gives the hand the moment the
horse yields; that uses the toughest
methods at a pinch, for hands are by
no means always delicate of touch;
that illustrates the most determined at
tempts of kicker, rearer or bolter; that
picks the best road; that makes the
animal carry himself to the best adj
vantage for the purpose of the moment
Decision Is very close to intuition in
effect. Decision dominates the stu
alton at many critical moments, and
the horse is quick to discern and to pre-
sumo upon it's absence. There is no
such thing as a safe partnership with a
horse You must be the master or he
will be, to your certain future discom-
fiture.-F. M. Ware in Outing Maya
zine.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-03
"A Puritan Description.

The diary of the apostle to the In
dams. John Eliot, shows that the Puri-
tan forefathers had the, good fortune
to have an extremely mild winter in
1646-47. The diary says: s'This winter
was one of the mildest that we ever
had; no snow all winter long, nor
sharp weather, but they had long floods
at Connecticut which was much spoyle
to ye corne in the meadows. We never
had bad day to goe preach to the In
dams lat Newton or Natick) all this
winter, praised by the Lord" During
the season Of 1647 the diary; continues:
"a great sickness epidemical did the
Lord lay upon us, that the greatest
part of the town was sick at once.
Few died, but of these were the choyc-
est flowers and most gracious saints"
During the summer of 1862 Apostle
Eliot writes, ''It pleased God this
spring to exercise the country with q
severe drouth, but some were so rash
as to impute it to the sitting Of the
synod"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-03
THE SCARED WRIST.
Queer Dream Story Connected Will

Queer Dream Story Connected With
the BereSford Family.
For three generations the Beresford
family have handed down as substan-
TALLY true q remarkable dream story
which is connected with a small pock-
etbook and piece of black ribbon in
possession Of member Of the family.
So well known and so well authenticate
ed was the story that a member Of the
Beresford family printed for private
circulation short account of the facts,
Of which, without impugning the sin
certify of his relatives, he endeavored
to give a simple explanation.
The narrative is love story as well
as a dream story. The heroine Of it is
Nicola Hamilton, the young wife Of
Sir Tristram Beresford. This young
lady appeared at the breakfast table
one morning very agitated and pale
md with her left wrist bound with a
piece Of black ribbon. She replied to
her husbands inquiries by entreating
him to ask her no questions. She then
said that her brother, Lord Tyrone, Of
whom she had 1been very fond, had
subsequently proved to be the case.
1t seems that in the night Lady
Beresford had dreamed that her broth
er sat by her bedside (although she de-
clared he had indeed sat there) and.
after telling her whom her childahould
marry and that her husband would die
before her, warned her, with the ut
most vehemence against marrying the
second time.
"If you do remarry," her dream WIS.,
itor had said, you will suffer from
your husbands i'll treatment until your
death at forty-seven. Resist every
temptation to a second marriage" Re-
curing some proof Of her brothers re-
atty, he had, at her request, touched
her wrist with his hand, whereupon
the sinews had shrunk and the nerves
withered She showed her wrist, bound
with black ribbon, but declared that 1t
had been forbidden her to uncover it.
When Sir Tristram died Lady Beres-
ford, in spite of all remonstrances, i'm
mediately sought absolute solitude and
retirement. But life without friends
proving unbearable, she consented to
exchange visits with a single family Of
the neighborhood. In this family was
a son whom, after time she strove in
vain to regard with Indifference. Her
love grew and overpowered her. When
the young man declared his passion she
consented to private union. All turned
out as the dream had foretold. In
year or so her husbands conduct was
so bad that she had to separate from
him. At forty-seven she died. After
her death her wrist was examined and
found to be as she had described it.
The most remarkable Of the facts
connected with this strange story-the
SCARED wrists explained by the
writer of the pamphlet referred to
above as follows: He considers that
Lady Beresford, who knew that her
brother, Lord Tyrone, was ill., dreamed
that he was dead, and in consequence
became so violently excited as to injure
her wrist. In the morning she bound 1t
up so tightly that in course Of time the
sinews shrank and withered.
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THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the column
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
October s, 1870.

j. NJ. Horniss has moved his tailor
shop to the west store in Tilden' s
block.
The selectmen's report this year is
still more minute in detail of expendi-
lures than that of last year. We
learn from it that highways and
bridges have cost the town the past
year 30, O9O 80 the total being swell
ed by the building of the new bridges
in this village, the grading of Childs
hill and the work upon the bridges at
Staffordville. Pauper expenses were
81 ,342.5 So; pay of town officers
81, 399. so; state and military tax,
81, 695. SO; support of schools,
$4,75O go; sheep killed by dogs, $S3 !;
miscellaneous expenses, 81, $50. Oh,
making a total of 1875, 562 %. The
Indebtedness of the town is $6S,
12O.79.
The result of the town election in
Stafford is as follows-tho upon the
democratic ticket are marked d: AS
SCISSORS, Alvarado Howard, Lucius
Blodgett, Chester J. Holmes, d, Ralph
Wiers, d; board of relief, Seneca N.
Page, George F. Washburn. d, and a
tie on third; selectmen, James Risley,
d, T. D. johnson, Warren Fl. Baker;
town clerk, treasurer, etc, r. S.
Beebe, d; constables, J. Gallivan.
Henry Butterfield, d, John Brennan,
d, and a tie on fourth; grand jurors,
Henry Stevenson, d, M. P. Hanley,
d, Lewis Chaffee, d, Lyman Cushman,
d, and tie on two others; school
visitors, W. r. Small, Rev G. V.
Markham, d; town agent, BENZ Rock
we'll, d; agent of town deposit and
Standish funds, e. H. Hyde, d );
registrars of voters, 1st district, Alba
Perkins, W. Fl. Black, d; ID district,
J. W. Chandler, W. P. Sweetser, d.
The highest vote cast was for Select
man Baker-354; next highest for
Selectman Risley-347; both very
fiattering runs.
Born. In Stafford Springs, I'd, q
son to Henry Bolieau.
In Staffordville. Sept. 29th, son
to Flavel Mosley.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-03

Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey
and Tar as throat and lung remedy. and
on account of the great merit and popu-
larity of Foley's Honey and Tar many
limitations are offered for the genuine.
These worthless limitations have similar
sounding names. Beware of them The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a
yellow package. Ask for it and refuse any
substitute. 1t is the best remedy for
coughs and colds Anders Jacobsen.