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arms-for he held a considerable command
he set out for Ploermel in order to induce
Sir IT., THOMAS, if possible, to amend his ways.
Inc interview between. them was highly un-
satisfactory. Beaumanoir had been greatly
excited by the sights which met him on the
road-unfortunate peasants loaded with chains,
or tied together by the thumbs-and he was
by no means in a mood for calm discussion.
Cavaliers of England he said, @"ye ave
much to blame in thus tormenting the poor
peasants who till the soil and furnish us with
abundance of wine and cattle; and thereto ye
are negecting the last commands of Sir Thoih-
as Dagworthy, who ordered that the peasantry
should not be maltreated. Let them, there
fore. henceforward, have peace. for, of a
surety they have suffered enough"
To this compassionate appeal Sir Ihom 3
Bembrough made very rough answer.
Hold thy tongue, Bcaumanoir," said he,
thing between us! Moptfort shall be Duke
of the noble Duchy from Pontorson to Nantes.
and Edward shall be King of France in spite
of all the French and of all their allies!"
"Dream some other dream, Bembrough," re-
Piled Beaumanoir, "for in good sooth this is
but illdreamed, and will never come to pass.
And now, if it please thee, let us deal with
one another like men, and fix day to fight
together with sixty, or forty-fve, or thirty
companions on either side, SO that it may ap-
the right and who is in the wrong"
"Sir" answered., Bembrough $50 let it be.
1 am well content, and thereto / pledge my
word"
And thus it was arranged that on a day
fixed they should proceed to certain spot,
each with thirty combatants, there to argue
out the matter in, as it was then considered,
the most satisfactory manner-that is to say
hand-to-hand with lance, sword and dagger.
On reaching home, Beaumanoir hastened to
summon around him the warlike gentry of the
neighborhood..
7Seigneurs," said he, addressing them,
"rknow that Bembrough and have agreed to
choose thirty warriors of the most approved
valor, and skillful in the use of sword and
lance, to fight together for the right"
And he went on to give them full ac-
count of his recent interview with the Eng
lish baron. The adventurous knights and
hardy squires of Brittany were delighted with
the proposal, and received it with acclanla-
tions.
1t was just in the spirit of the rough but
chivarous times in which they lived, not
man present but was eager to make one of
the thirty But Beaumanoir, a wise com
mander as well as gallant soldier, knew
exactly the men on whom he could rely, and
made his choice accordingly.
Among the most prominent of the warriors
selected may be mentioned the Sieur de Tin
teniac, Yves Charruel. Guillaume de Montau-
blan and Godfrey du Bois.
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Upon them. Put them to death See that
none escapeH
AT that the sixty warriors rushed upon each
other. The first shock was terrible, and the
result all in favor of the English. Yves Char
ruel was taken prisoner, one Frenchman killed
outright, and two severely wounded.
One Of these, Tristan, French knight, was
beng dragged away by the English, when he
called aloud to his leader: go
Where art thou Beaumanoir? Rescue ire
from the English, / pray thee, who are bear
ing me off, wounded and helpless, or l shall
be lost to thee foreverl"
Beaumanoir cried out that before that hap.
pened many smashing blow should be given
and taken, and many lance broken, and,
rushing to his aid, began to lay about MIN
heartily with his. huge two-handed sword.
However, in spite of his efforts and those of
his followers, the English obstinately refused
to give way, and the combat became every
moment more deadly.
fought like lions"
But these strenuous exertions combined
with the weight of their ar1nor and the heat
OF the sun-tor it was warm spring day
began presently to tell upon the combatants,
and constrained them to relax their efforts.
Weak and faint grew their strokes, making
no impression whatever on steel helmet and
coat of mail, and indeed their exhausted arms
could barely WELD the heavy lance and the
ponderous battle-ax.
1t happened then that in the very midst of
oniS leiVeiouS sIruBgie ndiI was caued, nC-
orally, "for rest and refreshment," and the
weary warriors flung themselves down on the
green turf, the English on one side, the
French on the other, and refreshed them
selves with the good wine of .Anjou, of which
each man had carefully provided bottle.
When they rose to their feet to renew the
conflict, two Frenchmen lay stretched dead
on the grass, and three had been taken pris-
oners, while of the English two also had been
placed hors de combat.
Just then a picturesque and characteristics
French squire of ancient and noble family,
requested to be admitted to the higher order
of chivalry, and was dubbed knight by Beau.
manoir on the field of battle.
He was exhorted to show himself worthy of
his spurs, and to fight as his ancestor had
done at Constantinople. AS may be imagined.
the young knight rushed eagerly into the
thickest Of the fray, with burning desire to
distinguish himself.
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Que Mgr LIE Marerchal de Beaumanor
gagnee en- ce lieu Tan 135O."*
The stone on which these words are cut
formed part of an ancient, weather-beaten
Cross. which had stood sentinel by the high
way for many long year, until it was sup
planted, in 1873, by the present monument.
The cross itself had but marked the spot
where, two hundred years before, a giant
oak tree reared its knotty trunk and stretched
abroad its mighty branches, until, smitten at
length, with age and infrmity, it fell to the
ground.
Until 1775 the cross had borne no inscr,n.
tion, but was known to the peasantry of the
country round as the "Cross of the Battle of
the Thirty"
In that year, like its predecessor, the cak,
it tell to mother earth, but, more fortunate
than the tree, it was set up again and another
stone added to it bearing the Inscription above
recorded.
Now the famous oak tree whose existence
was commemorated by the stone cross, which
n ats turn was commemorated by the ODE
llsk, had, according to all tradition, formed
the rendezvous or trysting place where, on
Saturday, the 9th of March. 1881 new
stylel, thirty combative Frenchmen and thirty
equally. pugnacious Englishmen met to settle
cd of trial by battle. ''''''
A light OF some kind was an everyday oc-
currence IN the Brittany of those times. The
teud between the widowed Countess de Mout-
1orC ana Jeanne de Penthiere wife of the
captive Charles of Blois, was carried on by
those warhke danes and adherents with III
great spirit "4''
Now, it CHANGED that Sir Thomas Dao.
worthy, noble Englishman, connected by
marria9gec, with King Edward the Third, had
been m killed in a skirmish with the followers
He was succeeded in his command bv one
Sir Thomas Bembrough, and SO vexed and
grieved was this Sir Thomas at the death of
his friend that, according, to the poet, he
have his revenge.
Setting to work without loss of time, he nro.
eeeded to'annex the neighboring lands to raw.
age the country, and, as a browning effort, to
which che filed with weeping and misery 'i'S :"
These outrageous doings reused the gorge of
Sir Robert de Beaumanoir, a valiant ca5tain
of Brittany, in the service Of Charles of BIo;s
Accompanied by mady knights and mcn.at.
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coNTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE

''To the eternal memory OF the battle OF
the thirty, which Monselgne9r lie MareschaI
de Beaumanolr gained on this spot in the
year 1885,"
mOny-of the Catholic Church. following Inn
mediatelyl after yespera-
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Copyright ty James Elverson.

SY0N picturesque Brittany there stands
I@ by the roadside, halfway between
lAA the little towns of Ploermel and
l6gMs0I Josselin, small obelisk, which bears
49, this inscription:
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"A Ia memoire perpetuelle
de la battaile des trente,
Que Mgr LIE Marerchal de Beaumanoir
A gagnee en- ce lieu Tan 135O."#
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19
IN MEMORIAM

Lonnie Trueman, infant son OF Mr.
and Mrs. w. L. Walker, born June
IA, 1905, died Nov. 18, 1906.
An angel came one solemn night,
Hea ven's glory to best0w
And take our darling from. our sight.
What could we, Lord, at morning
light,
But weep and let him go?
How dark the day that followed
That dreamy night OF pain!
Those eyes now closed To earth,
No more to open here again.
Nv heart is nearly breaking,
For the voice / cannot hear,
For arms around my neck SO cIinging,
For little footsteps drawing near.
Must we part, my darling pet,
Nv tender bud unb!own,
| The dew vi morning upon you yet,
And your blossom all unshowD?
Oh. Lonnie, my heart is sore,
! ,Yearning the love that was to be;
For the dream of love now DER,
Twixt thee, my child, and me.
7 IS a dreary world at best.
Tn "a earth that be will not knowl
Wo uld l wasen him out Of rest,
For its sorrow and strife? All, no!
Esca ned are its thorns and harms :
| The O My path that he has trod.
Il thu t which leads from Mother
. rms
Into tn : loving armr Of God.
1
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

scholarship at the State Normal
school was declined.
The following resolution, offered by
Mr.. w. L. johnson and duly second
ed, was adopted:
Resolved, That the sheriff IL hereby
instructed to require his deputies who
serve at elections tO turn in to the
clerk of the court list of the clerIE
and commissioners of election eerving
Mt the various polling places they at
tend, together with the number OF
days due each person serving at the
polling place OF delivering the boxes
and returns to COIfax.
On motion Mr.. j. +. Drewett was
authorized to advertise for bids and
and let out the building Of a bridge
across Nautachie, not to exceed the
sum of SIS 90 appropriated.
On motion of Mr.. West, duly sec
onded the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That bids he advertised
for to build a steel bridge across
Ba YOU DarrO on the Collar and Pine.
vile road, to be let ut the April ses
sion Of the police jury.
i On motion of Mr.. Drewett duly
seconded, the following resolution
was adopted:
Il Resolved, That bids be arivertise'
flor to buildn rteel bridge acrOs
Bayou Nantachie on the 3l0ntgon
err and verda road, to b0 let 1T th
, April session of the police jury.
! On motion Of Mr.. w. Il Johnsor
duly seconded, the following resoI,
ton was adopted:
L Resolved. That the assessment q
all virgin pine timbsred. lands, /
: Grant parish are hereby fixed as fo
llows: On brush pine timber lands
ISIS 90 per acre; on first-class pin
timber lands 925 90 per acre; on d
|nuded lands the assessment to b
Isl 25.per acre. And the parish NJ
!. SCISSOR il instructed to assees theu
: for the year 1907 at these figures.
Mr.. j.. J. O'Quinn Was requested t
# go ahead with the digging Of th
% court house deep well, and the nece'
' sary expenses Of same will be paid.
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Notice.

Notice n hereby given that, that Enla Barnett.
OF Runnels County. State Of Texas. who has been
dulv APPOINTED guardian 20 the Minors Fuller.
Cora and Matte Barnett, has made application
10 thjs court to be recognized, as guardian TO
said minors, and to take the money which V In
the sfs = and to the domiell of said minors.
Now. Therefore notice IL given. that y said
miuors owe any one, that they must make oppo-
sition to said application within ~ days rom
ths dnte a. this notice otherwise the Application
ri the aid Eula Barnett viii be allowed and the
money ordered turned over to her.
In testimony hereof witness my signature on
fssAr1 J. j. 0'QUISN.
Clerk Of District Court
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Official Proceedings of the Police
Jury Of Grant Parish.


Colfax, La, Jan. z, 1906.
The police jury of Grant parish
met this day in regular session with
the following members present: John
Randolph, president, W. L. Johnson,
l.. NJ. Futrell, Il. H. West, W. NJ.
Tully, Sam Johnson and J. +. Drew
EFT. and the following business was
transacted.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read ana approved.
The following road apportioners
were appointed for the year 1907, to
meet ut the various places designat-
ed on Monday, the 4th day of Febru-
airy, viz:
WARD ONE.
]. q. Smith, e. Ii. Teal and G. II.
Mcknight, to meet ut COlfax on the
first Monday in February.
WARD TWO.
r. l.. Perry, c. Delaney and s. l..
Honeycutt, to meet at Pollock on the
first Monday in February.
WARD THREE.
Richnrd Newton, j. j. Walker and
w. f. Chandler, to meet ut Dry Prong
on the first Monday in February.
WARD FOUR.
w. Barrett, b. j. Nugent and
W.P. Deem, to meet at b. j. Nugent's
store on the first Monday in Febrn-
AIRY.
WARD FIVE.
M. Starks, ]. A. Bradford and
w. F. Corley, to meet at Georgetown
on the first Monday in February.
WARD SIX.
F. p. Bullitt, c. Il. Haddox and
George Payne, to meet ut Johnson's
store on the first Monday in February.
WARD SEVEN.
A. C. Durham, W. M. McIlwain and
&C. Wilson, to meet ut Hargis on
the first Monday in February.
On motion of Mr.. Sam Johnson the
claim of the Alexandria Plumbing
Co. was was ordered to lie paid when
they have properly fixed the gutter
to convey the water from the court
house into the tank erected by them
On motion the police jury resolved
itself into committee of the whole fo'
the consideration of claims, and othe
matters that might arise for cons'd
Grafton the next day, Jan. 9Th, it be
ing holiday.
At9a. m. on Wednesday, Jan. 9tl
the board convenedin regular session
and on report Of the committee q
the whole the following claims wer
allowed:
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ssThey like the taste as well AZ maple
sugar" is what one mother wrote OF Ken
pedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. This mod
ern cough syrup is absolutely free from
any opiate or narcotic. Contains Hon
ey Tar. Conforms to the National Pure
Food and Drug Law. Sold By H. B..
Faraldo.
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On motion of Mr.. West the police
jury adjourned until it's next regular
meeting.
JOHN RANDOLPH,
w. b. CLARKE, President. ;
Secretary.


Best and Cheapest.
Panol Liver Regulator keeps the stom-
ach and bowels working just right.
That means 70 he we'll and to keep we'll.
And it makes your money go the fur
thest. Tin box, 10 cents. Money PACK
il Won want it. For sale by Dr. w. y
Roberts and Crescent Drug Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-01-19

WANTED First class sawyers
and teamsters in woods.
GERMAN & BOYD LUMBER CO..
Atlanta. VIM Phi. Louisiana.
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II T. IultOs same ...................-.
W W Baltic same 8 10
Willie Chandler same .........-... W
] 4 Brister same ....... 3 10
W q Hutchinson same. 800
r. ! Flanagan same 6 90
Guynes same. II % |
w EChandler repairs to bridge
Pollock and Rochelle road... . co.
Math Corbitt bridge REPAIRS. sol
J A Hyde zinc for jail..........--.. l 90
The following bids were received to
build a steel bridge across Big Greek
on the Pollock and Rochelle road, Wig:
By Austin Brothers, $3.50 90.
BY Ottumwa Bridge Co.. $685. 90:
By Texas Bridge Co., $3.50 90.
On motion of Mr.. Drewett the bid
of the Ottumwa Bridge Co. was ac-
cepted.
On motion of Mr.. Tully the presi-
dent OF the police jury was authoriz-
ed to enter into a contract with the
Ottumwa Bridge Co., and the follow
ing building committee was appoint
ed: w. l.. johnson, T. H. West and
]. II. Walker.
The application to build bridge
across Black Creek on the Colfax and
Liberty Chapel road was granted,
and 800 or SO much thereof jas may
be necessary was appropriated to
build the same, and 0. C. Watson,
Edgar hurry and w. J. Wyatt were
appointed as a committee to adver-
tise for bids, let out the bridge and
receive the same.
The petition of the road hands oil
wards four and five for an apprOpri-
alton Of $40 to build bridge across
Choctaw creek on the Harrisonburg
and Colfax road was granted, and J
p. Guynes, JEFF Bankston and ON
Starks were appointed as "a commit
tee to advertise for bids and let ou
the building of the bridge.
The petition of the citizens o
|, Black Greek was granted to chang
, the Colfax and Liberty Chapel roas
\ near Mrs. Martha Creed's, SO as t.
d run the line south between John DE
/ Witt and j. E. Watson to Blac|
D Creek, and then turn SO as to inter
sect the old road at the foot of th
0 hill on the south side Of Black Greek
The following committee was ar
y pointed to mark out and review sal
!, change, viz: Edgar hurry, job
= Faircloth, Ed. Watson. Wiley Fail
o cloth, Mack Arlington. Jim Watson
0 The following resolution, offered b
o Mr.. Sam johnson and duly seconde
70 was adopted:
70 Resolved, That the police jury her
10 by appropriates $500 out Of the re-
10 enues of 1907, and $1,000 out OF Il
revenues of 1908, to be used by
N committee to be appointed by tn
~ police jury in building up and IL
~ proving the public road leading fro
- Colfax to the Darro bridge; this .
|" preparation being made with thepr
VINO that the town and citizens
% Colfax shall raise the sum OF $500,
be turned over To said COMMITTEES +
Ov the same purpose.
% Received, That J,H- McNeely, j.
90 Duncan and q. H. Mcknight are .
M pointed as the committee to let o
m and supervise the work to be do
90 on the said road.
IN Owing to the financial condition
90 the parish the application OF Nj
90 Laura Fletcher for the befcia
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Lard Inspectors For Montana.

HELENA, Sept. With the con-
clusion of the Investigation Of land
entries in adjoining states by the fed
eral government there will be large
number of field agents available for
use in Montana, and to this state they
are 20 be sent. Already the field staff
which has not been very large, has
been increased, and within the next
month it is said every part of the
state will be covered.
While big frauds have been uneov.
cred in nearly every other western
state, this has not been the case up to
the present in Montana. More inspec-
tors we're at work in other states, but
as these Investigations are nearing an
end. instead of the force being cur
tailed, the men have been sent to Mon
tana to assist this division.
Montana is the third largest state in
the Union, and to make thorough
investiga alton will require large
force. Some parts of the state have
been scarcely touched, but from now
on large corps OF inspectors will be
swarming over the state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Big Suit Against Great Northern.

SPOKANE, Sept. 6. - Twenty-Five
thousand dollars damages for failure
to deliver cars is the basis of an &C.
tion filed in the Spokane county court
by the Frost.Cope Lumber company,
operating on Pack river, near Wrence,
Idaho. east of Shokane, against the
Great Northern Railway company.
This is the first suit of this character
instituted against transportation
company, and it is estimated that
scores of others will follow in the
event of any kind of judgment for the
plaintiff. The complaint recltes that.
according to a contract. the railway
company was to deliver 5000, 900 feet
of logs at the mill, the company hav.
ing previously paidiSl, l35 for the con-
struction of q spur track. Failure in
carrying out the agreement resulted in
q large amount of timber being aban-
dond, the camps and mill were closed
and force OF men thrown out OF EN-.
ployment.
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Ducks and brakes.

The momentous day had arrived, and
the inspector was putting his usual
series Of inquisitive questions to q
class Of small boys.
"Now. tell me-" he said. why It u
that duck can swim and hen can't"
because duck has webbed feet"
piped one Of the miniature philoso-
piers.
"Yes," said the inspector. "Now. can
any of you swim?'
Stony silence, during which the In
spector and the teacher whispered to-
gether.
"Come. come," said the inspector;
''you should all know how to swim.
Your teacher tells me he can swim.
Why Is it you can't IL he can?'
"Please, sir" said the same little
boy, 1.-THE teacher has very big feet
London Answers.
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May Sell Horse Meat.

MONTREAL, Sept. 6.-Choice equine
steaks, colt veal, horse Hamburger
with onions and similar delicacies
may soon be served at Montreal cafes,
if present plans for the erection of a
special abattoir for the slaughtering
of horses are put into execution. DR..
Laberge, municipal health officer.
favors the project, and declares that
there is no reason why horse meat
should not be placed on the market,
especially since the price of beef is
now so high. Horse flesh is now uni
versally used in France, and it is be.
lieved that the large French popula.
ton in Montreal would serve to make
the project successful. If established,
this will be the first horse abattoir in
America
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olayoP and 9leieher.

OuoyR oU0 0uoo00Ots
In the first number Of the Atlan11e
Monthly Ralph Waldo Emerson had
poem called "Brahma," which puzzled
both critics and common readers.
Some said 1t was the greatest poem Of
the century. Some said 1t was nom
sense. The first verse ran as follows:
II the red slayer think he slays,
Or II the slain think he IL slain.
They know not well the subtle wayo
keep and pass and turn again.
That winter 1t happened that rela-
tive Of the poet Longfellow, living In
another state, bought sleigh, and in
a family letter to the cousins In Cam
bridge there was a wall lest the Janu-
ary thaw which had followed the Dur
chase should keep them from enjoying
the gay cutter that season. When the
letter was answered. Longfellow con-
tributed this verse, which, it Is said,
has never been printed before:
TO - ON THE PURCHASE or 4
SLEIGH.
II the red sleigher think he sleighs,
Or II the sleighin th0hk It 10 sloighiu.
They know not we'll the subtle ways
OF snow. that comes and goes again.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Monument to Mckinley.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 5.-As the
cronwing feature of the Old Home
Week celebratien, Buffalo. today
dedicated a handsome monument
erected in honor of President Will
liam Mckinley, who fell victim to
the assassin's bullet while holding q
public reception at the Pan-American
exposition here six years ago tomor.
row.
The monument occupies command.
ing site in Niagara square, opposite
the house in which lived and died
President Millard Fillmore. The
monument is of Vermont marble and
consists of a shaft with sculptured
lions at the base. The total height is
SO feet, the height of the base being "a
feet. The cost of the memorial ex.
ceeds 800, 900 and was supplied from
the unexpended balance of the New
York state appropriation for the Pan
American exposition held here in 1901.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Croker Is An Alien.

NEW YORK, Sept. - Officially
former Tammany Leader Richard
Croker is again an alien, . subject OF
Great Britain, and not entitled to
protection by this government. He
has become expatriated through pro-
longed residence abroad and through
the passage Of a law through congress
at the last session whereby foreign
born citizens are regarded as aliens
after they have been in the country OF
their former domicile two years, or in
another foreign country five years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
SmeIters Suffer Loss.

New YORK, Sept. Sit is estimat'
ed that the various smelling COM
panies operating in this country, par.
ticularly those doing a large percen-
tage OF custom work, have lost about
S5, 100000 in the recent rapid decline
Of copper from % cents to 1S4 cents a
pound. Most smelters are obliged to
keep several million pounds of ore on
hand constantly, irrespective of the
outlook of the metal market.
AS settlements with the ore producer
are made at the market rate prevail.
ing, "a hours after the sampling is
completed a rapid decline In the price
of the metal leaves the smelling com.
panies that handle custom ore in a
position of being unable to obtain for
their sheltered product what they
were oblidged to pay to the producer.