The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
GROSELE

Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Hebert Saturday
night. A nice crowd gathered and
until the hour of IL p. m. struck all
were buSily engaged in the light foot
tlntaStic, until the Sabbath call invited
all to their homes feeling happy and
saying, when will we dance again.
Some friend of the journal please
give us a remedy for sucking pigs with
the scourS, apparently Indigestion of
mix is the cause. The pigs are dying
of same.
Mr.. M. vribla left Saturday for the A.
K. McBurney farm where he has &C.
cepted position on the farm with Mr..
AiSnor Bell.
G. j. Phelps made a flying trip to
Lake Charles Thursday and returned
Saturday via the /. M. Rv.
Mrs. A. Stanley has Just received a
shipment of dry goods for the spring
fashions.
Last Sunday night at about "a. m.
the slumberS of A. V. Peloquin were
disturbed by noise which he dis.
covered to be located at the hen house.
Mr.. M. Aribia and MIR. Peloquin, in
their stocking feet and armed with a
q caliber rifle and a single barrel shot
gun, made their way under cover of the
darkness among the trees to the north
OF the house and east of the smoke
house which enabled them to 90 near
the hen house without disturbing the
intruder. When they arrived within
Is or 16 feet of the door of the hen
house an object was discovered trying
to make its escape. The object was
covered by the single barrel shot gun
and the load of No. 4 shot was delivered
into its body, dull thud resounding
from the impact of its fall. Monday
morning the inmates of the house
Instituted search for the dead chicken
thief and he was discovered lying near
the hen house cold and lifeless, and the
hen house was minus S ducks and q
chickens. 1T was hungry skunk
Ha, ha!
Whereas, in the absence of the
Justice OF the Peace of Ward S, JEFF
Davis Parish a charge was sworn out
against Builia Burian for gghting with
intent to kill with one Holly Johnes,
both OF Edna, the accused Was taken be.
fore the Nineth Ward Justice for the
issuing of warrant and preliminary
trial and was committed to Jail with
right to bail. E. M. Smith, deputy
sheriff Of Edna took charge of the
accused.
A.V. Peloquin, with Edmond Pitre
on the sick list, went to Kinder one day
last week where Edmond was put
under treatment for fever sby DR..
Oden, and at this time is out again on
the play grounds as usual.
Mr.. David Marcantel and wife of
Fenton were the guests of Mr.. and
Fred Hebert of Hecker, La, Sunday.
We learn that last Monday during
violent electric storm Mr.. Ben August.
inc had just core in from the field with
team of four mules and was in the
act OF embarrassing them when the
team was struck by lightning and
three of The mules were killed outright
and the fourth somewhat stunned but
not seriously and is now apparently as
good as ever. Luckily Mr.. Augustine
was not taking the harness off the
mules otherwise he might have been
killed also. We are sorry for Mr..
Augustine as he had started to put in a
crop on the M. 0. canal and the unex.
pected shortage Of three mules will
make his crop an expensive one.
M. 0. Canal and Hecker mines crossed
bats Sunday at the Serpent Bridge.
Eight innings were batted and the
score tailed 4 to in favor of the M. o.
Canal Grays and one more inning due
NJ. o. Canal boys, but on account of the
late start the Hecker boys called the
game to finish. The same mines are
to cross bats again on the 10th.
WILD HOG.