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Year: 1877

There lived man on Sumner street


A very careful citizen,
Who owned a Maltese cat as sweet


Andfull Of noise and gIit a. sin.
AZ blue as smoke his sliky coat


Extended down the back OF him,
And when he oped his yawning throat


You'd think the ''waul" would crack OF


him.
He never caught rat or nonse


But practiced all the long night through,
To sec from house TO walking house
What woe his wailing song might do.
Until one night neighbor that


Had oft exclaimed Cease trouble please, "
Took up his gun and filled the cat
That sang, plumb full of double BB's
When the man found hs cat was gone,
A cat that nc'er was wont 10 roam,
He advertised In the early dawn
A reward for whoever would bring him


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Year: 1877




While pubic attention is direct
ed to Calcasieu, an episode of
ante bellnm days may be found of
interest. 1t is related from mem-
ory by a gentleman who was
accustomed to travel in the South
western portions of the State be-
fore the war.


In Cnlcasieu there was a man
of most desperate character
named Lebleu, who was the
terror of the whole parish. His
deeds OF lawlessness and violence
were numerous, and as he always
went about armed to the teeth,
there was no man daring CROUCH
to oppose his course. 1t is said
Ltbl.u was accustomed to carry
off women to his house by force,
ia spite of the resistance which
might be Offered by their husbands
or protectors.


He would gather into one place
all the peddlers who might b.
travelling in the neighborhood and
make item dance and perform
before him like SO many mon.
keys.


This Bette noir OF Calcasieu de-
clared that no court should be
held in Luke Charles, and for
some time lie succeeded in in
'imidating every judge who came
lo that town into Il hasty adjourn
ment of the court. At lengti, the
Judge of the district, Judge Martel,
proclaimed that he would hold his
court ut Lake Charles 10 spite of
the terrible Lebleu and his baud.


The story goes that this brave
Judge went to Lake Charles with
a dozen good men armed with
shot guns. These attendants he
stationed in the COURTROOM and
ordered that ii the desperate came
ns usual 10 the place and essayed
10 drive the Judge from tbs bench,
as in the past, that they should
fire upon him at given signal.
La due form the court was opened
and Judge Martel sat upon the
bench.


The proceedings had scarcely
begun when in stalked the re
nowned Lebleu, and in his
mighty voice proclaimed that no
court should be held in CaIcnsieu !;
that the Judge must leave the
bench, and ne'er return again.
Judge Martel commanded the
outlaw to leave the building ander
penalty of the law. Lebleu adj
yancea and cried out in tones Of
thunder that he would clear the
courtroom. Then the judge gave
the signal to the men VIII. stood
armed near by, and with the re-
port Of their guns, Leblea fell
dead.


Another version is that Lebleu
was killed in lifiiculty about
Woman
Year: 1877

clamorously resent the necessity which
compelled them to put up with cheap
and comparatively worthless babies,
confess that they cannot prove to the
the half dozen best infants respec-
lively belong. The husbands, who
take the broad, general ground
that one infant is about as
good as another, are unwilling to inter
fere, and it is only too probable that the
sixteen blackberry babies will never
know their real mothers, and that their
own identity will be q puzzle to them
for the remainder Of their lives, This
tragedy shows the necessity OF brand
ing or otherwise permanently marking
babies, and suggests the question wheth,
er the managers OF the blackberry ball
are not legally responsible to the dissat-
isfied mothers, and cannot be compelled
to make good the losses which the lat
ter have sustained.
Year: 1877

notice that he must quit, and on
the following morning went to the
bindery. For two days he had
little to do, but on the third day a
heavy job came in and Peter STAN
wood had steady work. He was
happy; more happy than ever, for
he had learned two tbings-frst.
what noble wife he had; aud
second, how much resources for
good he held within his own ener-
gies.


Our simple picture has two
points to its moral. One is no man
can be lowered by honest labor
The second while you are enjoying
the fruits of the present, forget not
TO provide for the future, for no
man is so secure but that the day
may come when be will want the
squanderings of the past.
Year: 1877

The best remedy for borers is to de-
stroy the eggs by washing the trees
with strong lye, or thinnish soft soap.
The last days Of June, after they get
into the tree, eat them out with a
sharp knife.
Year: 1877

Plant the trees six inches deeper
than you found them in the nursery.
The advantages of this deep planting
are: it prevents the blowing about of
the tree, and it is great security
against their dying out.


Corn is the best crop to cultivate i'm
an orchard. Let the stalks stand over
winter. Reserve a strip five or six
feet wide on each side of the row of
trees, for their exclusive benefit. Cul-
tivate this strip well, but not later
than the middle of June, throwing
the earth 10 the trees. After this date
let the foxtail have fullsway. BY the
first of September the trees will have
made fair growth for the season and
the weeds and foxtail will prevent late
fall growth: will hold the SHOWS; will
make a splendid mulching. thereby
retaining the moisture of the earth
and prevent deep freezing. Throw
the earth to the trees each year you
cultivate, making dead furrow mid
way between the rows of trees, to car
ry off the surplus water of wet seasons,
covering the roots at least inches deep
er than when yOn planted, making a
permanent ridge along the rows. Thus
the trees will be well ballasted against
the winds and to some extent secure
from the excesses of drouth and cold.


How long 1t Is advisable TO cultivate
m orchard depends somewhat on the
size and thriftiness Of the trees; ordi-
Year: 1877

pressed at the date Of our last advices.
There are still four men to be account
ed for cut Of the fourteen who failed
to make their escape when the waters
broke through, and these are undoubt-
ly drowned.-N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1877

THE FESTIVAL OF MUsIc.-The prepara-
tions for the above-named interesting event
are being actively pressed to completion,
and the occasion promises to be one OF rare
enjoyment to those who may attend.


The choruses are being rehearsed by
large number Of our very best singers, and
these, with the orchestral and solo perform
ances, will be OF the highest standard.


The sale OF reserved seats will begin next
Tuesday, and there will be choral rehear-
sal tonight.
Year: 1877

WATER IN THE FIRST LEVEL OF TIE Ca
NAL.-The canal has been repaired between
Richmond and the first locks, and water
has been turned on. The basin Is now full
of water, and the manufactures that are
supplied with water from It are at again.
Year: 1877

SUIT ESTERED.-Attorney-G General Field
Yesterday instituted chancery suit In the
Circuit Court OF this city TO compel q pro-
per settlement Of the balance alleged 70 be
due the State In the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal case.
Year: 1877

It has been noticed by the managers Of
the Water Works for some time past. that
something was wrong with one or more Of
the mains leading from the basin. An
investig alton disclosed the fact, that leak
was going on. in the Tenth street main that
crosses the Brandywine at Eleventh street
bridge.


The action Of the ice is the cause assigned
for the accident. Itput the residents of the
Ninth ward to great Inconvenience
which Of course were entirely deprived Of
water after tue closing of the pipe. The
pr ,prletors of the Arlington cotton
m lis bridged thems Ives over the
.idiculty by leading hose from
the tlre plug corner of Fifteenth and King
stree.s, to the fire plug over the Rrandywine
that is attached to the main that supplfea
their works. .-...


We understand that In order to
supply citizens Of the Ninth. ward
with water, pipe is to be laid across the
BrAndywine bridge at Market street. 1t
will connect with the King street main on
this side, and the water will be emptied into
the maiu over the bridge.
Year: 1877

II Congress shall over get time TO spare
from the struggle for partisan supremacy


and the distribution Of patronage, It may
hnd an opportunity Of doing the public
sosne service by regulating the charges uaads
by the subsidized Paciho Railroads, which it
Year: 1877



 the Rife river where we found card from the scouts ordering us to halt until they came. They soon arrived; one party had been up the river, and the other down about two miles each way. Their reports were unfavorable. Fire had swept everything away. We were now in some thing of a quandary. We had been tramping until we were about ready to settle somewhere, if it was to nothing better than the bed of the river, for headquarters. While we were debating what to do we sighted human being in the distance. He came up and proved to be 8 surveyor, and was well acquainted with the woods for 30 miles around. He ad- yised us to push on five miles further to what he called Rocky Mountain Bills Camp where he said we would find an old lumberman's vacated camp and nice lake within six rods of It, plenty of deer and plenty of fish. Here our teamster tried to back out. se o

 I hope to write nay next letter from permanent headquarters, and shall no doubt narrate many hairbreadth escapes from wild beasts, mosquitoes, &c.
Year: 1877

We desire to say good word about the business of the celebarated Dry Goods and Carpet dealers, Messrs. Hall & Read of Bridgeport. Each season finds their sales increasing and there is every reason why it should be good place to trade.

 This firm makes all their ingrain carpets thereby saving their customers one profit. They buy their Domestic goods direct from the manufacturers-they sell every article at the lowest market rates-they

 love their business and are determined to

 please the public. When in Bridgeport, go and see then. .. .t
Year: 1877

and bravely attacked the animal. which suddenly began to squeal in the porcine language The brave fellows felt rather cheap to find that they had been beating an old black SOW which had strayed away.

 @ LITTLE SGHoNnIE
Year: 1877

It isn't every superfluity that knows it is superfluity. The Philadelphia Nav

 al Officer conceded his uselessness to the investigating commission. and has the merit of being at least frank anti Reform.
Year: 1877

The HERALD is indebted To the Come
merIat for the expression of manly
and correct sentiment yesterday THE
HERsIp avoids all personality. and uses
the utmost care to prevent, at any and
all times. the use of language or the ut
terance of a sentiment which will not
bear the closest scrutiny, as to morality
and aeceney. OF course, in large journ-
al working several men in as many diff,
ferent departments. at times. matter
will 60 in of character unapproyed by
the editor. Our evening cotemporary.
we are glad to say. has been singularly
free from objection in this respect.
Year: 1877

PRssIDsNr HAYES hands of order
TO ofiice-bolders is producing wide
spread distress in their ranks. They
see plainly their present nice places
slipping away from them slowly and
surely. the ruin of the party and the
destruction OF the country. 1t is an
ugly situation, hut the blessed lambs OF
the radical fiock must face it,
Year: 1877

We r,sgret exceedingly that business
engagements rendered it impossible for
rs TO be present with our brethren of
the press at Fort Worth yesterday.
There is so much that could be done by
= proper organization OF publishers and
editors, so much that ought and in
deed must be done if we would cope.
with other pursuits. that every man
interested in Texas journalism should
have been present There is no class
of workers in Texas. who, as rule, are
so poorly paid, and no class certainly
who do so much work free gratis, and
get so little credit for it. We trust
these Of our brethren whose engages
ments permitted them 70 attend the
convention. will take wise measures for
the good Of the gang, and we promise
in advance our hearty concurrence and
cooperation wherever and whenever
right and proper.
Year: 1877

THE members of the press gang, with
whom we have conversed recently in
passing to and from the meeting at Fort
Worth, universally regret the retire,
ment of Hon. James R. Simpson from
the profession. The boys. however, all
say that he is only lent to the law, for a,
brief season. and that he will soon re.
turn to the tripod more in love with
the profession than ever. THE HERALD
will not gainsay the prediction, and
will add that it does no violence to
its own judgment in the matter.
Year: 1877

Thar was neat game played by the
sheriff of Burnet county aud Major
Jones. Jail breaking is an expensive
luxury. it seems. The circumstance is
valuable because it shows how the
thing is done sometimes See account
elsewhere from Ne,cs special.
Year: 1877

We have a late copy of the Pensacola
Gazette, which gives Sheriff Hutchinson
and his deputy credit for the arrest of
Hartin, and which states that Hardin
was turned over to the Texas officers
only when he arrived at the line divid-
ing Florida and Alabama. How true
all this is, we do not undertake to say.
only we know the arrest would never
have been made but for the energy and
intelligence. of the Texan officer, who
tracked the blood-stained desperate to
his lair in the swamps of Florida.
Year: 1877

PAD fears that competent successor
for old Brigham will be difficult to find.
The safety of the institution is what
troubles our Fort Worth neighbor
When he dies he is booked for Nor
mon heaven or none.
Year: 1877

THE Paris Iress aud Houston Age are
amusing themselves with the next state
ticket They are planting too early
The frost might catch the budding
statesmen, aud what would become Of
the nominating papers1 On the record
wrong is like icing stranded out Of
channel
Year: 1877

THE late rains, which have been gem
eral all over north Texas, will be Of im>
mense service in putting the land in


good condition for the fall planting of
wheat. We rejoice to hear that at least
fifty per cent. more land viii be sown
this fall than last We congratulate
the farmers on this clear-headed ad.
Year: 1877

We need capital in Texas to build
railroads and manufactures We need
men TO purchase and improve small
farns. These can both be profitabIy
and usefully employed. We have no
room or use for any other class of peo-
pie or immigrants, Money and muscle
only are in demand, and they only can
hope for success when they go hand in
hanI
Year: 1877

We were delighted TO receive calls
from quite a goodly number of thep press
gang, who were on their return from
the meeting at Fort Worth. The failure
TO organize press excursion, is sure
indication Of the future usefulness Of
the association.
Year: 1877

TuE reported existence Of yellow fever
in Shreveport brings the president Of
the board of health of that city to the
front in card. in which be pronounces
the rumor without foundation The
health Of Shreveport was never better
than il il at present.
Year: 1877

Now is the time to graft grape vines, just when the leaves are beginning to start on the vines to be grafted. Cut your gratis into lengths of from two to four buds each. Dig the earth away from the roots of the vine to be grafted eight or ten inches deep; saw off the tap or main root of the'vine five or six inches below the surface of the ground split the end of the roots left in the ground !; whittle the butt end of your graft to the form of wedge and insert it in the cleft or split in the root in such a manner that the interstice between the bark and wood shall join evenly together on the side of the graft and the root. Fill up the hole, pack the fine, soft earth with your hands carefully around the grafted place, and leaving single bud of the graft just above the surface of the ground.
Year: 1877

In poultry keeping, as in the rearing of any kind of live or pet stock, what ever you undertake to do should be per formed thoroughly. It is not worth ones while to attempt to raise good fowls unless one attends to the business we'll and has love of the vocation.

 Men possessing this determination and this sentiment always breed fowls more or less to profit, whether they devote themselves to the fancy" or simply to raising stock for eggs and marketing.

 live essay to raise sheep, cattle, horses, hogs, swine, pigeons, rabbits or what not, we want to turn out the best of their kind and with poultry we can only ac. compDsh this laudable aim, and have good ones, through proper care, attention and labor proportionate to the valuab' e interests involved.
Year: 1877

A remarkable clock, or time globe, has been invented, which, according to the description given in the Jeweler, exhibits the time, longitude, and latitude of any place in the world, as well as the differ ence of the same between two or more places. The device consists of globe on which is complete map of the world. A large dial encircles the globe at its equator, at which the time of the vari- ous meridians is indicated. At the north pole is smaller dial which shows the mean time at the place where the globe is located. The remarkable feature of this device, however, is the fact that, by the mechanism inside of it, this min iature globe actually revolves, as does the earth, once in every twenty-four hours. The actual time at any part of the world can be easily and quickly as- certainod by reference to the large dial encircling the globe at the equator. It has a sliding vernier, divided into three hundred and sixty degrees, by means of which the latitude of localities can be as- certained, or the proper degrees of incli- nation of our own or any other heavenly body illustrated. By setting the globes at the proper angle of inclination, giving the poles the proper direction north and south, and letting light, properly ap- piled, fall upon it, it will give not only the amount of light and darkness such country has, but the very time at which it has it. The time, longitude and latitude of any place in the world, as also the difference of the same be- tween two or more places, are thus given.
Year: 1877

Throughout most of the western coun- try pear growing for a profit is failure There are, however, few favored local ities where pears grow and bear well, and are of course profitable, but the in- evitable blight is great drawback to successful'pear culture, but that should not prevent every farmer from planting pears enough for the family use. The pear is one of our choicest fruits, most delicious and palatable, and if we car net raise them proftably for market, lei us not give them up, but keep planting and with little care always grow enough for home use. Plant the trees in pool soil to keep the strong growth in check do not cultivate, but SOW to grass and get heavy sod around the trees. Judi cious pruning is beneficial to fruiting.
Year: 1877

The real practical value there is in keeping accounts with the farm consists in this: When farmer keeps such an account in his operations he is able by annually casting up his balances to see

 ust what crop and what line of his farm operations have paid him best. If any line of cropping in a series of years is thus shown not to be so profitable as some other crop, these definite data enable him to correct his mistakes and determine on some new line of proce- dure. The most of the business men who fail find on a revision of their transac- tions, too loosely kept, that in reality they had failed months, and sometimes years before the fact was revealed to them. If they had kept correct accounts and frequently reviewed the situation of heir business, they would have dis covered their sinking fortunes, and per haps been able to recover from the causes.
Year: 1877

Experience teaches us that cattle thrive best on mixed diet; all hay or all grain will produce less beel than hay and grain. The animal structure of the OK also demands bulk in food as we'll as richness the feeding of concentrated food being only profitable so far as the animal assimilates it, beyond that simply increasing the manure heap at cost far beyond its value. The OK has approxi- mately eleven and one-half pounds of stomach with only two and one-half rounds of intestines to each one hundred ounds of live weight; the sheep has less stomach and more intestines, giving a smaller percentage of digestive appara- tus; while the pig for every one hun dred pounds of his live weight has only

 one and one-third pounds of stomach to
Year: 1877

Every crowd has physiognomy and a character of its own, and after ex xperience of an English or Irish crowd, one is rather pleased with Russian one. Not that it IS particularly clean or savory, but it is so extremely good-natured and we'll behaved. There is very little push ing or elbowing. Every one is courteous to his neighbors, and you are sure not to see any acts of brutality or to incur any danger in mixing in it. Smiling, good natured faces are everywhere, no matter what tho rank or position, for good hu mor is indeed the chief Russian virtue. And then such a curious mixture of people in such a crowd merchants with long dark-blue caftans, reaching to their heels, and their cravats tied tight around their throats, not showing a shirt collar if they indeed have one stout old women with silk 'kerchiefs wound about their heads so as to conceal their hair :; shoemakers' boys and apprentices in what seems dirty muslin dressing gown artisans in thair blue working -blouses the ordinary town .peaeant in his red shirt and high boots, and the muzhik fresh from the country with coat of un- dyed homespun, cloths wound round his legs in lieu of stockings, and sandals made of plaitted linden bark here and there A student with dirty shirt and long hair and most foul anger nails, evidently of the idea that neatness is incompatible with learning; there will probably be a priest or two, and a few soldiers ,ScriJnT.
Year: 1877

In reply to several inquiries about this beautiful shade and ornamental tree, we would say that we have found it thardy in this latitude. With judi cious care in transplanting, when once established, it is one of the most desirable trees for the lawn. Its superior state lines of form, the size and richness of its foliage, and lavish yield of fragrant fow- CTS, entitle it to a place in every lawn and in large farm yards; planted in groups, they are grand, and their effect in early spring is charming beyond de- scription, Illuminating the whole land, scape and loading the atmosphere with their rich perfume. They succeed best in warm, rich, dry soil.
Year: 1877

The prevailing custom in California of burning straw in the field, after the grain has been threshed out, is one that it waste;ul, thiiftless and even criminal. In times like the present, when feed bids fair to be scarce and dear, how many would be glad if they had taken the trouble to stack their straw last fall. What numbers of cattle might have been saved from starvation if the straw had been harvested! It may not be the most pourshing food for cattle, but on the principle that half loaf is better than none, straw stack for cattle to feed from at times like the present would be better than nothing at all. The hay itself is not much better than straw, as it is only the same grain in a less matured state. Tn one case it is cut while the grain is half ripe, in the other while it is quite ripe. In an eastern farmyard the farmer has his stacks of hay and straw equally preserved against the weather, and would as soon think of burning one as the other. There straw is market able produce. Why should it not be SO in California? It could at least be used for littering down the horses in their stables instead of using hay for that pur- pose, and thus the farmer could make a considerable saving in that one partic- ular direction. But there are many uses to which straw might be applied if it were only obtainable.