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Year: 1879

TO: day is, according to the proc
lamation of our President and Gov
ernor, day set aside for returning
thanks to a supreme intelli gcnce for
the blessings showcred upon us; q
day on which business is to be prac-
icallv suspended and all unite in q
holiday of rest and recreation. Yet
how many Of us forget or fail to
recognize the true significance and
purpose of the day. And how many
of us gormandize ourselves with the
rich dainties prepared by skillful
cooks without ever thinking, much
more feeling grateful for the bless
ings we have had bestowed upon us.
Every man, woman or child who
reads this article has more or less
reason to be thankful. Especially
have we in this new country great
reason to be grateful for the bless
ings bestowed upon us; the farmer,
the business man, the mechanic, all.
Then let those who have plenty think
Of those who are poor, and think of
them in substantial manner, and
after doing their duty to their fellow
men, "Praise Him from whom all
blessings flow"
Year: 1879

The object of creating the Office of
"Captain General for Grant is very
plain, but it seems to us 3 rather
expensive creation without corres-
ponding benefit. It seems more like
the country for the man than the man
for the country.
Year: 1879

ONE IDEA.- The discussion on the
New Constitution reveais the singular
fact that there are more one idead men in
existence than was generally imagined
There are several provisions in the New
Constitution put there for the express
purpose of catching votes snd they are
having The anticipated effect. One OF
these !, the anti Chinese Artice-reAlly
not worth the blank rnper it is written
upon-Wili catch some voters who can
see nothing else. The Mortgage Tax
not reall? 50 bad in Itself but found in the
worst of company will catch others,
who are willing to admit much bad To
secure little good. Some think the
Railroad Commission is nm excellent
provision, and refuse to believe respon>>
bic men. high in the esteem of all cili-
zens 0t The State, who say they can prove
thHt measure 10 he II railroad pet placed
in the New Constitution 1y ruiroad in
huence. No man should allow himself
to be controlled by a single impulse nor
To be deceived into supporting the New
Constitution with its many bad provisions
SIMPLY because it may, in his opinion,
hive a few good ones, and when these
latter can in most instances be acc0mp-
li,hod under the present fundamental


law. Two wrongs do not make a right,
nor will one good lAw compensate for the
damage that mny be done by many bad
ones. Every voter should weigh mat
ter Of SO grea. importance ronscienuously
and decide the question on It's merIs.-
The New Constitution is to be voted up
on as whole and a inir Judgment can.
not be arrived at by the consideration of
any one, two or three Articles without
reference 10 the others.
Year: 1879

Inc Cattie disease scare.


New York, March 22.-Private dis
patches pronounce untrne the story
that some Of the steamer Brazilian's
cattle had been slaughtered because of
the existence among them ofpluro-pneu-
monia. A number of shippers continue
to send live cattle aboard. as they con-
slider it a much less expensive manner
Of shipping than to send dead meat in
refrigerators, and the meat commands
a much better price on the other side
than the dead meat.
Year: 1879

the floor, the cat, on entering, was con-
fronted with its own reflection, and
naturally concluded that he saw before
him real intruder ON his domain.
Hostile demonstrations were the result,
followed by rush to the mirror, and,
then meeting an obstacle to his ven--
geance, a fruitless cut round to the rear.
This maneuvre was more than once.
repeated with, of course, equal lack Of
success. Finally, the cat was seen to
deliberately walk up to the looking
glass, keeping its eyes on the image,
and then, when near enough to the
edge, to feel carefully with one paw
behind, for the supposed intruder, while
with its head twisted round to the front
it assured itself of the persistence of the
reflection. The result of this expert
ment fully satisfied the cat that he had
been the victim of delusion, and never
afterward would he condescend to notice
mere reflections, though the trap was
more than once laid for him.
Year: 1879

She read until she could not see


Did "Ivanhoe" ere weary?
Then dropped the book upon her knee,


And said her life was dreary.
''From day to day still must tread


The same dull round of duty
of darning socks and baking bread,


Without one glimpse of beauty.
From week to week my landmarks are;
A sermon dull on Sunday;
On Friday night the Plumville Star;


The weekly wash on Monday.
And, oh there's never a line of grace,


And never CLINT of glory"
She sighed and heightened her pretty face
It's always the same old story!'
She dried her eyes and curled her hair,
And went to the conference meeting
From the garden gate to the vestry stair
The self-same words repeating.
Atlast the final hymn was sung,


And all the prayers were ended,
When one from the doorway crowd among
Her homeward steps attended.
They left at length the village street,
And sprang the low wall over,
To cross through Captain Peasely's wheat
And Deacon Eascombe's clover.
The moon seemed shining overhead


To flood the path with glory
They whispered low, but what they said


Was-Only the same old story
Year: 1879

One of the best jury stories have
heard for long time, says London
correspondent, is about case that was
tried at Westminster lately. The ac-
ton was brought to decide dispute be-
tween water company and some of its
consumers, and the evidence in favor of
the defendants seemed so irresistible that
the Judge expressed his wonder that the
jury should want to retire in order to
consider their verdict. After being alb
sent some time they came back and an
nounced that they were all agreed with
the exception of one, and the Judge, in
dignant at single person refusing to ac-
cept the overwhelming testimony offer
ed in favor of the defendants, made some
remarks not fiattering to the intellectual
powers of the solitary recalcitrant,
though, of course, no one out of the
jury box knew which of the twelve the
man was. However, the jury had to be
discharged, and it afterwards turned out
that it was the twelfth who had taken
the same view of the evidence as the
Judge himself, and the other eleven who
had refused to adopt what his lordship,
and, indeed, everybody else in court,
thought the only reasonable conclusion
to be drawn from the fact.
Year: 1879

hrTRUE, Major Flint is a wealthy


i man, and good-looking, withal,
but if you marry him he will make you
his slave-take my word for it, Miss
Atherton."


Do you think so ?" said the lady ad-
dressed, quietly, looking up from her
embroidery.


"Think so? know it. You cannot
have forgotten how his first wife Jared.
So gentle and lovely, too, she was, yet
the poor woman never dared to say her
soul was her own-never! If she had
had different husband, she would un-
doubtedly have been alive to-day.o


Very likely, Mrs. May"


"And yet, knowing all this, you are
going to take her place"


Major Flint will find me very diff
ferent person from his first wife," said
Miss Atherton, composedly. "Howev-
er, as do not wish to anticipate trouble,
we will, if you please, dismiss the sub
ject."


This was not the first remonstrance
Miss Atherton had received on the sub
ject of her approaching marriage, but
she had made up her mind, it appeared,
and was now occupied in making prep
arations for the wedding.


What had been said respecting Major
Flint and his first wife was unquestion-
ably true. He was domestic tyrant,
and holding the female understanding
in very slight esteem, considered that
the wife ought, in all respects, to be
subservient to the husbands will.


His reason for marrying again was
principally from the fact that he found
no housekeeper who would be sufficient
ly subservient to his whims and ca
prices. Having lost one after another,
he came to the conclusion that he
needed a wife, and soon resolved to ten
der his hand to Grace Atherton, who
had been warm personal friend of his
wife. We will not analyze her motives
for accepting his proposal, though prob
ably regard for Mr.. Flint's two help
less little children, who resembled their
mother rather than their father, infiu-
enced her quite as much as any other
motive. However that might be, the
marriage soon took place, and after a
brief journey Miss Atherton returned
Year: 1879

Many years ago, at Carne farm house,


where relatives of mine were then living,
the household cat was observed to enter
q bedroom in course of being spring
cleaned. The looking glass being on
Year: 1879

To prevent the carrying of concealed
weapons on tho person seems to be a
question of absorbing interest at this
time, not only in Louisiana, but in all


her sister States of the South.


That our present statutes against it,
is dead letter, no one will deny. 1t
should at the very earliest practical
moment be erased and another, more
efficient and effective, substituted. Let
the next Legislature pass an act. au-
thorlzng every man to carry Just such
weapons as he desires concealed on lis
person; provided he pay an annual
license therefor of say $500 for q der
ringer, $4,000 for a revolver of or moro
cylinders, $1,000 for bowie knife, dagger
or dirk or brass knucklc or sword cane
or slung shot, $4,000 for gimlet knife,
clasp knife, &c. Make it the duty Of
the collector, WHEN he issues the licenses,
to keep an accurate list to be published
weekly in a newspaper, and posted be-
sides on the door of the Courthouse.
In addition let it be made the duty of
every peace officer in the State, wl!cn-
ever he has reason to suspect that a
person is carrying concealed weapons,
to arrest him, take him to the nearest
magistrate, have him examined, and in
case such weapon or weapons be found
on his person, then let the magistrate
put him under bond of $3.50 to keep the
peace and besides put him under bond
to appear and stand his trial before a
court of competent jurisdiction, and in
case OF conviction let the fine be not less
than $50 and costs, three fourths the fine
when collected to be paid over to the
parish treasurer for the benefit of the
public school fund, the balance to the
officer making the arrest, and in default
of payment of fine and costs, let the
party convicted be condemned to work
on the public roads, bridges or other
public works Of the parish for not less
than thirty days.


The very fact of posting and publish
ing such lists, would, in few months,
bring "these walking arsenals" into
utter contempt; everybody would know
them, and everybody could avoid them.
Good citizens would regard them with
suspicion, and every peace officer would
have his eye on them, and be ready to
arrest them on the first attempted breach
of the peace. The convention can and
no doubt will provide for the summary
trials of all cases Of mis.lemeanor and
other minor offenses, and hence such
parties when arrested could be disposed
of with little orno expense.


Such q law would put an end to this
dangerous and pernicious practice in
one year, and thus stop the "homicidal
mania "now sweeping over the land.
Year: 1879

Some time last week an alteration
took place between a colored man and
his wife in the ncighborhood Of Big
Cane, concerning the punishment of
their child, about three or four years
old. The man wished to whip it or was
whipping it when the mother interferred,
which so enraged the man that he
grasped the child by the feet and dashed
its brains out against the door. The
mother ran out to the woods where she
got lost and did not find her way out
until next day, when she gave the
alarm. He had already fled, and al
though every exertioR was made by
the constable of that ward, no trace
could be found of him. Sheriff Duson
has taken the search in hand, and we
are under the impression that it wont be
long before he will stand before a jury
of his peers.
Year: 1879

There are now confined in Jail FIVE
lunatics, two of whom are men and the
other two women. Sheriff Duson has
tried severy effort to get the Lunatic
ASYLUM to receive them, but all to no
purpose. He still receives the same old
answer: No room for any neec eases.
One Of the lunatics is woman who was
sent to the ASYLUM two or three years
ago, and released by the surgeons in
charge as cured. We understand the
cure was only for o very sho.t period,
only few months elapsing before she
was in the same condition,
Year: 1879

Al uEo organization OIL tHe InlliittI-
monic Society, Opelousas has taken one
step in the right direction. There is a
marked degree Of musical ability among
us, which will be both cultivated and
utilized by the purposes of the Associa-
tion. The discrimination shown in the
selection of officers assures not only
good management, but stability to the
society, and opens source of exquisite
enjoyment to the music lovers among
, lis. Whatever Prof. Mayer undertakes
to do in the musical line is certain to be
well done, and he has been the origina-
tor and leading spirit of this movement.
This is certainly one progressive step,
but there is another of marked con-
sequence which we wish to suggest to
our readers. For a place of its size,
Opelousas is sadly deficient in the means
of culture. We do not mean schools,
for we have excellent ones, but the after
culture, which is required by the EN-
1arged thought Of maturer age. Every
where throughout the South now. there
is a movement to establish libraries and
reading rooms, even in small villages.
The North and West have always had
them and after the building of church
and school room in a town, the library
and reading room followed in natural
consequence.


we have population large enough
to establish and support these necessi
ties OF culture, but have we taste and
inclination for it ? Now poor as the COM
munity may be, there are few of us, indi-
vidually, who cannot spare the money
to buy the pitiful dime novels, which
like the Egyptian lice are infesting the
land and nine out Of ten are exerting a
mostpernieious influence over ouryoung
people. 1t Individually, we can buy this
trash, collectively we can afford a higher
grade of literature for The mental pa
bulum OF ourselves and the community
Mt large. No matter how small the be-
ginning may be, to start the movement
Is the prime consideration.


Let the ladies take it in hand as did
tile ladies OF our sister town of Alexan-
drla. We hear they have the nucleus
oil good library already, reading room,
oil the best magazines and periodicals
and they have the satisfaction of know
ing that they are benefiting the commu-
nity IN which they live by their exer-
tlons. Culture is too universal and too
necessary these days for us harn i'm Ono |
iousas to be SO far distanced in the
march of mind.


we have great faith in the ladies of |
opelousas, and it they will take the
matter in hand we believe thew will
succeed.
Year: 1879

ANY one would have supposed from
the very large docket of the Criminal
Court at the special term In January
last, and the very thorough manner in
which the docket was cleared of all cases
then before the Count, that our April
term would be short, there being but
few cases continued, but alas for human
expectations, we will have at least two
cases for murder and the minor cases
will give our court an unexpectedly
longer term than was dreamed of. We
understand that Sheriff Duson has al
ready summoned every member of the
jury for the different weeks; all the
witnesses in criminal cases that were
continued, and about $50 witnesses be-
fore the grand jury.
Year: 1879

Burglars seem to have begun opera
tions in our town. A short time ago
Mr.. Vilaseca's grocery store was en-
tered and robbed Of eighty or ninety
dollars left over night in the cash drawer.
On Wednesday night last some party
broke open the coffee house of Emile
Peferkorn and robbed his drawer Of a
few dollars in small change. Nothing
else was missed, nor did anything else
seem to have been disturbed, Of course
this wont be the last attempt, and we
sincerely hope that they may be grabbed
next time.


Since writing the above we learn that
on the same night as the robbery of Mr..
Pefferkorn an attempt was made to
break into the grocery store of Mr..
Camille Roos, on Main street. The
thief cut d hole in the door large enough
to get his hand through, but even after
doing that, he was unable to raise the
iron bar across the inside, Mr.. Roos
having taken extra precautions in fast
ening the bar. 1t is a warning to our
citizens to be on the alert.
Year: 1879

. Washington, Aug. S.-The secretary
of the interior has letter from Spotted
Tail who says both he and his people
want to be like the whites. "We have a
good country and will behave ourselves
and work." The letter thus closes: g
want to tell you these last words. /
have had enough of the military. /
want my people to work. l want no
more scouting. 1 have had my belly
full. We want to work the ground.
l never laughed but once, and that was
when the agent of Lower Brules said 1
kept his people here. They visited us
and ] fed them, and my people gave
them 300 head of horses and sent them
home to their agent. Since we have
been here my people have had no whis-
ky. Wherever the military is there al
ways is whisky, and that makes trouble.
l want you to come out here and stay
month and see how it is. My friend,
this is all have to tell you.


his


SPOTTED X TAIL"


mark.


Witness: LOUIS RICHARDS,


Interpreter.
Secretary Schurz answered, thanking
Spotted Tail and promising to visit him
August Both.
Year: 1879

TIE DAILY CITIZEN enlarged in form and improved in its appearance has reached us. Since its establish. ment it has always contained all the territorial and other news of general interest. its editorial columns have ever been tull of matter well written and to the point, and ii is by its own merit that it now occupies place in the front ranks of Arizona journalism -TPhenix Herald.
Year: 1879

The undersigned takes this occasion toreturn his thanks
to the people of Yankon particularly and to his many
friends throughout and for the
patronage which has been bestowed the late firm Of
DUDLEY & AAWLEY through the many years in which
that firm has carried business in this city, and hn
desires to call the attention Of these friends and that OF
the generally to the enlarged facilities exten
sive assortment commodous which the late


firm had provided and which of Dudley
& Hawley now possesses.


In the line of the Hardware trade in the
Copper and Sheet Iron Ware he claims have
equal in all respects anything the north
tent


In the future. application business hopes


to the Hardware trade of region which naturally tb
utary to to this pout here shall spare
make for the interest Of the people within this regon
their Hardware Tnwar Copper and Sheet
Stoves, and all other articles in this line from
Yours gratefully and respectfully,
i GEO. e. HAWLEY,
Union BLOCK, Third st.
Year: 1879

The complexion of persons whose diges- ton is out of order, who are bilious, or who lack vigor, always exhibits an unhealthy tint It is by regulating the bodily organs and promoting digestion and assimilation, that the parchment hue indicative of ill health, is banished from the cheeks. To rectify the fault of a sallow compleXion use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an invigorant and alterative which removes those ob- stacles to renewed strength, physical con- fort and personal attractiveness-an imper- feet digestion and secretion, and disor- dered condition of the bowels. Persistence in the use of this inestimable corrective and tonic will assuredly result in renewed physi- cal regularity and vigor, will tend to increase bodily substance, and cause the glow and clear color of health to return to the sallow, wasted cheek.
Year: 1879

SUCCESS AT LAsT.-The success with which Miss Smith of fighting fame has just met is calculated to put new life and vigor into the business of re- sisting the tax collector. For some years this lady has refused peremptor7 fly to bear her share of the expense of conducting the good town of Glaston- bury, Connecticut, alleging as an ex- cuse the resistance of her forefathers to taxation without representation, and her determination to follow in their footsteps so long as a tyrannical Legis- lature denied her the right to vote. As result of her contumacy her COW has been annually sold to pay her tax, and as repeatedly redeemed, either by the good lady herself or her friends. Thus far she has never succeeded in depriv- ing the town of her contribution to its expenses, but she has met with a suc- cess which Is far better. After eighty six years of struggle with tax-collec- tors and the other ills that flesh is heir to, she has found kindred spirit, aged ST, and the two have been made one, subject to the powers of the various chancery courts throughout the land. The historic COW is to be kept in the fam fly her mission having been accomplish ed ,and the taxes hereafter are to be paid

 In this, however, there is no sacrifice of principle. The new member of the firm is represented, and can therefore be properly taxed.-Det,-oit Press.
Year: 1879

Some time since Detroit merchant was in want of 8 clerk, and he adver- tised the fact. Among the numerous applicants who sent in recommends tions was young man who had shortly before received letter from the old man Blank, to the effect that any fur ther visits to his house on the part of the young man could not be permitted, !, and that Mary's" :" future husband was already selected. In his haste and ex- citement he forwarded this note in place of recommendation from mer- camille house, and on discovering his mistake, he called upon the merchant to secure the missive.

 "Ah I'' said the merchant, as the young man entered, "you can begin here tomorrow. l was about to write you"

 That = that letter. began the young man, but the merchant inter rupted:

 Best recommend in the world. Old Blank and I have been enemies for forty-six years. Any one he is down on I always employ, in order to aggravate him. Come right along. I'll give you a position in the front of the store, where the old curmudgeon must see you every time he passes, and if you want to make up faces at him I'll pay all costs l''

 Thus are we able to furnish another illustration that sunshine may come out of the depths of despair.

 MWhen one of the freight cars run into the Union depot the other day was un- locked, out walked tramp who had been locked in at Chicago. He looked as rumpled as a man who had been rolled down hill in a barrel, and as he imped of one of the employees called out:

 Here-I want to see you minute l''

 "Can't stop," replied the man as he hurried on. "M My rule is to go right to frst-class hotel as soon as l arrive in town, and I can't make Detroit an