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Year: 1871

CITY AND COUNTRY. desire of country lads for city life is natural enough. They are captivated by the stylish dress, soft hands, and easy man. ners of the young men of the city they meet from time to time, and are natural ly attracted by a life that would enable them to enjoy what they consider so de sirable. They do not know that the poor clerk has nothing but his dress and soft hands, and that between his desire to equal the style of those whose incomes are far in advance of his, and the limita- tions of his small salary, he leads a life of disquietnde and unhappiness that the country youth never dreamed of.
Year: 1871

NEST BUILDING. Valiant gives 8 curious account of the process of build ing by 8 little African warbler, which shows that very beautiful ne t may be built up with very little art. The foun- datlon was formed of moss and flax, in- terwoven with grass and tufts of cotton, and presented rude mass, five or six inches in diameter and four inches thick. This was pressed and ,trampled down re- pcatedly, thus making it into a kind of felt. The birds pressed it with their bodies, turning round upon them at every direction So as to get it quite firm and smooth before raising the sides. These were added bit by bit, and trimmed and beaten with the wings and feet, in order to felt the whole together, project ing flores being now and then worked in with the bill By these simple and in- efficient meanss the inner surface of the nest was made almost as smooth and compact as piece of cloth.-Bfrc,s a,sd nestS.
Year: 1871

z We had no idea last Saturday, when We
mentioned the damages caused by hogs running
at large in our streets, that the matter would
be so soon remedied, and were consequently
surprised on reading the ordinance in the official
journal. of the 9th inst, by which the law passed
about six months ago, allowing hogs free range
through our streets, was repealed, and the adop-
tion in its stead of another ordinance, banishing
them from our corporation, under penalty of
being shot.


In short, the law now is that from the 24tl,
inst. every hog found ranging at large within
the corporate limits shall bc shot by the consta-
bic and turned over to the owner upon payment
to the constable Of 81 per head for each hog so
killed. and if not claimed the constable shall
haul the same off at the cost of the town.


We have no objection to the law, except that
the time given for owners Of hogs to get rid of
same, is rather short.
Year: 1871

sVOn Thursday last two men, styling
themselves fighters, attempted to fight
each other, but were restrained from


carrying their purpose into effect by


their respective fears of one another:
The party who acted as judge in this
abortive attempt of fisticuff, seeing the
state of affairs, adjourned the meeting,
greatly to the relief of some 700 specta-
tors, and the especialjo and satisfaction
of the principal performers. This refer
ence to the so-called prize fight is al
lowed to taint the columns of this news
paper for two reasons. Tie first reason
is that the evident relunctance and utter
refusal of two noted pugilists to come to
any thing like fighting when pitted
against each OTHER demonstrates the
weakness of the system of the prize ring,
and will do more to destroy the system
than all the homolies ever written. The
second reason is that it is the duty of q
Christian paper to denounce in the Sc
verest terms those who maintains the
system by attending the disgusting dis
plays. 1t is. stated in the daily papers
that of the 700 who attended the last
mighthave been fight, large proportion
were citizens Of high social position in
this community, some, we blush to say
it, calling themselves Catholic gentle
men.-uorni"g Star.
Year: 1871

Some time since, the Police Jury of our Parish
passed very good road law, and when we saw
and read it ia the official journal of the Parrish
We congratulated ourselves, the people of our
Parish generally, and tho travelling public par
ticularly that the prospect of having good roads
i'll st. Landry was growing bright.


L. To-day We regret to say. that VIC find no
change whatever for the better in the condition
of our thoroughfares; on the contrary, they are
growing worse every day; We speak particularly
of the public roads leading South, East and
West of Opelousas. For months and months
past the great highway-thc mail route from
Opclousas, South, by way Of Grand Coteau, to
St. Martin. Lafayette, and the other lower Par
ishcs, has been in most wretched condition
indca"l. Almost within the Corporate limits of
the Town, that public road is in several places,
now at the present moment, almost impossible
At the hill near Callihams Bridge, there is great
danger particularly at night, of serious acc
dents to the traveller Through the woods he
tween Opclouras and Grand Cotcau the road is
miserable beyond any thing to be seen in civil
lied community. The same thing, nearly, may
be suisl of the other roatls-all important ones,
and leading to tho scat of Justice and most i'm
portant Town in the Parish. Why is this Is
there not power somewhere to execute or to
see that the road law shall be executed! There
was considerable stir made in our District
Court, some months ago-last Spring We believe,
under the old law-about the enforcement of our
road law. and We really hoped and anticipated,
at the time, good results therefrom; but every
thing respecting the whole matter seems to have
slackenetl up since. This thing is getting to be
n disgrace, to say nothing more, to those who
have this whole sulject-matter under their con
troll and properly within their jurisdiction.


1t is subject of severe comment and unrnens.
nre,l complaint among strangers who pass
through our Parish, rs we'll as those who come
aud have come here to locate. But this is not
all, it keeps away from us substantial men who
would buy and settle homes among us, if they
We're not discouraged by the condition of onr
public highways, and the great want of enter
prise and public spirit among our people that it
bcspcaks.


We hope sincerely that there will be q speedy
aid to this state Of things. We have as good a
road law us could desire. Who is to blame
for its noll-execution
Year: 1871

This little sister will be an anchor Of
safety to her brothers, said a friend, on be-
ing shown a newborn baby girl


She did not seem as her little round, ex-
pressioness face looked out from the blanket
in which she was wrapped, as if She could
anchor anything but fond mother, whose
wondrous love would maintain seepless
watch over the tiny helpless form, and whose
car would understand each cry. How could
anything so small and feeble, so ignorant so
unnteresting to strangers, be au anchor Of
safety to family of rompng, whistling
whiting uproarous boys?"


A birch rod, shaking, a dismissal from
school, being sent before the mast, is the
anchor they need" some would say who know
not the soft, sweet kernel in the boy heart


God who made the dear boys and gave them
their yigor and manly energies, so trouble
some in childhood, so useful in after life,
knew better than any one what kind Of an
anchor they needed, aud so sent a helpless
baby whose tiny touch would disarm Satau's
power.


From the day that the boys admitted
their schoolmates one by one to the priv
ilegc of " seeing our baby and laughed and
sported over her staring eyes and tiny fists
and squirming ways, to their dying day that
sister is a power for evil or good 1t is a
sweet, honorcd place in the family Her
winning smiles, her cheerful ways, help make
the home an inyifing spot to tempted boys
A boy who loves aud is loved by patient
kind, Christian sister is far harder TO ruin
and if he sins is more apt to repent and re-
forul, than one who is denied that sweet re-
latioDship.


Dear reader, are you an anchor Of safety
to your brothers? Do you keep them al
home when bad boys and worse men are
tempting them to sin2 Are you patient with
their rough ways and bosterous games2 o.
do you feel relieved when the boys are out"
and say, how quiet and pleasant hous'
without boys? Do you dread their vaca
tions and holidays? Then you are no ancho,
of safety. You are not doing the sacred
holy work for which God placed sisters ii
! families
Year: 1871

lark a breeze stirs the curtain Of my
window and as it sways to and fro hear the
thud of falling apples. There is music and
gloom in the sound There is music in it,
because we know now that the hot days of
August are over and the golden ones of au.
tumn are at hand We think of the cherry
checked fruit and the purple grapes that are
waiting to be gathered; of the yellow corn
to be husked Of the ripened seeds to be har-
vested ; aud Of the brilliant crimson and sun
tinted leaves that are lending glory to the
forests--those beautiful leaves, that, as they
drop so softly to the brown earth make us
think of good men dying, their earthly work
all done aud themselves going to rest The
leaves will live again, and SC will the gorifed
souls, for nothing in Gods creation is ever
lost.


There is gloom in the sound of falling APP
pies, because, looking from the window, we see
the flowers and grass slowly but surely with
ering away, and we know that before long the
cold and stormy winter will come down from
its hiding-place in the north, come to-freeze
fingers and toes, and sweep mercilessly thro'
every broken window and dilapidated roof
Not for ourselves DO we dread its coming, for
we have good houses, bright fires soft beds,
and warm clothing. But, oh we do dread


it for the widows and orphans How can
they get wood or coal then, when they can
barely get money enough now for food ? How
will they be clothed and warmed and fed ?
Who will provide them with Thanksgiving
feast, or a Christmas tree, or New Years
present? All the sound of falling apples
awakens many gloomy as well as bright
thoughts in our mind. May the thoughts all
work out deeds that shall be good in Gods
sight.
Year: 1871

Uncle, now would you like me to
marry?" dat
| ~ would be pleased to see you mar
ried, Maud, provided you married man
worthy Of you-one who could rightly
appreciate you for your worth-not a
fortune hunter" 4dHfni


Tis such an one / think have found.
Percy Halford has asked me TO become
his wife. He does not know that l have
fortune in my own right. He is poor
now but he win not always be poor. He
must succeed in rising in the world, and
he has so completely won my heart that
i fear | shall be compelled to say yes to
his proposition"


81 am rejoiced to hear you speak as
you do. Percy Halford is a noble, gifted
man, well worthy the love of any woman.
May you be happy, and may heaven
bless you.


And Maud St. Lisle did say yes. And
when October came Percy Halford led
the proud and beautiful Maud st. Lisle
to the altar, his bride, and Maud told
him then that she was wealthy, that they
would not be compelled to live as closely
as he had deemed it necessary, and she
looked up archly in his face and said


Percy, the lost ring found me hus-
band.


And he looked proudly on his bride as
he said


"And the found ring bereft me of all
loneliness, and gave me, in return, joy
little less than the joy of Paradise"


Verify, requited love can make the
earth seem almost as fair as Paradise.
Year: 1871

What is Headache? In nine cases
out of ten the source of headache is not
in the brain, but in the stomach. mdi-
gestion is the most frequent cause The
digestive organs being disordered, they
derange the action of the liver, the bow
els, the kidneys, and the nerves; and the
whole secretive and excretive machinery
being as it were thrown out Of gear the
brain suffers. Restore the natural tone
of the stomach and bowels. with few
doses of = saVao q 3 q g 8 "
TARRANT'S SELTzER APERIENT,
and headache arising from this cause is
at once arrested This delightful prepa-
ration is the best remedy for chronic and
periodical headache at present known,
and absolutely invaluable as stomachic
and gentle cathartic.


SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.


eOd-d6w-16-27
Year: 1871

Here is what the celebrated Major
Jack Downing said several years ago on
fighting: " In the matter Of fighting,
there is one thing / always keep my eyes
on, and l found General jackson Of the
same way Of thinking, and that is, to
depend less IN folks who say they are
ready to shed the last drop Of their
blood, than on folks who are ready to
shed the FIRST drop"
Year: 1871

The secret of woman's dressing will
simply consist in her knowing the three
grand unities of dress-her own position,
her own age, and-her own points And
no woman can dress well who does not
After this we need not say that whoever
is attracted by the costume will not be
in the wearer. She may
not be handsome nor accomplished; but
we will answer for her being even tenn
pered, well informed, thoroughly sensi-
Bile, and complete lady.
Year: 1871

inventing situations, and wondering if
it would have ended so or so. / am
curious to know in what relation that
humble, yet trpthfully painted, old hag
who mixed the opium Just right, deary,
stood to John Jasper. Can one remem-
ber without disgust the details Of that
dreadful place whittier John Jasper re-
sorted to seek in oblivion some solace
for broken life, or some mad strength
that would enable him to commit deed
of horror2 For we know that John JAS
per killed his nephew, or, at all events,
thought that he did so. I'believe that
Edwin brood still livesi and if the au-
thor of his being had been permitted to
do the same, we should have seen Edwin
fresh and smiling, though an accuser, at
the end of the drama. faft


1t has been mere than limited that
Dickens, toward the close of his life,
lost some Of that dmazing vitality which
made us look upon him as the future
creator Of many books. ! for one do
not believe it. In what character in
the " Mystery of Edwin Drood" does he
show symptoms Of failing2 Boy and
girl man and woman, are they not all
stamped upon our memories with that
Photographic distinctness that we could
not forget if we could2 Who has not
met poor little Rosa's landlady in lodg-
ing -house-London? have myself seen
the angular prototype of Grewgious,
and enjoyed pleasant chat with the
Rev. Mr. Crisparkle W


Very glad am / that Dickens has
painted the portrait of that good,
healthy divine. Much fault has been
found with his Chadband and oily par
sons; but few can lash the great author
for giving them his Minor Canon-a
hearty, muscular Christian, with no
nonsense about him.


Dickens died too soon in fact, he had
no right to die leaving so much undone.


/ wish he had taken solemn vow to
live like hermit while his grand novel
was in progress, eschewed the pleasures
of the table, and the excitement of com
pany-touched not, tasted not, handled
not, that fatal thing that poisons so many
great hearts; and worked his healthy
life into serials that should delight gem
Grafton after generation


And, in particular, | wish he could
have finished The Mystery Of Edwin
brood.
Year: 1871

If you would have a loving wife, be as
gentle in your words after as before mar
riage; treat her quite as tenderly when
a matron as when a miss; don't make
her the maid of all work, and ask her
why she looks less tidy and neat than
when you first saw her. Don't buy
cheap, tough beef, and scold her because
it does not come to the table porter
house; don't grumble about squaling
babies if you cannot keep up nur-
sery," and remember that "baby may
take after papa in his disposition:
don't smoke and chew tobacco. and
thus shatter your nerves, and spoil
your temper, and make your breath
nuisance, and then complain that
your wife declines to kiss you; 90 home
joyous and cheerful to your wife, and
tell her the good news you have heard,
and not silently put on your hat and 90
out to the club OF lodge" and let
her afterward learn that you spent the
evening at the opera or at a fancy ball
with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife; be
patient; remember you are not perfect,
but try TO be; let whisky, tobacco, and
vulgar company alone; spend your even
ings with your wife, and live a decent
Christian life, and your wife will be low
ing saa t=;ss-if you did not marry a
heartless beauty, without sense or worth;
If you did, who IS to blame if you suffer
the consequencesf
Year: 1871

From the New York World, May lO.l


In the matter of the application Of
Charles Peters, who was brought be-
fore Judge McCunn, Superior Court,
Special Term, to be discharged on ha-
beas corpus, the petitioner was allowed
to 90 on filing an unjustified bond for
800. Peters was imprisoned on the
complaint of Miss Amelia Oppenheim, a
fair.haired Jewess of 10, who charges him
with seduction, under promise Of mar
riage. She also stated that he repre-
sented himself TO be Jew, by name
Max Will, when in reality he was Cath
ole. She demanded consummaton Of
the marriage promise. Peters was will
ing to comply, but the young lady ascer-
tanned, as she says, that her betrothed
was not of the Hebrew persuasion, and
said she was not at liberty to marry a
Christian, and would not until he had ex-
changed his moral code. This Peters re-
fused to do, and suit was brought to re-
cover $4,000 damages for seduction under
promise of marriage, in which Peters
was arrested and locked up. Judge Nc
Gum ordered both the parties to appear
before him yesterday at twelve o'clock,
when if both were willing he would per-
form the marriage ceremony. After a
long consultation with Miss Oppenheim
through an interpreter she still refused.
Counsel for Peters said his client was
ready and anxious to marry her, and
wanted no delay in the matter, so that
the child might be legitimate He (Pe-
ters) was illegally held, because he had
complied with every requirement Of the
law regarding suits for breach of prom
Use of marriage and seduction, as Peters
was ready at any moment to fulfill the
contract or support the child. 1t was
outrageous to ask o man to change
his religion, particularly that of Catho-
lie to that of jew.


The opposing counsel said that after
Miss 0ppenheim discovered that Peters
was not jew he promised to become
one, and was to place himself in a posi-
ton to marry her according to her orig
inal persuasion. On this second prom
ise he based his action. She did not, he
said, at the time make it a condition to
her marrying him that he should become
Jew, but that she expected that after
wards, Tor aHecuOn 10 neri ne Woulu as
sumo her religion. He only thinks she
could not possibly, without injury to her
feelings, be wife to Peters while she is
Jewess and he a Christian. There
were two parts to his promise-to be-
come Jew and to marry her-and he
could not fulfill one part without the
other, and his client was entitled to relief
in damages in a court of equity. If his
Honor married them, the wife then would
gain, it was true, to the extent of making
the child legitimate, and covering par
tally her own shame; but no sooner
would they become one than the wife
would be abandoned She, therefore,
positively refuses to marry him unless
he fulfills the other part of his promise.


Judge McCunn said he would have to
discharge the man, unless the plaintiff
consented to marry him. The basis of
the complaint was on the allegations
that he had refused to marry; and all
the court could see that could be done
in the matter was to discharge the pris-
oner.
Year: 1871

A California paper tells how the jury
in the case Of Mrs Fair made up its YER
dict, the statement being made, it is
claimed, in the words Of one of the jury:
" During the progress of the trial not
one juror spoke to his fellowjurors of
the case, and when we retired to make
up verdict no one knew anything Of
the opinion Of his fellows. On entering
the jury-room the first thing done was
to cut piece Of paper into twelve pieces,
and to number them from one up to
twelve These we're put in hat and
drawn, and the slip drawn was the num-
Der Of the juror On these slips each
juror wrote his finding in the case, and
when his number was called put it into
the hat. When / wrote my finding,
murder in the first degree, / hardly
thought there would be another such
finding on ony of the slips, but when
the slips were all deposited and taken
out and read, to my great astonishment
it was found that each juror on the first
and only ballot, had voted just as / had,
murder in the first degree.
Year: 1871

as he had become unconscious and sunk
for the last time. The usual remedies
were resorted TO resuscitate him; and,
though there were signs of life, there
was no appearance of consciousness.
He was taken home in a state ofscom-
plete exhaustion, and remained so for
some days. On the first return Of suf-
fcient strength to walk, he went to his
bookcase, reached down a book, opened
it, and handed the long lost note to a
friend who was present, stating to him
that while drowning and sinking, as he
supposed, never to rise again, there in
stantly stood out before bis mind in a
moment, every act and event Of his life,
from the hour of his childhood to the
hour of his sinking in the water; and
among his acts, the circumstances Of
his putting the note in book, the name
of the book, and the very spot it stood
in the bookcase. OF course he recov-
cred his money, with interest.
Year: 1871

From the Detroit Free.Press.l


The men of influence in the South,
who are anxious for peace and the re-
storation of order among their people,
all agree that but one policy is necessary
to secure that end, and that is liberality
and Justice on the part Of Congress.
Force will not do it, but restoration to
the people Of their rights will. All they
ask Is that the principles of the Declara-
ton of Independence shall be applied
to their case. They want the govern
ment policy of the State to be the result
of the consent of the governed-not ex-
torted from them at the point of the
bayonet, but freely expressed at the bal
lot-box. No government can be just
which denies the people representation,
and yet demands part of their earnings
to support a government in which they
have no voice. Under the Radical
policy, the South is a despotism to a
majority of the tax payers. They are
denied all voice in the government.
They are not permitted to vote, nor hold
office. They are simply victims which
the ignorant, the vicious and the ma
lignaIt can pluck at will, and against
which they haye no remedy. Such a
policy may be the wosk qf loyalty, but
it is not the work of justice o. OF right
Year: 1871

One of the most singular facts OF our
existence is the intensity and rapdity
with which incidents in our past life are
presented to us when death comes to us
in sudden or a violent form, especially
in a case of drowning An accident oc-
curred some time since on the Hudson
river, by which a number of persons
were pfecipitated into the water, and
were nearly drowned. Among the num-
her was the editor of Philadelphia pa
per. who described his situation while
under water and in drowning condi-
ton to have been pleasant, but peculiar
il seeming to him that every event in
his past life crowded upon his mind at
once. He vas sensible of what was oc-
curing, and expected to drown; but
seemed only to regret that such an in
teresting item as his sensations should
be lost. This is an exceedingly apt IL
lustration Of the maxim that the ruling
passion is strong in death.


A still more singular story is told OF a
persOn who held a promissory note Of
anotheFs which had run for several
years; but which, on maturity, he found
he had put away so carefully that ne
could not find it. He, therefore, called
on the one who had given the note,
stating that he had lost it and proposing
to give him a receipt as an offset to the
note if it should ever be found. To his
surprise. the person owing the money
not only declined to do this, but posi-
lively denied ever having given such
promissory note, saying he owed him
nothing. Without legal proof he was,
Of course, obliged not only to let the
matter drop and lose the money, but
also endure the suspicion Of trying to
obtain money under false pretenses
Several years passed away without the
note being found, when the person who
had owned the note, while bathing in
the Thames one day, was seized with
cramp and rescued by companions just