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Iaturday, Nlovember 23,1888 . TO SUBS KIBERES I All Fulscrihers coming forward` ,ndfj 0ayih¢ their subscription within gnext thirty' days, will be entitled 5t 50 cents rpdnction; thus $1.50 1iil Fpecure the M ERIDIONAL for one sr. Thirty days only. Don't ips this c~hsance. Boy your winter boots. * ** A ntumin leaves are falling. ..i'd Royer' has the finest vegeta Soe garden of town. * * * r. Abshire and lady 'wea in ºWe had quite a wind, accom p-aied by rain Wednesday. Quite a number of stores will kep od hand supplies of fruits. * * ,ow oats this month; n~w is ' he time'tn order to have early oats. ,. * S. ne ofrthe town bridies are in a dilapidated condition. Fix them. * * iDonot fail to call at 'Godchaux; -lellieg goods strictly at cost, * * The civil term of the D1stl'ict oi;irt has adjourned. Mr. Frank Lyons, one of onr en ktrprisini farmers, has made 200 'Ioirels of sweet petatoes thies 'ear. utl! qnick! and. mnake yne'r pur .,,ale at Gu' Godclhaux. You wil' .ta rbuiishred"at iais- ites. FrA'hl pty oysters tfroin th" orithwest. Pass broh ht in thin Mr. Thomas Moore and fainily J.srented.6u of Mrs. Fa+.i'r Du teli' oes, and moved into it. +We hive not btrdit te Al'beville Splay lately. sst s are for'r `without n.sid to n'lve~t it. i' e e; ~gentilemen, nadles and. trybody, Bourque "is the place `l.tve ooney. The sweet potato's '4thas turned 1at better ihan first anticipated. lgnty'sold at oQt-town a in lat few `ePofttotoes, 75 eh si' 'barel; , fItbm 50 to 75 cenis per bat, era, t20 cevts per dozen; wood. t $3.50' per cord. * * .'Godchaux beats til feecord4 low prices. I olte and the Pkss ',boduns ducks and geeae. Thouseand birilare s id to "be dyin, he ioabarch iii t ese i gions. es, are-_ hard, an8"'` dollar< dollar made. Bft where can I' Qyý dollarta K'tder . At Boar t E. ' a. Gasparand fise ielber. lefi faior Jieferette weCk., where they .will' spend, times -ai rrie- ried' d ITea. t.ads are in splendid order.' tad. overseers deserves the of the public for their zeal W them kept up in, good A- e.hax has an enormous stock " t. , and alt MUST go by Jar.. 4 it, 1890, regardless of cost. tfink what a bargain you can from I, lw Pay you sabscription while it is 1at $1.50. There is to be a series of soirees at the French Hall, betiieen this next year. What about the thea trical performances? Mr. George O. Elms, of Opel dasas, who has the contract for sulr veying Pecan Island, pahsed through town last Sunday, with his party, en route to their work. * . I defy competition in prices on any goods, and can prove just what I say. Give me a trial, and I guar. atiteed that I will huld your trade. I mean what I say. and don't you forget it. O. BOURQaE. Mr. Wall, manager of the Abbe villelumber yard, left for Patout: .i416 one-day, this week, for the par pope of laying in'a supply of runmler, which is to be tfansported here 'on a boat which he will charter. *** Gias. Godchaux is offering the best bargainst that ever was offered in Abbeville before. We would advise everybody to lay in their supply before his mammoth stock is all gone. 'llhat'hustling merchant fMr. Davi.d Beer, left for New Orleans last Saturday, and returned yesterday. HLe ,iurchased a large stock of goods which will arrive hv the next hoat, Now you oan kt p'you'r eye ikn led for bargains. The Grand and P'etit juries for :he 'January term of the District Court'have been drawn this week. From all indications we are to infer thnt'we shall have a body of good citizens to inquire into the rnisdo ings of the violators of the law. White washing of houses and fen ces adds considerably to the looks of a place. Our town people shouil "rbke ah ftittrest init"is line, in or 1 der to'tiake the town attractive to strangers. We l'av- noticed aev oral buildings that need only a coat of paint or whitefwash ' to enhaaice its value. * * A correspondent of'he Star enon Mlains of the bad condition of thf Faulk bridge, and htimes the auth orities of this parish therefor. If we mista e not, the Faulk bridge is a private one, and consequently 'not to be kept up 'by ihe parish. A more important bridge to Rr ine is the new bridge on. Queue Tortue, and it is in such a plight it will be impassable this winter if not repaired Our traveling public complain of it bitterly. Mr. J, H. Putnam hes now seventy thousand feet of lumber, which he will use to enlarge his sugar re ftnery ndzt year.' We mast asay to Bis credit that lie . s a pro.ressi ve :planter. We 'need such 'men. as Mr. Putnam f this cibntry; men who wish to make the' cnntry pros; per instean'orplfing forb persoda advancement.. Let its encourage all goad citize;ns. There are men who are daturally inclined 'tir proihote the advancement of comaudisrties, and such is dur T"fiend. The still air reverberated ibost m'eldatotisly on Monday night, 'when one of our country boys who had participated "in a little "redteye' frolic with friends, was escorted by the "peeler" and ' carimoniously given free board and lodg ig for that night-at "Famon's Hotel." Our man sang, what now ? We think it was a portion of the cee brated "Cantalil of t5e Caged bird." Anyhow; after a 'while, concioosness returning, the mtoation 'was taken. and every once in a while we would be disturbed in our peaceful slum ber by the echo of a voice breaking in upon us with these words : "Bebe, oh Bebe ! Bebe, oh Bebe !" Such is humanity To-day the world rolls the same as it did then, the stream'rolls as lazily towards the sea as it dd then; and we can still hear "BPbe, oh Bebel" in our ears. Last sunday morning, theý heeavy Northwest wind having lowered the water more than usual, several gen tlemen standing on the baik of the bayou near Perry's Bridge, observed, something like a sack on an exposed mnudfat. Impelled by curiosity,! one began picking at it( ith a fish ing pole, and, perceivingff the object *ak quite heavy or fast; went to it wiith a ikiff, when it'wa.:foua d toibe a~ pillow case. Opening it, those present were startled by a horid sight. A newly boirn;1aby.-: evi dently of .Xfrican decent, with a string tightly tied'around its 'neck and three bricks as a weight, "were the ghastly contente. The covoner was prompily notfi ed, nd, a ja'ry of inquest held. The oicears weht to woik, arid on Monday evening. one 1~'etty Richmond:'a ooik it Mir. 'ohb Nugier, was arrested and pleced in jail" followed that night by the ar rest of her paramour, Victor B uttc, a brother of Joe Bontte, of that notorious criminal duo, Joe Bouette and Francois Comeatix, I the Year A t ne $ie a Leap Year. The followih g ipia0ation -ill chow you why -lhe year 1900 will not be eounted' ameng leap year : The' year is 165 days, :5 hoeirs and 46 minutes long: 11 minuti; are ts ken every year 365k long, and every fourth year we have an extra day. This was Julius Caefts. arrange-. meiit, as I explaidhed in "Notes for thl4 Curious"'in thie Re~iblic n f i.:t gust '4. You may ikc:' Where'db these 1.1 miinnterecore froat?' They cothe from the fu'ture, and arb paid •by omitting leap -year every 100 years. But if leap:ear is ptitted regularly everyoniti hundred years it is fTand that tl I1, ýmoi te~t ken each year will not only 'have been paid bsc'k but that a rhiple day will have been given up. i Pope Gregory XIII., who improved on Caesar's calender in 1582, decreed that every centutial year divisible by four should bdlep 'g ar tftfgi . So we borrow 1: minutes'eaý4h year more than payilng our borrowingj back by omitting three letgrs a. three centurial years as. ,qt matters by having a lea year iin the fourth centurial year. 'Pope&reigo. ry's arrangemeatis soetaotlad .h borrowing and paying hia. . nleu ed so nicely, that we borrow 'tore than./b pay bed, to ktgeitdnt; ofj only one day in 899 year.-- s. , Yotg ladies, narry a gentiemen or do not marry at all. A srpegen tlemen is jgeneroeas adn a'dbvel He regedsusootier's his welfare as his Ocwq, Yýut e trait rhnntag through a Wys. ci i n.o A man rbho is a btAr a¢~·Ia t g; his sisters, 'and di dfCOl~ uj, mother, Ts just theo . to: avoid, when you .eome to tih l.at iO-sti. ion i\hich is tO -be r.ir!et8 es +or no. : 'ou teed not di d m. fs., But wat unitil the priSoe come along. No har in'. dlay. You will not be apt tt findilhiia in the ball room Nor ibhe a chasnpion itiardt lay., er. IHe hair not had time to become a 'chasmpitn," for he has had too iuee.i else. Be wary in choosing, girls, when so much is at Stake. Do not mistake a passing (~cy fbii un dying love. Myrrymi&i a haste, rarely ends well. Do not rhedt too much the interference of your parents. You will travel long and far in this world before you will find any one who has your t~ue hiterpst at heart more that 'your fither or' The Homer Guardian. discus' sing the criminal laws of the States says: Whenever an' accused' person, whom the public condemns as guiity, is discharged by the jury an' per rnitted to ehjoy his; liberties again, the people at once beg;n to abuse our system of laws and demand more legislation. This is 'wrong. The fault iý. not in the law, but lies with those who are vested with the res ponsibility of administering it. So in those- cases where the guilty is turned loose the jury is to blame and there is no fault in the law. The people should be ireformed, amended and: revised, .not the laws. It is generally believed, and that 'too, by .dn. 'of lhtelligunce; tltit no •one is a totmppetent' juror wh4 has heard abobt 'the facts or who, has formed an ooinion of the case. " ''his is not the case. If so, the best and most intelligadtmen'ofthe eoontry rould practidcaly: b 'exempt from. f3ry service, since they read thie pa-: pers and keep c'onvereapt 'witih the doings and iappenings of the conn try. It is only in tbhse cases t&re the. juror has an opinion so strongly fixed af to make it imnpossile T'.or. him to yield to the evidence #tduc ed on 'trial, that he is rendqrd in competent. iUpon the whole, we think there aro-e vy few"hauges eifter'tn thenjjurylaw'or the statutes at large which shouldbe [amended. Too much legislation is astevil, and itis exceedingly dangeroise to be frEquently tampering with the laws of a Stateby legislative amendmnetas. On October 19, 'at Mloreauville `Avoyells piaish, a large and ernthis tic meeting was °]ield to protest agtinsi-'ebneattring a dati scrose Red River jast above its jntaon with the' Actkaayst. t1k. W. Blakewood presided and a reet tfea were un e ssy asAptE f tr`est ing against the'const~@etion of this dam, aand demanding the opening of Bayou 'TPlaquemine. CoL Tom E. King, in the lest" iuae of the New Iberia Enterprise,- in an able article, elearly-tiow f be ne~cssity o.f voze at i ten to protect the people of the Ate.ifalaya valley and the great importanes 6 ttpetiing Bayou. PIajomis.i. . sarloie o4r read hbpp elate a good ti`hng:when they see it, will pardon bs (or repradtibing the followiog, fs u frot' the Critio of The Gubernatorial Candida'ths are in dan er of having' 'their laurels ;hidimnad.de in' kfiedld; sdtace moment gives birth to' more and more. `While it' times honors arc of a selfseeking nature, at other So °ae )d g to 'bed unassuming :t" nd themsetves 'ith the rising son, famous." So was it with the ton, J. A. Cbargois, .the popular sn well 'known. Distriet Attorney bi*et y 'garishi , La. n nt-u. g in all fhlngsp !e was an; in.ter ested Clio gh quiet spectator, of aterland"'' style. He ej.oyed ths rythmic strains of sac ~o e, iang ,as oy ( ribsa . co i eg, until etit aued by fte o.caaion, w-enl call ed dporn at tM: anhe t t1 aq 't'te, voiced thoughts iJ a .tone as mesi . a ilnd as gdent le l-wig as the teaof the beastif'el To g, 4. f ýýhe~ ip ling thrills o e # . p$c.m ocd iu the 'e'erdisen foli tt fringe the. 1.t 4 'i e.itty . b h~ows *here "loern .Fvae.Ieies. uare' wog Ap `d+blII. `I~htse spoke" at ten.i,, obliviqua o at thsatftew, YerF lader. stood his longuage well, and _till 'less Understood +1t6' rthoroongly. WInl the applause died lrway s.ter ie fliisibed. a'. ter torien +bargonmeis tersstyle-ofla citiena was heard to {remark: "Den Kerral ~richt Anerikanis eherlosen t gt,; naber ich gloobe or t einetý Italsaner." Which stay he freely rendered about thusal : "The Colonellspeaks very, well Bpkliah, even thtari l I • elieve he is an Italian." The ?New 1.rleana Picayune has . dueed the yearly sunbcription price of its Weeklyfrom $1 50 to $1 a year. It is j a splendid l-page paper filled with the be reding matter. Sample copy scut to ariy adddy zeae. One of the" most remalkahle "wqr records" so lar breiigbt to .!ight, is undoubtedly that, of Dr. Wm. J. Lewis; now Presi1dnt of the Ameri can Society of MT roscopists, and consulting surgeon t9 the Travpel lers'I.nsurance Compaily of Hart ford, 1'rom a biographical sketch published in the Microscope, we learn thit he was born Mai;ch 1856. At the' outbreak of the,,fopthern rebellion, his, father was *ppoioti d a esrgdbn in .the Union afmy, arid took the boy with him to the. :,freott. "Filled with martial ordor," yon-jr Lewis--then barely, five years tf age-became a drummer boy in the army of the Poto.hac, "and for threa years saw an amnhit of active, eqr vice and actual War that would serve, cruld. it be divided. up, to make the stock in trate of a whole regimect ` of post-telium veterano and pension hunters." STk'Eft3 OI IUIIANA, Parish of Nnermi iai,. rd Jus_ ice's oupt Jacob Isaacs . vs. .o. 79. Frank Thomas y y virtue of a' writ of requestration, issued hi the R.n. 3rd Justlee'sa Court, in and f6i- the parish of Verna ion, in the abovelentitled and numbered suit, andl to me directed, I will proceed to sell at public, sale, to the last and highest bidder,rfor ,ash, with benest of apprasenment, at the .courtbouse door, in the town of Abbeville, on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7,, 1889. between the hoursf~ll'a. m. and 4 p, -m., ant oontinuing from day to day if. necessary, all the rightes, titles, inter ests and demands of the defendant, in and to tid flltYfdg ldehsribed property, to-wit : One Wagon. STpOks PLownDE, Con.. Oons toble'gSale. STXTE O 'LOtTIS AN. , .arish of Vermilion, 3rd Justice Court. John Nugsee t.im vs. o N4280. r'ernraicp Nu -z. t) y e t of , wit Dof ueestratisu, issued by the Tion. 3tb Justice's Court, ii nd fOr the .pate i 'of Vlnail ion, in t b` above entited-`and nn- - bere sttMi ,to me dit edd I l11- pro teed.t l1 at pul;i:c' qbe .i;st door ntlle tovh~t4 of gn~ , RAtk Ploy, P.ce 'I*5 . between the hours oft ii ý9o4'k tn, 'n aM'4'p. n.,' and eontlianl g *comin. ý x to day if necessary, an tiem the tiites Interetsa and deti> ,; .: aia d to th desiribed pro rt,4z" rtto oif~ saiId writ, to-wit z bout fret; Ito2 barres of eorn° = " Conii 's ...i ST J&T) O F I 'tISIANA. Vrish.of V miliouý°1pt 4Jast,'irs Cwt, Dr. L.> R*ase3, Juhiei iayovr, ~Y virtue ofi'writ o ri.i1 1ifads - issued by tl; Ion. First J·uitiCi~o'. Court, in and fi~t~oie t dii, ndf Vuti ion, in~tthe ab~ove ant d' sud~ait, and to: me directed, I will _iprociie to. sll. at public tale toithi last ,nd higbest bid der, for c'sSl, ` with tbo st.of appsralkm mont at ..I~ ,Cdistabile tresidence .,in the ftirt wtrd tii. betwe en tie" hemus oJ 1 o' Ioek A. I. ` :4 ', x., an4. «Cctizuip . from day . to' . Ip nief n aJl.tbhe ringhts t·tlt5 intotests ,ad demands of rte { 4efeti~iit, in- apd to tb-i 1BlowiCt _ i rIfpBbs propirt , s ý50W4 `One Iron G ray t oo~ m ý Terms C~ash. Copstable. Novemiber 2, i.s8o JFE.EETI~1w Zr1f~I4ESg '·. 1Notice is hreliy given that by virtues , of tile anthori4y vested in me . by , ... tion 20.5 of t, e;Revised Staturs.4l tbeir' State of . l~iiiaan., ancdjokihi g authr giM by)ssIelutioiin-of r ` Boar d,e lections are iii~jtvotreere4l ; td he helid% the fol ks!7'itto ' nship, i vize icnsnhip Eleven, South of anX L;t~t, =at residence f"ti.n.dFm Egtatrp fR, . MO1)DA, 1E(§EMI3E1 2, TS18. $89, for the poeM.ee of taking thb nsci ofthe legal, voters of . said townr ships to- iolelbaq.,CIirlti ot~it X ý wzb dions j zne."k owR.~:r~ .~r s ` id ti~ls pIlau bho sold or not as directedl by "law Polls to:.be open ,-and cloaic4,'at eth usual hoiyra!fdrik saaid thbe rotes shall be i'c&ice4 ad returns made by the follwwitpg oficers to-brit: , 1 For. Twnnship -Eleven, South Ran"O6 i t East, J. L. AtkinsFori, Justice of the dPeaee. ' Witnessgmvr nftfiial Fignatu're-thin2n . day oi Norvemler, 3. r,. tSb9. fl. W-. al Ia of &cad i 't13 ;+ý Treaaurer; I'ari li of .cadig