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OFFICIAL JOURNSAL OF TH'1E PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA AND SCHOOL BOARD.
V 5OL. 5 ST. FRANCISVILIE, LOUISIANA, BSAURDAY, JULY 25, 1896. NO. 2
l' 1 ONAL CARDS.
JOHN H. STONE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Vil rat1 i CoIl u t . of thi s dlitrictt,
mdtl iu tis of l oitlt Circuit.
post officle addres C lintol La. Th
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`. I. PaI~c. For
POT. .i"tPI * Bilious
SEMPLE & PER so ofThis
a singl
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, but is
Vill practice in ay court' in this dixtrict. conali
Otlico i1l1+ ak Bd. all-wis
ST. I'rANCIýSVILIE; ILA. Dises
Liver
ýý -I The
Do. W. R! ABNE Y, nad
pHYSICIAN and SURGEON, ot"
Unyos'u t Sant, Ltt' wich
Ofice at resitdence, on sun st. hri
Eyes;
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liseas
DR. A. F. BARROW, organ
and it
pJYSICIAN ,anI SURGEON, ednes
P.MySICIAN anc rhlc~ c ~~:f
St. Frpndc.vile, Lat. virtue
()lice, in Leinla l3nilding. 'T'elcphone Perry
Falls answelredfr111 citIir i'Llbourne's oi Ga. 0
Ga.;
11uutifo'tl'r 1 tru -stomý. Supt.
WVe
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ache,
DI. 11. LOFioTON, i;
Rego
pore
DENTIST,
Crown and pridge Work
A M4ICIALTY'.
4I hr ill Mt. F'rnlc't;vile on the 1st and
in Cliutonu on the 15tt , of eatch month.
Sidney Powei1, D 9 D. S.
Dentist, S
St. FranLcisyille, La.
Js preparetCl to do all wolrk iýn htls linetl
t)tice. t rcsidtlIce. oft
AmI
Chas. Weydert, 111
I o Sara, 14 11101
by
JULACI.ýn:llT
AL I) `,
Lock & Qunsernith. cn
BOILEIRS AND GIN S'lAND.S RE- tfi
PAlrING A SPECIALTY. of
All work that rellnlins in any shop over
0 AY, will be sold to iny cost. 67
JOSEPH STERN
-Dealer i
GENERAL MERCH1ANDIE,
LIVERY STABLE 1; CONNECTION
w rTu S'fO E.
Supply of Hot te and 1 3Liros for Sale.
MATI .FACTION
C4UA LANT iEED.
JOSEPII STERN,
EI ot of Hill,
A,T GASTRELL,
hardware, StovEs, Wagon A
and Carriage Woodwork ti
HOUSE FC1RNISIUNG GOODS, a'
Rope, Woods' 1Mowing Ma
.chines, Hay IRakHes, Sash
Blinds, J)oor-s, Etc. A
Westral Manufacturing and
LUniber Co., Limited. .
MANUFACTURERS OF
Sash,Doors&Binifds
All kinds of Storo and Oftico Fi'ttinogs,
ROUGH AND DRESSEL LUMBER. I
Office and Factory: Cor. Howard Avenue
aod Dryndes Mt., Iletid. f ew Basin.
R.11!. HACKNE~ PJres. anld .G~op'l. MIgr., I
NEW ORkLEANS, LA.
-0-5, 1-a.
Chamberlain's Eye dsnd.8kin Ointment.
Is onequalled for czenma, Tetter, Salt- *
Ilheum,, Scald ilcad, Sore NippleP, Clapiet 1
Hand~, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites I
Chronic Sore Eves toid G ranflated Eye Lid.
For sale by drlggist· at 25 cents per box.
STO IBosE o0WN ~.s.
For putttii a horse in a flne healthy con
.dition try D)r. Cady's Condition Powders.
'They tone u01 thme system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite. realwee constipation, correct
kidney ti1d.lnli'o5 anmd mnestrov worms, giving
'hew life to ani old or over-worked horse. 25
M pler package. For sale by druggists.
wE HAVE NO AEENTS
1but ship from ouFrfactory as
wh~til ~ ole-alo prices. :8hip anoy
where for exminattion, pay
'4' frugh tt ways If not satsA
S fat'ry. 1'i pnyle. of
..f Cairlijg(.. Westylesof
Itargecsq.' FModx It.
,··E· $35; , W33. i. . P~rse, h y, E1Uort, l4.
ASK the recovered
dyspeptics, bilious suf
S ferers, victims of fever
and ague, the mercurial
diseased patient, how
they recovered health,
cheerful spirits and good
appetite; they will tell
a g * you by taking SIMMO S
LivgE REGULATOR.
The Cheapest, Purest and Best Family
Medicine in the World!
For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice,
Bilious attacks, SiCK HEADACHE Colic, Depresa
sion of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH;,jieartburn, etc.
This unrivaled remedy is warranted not to contain
a single particle of MERCURY, or any mineral substance,
but is
PURELY VEGETABLE,
containing those Southern Roots and Herbs which an
all-wise Providence has placed in countries where
L.iver Diseases most prevail. It 1yill oure all I
Diseases caused by Derangement of the
Liver and Bowels.
The SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a bitter
or bad taste in the mouth; Pain in the Back, Sides or
Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism;: Sour
Stomach; Loss of Appetite; Bowels alternately
costive and lax ; Headache; Loss of Memory, with a
painful sensation of having failed to do something
which aught to have been done; Debility; Low
Spirits; a thick, yellow appearance of the Skin and
Eyes; a dry Cough, often mistaken for Consumption.
Sometimes many of these symptoms attend the
disease, at others very few; but the LIVEa, the largest
organ in the body, is generally the seat of the disease,
and if not Re ulated in time, great suffering, wretch
edness and DEATH will ensue.
'The following highly-esteemed persons attest to the
virtues of Simoss Liven REGULATOR: Gen. \V. S.
Holt, Pres. Ga. S. W. R. R. Co.; Rev. J. R. Felder,
Perry, Ga.; Col. E. K. Sparks, Albany, Ga.; C. Master
ion, Esq.,Sheriff Bibb Co.,Ga.; J. A. Butts, Bainbridge,
Ga.; Rev. J. W. Burke, Macon, Ga.; Virgil Powers,
Supt. Ga. S. W. R. R.; Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
We have tested its virtues personally, and know
.that for Dyspepsia. Biliousness and Throbbing Head
ache, it is the best medicine the i:orld ever saw. We
have tried forty other remedies before Simmons Liver
Regulator, and none of -them gave us more than tem
porary relief; the Regulator not only relieved, but cured
us."-Eu. TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, MACON, GA.
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WA. Monro N. Y., Oct. . 1. .
I Acmc Cycle Co., Elkhartnd.
LEAR SIRS:-T'le wheel arrived ys s
terdamy, and I havte ridden :it about40 wiles it
aud it has given perfect satisfaction so far
and I think it will contiune to do so. 0
Yours truly, I
F. C. NOIRTiIRUP.
C<1
Denton, Ky., Oct. 14, '95. c
Acme Cycle Co., Elkhart, Ind. t
- DEAR SIRS :-I have this d'Iy received
your Acme Road Racer and am grieatly t
pleased with your wheel. Several huge
sean the wheel and propounce it t beauty,
ýýand not it word havelI heard against it.
Your friend,
G. LEMON.
S P. S. I uin willing to compare it vith
any wheel in this country.
Fla. Baptist Wit- J1. C. Porter, Pll.
no ness, Ocala, Fla., f 7 C. S. Farriss, Editor.
DeLand, -Fla., Oct. 19, '95.
r., Acme Cycle Co., Elklhat, bid.
DEAR Sirns :-t1'he cycle canro 0. K.
and to say that I am, actor a good( trial of
- it, dqligitetl, does not more than half ex
press it. Surely it is a beauty. I select
a ed tlme ladies' wheel for my wife and mny
It- self bitt desire i 24 pound Roadster for
et my own persional use. Please send Road
es sters C. 0. 1. at.once.
d. oura truly,
C..5. FARRISS.
I J. Gt Diem
ire. St. FRANCISYILLE, JLa.,
ect PRACTICAL
STin Smith, Copper &
Sheet Iron . WorkerX a
-TIN OUTTERING
AND ROOF.ING.
of SPEC IAL.TY5
Ct ll Work
ASDilRI llif (ta .
at.d laOt 1,'~
The Now Hog.
As compre wn~(I~ithI ye'~ s a1go, we
have 11 new hog;. lie is inew iii Ili.
mak;ik&'ti p, lives last a ad~ dlies early
al
for prof."it, ;1utl hen~ice is handled~l~
ha' threnIu t, Ii131 lit (s1(1 t I e. '111 Ii'
(l10iiiiil' 0:3 him ll n3'w I~ also. Ili. ii
stead( ot a. year :;iid 1a halt o(i, lie"
U
ultIst iu;It rie il s-vcrtt (or el lit t
i says I :11a;t now t he g~e(L iw I veight of 1;
tlihe ho of comnzerce, is 175 or' 200. 1
p)oundsil, iniste:ald of 30( or' 350, as
flrormely- 't'his writer says that
hogs of 3010 poi~iids of (1ead w~eighit. .T
UnlhlI iipilill c001uld ;1(1 ltly 1be pro - :
0 110(l wit hon h t Il hir n Wiill 1010(1
Orel'- 't'hitooIk allk Ilie gIdiing oft
thei gi ige bih-eIl1, b1ill ss prices weie
)lIhltOfii lv Iii g Ii. -13(II, hogs weig.'
itg 175 to 201) call be lriongi I to
siliaILle niitultiyi ill thlie 0:033350 (of I
feedirog unprolitablce. TlC e, w',ll.lti
i theC yoiiui pigs lie sod1111, o, t here
is o(ily thie ihreediiig sow, or pos.
sibly two (If 1i hea, to lee:) over
'iliter', and( she or they (:111 roam
the b liilipi'd, Jpi (dii i up ,va '0t
grain , woiki iig (3vet 11hiltalil'Q, :1;(
t ithinig (:0313tot t. bcside(" at :5tlma
s: a~ct,- -J3c'aime,'' 1?Cer~itw.
Chabiutrlaill's Cough Ieme('3y cures
colds, cro0u1 alnd WI0oo0flºg cough It. is
papac;lnfllt saf it relably. For s' a I yI &
SI1.. P. KiIlit rni:e, id~ ýit
I haUve gevieiatly f,)Itii tuat. the
Iweut or fI ( e ol(l, the 'vet Weilt let" id
car tike dry. the i.idytly or tihe cloudy S,1
(lay4, uf'eteeýi l ll e very little it I Ihr
WenI t caiiily oil 8 11(4 dIal O11 thOt teSt
of it. Onie's Wot k hhliultl oceup3y a
one's tlioulght' ntuil l8i 1111 SI) fully= w,
that onle has ii'o limiie to he troub- al
14 liotb t suirioundiings of at.
fani so vigoirously that 31ou lint, Your- d1i
;pelf i ito a heat by t.1.1e exert iou. '
-Nevei filla* 'ltelIllek of your jijij i's bl
ineck it you are sittin~g 1ehlind her.
Fali with ai geiitle; stendy' itoot toil,
$0 tli;at w:Ive's of ilia' 14trik( your
Owni fIae, hmt niot, d0 that 3'.ml sM i $ 1
ic~y SHliicee·s Jo~u 'our n eighbot's SY1
S17
sj!l ire. i
Onia velry Nullitt (lily aliniig is A
gaiinedl by cliiking a great, (Leal of i
ice-wftci. '(.'Io uiore 01ie lri uks, t
.thlte 0oe thirsty oni grow1s. A lit
t°1e tvater held in, the IliUtth a U
guolijent, ail alll wvei1 to 'trickl~e glo,
ly (13 Wi l:t.lhc throat, will ret I~lieveo(
thiist rior 1111 elect l11 thain a gob
let full hastily tolssol oftf ..
TThe questionl coniiies ill) eCver
sitnulels , how shall we keep our1
hoiiies cool .d wiru.g lite saltiy p;ºit
of the (day Shllt we uicise them
ainhd sh ut out the heat, or Simiipl~y
dairkeni -thieu anid aullow the air to
colii in ! Mry way -hns h.cb i to
1 ol~p~ii evr Nv-iiulow, ~ot 11 litt tie
top1 and at t he hot toli, early in, the
mlorninlg, Iltootlinig tIaie louse .withi
I he' sweet cool air. 'i'hen, about
teln o'clock, or earlier, close the win
1 (dow's, WtoIxt't foi a few inichet s at
the b1ottom0, ciih *tdfsteiin thlifttCI's
-and~ blinds so that they wilh ilo!. thy'
openi. J)Dirkeil cvery' room whichi
301 are not, using until lie sin goesh
(loowi. 13ut (10 inot sit to ircad, sel',
or practice il .tIC (Iatik. Your eyes
t need ilenty of light. \1'he1.i 3Soil
Ir go into the d:irkciuedll onILs, (10 so
to rest;, tot to work.-Iia)pC1 '
round Table.
1lrs. R.holdic Noah of this p.c c, c as
taken in the night with crampilng pains
and the next day diarrhoea siet in. She.
took half a bottle of black berry cordial
but got no relief. She then sent to me to
see if I had anything that would help her.
I sent her a bottle of ChamInberlail's Colic,
Cholera and D)iarrlioea Remedy and the
ffrst dose relieved her. Another of our
neighbors hind been sick for about a week
and had tried different .remnedies for di
arrhoea but jliept getting wors.i. I sent
him the sante renmedy. O1ly four doses of
it were required to citrobiri. He siys he
owes his recovery to this wonderful rem
edy.-Mrs. Mary Sibley, Sidney Mich.
For sale by I,. P. Kilbourne, Druggist.
1 rigli A.11114.0,A
WEST FELICIANA.
The parish now known as West Felici
ana wius until FebUutry 17tly, 1824, caile!)
Feliciaua 1'Parish, meaning '"Happy Land."
It embraced all of east East Feliciano hav
ing for its capital, Clinton. After the di
vision the western half took for its capital
Bayou Sara. The bouu4lury between the
two parishes is Thonmpson's Crook.
West Felicidna contains 374 sq. Ini. f
laud1, and is bomIsded onl. the north by
Wilkjnson Co. Miss. and Concordia parish,
east by East Feliciana, and sowtlh and
west by Pointo Conpee.
Judge Chin wy. parish judge when the
,parish was ddivipd. Percy, How, Stirling
and Wiubush wcro alnmong the first set.tlexs
of the parish. Percy arriving as early as
A. D. 1802. The Stirling houme near
\Wakefibld, way built by contract by a
saw-mill man in the fifth ward. TheItluo
her was sawed by water power on maiddle
prong of Thompson's Croeek. The TurInbull
house was also built by contract, the lum
her being sawed by luaidil power.
One of the most important features of
the parish is the rail road from Woodlville
to St. Francisville. It wits coiuluenccl in
185 iud COmplet(ed illn 10. It i now
wtned l y the I. C. RI, !. Co.
The parish in the most paitS is extreme
ly [cytile and well watermed by Bayon Sara
and TImhonipson's Creeks. ''The sanitary
co1ndition of the p;risui will co wpa;e favor
ably with any prishi in the State.
Tq sany mthtiuing of tile morals it is one of
the most desirable pllac3 in the State.
7i3AWIOU -ARA.
Stittinig isa the county north of West
IFeliciana, a {little creek flowed south
a 'ong the Felieinpa hills; the 1-lls and
IIranches jOi.Qd it along the way till larg
CL and dceper they flowed Ipd nmet the
Mississippi.
Upon the point that jutsont tupu. the mtai
bayou and Mississippi river, all old color- TI
Sad wotuau lived, it is said iby the naume of was
Sara, and the kbayotu l canme lhown as fair
Bayou Sara. this
On the east of this stream, reaching fromi we
the river ,o the hills of St. Francjsvilk, is stAL
a low level tract of lanag, l3n here a town cOn
was built, it took itas iatso trul, the bayou has
and became the town of Bayou iSara.
The town is admlirably situated for comn- org
ina rc, the 4ivver jforns one of its broadest 'h1a
sectiou5 ilu front of teo town, and in the 6, 1
days wleen yestcrn produce writs bl.ought Cog
down on tflat-boats, Bayou Sara was a fa- Fri
vorite harbor, the whole saifauqo of the the
bayou souae.Oistagce tfrom its mouth Was, Mr
covered with the boats; there they staid Th
in the shelteyed nook waiting the props (
market timuc. Co
On the street tlatiran along the side of 0CC
the bayou.nveremany largebusiness Iousces. sOC
Some of the early na'ues are those of Max- CO0
well & THudson who owned a large wa;e- Co
house at the maonth.ot bayou, burnt iu 1831, t
Af'toerlwag this stan'l was occupied by en'
t Hioilces & Clauss, who carried on the same 1
business. Other business houss werl:o . tb
SI'. ullnghy, clothier; K. Cuolboa, dry goods, to
1832. A large twa-story building was oc- pe
cupied by IDobb's grocery and Korchivais' th
apothecary inm the lower sto.ry,, while up 1,
C stairs was Loverett's Union Wntel. 1;
Another lygo warehouse was that 4f Stir- Oa
;li1g & Lobdell. nn
There were several banks, the Atcha:fa- ht
lJaya Bank about 1840, Carroltomn Railroad Pi
r Bana, also the Ciuna1 lRank started at E4..
t yranlcistilte 1832and nan od to Blay,9n Sara, J.
n mto i Stc iilding built foir that purpose. 1
Y The old .qil :oiid that crossed the bayou a i
acnar its maaonth was.commeinacetl oboaut 18.35 nll
but was not comnleoted until the forties. N
o After several bridges wore washed away
Ie by freshets that canel down -tVe bayou the a
ICe course was abandoned and the track 1aid .l
:11 in its preseutp li;o crossing tho towi at
the "'f)ot of hill." 3
In the year 1832 a clolera and yellow
u- fýer.epidempic vi.it.ed thietown. I4.proved 1
itt very ltial, nd again in 1853 yellow fever c
rs took away Isvauyof.its inhabita ts.
311 you aSa:'a was a gtasrt shipping ptaint }
; Iand innluseo quanttiies of cotton were
Ibr)ought from all parts of the parish. I
" !any and beautifull were the stealm boatn
t> that lauded there audtoOk. o .n t;1e staple,
C:' of the couth.
on In the years thai.tlhave.pastied it has been
thie scene of tlhrilliun,river accidents. 1in
1812 the large steanmer Fancy blirued at a
1' S oiat about one mile from Bayou Sara, ind
itis from this thmat Fanucy Point derives
it.s namc. In the years 143,'P48, 'aQ, the
as Clipper, Woodsman and Echo.explotlegl.
ins One of BIayou `amt's most terrible vicii
he1. itoules was that of J1ue 15, 1835 whru
i:l every business house and over 50 residences
to werediestroycdby fire. Eyeshehad timoto
icr. rally, ilames again restroyed htr asud this
lie, by the U. S. Navy il 1863. Since then
the Bayou Sara baus lRaa sevoralu destructive
our0 ireA, the last occurring on March 16, 1895,
cek which consumed saluost the entire busi
di- ness portiql oftmeth pwp.
sent Situated on Sun StrSet ie the Mothodist
s of Church bniltjio .1845, where many of the
s he chiildroP of 15ayoP 84m lave attomded
em- Sunday School, and few indeed are trosbe
ich. who have not liateied in ite.awide galleries
to the eloqueuea of.its pulpit ogtors at
ainny a confrenct. yiv '
The West Feliciaiig F APPCintion 1low
was organlized Lane 22, 1887. The annual
fairs were laiPg3l attttetled by peopleo tirol lint
this and our sister panrti·. 'Te elxhibits new
were very caid, particunlarly tl oe of fine are
a o ik.iL The repci~ted overflovs have i tics
courage the peopleo in tils vislh the Fair bu
has beeni given up.
T'Flie Bayou Sarai CIyss i .ComIpany was
organlizedI and obtainetl a perpetual wo'
"Mhairter uuder thelaws of thle o to, Apcil
6, 18S7. Thle capital stock is $50joQ0. The T
Comiipress s i situated oQ CIlonuncree strt'O iit. i
FroI) the tei ie of its ,orgaujzation upt to St.
the latter part of- 149 when ie .reigned, rive
Mr. Morris Wolf wlst residten. Ju'.lge Poi
Thomas Butler now tills thst office. rigi
SOn Sunday evening, Marcl& 8, 1890, the in d
Compress was destroyeld by fire, and this ti:
f occLrrence waeB. great public calamity. As to
soon as possible tLe woirk of'ebuildinig wasci
coniulenittl antil at the present titpe the
Compreoss bids fair to rise frout its ruinsl a;r
ioblo ionoumeut of the persevoyaueC pndud No
. energy of its people. '
Until the boginning of the yoear 1836, cis
the Knights of Pythias held their meetings 101
in Iu Bayou 3arna. The I. 0. II. B., Ide
P endentt Orlder of B're B'rith lano ;eld th<
' their uedtings ill Bayou Sara. ,Since Jan. Sp
p 1, 18t, they meet at Kniglhts of Pythians'
Hiall in St. Francisville. 1. 0. 0. F., the to
r- Odd Fellows Lodge, No.50, was instjtuted
on thoe 7th of April, 1881, Meetings are e
a. held in tleo :lyge t,+ý story building on St
d Principal St. The preyeut ofiicors u e: Sl1
.t . M. Leake, N. G. ; Geo. Baier, V. G.; tit
., J. Gi. Pictttinger, Sc. ; W. II. Tenney. in
Trea rex-; J. 1P. InlutyyinsQn, Ctaplainu; ,
Morris Burgas Sittiing P. G..; J. S. Sweet- of
5 loanI. It S. to N. G. ; A. Villeret, ,. 8. to of
N. G.; ''. W. Town, R. S. to V. (. ; Joe
ap Vacaro, L,. . to V. Q.; It. 6. .unpplioer
he and L. 4S. Supporter, cvacaut. Outer (lar- m
( tliUa, appointe:l. Chas. \ecydert, Insdlett
at Guardian; IR. Yonkers, Warden; J. R. .I
Matthews, Condiotorayd Iyjktriet l)e plty. ,t
lw Bayou Sara is nO itlcbrltiOrated town. to
ad The following are the names of the oAl
ver cers, 11
J. F. Irvine, Mayor; Ovile Lejouno, A. s
ilt Villeret, J. 1". Irvine, Jr., Felix Corcoran I
ere and Then. Meyer, Counciletei ; W. 11. Ten
sh. ney, Seeo. nand T'rea. J. 'T. Vantronip, I
als Constable and CollecLtor,
ple J. 1. . jrvlio Lag been Mayor for the padt
fifteen years eccclit fpr an interval of tw'o
sen yoats in wliieii Dr.F.M.. Miiimiford coUsetIt
In ,ol:tl9 serve as Mayor.
ta Pilank 'sitewalks and street *;ltups .gere
and Girst used about 1885.
vces ' s'le Post oifce juist atl tle close of the
the war was located at.tio '"foot of tbe hill,"
i1. iuol called St. Fratcinville. A lew sca:trs
deiA- :lIter the piauue was changed to Bayou Sa
h eu ,ra aipt the iP'ost queIe located near the
Ices river.
leto On the 16th day ofO.Qetobcr 189503, the
this uamo of the Post Oflice ;;gain changed to
theu St. Fran'-isville and a few poilths .later a
ive Post Office wip establishe1 in Bayou Srn..
1s9i, We now have.p post Ofico in both tw as,
jusi. St. Fraiiitvle j,is a prOuidenti l i rd
cliss, and Ba1ysi Sara .s a fonrt} clas .pf
idist Ilee.. F.. Iunipford, P. M.,of St. Fr l
the cievillo hwas bee Post Master bplt tt .op
ided years. J. F. Irvine is P. M. of Bayou;ara
hrose and wit appoinlted about Nov. 1895.
arieO Bayou Sara is protected by a private or
s at coipcratlou lekee, but has leen inupdated
4·.'4,
J! veralPllues. Tjto MosUt ,d'KastiOUe U\'lIrs
flows occurted in 1890 ntd iti 92.
vemr sfiue t(l)e jawt fire, t ie River Front
has bJoeW cmupletely &ebhu It and stands
now apd ifrshl. Irs auau y lnsuligess 1hons4t
are t.hri'kijg.gfid il Lute large and attrace .
tive.
By tiroe nudy, flod has she been tried
,but with nilrde 4ioroinm has: risen each
titue ffoin <lipitatr ind guilOe bravely tq
woylf.
WSr. F ANCISVfrLLE.
Tl'here isa legenid which tellis us St. Fttia
cisvii , wis first settled tand named by the
St. Xavier frytlkers, w}o lived across the
river near the old St. Francis Cltnl~elr iin
Pointe Conpee. It was prohibit6d by the
rigi¶d laws of their 9rder ,tp bury the dead
in vo.vitn:ativos, so wvhenteer t1ey had.
this siad duty to Icrforml they crossed over
to our hills, which they nawuoed St. Eran :
eisville ofter their church.
It has beeni said that the town thea
;fronted the river, and the batturo ways `
New Valentin.
''The first record in history of St. F;Er
cisville is that in 1ý1O toe iunabitants re
Volted agains t $11(s5 alt(hority. TWiO
province, illn Wst Florida, was claimed by
the United States, but still occupied by
' Spain, whilh ati this tliue was engaged it
war with Iapuluou, abuf could not attend
u to the ikt4ecst of LoniuiisIs.
S A forge, under Capt. Tlomus, a groatant
Scestor of hire. Wa to Loake, collected ila
' St ranucisvillo, attacced apd captured the=
SlpanshS qtfy lt at 1tlln RIouge, itld ldeclare4
; theeuluelves ityjenudent of Spain. Oil askT
y ing to he auuonxed to the United States,
i Presideif t ladison replied that the Dlistrlit
Sof Florid' tlready bolonged by tu toreaty
to of 1803 to tbhe United States, and twined a
e part of tito Orleans territory.
De, c. 7, 1S10, he sent Gov. Claiborne with
r- militia to St. Francievilo, whi took pos
rlo session in the iname of the Uniton States.'Y
..1 The people )soon forgot about their clanit.r
'*y to beinig a state, and clhleerfully submitted
"' to authorilty.
'The Florida Province was divided intq
Ihe parioshesofFeliciala, East latonRounge,
St. IHolena. St. TanIU'!'ny, Wyshington, "
an Ljvingstonurt, a4 fangipoth a.
;l- Air. Julon if. Jpohllsonl once o}vlCt alt St.
'P, Francimi-lle. Ils son, Ile.ic, was Gov. ofa
the Statk from 181k6-0Q.
Iat ra.erly records of the town having=
at been destroyeod, tile first date of inucorpora-s
1- tion we have was il 1873, uinder radicali
rule, so as to eitgral ,a ,river frontage of,
S1r 11111mils, ,12 ) les of pnldioroad, 1iwentyr
* five 1pltatatitos, tell tbousiand acres of
th1)
thit saulpland, inahlabout tSentlytive thouts
'and supericial acres ,of land.
ars St. FranlcisviW' way justly boast of one
S- of the oldest and niost beantifll churches
thle and Cea teries in fie State. GraeoChurch`
was fountledt iuJ 1827, aRnd the Rev. WV. R.
the Bowman. was the first pastor, who faith
to fully tiinistered to his congregaltion until
or a his death, which occured eight years at
Jrs. ter. His son, dir. Jan,. Bowman and his
"' daughter, lMrs. 1'itPo Muttrlewp, are stilt
ir Prodoincnt residents of our parish
9 'iThe origiual church, a plaiu, y ik
l- blildiu;, having hcwneo stomPt it loailailep
t ell
a dated, the congreogation dect4d to buil
one better fitted in its atchitecturte for th
suilifle pur pose to whiicb t is conseerated:.
to or ",ec d ae
utýed .c.i.. onnA-t. Secondi .
S. McC. L HIAgogu, I'res't. A. 'I'iv'rsII, Ys kc -k'ros't. J. I
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