The Morehouse clarion. [volume], February 13, 1880, Image 4

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Little Duties.
A letter-eerier, .it* oue of oor
largercmçs, *» '&'&<• inooths '"âgé
foatid on reaching ths post-office,
after a iarge ;rouacl of delivery, a
lei 1er io, his bag that he had over
looked.;^ It woaid have taken
him h»lf an-hoar to return and
deliver it. He was very tired
and hungry. Tho'letter was an
ordinary? n>i ; îu port i tit-looking
uiiasivèg He thrust it into his
pocket and delivered it on his
first round next day.
*'• What consequences followed?
for want of that letter a great
tirin bad failed to^meet their en
gagements; their notes had gone
to protest, a mill closed, and
hundreds of poor workmen were
thrown out offemployment.
The letter-carrier himself was
discharged for his oversight and
neglect. His family suffered
during the winter for mauy of
the necessaries of life, but his
loss was of small account com
pared to the enormous emount
of misery caused by his single
fnilure.iti duty, i
Auother case: A mechanic
who ha d been out of work à long
time in New York went last Sep-1
tember to collect a small sum.
The gentlemau who owed it, be
ing annoyed at some trifle, irri
tably refused the money. The
man went to his wretched home,
maddened by the eight of his
hungry Wife and children,] went
out toihé back-yard and hanged
himself. :
The next day an old- employer
sent to offei him permanent
situation. Hera was a life lost
aud a family left paupers be-1
cause a bill of a dollar or two
was not paid at the right time.
The old Spanish proverb says,
''There is such a thing^as a trifle
in the world," When we think
how inextricably the lives of a I
mankind are tangled together, it
seems as if every word or action
moved a lever which S €t in mo
tion a gigantic machinery, whose
effect is wholly beyond our con
trol. For this reason, if for no
other, let us be careful to per
form promptly and well the
duties of life—even the most
trivial.
Batheb Cool —The most emi
nent liars of Beno collected a
few days ago, and the result is
below: Beck said he had seen
it so cold in the State of Ohio that
it froze babies in the cradle.
Toai Hymers - said he had seen
it. in Thomas' Canon freeze the
mercury,* aad said you could not
go within sis feet of a spirit
thermometer without running it
up five or six degrees with the
heat of the body, eo he couldn't
tell how cold it was. Ben Bacon
said a cold soap <jame along
when ha lived" at Green Bà> and
froze the waves stendiug right
upon end and the air full of
spray; and Finley Cook said it
was so cold the winter he lived
in Minnesota that when he threw '
a b&siti of water oat of - ^he door]
it turned into little balls of we
before it Strock the'gronnd. I
A Polite Man.
Hon. John M.
lately lying dangerously ill in
the Broadhead mansion at South
Market, N. H. seems to have re
tained his sense of' humor in the
very presence of the grim mes
senger of death. "One day,"
says the South Market Adver
Broadhead,
tiser, "when he was very low,
and Dr. Yarney had announced
that he would not live.more than
forfcy-eight liours, he 5 apologized
to his brother-in-law. Mr. Pike,
to whom he is on a visit, saying :
'Excuse me for being so im po
lite as to leave my corpse in
your hoase, for I promise not to
repeat the oflense;' and softly j
added, fa grave joke,' " J
I
Sight or time drafts on New Or
leans oy elsewhere cashed by J. S. 1
Handy ai a Imall'discotinti 7
Independence ?
USELESS GRANT.
The Council Bluff Bugle gets
*6ff the following:
Whät is the chief end of the
Republican party?
Qrant.
Who is the father of the
publicau party ?
Grant;
Who first discovered that
world was round?
Grant.
Who died on a thousand
tie-fields during the e vil war?
Grunt.
Who fouud Moses iu the
rushes ?
Grant.
Who was the first man ?
Grant.
Who first sailed around
whisky ring?
Grant.
Who wrote the declaration of
Ile
»
the
bat
bull
the
Grant
Who was the first tannei?
Grant.
Who discovered the Quakers ?
Grant.
Who in the h— 1 is Grant?
Grant !
At Montravail, iu Frauce, in
the courtyard of an old feudal
residence stands the famous
I "Montravail Oak" a tree more
thau two thousand yenrs old. In
order to ascertain its age, M.
d Orbigny,a distinguished French
naturalist, cut a piece out of its
entire thickness and boiled it in
°i'> aQ infallible means of briug
i Q g to light the separate layers
produced each year. The result
showed that >he tree was two
thousand and some hundred
years old. This oak is hollo
and its interior is furnished with
stone benches, on which a dozen
persons can comfortably sit
round a table in the center. The
light of heaven shines into this
sylvan apartment through
doorway and two windows
roughed out origtually by the
canker of decay and subse
quontly shaped and finished by
the hand of art.
We canuot too often repeat
the assertion that slang is odious
in the mouths of young people.
Don't talk of it. Never say you
have been "dished," when you
mean you have been disap
pointed. Never say you have
been sold when yon haye been
cheated. Never say a thing is
"too thin ,L or "thatVthe worst I
ever heard," or "tell that to the
mar ' nes * Never say awful for
ver J'> an< ^ try never to exagger
a te. Never slam the door, never
p o8e }'°ur temper, never say "no
wheQ a 8 ood looking man pro
P 0808 ' aùd under uo circum
8tancea "turn up your nose" at
hiua ' ' Be calm whatever bap
P ens » au d whether it is leap
U ear or Dofc J° ur chances for a
matrimonial alliance are to say
of it, good. [Vicksburg
Herald.
'
Wtat , alü fogy , was |t who
8ai<i| „ You mate a 8i , t
I pnrse ont of a so.'s ear?" And
the
j
remark passets current for
wisdom even unto this day. And
J yet tirera is nothing in it. Of
course you can't make such an
article of such material. You
don't want to try. It would be
too expensive. He might as
well have said, "You can't make
a black beaver overcoat of a
piece of white satin." If we
should say to a man, "You can't
make a solid gold-case stem-win
der watch of a ping of navy to
I baceo," nobody would think it
was wise. People would only
say it was a paiuful effort to be
smart. It didn't take much to
impress people io those older
days [Burlington Hawkeye.
j 1 =»
J The perfection of conversation
I is not to play a regular sonata,
but, like the JEolian harp, to
1 await the inspiration of the pass
ing breeze:.
A CARD.
It has been reported that a num
ber of persons have been in the
ha I > it of leaving here- and visiting
Monroe to buy their ,casJti
thinking that they qould get better
prices for cotton and buy goods
cheaper. To all such I would say
that if they will bring me their cot
ton I will pay Monroe prices in
cash for same and will duplicate
Monroe bills iu anything l iuy need.
I will do much better in some lines.
Try it. J. S. Handy.
No man ever lived a right Jifa
who had not been chastened by
a woman's love, strengthened by
her courage and guided by her
disereliou.
A fine and honorable old age
is the childhood of immortality.
Sherman wants to b;» the great
railroad center north Texas.
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U. S. MARSHAL'S SALE.
Timothy Ii. Edgar vs. Miss. Valley Nav
igation Company of the South aud
West. No. d.585.
Iu the United States Circuit Court for
the fifth Circuit aiul District of Lou
isiana.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, to
rue directed in the above entitled suit,
I will proceed to sell to the highest bid
der on
SATURDAY, the 6th day of March, I860
at 12 o'clock m , at the main or trance to
the court house, in the town of Bastrop,
parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana,
tho following described property, viz:
In township twemy-two, (~i2) north
rangt- seven (7) east in land District
uonii of h'ed Ri ver. The north half of
southwest quarter, section (0) six, also
in township tvventy-two (ti'2), rortii
range six (li) east, in same d,s riet Kot
eight (8) and the east half of >outtieast
quarter of section oue ( 1 ). Also lots 2,
', and 8, and the south-west quarter of
the northeast quarter and the west li.-'lf
of the southeast quarter aud the south
west quarter of section twolvu(l-') Also
the southeast qujirter of section eleven
(11.) Also the north half of the north
west quarter, and the southeast quarter
of the northwest quarter of secti >u thir
teen (13). Also the southeast quarter Of
the northeast quarter aud the northeast
quarter of the southeast quarter, aiid the
south half of the southeast quarter of
section fourteen (14). Also lots r> and
10 aud the east half of the southeast
quarter and the southeast quarter of I he
northeast quarter of seetiou twenty-oue,
(21.) Also the southwest quarter aud
the west half ot the southeast quarter of
section tweut.v-two* (22.) Also the west
half of the southwest quarter and the
southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of section twenty-six (-2«>) Also
the northwest quaiterand the west half
of the liortheHut quarter and the south
east quarter of the northeast qua tier
and the north half "f the southeast quar
ter aud the southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter and the east half of
the southwest quarter and the southwest
quarter of the southwest qnartor of sec
tion twenty-seven ( - -i7). Also lot one
and the south half of the northwest
qua I ter and the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter aud the north half of
the northeast qnartor ami the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of sec
tion twenty-eight (28). also the uorth
east quarter of the 1 northeast quarter of
section thirty -three (33). Also the north
west quarter of the northwest quarter of
section thirty-four (34) in all 24il (j9-lUÜ
acres.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-s-oasn on the spot.
United States Marshal's Qffiee, New Or
leans 20th day of Januar v, t c-0.
JACK WHARTON,
United States Marshal.
Established in 1852.
MICHEL LEVY,
FALLS INTO THE LINE OF BATTLE
Fortified and armed with a huge stock
of Fall and winter
DRY GOODS. i
" *■
Enough for everybody, ail to be sold
j ust above eost.
Ile means business in the strictest sense,
af the word. No humbug. Trial sollen
ited. •
Lehman Bros.,
New York.
Lehman, Durr & Co.,
Montgomery, Ala
L0I1111 an, Abraham & Co,
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
Commission Merchants,
Cor. Gravier & Baronne Sts.,
E. Lehman,
M. Lehman
H. Abraham
am >
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
W. A. PEALE,
COTTON FACTOR
AND—
Commission Merchant
No. 52 Union St.,
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana.
John Chaffo & Sous,
Ootton Factors.
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchaïits,
NO. 52 UNION STREET,
SEW ORLEANS.
the
in
B. Silfeeraagel, Sr.,
-DEALER IN
And General Merchandise,
Bastrop, Louisiana.
We have now in store the largest an 1
mo?t comp'ete assortment of general mer
chandise ever brought to this market.
Gentlemen?'and Boys' Wear,
Lauies and Children's Dress Goods,
Sheetings, 1 »aniestics.
Kersevs, Flannels, Drillings,
Blankets, Tickings, Jeans,
Boo's, Shoes, Hats,
Hardware, Wood an J
Willow Ware, Etc
Returning thanks for the past liberal
jinteoaage received from the people of
Morehouse, we hope to merit and solicit
a continuance of the suttie.
THE SIIsTO -EH
m
8owiïi £r Machine
Acknowledged to he the THE BE8T
NOW SOLI'. Be war» of worthless imi
tation machines.
2VZ^. IT. «T. iFOÄnaS,
i«» sellin;» this celebrated "inachino in
Morih«use parish, witU hetdquaiters at
Bastrop. Pi-i xiiiS desiring the genuin»*
machine should call 011 him. Machines
fcold on the installment plan.
Daniel Neuwirtli?
Bastrop, Louisiana,
BAKER an» CONFECTIONER
AND EKALJ-.R IN
Family & Fancy Groceries,
Consisting in part of
Bacon, Lard, Sugar,
Coffee, Flour, Teas,
Rice. Cheese, Butter,
Or-inges, App'es, Raisins,
Preserve», Jollies. Spices
Sauces, A'monds, Pt-cai'-»,
Butt-rNuts, W ilrnts,
Ojsters. Lobsters .Salmon,
Sardine», Canned Fruits,
Stick and Füiiey CanJ,
Fresh bread and cakes always on
hand. Call and see me. I shall *n
deavorto make mv -iriies suit the times
nov22 DAN'L NEHWIRTH
Regular lîayon flarthol
oissew Packet.
Will leavo'New Orleans i-vety ten days
throughout, the "ea-ion for Lind Grove,
Pl.sntoravihe, Poiif PW-<ant, and all
way landings oa Bayou Bartholomew,
the fast, linn And Al passe :;;^er steamer
Ä"M, FMÄK."
[R'iilt expressly for the trade. 1
G US HODGE, Master.
L. P. DELABOL.SSAYE,. Clerk
The Steamer y.irçiui" will enter
tbo bayou on the fiist r> r\:id will con
tinue her trips, *hroij'?!;"Ut the season.
'Ihankful for the liberal i><nronage ex
tended to the old bo.it, Mi - "'ilastrop,"
tuo oh tiers of 1,116 .•>>' ''"ftr •' Vvm. Pagan"
would respectfully soi'ci. r --r the new
beat a- continnauco of Ihe sr'no.
DKESSjIA& IXG I
Miss GARBIE W HITE and
Mrs. M A. B TNFÎÎEY,
Having formed x cc-paifr?' ship are now
prepaied to Cut. Fit, and maVe dresses
111 the best style and on shortest notice.
Aie also prepared to do «wtuping, aiid
bave a üne ;iS4oritnt3>tt of fmcv- goods—
all at cheape#t possible rates.
CO¥E AND SEE,
v . M , r " ^ A -JWRTTR i, offering his best
br!c>c for TEN DOLLARS FER THOU
-SAND Now is the bast time to repair
your side-walks aud under pin your
houses. Call a®d examine the hrick.
A. CURTI». ' :
WANTED TO KNOW !
fARE THE BRICK WELLS,
Made by A, Curtis
fcWhat they are Represented tobe f
We, the undersigned, who have had
wells made by Mr. Curtis are satisfied
they are the best wells now in use, if
bricked with good brick and inortar.
They are everlasting wells, cutting oft'
all seap water, and if we wanted a per
manent well would prefer this to any
other, and consider they would be
cheaper rhau recurbing an old well. We
have been using said wells from one to
six years and ara perfectly satisfied with
ho m.
G B Marable, M. d. J Harvey Brigham
J L Pratt Isaac T Naif t
James Bnssey D M Evans
J Win Brown Giles M Croxton
VS m Lawhead John R Brodnax
A Fried ham W T Hall
J Lee Petti t II H Naff
Bfiij Silbernagel Sr J S Handy
E K W Ross Jeseph Levy
B V McDonald J T Dalton
Henry Schneider
J Henrv Gray M D
H C Hall
H II Sanders
Win P Douglass
W E McMeaSus
T I H Sparks
Mat. Levy
W R McCreiglit M I)
j H Jones
A L Anderson
J GFleweileti
I could get twice as many names
w ithiu two miles of town. A. C l RTIS
To those that wish to go into the bus
iness, the plain facts ;»re : I am (in years
old and can dig and brick 30 feet in sand
in 10 hours with the assistance of two
common laboiers. This is a well three
*eet iu diameter, requiring 30 brick to
the foot. The price I ask is 82 per foot
which no one, knowing the cost of dig
ging, etc , and the disposition to be made
of the profits, can say is too much.
I patented the well for charity's sake
and will put them down on the' follow
ing terms : 1st. Ten per cent, of the
pr.jfifs1 shall be deposited with the au
thorities of the town, city or parish in
which they are made, said fund to be ap
propriated to the benefit of the poor and
helpless. 2d. The balance, 1)0 per cent,
to be deposited in any safe bank subject
to my order or my agents order. The
reason that so small a portion of
the profits are left where they are
put down is that thero is not nn.ro than
ona tenth of the Uuited States that they
can be put dowu in. It is a plenty aud
will clothe the naked and feed the starv
ing wherever tliey can be used. Not one
cent shall be appropriated for education.
While I don't wish to sell territory I can
give employment to thousauds for a roy
alty. A. CURTIS.
IMPROVK, STRENG 1'HE A'
aud PE' SERVE the EYES
—BY ÜSIXG —
Wendell's Perfect Fitting
SPECTACLES & EYE-GLASSES.
—FOK SALE BY—
I 3 , s. ROLLE1GH.
JEWELER aud OPTICAN,
B astrop, Louisiana.
Spectacles and to suit any eye. Gold
rings, breiist-pins, shirt-studds, brace
lets, cuffbmf.ons, watch-guards, and
everything to be *onnd in a first-class
jewelry shop, iuctuding the celebrated
C aIiRnuak C lock, price only $15. Spe
cial attention paid to repairing. All
work guaranteed.
Country orders promptly attended to.
Wedding rings made to older.
jany P. S. ROLLEIGH.
CHAS. WINKI.ER WM. OULE.
WINKLER & OHLE,
Blacksmith and Farrier
Shop.
BASTROP, LOUISIANA.
The undersigned would respectfully
inform the public that tney have opened
a shop at the Closson Ohl Stand ard
will do all work iu their line, such as
repairing wagons, buggiei, plows, etc.
Repairing machinery nifde a speciality.
We are also prepared to do all work in
the lock aud gunsmith line. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
WINKLER & OHLE.
*f- Jfl. FJiXTO«V » Co.,
foüneers, machinists and
MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS
VICKSBURG, MISS.
This firm carries in warehouse full
stock of Plantation Machinery. Eugines,
Horse Powers, Gin Stands, Grist Mills,
Cotton Presses, Belting and Packing
and all kinds of fittings, etc., etc. Ami
in addition, have every department of
their large manufacturing andl repair
establishment in full operation.
august30-3m
Grapes ! Grapes !
ALL, VARIETIES
Price—25 Cents Apiece.
Apply te JOHN L. PRATT.
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A Weekly Newspaper Published :
BASTROP, LOUISIANA.
as
Offers Superior Iu<fc een)eBt8
an Advertising Medium,
We are Prepai d to tarn out as good
JOES IVORK
AS AX Y COUNTRY OFF] OS
the Statt
TEIiMS OP SUBSCRIPTION
One year in advance. 2 Qt)
Six months ^
Three months
Reasonable Discount t» Tho?e who
Advel tise by the Tear.
IT IS INTENDED'TO MAKE
ÎÎC
rS-B*i05B.
A PAPER FORTH« PBOFL?"
J D. IfAMnfONDS JOHN M. GADDI&
J. PINCKNEY b M IT II.
Ilaiîïmonds, Oacldts & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS,
—AND—
General Commission Merchants,
65 and (57 Carondelet Street,
MEW OftLEASS.
Will make liberal advances and sell
on consignment, cotton, Bugar, molasses,
rice, tobacco, wool, grain, live stock and
country produce of all kinds. Having
favorable connections liore and in the
A est lor thepuichase of supplies, all
orders will receive strict attention, and
the interest of patrons will be closeiy
guarded in price, packing and freight
ontract. aug 3 _ y
S. T. W. Meek's
G E N EIÎ A L A G E NC Y
lor portable and stationary engines
of different styles, saw and grist" mills,
cotton gins, wagons, buggies, cane and
sorghum mills, evaporators, anil improv
ed agricultural implements. Persons de
sirous of purchasing would do well and
receive advantages by buying through
this agency. Address,
8. T. W. MEEK,
Hamburg, Ark.,
by letter, who will promptly respond in
person. Reters to Messrs Jobn Bnssey,
A. L Bussey, VV. A. Harrington, Col. J.
Wm. Brown and Hoa. Jas. Bussey.
of
Jas. Bussey.
ESTABLISHED 1871.
W- BMBU j IKTG'S
Bread and Cake Bakery,
BASTROP, LA.
w. Embling's bread wagon delivers
tresh bread in town, Prairie Mer Ronge,
Bayou Bartholomew, Lind Grove, and
Gnm Swamp when regular orders are re
ceived. Special attention paid to the
supplying of lisli frys, barbecues, public
dinners etc. Wedding cakes made on
the shortest notice, june28-y
JOHN HAMAC
BOUSE dé SIGN PAINTER
—AND—
PAPER HANGER.
BASTROP, LOUISIANA.
EF^Stock taken in part payment for