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THE MERIDIONAJL5 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY $2 50.... .PER YEAR.... .$2 50 TERMS, The MPFIRDIONAL, is published weekly is English and French, at two dollars and fifty cents per annum payable in advance. Advertisements will be inserted at $1.00 per square of ten lines, or less, for each inserti on. A Ivertisements published in English and French will be charged for both lan gniges. No advertisement will be inserted for less than two dollars and fifty cents. Payment of all advertisements is con -sidered due immediately after their first publication. Advertisements not marked with the number of insertions required, will be published until otherwise ordered, and charged for accordingly. TEN dollars in advance is required for announoing candidates for office ; and election tickets or other job-work must be paid for on delivery. IMPORTANT NOTICE. All advertisements and communications intended for the MERIDIONAL, must be handed in by 12 o'clock M. on Thursday to ensure publication. This is an impor tant business rule, which should not be overlooked or neglected. Important Notice. All persons wishing to make publica tions ot tableaux, etc., are here by noti fied that from and after date said net tices must be accompanied by the printer's fee, or same deppeted with the Clerk of Court, otherw~ they will` not be published. We cannot afford to work for glory, much less promises. Aprrl 1st 1882. It is the little man that seeth to greatness trifles. Good deeds pan out better than good intentions. We put up with folly more pa tiently than we do with injustice. There is a mode of presenting that gives value to everything. Do not consider any virtue tri vials,' and so practice it. For sick headache and acid stomach, Bailey's SALINR APERIENT will give en tire relief. The necessities that exist are in general created by the superflui ties that are enjoyed. It is no vanity for a man to pride himself on what he has hon estly got and prudently uses. Any woman who feels poorly and is full of aches and #ains once a month, should not hesitate to use Dr. Drom goole's ENGU~SR FEMALE Brrr~xs. Which is the greater duty-to love our neighbor, or to so behave that our neighbor ,will love us? No grander thing can a man do than to give a helping hand to a young man who has been dis couraged. Modesty promotes worth, but conceals it just as leaves aid the growth of fruits, and hides it from view. Elegance of language may not be in the power of every one, but simplicity and straight forward ness are. What men want is not so much talent as it is purpose ; not the power to achieve, but he will to labor. Bailey's SALxINEx APERIENT is now re cognized as the best and cheapest, and most pleasant cathartic in use, for the special cure of headache. constipation, heartburn, acid stomach, dyspepsia, etc. It cools and quiets, while as a sparkling summer beverage, it is de lightful. Au Irish editor got out of a railroad car to take a6Wm refresh ments, and the train started with out him. "Stop there," he shouted, "stop, ye old stame wagin. ye've got a passenger aboard that's lift behind." Brown says he hates inquisitive people, and the worst kind inquisi tiveness, he thinks, is that exhibit. I ed by the man who stops him in the street and wants to know ~when he is going to pay that lit-1 tie-bill - Sea shore trips are now the or der of the day and quite a num ber are on foot. It is certainly very exhilarating to lay aside the cafes of business and domestic duties for a few days to enjoy the rejuvenating sea breezes, the brimy baths, fresh fish--and-well, we were about to add, the musical, mischievous misanthropic mos quito. Some of the Iberians have taken exceptions to our remarks upon the startling prevalence of crime in that locality and the crying need of a reform in the sha'pe of a rigid execution of the laws or the organization of a gritty vigilance committee. We are not an advo. cate of vigilance committees ex cept as a dernier resort, and wish to have it appear on record that we are decidedly a law and order man, hut when law grows clumsy and weak in the knees, we don't propose to stand idly by and suffer our throats to be cut and our property pilfered. When such junctures as these arrive there is relief only in that higher law SELF DEFENSE. It is somewhat significant, however, in this con nection that none of the three journals of Iberia have dared to deny our statements in regard to the deplorable state of affairs ex isting there. Verb. sat. sap. HEAVEN's FIRST LAW -It is absolute ly demanded that the mental and phy sical laws of our nature should be kept in equilibrium. System and order must be recognized as fundamental any departure entails sickness, disease and death, as penalties. To be healthy, beautiful and buoyant, the whole con. stitution must maintain regular action in all its component parts. A female who imprudently exposes herself and b comes prostrated with headache, pain ýeback, fever, irregular or suppress oinothly action, with constipation and loss of appetite must be restored to regular action, must be revitalized, re cuperated at once, and for this~purpose nothing equals Dr. Dromgoole's EN GLISH FEMALE BITTrzS. It is prepared expressly for all such diseases. Anneedote of M~r. Lincoln. When AI~raham Lincoln was a lawyer in Illinois, he and the Judge once got. to bantering one another about trading horses and it was agreed that the next morning at 9 o'clock they should make a trade, the horses to be unseen up to that hour, and no backing out, under a forfeiture of $25. At the hour appointed the Judge came up, leading the sor riest-looking specimen of a horse ever seen in those parts. In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln was seen ap proaching with a wooden saw horse upon his shoulders. Great were the shouts and the laughter of the crowd, and both were great ly increased when Mr. Lincoln, surveying the Judge's animal, set down his saw-horse, "Well Judge, this is the first time I over got the worst of it in a horse trade." LEARN TO BE SHORT.-Long vis its, long stories, long exhortations, long prayers, and long editorials seldon profit those who have to do with them. Life is short ; time is short ; moments are precious. Learn to condense, to abridge, and intensify. We can endure many an ache and ill if it is soon over, while even pleasures grow insipid and pain intolerable if protracted beyond the limit of reason and convenience. Learn to be short. Lop of branches ; stick to the main fact in your ease. If you pray, ask for what you desire and stop. If you speak, tell your mes sage, and hold you peace. Con dense -two words into one, and three into two. Learn to be short. Many persons take medicine for their ailments, and as soon as they feel bet ter they disregard all directions and stop taking it. They try it again and again, aud -finally throw it asides as worthless, when, had it been persevered in from the start, a permanent cure would have been effected. Now in taking PmIcKLY Asie Bi-rER5 for all complaints of the Stomaoh and Bowels, remember to give the medicine a chance, and don't expect one or two doses to cure you. ,from our ftcbat10eo. St. Landry Democrat : Work on the new jail is progressing. The walls of the first story arc almost completed, and doubtless our jailer and his birds will cre long be snugly enscouched. Morgan City Review : On Wednesday morning last, Sidney Mayo, a white boy about 11 years of age, fell into the water near Whitney Hall, and had sank the third time, and would have drown ed, had it not been for the timely assistance of Cornelius Brashear, who sprang after him. Orange Tribune: Train rob bing has broken out again in Tex as. On Saturday last, six masked men stopped the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Express at Blum station, and, with drawn revolvers. proceeded to go thro' the passen gers. They got several hundr-ed dollars iu money and escaped. Lake Charles Commercial Mrs. Mary Ann Lyons whilst in the act of stepping down to the cistern yesterday, at the residene of T. J. Lyons in this town, missed here footstep, fell down and broke her leg near the thigh joints. The injury is all the more serious from the fact that the lady is over 70 years of age. Lake Charles Echo : John Nelson, a Swed~e, went from Per kins' mill to Bagdad last Sundayf tbihifredgodbepe'vious -to his leaving for Chicago. While-in B-agdad he became intox-! icated, and on his return to West Lake Charles in company with a 1 friend, he fell overboard and was 'drowned. Hie friend did every tbing he could to rescue him, hut as Nelson rose but once there was' little chance to save him. Opelousas Courier : We had another pretty: severe storm on Wednesday night. There was a perfect flame of lightning ; the rain fell in torrents ; and a very high wind prevailed for sever-al hours. A great deal of fencing was prostrated, and a few old buildings were blown down in the countr-y. We learn that the gale was much more severe in St Mary, and that many buildings were de-, molished, among the number three sugar houses. The rains and storms have done much damage' to the growing crops in this sec tion. Times-Democrat : The heavy! rain-fall of Tuesday night, which. was more than two inches, caused, as we prophesied. a rise yeste-day in the Teche. Bceuf and other streams in the Attakapas section, a rise, however, only of halt an* inch, much less than was antici-! pated. Last night's storm will add to this, apd a further rise may be looked for in the rivet and all the tributary streams. S~ince thiere storms have extended so widely, reaching above Vicks burg, the good news of a further decline -of the water in the over flowed section of the Teche can, therefore, scarcely be expected for severs 1 days. Reports from Franklin show that the water is still running Running a Newspaper. [Denison Democrat.] There is a man at present liv ing in Denison who thought he could run a newspaper. His idea was to adopt 'a sensational style, so he let out, and in a week his partner dissolved with him, but still he kept on, and in two weeks had been whipped twice, had locked himself up in his room once, had been put in the calaboose three times, and paid over a hun dred dollars fine. He saw this, would not pay, and so he droppe~d down to the conservative whine, and all his old customers quit read ing the paper. Then he publish ed an anti-prohibition article, and the churches and temperance peo ple set down on him. Then he let a temperance article go in his paper, and the whisky men at once refused to credit him for drinks. Then he tried blank verse and his exchanges published him as a fool ; then he wrote a poem and his wife threatened to leave him. He then went in on obitu aries and the ifelatives of the par ties mobbed him. Then he did nothing for two weeks arnd all his advertisers withdrew their cards. Thbat man was ourself. LTCENSES.-The whole system of Ilicenses is an abomination, and pro vision should be made for its par tial or total abolition. What I tax a man in a free country before be shal!l have th~e right to-earn an honest living ? It's just, the way to make tramps and paupers. It's the way to discourage and sup press industry and to keep many poor people from trying to earn an honest living. We speak more partioniarly in reference to the middle and poorer classes who find it hard, very hard, many of them, to keep the wolf from the door. There is a reform here which is badly necded.-.ddiance. N 0 TI0:E. Persons owing State Licenses are hereby notified that I am now in possession of the sa~ne, and thia, they miust be paid within 30 day~ from date of this publication. April ::2d 1881. (G. B. SHAW. Sbcriff & Tax "o)e~ NTOTic C Sealed proposals will . e sect Iv i sp the Mlayor and Board oifA3-. ni - :« o Townt of Abbeville until tnt> bthi. June, for publishang the proc Ming the Town C. , ci' an ' necessary blanks a d joy wt.- or tt~ use of said Coudeitl for one year The proptosals will im, opel."i onl that day and the cots ra',t an arded to the lowest bidd."r. fThe pIroposals ntt be endorsed, ''prop tftlds for printintg" attel directed to "the Mayor atid Board of Aldermen of the Town of Abl,evillu." R. C. SJIEDES, Mayor. WV. B. WxtiT, Secretary. NO] viCE. Sealed proposals will ho received by the Mayor and( Boar, of Aldermnir (f the Town of Abtheville until the third day of July 1882, for keeping the to b lie bridge- crossinig the Bavo tierujilion at the Town of Ainbeville for one year coninii'ehig July 12t It 1882. The ptro 1po-. .k will b h opened in that day anti the -araiet avarlctI to the lowest 1ljdd Ti. ýruoi.o:ils musit be endorsued Iiro pist ii, for ke~i~ji±:g the iridge at Abbe ville, La.., ani directed to the Mayor anid Aldermen if the town of Alubeville. II. C. SMICDES, May'or. W. B. WhITiE, Secretary. SEALED) proiposals will lie received by t ho P"esideit of -lie Police Jury until the 1st, of May. for publishing the proceedings of the Police Jury, and the list of jurors drawn ;o serve in the District Cou~rt, and also to print all the necessar> blanks fur the use of said Police Jury lior one year. The said proposals will be opened on that day, and the con'racc of printing will lbe aw.ardeul to the lowes. bidder. The proposals mast be endor.,ed '.Pro posals for printing," and directed to the Presideut of the Police Jury. A. LACOUR, Clerk. April 8th '82" T OWN COUACIL. APRIL 8TH 1882. The newly elected membc~rs of the Town Council assembled this day at the Court House as requir ed by law, and having produced their credentials, and having been duty sworn to tbe oath of office, proceeded to organize as follows : R. C. Smedes took the chair and called the board to order ; the following members being pres ent, Lastie Broussard and Ophe hias Bourque. The Secretary, W. B. White presented the returns of the vote for Mayor and Aldermen and on the levying of a special tax at the annual election held on Monday i the 3rd day of April 1882 ; ac-I tirnn the same was deferred un til the next meeting. On motion the Council adjourn-, ed to meet on Friday the 14th inst. R. C. SMEDES, Mayor. W. B. WHITE, Secty. AGENTS WANTED To iii~roduc.e into every C~iunty o1 the South The History of the Bible. The best work to sell that has ever been published. Splendid Premium to every subscriber. For circulars and terms apply at once to Thy- Heury Bill Publishing Co., 41, 43 aid 45 She~eket St Norwioth, Ct. C. A. Mouisset, NOTARY PUBLIC, In and for the Parish of Vermilion Office at his residence in Prairie Greig. DR. BUTTS' DSPESAR Zgtabfliahed 817 at 22 N. 8th 8WIttet ST. L0818 MO. T HE Physicians in charge of this old and welliknown intiuto are reua gr aduates in mediclneand sutrgery. Years of Experience in the treatment of SChronic Diseases have made their skill and abtiity so much superior to that of lhs ordlxnaryp ractitioner. thtteyhv cipired a national rpew tiatiuoni y.h tLhei ramn fcomplicated canes. as a nor bnes. tIS uithmsc. without no Merc'ory or Poisonous Mfedieines. and those of mlddlesgpewbo ar suffering from the effects Of a ravietliu for buiiotesuormarrings. permanent~ cured. at nmoderate expense. anA55E WS~es W E~bMail and rlss ED W wihere poss'e pesn co tiou rfr is FEE aid mnvit ad. Listiof qestiians obrsanswsred D patiot ~desiring treat mesat mailed free to any addreosson apii~ Iitersass suffering from Rapture sasnui Wd ibsfrslen tsiedltessmsias g to their sailoaasiae 3hss ak Cig salcieaatsip miaofidin I . soi beadiAli tCNorth 8th ý~t y PROF. HARRIUS' RADICAL CURE -OR NERVOUS ORCANIC WEAKNESS ýý MIDDLE. i ACED' MEN. - ý' ý * lst oath,) ts -a p manu mu. muismia aoibstlee moto rthin I reainte * s r I wwsnut hoar~tp) p sot ti I Oda" awe awNnY biui y~e HARRIS REMEDY CO.Nfg.GhunIu MARKET ARC 8TH 8TH., ST. LOUIS, MO. THE UIVER AND ITS FUNCTIONS. larger portion of diseasses to which the human family itsnbieet rlqe in the frst place from some derangement of the Liver. This organ iS not only th largest, but at the saemetimeon. of the mast Ipo ertant. The venous blood, on iti es turn to the heart, passes through this organ, and is its Passage the lmpnrliies~as also the secretious which are neoeeeary for digestlon as well asafer a cathartic to assist isthe renewal of waste mate rial &c.are eliminated. From this it iseasllyseen that the Liver is liable to get out of order to a greate or less extent, and when this occurs it is impossible for it to properly fulfil its office of re moving all objectionable matho r from the blond, but ailows it to pas through, currying with it the poisons of which it should have been relieved. With impnre DR. B.F. SIIEUMM'S blo hwoey eoe edmand no organ can BITTERS. jeoperlyperformits The reaultof supplied with PUR medicsl research sL~ote aintin nd ructice of Dr. Li verbecomos all originator, and, when oneitsucs heathe feel- wil e reve r Ing of being usedlenig -r continually m t tlred,tieworn r out, is con - recu. stipated, '4 I gatives and withtenden 1. ASHkL that class cy toies Headahe, nhave Sick~tom-bu nef achSellow CURES is by their Erpin ALL DISEASES OFTIIE violent ac of Ski~etc. ion to do suren thei sueter 'IDNEYS "aom freq°ul ' d to T M CH dl ý suanat're e AND - the Liver, itslf ofal BOW ELS. Stodmacy°h, accumula-siBwes tions, andInaml re ore itto q Streength A- y~, manner. and Vigor.an iss For afl the compolaintsayeril of this k Ind RICED LR. asi yee (RICKLY ASH BITTERS is amdcn o rare mar tan cot an intoictng beverage, sad belng purely vegetable In Its composite can be used at all timee with benefI cial results. It Is cot claimed as a cure-all, but forderangements of theorgans mentioned itisan aspeciflc and as a BLOOD PURtIFIER' ranks above all other pera pparaitions. Ask your druleit fornt, and as ta i eto fairtrielIf he haenoneon handaktaio deredforyon. MEYER BROTHERS & CO. SOLUS PRDPRmETOES, ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY, MO. NOTICE. LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La. April 1, 1882. N'.tice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in supporLý.of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge or Clerk of Court, at Abbeville, La., on May 13th 1882, viz : Clet Miguez. Homestead No. 4280, for the SE.. quarter, Section 17, T. 11, S. 3 B. Louisiana Meridian. He names the following witnes ses to prove his contiuious resi deuce uupon, and cultivation of said land, viz : Zenon Landry, John Abshire. jr., Theophile Ab. shire, Olivier Landry, of Vermil ion Parish, Louisiana. GEO. BALDEY, Register. April 12.-'82 PATENTS! F. A. Lehmnann, Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents, Washington, D. C. All business connected with Patents, whether before the Patent Office or the Courts, promltly attended to. No charge made unless a patent is secured. Send for circular. feb21 '80-6mn. W. W. EDWARDS, LAWYER, AbeilLa. Will attend to all business in the line1 of his profession in Vermilion or the adjoining parishes. LAND NoFI iat j .. Notice is her.k following flamed notice of his in final proof ini Supps, and that said proof ' before the Jud CJourt, at Abbe,1 15th April 1882, Touchee, Horn .the SW. quar 'quarter, of SE. ter of ICE. quay 'SW. quarter of~ 14, 11T , . ileridian. He names the cs to prove his, ience upon, aui paid land, viz :P. M4. Beanxis, E 1.10. * 1,6of V Louisiana. March 11.'82k The partneri isting between D Chevis having the death of the tiement of the firm beingpce.R who are indebted' requested to come and pay the auto owe said firm in costs. Sette nnts' with either of the Mr. H. B. Lyons.' Abbeville, Lay, W. D. DOBBINS' ELE Hvn ba` this celebrated and vicinity, I ion of some of to its merits.. using for the1 lDobbins' le Pa., and fi cleans the, and more; the end cli soap we ha.. lFamily. W a mend it and a= ' convince all of the' our assertions. WvT. `S Eli11". Aeic A. I I desire all my., tomers to -give this one trial so they how good thebet U. S. is. Give - am sure you will;. Abibeville, La.',.. Official The following is exhibiting the vTrnaU *.ure for the year Police Jury at a r the 3d day of Ap be pubi shed for thirtty 1 Criminal proeeeatý 2 Grand; Petit J 3 Printer's A Sta 4 Parish &Distric . 5 Sheriff for hold. . 8 Magistrates, cian, Collector &A 7 Police Jurors, ble, Finance Committee rer 8 Roads,& Bi 9 Paupers & nt 10 Public Schools se 11 Special Jail Ts f By order of theP Attest . Clerk o The Parish AeassuSt he will be at the ing the months of 558055 property in viz: 2d ward, Henry J.~ 2d " Cads' de e 1st " Jean Pha,: 1st " M . lst " C.RH. 4th " M.Vilhi 5th " 3wo AbIo 5th " Jan 6th " placid . 6th " Riebu 7th " A. D. M. LTON~r r. March 181h 1882. Livery The underSi~ fully inform tf has opened a Town of Ab prepared to riages. hackieSt. name at very.