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Dans la succession ) Etat de la Louisiane,
de feue Mary F. Cle-> Paroisse d' Iberville,
ment, épouse de Ger- ) Cour du 0me District,
vais Schlatre.
ATTENDU que Gervais Schlatre a ce jour en
liassé dans le bureau du Greffier de cette
cour son compte de Liquidation et de partage de
la succession de feue Mary F. Clement —
Avis est par le present donné à tous ceux que
cela concerne de deduire sous trente jours de la
date de ce present les raisons pour lesquelles
le dit compte ne serait pas homologué et fait le
jugement de cette cour.
Bureau du Greffier, Juillet 3, 1857.
jyll M. A. ESTEVAN, Greffier.
ESTEVAN, Clerk.
Dans la succession ) Etat de la Louisiane,
de feu > Paroisse d' Iberville,
John Micheltree. ) Cour du 6ème District.
ATTENDU que Elizabeth Riggs ace jouren
liassfe dans le bureau du Greffier de cette
cour, son compte final comme administrator de la
succession de feu John Micheltree —
Avis est par le present donné à tous ceux que
cela concerne de deduire sous trente jours delà
date de ce present les raisonss pour lesquelles le
dit compte ne serait pas homologué et l'executeur
déchargé de toute responsabilité en celte affaire.
Bureau du Greffier, June 26,1857.
Je27 M. A. ESTEVAN, Greffier.
Dans la succession > Etat de la Louisiane,
de feu > Paroisse d'Iberville,
Charles Leblanc. ) Cour du 6ème District.
ATTENDU que Geoige Troxcler a ce jour en
liassé dans le bureau du Greffier de cetta
cour, son compte final comme administrator de la
succession de feu Charles Leblanc
Avis es par le present donné à tous ceux que
cela concerne de deduire sous trente jours de la
date de ce present les raisons pour lesquelles le
dit compte ne serait pas homologué et l'executeur
déchargé de toute responsabilité en cette affaire.
Bureau du Greffier, June 26, J857.
je27 M. A. ESTEVAN, Greffier.
Dans la succession i Etat de la Louisiane,
de feu / Paroisse d'Iberville,
Duval Capdeville. ) Cour du 6feme District.
ATTENDU que Peregrin P. Sugg a ce jour
enliassé dans le bureau du Greffier de cette
cour, son compte final comme administrateur de
la succession de feu Duval Capdeville—
Avis est par le present donné à {tous ceux qne
ceia concerne de deduire sous trente jours de la
date de ce present les raisonss pour lesquelles le
dit couerne ne serait pas homologué et l'adminis
trateur decharg« de toute responsabilité en cette
affaire. Bureau du Greffier, June 25, 1857.
je27 M. A. ESTENAN. Greffier. \n\n VOLUME IX.
PLAQUEMINE. PARISH OF IBERVILLE, LA.. JULY 25. 1857.
NUMBER 50.
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"It is the gift ofPOETRt to hallow every place in
which it moves : to breathe i^uod Nature an odour more
exquisite than the perfume of the rose, and to shed over
it a tint more magical than the blush of morning."
©sfful Ittcrtpts.
To Make Water Cold Without Ice.— The
following is a simple mode of rendering water
almost as cold as ice. Let the jar, pitcher or
vessel used for water be sorrounded with one
or more folds of coarse cotton, to be constant
ly wet. The evaporation of the water wil
carry off the heat from the inside, and reduce
it to a freezing point. In India and other tro
pical climes, where ice cannot be procured, this
it common. Let every mechanic and laborer
have at his place of employment two pitchers
thus provided, and with lids or covers, one to
contain waler for drinking, the other for eva
poration, and he ean always have a supply of
cold water in warm weather. Any person can
test this by dipping a finger in water and hold
ing it in the air on a warm day; sfter doing this
thiee or four times he will find his finger un
comfortably cold.
To Kill Ticks on Sheep. —Mr. J. A. French
of North Clarendon, Vt., writes to the New
Kngland Farmer, that flaxseed, fed at the r*te
of a tablespoonful each day to each animal,
will have the effect of destroying the ticks, and
will at the same time very much promote the
health of the sheep.
To Take Ink out of Linen. —Take a piece of
tailiiw, melt it, and dip the spoiled part of the
linen into tb3 melted tallow; the linen may
then be washed, md the spots will disappear
without injuring llie linen.
To Detect Alum in Bread.— Make a weak
decoction of logwood in water, in which pieces
of the suspected bread are to be d pped; if it
contain alum, it wiil acquire a decided purple
dye. With pure bread, however, no such co
loring will take place.
To Detect Buttzr Adulterated with Lard.—
Throw a small piece of the suspected butter
into a clear fire, and if it burns with n crack
ling noise it is adulterated.
©tjftß antt îânîrs.
Too Bad. —A young widow who edits a pa
per in a neighboring State, says: "We are out
of humor to-day on account of the non-arri
val of the males !"
A German wants three things to make him
happy—lagor beer, sausages and a clarionet.
Speaking of the merits of a wntch, Abe
nays he had one once that gained enough in
three weeks to pay for itself.
If an editor could bo found to suit everybo
dy, what sum could be realized by placing such
an anomaly on exhibition !
A want of confidence has kept many a man
■ilent. A want of sense has made many per
sons talkative. t
Ohl blank is the earth
When winter comes round,
And dark is the night
When the moon has gone down:
And life's dearest treasures,
Ah! what are they worth,
When the voice of a loved one
Has died out on earth?
A rash and somewhat deluded young man
haa threatened to apply the Maine law to his
sweetheart, she intoxicates him so.
A young man was conversing in a public
of bis abilities and accomplishments, and boast
ing a great deal of his mighty performances.—
When he had finished, a Quaker quietly ob
served, "There is one thing thou canst not do;
thon canst not tell the truth!"
Poor a little ether upon waten then »pply a
match to it and it will buro.
An old bachelor says he likes to see young
ladies come into church "with a rush," look
hastily around and crowd into a seat already
fall, instead of occupying one vacant
Behind the clouds the starlight lurks;
Through showers the sunbeams fell;
For God, who loveth all his works,
Has left his hope with all.
Squabobs, who favors the penitentiary sys
tem, aays he likes to see nice young men dress
ad up in the latest style, loafing about town,
living on their wits, and for recreation playing
billiards and eating ice cream, while their dad»
dya and mamas are hard at work to make
bread «od ««eat to live on.
Reminiscence of Napoleon
In 1810—that memorable year when
Rome, Amsterdam, Dantzie, Antwerp,
and Paris, were cities of the same proud
empire—Napoleon had brought his young
bride to Brussels, and was received with
great enthusiasm and pomp. On the
morning after his arrival, he reviewed the
troops of the garrison in the Allee Verte,
and as the different regiments defiled be
fore him, remarked a grenadier, who bore
the chevrons of a sergeant-major. Tall
and erect, his black eyes blazed, like stars,
from a face bronzed by twenty campaigns,
while an enormous moustache rendered
his appearance still mare formidable, or
bizaare. When the line was re-formed,
the Emperor rode up to the regiment of
genadiers, and called the sergeant to the
front. The heart of the old soldier beat
high, and his cheeks glowed.
'I have seen you before,'said Napoleon;
'your name?'
'Noel, sire,' he answered with a falter«,
ing voice.
'Were you not in the army of Italy?'
'Yes, sire; drummer at the Bridge of
Arcole.'
'And you become sergeant-major?,
'At Marengo, sire.'
'But since?'
'1 have taken my share of all the great
battles.'
The emperor waved his hand, the gren
adier returned to the ranks, and Napole«.
on spoke rapidly to the Colonel for a few
moments, the quick glances of his eyes
toward Noel showing that he was talking
of him. He had been distinguished for
his bravery in several battles, but his mod
esty had prevented soliciting advancement
and he had been overlooked in the pro
motions. The Emperor recalled him to
his side.
'You have merited the Cross of the Le
gion of Honor,' said he, giving him the
one he wore.
'You are,a brave manP
The grenadier, who at this moment
stood between the emperor and the Colo
nel, could not speak; but his eyes said
more than volumes. Napoleon made a
sign, the drums beat a roll, there was a
dead silence, and the Colonel turning to*
wards the knight, who, with trembling
hands, was placing his cross on his breast
said, with a loud voie:
'In the name of the Emperor, respect
sergeant-major Noel as sublieutenant in
your ranks.'
The regiment presented arms. Noel
seemed in a dream; and only the stern,
immovable features of the Emperor pre
vented him from falling on his knees. An
other sigh was made, the drums beat and
again the Colonel spoke:
'In the name of the Emperor, respect
suh-lieutenant Noel as lieutenant in your
ranks.'
This new thunderstroke nearly over
came the grenadier; his knees trembled;
»his eyes that had not been moist fortwen
ly years, were filled with tears; and he
was vainly endeavoring to stammer his
thanks, when he heard a third roll of the
drums, and the loud voice of his Colonel:
'In the name of the Emperor, respect
lieutenant Noel as captain in your ranks.'
After this promotion, the Emperor con
tinued his review with that calm, majes
tic air, which none who beheld ever forgot;
hut Noel, bursting into a flood of tears,
fainted in the arms of his Colonel, while
from the regiment came a loud, united
shout of Vive lEmpereur.
Tbe Horse Charm,
The horse castor is a wart, or excre
scence which grows on every horse's fore
legs, and sometimes on his hind legs. It
-has a peculiarly rank, musky smell, and
is easily pulled aff. This ammoniacal fla
vor of the horse, seems to have a pecu
liarly strong attraction for all animals; es
pecially canine and the horse himself.
For the oil of cummin the horse has an
instinctive passion—both are original na
tives of Arabia, and when the horse scents
the odor, he is drawn towards it.
The oil of Rhodium possesses peculiar
properties. All animals seemed to cher
ish a fondness for it, and it exercises a
kind of subduing influence over them.
The directions for taming horses are as
follows: '
Procure some horse castor, and grate
it to a fine powder. Also get some oil of
Rhodium qnd oil of cummin, and keep
the three seperate in airtight bottles.
Rub a little oil of cummin upon your
hand, and approach the horse in the field
on the side to the wind, so that the horse
can smell the cummin. The- hor»e will
then let you come up to him without any
trouble.
Immediately rub your hand upon the
horse's nose, getting a little of the oil up
on it.
You can lead him anywhere.
Give him a little of the castor on a
piece of loaf sugar, apple or potato.
Put eight drops of oil of Rhodium in a
lady's silver thimble. Take the thimble
between the thumb-and middle finger of
the right haod with tbe fore finger stop
ping the mouth of the thimble, to prevent
the oil from running out while you are
opening the horse's mouth.
As soon as you have opened his mouth
tip the thimble over his tongue, and he is
your servant. He will follow you like a
pet dog.
Ride fearless and promptly, with your
kttees pressed to the side of the horse,
and your toes turned in and your heels
turned out, then you will always be on
the alert fora shy or sheer from the horse
and he can never throw you. This is
worth trying.
Then if you want to teaeh your horse
to lie down, staad on his right or left side;
have a couple of leather 6traps, about six
feet long; string up his left leg with on of
them round his neck; strap the other end
of it over his shoulders; hold it in your
hand, and tell him to lie down, at the
same time gently, firmly and steadily puK
ling on the strap, touching him lightly on
the knee with a switch. The horse will
immediately lie down. Do this a few times,
and you can make him lie down without
the straps.
He is now your pupil and your friend.
You can teach him anything—only be
kind and gentle to him. Love him, and
he will love you. Feed him before you
do yourself. Shelter him well, groom him
yourself, keep him clean, and at night
give him a good bed, at least a foot deep.
In the winter season, don't let your
horse stand out too long in the cold, with*
out shelter or covering; for remember, that
the horse is an aboriginal native of a
warm climate, and in many respects, his
constitution is as tender as a man's [Am.
Farmer.
Praise Your Wife.
Pruise your wife, man; for pity's sake
give her a little encouragement; it won't
hurt her. She has made your home com
fortable, your hearth bright and shining,
your food agreeable; for pity's sake tell
her you thank her, if nothing more. She
don't expect it; it will make her eyes open
wider than they have for these ten years;
but it will do her good for all that, and
you too.
There are many women to-day thirst
ing for the word of praise, the language
of encouragement. Through summer's
heat and winter's toil they have drudged
uncomplainingly, and so accustomed to
have their fathers, brothers and husbands
become to their monotonous labors, that
they look for amd upon them as they do
the daily rising and setting of the sun and
its daily going down. Homely, every
day life may be made beautiful by an ap
preciation of its very homeliness. You
know that if the floor is clean, manual la
bor has been performed to make it so.
You know that if you can take from your
drawer a clean shirt whenever you want
it, somebody's fingers have ached in the
toil of making it so fresh and agreeable,
so smooth and lustrous. Every thing
that pleases the eye and the sense has
been praduced by constant work, much
thought, great care, and untiring efforts,
bodily and mentally.
It is not that many men do not appreci
ate these things, and feel * glow of grati
tude for the numberless attentions bestow
ed upon them in sickness and in health,
but they are so selfish in that feeling.
They don't come out with a hearty 'why
how pleasant you make things look, wife,'
or 'I am obliged to you for taking so
much pains.' They thank the tailor for
giving them 'fits;' they thank the man in
the full omnibus who gives them a seat;
they thank the young lady who moves
along in the concert-room; in short they
thank everybody and everything out of
doors, because it i3 the custom, and come
home, tip their chairs back aud their heels
up, pull out the newspaper, grumble if
wife asks them to take the baby, s|old if
the fire has got down; or, if everything is
just right, shut their mouths with a smack
of satisfaction, but never say to her 'I
thank you.'
I tell you what, men; young and old
if you did but show an ordinary civility
towards those common articles of house
keeping, your wives; if you gave the one
hundred and sixtieth part of the compli
ments you almost choaked them with be
fore they were married; if you would stop
the badinage about whom you are going
to have when number one is dead, (such
thittgs wives may lacgh at, but they sink
deep sometimes;^ if you would cease to
speak of their faults, howevee banteringly,
before others, fewer women would seek
for other sources of happiness than your
cold, so-so-ish affection. Praise your
wife, then, for all good qualities she has,
and you may rest assured that her defi
ciencies are fully counterbalanced by your
A sly Liverpool grocer, taking advan
tage of the alarm about the comet, adver
tised a notice in several newspapers that
the 'Milky Way' was in great danger
from it, and advised the public to lay in
a large stock of butter before' the source
was dried up!
Oliphant on Walker.
Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, of Oriental
memory, has a very interesting and vivid
sketch of his central American travels in
the May number of Blackwood, in the
course of which he thus discribes the
'grey-eyed man' of Nicaragua:
In stature, Cen. Walker is but little
over five feet four. His features are des
cribed as coarse and impassible; his square
chin and long jaw denote character, but
his lips nre full and his mouth is not well
formed. His eyes are universally spoken
of as the most striking feature in his face,
of a singularly light gray, they are so
large and fixed that in a daguerreotype
the eyelid is scarcely visible. His man
ner is remarkably self-possessed, and
some of his most intimate friends who
have been with him through the most try
ing scenes of his Nicaragua experiences,
have assured me that under no circum
stances have they ever observed him to
change countenance, even to laugh or to
alter in the smallest degree his slow and
precise mode of diction. He is at all
times taciturn, and when he does speak
it is directly to the point. He manifests
a contemptuous indifference to danger
without being reckless, and altogether
seems better qualified to inspire confidence
and respect among lawless men than to
shine in civilized society. He is ascetic
in his habits, and his career hitherto has
shown him to be utterly careless of ac
quiring wealth. Highly ambitious, it is
but due to him to say that his aspirations,
however little in accordance with the mo
ral code in vogue at the present day, are
beyond riches. Like Louis Napoleon,
he has a fixed faith in the star of his des«
tiny, and, like him, he will doubtless be
branded by the civilized nations of Eu
rope as an unprincipled adventurer or a
heaven-born hero, according as he fails or
succeeds in his daring enterprise.
splendin Specimen of Meanness.
There is a rich man in this liberal and
open-hearted community, who can boast
of being the most splendid specimen of
meanness yet known. He employs a lit
tle boy as house servant, who accidently
broke a side door light while washing it.
The light was of common window glass,
but the liberal, high-minded and would-be
aristocrat ordered a glazier to put in a
plate glass, and made the poor boy pay
for it! The cost of the glass was equal
to a week and a haifs wages, and the
glass broke originally cost just one-quar
ter that of the new one. How many
souls of that size could dance on the point
of a camhric needle? [Boston Ledger.
St. Patrick . The legendary tale of
St. Patrick having banished from Ireland
all venemous reptiles, is founded on the
fact of his having found serpents sculptur
ed on alll the Pagan crosses, which exis»
ted in great numbers at the time of his
arrival there, and as these were objects of
reverence to the Irish, because of the pas
sions which they symbolized, the Saint,
in order to prevent the recurrence of such
contemplations, effaced them as far as
practicable from the stones. No other
kind ever existed there, for Solinus, who
flourished about two centuries before St.
Patrick was born, noticed the phenome
non of there being no vipers there, which
fact Isidore repeated in the seventh centu
ry, Bede in the eighth, and the famous
Bishop Donabus in the ninth.
A church in a fashionable town was re
cently struck by lightning, and several
persons shocked. Ladies who wore me
tal hoops eacaped unhurt, but the hoops
were melted. We suppose the lightning
kept running round 'em till it was 'tuckerd
out.'
Taking out an Eve to Mend it . The
Leipsic Journal of Literature, Science
and Art, publishes an account of the won
derful discoveries of Dr. Graff in diseas
es of the eye, and the wonderful cures he
performs. He has found the ball of the
eye to be transparent, and by a curious
instrument examines minutely the interi
or, takes it out and performs any ueces
sary suigical operation, and replaces it
without injury to its appearance or vision.
A youn£ girl had long been afflicted with
the most excruciating pain in the left eye
the case of which the most learned could
not understand. Dr. Grœff found in the
centre of the ball a little worm, which he
removed, and restored the poor creature
immediately to health and perfect sight.
Fix the Date . At a concert in Wis»
consin, at the conclusion of the song,
'There's a good time coming,' a country
farmer got up and exclaimed, 'Mister,
could'nt you fix the date, that is what we
want, just give us the date, Mister.'
irEx-President Fillmore is suffering se
verely from inflammation of the eyes.
ADanilTRATWrjfOTim.
In the succession of 5 State of Louisiana,
Mary Fort Clement, > Parish of Iberville,
dee'd., wife of Gervais ) Sixth District Court.
Schlatre.
WHEREAS Gervais Schlatre has this day
filed in this Court his account of Liquida
tion and Partition of the succession öf Mary F.
Clement, dee'd.—
Notice is hereby given to all whom it ma)' con
cern, to show cause within thirty days from the
date of the publication hereof, why said account
should not be homologated and made a judgment
of this court. Clerk's Office, July 3d. 1857.
jyll M. A. ESTE VAN. Clerk.
In the succession of ) State of Louisiana,
John Micheltree, ? Parish of Iberville,
dee'd. ) Sixth District Court.
WHEREAS. Elizabeth Riggs has this day
filed her final tableau of Administration of
the succession of John Micheltree, dee'd.—
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may
concern, to show cause within thirty days from
the date hereof, why said account of Administra
tion should not be homologated and made a judg
ment of this court, and the said administrator ful
ly discharged from any further responsibility in
the premises. Clerk's Office June 26, 1857.
je27 M. A. ESTEVAN, Clerk.
lu the succession of ) State of Louisiana,
Charles Leblanc, > Parish of Iberville,
dee'd. J Sixth District Court.
WHEREAS George Troxcler has this day
filed his final tableau of administration of
the succession of Charles Leblanc, dee'd.—
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may
concern, to show cause within thirty days from
ihe date hereof, why said account of Administra
tion should not be homologated and made a judg
ment of this court, and the said Administrator ful
ly discharged from any further responsibility ill
the premises. Clerk's Office. June, 26,1857.
je27 M. A. ESTEVAN, Clerk.
In the succession of ) State of Louisiana,
Duval Capdeville, J Parish of Iberville,
dee'd. j" Sixth District Court.
WHEREAS Peregrin P. Sugg has this day
filed his final tableau of administration of
the succession of Duval Capdeville, dee'd—
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may
concern, to show cause within thirty days from
the date hereof, why said account of adminstra
tiou should not be homologated aud made a
judgment of this court, and the said administra
tior fully discharged from any further responsi
bility in the premises.
Clerk's Office, June 25,1857.
je27 M. A. ESTEVAN, Greffier.
NEW A1ÏD FASHIONABLE GOODS
For Coat«, Pants aud Tats.
1
THE undersigned respectfully inform*
his frieuds and the public generally,
that he has just returned from New Orleans
with the largest and
Most Beautiful Stock of Goods
for Coats, Pants and Vests that has ever been
brought to this town—comprising all descriptions
of articles for summer wear—and which he is
prpeared to make up at short notice.
VVbile returning his thanks for the very liberal
m-inner in which he has been patronized by the
citizens of Iberville, the undersigned would res
pectfully solicit a continuance of the same—ev
er promising
" Punctuality and a Faultless Fit."
Call and see his Goods at his shop on Main street,
nearly opposite the Sentinel Office, and next door
to Vessters Segar Store.
my30 JACOB BERNSTEIN.
OSCAR IiACVE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Saur»
PLAQUEMINE, LA.
ÜS^Office, the same as that of Zyon La
bauve, Esq. rayl7
RIED BEEF and 3EF.F TONGUES, for
sal« by ROTH & DEBLIEUX
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