The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume], February 12, 1876, English, Image 1

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Official Journal of the Town of Thibodaux.
VOL. XI.
• OFFICE;
Corner Market and Patciot^trsets.
THIBODAUX L'
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12
1876.
a SSF.LINEAU. MRS. E., Dry Goods.
A Faney Articles. Are., corner Market
nil St. Louis streets,
. UCOIN, 1'. A.. Font Hi/ aiifl /'/on In
A fiw* Groceries. Main street, between
' OCIIS jSwi St. 1 'biiii' Streets.
A gEMA. C., Coffer House Keeper. Main
St., between Jaekson anil St. l*hili|i
r rents.__________
YlLaTn. l. s. A LEBLANC, K F..
A Notaries public. Office Green Street,
ner Main and Jackson Streets.
IV ______________
B ADEACX, j. Family and Plantation
Groceries, Main Struct, corner Main
d Foe its.
B ADKAUX, THOMAS, Attorney at /aim
corner Main anil Focus Streets, up
B ILLIE, j. s.. Altorueuat Law. —otF.eo
Curlier S t. Philip and Ma in streets
B
ILLllT
('nine
LAKH, E XV., .1 Horn eg at Lair, —of
fice Green Street.
B lanchard, j. e., Surgeon DcuUxi.
—office,eomer Green and St. Bridg
et Streets.
B ODLEY. Wagons and Curls. Depot on
lyres Street near the Thibodaux
Foundry. NY. H. KAGAN. Agv-it.
Watch nia
Dralers in Jrwrl
cornrr Market and St.
B OUKQUIN & BOUKON
her and Gunsmith
rry. Hre-arms
Lnui* Streets
B I
and Groceries ,cornel
Street*.
Main anil Green
C ROSS NV NV. Physician Jr Surgeon, OP
dice : Jackson St reet
C ELESTIN, JEAN, Hater, Main Struct,
corner Patriot.
D J
Jackson and Short Streets.
D ANSEJ
St. PI
hilip and St. Bridget Streets
E xcelsior—lodge no. .ti.—R egu
lar meetings at the Odd Fellow's
Hull, comer Market and Patriot, every
Saturday evening at 7 o'clock.
Officers: Th. Thibodaux N. G.: C Az/ma
T.G.; S. T. Grisaniore, Sec- ; V. Sancan,
Treasurer.
I
pROST JAMES, Coffee House kcr/ter,
cornel-Green anil Market Streets.
RIEPENTHAL MRS.S ., Family and
Plantation Gi'werirs Jackson Street.
p
District Court .—office Court-House,
I 7LEETWOOD. J. H.. Drug Store Mark
1 Street, between St. Louis and Green
Stroets.
F ficc Market Street, la-tween St. Louis
and Green Streets.
HOLDEN
Proprietor, cornet St Louis and Mai
ki-t sts.
pHANKUN ROUSE—11. F.
pIllSAMORE. S. T., Agent \arth Ante
vl rim Life Insurance Co. Corner Nlar
Vctand St. Philip, streets.
( SDODE. J. S.. Attorney at Late, —office,
K over J. 11. Fleetwood Market Street
/11'IOX LEWIS. Attorney and Connsel
vX lor at lane. Office. over J. H. Fleet
wood Drug store. Market Street.
H ESSE I1 Its. S. Milltuary and Fancy
Pry Goods, Corner St. Louis and
Main Streets.
H IGOINBOTHAM, M. T„ Clerk of the
TmenCorncU —office corner Jack
son and ljovee Streets.
H OLDEN, B. F.—Stages, Thomas S.
Holden conductor. In connection
with M. La. & T. K. U. to Lafourche Cros
•ing—Office, under Franklin House,
OI.DEN, B K. Lirery stable, cornc
St Louis and Bridget.
H
U OFFMANN, F. Carriegr Maker. Lir
ery Stable ,corner Jackson and St.
Crulgi-t Streets.
H OFFMANN, NY.. Dry Goods and Gro
ceries. Main Street, between Focus
soil St. Philip Streets.
H offmans stages ,—Frank n<pf
won Proprietor, L. linrdel. Con
inetor, iu conm-etion with Morgan's lsiu
iiiana. and Texas R. R. Lafourche Cros
*B&_ __
H IM'.AN, I'., Iioiter Maker, corner Le
vee and Church Streets.
H ome iiook and ladder co.
No 1. Regular meetings on the
first Monday of each month. Regular ex
criisi-s on Sunday preceding the first
Monday of every Month.
Officers. R. R. McBride President, K.
boisoau Vice President, <'• Azi-iua, Fore*
R. Frost, 1st Asst. Foreman. NV. 11.
aapm.'dnit Asst. Foreman, J. Omer Iain
4r\ Seuretuiv, Henry Riviere, Asst,
weretary, H. Faure, Treasuii-r. Leu Au
win, Warden. Megi-1 Capcllo, Tyler.
K UNO, DAVID
Hoots, Jlnls. (.'ups Arc
Dry
sml F
Goods, Shoes,
..curlier Main
ecus streets.
irUOBLOCH A. F..
fice at Court Hi
Parish Judge, Of
House.
IkNOBLOC'H. CLAY & ARTHUR, At
1.V toe tie ys h) ui CnuHNillora at Lau m . —of
«j r 1 ** *taira Main St,, bftwveii .Jui-kuDU
1 AKKJX J. Mifhaaiiuil Kngiaicr and
•■J manufacturer of sugar Ap)wram» % and
winery —Ifosnluiict*, Jafkrfou street.
ARKIN, Mas. j. Variety store, Stores'
Gils, Tin-ware, Sir —Jacksou street'
PPorite St-Bridget st.
ANGMAV, LOUIS. Sadler, corner St
rhiliy and St. Bridget Streets.
UJISAMORE, Copper. Tin and Sheet
Iron Workers, cornea Market and
• "hilip streets.
EGENDRE. JOS., Groceries, ■ liliici
anil lAyuors, corner Green and Main
'ts.
0ISKAU. Fl.. Tailor. Main Street, lie
Jween J.icksu ii an d St. l*liili|i Streets
Ohio. P. E., Justice of lbs Pence, tnd
"ard tS Mayor of' the Town. —of
('orner Green and Levee Streets.
GNT-CARMEL CONVENT, Acaile
Uiv for the Young Ladies, under the
lion of Sister St. Bernard.
Xt'NIKK, A., Dealer In Foreign and
Domestic Dry Goods, Groeci'ies, Ac.,
•tf'-et corner St- Philiji.
■Vf cBHile K. R., Foreign and Domestic
eiK Oond *' F <'" r d Articles, Main
tr< « t, between St. Louis and St. Philip
street*. 1
\I O. H., Parish Treasurer
XT1 Gnteo. Green Street, cor. Market
M ( )OI{h, I. D. Attorney at Lair,
bee up stairs Main St. ■
■of
corner
J- O..Shoemaker. Main
Street between St Louis and Green
streets.
ASIL1JVAN,E. A. Attorney at Late,
Green Street, between Main and
I luhod-.mx Streets.
I>HILIP1KAU ALFRED, linker, comer
X Isivee and Maron^e Streets.
P I.URtN, A. J. foriegn and domestic
gomts. Hats, shoes and groceries, cor
ner Main and St l'liilip streets
PROTECTOR. FIRE CO. NO. 2. En
1- lime House, Jaekson St. Regular Pa
rades on the thirilSundav of each inontli
niul rc-ular meeting on the third Monday.
Officers:—P A. Aucoin, President; M.
< ointenient, Vice-President; C. Sabourin,
Scc.rctary ; K. J. Lagarile, Assistant. Sucre
tury : \V . C. Ragan. Foreman : Ben. Mal
linnigh. Assistant Foreman ; Frantz Zer
not. Hose Director .John Hay. Assistant
Hose Director; NV. Broekhoeft.Treasurer.
R IX L'-ltK, L., Dry Goods, corner Main
and St. Louis Street*.
S AX( AN. N., Agent San Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, Tli'hodaux La.
AXJ AX. \ , Intent Agent and Collector
t 7 Ottiee TbibiMlaux Sentinel. Market St'
ViTUANGERS HOTEL - THOMAS aL
BERTI, Pinpriclor, corner Thibo
daux and Green Street*.
CL JOHN'S SCHOOL.—Rev. C. F D.
V Lyue principal Jackson Street near
St. John s Church.
S ABO UK IN, C.,, Surgeon Dentist, Office;
Jackson Street, la-tween Thibodaux
and St Bridget sts.
^OCIETE DE lUENKAISANCE ET
I- 11 assistance Mutuelh- lie Tliilmilaux.
Les seance n-gulierc do cette. society
out lieu le liremier jendi lie cbaipte mois
a 7 lieures ilu soir ilu Icr is-tobre au ler
avril, et it 8 lieures ilu let- nvril an ler oc
tobre.
Officiers :—H. Dansereau, President ;
P. A. Aucoin. Vice President . F. Sancan.
Secretaire : H. H. Nlieln let. Assistant Se
civtaire ; K. Loisean. Tresoricr ; Theophi
le Thibodaux. Ciiiiccteur ; Alccste Hour
ginis..Portier.
j triot Stieet
r | 'Ll REAP. II., Carriage Matei
X Horse Shoeing, coiner Levee a!
tpAlinit IT. NV.. Family and Ptanta
I lion Groceries, G|-«'ii Street,between
Ix'vei-and Market Streets.
TlilIIHODEAI .V. JOS. T.. Pharmacist ,
1 Dealer in Patent Metlicinex. Prrfu
mery. &.c,. corner of Main and St. Philip
Streets.
r I Ml I i>< )I>KA UX. JOS. T., Treasurer of
I the Town, eoi ner Main anil St. Philip
Streets.
riMilBoPAUX FOUNDRY. L. KEEFE
f Proprietor, Levee and Jackson
rpiIlBuDAUX, THEOPllILE, Town
X Constable, .1 sseSsoe, Collector and
Wharfinger Office, Green Street between
Market and Levee.
\ r OUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT AS
SOCIATIOX, OF LAFOL : R( HE.—
Regular meeting on tin- first NVeiluesilay
ot each mouth, at 7 o'clock, at the office
of J ndge lsirio. Cor. Green uud Levee.
Officers :—H. N. Coition, President. J,
NV- Kuoblouh, Vice President, M. T. Hig
ginbotham, Secretary. C. Azenia, Treasu
rer, J. Hay. Censor,
rpHIBOOAyX FIRE DEPARTMENT—
x Orgenised September 7tli, 1874. Offi
cers : —NV- II. Ragan Chief Engineer, P.
K. Lorio. 1st Assistant ; A. B. Kagan,2nd
Assistant; Norbert Rotli. Secretary &
Treasurer ; J L. Aucoin, Delegate oi tlu*
Tliiboduiix Fire Co. No. 1. J. Lagarile, and
S- T. Di-Mdnnile Delegate of the Home
Ilisik tk Ladder Co. No. 1
rilHIBODAUX COLLEGE, Very Iti-v.
X C. M. Menard, situated in one of tlia
most healthy j>arls of the town ot Thibo
daux.
\ MERGES. J. M. & Co. Barber. Main
Steet. between St.Jxnis and Green
sttreet
V ERRIElt, T.. Gunsmith, Main St., lie
tween St. Louis and Green Sti-ei>ts
w
EBRE L. A., Sheriff, Ollioe at Court
Housq.
W INDER. THOMAS. District Attor
ney .— office. Market Street, be
tween Miironge aud Patriot Streets.
WEISSENTHAN X KR. ALOIS, Confee,
f T tinnt ry unit Smlo Water, Green
Street between Market and Main Streets.
Mr*
LTASHINGTON HOTEI
r Gurnard. I
In-tween St. Philip aud St. I-unis Streets.
YV
TT Gainard. Projirietor, Market St
1
Mil BOD A UX SENTINEL. Job Office.
comer Market and Patriot Streets.
rpHIBODAl'X BENEVOLENT LODGE
X No !*0. A. F. amt A. M.—Regular
meetings on the second Saturday and the
last Saturday of Every month, at J o'clock
P. M., Green Street, lietweeu Levee and
Market Streets
[ rilHlBODArX FIRE NO. 1. Engine
X Room at Town Hall, Levee St. Reg
nlar paraih-s mi second Sunday id each
! month. Regular Meetings nn Monday af
ter the second Monday of every month.
Officers i—S. T. Grisamore, Prescient,
E. E. LeBlunc. Yicc President. P Trone,
Secretarv, M. T. Higginbotham, Assistant
Secretarv, H. W. Tabor. Foreman. 11.
Champagne, A ssist-mt Feteman, O. Kno
blnch. Hose Director, K. Ciiiutmei Assis
taut Hose Dir tor, P. A.DeManad,- Engine
1 Director, A. Weiseutlniner, Assistant En
■ gine Director, O. Malliruu, Tyler, Jos. T.
i Thibodeaux Treasurer.
riHIIBODAUX, P. A. Cirit Engineer,
X Jacksou Street, opposite St. Bridget
Street.
Z ERNOTT, FRANK. Watchmaker imp
Dealer in line Jewelry dee. Main Street
between St. Philip and Jacksou Streets.
G AZZO Dr- J- B €., Physician and
Aeourhenr. Thiboilaux 1*. O., Lafour
1 rho Parish, La
vfoung mens dramatic club.—
X Kcgulai meeting Second Thursday
of each inontli.
Officers:—Thomas A. Badcaux, Presi
ident ; Emile Loisnau, Vice President ; J
Omer Lanury, Treasurer; Henry Riviere
Secretary ; F. Sancan. Stage Manager ; J.
A Perrin, assistant Stage Manager ; John
Ilay,Property Man; T.Bergeron, Costumer;
A. F. Knohloch, Prompter : J. L. NVcbre,
Assistant, A. B. Ragan, Floor Manager,
Thomas Holden, Door Keeper.
Committee of Arrangements : A. B. Ra
gan, Chairman, J. X.' NV'right, L. Aucoin.
M. T. Iliggingbotliam.
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— ANi>—
Journal of the Mh Senatorial
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE TOWN,
ISSUED EVEUY SATURDAY
DUNCAN S. CAGE, Jr., Editor
F- SANCAN* Pi o'r & Business Manager
OFFICE :—TOR. MARKET AND PATRIOT ST
I did not love him. Long ago
Instead of Yes, I gave him No.
I did not love liiin ; but to-dav
I read his marriage notice. Pray,
NVliy was I and, when never yet
Has my heart kuown the least regret
Over that whispered No ? aud why,
Reading the notice, did I sigh f
No analyst can guess the cause :
A woman's reason laughs at laws.
Sure, l am glad to know' the wound,
I give is healed, that lie has found.
Love's blessedness and peace; anil yet
A woman never can forget.
The man who once has loved her ; and
To-day I seem to see him stand,
NVitli every glance a mute caress.
Still jib-ailing lor the longed-for Ves.
His early love for me is dead—
Another lives in that love's stead ;
And if he loves her well, as tnen
Should love tlicir chosen ones, why,then
He must be glad that long ago,
Instead of Yes I gave him No.
Perhaps that is the reason why
I re:ul the notice with a sigh.
C ommunicated.
Ed. Thibodaux Sentinel
Tlie publication of the Bill in
troduced into the Congress of the
United States by Representative
Darrall, appropriating ten thou
sand dollars for the dredging of
lower Bayou Lafourche, has been
the cause of considerable discus
sion on the streets, various objec
tions being surged as, in ease ot
its passage, to what effect it may
have on the waters of that Bayoii
in times of a high river. Some
contend that such a small amount
will not be sufficient to accom
plish any real practical benefit,
others that dredging the Lower
Lafourche will produce no percept
ible effect upon the rise of the
water in this and the upper por
tions of this Parish and iu Assutnp
tion.
It will be remembered that the
work designated will be executed
by the officers of the Government,
with the Government dredge
boats, salaried officers command
ing public boats, whose salaries
and outfits are not included in the
expenses incident to the work,
and who can have no inducement
to cause them to neglect or delay
the consummation of the labor
wtiich they will ho directed to
perform.
A most accurate survey -of the
Bayou, from Lafourche Crossing
to tlie Gulf was made two years
ago, and maps prepared exhibi
ting every species of obstruction
to he removed, and with this sur
vey, accompanied hy the maps,
estimates have been made* by Bn
gineers, thoroughly skilled both
practically aud hy education, in
such works, that ten thousand
dollars will accomplish the labor
of re-opening Unit stream from
the Crossing to the mouth and
giving it a capacity of outlet am
ply sufficient to carry oft the
waters that are admitted hy the
inlet at Donaldsonville. Surely
such estimates are entitled to
great weight iu the minds of rea
sonable ahd practicable men.
It is argued that the dredging
of the lower Bayou will not pre
vent the rising of that stream in
this vicinity, to a dangerous
height, aud that the only reliable
security that can he attaiued con
sists in a continual increase of
the levees,in height and capacity,
to sustain the pressure of waters
during periods in which the Mis
sissippi river is at its greatest
elevation.
A careful observation of Bayou
Lafourche througLout its entire
length will disclose the fact that
from Donaldsonville to Raceland
that stream continually widens,
anti from that point downwards
the-distance between the levees
grows less, and the same observe
tion will show that the highest
levees are found where the dis
- —
tance between them is the great
* , re s - lou 'd he some practi- j
cal reason '°r this singular tact,;
mil the development of this fact:
w ill, perhaps, clear up the teasi
bility °t that relief which the <
cleaning of the Lower Lafourche !
will effect, i
lo jirove that dredging the |
Lower Bayou will produce no sen-1
sibie effects in the Upjier Bayou j
the assertion is made that when a
crevasse has occurred during
high water in the Bayou, the fall
occasioned above that opeuing
has heen only temporary and was
soon recovered, whilst below the
fall occasioned thereby remained
permanent.
The history of the Moreau Cre
vasse in 1874 is cited as an exam
ple. When that break occurred
the Bayou was full—the water
tuuuiug over the levee in many
places from Donaldsonville to the
points below at which levees
cease.
A few days subsequent, to that
crevasse the Lafourche was as
high above that breach as it was
previous to the occurrence, al
though for twenty-five miles the
fall had been from one to twenty
inches ; whilst below, the sudden
fall which took place remained
until the water went down in the
Summer.
The survey made by the United
States' Engineer Department dis
closes the fact (which is percepti
ble to the naked eye) that the
capacity of egress in the Bayou
opposite the plantation of Messrs.
Ilarang, is about one-third less
than is the inlet atDonaldsonville.
Now, how can the M aters escape
when the natural outlet is nar
rowed down so far below the ca
pacity of the inlet thiough which
they enter ? So long as the stream
is not lull above, its waters will
pass out because the outlet, at
that point, is still equal to the
space occupied hy the in-flowiug
current.
The fact, is self-evident that
wbeu the Mississippi becomes full
so as to throw a current of water
into the Lafourche, equal to its
full capacity ot reception that the
egress at Harang's will be insuffi
cient to pass it through, and,
operating as a dam, will hack the
water up on this portion ot the
stream, until it overflows the
levees, or, in its rage, bursts them
iu sunder and seeks an outlet over
the fields of rice and sugar-cane.
Now as regards the Moreau
Crevasse and the fact above speei
tied in its history :
The Bayou from a point some
fiv e or six miles above that breach
did rise up to a point equally as
high as it had attained previously
But this proves another fact.That
break had no effect whatever up
on tlie quantity of water that
fouud an entrance at Donaldson
ville, and the fact that the cre
vasse had hut little influence
above, only goes to establish the
assertion that a requisite outlet
of the in flowing waters was all
that was necessary.
With a four-foot levee for twen
ty miles, the waters were res
trained in the stream, because at
no one point was the capacity ot
the stream less thau it was at the
inlet. Now, if the outlet at Mo
reau's had been at Lafourche
Crossing, does any one suppose
that the Bayou above would not
have heeu sufficient to carry oft
all the waters which entered a
bove t and if it heen at Raceland,
would not the same result have
been witnessed because the capaei
ty of the stream is at no point
above less than it is at its inlet !
If then a "crevasse," instead of
being made on the hanks, should
lie made in the channel of the
stream of a capacity, at no one
point less than it is at tbeenttance,
why would not the waters escape
without forcing an outlet through
the levees ? The advocates of
high levees seem to ignore the
tact that the [cause of overflows
and crevasses between Harang's
and Labadieville isl found iu the
fact that the outlet, being too
small to carry off the waters, oper
ites ns a wall, holding them hack
aud causing them to flow over or
hurst through the levees.
At Harang'8 the levees are on
ly about flve feet high and from
Labadievilie above that is about
the average, whilst between these
points levees of double that height
are inadequate to sustaiu the
pressure of the water when the
Mississippi discharges currents
into tlie Bayon equal to its receiv
ing inlet.
At Harang's the stream can
rise no higher because th e tides
ot the Gnlt in their ebb and flow
draw off the surplus, and the
saint? effect would be produced
were the egress at that point
double or treble what it it at pre
pent.
It is very evident, that if the
bars and obstructions below La
fourche Crossing were removed
so as to secure an egress at eve-"
poiut equal to the inlet at Do
aldsonville that the waters would
l>e easily carried off and that
there would be no further ueces
sity of increasing the strength or
height of our levees. It is stated
above that where the bayou is
narrowest, the levees
est.
are small
dievXh?Mi?Il 1S °?- Vin , e i tO Labfl ' !
eville but little trouble is ever ]
experienced, because the water
!™ n * *" at } h ® tirst point
n obs ^ ru « tlon » hlld - i
, sufficient capacity!
ottgiessaud the hacking of the
water occasioned by the obstrue- j
Hons below cannot produce any
effect so high up, betore breaks !
occur lower down, consequently I
hut little, if any more levee is re
qnired ou tbut portion the '
stream than is necessary near the
river,whilst at IIarang's the prox 1
imity of the Gulf tides will obvi
ate the necessity ot high levees. !
But betweeu Harang's and La
hadieville where the water is re 1
taiued and held hack bv the oh
- i
structions, Levees have never yet
been built sufficiently* high aud
strong to withstand the pressure.
Let these obstructions be re
moved, and a free egress given
tlie waters all the way uutil it
reaches Tide water, and no fur
ther apprehension need be enter
taiued from disastrous overflows
on Bayou La Fourche, with the
levees kept as they are at present.
At this time the water at Ha
rang's is almost at the top of the
Levees, showing that the egress
has now all that it can do to pass
off the currents, whilst the Bayon
is comparatively low here. What
can be expected but disaster if
the river was throwing iu all the
water the Bayou is capable of re
wiving at its entrance.
UNCLE SILAS.
One Hundred Years Ago
Some wise wag has summed up
the changes that have takenplace
during a century, in this way.
One hundred years ago wed
ding tours w ere not fashionable.
One hundred years ago farmers
did not cut tneir legs off w 1th
mowing machines.
One hundred years ago our
mothers did not worry over dis
ordered sewing machines.
One hundred years ago horses
which could not trot a mile in
2:14 were somewhat scarce.
One hundred years ago it took
several days to procure a divorce
and find a congenial spirit.
One hundred years ago there
were no disputes about the im
politeness of stieet car drivers.
One hundred years ago every
young man was not an applicant
for a position as a clerk or hook
keeper.
One hundred years ago kero
sene lamps (lid not explode and
assist women to shuffle off this
mortal coil.
One hundred years ago men
did not commit suicide hy going
up in a balloons aud coming
down without them.
Oue hundred years ago there
were uo third term millionaire
bishops to stir up the waters of
partisau politics.
Oue hundred years ago there
were no Turkish harems at Salt
Lake, and no Ann Elizas suing
for the nineteenth part of a di
vorce.
One hundred years ago En
gland was not very far behind
the United States in all that
goes to make a nation powerful
and progressive.
One hundred years ago the
Dutch had taken Hollaud, hut
they bad not uiade France "come
down'' with a handsome pile of
"smart money.''
One hundred years ago a
young woman did not lose caste
hy wetting her hands in dish wa
ter or rubbing the skin off her
knuckle on a washboard.
One hundred years ago a phy
sician who could not draw every
form of disease trom the system
by tapping a large vein in the
arrn was not much ot a doctor.
One hundred years ago men
were not running about over the
country with millions of fish eggs j
to he hatched to order. Fish supe ■
rintended their own hatching in j
those days. j
One hundred years ago the con
dition ot the weather on the 1st ,
of January was not telegraphed ,
all over the continent on the even j
ingot - December 31. Things have ,
changed. ;
(jm* hundred years ago people
ffiff not worry about rapid trans
it aud cheap transportation, hut
threw their grain crops across the 1
hacks ot their horses aud uncom
plainingly "went to the mill/'
One hundred years ago every
man cut iiis coat according to his
cloth, every man was estimated
at his real value, shoddy was not
Uiop
known, nobody had struck •file,''
and true merit and honest worth
were the only grounds fqr promo !
Bill Whipper's History.
son Destined toWear
the Ermine.
! EARLY LIFE OF A DIGNITARY
] of south Carolina
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I m i la N, Mich., Jan. —Tlie
P e .° |,,e / ) . f th,s ^gion take great
' \w*' St about W.J.
," , PP er > th* dusky politician
1 ^ ho re cfutly elected a Judge
South Carolma, because lie
! h« C ^J ,VW 1 h T f or H , shorfc ti 1 a,e -
■ V* ,, ° ta 1 J «' 1 K« tbeu, unless
1 " °* whiskey, nor was he
T ly J ■ m the,Hoa ft.
i J. Whipper, -nt simply Bill Whip
per, or mom commonly "Nigger
Whipper."
He first made his appearance
among us as a farm laborer, in
the service of a farmer living a
short distance north of this vil
He eulisted the sympathy
ot his employer, who helped him
to buy or get some shadow of ti
tie to 1(50 acres of timbered land.
Whipper made a very small pay
meat on the land, came to this
place, set up for a capitals!, got
a saw mill built for him, and tliet
hiring a gang of colored brethren
and a number of teams, be made
expeditious work iu getting the
valuable timber off the land of
which he had become the nominal
proprietor at slight excuse. This
timber lie converted iuto money,
which he pm in his pocket, when
lie quietly stepped out, leaving
his colored brethren, the real land
owner, the mill owner, and .v»
j ious other creditors to deplore
n'.s untimely' taking off. JLt was
hardest on the colored brethren,
as many of them were just from
the South, and very poor. To use
au expression iu vogue here
abouts, he "whipped'' the negroes
the worst of any of his creditors,
and it was owii^ -to ,this, more
than to his color, -that lie acquir
ed the cognoiueu Qf "Nigger"
Whipper. ®
The Judge had obtained-mooey
and credit at various places, *u
amounts varying from teu to five
hundred dollars, on the represeu
tatiou that he owned 160 acres of
land, a saw mill, and a large
amount of personal pro|>erly,
when his total cash investment
could not have exceeded #200.
Several warrants for fraud and
one for stealing belting from the
mill in the night time were sworn
out against him, but lie managed
to elude service for a time. At last
close pressed by the affleero of
justice, he enlisted iu a colored
regiment in Detroit. Even after
this he was arrested and locked
up in jail in Ann Arbor, but mili
tary authority being paramount
at that time, he was released. His
subsequent career is better known
in ISouth Carolina than here. Wa
have heard he rose to he a Major
General in that State aa well a a a
Judge and Commissioner of the
Sinking Fund. His numerous ac
qua in tan cos here woifld be glad
to see him once more ; but if he
can't pay them a visit if he would
send them all his photograph it
would be better than nothing.
I have made carefnl inquiries
and have no doubt that the W.
J. Whipper, who "whipped" his
colored frieuds here so uumerci
fully, is the same W. J. Whipper
who is figuring extensively in
South Carolina politics. As to
the truth of all tlie statements
made in tnis communication auy
number of affidavits can be pro
cured from responsible citizens in
Milan. It may possibly he a case
of mistaken identity', but it is not
likely that two persons hearing
the usual name of W. J. Whip
per, both colored, aud both dis
playing such remarkable ebaruu
ieristics, could exist in one coun
try at the same time.— N. Y. Sun
A Colorado stock farmer was
recently visited hy a pedautio
college friend, who interlarded
his conversation with Latin quo
tations long forgottou by his
friend. But, one day the granger
even with the pedant. "You
bad good luck in stock raising,"
the visitor, pointing to a
large herd of young cattle. "Yes,"
suidtbe farmer j "it's owing to
luck that J cap say : Bine iliac
lackrgnuB, "What V> asked the
coufused visitor. "Why, don't you
see t'Hence tjjese steers.' "
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Barbers are well informed on
Ding events,
A regnlar hoarder js one who
pays his hill weekly.
An Ulster nvmcoat covers a
npiltjtqde of silts,