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SATURDAY, APRIL 11,1S85
Juraal of the »th. Senuterinl Diatrlcl.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH OF
LAFOURCHE AND OF THE TOWN
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The Democratic Government
seems determined to protect the
rights of its citizens iu foreigu
lauds, Yvherever they may be.
The Best in the Market.
I have been afflicted with a blood
humor aud iudigestiou for fifteen
years. I have received uioie bene
fit from Swift's Specific fS. S. S.)
th in anytbiug else I have ever ta
ken* It is the best blood purifier
on the market.
Feb. o, 188o.
A. J. BROOKS,
Hound Rock, Tex.
Tieatiseon Blood aud Skiu Disea
aes mailed free
The SYvift Specific Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlauta, Ga.
The Shreveport Times Exposition
number issued March 10 1885, cou
tains a vast amount ot useful imtor
nation couceruing Shreveport and
Northern Louisiana.
The Times deserves credit for its
enterprise and energy iu preparing
such a publication for its readei s
and advertisers.
NeverGireUp.
If you are sutteriug with low and de
pressed spirits, loss of appetite, geueral
debility, disordered blood, weak con
stitotiou, headache, or any disease of a
bilious nature, by all means procure a
bottle of Electric Bitters. Yon will be
surprised to see the rapid improvement
that will follow ; you will be iuspired
with new life ; strength and activity
will return , pain and misery will cease,
and henceforth yoa will rejoice in the
praise of Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty
cents a bottle at Thibodaux Drugstore
Tbe Seuate of the United States
has adjourned sinedie.The President
can now make appointments at his
leiqpre who will await confirmation
at the uext session iu deceuiber.
When Cooper wrote of the won
ders of the Catskill view, or when
Moore penned his lines on the
mighty Mohawk, they little itnag
ined that the places they admired
and delighted io for their solitude,
would be made easy of access to
thousands of tonrists io search of
health. But why spend fortunes
at summer resorts in search of
health, with but little benefit, when
Smith's Bile Beans have snch won
derful curative powers. Price, two
bits per bottle.
Late Elections.— The Demo
crats have carried Michigan by a
good majority.
Garter Harrison, Democrat, has
been re elected mayor of Chicago.
St. Loais has given a victory to
the Democrats, after a most exci
ting election.
In Cincinnati the 'Repnplicans
elected the most of the Municipal
ticket.
In Toledo, Ohio, a Democratic
Mayor has beeD elected.
Mrs, Fiank Rogers, widow of
our late fellow uuizeii who grew up
iu Thibodaux and will he kindly re
meiubcred by all bis frieuds, has
lately spent some days iu this place.
She has written some letters to
the Oskalousa Herald, Iowa, her
home from which we clip the follow
ing extracts :
SUGAR UANE AND RICE
are largely cultivated. a11 kinds
of vegetables grow, and at all times
{of the year, wah but little labor.
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next SuilUay.
If l were to tell you all the uice.
fresh vegetables we bat e liad. you
would wish yourself iu our places.
They have the best system of
walks here of any town in the
South. They are built tvitli brick
curbing aud tire brick and will last
centuries. There are mauy points
of interest here. Yesterday we vis
ited the Catholic church, one of the
uicest in the South, a large hue bull
ding of gray sandstone, built iu
1850, at a cost of $85,000, seats
1,800 persons* There are 0,000
incut let s iu this parish, 5,000 com
muuicauts. Father Menard has
been in this parish
FORTY-THREE YEARS
The pictures repre
seating the fourteen stations in
Chi 1st life COSt $800 in bidlice. It
j 8 lighted by twelve large cliailde
liers. They have tYVO priests,
Father Menard and Father Fabre,
both Freuch. Father Fabre showed
us his piivate chapel, made out of
the different woods of this country.
He made it with a penknife aud
fret saw, and it is a very beautiful
piece of Yvork. Within it you find a
great many nice relics. A photo
graph of Pious IX, with his auto
graph; ami a miniature grotto of
Lourdes. Some ten years since
the blessed Virgin appeared to Bir
uadette, a poor girl, aud upon the
spot Yvhere the Virgin stood the
magnificent church of Lourdes has
beeu erected. We also saw the
BELL OF LORETTA,
and an immense rosary and cross
from Lourdes. The pulpit is of
walnut aud very handsome. A
laige pipe organ costing $2,700 is
in the gallery. They have "twelve
voices iu the choir. The altar has
very uice statuary, aud the painting
overhead is magnificent, having
been executed by a fiuo French ar
tist* St. Valerie is the patron saiut.
A wax east, life size, is to be found
ou the left side of the church.
Within the breast ot tbe figure are
toe remains of Valerie, a beautiful
young girl beheaded at the age of
19 for her religion. The remains
were brought from Rome iu 1875.
Iu the c* inetery lie the remaius of
the Irish patriot and poet, Williams.
He wrote the poem, "Sisters of
Charity." It begins, "Sbe was
once a woman of honor and wealth,"
His now de plume was Gerald Grif
fin. We had the pleasure of meet
ing and spending the evoniug with
LIEUl'.-GOV. KNOBLOCH AND WIFE.
He is one ot tbe most talented law
yers in tbe State ; a very fine look
ing gentlemen, medium size, dark
complexion, with black bair and
eyes, aud perfect iu bis manners
aud address. He stauds very bigh
throughout the State. Mrs. K. is
an elegant lady, and well fitted tor
the position she occupies, Major
Grisamore is editor ot the Sentinel,
and to him we are indebted tor
many favors. He is largely inter
ested here in different branches of
trade. He is a whole souled south
ern gentleman. Tbe Catholics have
four schools here, a College and
large convent. Must tell yon
about a colored school we visited.
They have oue hundred and eight
scholars in attendance, about |
equally divided as regards to sex.
Tbe snperiuteudaut receives $50 j
per month and the assistant $30.
They were clean and neat, looked
well fed and were well clad, and
appreciate this advantage more
than the colored cbildreu of the
north and are much better cared
for. They have six months school
ing from the public each year;
the balauce of the year it is a pt i
Y*ate school. We are delighted
with the South and Southern peo
pie. The women are charming, the
gentlemen chivalrous and obliging.
Southerners are quite as humane,
as gentlemen and gentle as ladies,
as Northerners are. We are agree
ably disappointed in them aud we
deY'outl.v wish the North and South
could come to kuow each other as
they really are.
We have bad tbe pleasure of visi
ting a large sugar plantation owned
by Mr. Allen of this place. Mr.
Ogden Smith oue of the managers,
was indeed very kind to ns, show
ing os all over the plantation aud
.explaining all the points of interest.
Jnst at this time
PLANTING IS GOING ON
and all hands are busy. The caue
is laid lengthwise three stalks in a
row, and then covered just ns yon
wonld corn. There were about fit
ty hands at work. The women are
preferred to men. They receive
«ood Yvages, women fifty cents aud
the men sixtyfive cents per dav.
The reason men receive the most
is that they '^ote" the cane and
that i» the hardest part of the plant
ing.
Aside from wages paid their
houses are furnished them aud a
garden patch and one acre of wood
land. On every plantation you
will find line or more old couples of
slaves passing their declining years
in calm repose, after long years of
toil and care, awaiting for the sum
mens to cross the Ri\'er, and who
shall dare say an abumlaut en
trance will not be administered
them. The care taken of the aged
servants in this country is hoimra
hie both to them and the old mas
ters. What a race.they aie ; how
familiarly they dwell in Southern
households; how intimately they
associate with the inmates; how
necessary they seem to the hap pi
ness and comfort to this people.
The South teels the responsibility
of dealing justly with tbe black
man as profoundly as you ot the
North. Thu Christian wise au«l
thinking men and women ot the
South have this subject at heart,
and will do their duty by them.
In God's'own time the slave was
freed, aud iu His own time the
troubles arising out of this question
will all be settled and settled belter
and far more satisfactorily* than
men either North or South can set
tie it.
How differently the Southern
girl is brought up thali we of the
North, yet I believe a Northern
girl under similar circum>tances
would iu a year become more help
less than even a Southerner to the
manor born, bnt in spite of all
there are no girls so charming aud
lovely as the Southern girls.
The church iu which Bishop Polk
used to preach, the one he built in
fact is still standing, he attcrwanls
became a general, aud was killed
at Atlanta. Mrs. Bragg, wife of
General Bragg resides here. Mrs
Julia Ward Howe has been visitiug
at tbe Allen plantation, she is
sweepiug the hearts of Southern
women, and much good will be the
result. Not tar from where 1
write tbe Union soldiers camped,
uearly all oue winter, several little
skirmishes were had very near here,
but that is all past, and no oue
would more willingly forget it tbau
the Southerners.
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Mercury and Potash Vanquished.
Mr. Wiley F. Hood, knowu to
almost every man, Yvoman aud
child in Athens, bears tbe follow
ing testimony as to the virtues of
Switt's Specific (S. S. S.)
For twelY*e years I suffered from
mercurial poison, with all of its tor
turiug pains. I was treated by sev
eral physicians, and was dosed on
iodide of potassium abundantly.
This treatment increased my
trouble. My blood was thoroughly
iufected ; my skiu was thick aud
yellow ; my stomach was weak so
that 1 could not reta : .u my food *,
my person was broken out with
sores which became offensive ulcers,
and my strength was gone. Met
cury brought on rheumatism, aud
potash had rained my stomach,
aud I thought there was notkiug
f° r m © to do but to die—so
j thought many of my friends as I
went hobbling along the street.
I tried all the remedies within
reach, but to no avail. At last a
friend suggested the nse of Swift,s
Specific. Like many other drowu
ing men, I was ready to catch at
any straw that came in sight. I
procured six bottles from Dr. Long.
The first bottle gave me hope.
The uausea ot the stomach disap
pea red, aud by the time I had ta
ken the (third the bard lumps on
my neck went away; the ulcers
were healed; ray complexion
cleared np, my skin smoothed off,
and my streugth begau to retnrn.
I have taken in all abont thirty
bottles. It h as made a new mao
cf me. I am a man of 63 years,
but am strong and vigorous, eat
anything and do any kind of work.
I am sound and well. It is my
honest optnon that Swift's Specific
has taken me from tbe grave's
month and added many years to
iny life. I would recoin in end it to
suffering humanity everywhere,
not as a universal panacea for all
disaeses, but as a specific for all
blood and skin diseases, snch as
blood poison, rheumatism, scrofula, j
eczema, tetter and catarrh, for 1 j
have seeu it tried on most all of •
these. I am ready and more than ■
wilting to answer all inquiries tend j
mg tbe aboY*e points. I aiu yvcII 1
knowu in Athens, and refer to any
oue or all of the old citizens of this
city.
Jau. 5,18S5.
Wiley F. Hood, j
Athens. Ga. i
A Card to the Public.
In every department of busiuess
the world is rapidly making pro- 1
gress, as well as in the realms of
literature, science and art. Tbe life i
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we live is a faster oue thau that of
our grandfathers. Changes are {
more frequent. Rapid trausit from
place to plaee, makes us a migra
tory people.
Heuee to achieve success the bu
siuess mail must advertise, must
apprise the eager throng of bis lo
cation, must attractively call atten
tion to his goods, and in a pleasaut
manner fix in the miud of the heed
less passer-by tbe fact of of his ex
rstence and the inducements he
has to offer.
Doubtless many aronml ns are
oblivious to our presence' in this
community. Others have a vague
idea of the location of the drug
store uear them, yet are ignorant
of what that store contains ; feeling
that 'tis time enough to look up a
drug store when they need some
medicine.
We theretore make use of the Sen
tin el as a medium for the earnest
purpose of combating this impres
sion and teeliug. We are here, aud
here to stay, and we do not propose
tolet you forget it. When you are in
want of some medicine, you will
tiud us prepared to supply the very
best ot its kind promptly, carefuls
ly, courteously, and at the lowest
price consistent with the superior
quality of the article.
Aud besides the uecessary reme
dies which the science of the heal
iugart prescribes in the hour of
sickness, many articles ot use in the
toilet, bath, household and kitchen
are to be found, purest and best,
iu tbe drug store. Our aim is to
be always supplied with tbe fiuest
tbe market affords in this depart
ment.
- Tke skillful and accurate dispen
siug of medicines shall always be
our chief work. For this we are
educated, haY*e made it mg
study, and can assure the careful
attention which this responsible
work requires. Physicians 1 Pres
criptions and Family Recipes a
specialty.
Our large and well selected stock
inclndiug a comprehensive assort
ment of everything usually found
iu a well appointed drugstore, uier
its your attention. We study to
please, and are confident we can
supply yon with everything you
waut in our line economically aud
satisfactorily. Trusting to see
all the readers of the Sentinel at
oar [store shortly, we are
Very truly yours,
J. T. THIBODEAUX.
Prickly Ash Bitten is not an intoxica
ting beverage, but a pleasaut, mild laxa
tive and efficient Tonie acting directly ou
the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach aud Bowels.
fected with a cough for twenty-five {
years, and this spring more severely [
i|i >* •*•* ■>•*«• si >» '■»■*w!
A Great Discovery.
Mr 'Wm. Thomas of Newton Ia.,|
■ays : My wife has been serious y at ,
remedies without relief, and being
urged to try Dr.jKiug's New Discovery,
did so, with most gratifying results.
Tli" first bottle relieved her very much,
aud the second bottle has absolutely
cured her. She has not bid so good
health for thirty years." Trial Bottles
Free at Thibodaux Drug Store. Large
size $1.00,
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The fat office* in New Orleans,
over which there has been so much
wrangling, will probably grow fat
ter still before the applicants get
into tbein.
The President makes baste slow
ly and will make good appoint
meats Yvben he makes them.
Chronic Ulcers and Catarrh*
Mrs. Christian Zdle, aged. sixty-three
years, of Carondclct, St. Louis, Missouri,
had a chronic ulcei on her leg which had
been running for forty-three years. To
use her own language, site had " tried all
the doctors," but without perceptible ben
efit. Two of the most noted of this city
advised her, as the only alternative from
death, to have the leg amputated below
the knee. She was troubled with anr
intolerable itching sensation, which only
gave way to a distracting pain, which
made death her'daily w ish. She could
not sleep or rest. On March 21. this
year,'she. commenced using Dr. Hart
man's PERTTNA, and to-day th- leg is
entirely healed,-and the thankful old lady
•ays she has 6 lept more during the last
three months than she did in the previous
forty-three years.
Miss Alice Brady, of East St. Louis,
Illinois, suffered from catarrh ophthalmia
for five years. On April 37 she began
treatment under Dr. Hartman. For a
year before she was a patient of two ot
the best known oculists of this city, but
they signally failed to help her. After
one month under Dr. Hartman and his
Pucxi, her eyes have almost entirely
healed, and, according to her own state
ment, he has done more for her in this
short space of time than the oculists did
in the previous whole year. FgbUNA,
of course, did it.
Miss Annie Baker, First Avenue, Mil
waukee, writes: " I take great pleasure
in recommending PER UN A. For years I
have suffered from Asthma. I was in
duced to try PERUKA. It promptly
relieved the paroxysms, and its continued
use renders their recurrence less and less
frequent I am confident it will cure me
completely."
Walker Brothers, druggists, Batavia, O.,.
write: "Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus,
O., Dear Sir: Seme two weeks ago I had
a very peculiar case, and after a few ques
tions were answered, I came to the con
clusion it was catarrh of the stomach cf"
the worst kind, of ten years* standing.
The patient had consulted every phy
sician far and near. I persuaded her to
try your PERUNA and ManaUN. She
had been having spasms every three or
four days, and the fifth dose kept them
off, and they have not returned since."
W. M. Griffith, Ashland, Ky., writes:
**The large chronic ulcers of fifteen
months' standing, are entirely healed.
The swelling, pain and itching have all
subsided, the leg is healed, and I am per
fectly well. Pt-RUNA is a wonderful reta •
edy."
WC WANT A LADY
Of intelligence to take the permanent, sole
agency for oar goads used in every family in
this place. S|iH-k furnished by ns without in
vestment. References indispensable.
J. B. Ucling Uo., Chicago, 111.
Proceedings of Town
Council.
TOWN HALL, P
Friday, April 3rd, 1885. y
The Oo'ii'cil. for the Town of Thibu
tiaiix, met. in special seasiou, thia day at V
o'clock. F. M.
Present: J. I.. Austin, Mayor, and
Ellis Uniud. T P. Bergeron Oz^mifi N.iqum
F, Zeruott, I. De Moore, and £' G. Curtis,
Trustees.
Absent: None.
Tbe minutes of the previous sessiou were
read Hud approved as recorded.
The following claims approved by the Fi
nance Committee were presented niid ou mo
tion duly seconded the sum of Five Hun
dred and Forty-four and 80(100 Dollars was
appropriated to pay ,the salne.
Allred Golden char, to Sts &
Dts.
John Johnson '
A. Mall)rough *
C. Azema *
John Trotter *
P. Rousseau .t bod *
L- -C. Aubort *
A. Bourgeois '
Naquin A Gorman*
N. lion villain
F. Suncan
Banquettes
6 00
3100
300
600
600
3 50 *
Market House 14 05
•* 10 75
" 100 00
" 80 00
" 11000
" 18 00
corn, laborer 50 00
Incidental Exp. 34 50
Interest Mrs. Harvey's note char Iu Ex 100 00
Total 544 80
Yeas: Brand, Moore, Naquin, Zeruott
Bergeron and Curtis.
Xuys : None.
The tallowing report was received :
To the Honorable the Mayor and Trustees of
the Town of Thibodaux :
Gentlemen :—Y'our committee on the looa
tion of Fire Wells, reeommeud tbe digging of
Fire Wells at the following id aces, to-wit :
Jackson street: 1st. At Mrs. Jos. Huso or
L. C. Aubert. 2nd. At I. D. Moore, corner
Baker street.
Harrison street: 3rd. North of graveyard.
4th. South of graveyard.
8t. Philip street: (At .1. H. Fleetwood, cor.
UourrC lot. 6tb. At Aucoiu's Store or oor.
A u n|Wash iag ton.
Greeu street: . 7th. At E. cor. Firemen's
grounds or Dr. C. M. Atkinson.
Muronge street. 8th. At W. C.[Ragan.
Canal street: 9th at 8. E. cot. J. T. Thibs
daux or O. J. Legeudre.
loth At rear H. W. Tabor or C. Lagarde.
11th At Mrs. Joe. Dunlin.
12th At Mead. f
Respectfully Submitted,
I. D. alDORIS, Chairman.
,F. ZERNOEi,
^ttee of
of Lafourcheand represent'tothat body
that tho Town huviaz lately purchased the
Syria* tk
Court House building and said committee
inv Kted with full power to inske whatever
arrangements it might think proper.
The Council thon vijouruud.
j Nig ueu j J. L.. AC COIN,
..... .. Mayor.
P. t. LkBlanc,
Clerk.
A. true copy :
> P. E. LkBLANC,
Clerk.
I. D. Moore was apVKdn^ a l ipmit
oue to wait upon the Police Jury#? the