The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-08
A Visit to Faquetaique.

OdtlIudS dHu SuI1udts
We halted at Mr.. T. G. Chache-
res, on Saturday, spending the
greater part of the day there, and
did not arrive at Fa%quetaique until
late in the evening. Though it was
Saturday evening the laborers, and
they all labor, were still at work,
and did not stop until dark. We
stopped at Mr.. Joseph Fabacher's
who founded the colony. He has
a large, we'll and neatly built, COM
Portable house. His stable is the
best in the parish, and we do not
except livery stables. His planta-
ton or tract of land, several hun
dred acres, is entirely enclosed with
a first rate plank fence. While
there, we visited, besides Mr.. Fa-
bacher, Mr.. Huber, and the saw
mill, At all these places we were
forcibly struck with the appearance
of the cook Kitchens. We never
before saw such perfect order and
neatness. The floors and tables
were perfectly clean, and polished
and the utensils we're all FURNISHED
and hung up. Nothing was lying
on the floor, or out Of place. Being
so far distant from the more thickly
settled parts Of the parish, they
seldom have visitors; and they
could not anticipate Jul visit; but
one would judge from the appear
ance of their Kitchens, that they
were specially prepared, on all occa-
sions, for a rigid inspection. 4
We did not see a single colored
person i'll the settlement. The
Germans do their own work. They
all work, and they do their work
well. The rich work as well as the
poor.
This is another cause of their
success where others fail-they do
not spend their time in idleness, and
employ others do work that they
can do themselves. They are self
sustaining.
They seem to have no social dis
tinctions, but only business ones.
The individual who is employed by
another, or does mental service for
him, does not lose his social foot
ing after the work is over. The
employee is faithful, obedient, res
pectful, and everything else that
a good servant should be. But
when off duty, he is as good socially
as his employer. But when on
duty, he is as obedient and respect
full, through a sense Of duty, we sup
pose, as any servant could have
been during times ofslavery. This,
we suppose, may be called perfect
democracy.
The only reason, we have heard
alleged for the ultimate failure of
this German enterprise, is the less
fertility of the soil compared4with
our own part of the parish. Now,
we saw very good corr growing
there, and better than some we see
here. The land improves by cult
walton. The Germans will cultivate
it well, and manure it too. They
are saving the manure of their
stables now. Their lumber for
building and fencing costs them
little or nothing but their labor.
Here it takes as much as the land
is worth, very often, and sometimes
more, to fence it. They have plenty
Of wood; here we have not. They
have a good range or pasturage for
horses, hogs, &C., as we have.
They do their own work, and do not
to speculate, as we do with
the certainty of losing, on the labor
of others. German laborers do
more and better work, than our
laborers. They are more economi-
saving and thrifty, than we
are, and will get along and make
money and property where we
would starve or remain in poverty.
Those who predict their failure,
them from their own stand
The Germans of this settle
ment seem to think, as far as the
location and surroundings are
concerned, they are living in al
earthly paradise. Their object
to be the pursuit of happi-
ness; and they say they + salts
fed and happy where they are.
We think they will succeed
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