The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-12
THE ~OPELOUsAs JOURNAL.
OPELOUSAS, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1873.
correspondence.
NEW ORLEANS. July 9Th. Is

tSA1 StPt' LIu1 lOh1 L 4CeIIlCu DdLOh
Rouge about dark the following day;
the boat having been detained in the
COurtableau several hours to repair
the wheel which had been damaged by
coming in violent contact with trees on
the bank. The trip down was very
pleasant-in fact it could not be other
wise, to an Opelousian mot certain that
this is the right expressiOn) with Rush
Splane on board. Learned more about
history than | ever knew before, OF
thought that / would know; especially
the history of the great law-giver of
the ancient Spartans-Lycurgus. This
historic lore can be acquired on board
the Trenton, in one trips time; and
seekers after it are referred to that
source. The subject is too deep and
long for a newspaper.
The press convention a to be held
in Baton Rouge on the 4th and on the
same and the following day the grand
fete champetre and Tombola prize
drawing, under the auspices and for the
benefit of the Baton Rouge fire COM
panies, were to come off on the barrack
grounds. | congratulated myself on
Thursday, that / was in excellent health
and would enjoy my stay in Baton
Rouge hugely. But, owing to an over
dose Of Rush Splane's iced Atchafalaya
buttermilk, taken about noon on Thurs
day, / began to feel under the wealth
Ell" at the time of reaching my destina-
ton; and on thinking what might be
the matter, | could think of but one
name for it; and that was cholera. |
tried to "keep a stiff upper lip,n but
my condition got no better; and for
tw%enty-fOur long, mortal hours I was
completely knocked into "pi" for. all
purposes of business or enjoyment. /
tried some cholera mixture which Mayo
put up for me from a prescription in
the Courier-Journal but it had no
more effect than a teaspoonful of sugar
in a mill race. I then fell back on my
old standby, Nature, and ate and drank
nothing for q day but some ice and a
lemon. By the advice of my good land
lady, a Doctor was sent for, who re-
commended bismuth; but as Mayo's
mixture had failed, [ thought it useless
to TRY any other, unless Ihadthe cholera
that was the question. knew if I did
not have that I would come all right
again in due time. Besides, [ reflected,
very few persons die from sickness be-
fore taking medicine but after taking
it; and / felt fortified and. c0mforted in
this view of the case by an incident I
had just heard where a man had the
yellow fever, and his physicians and
friends told him he must die. After
listening to them calmly and patiently,
he replied that he was not going to die,
for that he had always noticed that if
he lived until after the fourth of July
he was certain to live until the end of
the year. s4 4
Not being able to attend the press
convention nor fete champetre on Fri
day, and the latter buta short time on
Saturday, / can give no full account
thereof, from personal observation.
The Tombola was or is (for the draw
ing, I believe, has not, yet taken place,)
lottery for one prize of $500 or $5OO0-I
forget which. The fete champetre,
held on the barrack grounds, which are
extensive enough for a circular race
course of a quarter mile, and were fitted
up for the occasion with a judges stand
and seats arranged circus fashion, I'M
der awnings, for the guests, consisted
of horse races, slow mule races, trotting
matches, foot races, rowing races on the
river, a tournament, catching a creased
pig, climbing a creased pole, and many
other things which have escaped my
memory. It lasted two days, and was
considered a grand success. Several
thousand persons were present each
day, and also Jager's band from New
Orleans. A bali came off each night at
Pixies hall.
The press convention did not get to
work until Saturday. The two main
objects of the convention, to fix a tariff
of prices for foreign advertisements and
organize a permanent press association
in Louisiana, were accomplished. The
work of the convention is not intended
to be permanent, except, the association,
nor is it considered complete. The as
ISOLATION will meet again in October,
when what may have been overdone OF
left undone, can be rectified. Leaving
Baton Rouge hurriedly on Sunday
morning, I could not furnish myself
with the proceedings of the convention
and association. They viii appear in
the Baton Rouge papers-in the Gazetea
Comet to-day-and republished from
them in other papers.
The meetings of the convention were
very pleasant, and entirely free from
contentious discussions. Each one had
the same end IN view, and adopted the
most direct way of arriving at it. Il
was purely a business body; politics
had no part in it. There was n color.
ed representative, the Hon. j. Henri
Bureh of the Baton Rouge Grand Era
who afterwards, at a banquet, very
Witty remarked tlathe was the onl,
man who gave color to the convention
After the final adjournment saturda,
evening / attended the Masonic Lodge
and then d banquet given at the Harvey
House by the city government Of Baton
Rouge to the members Of the press con