New Orleans Republican., 1873-08-06
HxCURsIOS TO GRAND ISLE.
Anniversary of Jackson No. IS.

Anniversary of Jackson no. lS'
The success Of the season of picnics and
excursions was that of Jackson No. IS, on
the steamer Bossier, to Grand Islse. Sixty
four gentlemen, many of whom were ac-
companied by ladies. have had as nice
time as they could wish Starting at seven
o'clock on Saturday morning from the en-
CINE house, with Charlie Jaegers band IL
the advance, the procession moved lmme-
diatelv on the work. Of Gus Richards by
means of the jackson ferry. At hve min
utes past nine the waters OF Harveys canal
were stirred by the Bossiers kickup, and
all con graduated themselves that they were
Oft. To force the steamer through this
specimen Of naval engineering faster than
man can walk is a problem which can not
he solved When she had got two-thirds
of the way signals Of distress were oo'
served by Captain Richards, through his
teIescope, from q skitf astern, which was
making abortive efforts to catch up. Two
careless youths had missed the boat.
When they got on board and attempted to
thank Gus for his kindness in waiting for
them, they were coolly informed they need
take no credit, for if the excursionlsts
knew who they were pull of two hours
longer would have taught them to be more
punctual in future. A nice breakfast and
fresh salt" oysters appeased them easily.
By this time every one had settled down
to some quiet cooling occupation which
would pass away the time till dinner. A
dozen card tables on the boiler deck pos
sessed attraction enough to glue the ma
iority to their seats and keep them out OF
mischief. Others preferred to sit in the
vicinity of Jaeger's band in the presence of
| the ladies and watch the ever changing
course of the bayou, or make abOrtiye at
| tempts to hit sea gulls on the wing. At
every little settlement the fishermen came
| to the front of their huts and cheered Cap
| tain Gus, whose hospitality is as vide as his
| acquaintance. Tom Burke amused himself
by being in half dozen places at once.
stirring up the animals. Harry Wilde. the
vice president, made it his especial busi-
ness to see that everybody had all they
wanted. Dan Kelly filed up the chinks
| when Harry had too much to do. Captain
| Scott put himself and his Office at the ser
vice of everybody. Gus and Mrs. Richards,
hospitable souls, in the saloon overwhelmed
us with their kind attentions. The trip
down OF up (which is it!) the bayou was
long, but the guests Of the company.
| among whom were Messrs. C. Taylor
| Gauche. H. Bonnabel. O. Granzin, John
Price, George Herbert, NJ S. holland, J. A.
Braiere, E. NJ Houghton, NJ. A. Peck, j. P.
Casey, j. C. Golding. John A. O'Brien, 7.
E. Burke. E. D. Terrebonne. w. H. Carson,
and the representatives of the press. were
not suffered BY their hosts to become wea-
| ried.
There are few stopping places on the
route, but now and then skitf would be
found on the way, line would fly out from
it, stalwart hand seize it, some article OF
passenger be delivered, the line let go and
| in few minutes the boat would be out OF
sight.
| At Baird's plantation the company W 1
surprised by receiving from the fair hands
| of Miss Rosa Baird two wreaths made OF
the animal and vegetable productions Of
Bara.aria by herself and other ladies. Miss
Rosa was pleased to accompany the com
pany, and was instantly captured by Her
bert. who found her blonde curls and
pleasant words attraction sufficient to keep
him out of sight the rest Of the trip.
On arriving at the pier at Grand Isle the
inhabitants. as is their invariable custom
l 70 lov tho faCaN Thi,
being accomplished, a procession was form
ed for an attack on the hotel. This was
| successfully carried out, and Ben Margo1
urrendered at discretion.
After supper. rooms and beds were in de
mand. but for what purpose it would bt
artillery, but no one was permitted to use
them for anything else. A, a result, every
man was on the beach at daylight. ant
p!unging in the glorious surf like SO many
a,nphbii. Breakfast came late. and poo
Dan Kelley had hard time Of it, and sait
he felt a little sore at being obliged to have
tie men wait. But no one blamed him lcl
it when they saw how hard he tried t.
make them comfortable. And when the
fish and oysters, and lots Of other nice things
had annihilated the abhorred vacuum
the popular treasurer heard only words o
praise.
After breakfast the question of sal
was agitated. Tom Burke proposed to IL
skipper. Are you an able seaman = said
the dogbter. II am" said Tom, ''and wher
you get back you will be sufficiently edu
cated to secure a billet at Captain Wright's
Office" So the sail was hoisted. Th,
doubter suggested to the able seaman 1ha
the boom ought to have its end against th'
mas: and not the middle, but his remark
were not needed. The boat proceeded
about twenty feet from the shore and thei
went back and grounded. The able sea
man said that was all right, we would have
time to think. Ben Margot rode down ant
gave some directions, but as the able sea
man didn't understand what he said, BeI
told Manila man to go with the crowd
The able seaman strenuously objected tt
any assistance, but his crew mutinied, ant
thereafter the ex-captain was perched 0,
tho ..fo'c'stle," from which pinnacle he sur
yeyed the entire party with scern in hi
eye.
This party and three other boat load
/ xro,+ .mony the Cadians of Cheniere Cami