The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1875-07-31
Fine Peaches.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF GET
TING THEM INTO THE COURIER" OFFICE.


On Wednesday last we received by mail a
small box containing four very fine peaches,
accompanied by the following letters. These
letters were not intended for publication, but
they tell such distressing tale of deprayity
and perversity-on the part of the peaches
that we cannot withhold them from our read
ers:
HOME, July 9th, 1875.
MR.. EDITOR 81 have read in your paper lin
the article acknowledging the receipt of fine
peaches from Mr. Dubuissonl an implied ad-
mOnltlon to your country friends wishing to
send fruits to you to avoid buggy conveyance.
1t seems that in these hot summer days, the
heat. the jOlting and the close confinement of
peaches in buggies will generally cause them
to attempt TO escape. They are invariably re-
captured, however. But in the melee confu-
sion will reign. passion become heated and
appetite sharpened, and then-where are the
peaches? Gone echo answers but not to
the COURIER Office. To avert similar catas-
trophe, sent you few days ago, by steam
boat, "a box of peaches, aud another to-day by
mail. They were raised by me, here, on my
place. Yours, &c. E. A. CARMOUCHE.
LATER. p. S.-Enclosed please find letter
from Capt. e. w. Sylvester which explains it
self. The Captain was the bearer of the last
batch of unfortunate peaches. Buggies are
unsafe, horseback is equally disastrOus-what
tion is meagre and altogether unsatisfactory.
] think the temptation was too strong, he hav-
ing tasted their flavor here, and they attempt.
ing to escape passed too near his mouth and
were literally annihilated He sends for a
new supply, which again forward. Unfortu-
nately, these are not as fine as the others.
Yours, h. A. &.
/ HOLLY GROVE, July 9th, 1875.
e. A. CARMoUCHE, ESQ, Petite Prairie, La.
/ Dear Sir II have to inform You of sad
disaster. Yesterday after parting with you,
fnding the peaches awkward to carry in the
hand-the colt being foolish to guide-I took
! the box from the sack and tied it to my saddle,
/ tying the sack to the other side. All went
lovely until came out from the Lester cut-of
! into the Dry Bayou road, when the colt, find
ing himself ON road that he knew, took a
scalnper for hOme-result: broken box and
four fine peaches in the road, and too dark to
! hunt them.
This morning early Davy Swazey,* inGcom
ing TO my place, found them, and after long
eOgitation as TO the chances of their being
| cunjnred or poisoned, fnally took the
chances and /" went for them" He was to &C
into the woods for me to-day, but as MIR. San
doz cannot write without inspiration, will give
Davy the day with supply of pens, ink anc
! paper to produce an article ON those peaches
and their effect on the African constitution
etc. Will forward the result of his efforts, as
soon as completed, by swamp express. VII
SCUu THIS NY NAEs a. WuO Will bdAC anu
box, and if you viii! send some more by him
after the result of your last two efforts, viii
see that they go TO their destination.
i Your friend, Il. w. SYLVESTER.
"A highly coIored individual.
Aud, sad to relate, the last lot is the oDll
one that reached us Those that were sen
by boat went with those that Davy (ll go
hold Otto Davy's namesake's locker, we sup
pose-and as they were finer than the las
ones sent they must have been larger thai
any We have seen this year, for the two larges
of the lot we received weighed only half al
ounce less than Mr.. Hoyts two best.
The Captain will please accept our thank
for all three lots, however