The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-01-15

There the lame architect
Obscure in siuoke, his forges flaming round
" Nhlle bathed i'll sweat. his forges flaming
round
And putting loud the roaring bellows blew
AGE OF WATER
Float 4-trom Fire to water the
scene shifts, and Neptnne. Lord
of the Mighty Deep, his chariot
drawn by four sea horses, trident
III haud, dives rapidly past, his
hon ses plunging madly forward.
Float 5-lmmediateIy following
Neptune is Amphithrite, his wife.
her chariot, drawn by sea horses,
winter than SNOW, and hy dol
phinS, passes rapidly by. leaving
III the ocean IA deep and luminous
wake. Her chariot, ii shell OF mar
veIlous form and dazzling white
ness. with wheels of gold, clideS
upon the placid water, while
nymphs with garlandS of flowers
and tritOns blowing on their shells,
swim around.
| NEBULE
And God said, that there be
| light in the tirlnamcnt Of the
Heaven to divide the day from
the night and God made two
great lights to rule the day, and
the lesser to rule the night. He
made the stars also, and God set
them in the tirmamrnt OF heaven
to give light upon ealth.
Float 6-Anid luminous clouds
energies IL radiant winged figure
of a female. From her head. wings
and breast, surrounded by halo
of clouds, irradiate iunumerahlr
RAYS OF light. ami ntr ri 9ht hand,
holding a staff SUI mouuted 10y Il
star nd pointed heavanward,
seems to give the welcomed com
mand Of ''Lrt there be light" in
s"sibed i'll golden letters in the
mass OF clouds below.
Float 7-Sud,lrniy tie SIN.
moon and planets, emerging from
h!ankspace. instantly suttn~c with
HE rosy tlntS of mnriilng sun
the hitherto cu!urlrSS clouds.
CREATION.
Float S-A hitlrnuS titanic figure
bursts forth from inchoutp MAJ
ter and, prrcing Itself upon II pro
jrcting rock. huiis with a mighty
effort into he hnHntlltSs void of
eternity. a large rock cmblrmatic
OF Chaos.
Float Born Of Cnoas, Crpa-
ton in is inception no~ advances.
y Darwinian being, holding Il
serpent, first strikes our view ;
his feet belong to man whilst the
head, still ths1 Of monkey,
shows the period OF transition
eteInally tending onward to per
tectiOn. Around him are heathS.
ferns, cactus, tlllandsias and cen,
rury plant, the fora of primeval
time III full bloom further on
flowing from the newly formed
rocks, the condensed vaporS Of
heaven fall III cascade, forming
pool of crystal wafer wherein
polypusses, that connecting link
between vegetal and animal crea-
ton, affecting various forms of
flowers and and animals, greet
the eyes, whist gigantic ser
rent ct vivid hues, creepS slowly
UP the rock I, the nest of a web
winged and web.footed, bat-like,
primeval bird.
PRtMEVAL BIRD
Float 1O-Closely following up
on Creation, III it's initial stages,
Man, Lord of Creation, now
makes his appearance. Not Man
civilized and refined, but rude
and primitive, scarcely superior
to the wild beasts of the forests,
and solely dependent upon the
fruits of the chase for suStenance
and raiment. Clad with the spoils
of wild Beast he comes before us,
his shoulders loaded with game,
holding in his right hand the
shafts typical ofhis avocation.
Float 11-ConStantly warning
against wild beasts, Man at this
period finds no sure shelter on
land, and driven for safety to
the waters of the lakes and riveps,
he builds, OH piles driven in their
beds, his hut, remote from the
shores. There. secure from all at
tacks, he sabsists on fish.
AGE OF STONE.
Float 12-Seated upon a rock.
club i'll hand, the huge figure of
a giant lnaugurateS the Ago Of
Stone.
Float 13-Clothed With the
spollS of wild animals, with no
weapons but rudely fashioned
stones, with no root but that of
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