Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-06-30
No. 8.
Communicated.

cuueSuay morn, aG IL O'CLOCK,
we stepped on board of onr favo-
rite Captains steamer, Ella Hughes,
bound for the sea shore. We greet
eda crowd of friends upon entering
the cabin;indeed, "make way for the
ladies' was the constant cry. The
gallant gents gracefully did so, in
fact they sacrificed everything for
us. Gently we glided down our
lovely stream, noting the beauty
OF the crops and the extremely neat
and fresh appearance of many resi-
dences that have heretofore been
neglected. Prospects, and TWINS
refreshing to look at the large
fields Of gold-tipped corn, seen
from Lockport down. After pass
ing some distance below that vii
lage, the bayou is closely over-hung
with trees giving quite romantic
appearance. Some of them Rugged
us too closely, however, and in
their parting embrace took with
them a portion of our guard. This
of course terrified the ladies, but
our ever watchful Capt. in an in
slant calmed our fears. The mus
quitoes were SO troublesome and
the heat so intense, that few of the
ladies even retired About mid
night "ship hoy p '.who's ahoat 7"
sounded forth. We soon discover
ed a large sail boat along side of
us. Away flew the ladies! Every
body wanted to see everything. The
vessel was laden with elegant wa
Ter and mush melens, nntmegs and
cantaloupes also immense crabs
and plenty Of fish. The melons
were soon transferred to our boat
also crabs and plenty OF fish. The
melons were delicious. In few
moments dishes were elashing, and
the gentlemen were serving them
to the lad es there was a phgsiciaa
on board.) Ere break of day the
sea shore was reached, and before
morning dawned, some of the la
dies were in bathing. The remain
der took % bath at sun rise.
Most of the sterner sex padded all
day in the ''briny deep.n After our
costumes were changed, we walked
in to sea shore breakfast oys-
ters in the she'll, fresh from the
oceans Depths Oh, what keen
appetites we had for them, and when
through, left piles of - shells.
Regular breakfast came OF 8 o'clock.
1t consisted of fresh fish, crabs.
variety of other dishes and deli
cious rolls. With fresh zest mot
withstanding the oysters) we en-
tered into table matters, and food
speedily departed. Breakfast di-
gested, we "wandered on the sea
beat shorea and gathered shells for
hours, some of which are ex-
ceedingly delicate aud pretty. We
roamed the beach for miles, traced
our names on the sand, and pleas.
antly whiled time away. Dinner
was served at 3. Crab gumbo.
ditto boiled, the largest shrimp
have ever seen, fish aud a plentiful
supply of other edibles comprised
our bill of fare. At 2 o'clock the
ladies petititioned the Capt. to
start. The mosquitoes were fero-
cious, and, as the excitement was
1ver, we were anxious to be "on
our way"
Steam was raised, when behold
the tide had fallen, and we were
aground! Efforts to leave were fu-
tile, SO Capt. Joe concluded to
take it good naturedly, Gas is char
acteristie of him and wait for the
tide. The breeze was exceedingly
stiff, though pleasant, and all were
obliged to repair to the front of the
boat, otherAise the hungry insects
would have devoured us. The
gents used their feet to defend
themselves, and their hands to de-
fend the ladies, with the assistance
If fans.
At half past nine, shout arose,
and away we glided! Smoothly on,
We moved, watching the soft moon
rays bathing everything in beauty.
No wonder that we love our own
sweet CLINE! our bonnie SouthIandi
We reached our destination a
little after time, but that did not
matter. We rent for pleasure, and
ye had 1t.
70 our gallant Captain is due all
hat can be said Of courteous, ge-
lial-nearted, gentlemen.
Success to his future trip, and
nay all join hiIa!
LEoLA.