The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-05-02
What the Papers Say.

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cry county in the State represent
the prospects for crops most fat
| tering. With no misbaps the yield
| of Texas farms will be something
| unprecedented"
There is mine of truth in the
following paragraph:
Nothing presents sadder COM
mentary upon the present condi-
ton of society than the large num-
Der of families, both in town and
country, but more especially in the
latter. that subscribe to no paper
of any kind. Hundreds of thou
sands of families are thus growing
up utterly ignorant of what is
transpiring in the world around
them, ignorant of the mighty
events of the day. But who can
tell tho vast amount of injury that
is being inflicted on the rising gen.
eration-those who are to take our
place in the busy world at no dis
tant day-growing up without any
knowledge of the present, any
study. of the past; this ignorance,
too, being imbued into them by
the sanction of those who should,
and doubtless do, know better, did
they only think of the injurious
effects of their insane course. Let
the head of every family think of
this, and place in the hands OF
those for whom he is responsible
the me ans of acquiring some
knowledge of the moving pano-
rama in which we act the different
parts. Exchange.
TEMPERANCE AT every meeting
of our Council some new member
is added, and the organization is
rapidly growing and spreading it's
influence over our citizens. bring
ing in under its protecting wings
large number of men. From the
number present at it's meetings,
we should judge the membership
to be about one hundred. On last
Monday evening five new members
were admitted, majority of whom
We're ladies; but heretofore there
have been more males than females.
At nearly every meeting the ladies
prepare generous supply OF cake,
and the gentlemen in turn furnish
eonfectionaries, nuts, lemonade,
etc, and at recess most enjoya-
BILE social hour is passed in their
demolishment, interspersed with |
singing and attempts on the part |
of some to say smart things. The |
course of this Council is onward
and upward, and we believe every |
member of it has the temperance |
cause at heart, and is determined
to leave no stone unturned to make |
it a grand success. "A little leayen |
leayeneth the whole lump" and
our Council is good big piece Of
leayen, and we hope to see the day |
when our town will be SO thor
oughly temperance that there will
be none of the ardent used by it's
citizens, though we can safely say
that we do not believe there is an
other town In the State, of the
same size, where there is so little
whisky drank as there is in Beau
mont, and what is used is of a very
quiet nature. Beaumont (Texas)
Lumberman.
SUNDAY IN ABBEyILLE,-A new
era has dawned on Vermilion par
ish. The first Sunday ever known
has been experienced in Abbeyille,
and it was a source of no little
wonder to many. The Police Jury
Of the parish wisely passed an or
dinance requiring all stores and
saloons to close doors on
Sunday came at last
the first of the kind ever seen in
old Vermilion-when all the stores
and business houses remained
closed. A solemn quiet rested over
the place, as though an earthquake
bad smitten the town. The coun-
try people, as usual, came into
town with their butter and eggs,
intent on barter, but, behold, no
door was open to invite to
trade. What was the matter2 |