The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-12-20
A New Enterprise.

In October last, an enterprlslng
gentleman OF color am up to the
Laurel Valley plantation and EN-
ployed himself as q laborer to as
sist 10 manufacturing the crop of
sugar on that tine( plantation.
He claims to have first seen the
sun rise in the cotton fields o.
South Carolina, bnt actuated 10y IA
desire to see the world and be-
come acquainted with the TEST Of
mankind he roved arOnnd and
around until he found himself in
the parish OF Latonrche. He is
known by the name of John Greer
Smith or John Smith Greer, or
something of the kind. His mind
appears to be somewhat muddled
!On that subject. John Greer
Smith has devoted a small por
ton of his leisure time to the
study Of light literature, such as
is found in the advertising col
umns of some Of the Northern
newspapers relating to the speedy
method of making fortunes with
out much labor and less anxiety
than is usually required to make
milliOnalrs. John Greer Smith,
whilst smoking his pipe and peru
sing his favorlte pleasure, sudden
ly was seized by IA determination
to become rich, abandon suear
making and live like IL gentleman.
He noticed that Mr.. Warmold.
for whom he was working, was in
the habit of giving his laborerr
tickets when they needed any
thing between monthly paydays,
with which they could make pur
chases at the neighboring stores
Those tickets were all endorsed
with the letters "B. A. w. be
fore issue, but this was not a Sc.
iOus obstacle to Il man posses.
sed of a genins similar to that of
John Greer Smith. In his read
ing he had discovered that print
ing could be done cheaply in Con.
necticut. John Immediately put
on his Sunday clothes and walk
ed into Thibodaux with the air
of Il millionaire, purchased a Pos
tai Order and sent the same to
some printer in the State in which
nntmegs are said to grow on trees
with an order Tor 400 tickets simi
lar to the sample sent, with the
notification that if the re,emb>
lance was good, especially the lei
ters "B. "A. W. that he would
send him large orders in the fu
turc. In that simplicity peculiar
to Il people, who prefer wooden
nutmeg TO il natural one, the ar
fist made an excellent counter
felt of the sample and forwarded
the specified number to John
Greer Smith, who. in due course
Of time, received them from the
hands Of the Postmaster. This
made John Greer Smith feel very
happy, visions Of wealth arose he
fore him like bees around an emp.
t,v sugar hogshead, and John went
home wllistling "happy days"
Nothing was simpler or more
natural than that John should, or
arriving at his quarters on the
Laurel Valley, enter into il restau
rant kept thereon. and indulge
i'll the luxury OF the best mea'
that the establishment could
place before his eyes, and thai
John should pay literally for the
same in tickets to be made good
by Mr.. Warmold. BY some un
fortunate train of adverse circun
st uceS, Mr.. Warmold obtained
a view of some of those promise,
to pay, and with that perversenes.
OF character that a hoosier gener
ally exhibits when he removes
South, that gentleman, after the
manner of the Congress of the
United States, formed a COM