Louisiana capitolian., 1880-08-31
A TRIP TO PO|NTE COUPEE,
FALSE HIyER---AS EDEN lS THE
tOWLANDS.
TIE OLDEST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
LOUISIANA,

Ali lncOlilIlDic SINNER 'hoUpn we are,
we had received most cordial invitations
from Father Buthrt, the worthy cmratc
Of Pointc Courcc, to visit his parish,
and whilst there to take shelter under
his roof, trusting Ia .ioyinpo du PIT for the
fare which hc would supply solely for
The love Of God.
Yielding to the temptation offered by
an excursion in terra ipcoyniin, we took
passage Sunday, 22d inst, on tn" splcI-
did steamer John W. Cannon, whose
genial officers, Captain I.il,ano, Captain
Mossop aud Mr.. Be,gcron, the accom-
nodatiny first and second clerks, soon
made rs feel rs they do every passenger,
that We were at home on board THEN
royal floating palace.
Comfortably seated in front of the
cabin deck, VIC spent the evening enjoy
ing the cool breeze which came to ~
from first bands o'cr the mighty Father
of Waters. Owing to the delay occa-
stoned in taking wood aboard, we reach.
cd Bayou Sara at about 9 p. NJ, none
the worse for wear. There VIC were
greeted by our kind-lcnrtcd host,
Father Bcrtl,ot, who showed us the way
to his stauncl skih with which, by the
MD Of
TWO VIGOROUS sENEGAMBIANs,
we were not long in being safely carried
over to tho Pointc Conprr shore, oppo.
site the preshytory, spacious and airy
building ad jaccnt to the historic St
Francis Church.
After an hour or SO Of intcrcstin. con.
vcrsation will, our host, who charged Us
to do as wc would wc,o we ut home, W,
retired to "Our rOom,' where, ,lnhis
turbcd by metropolitan or oven capito
lian rumbIing, we sank to sleep to ava
ken long after "Aurora, with her rosy
fingers. had opened the portals Of the
Orient
Somewhat ashamed of our lazincss,
we arose and dressed as quickly rs we
could without any undue hurry, and
while the Father was saying his morn
ing mass, from tho front gallery VT
took - hasty survey of the surroundings
Within stones throw eoHlsed the broad
Mississippi, over mile wide there, aud
living % little below us on the Other
shore, the town of Bayou Sara, sur
mounted ON the back ground by tbr
picturesque heights of st. Francisvillc
on our left, the country cemetery, will
its old tonbstoncs, dating ed" Temps II
Tar'agucihe,' as tho Crcolcs would term
it. TravcrSing the building, another
gallery, from whence we caught view
of the garden, the cotton field, white
with open hulls then the little pasture
and yard, inhabited by flock of over
ONE HUNDRED SHEEP,
q number Of cows, hogs, goats, horsc'
and every species of poultry all OF
which are tho property of tho energetic
Father. who finds time to make lis HON,
d we'll supplied farm. While cxaIninin.
the evidences ol his thrift, we were in
terrupte,l by the joyous tones of hi
voice, saying: I'lons dgc""cr w
make it rule always to do as Rome
does, and rs we were about as nca
Rome a. we expect to be, for awhile
anyhow, we obcyed the summons witt
nlacrity.
TO say the truth, we had no reason t'
complain of the bill of fare, and mad,
so bold as to congratulate the Fatlc
,lpon his success in demonstrating prac
tcally how any industrious person cal
live with tho products raised III LouI
siana country home.
The Father, who is an NJ. y. Of th'
Louisville Medical Academy, minister
to the wants oi his sick parlShioncr
whenever called by them to do 50. III
accordingly invited IT'S to ride with hin
to the residences of one Of his neigh
bors on II physicians crranh. Attc1
visiting his fiicud, wc wcndch our wa,
to Col. Claibornc's, our esteemed col
league in the Constitutional Convention
who received us with that genuine hos
pitalty for whicl, he is noted. w
spent an hour or more in pleasant con
versation, during which time the Colonc
took occasion to call our attention l.
the great fertility of the
rOINrE COuPEE LANDS,
and unfortunately, too, to the Gavin,
banks of the river i'll his ncigl,borlool
and the open state of the Morganzi
lcvcc, through which comes the annrla
visitation of the flood, which spread
| over lands as rich as those of the vale,
| of tho Mic. Hero. tic Cnlnncl rrmnrkc u,