The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-01-24
The Exodus.

Over in the Parish of St. Lam
dry their reside some enterprise
ing colorrd people, who have rails
ed corn and cotton aud accumu-
lated some means by which to
purchase horses. cattle and agri.
cultural implements. AS the year
1879 was passing away into the
darkness Of oblivion, and whilst
those colored people were smok-
ing their pipes Of peace and eat
ing their Christmas dimes they
We're rejoiced by the appearance
Of a Missionary in their midst.
There was nothing extraordinary
in that fact as Missionaries have.
from time inmcmo.ial been wan.
dering about the henighted re
gjonS of the earth seeking who'll
they might deliver from darkness
into light. This missionary hailed
from the happy lands of Kansas.
He gathered around him the
stalwarts of Washington aud told
them how he had risked his life
to come down into Louisiana to
release them from bondage and
lead them away into a land where
bright flowers perfume the air,
and wealth and luxury and prairie
chickens we're at every mans
door.
He told them that he lived in
Kansas where all the world were
Republicans, where Democrats
were seldom Seen and never were
allowed to hold in Office. He
told them that his father was a
Republican and that his mother
was Republican, and so were
his sisters aud his uncles aud his
cousins and his aunts.
That all that was necessary for
lheM to do would be to raise Il lit
tie money and he would lead
them away to that happy land
where the white people would re
ceive t: EN- into their par!ors and
wait upon their pleasures and
wishes forever and forever. That
there they could live on the tat OF
the land and dream away the idle
hours in the shades OF the apple
trees and grape vines. So the stal
warts met-and elected the Mission
AIRY their Treasurer and sold
their horses and their COWS
and their mules and their house
hold goods and made the heart Of
the missionary rejoice, as they
paid him their treasure into
happy success Of his liberatin.
scheme.
A few Sundays ago they met
to sing and to pray together for
the last time in Louisiana. and
TO rejoice that the road TO Ka,.saS
hy which they were to pass that
happy land III which the white
people were waiting anxiousI,y
to. give them their homes and
their wealth whilst they took
their axes to chop and cord wood
in pralries and their spades to cut
bitches in the mountains.
! Oh. wonderful and passing
strange Is the love Of the avelagt
Kansas Republican for the ne
groes!! But WHEN they hid rs
sembledg and were silently am;
medltatingly waiting for the good
Missionary to lead off in prayer it
was discovered that he was ab
Sent and to this day he has not
been found. With tears in their
eyes the meeting was adjoined
sine die.
This closes the first act. This
Fall their will be- an election for
President During the canvass
circulars will be passed around
signed by all those stalwarts who
invested their money in this mod
ern savings bank giving Il detail
ed account Of h d good mission
airy came to Louisiana and how he
was drowned, poisoned, kill
ed, hanged, drawn and quart
ere'l over in the perish of St.
Landry right in sight of the home
Of the pious, honest, pnre unsul
lied and noble Tom Anderson.
Hail 10 the exodus, all hail the
exodnSters. May they always
iva lnnr and u,n,,,or