The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-02-28
From 1~apoIeonv1Ile.
A TRIP TO LAKE VERRET-
FINE CROPS. RURAL
SCENERIES.
NAPoLFoNvILLE, La.
February 18th, 1880.

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Yesterday. tired of the humdrum
OF every day lite in the dusty little
siilage Of Napoleonville. tired of
everything an'l everybody, with
time banging heavily on his hands
it did not require much pleading
to induce Your correspondent to
emerge rom the mastery inactiv
ity iu Which he was INDUCING and
be one OF y party OF two to pay a
flying visit to the beautiful lake
lying SOM" eight or zen miles back
of this town.
AS soon rs our esteemed and
good natured young friend Max
ime Dupaty heard OfOur intention,
he rendered us the services of one
Of the fast tr0Gters and magnifi.
cent buggIes for which his we'll
regulated livery stable in SO wide.
" known. OF course we could not
refuse such a aatterimg offer with
propriety. And We did not.
According to agreement we sal
lied forth with flying colors, at
exactly $50 P. NJ, from the sleepy
corporation which has seen tit 70
appropriate the name of the great
frenchnan whose name is every.
thing but synonymous with lethar.
thy aud laziness, and were soon
on the smooth road leading to The
objective point. This road follows
a small canal dug, out in ante BEL
lam days, which runs from Bayou
Lafuurc'Ae to Lake Verret. Like
,bt che from Thibodaux to Houma,
1t was never properly taken care
OF and is now only a lit I,abitation
for the frog and the snake.
From what we coull! see, we
HIe of the cpinion that tia crops
are very promising all along the
rontc. We noticed with pleasure
aad surprise thar, with ~ very few
exceptions. every man ct,liivates
bis own small garden and pro-
duc>s almost enough vegetables,
corn, potatoes, etc, to keep his
a. lily in clothes and food, be
si''".' his dail. labor Oh the large
plantations or in tie swamps.
liz about three quarters of an
hear, we fonnd ourselves fyinr
through what is generally known
IN the ''canal settlement Here
the houses are somewhat Closer
together, while the small Catho
lie chapel erected years ago
through the persevering energies
of The late lamented Father ViOl-
lier. who died IL martyr to his pa.
triolism turing the fearful yellow
fever epidemic of 1873 lends an air
VI more Importance than it's sui.
rmndings. The scenery which
onr vision at this point
j. grand and magnificent, and ill
ed our soil with IL feeling OF inex
s're>~ible delight. The neat little
of the sturdy yecmen who
contribute Il, sir mite towards max
cur country the fertile land
that 1t is, the tall, wavering trees
out in bold rellefagainst
tit- azure tinted skies, the gorge.
GUS orb Of day just sinking behind
western horizon in all it's
that bare.feet maiden sud-
stopping her carols at the
vibration Of the evening bell,
grey hairel sire surrounded by a
group Of nolicksOme children who
make his rustic home a paradise
- Aim-all serve to constitute as
inc il rural picture as Was ever
painted IN glowing colors on can
OR immortalized in uMlyimg
verse BY any Of natures gifted
d
Pass the chapel, through the
'mall nerk OF timber land which
'as furnished the lumber for near |
y all the bean,ifu! residences of
he rich planters as we'll IA the F.,
cabins Of the poor in the
we went, leaving behind
he rustic Lass to gaze with aston
shment and Indignation at the re
andacious strangers who 4
presume to cast such mean
ng glances at her rosy cheeks q
nj symmetrical form, and at last
onnd ourselves at our destin.a
ion. ]
The mighty expanse Of water {
Inch met u gaze, apparently |
lred of its labors of the day, had j
lready quietly gone to rest and a
now calmly sleeping on the {
of the lake whose reputed .
eanties had attracted us thither.
o say that We were not disap n
ointed would bnt poorly express 0
I'r humble opinion Of the place. c
! stroll along the shore was the il
rst thing III order, after which f
'lne u skiff ride on the placid e,
When fairly out from
md we could get a much better
of the lake which is nearly
lree miles in width, in the centre fl
: one OF the most fertile sections II
county in Louisiana. f.
The woods around the shore re- a.
'unded with the reverberations al
our Joyous shouts and exclama