St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-11-20
4 Dream Of the Excursion.
By ONE OF THEM.

Some two weeks ago Mr.. PanGeliy
the engaging and courteous snpeiin-
tendent OF the NJ L. and 7. K. R., ten
dered to the railroad committee OF this
place, in view of their labors i'll behalf
of said road, an excursion TO New
Orleans and return The committee
extended the invitation to the business
men generally, but the business season
having fairly opened many OF them did
not 20, in consequence of which some
Of the younger people went down and
enjoyed themselves highly to the honor
of the "old folks at bone"
The amusing and otherwise agree
able incidents of the trip had almost
passed from our memory when yester-
day morning tall youth of our town,
whose eyes betokened restless night,
walked slowly into the office, inquired
whether we had forgotten the pleasures
or recovered from the fatigues of the
excursion. and said he had drempt a
dream. At this our reporter looked up
and inquired of the substance of the
dream.
The tall youth said !, dream had no
substance, but the cause Of it had, and
added that in his case {. too substantial
supply Of samou, at late hour the
previous night, had occasioned him
many horrors to which in his waking
hours his Imagination would have been
stranger said he:
i thought | was IN the city and had
in some manner, about 5 o'clock in the
morning, been thrown into the street,
and the custom house and n street car
were falling on me at the same time
when the scene changed and looking
up beheld two boys of my own age
issuing from the top story OF what |
then took to be an oyster saloon, as
they passed me joined them and asked
the matter; they said their heads felt
light, their pockets much lighter and
that they were in quest of friends. 1t
then seemed to be evening and the sun
was just slanting his rays over the edges
OF a stone mountain, when turning
corner | saw large crowd of men
talking pleasantly, but who seemed to
almost perfectly encased 10 a wall Of
beer saloons. They talked of some
excursion in pleasant way, but seemed
studiously to avoid even the walls
of the saloons; noticed also that the
air bore no traces OF beer, but was rather
perfumed with the breath of roses, and
as the crowd began to mingle with each
other, blonde gentleman with side
board whiskers entered the area, in
yited tie crowd to the cars and then
entered Git seemed to lIe much to the
horror OF the crowd beer saloon; he
staid there few moments and when he
stepped back the saloon vanished and
the cars were before US. We were soon
seated, with tie cars going at the jolliest
rate imaginable. Here dozed OFF for q
while and only awoke as the cars were
booming into West End. got up and
looked out of the window and there
lowering above US was great host of
angels. who few about in some great
confusion, aud as the train stopped and
the excursionists began to pour ont |
saw swooping down from an immense
height portly figure, which notwith-
stand its spiritual form, impressed me
as being judge, this figure arrested its
flight for a moment as he reached the
angels and having whispered to each
some good and apparently lively news,
nodded to them in the jolliest manner
and lit upon the ground and then there
was sound as Of great speech making
and commotien among the eXcursiOnist5
aud voice struck familiaIly on my
ear as being the voice Of one learned in
politics and turning my eyes espied
none ether than our sharp Senator ". 4.
Robertson, Introducing the blonde gen-
tlenan with the sideboard Wlliskers.
As the blonde gentleman with tpe
sideboard whiskers stepped fslnl the
crowd there was Immediately dead