Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-26

victory wore asa mantle when the bright
sun of Ansteriitz tiiimthed with its rays
the brow OF that soldier whom Destiny
and the caprice OF the Almighty hao
crowned an Emperor an'oDgst I'cn, w
teach the arrogant heirs OF Royalty thai
the subject sometimes becomes the mas
ter AeXt,to 1t tluttered IN the breeze
the stars ana stripes, an ensign under
whose folds u Nation, that has, IN cen
tury, developed Itself into q Govern
meht, rnied by the voice OF h7d, en-
pressed by fifty millions OF sorereiSns.
Indeed, could any sight be more sugges-
tive than this union of the two Standards
the one Of that Republic, who, Phoenix
like. il arising from beneath the heel OF
Imperial flulands of Germany and the
ashes in which fell the opposing Empire
ut Sedan, e'er long to become the Euro
pean sister of that marvel, unparalleled
in the history of the world. known
as tho United States Of America,
! symboli2ed by the Stars and Stripes
whose colnrs comnos. the hrood bars of
the tyi-color?
This dispov was made in honor of the
Tenth Anniversary Of the formation of
the French Ben,yolent Society of Baton
Rouge. whose members never fail on the
10Th Of February of each year. to assem-
bic around the festive board--thcre to
evoke. IN song. rcmeubrauces of the 20
etie pyyenees, the snowy peaks Of the
Aims and the smiling landscapes Of
sweet Normandy.
Once n wear the cares of life are laid
inside for a hrotherly communion. where
the oayety Of the sons of Gaul, for q
cow hours ,yorto,s evcrv other imnuIse
If thcir noturcs
Az II o,cioc,, =. A. in tbe spacious
Hall Mans Gronehya the repov,taa res.
,o,roto,,. ,,ol .nro,a j., ,rt;st;c .t,le
over q snocious tobIe os choice and
well prenored q variety of yiapds and
eptran,.t. -. thn most F,stidinus onion.
roo, c,uld wish for rh.ro yyero r,outs
and doubes and so,ods tbc SIGHT Of which
was sufficient to excite in the most tenn
pcrotc, a Gorpontpan annette, Aiong
the array. If dis,es wcre nlipuca Ike
slr,,ishor. onyor;r,, ,,o r;o. ofhottI,
irnu,,erohIc hott1cs of tbot Eouid OK
trocfed nnm fine yinevords NJ In bclJe
F,aycc whose fumes unloosens the
otr,,r. tL,t lold hock tLot which ia
ATTAIN or uotd-u.i,onccr
Tycnty.tyo MOI, hors were .,,t.d or.
nnsit, thc n},cns cot orort f,, thep, Ar
the bend or the table sot the prcs;dent
nr r Ducbcin an hi. r;nht ,vos rol
Grass renrescntipr the tdrocote and On
his left Novor ,l,stremsl,; NJ tho CAp,-
rotJ,y ot whose left was seated the
Rev. Mr.. Coustaro, Of ST. .Josepb's Cath.
Ole Church. Next 10 these gentlemen
were fine officers and members ,f the 40
cietv IN the center of whom fhe Vice
Consul Of France, Major Machet occu.
pied q prominent uositiop,
Fnllv one hour was snent in testifving
70 Mons Gouchv,s culinary tolsrt liz.
file conld be heard above the sipnid.
cant din Of fine knife and forl; and
the olou 0lou Of the re6llino Of y,,sses
whose contsnts wsre av,nor,t;,r with
wondrous ro,id;tv A. LAST CANA .ho
respite when Mavor .rastremsI<i nro-
posed as y toast "the presideut or the
United States. tbe Govcrpor of Iorisi-
-.., -
ciety of Baton Rouge" which was re-
sponded TO in felictous terms by Presi-
dent Duchein, who closed by proposing
"the Press" in ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
| which Col. Cross, in an eloquent i'm