Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-22


the brow of that soldier whom Destiny
and the caprice Of the Almighty had
crowned an Emperor amongst men, to
teach the arrogant heirs of Royalty that
the subject sometimes becomes the mas
ter Next,to it tlnttered in the breeze
the stars and stripes, an ensign under
whose folds Nation, that has, in CEN
fury, developed itself into a Govern
ment, ruled by the voice of God, eX-
pressed by fifty millions of Sovereigns.
Indeed, could any sight be more sugges-
tive than this union of the two standards,
the one of that Republic, who, PhGnix
like, is arising from beneath the heel of
Imperial Hulands Of Germany and the
ashes in which fell the opposing Empire
at Sedan, e'er long to become the Euro
pean sister of that marvel, unparalleled
in the history of the world, known
as the United States of America,
symbolized by the Stars and Stripes
whose colOrs compose the broad bars Of
the tri-colOr? fh' ~ . .
This display was made in honor of the
Tenth Anniversary of the formation of
the French Benevolent Society of Baton
Rouge, whose members never fail on the
10Th of February of each year, to assem-
BILE around the festive board-there to
evoke, in song, membranes of the po-
etc Pyrenees, the snowy peaks of the
Alps and the smiling landscapes of
sweet Normandy.
Once year, the cares of life are laid
aside for brotherly communion, where
the gayety of the sons Of Gaul, for a
| few hours, overtOps every other impulse
of their natures. .....
At u o'clock T. Nj. in the spacious
Hall, Mons. Grouchy, the renowned res
taurateur, had spread, in artistic style,
over II spacious table, as choice and
well prepared variety of viands and
entremets as the most fastidious epicu-
rean could wish for. There were roasts
and daubeS and salads, the sight ofwhich
was sufficient to excite in the most teu-
perate, Gargantuan appetite. Along
| the array Of dishes were aligned, like
! skirmishers covering the line of battle,
innumerable bottles of that liquid ex-
tracted from the vineyards of Ia belle
FaRcc, whose fumes unlOosens the
strings that hold back that which is
often Of gold-silencel
| Twenty-Five members were seated OPP
posite the places set apart for them. At
! the head Of the table sat the President,
DR.. B, Duchein; on his right was Col.
Cross, representing the Idrocate, and on
| his left Mayor Jastremski, of the CAPE
! ToLIAN, at whose left was seated the
| Rev. Mr.. Coustaro, of st. Joseph's Cath
Ollie Church, Next to these gentlemen
were the officers aud members of the So
! ciety, in the center Of whom the Vice
Consul of France, Major Ma Chef, occu-
/ pied prominent position.
! Fully one hour was spent in testfying
| to Mons. Gouchy's culinary talent Lit
, tie could be heard above the signif-
cant din of the knife and fork and
the gl0a gl0u of the retilling of glasses
| whose contents were cooperating with
wondrous rapidity. At last came the
respite, when Mayor Jastremski, pro-
/ posed as toast, "the President of the
| United States, the Governor of Louisi-
ana and the President of the French So
ciety of Baton Rouge which was re-
spOnded to in felicitOus terms by Pres-
dent Duchein, who closed by proposing
"the Press in acknowledgment Of
7 which Col. Cross, in an eloquent im-
| promptu address suggested "the French
People, responded to by Vice Consul
Machel. THE Church was acknowl-
edged by Father Coustaro. Other ap.
propriate toasts were offered by Messrs.
Bareyre, Capdeviele and others.
Then came the singers, Messrs. Puiol,
Cazedessus, Cambozou, Jalon, Gesselly,
Arnaud, Capdevlelle, Favre, Bareyre,
Dupuy, Grouchy; and ere the feast ended,
by almost every one else.
1t was after the hour of mid-nig hit
when the adjournment took place, amid
| expressions of general satisfaction about
the very pleasureable celebration of the
Decennial.
WANTED-A LARGE HoTEL.-We are
not blowing when we say that Baton
Rouge needs nor Il large first class hotel.
At no time since the war have we seen
so many strangers i'll our city as at pres
ent. No later than last week every
stopping place was filled with transient
people, the number Of which is rapidly