The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-03-11

OueC/s ANSV
week, printed a letter from one
OF its correspondents, closing
with this extract.
"Yo know l am, at present, in the i'm
meuiate vicinity of ThihOdaux. What n
dilapidat"d place it is! It. is absolutely de
void OF life and enterprise. snd it would be
u fortunate thing. in many respects, if a
CONGREGATION would destroy the whole.
How different our Southern OWL and viii |
lagos are from those in the North ! There
one finds, almost invariably, II thrifty and
energetic spirit animatiny the smallest com
mnnity. and talk about progress means
something save mere tro:h and ln;in. Now
tnls old town.is apparently taking a Rip
Van Wlnkie slutr Der. Oh for some enter
prising Northerners or Westerners to iu-
fuse life and ACTIVITY into the scattered
hamlets and cOmmun. ties of the fair South
land! There are a few extenuatlng circum
stances in ThibodauX's favor, however this
IS an instance when railroads do not inevlta
bly, build up and improve a place. Before
the war, we are told lit seems everything
good or prosperous is dated to ante 0eIuM
tiines.l lhiboiauX presented Il promising
aspect. huS the construction of the railroad
placed New Orleans in such easy access TO
tins section that the merchandise OF Il c.,un-
try town Is now almost completely Ignored,
and the dealers WIN formerly ord red the
choicest goods from New York, now keep
the plainest aud commOnest flh.irs. ana re-
celve chiefly the patronage of the Ne~IOes
anal hutnbiest White classes. But | shall
not huri any more anati,eula. at poor Thib-
odauN to-day. So ee,"i bye"
Unfortunately, MYRA.
That's right Myra! Take a
little breathing spell aud rest
yourself before you hnrl any
more aDathema> upon Poor T,,ib.
Odamx.
Don't hurry nor fatigue your.
self; we can wait.
Any time that will sui. you to
huri thuuderbolts ut our innocent
heads will be agreeable to us.
They have about as. mrch ef-
feet us Il goat hitting his head
against the Rocky M.uHtains.
We know not who "Myra" is.
She claims to be Il native of
Louisiana ani u Southern woman.
1t may be so.
If Myra has ever travelled in
the Northern aud Western States
with her eyes open, she has seen
IN five ont Of every six towns
through which She has passed as
much or more dilapidation than
she witnessed in this town.
She has never been in three
towns in her life of the size of
TiIibo,laux that had one half the
number and extentof good streets,
Of good paved side walks or con
v%enlences for the people who r..
side therein or who may visit it.
She has never seen any town OF
its size, in which there is more or
der, dignity, and obedience to
law than she conld have seen in
Thibodaux .ifshe had put her specs
Oh when she was or our streets.
Probably it My,a had met "A
half dozen drunken brawlerS on
the streets. had heard Il few pis.
tolls fired, ami II lot of obscene
language when she was IN Tlliho
daux she would have considered
this II lively and enterprisiac
town.
Myra has ppcnliar idea. abont
enterprise and progress. II WAS
very thoughtful on her part to in
form the public that the hes,
way 20 lnfn>e new life and spirit
into T!ibodanX would he 10 burn
lit up In one big confiagration.
That l'!au is Il move! one at all
events, aud should be taken into
%secious consideration by our citi-
ZerS.
We have never seen that prin-
cip'e applied to any Northern
towns OF Western villages, (which
bring out SO much vivid entEo-
sias'n from Myra's pen.
We hope Myra will. at least be-
generous enough, the next time
she visits Thibodaux to notify the
Town Council IA few days in ad.
vance. Perhaps they will get ND
Il confagratiOn and destroy the
town So that Myra Can extend
her magic wand over the ashes
ana cause a new town to spring
up out OF them, to the astonisii-
ment, surprise, and admiration of
a gaping world. Or, at least,
some of our merchants may fit up
a store with merchandise, suita
bic. to the enlightened mind and
eIevating IDEAS of Myra, and in
which the Negroes aud husnble>t
white classes" will not be PERMIT
teal to enter, ana cause her to
OiuSi from contact with such as
sociatiOns.
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