St. Landry democrat., 1882-04-22
NOTES FROM MY JOURNAL.
TIGER BEND P. o., La, I
April 10th, 1889. !

% April 10th, 1882. !
April showers or April torrents have
been falling for the past four days, land
TOO wet to plow, everything at stand
still, no mails for the past week, rail-
road bockaded by highwater. How we
do wish to write up the record OF one
morning, something like the following
from Victor Hugo: "Never had a morn
ing dawned fresller and more glorious
than this. A soft breeze stirred the
heath, warm haze rose amidst the
branches permeated by the breath OF
hidden brooks, smoked in the dawn like
a vast censor filled with perfumes; the
blue of the firmanent, the whiteness OF
the clouds, the transparencles OF the
streams, the verdure, that harmonious
graduation Of colors from aqumarlne to
emerald, the group Of friendly trees,
the mats of grass, the peaceful fields,
all breathed that purity which is natures
eternal counsel to man" but in the place
of this happy picture, we can only write
down for each day, cloudy prospects for
rain, or, it rained to-day. land covered
with water, no sunshine etc. Well, we
took flying trip over to the n. 0. Pa
cific railroad, last week, and looked
over the new section house and depot,
situated on the Irion plantation. The
N. o. Pacific buildings are no comparl-
son to the neat structures on the Nor
gan road. We learn that all the build
ings on the line Of the N. 0. Pacific are
of light character. Those we saw
look as though thrown together, moth
ing about them substantial. Probably,
these buildings are only put up tempo
rarily. When the company gets her
lines completed and the road paying
they will construct better buildings.
Mr.. Smelling informed us yesterday that
a colored blakesman was killed on the
". 0. Pacific railroad on the Sth inst.
Some of the cars on the construction
train became uncoupled from some
4,aase. The brakesman fell under the
CAM while in motion and was cut to
Dieces. Death followed at once.
From all we have seen and the best
information at hand, the cane prospect
IN this parish may be put down as rea-
sonably good, considering the wet sea-
son the planters have had to contend
with and against. The best piece Of
stubble cane is reported on the lrion
plantation now under the able manage
Tnent of Mr.. Jno. P. Smelling. saw this
field few days past. 1t shows to good
advantage. The young cane had a
fresh and healthy appearance and
seemed to be doing well.
Mr.. Frank Singleton called at the Ii
ger Bend store last Saturday. MI. ). is
Coaching school in the Elm Bayou and
Crocodile district. He reports that he
has some thirty scholars the most of
them in regular attendance. Mr.. ). is
teaching in an old District, but it we
are rightly informed this is the first
school these people have had for the
past twelve years Or longer time. No
comments.
A big flea story or truth. While in con-
versation the other day with st. Ian
dry man he said that feas were plenti-
fuI in his vicinity. "To show you," says
he, lone of my neighbors had occasion
the other night to look under his corn
crib for something he had lost, he split
s1p some dry cypress and made torch
large enough to initiate balloon, and
set the burning torch under his crib
which was fortunately built several
feet above the earth, and what do you
think happened to that torch?D said our
At. LANDRY friend. "Weil, | give it up,
can't guess says I. "Why," he said,
sstI,e feas under that crib made dash
for the torch, and before you could say
Jack Robinson there was so many fieas
on the light they smothered it entirely
out. Now that's fact for you'' says he.
Please bear in mind, kind reader, that
this is no hatched up story OF my own
but true as told to me by the
We congratulate st Landry
on her increase in population"
OSCAR WILD ON THE IRISH QUESTION.
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat reporter
called on Mr.. Wild a short time past to
get his opinion of the Irish land ques-
ton. Mr. Wild said Il am entirely at
home with the position held by the
land league rnasna The hand Of nesetI .aaiaad NIKE
land have never had the proper condi-