St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-09-09
BELL-CHENEY SPRINGS, Sept. /, 1882
Editor DEMOCRAT:
Home! sweet home,
There's no place like hOMe.'

''H0me! sweet home,
There's no place like home
We are Just on the eve Of bidding
adIeu TO the famous Deficiency
Springs, and before taking our depal-
ture we will endeavor to give your nu-
merous readers IL few brief items OF
what has been going Oh here Ill the
last few days. The Camp-meeting con-
yened ON the Gath OF August, (Ihurs-
day EVENING" aud lasted until Monday
night, and dis near as your correspond
ent could count, there was about eight
hundred persons present, not counting
that dear girl OF mine who made one
more. Some fifteen or twenty minis
tiers were present, and the order through
out the meeting was all that could be
wished for-which speaks legons for
all who attended. Owing to the inces-
SAINT rains which occurred from day to
day, great many people were deferred
from attending the camp-meetlng.
Among the prominent persons who
were present was Mrs. j. w. jackson
and Mrs. Nj. M. Hayes of 0pelousas !;
Capt, Hazard and daughter OF Big
CANE; Capt. Sam Haas and family,
of Chicot Capt. A. M. Haas and fam
lily, OF Tiger Bend Lu Murdick, Esq,
Willie Allen, Esq. J. w. Mure, Esq.
OF Bayou Boeuf and others too hume
rous to mention. Miss B. OF New Or
leans, who has always smile on her
face and twinkle in her eye, bid fare
we'll to Deficiency yesterday. Our
young friend G. P, OF Opelousas, ar
rived here again yesterday, and took
his departure again to-day. What
made our young friend III such a hurry
we are unable to account for. Our old
friend Judge Baltic OF Bayou Robert,
will also take his departure to-mor-
row much to the regret Of all who are
sons are still sojourning here, amongst
whom we mention Capt. Rush Splane
and his two daughters and Mrs. War
telle and two daughters of Moundyille !;
Mr.. Brown and Mr.. Perkins, OF Avoy-
Giles and II. L. Erich, Esq, of the flu
ture city of Bayou Chicot. DR.. Jno.
Haas and DIR. Willie E. Hawkins, of
Chicot, paid us flying visit to-day.
DR.. John Haas is "a chip off the old
block likewise DR.. Hawkins. They
told us good-evening with one hand
and goodbye with the other. Since
arriving from Philadelphia the young
doctors have been doing large prac-
tice with marked success, sometimes
going as far us thirty and forty miles
from home. | forgot to mention that
some fifteen or twenty persons
Joined the church during the camp
meeting, including Mr.. H. j. Fisher the
proprietor OF the Springs. I thought
of Joining myself, but when the feeling
came upon me, was thinking of that
darling little girl OF mine, when 10 and
behold, went to sleep, and when |
awoke, | found it was morning; but,
anyhow, | slept on the mourner's bench,
and probably at the next time | will
be better prepared. Mr.. Editor l trust
your dear ana numerous readers OF the
good old DEMOCRAT will excuse my
talking so much OF my girl, for you
all must remember you were once
young, and must not think because |
am nearly forty, | have no girl. l
learn that there is a great deal OF sick
ness in Chicot principally malarial
fevers. We regretted very much to learn
OF the death of Mr.. Chas. Teal, ST., who
was nearly eighty years old. Before
closing my letter, | must say few
words in behalf of the many fair daugh-
tiers Of Louisiana that met during the
camp-meeting. Among the number
was Miss L. H., who with her winning
manners and sweet smiles was consid-
cred the belle at the Springs. Miss
Chicot, Miss Ward and Miss Simmons
of Big Cane. Miss Bella Porkorney, OF
New Orleans was among the number
who attracted great attention from
many Of the young gallants who were
present. An incident worth mention
ing came very near escaping my memo
~. The district conference was in ses-
sion and the delegates were trying to
elect four delegates to the annual con-
ference and after consuming an hour or
two Of valuable time without any sue
cess, the presiding elder got up and told
the delegation that they were as bad
as the St. Landry delegation that went
to Baton Rouge to nominate a candi-
date for the sixth congressional dis
trict. When they got there they didn't
know what to do. And, brothers, re-
marked the elder, it is just the way
with you all. | thought SO myself in
both instances. And as Col. E. w.
Robertson failed to get the nomination,
a good many of our citizens are in favor
of supporting the independent candi-
date, Hon. Thomas G.. Anderson. We
arrived at Chicot yesterday evening,
and found everything all 0. X. Capt.
Sam Haas arrived from Opelou-
sas this morning. Cotton is opening
very slowly and will fall short Of last
years crop. Corn not as good as was
expected several weeks ago. Peas and
3staters" are doing well. All the fruit
is gone. Rev. Mr.. White, Of Evergreen,
preached to-day Sunday to small
but quite select congregation. My girl
went to church with her other fellow,
so I remained at home. Mr.. G.. M.
Thompson arrived in Chicot to-day and
is the guest of Mr.. Sam Haas. He
leaves for the Springs tomorrow,
where he will spend several days. We
trust our young friends trip will prove
great benefit to his health. Oh that