St. Landry democrat., 1882-01-14
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Editor DEMOCRAT-All night Satur-
day night past the rain came down in
torrents flooding the lands generally. |
We remember reading short time ago
an article in some journal in which the |
writer argued that the waters on the |
earth were drying up. This writer
whoever he was. never passed through |
the State of Louisiana just after a |
heavy rain. If he had, he would sing
a different song, and swear the great
deep had opened up her floods and was
irving to get up another ark expedition.
The man that penned such matter must
great African desert, and wrote his
emanation on parchment, and threw it
to the winds to watt to some news
paper,
we're, we boarded the Morgan passen-
ger train, at the Tiger Bend station,
! for Washington, where we arrived soon
after 7'oclock A. NJ, Sunday morning.
We made our way to the Washington
hotel, where we found steaming
breakfast, of which we were not slow
in partaking, and did justice to the good
viands set before US. MIR. Dupre is very
him success. After a short rest, the
church bells began to ring. At once we
thought ourselves in Brooklyn, n. Y,
from the noise the bells made. The
people in Washington ought to be very
pious. We hope they are; but-OH we
went in search of church. Soon we
were at the catholic house of worship
entered, found seat, and heard very
interesting sermon preached by Rev.
Father Joun; and am fully satisfied
that if the citizens of Washington will
follow the Rev. Fathers advice, their
chances for heaven are good. After
service we returned to the hotel, where
we partook of good dinner. We Will
in Washington. At S o'clock we were
at the depot, and took the train for
home.
WHAT ELSE
Why, it seems that the call sessions
of the legislature have done more harm
than good. They are not satisfied with
their pound OF flesh but cry out for
more. Greedy and cormorant like, they
will swallow their own vomit. AS l
said in my last paper to the Democrat,
the people who pay taxes will soon find
the leak, and to stop it they, the tax
payers, will talk, teach and preach re-
pudiation, if needs be. In some res
; poets this last piece OF legislation has
done good, by showing the people of
this State the folly OF trying to pay a
debt that grows at one end as fast as 1t
is cut off at the other.
Later, Monday morning, January 9th.
The weather looks gloomy drilling
rain is falling. | had au interview a
few days ago with an aged individual
that claimed as his home the smiling
hills of Chicot. / edged up to the
aged hero rather cautiously and said !:
believe you are from Chicot9 Yes,
said, our hero of the gray locks. How
long have you lived there? enquired.
Always, said he. That's good while,
said i. Yes, he said ; but it's so. Are
the Chicot hills very high :? Yes, forty
or fifty miles. What said l., forty OF
, fifty miles above the level of the Gulf !!
, Oh, yes, he answered while he looked
like saint. Again [ forced myself up
to the speaking point and enqu.lred II
he thought they would ever build a
said he it can't be did. Whys said l.
Because it's all quicksand; and what
amt quicksand, is too hard to be
blasted with ro-glycerine. Why.
said he, I have seen trees two hundred
feet long go down end-wise in the
quicksand. That's awful, said l. But
it's so, he said; looking all the time
: like an angel. Once more with faint
| heart asked him in polite way it the
, Chicot hills were good for raising cat
tie on7 Well, yes, said he; should
say SO, stranger. l have seen oxen SO
old that we had to tie poles fifty feet
long on to their horns for the wrinkles
+ to run out on, so we could tell how Old
they were. At this, | handed him a
glass of Bourbon and thanked him fol
4 the above information told him il
| would be a pleasure for me to visit
Chicot, and see its many wonders and
advanced people.
In conclusion we hope our Chicot
,, friends will not doubt the above fact
: When they call at the Bend l shall be
: happy to meet them and listen in silence
while they relate the wonders OF that
,, famed country; and when / am gone
,, and am no more, I will "bless them
with my latest breath.
Yours. JOHN O'SHANE.
M Mopr HApn TTMES Won will