St. Landry democrat., 1883-04-07
Communicated
BAYOU CHICoT. La, !
April I'd, 1883.

BAYOU CHICOT. La,
April I'd, 1888.
Opelousas DEMOCRAT:
After two or three days of cloudy and
Warm weather a cool north wind is
blowing to-day and overcoats are very
comfortable. Yesterday being Sunday,
We ordered our hostler to hitch our
horse to a buggy-we started out to see
what we could pick up on the wing.
After a pleasant ride of three miles we
arrived at the school-house in the old
Cheney field where large crowd had
gathered to hear Rev. Jno. O'Quinn
preach. We also stopped and had the
pleasure of hearing an excellent sermon
preached. Mr.. O'Quin is now seventy
six years cid and often rides from thirty
to thirtyfive miles to preach. We re-
gret very much to hear of the death OF
Mr.. O'Quin's wife. She was an excel
lent lady and well loved by every one
who knew her and her death. is deeply
deplored in our neighborhood. Mr..
O'Quin also delivered a sermon at Chi
cot Sunday evening at P. NJ. to a
small but quite select congregation.
We notice that a. great many new
improvements are going on in our little
town during the last few days. Capt.
Sam Haas has had neat and very pret-
ty little fence put all around his store
lot which after being whitewashed
makes it look still prettier. $50 much
for good looks"
We hear it rnmored that some old
sore heads have lately, without any just
foundation, been making complaints
about the keeping of the post office at
Capt. Haas store, by III. L. Erich, Esq,
and we will venture to say, WHICH has
already been satisfactorily praten to
the post office Department. that the Office
is well kept, and if the persons who
have so many complaints to make
would only attend to their own business
and let others alone, / am certain they
would get along a great deal better.
Sunday evepjng being a bright and
beautiful evening we noticed that all
our young gents were out riding with
their girls or somebody else's girl.
noticed one fellow in particular, riding
in a buggy with "Tbat girl of mine''
and oh !! how bad it did make me feel,
not because they were riding together
but the way they smiled and made
sweet eyes at one another was enough to
make a saint mad, and | on the spot
sWore vengeance on that fellow but
never said anything to him about it.
Capt. Sam Hass arrived from Opelou-
sas last Friday evening and again de-
parted for your city this morning. Mr..
L. B. .Ewell of Eola, is spending few
days in our village. We welcome back
to our midst Miss Syda Thompson, one
of Chicot's fairest daughters, who has
been absent several weeks in New Or
leans, but regret to say that Miss Ovia
Courtney, another fair daughter of our
city departed a few days ago to spend
the summer at Big Cane, with her sister
Mrs. P.J. Griffith. Maj. B. C. Harris
arrived last evening from Opelousas,
where he went to meet at the train
Miss Belle r. Miller a young lady from
Indiana who comes South to visit Maj.
FL. and his estimable lady. We hope
Miss NJ. will be well pleased with our
section of country and trust her stay
amongst US will be a lengthy one. In
conclusion l will beg leave to say to the
persons making complaints about the
manner i9 which the Bayou Chicot post
Office is kept that I once knew of two
persons who made, fortunes one was
by attending to his own business and
the other one by letting other peoples
business alone. With my pious regards
to the staffof the good old DEMOCRAT,
/ will for the present bid you au revoir.
Yours, &C., PIX.