The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-03-24
FROM TEXAS.
SAN ANTONIO, 3. IL, 1883.

khiS Is a funuX Estate IN many re-
sp+cts! In every hotel, store,
room and tent in Texas You
will SEQ a trunk or valise! and if
you are at all city," you will ut
once conclude that the owner has
either just moved in, or is just get
ting ready to eight ont" Men who
are at all experienced tint these
parts alrays keep their trunks
packed, ready at any moment to
move. Texas is populated by cos
mopolitaNs! 1t is Il State settled
by strangers from every cline, who
ATE always moving and trampiug
and prospecting, who are ever lOca
ting, building, and moving away
from new towns; once in their
midst, you catch the disease. for it's
nothing else, and ere you are aware
Of 1t, you are buying maps, filling
the Golfers of il bloated railroad
company at 81. a mile, and making
time for the West, at the rate Of
90 miles an hour. and Is minutes
for refreshments!
Once out in Texas, you are liable
to meet most any body, from any
where, and the party you least ex
prct to SEE, is the first whom you
will encounter. Now, in all conf
dence! Thihdx is about the very
last place from which you would,
being out here. expect a stranger
to register. Yet, all over this vast
expanse Of country you can locate
men who at some time within the
present century have drank the
muddy waters Of the Lafourche in
their coffee at old Th;bdx. You can
find the drinker OF "French drip'd
cotfee's with the LAT. taste, still in
his mouth, at Galveston, Houston,
Richmond, Arcola, Victoria, Dallas,
San Tone, Uvalde, Eagle Pass, Lii
redo and Banquette. You can guess
his name in each town, it you like '
l have met him in the order named,
he is too numerous to write of.
This week, Messrs. Jno. Winder
and NJ. Piedra of Terrebonne and
Jno. D. Calhoun recently Of Thlbdx
were here at one time. The former
returned home yesterday, and the
latter istO remain out here ''prospect
ing" Mr.. and Mrs. Knight also
former citizens OF your little city
are living here.
Boarding around at 81 a week,
0ne meets MANY queer people; the
most Of them out here are sick,
they come out for their "health.'.
some never get it! Many Of them
are we'll informed, every single one
has travelled further and longer
than yon, and can lie about it more
artisticalIy, change the pronoun if
you dOu.t like it. 1t is not tiresOme
for an hour, or 2 for one to note
the individualities of these aud lis
ten to their ''cackle." The new ar
rival at sour hOuse'' is a tall, lank,
lean, hatchet-faced hoosier from
"Injany" who has recently been
down to Tampico. He is at pres
ent entertaining a small "ggang''
down by the stove aud is getting in
his work on Mex. Frequently a
doubling question is lurl'd ut him
by Gal" or Nj. Piedra, but, in a
second, his answer reaches me
down here bold, firm aud clear. He
has just said,, that upon opening
his trunk this a. NJ. he found about
5p. of sand which had been blown
in through the key hole on the trip
from Laredo, and exhibited a very
small key "tO illustrate hoao little
the hole is" That fellow is "a &c
Mus and only 81 years old! Fame
and fortune await him at home!
The weather at present is cool
and pleasant, with light showers
and bright, warm streaks of SUI
shine! Business is booming right
along, the streets are crowded, and
not vacant,house to let. Daily,
merchants and other business mel
are coming in and opening up new
stores, or pushing some improve
ment or enterprise! The sharp,
energetic and cheeky American is
pushing the Spaniard and Mexican
clear out of this wonderful country,
as lie has done the Indian and
Chinaman and he is ''making it
pay." Thanks for kindly wishes /!
We have opened out in. full bloom,
and will "catch on" Trusting that
many familiar faces are still smil
ing, and that the old bayou still
runs uithin its banks, We extend "a
hOnrfx, molonmnls 70 al riaifnru