St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-04

THE ST. LANDRY DEMOCRAT
OPELOUSAs, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1888
There are thirteen prisoners in our
parish Jail.
Tom Isacks & Co., are erecting a
steam moss gin and press near the rail-
road depot it will be in operation in
two or three weeks.
Messrs. Louis Stage, of Bayou Bnuf,
andT. S. Fontenot OF Chataignier, are
spoken of as suitable persons to repre-
sent this parish district in the next
State senate.
Mr.. Jean Tujagues of this place, and
assistant section boss on the Morgan
railroad here, has been appointed sec
tion boss of one of the sections towards
Morgan City, and left for his new sta
ton last Tuesday morning.
The Morgan passenger up-traln was
two hours late on Friday afternoon
last week, caused by the engine and
bagge car running OF the track in an
open switch about mile this side OF
Algiers. The engine turned bottom
upwards. No one was hurt.
Now that the public graveyard is be-
ing repaired with new fence, ETC., new
tombstones will be required to replace
broken ones and we advise all who
intend to buy such to apply to F. Foy,
SO Rampant street, New Orleans.
Prof. j. w. Nicholson, President Of
the La, State University at Baton
Rouge, will deliver lecture on educa
tion at the Courthouse in Opelousas,
on Monday, Aug. 9th, at s o'clock P.
NJ. The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Ye Local Of this paper, with three
other gentlemen, including Mr.. Theo-
phile Larhapelle alias lesson, who was
to be Governor of the party, left some
time during last Sunday night for the
Darbonile, about fifty miles distant.
The four weigh about ZOO pounds, and
they rode in big hack drawn by two
grass fed Creole ponies that bad already
laid by their dusky owners crops, and
were none the better looking for the
hard work they had donen Some grain
was taken along to stimulate them, but
which added to their burden. The
baggage, cooking utensils, provisions,
etc., added considerably to the weight.
They were all day Sunday getting
ready, and no doubt by night had ev-
erything packed up /; but about II
o'clock o. m, they applied to us to Dor
: row an empty two-gallon demijohn-to
carry water in, we supposed, as they
certainly had not neglected till that
hour of the night to lay in supply OF
. something stronger. But as we had
plenty of water to fill the denijohn, and
they took it away empty, We have con-
cinded that after second thought they
considered it nothing more than provi-
dent to supplement- the supply OF Id
uids already on hand. From the size
and condition of the ponies and the
weight they had to pull, we are certain
that the greater part of the week will
be gone before they reach their pro-
posed destination, it they ever do. By
that time, as their absence is to be but
two weeks, they will have to start back.
We heard from them Monday evening,
and they were not very far from the
starting point; three of the party were
hors dc combat, and the liquids had gone
down considerably in the vessels that
contained them-the liqnids were re-
duced to tighten the burden Of the po-
mics, they went so slowly The ponies
however felt no reduction in the weight,
any more than the horse did,
whose rider in going to a grist mill.
carried the corn-bag on his shoulder to
relieve the animal. Ye Local promised
when he came back, that he would
write up the trip; but we are satisfied
that in the hurry and hustle Of depart
ure. and his efforts for sometime there
after to assist in reducing the burden OF
the ponies by reducing the liquids, will
prevent his giving an accurate account
OF what transpired in the beginning,
and we furnish this for him to build on
when he returns.
Y I,ater.-The parties who returned
from the Darbonne last Wednesday,
leaving there on the morning Of the
s45s1' tt,.,,y how had nnt nnt in an