St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
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ID OTIS from p. TX.
BAYOU CHIcoT, La, June II, 1888.
Ed. DEMOCRAT:
Once again we will endeavor to give
your numerous readers few dots about
Chicot and vicinity. For the last two
weeks we have had rain every day and
crops are very backward for this season
and unless the rain holds up for while
we may look for poor yield.
Capt. Sam Haas left yesterday for
your city to attend call meeting OF
the Police Jury. DR.. E. w. Cushman
and Mr.. M. r. Cushman of Grand Prai-
RE were in our village yesterday and
honorel us with call. Come again
friends, you are always welcome.
On Sunday June Sd, a Sunday School
was organized at the Calvary Baptist
Church with 40 scholars and the follow
ing officers, viz: James Martin and
Taty Thompson, Superintendent Mrs.
F. Wharton, Miss Belle Hawkins, Bing-
ham Cushman and B. c. Harris, Teach
ers; H. L. Erich, Secretary and Treas
urer. A committee of five ladies was
appointed to solicit subscriptions to de-
fray the expenses Of buying books, &C..
and on Sunday June 10th, the following
amount was turned over to the
treasurer
From Miss Syda Thompson.....$3.s5
:" " Belle Hawkins......... $50
g Mrs. L. Wharton. ............. 2.05
Total $500
The treasurer, Mr.. H. L. Erich, re-
quests US to return many thanks to the
above ladies for succeeding so we'll in
so short time and we only trust that
our citizens will take hold in the good
work to build up the Bayou Chicot Sab
bath School. We see no reason why
very town or village has not Sunday
Schools. If everyone in our vicinity
will attend we will guarantee that it
they learn nothing it will do them no
harm. Qp Sunday we witnessed the
baptizing of nine of our darker sex and
strange to say every one of them faint
ed or at least they let religion get the
best of them and had to be packed out
of the water. Some fifty white people
were on the lovely banks of the Chicot
/ to witness the procedure. Capt. Sam
Haas is having neat and very pretty
building erected on his lot opposite his
store, we learn, to be used as a bar
room. We notice with particular atten-
ton that the editor Of the Democrat
wants to know what has become of P.
X. and "that girl of NINE" We are all
O. K, yet, and have not won a prize in
the La. State Lottery, but if we should
happen to win a prize that girl of mine
would come in for her share. She's an
angel and don't you forget it,
see the country press with few ex-
captions are discussing the gnbernato-
rial election to be held next spring.
/ The conclusion seems to be general
| that our gallant old hero Gen. Francis
IT. Nichols is the man for the place and
time for demanding his services oppor-
tune. With such man for governor
aud such a man as Moncure for Lieut..
Governor, T. B. Lyons, for atty gene
raj. T. F. Belle of Caddo, for treasurer,
], L. Borden of Mansfield, for Supt.
Public Education and the old war
horse of Democracy, Hon. NJ. D. kava-
naugh of St. Landry for Auditor, there
could be no entail of shame, no wish for
a change of officials and the State would
soon reach the front rank where she
would most surely stand were she not
Handicapped with lot of men who
only look out for their own pockets. In
| the above list you have a country ticket
! supplement- it with a legislature OF far
mers and mechanics and the revolution
I needed is an accomplished fact. Lei
physicians heal the sick and lawyers
expound the laws after they are made
| by the class whom they effect the mos
and the professional politicians die fol
want of plumber and we may save thu
State let things go like they are, and
/ like sslittle Phil" Of Kentucky: "By
Texas and He'll! we may want to rem
i the former and live in the latter" LIE
the Nichols boom go on. | went t,
i Sunday-school yesterday and "Old 70
gy'' sang out of the same hymn bool
/ with that girl Of mine it made me sick
4 You know his voice is only fit for sing
u ;nn s,nat. Mumns and Mhnnning cnngl