St. Landry democrat., 1883-06-02
: REP ORT
nf the snb-CommTitee- Charity 7 ospi-
raj Eund-ef Vile Plate.

,ra +na Hons Henry T.. Garland, W. A. Robert
- shn and B. a. Martel, Charity Hospitai
Committee for the Parish OF 81. LANDRY.
GEsTLEMEN I'm behalf OF your sne ieona ~
fee appointed for Vile Platte, L pes e'ase ~
submit the following report 49,. - villa
oePi,a Committee met ON Che 18th lnst., az lnle
Platte and M %lth t yicepresdent Mr.
= + Vidrine secretary, and Theophle =. FOL
tenot treasurer. With your appropaIlond pre- pre-
vinnsiy obtained, the committee changed oa tue
da9a 81 holding a fair, from Tuesday the 2sIh,
TO Saturday the Goth inst, conVlnceu ahas a .no
change was necessary and wise aol .ne th''t 9Hl
thaf 3hjs heiug a very busy season Win the
nIantnrs they could not have been induced W
patteud as we'll on Tuesday as on q SATURDAY.
Having next obtained OF MI ~. u ,e,n;ssion Of
holding the fair on his premises ana ms f th
~ Sne a hall in his house on the evening OF the
Of the far ySan as 1he best Of gath
1 ar;nS fhe most people. special coininletee
| afterwards waited on the business men VI .s sne
4,rn and Mt its request all the stores ana conee
| b svm were closed Saturday morning, the
committee meeting ready obedience lroln eNeis
/ quarter. r,oo,, ovar.shadowed
+b o whole affair as rain continued to poor down
inauspiciorsiy till late in the Gay: lhe Meaenes
cleared off, however in the evening anu 1e ,n
4 who had spared no pain to procure ENJOY lnenU
~ every one with success for the ChafiIy HOS
ptal, their objective pomt,h e AZ had Gathered
tRno1p the town and neighborlng Localities, to
T Give a pleasing and promising appearance; at
hight the ball opened the many Dean5nal faces Is
ad1rning the ballroom, together with those IN
attendance at the tables, promised TO orlng
after awhile relaxation OF the paIts s
raa .itv for the gentle influence OF the TAR sex
ses,n Iron gayety and berality on the part
OF the sterner sex,Iemoasn *, TreI Ieannarro Ia
, aenr of Chataignier, forget his 81 years OF age
nn engage in d dance. 'heel and toe" with
/ Weil-preserved old widow OF the nelgnporhooa
u sweet music continued being discoursed to an
.nnreciatiye crowd till broad daylight on
sunday morning sra anu nna NJ, nresent the abadsed,
= pnlice having little or no trouble to Keep ORDER
as good behavior necessarily pfevaliiea.
: The committee was deprived of the valuable
e services of its president, whose experience ana
I tine taste are so well known. but on account OF
illness she was unable to attend yal1aple as as
y ladies' If Vile Plate whose cumulative zeal
f nayed the way to success Much credit ana
special mention are que MIS- J9sep n5 and
= + Vidrine. Mrs. T. Reed, Mrs. Emile Tate,
Mrs. j. Il Pucheu, and last but not least MRS;
a Il Inus Rousseau for arduous labor jealousy ana
80 intellisently performed; they had able and
VI valuable auxiliaries in Miss Octave Dafdeau,
# Miss Alice vdrine, Miss uaee sensa.,+ m RS
q fo.their combined efforts is due the GROWING
Il success obtained. ,,..,, = aa,,,,x5
Among other ladies, Mrs Dorville aafsur ane
nrndit fnr noble exertions in their locality IN
D. hehaIf of this worthy enterprise.
), In conclusion, Seplld say that the colored
u, narsons called upon to assist with their WORK
Is have nobly and readily responded
4 The result is as follows: .
Gash realized from the 1913 0;
Cash realized from produce, &c. Is 81
Total 500 =
u EXPENSES.
- Cash maid Mr..I. T. Pucheu- 10 35
i. Cash paid Mr.. Jules Ludeau. So 90
CT Cash paid M. r.. Coreil. so
of Cash paid MI. Y. and E. E. Vidrine 8 95
Cash paid for work ---.-----.----- sss 6o As Z
al Balance s22l
: Accompanying this report please reee eel,
u s221 90 balance net above set forth, as VIII
is Plates nite che. rfully given to aid in tn
OF HOSPITAL in New Orleans, thus to increase tn
lie comfort of its sick and suffering inmates an
u Respectfully submitted,
nt Treasurer of Vile Plates Sub. Committee.
as Chataignier, May 2Sth, 1885,