The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1886-03-13
Newspaper Boys.
Morehouse Clarion, March 5.

Gen. Leon JastremSEl, the sOli0 edit-
or of the Baton Rouge CapitoIian Advo
cate, was the chief of the Louisiana
delegation at Cincinnati He is one of
Louisiana's noble patriots and loves his
profession with all the ardor of his
genial nature. We had the pleasure of
his company during our stay in the
"Queen City of the West"
Col T. Sambola Jones, of Baton
Rouge, was one of the Louisiana party
who attended the International Edlto-
rial Association at Cincinnati last week.
Col. Jones "took the cake" as the Loui-
siana orator, aud we'll does he deserve
IT. He can speak almost as easily as
he can make friends of strangers, and
that is saying vast deal for Col.
Jones.
Mr.. Linden E. Bentley and his ac'
complished wife belonged to the festive
Louisiana gang. His social disposition
and her happy smiles made them essen
tial to the full completion of our happy
party. From Cincinnati they, took
pleasure jaunt into the interior of Ohio,
where. we hope, they had pleasant
sojourn.
Mr. L. A. Saudoz, the sedate French,
man who supervises the editorial col
umns of the able Opelousas COURIER, is
numbered among the esteemed acqnain
tances we made last week on board a
aMann Boudoir Sleeper He is a
pleasant gentleman and good editor.
The editor of the Lake Charles Com
meIcial, whose name is Mccormick, is Il
Jolly good fellow and added bis share
to the pleasures which fell to the frolick-
ing editors in Cincinnati last week.
To know him is but to have kindly
feeling for him. We know him. thanks
to our last trip.
The genial Hyams, of the Sugar
Planter, took iii the International Pr9Ss
Association, the Brewery aud the cEy
Of st. Louis He is one of the bansi
pailinn whose aim is TO be pleasant akd
agreeable and who never fails in ISIS
aim We now count him among oai'
friends.
We had the privilege of meeting the
caustic editor Of the Minden Democrat
Tribune on our way to Cincinnati we
are glad we met Mr. Fort and hope in
the future that he aud we can disagree
on public questions in genteel. kindly
qFi The venerable R. W. Reed, of the
Amlte City Independent, was lone o.
, the boys On the trip to Cincinnati
, He crossed the Ohio river to join
brother whom he hadn't seen in half
century. Bro. Reed has lived out hi
s.three- score and ten" and yet had thu
most delightful trip that life Of seven
ty years had ever presented We lei
. him in the hands of his brother wh'
lives in Cincinnati.
The Arcadia Advance man Urea
J many friends close to him whilst in tn
] great city of Cincinnati. That mai
) will do to Drdar To any time.
The Florida delegation in the meet
ing of the National Press Association
held last week in Cincinnati tendere'
/ an excursion to- that State To such o
. the delegates as wished to visit til
: aLand of Flowers and see for them
selves that the orange trees had not a.
been destroyed by the extraordlnar
/ cold spell in January, as some menda
cious correspondents had asserted
n The invitation was accepted by som
f thirty of tho delegates, two nf wlior
were from Minnesota, five from WiscoI
! sin, two from Colorado, four from Mas
sacliusetts, three from Missouri, tw
from Ohio, two from Kentucky, aud nn
!, from Dakota, and the party left Cir
il einnati IN the night of the 10Th,
: charge If the whole souled Florldian
J. .whp have doubtless ere this disabuse
the minds of their guests of many e
roneous impressions At Jacksonvli
= the excursionists were taken charge
4 By the State Press Association and cit
= zens of Fiorida, who had arranged qui
4 an extensive tour through the Stat
! including steamboat excursions on Il
i ST. Johns river and Tampa bay al
!, visits to St. Augustine, Palatka, M
: siInn,ee. &c. The visitors will leaN
Jacksonville this evening at lao, a
: riving at Cincinnati tomorrow evenll
. . at $50, edited, enlightened and W.
/. pleased, we trust, with their trip.
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