The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-30
OUR OLD CITIZENS.

It is feared that the bo;sterols biz
card which swept down from the home
of the Polar bear and the graveyard of
Artic expeditions has injured thousands
of orange tees and acres OF stubble
cane in this State. These fears. how
ever, may prove gronndless, but one
thing is certain, and that is, the treeZ
ing blast caused many Of our oldest cit
liens who have hobbied about the
streets together for Il half century to be
come deadly enemies, and Thirst for
each Others gore. Daring the four or
five days When the piercing winds
whistled around the street corners,
aud everything vas frozen as stiff a- il
railroad president, 1t was IL common
thug to see Il group OF citizens, White
haired and totteiing under the weight
of wears. emerge from Il barIoOm, aud
after standing and conversinG IL mo
ment suddenly commence ponndingthe
sidewalk with their canes and shaking
their fists under each Others red aud
weeping noses until their friends pull
ed them apart, in order to prevent u
personal encounter.
The qualrels We're caused by the
aged citizens ~diSput!ns each others
statements concerning the coolest spell
of weather ever seen in this city, and
~lnslnHatlnS that some men they knew
would rather meet Il mad dog than be
compelled to coufinr themselves to the
truth. As ID general thing the trouble
commenced 10y one Oh the old land
marks saying, after lie had wiped his
nose with il handkerchief as large as il
horse-blanket, that it was Absurd for
people TO make such a fuss about il lit
tie cold snap that he remembered tis
tinctly in the winter of 1882 that blocks
OF ice as large as Goa! barge formed
In the river at the foot of Canal street.
and steamboats, We're frozen i'll for
three weeks. The "reminiscences would
cause another old landmark to rub his
eyeglasses and remark that he would
never forget the winter Of 1916, when
it showed so hard that vehicles could not
find their way through the streets, and
Lake 1 ontchartraiu was so solidlv fro
zen that Northern visitors skated from
here to Vaudeville. and had IA high
time generally, The first old iIhabi
tant, Indignant at the idea of his remin
iscence being pulvcrized before it had
chance to get warm, would >tiffen
himself and quietly inform the other
Old citizen that there was not u particle
OF snow or ice here in 1916, and If he
said so, he was either in his dotaue O
lying like a depraved sheep thief. This
cruel and harsh assertion would cause
the citizen who had seen the snow to
jab his cane at the ribs of the citizen
who had seen the ice, and ia this way
the blizzard has worked much harm tt
this community. 1t has been the ind
rect mean Of severing friendships thar
lasted for fifty years, aud causing fam
Lies to hate and say hard things % eacl
other, besides offering tho oldes: ani
the best of our c~itiz-ns an irresistibI,
temptation to lick.
From among the many testimonials r
celvec we select the following written b,
j. II. Carter, II resident of Phelps Co. No.
who says" have used Sherman's PRICE
LlASH BITTERS to the best advantage
and can honestly testify that it has don
myself and family an immense good. an,
from my experience recommend it nighl
to all sufferers"
The COIumh;a Ricyclo EaIoudor fo. 1924