The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1886-03-06

space of 12 hours. Snow also fell as
we passed Porterville, Ala, on Satur-
day. shortly after noon.
Mr. EDITOR:
Permit lady friend to tell you with
out a magnifyIng vision of the beautiful
and ingeniously designed Bed Quilt
made hy Mrs. C. Brand. For myself |
cannot bring expressions too laudable
in praise Of the fanciful design fully
carried out by Mrs. Brand, resident
of this charming prairie town, Opelou-
sas
AS "a Virginian by birth, appreciate
the dear oldtime fashion quilting.
All! the fun We had around the out
stretched frames; when the mirthful
young gentry would circle around us
threading our needles and stitching
along by our side. ALI !! those 'primi
tive times are passed away and all now
is artificial in fashionable circles. But
to return to Mrs. Olympia Brands bean
tiful quilt, where flowers, birds and
landscapes all vie with each other in
the loveliest of home sweet home like
picturesi
The Tidy for the luxurious arm chair
is sure to win the admiration of those
it is designed for, as all Of this beautiful
work goes to relatives iii California.
Happy dreams for those who slumber
beneath this Qnilt of Creole memory.
ELIZABETH
Opelousas, Feb. %, 1886.
We saw this beautiful quilt at the
Exposition last Sunday, and it was la
hcled By Mrs. Olympic Brand, Pla-
qneinine" Our search fol he party in
charge Of the exhibit, III order TO have
the proper correction lnnde, proved
fruitless.
New Orleans Carnival, Mardi- Gras,
March, 9th, will be celebrated with great
splendor The proteus Pageant es-
pecially, replaeing this year the Mystic
Krewe of Coinus, sill be of surprising
masnidcence 1t will be beautifully
. illustrated by tile picayune in special
photographic editlau printed in seven
colors. This will be issued both iu
newspaper form and in book form, the
book containing il addition historical
sketch of all past displays of Mystic
Societies from their organization to
date.
Persons wishing to secure copies
should at once address Picayune Office,
New Orleans, enclosing 6 two cent
stamps for each copy Of the Proteus
paper wanted, and twenty five cents
for each copy of the Protens book
They will be mailed early March 9th.
The eminent educator, Rev. A. d
Mayo, delivered very interesting lee.
ture OH educational topics at the court.
house. OIL last Thursday evening. His
remarks were directed chiefly to the
moral, social, and civil effects of educa.
ton upon childen, in giving them a bet
ter discrimination between right and
wrong, their obligations to society and
the laws, and in better qualifying then
for more persistent and intelligent
discharge of the duties of life. Owing
to the very inclement weather, only {
small audience ventured out to heal
the distinguished speaker.
The starving workingmen of England
have the satisfaction of seeing that theil
Parliament is ready to vote $1,000
to provide medals for the Canadians
who fought Riel, while the same Par
lament is unable to find money fol
public works whereby employment
NAV be afforded to the idle and indus
frions One strange fact in the discus
sion ON the medal vote is that the onl,
opposition to it came from the Irisl
national members. The bowling so
called Radicals are.dumb when Liher
al Ministry is i'm. o. Times Demo
crat