St. Landry democrat., 1886-09-11
Communicated
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CHURCH POINT, Sept. 18th, 1886.
Editor ST. Landry DEMOCRAT:
Please excuse me once more for in
truding on your valuable space and
time, as wish to PROFOUND question
or two, to the Rayne Signal the
mouth of piece of the town of Rayne.
In the first place | would like to know
| if, in case the parish be divided, where
| does it suppose the parish seat will be
| located? Does it not look forward to
the day, in the near future, when the
embellished with fine Courthouse and
Jail? Now for the sake of argument,
let's suppose Rayne the parish seat Of
Acadia which it no doubt would be, in
the event of division, now how far is
it from the central portion OF the new
parish Would it not be as to location
similar to jug handle, on one side and
near the little end? Who would be
benefited by such a change? Would
Faquetaique, or Monmouth be benefit
ted or bettered by the divisione In
fact how would the larger portion of
south west st. Landry be benefited by
the formation of Acadia? Will the
Signal be so kind as to tell us which is
the greater distance from Rayne to
Opelousas. or from Bayou Chicot to
Opelousas How many bayous would
the people OF Prairie Hayes, Prairie
Faquetaique, and Prairie Monmouth
have to cross in attending court at
Rayne? How much nearer would the
citizens OF those parts be to Rayne
than Opelousas? Not considering the
fact there are no roads leading from
pense that would be entailed in the or
ganization of new parish. Where
does the benefit come in ?
The Signal goes SO far as to accuse
me of prejudice" Show me man
of practical principles and | will show
a man who is prejudiced against "ring
rule" or any measure, that is deleterious
to the welfare of his fellow citizens and
antagonistic TO the prosperity OF his
country.
| may not be much of an expert at
diagnosing" Yellow Fever" and don't
profess to be such knowing one"
but do profess to know the sentiments
of the voters of the southwestern por-
ton of ST Landry as regards divi-
sion of the parish.
The writer of the Signal seems to be
somewhat of a prejudice or vindictiye
himself and vents his spleen on pills"
Sad indeed under the circumstances, as
| am sure he will have to swallow a
pretty large one on the 9th of October.
Before closing allow me one more
question. If it be true that the voters
OF the southwestern portion OF st.
Landry are in favor of a division, why
so many barbecues? Why so much
beef slaughtered Why did the citi-
zens of Rayne engage the services of
lawyer to follow up the Registrar to
counsel and advise the people to vote
in favor of adivision. Why don't they !
rest easy and let us vote ourselves out
of st. Landryg
In conclusion will say to the writer
of the Rayne Signal, that if he will
use less attempt at sarcasm, leave |
aside his witicism, confine himself to
the question involved, and be little
more serious over such all important !
subject, it will appear that he is work
ing for the good OF his country; at any
rate, he will appear little more digni
fed. VIM. CHILDs.
CHURCH POINT, La. Sept. Sth, 1886.
Editor DEMOCRAT:
Since writing my article OF yester-
day, | find on looking over the Rayne
Signal that it has changed hands. No
wonder, Mr.. Duson is in favor of a di
vision. He is land agent for the south
western portion of ST. Landry and am
told owns large bodies of poor land
near Rayne which he hopes to be able
10 sell to an advantage as he thinks by
making Rayne the parish seat it would
enhance the value of his real estate.
VIM CHILDs.