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The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
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a Northerner's Opinion of Lou,
iSiana. a
Mancelonn (Mich.l Herald.

Mancelonn Mich Herald.
DEAR FRIEND: AT last | have arriv-
ed at the sunny south and | find it Il
grand country, especially for market
gardening, as such vegetables as cab.
bages, onions, beets, and the like, will
grow the year round. Will try and
give you a description of the country as
near as | can--haven't been out OF the
city but once or twice as yet, so | don't
know what the farming lands are. The
town itself is finely situated OIL high
ground and on the banks of a fine sheet
of water, and carries on q f1ourishing
lumber trade, by schooners, with
Deighboring ports. The land IS, as a
general rule, low. For about eighty
miles west of New Orleans it is nearly
all swamp, covered with water and
some cypress timber, and IN all is a
very dismal looking place, but, after
leaving the swamp, it is a fine country
mostly prairie, withsittle timber, aid
is well stocked with cattle, horses and
sheep. The towns of Crowley, Jenn-
ings and Welsh are small bnt prosper
Gus towns, and are situated in the midst
of a fine grazing range on the Southern
Pacific railroad. Lake Charles is q
town of between 1900 and 5000 inhab-
itants and is quite a thrifty place ; it is
composed chiefly of northern men, but
nearly every State in the Union is rep
resented and there are a number here
from Michigan who speak in high praise
of the place. Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Webber
and Charlie Weaver, of Monceiona, are
here, and they appear well pleased with
both the country and climate. We have
both orange and fig trees here but they
arc not old enough to bear much yet.
As to the climate here, it is delightful
it is warm aud pleasant, trees out in
full leaf and peaches about one-qnarter
grown. | do not believe, there is a
healthier climate in the United States
than the one here !; every one appears
healthy and robust, and for my owl
part, | hav'nt felt better in years. !
would advise any one in search OF a
mild climate to try Lake Charles or vi
entity. Property around here is very
high. Town lots sell from $50 to $4,000
each, according to location. Farming
lands range from $25 to 500 per acre,
butean be bought for less at from ten to
Ttwenlg miles distant. Governmentfand
not yet taken, lays atea considerable
distance from the city. Yours truly,
GEO. r. SMITH,
Lake Charles, La, April 10, 1888.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

of a committee of ladies. There were
reception committees of gentlemen, and
carriages were constantly at the DIS
posal of any and every one.
All meetings of the convention were
attended by the citizens the addresses
were listened to with respectful atten-
tios and never had speakers so kind
and sympathetic an audience.
The Opelousas Social Club, compos-
ed of young people, gave a fine recep-
ton to the visitors, entertaining them
with lavish and costly generosity and
providing for their comfort and enter
tainment in the happiest fashion. The
ladies spent a week in decorating their
hall so that it was a marvel of artistic
beauty.
And now it is night, and | am finish
ing this letter in the little waiting
room Of a hotel at Lafay ette. The con
vention is over, the editors have taken
up their homeward journey, and their
annual outing wound up with an al
Efresco reception at a beautiful grove
Called Woodwork Springs, rear Wash
ington, and which vas rendered them
byRhe people of that town, IL pleasant
and picturesque Race, with all the de-
lightful characteristics of a thrifty
southern town.
The ladies of Washington were the
hostcsscs, and provided entertainment
not only for the editors, but for all
their hosts and hostcsseS from Opeiou-
sas us well. The procession of CARR
ages that drove out from Opclousas to
WASHINGTON WAS more than a mile long
and IFS the visitors nGared the latter
place they were greeted in true Amer
lean style by brass bands stationed
along the roadside. A drive over the
hill and dale on which Washington is
situated-a visit to the famous nursery
Oft. j. Lacy, where peaches, pears
plums, grapes and other fruits aft
growing in a profusion that can scarce.
" be cXccllcd in fabulous California
was followed 10y ii picnic at the springs
where the guests were received VIII
the unfaiIing courtesy of hostesses
whose kindness from the heart
Five hundred persons were seated "a
the banquet which was served in
style and profusion that could not %
t surpassed by any caterers. Tables Gle
cantlv decorated with flowers, drape'
in fine damnSk and bearing wonderful
mounds of salad, roasted turkeys
chickens, piles of frosted cakes til
marvellous daintics that only famou
!, nousekrrprrs know how to make. III
, BANQUET with its toasts and music wa
4 the fitting finale tn a week OF ENJOY
I mcnt.
Aud NOW it is past midnight aud N
a stub pencil is giving ont. All aionI
me a,c sleeping editors. Ont on tlI
= hotel gallery some men are rcVleWIn
= the recent campaign. look over thos
. Ear green trees, on HE gentle c%restnt
4 Hill ,ih think on that lHrtty r.
4 where otti welcome WIS written !
t ios,. att,i where we learned how kin
heats can he and how gooti are til
Louisiana people of the Opet"nsi
d country The night is dewy and still
d with moonlight and starlight ever,
n where, aud the moon looks down on |
+ faircr town in all thu, state than thu
d from which we have come away, an
3 if those beautiful hoiAes could be n
d rooted the gentle spirit of fricndshl
d unaffected, sincere and kindly, won
,e be disclosed by every hearth.
u CATuARINE COLE.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

Mr.. j. B. Boswell, one of the best
known citizens of Brentwood, Texas,
contributes the following item as his
personal experience; .sAftor having suf-
fered from Diarrhoea for some time and
having tried different medicines with
no good result, / tried a bottle ofCham
berlain's Collie, Cholera Diarrhoea Rem
edy, which relieved me at oEce and |
recommend it to all who may be snf,
fering from this troublesome com
plant" Sold by F. E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

We have made arrangements with
the N. Y. Star. the new Democratic
paper Just started in New York City,
to furnish its weekly edition in connec-
ton with the COURIER for only 1886
per annum. The subscription price of
the Star is $l.25 per year. Send
names and address with the money to
this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
Bucklen's Arnica salye,

The best salye in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corna and all skin ernptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
Ii is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, 81 money refunded. Price Csc
per box, For sale By Hamilton& Bailey
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

By paying five cents saily for the
Times Democrat, it will cSst 1895 a
year. We have made arrangements to
give the Daily Times-D Democrat with
the COURIER for 1890 a year. just
note the saving.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

Whooping Cough maybe kept under
complete control and all danger avoid
ed by frequent doses of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. No better treatments
can be prescribed for it. Sold by r.
E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

Every horse owner should have q copy
of that admirable work, ga Treatise on
the Horse and His Diseases, by Dr.Ken-
dali. Afew copies-English or German
for sale at this Office at 25c. per copy.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

The annual convention of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union Of
Louisiana will be held in Baton Rouge
on May ii, 10 and Is. A large number
of able and eloquent speakers are ex-
pected to be in attendance.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

No duty should be left undone. If
you have a smarting skin disease it is
not your duty to scratch and irritate it
but to apply Chamberlain's Ointment
and cure it. Guaranteed and sold by
F. E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

For RENT.-A small comfortable res
idence with two acres of land inclosed,
in Opelousas, will be rented v6fy low if
applied for soon. Apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

We have made arrangements to send
the Weekly Picayune with the COURIER
at 90. SO per year, or the Daily Picayune
and our paper, n year, $l2.5O-six
months, $6.25. Note the saving!
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
NOTICE.

FENHE Subscribers of the Stoe. Of me !,
Landry Homestead and Loan Associative
are notified to call at the oitre OF the see ee
tary of the Association, aud pay their lis'aI
ments, on each and every Saturday from y
after this day, from 2 p, III. to Z O'clock I -
w. c. PERRAuLf,.
Opelousas, April 7, '8S.-tf %eI
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

For RENT.-A business stand and
residence near the railroaddepot. APP
ply at this Office. ~
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

A Kansas newspaper mai claims to
have discovered q medicine that will
drive away all desire for food. He
thinks he will be able to run the paper
as people expect him to run it. He
can now give the town and her people
free puffs and let them get their little
mite of job printing and advertising
done in some other place.-GatesViiie
Post
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

Parties from the country will do we'll
to stop at A. B. C~hachere's. Central
location, good fare, ample accommoda-
ton and prices low.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

A.. B. Chachere, at the Old Bank
House, can furnish a good lunch, or a
square meal, or comfortable lodging at
living prices. Try him.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

For SALE-Aeaew Remington double
barrel breech- loading shot gun can he.
had at a bargain OF application at this.
office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

James j. III. Gregory's garden seeds
from Marblehead, Mass just received,
at j. X. Sandoz's grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

For RENT-A good business stand,
old established and centrally located, on
Main street, in O~pelousas. Apply at
this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

Blank forms for use of merchants,
notaries, Justices of the Peace, etc, ior
sale in any quantities ut thisoffice.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

Blank liens, for advances of supplies
by merchants, for sale at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
NOTICE

\ 5 hereby given that "a bill will be introdue-
ed at the ensuing session of the Legisla-
ture to create a new parish to be composed OF
the southern portion Of Avoyelles and the
northern portion of st. Landry parishes. .
May 5, 1888. I'm
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

Lunch, lodgings and board at A. b.
C~hachere's, near the Courthouse.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
NOTICE.

% All i.crsoas indcbtedlp the Estate . .a me-
C. u. ratnan, deceased, are notified 10 ''~'
forward and settle aHd save costs
Respectfully, e. THohrso .ss,
Vile Plate, La. Apr. %, lSSS.-ap gu
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
Is Consumption Encurable 2

Read the following Mr.. G. Fl. Morris,
Newark, Ark, says: WAS down with
abseess oil langs, and friends and physi-
clans pronounced me an incnrable con
sumptive. Began taking DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption, am now on
my third bottle, and able to oversee the
work on my farm. tits the finest medi-
cine ever made"
Jessie Middlewart, Decatur, o., says
Had it not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption would have
died Of ling troubles. Am now in best OF
health 9 Try it. Sample bottles free at
Hamilton & Bailey's drug store. 5
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
c. D. STEWART,

Contractor, Carpenter @ Hu
NALL contract for the erection ., ,"att
w ings Of all kinds, furnishing ~ md j
rails il desired. Work done pr (mpss "isrS:
reasonable rates. Orders left at H. Ultimate tim
or ocery given prohSpt attention; GO ! 81
and plans furnished, oep'
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

Mr.. c. w. BattelI, a travelling man
representing Messrs S. Collins Son &
Co, printing inks, after suffering in
~tensely for two or three days with
lameness of the shoulders and back,
completely cured it with two applica-
tions of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t
cures lameness aad rheumatism when
all other treatment fails. Guaranteed
and sold by F. E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
NOTICE..

A III. persons are prohibited. under pfaale
IA of the law, from shooting in the pns'.ai,fs H.
of the Undersigned, in Piaisanee, rsifti'iIs
the prairie pasture just east Ut GraasefE's
land. GCS. L. DUPRE.
ACHILLE f. DUPRE,
LASTIE E. DUPRE,
JACQUES DUPRE
pIaisahcc, April II. lSSS.-lm
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
land sat "a Bargain.

Hand sat "a Bargain.
gE1EIE east half of section | township ) south
L of range 3 east, containing 800 and 20llOO
acres, situated on Bayou Bmnf, st. Landry,
q miles from the I. g. p, Railroad.
Lots Nos 2, g., 4, S and 6, and south half
OF tbe north west quarte9 and the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section 81,
Township 3 Range 3 cast, situated in The par
ish of Avoyelles, near McCoy's ferry.
Will be sold c4eap for cash, Or one-third
cash and balance in Que and two years.
A. J. PERRAULT,
Opelou sas, July 25. Agent.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12
'E,nken u % sss am Esstray,

DY the undersigned at Gradcniso's Island,
ID II red spotted gentle beef abont yea'a
old, supposed to have been left there during
the higl, water of 1882 by some ono tsoin Be
Cane. | found no brand, except i've end d
the left e..r cut in sl.dpe Of a half lnooh %
ii4e end.
The owner Is requested ia come tofsata'
prove properly, pay charges and tnkS sh
away. GUS. Dufhh'
Plaisance, April ii, lSSS.-Im
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

16TnS anu Jdslliuo VINO, ahu ny" civ
auent were the men and how womanly
the women. Not long since in another
city far from Opelousas and far from the
chivalric methods that here prevail, |
went to q Press Association meeting.
It was all women, and it was in tnrD,
dull, aggressive and defiant. An ex-
candidate for the presidency Of the
United States made q speech and other
women from different states spoke aud
told how they had to flock oil by them
selves and were not allowed to be mem
bers of the masculine press %assoeia,
tons. So that to-day when | sat in
the flower arched hall of ,iDstice in
sweet Already, and heard th6 courtly
| addresses of such mel as Judge Esti-
lette and General Jastremski, and the
pretty phrases in which they remem
bered the ladies, and when / saw first
one modest woman writer on the press
of Louisiana, and then another, stand
up among those gallant men, reading
her piece, and %applanded and honored
and adored, | vas glad that ] had told
that female press association of the
Louisiana Press Association, and | IN
sisted then, as / always shall insist,
that the south belongs to woman, and
that wherever she goes andin whatev-
er she does, she, being modest, and
true, and good, has the projections.
the confidence, the unboanded homage
of the men who are her guard of henor
There are many good newspaper
women 10 Louisiana. OF those who
were at the convention, Mrs. Bentley
of the Donaldsonville Chief contributed
an essay, as did Mrs. Rule of the
Shreveport Times, and Miss fMcGratl
of the Baton Rouge Truth.
The citizens sInaaaged their guests
and their4way of entertaining in an ad-
mirable manner. The work of decora.
ton at the courthouse was in charge
The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-12

lures of plow men trudging over the
brown, combed and serried fields,
trudging towards the blue smoke curl
ing over the cypress trees, while even
ing mists seemed to steal from out the
woods across the dewy, sweet-smelling
lands slowly reaching forth as if they
would soon envelop farmer and field,
and as with q sponge wipe out the pic
ture of peaceful, enViable country life,
Off a cross country my gentle gossip
pointed and said, vaguely, An Large,
and then she told ME of the colonies
and settlements that exist there; OF the
cheerful hearths where ~black-eyed Wo-
men sit at their looms and weave and
weave and weave ; of the life that goes
ON in the country, where the innocent
folk would not know how to bolt a
door, or bar their simple treasured pos
sessions, but where thieves never break
in; no pomp of world, no excitement
of any kind beyond the simple joys and
griefs of life, is ever known ; where the
blue bloused farmers tickle the brown
earth to see it laugh with crops; where
the broad-leaved tobacco grows and
the sugar cam is like a jungle, and the
cotton is like snow and the corn silks
in wonderful beauty. All this she told
me as we rushed along By forest and
shallow pool, and sloping corn lands.
on our way to the fine old town that j.
one of the most charming and pleasant
in all the state, and is the center Of
unusual refinement and culture.
Opelousas is a mellow and very
charming old place. It is d progressive
town, and its people have all those ne.
cessary attractions that invite immi.
grants. Ii is situated on a ridge, or q
huge upheaval of the land above the
level of the trailing fields all about. Il
il a center of commerce and Truman &C.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-15

The National Prohibition Convention at
its two days session in Indianapolis. pre-
sided over by Ex-Governor J. Z. st. John, Of
Kansas nominated General Clinton 3. Fisk,
OF New Jersey, for President, and Rev.
John A. Brooks, of Missouri, for Nice-P reSi-
dent a sketch Of General Fisk's life, and
the platform adopted by the Convention, are
given below:
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-15

WIIk1ns, from the CommIUuee on Banking
and Currency, reported to the House a sub
stitute for the bill introduced by him. 70 re-
revise and codify the banking laws of the
United States
18TH DAY-The following bills were in
troduced: Directing the Committee on For
of the Brazilian Government in imposing an
export duty on coffee nearly equal TO the
duty formerly imposed by the United States
that commodity, and IN aiding British
capitalists to establish -four mills in Brazil
while maintaining an excessive duty on
American flour; to prevent food adulteration;
to amend the Interstate Commerce Law: TO
restrict the immigration of oreigners into
the United States; calling on the Secretary
of State for information as to whether the
Canadian Government has violated the spirit
of the Treaty of Washington by discriminat-
ing against American vessels PASSING through
the Welland and other Canadian canals.
The Senate bill making Inauguration Day a
legal holiday in the District or Columbia was
passed .. ;. With amendments, the Senate bill
to prev ent Instructions and injurious deposits
in the New York harbOr and ad jaceRt waters
was passed.
13Oth Day The folio wing bills were re-
ported: The Allentown PENN Public Build
ing bill with the recommendation that iU be
passed, notwithstanding the Presidents veto.
Placed on the calendar; Senate bill to pro-
vide an additional mode of taking dispositions
for use in United States courts; to ratify an
agreement with the ShOshone and Bannock
Indians for the surrender of a part of the
Fort Hall, Idaho, reservation, and for other
purposes; adversely, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, the resolution 20 authorize the ac-
ceptance of the invitation rendered the House
to attend the centennial celebration of
Washington's Inauguration in New York in
1899. The report takes the ground that this
House has no power to bind its successor
The House then vent into Committee of the
Whole on the Tariff Bill, Mr.. Springer in the
chair, debate on the pending clause (''wood
manufactures not specially enumerated or
provided for'0 being limited to thirty
dressed the House in opposition to the lum-
Der clauses of the Tariff bill. He was fol-
lowed in the opposition by Mr.. Reed, while
the bill was defended by Messrs. Cox, and
passed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-15
House PROCEEDINGS.

126TH DAY.-Mr ONeII presented the con-
ference report on his bill to create Depart
ment of Labor, which was accepted, and the
bill passed in substantially the same shape as
it came from the Senate. Mr.. Spinola arose
on a question of personal privilege and denied
that he had opposed the bill to place General
Fremont on the retired list. The House
then proceeded to consider The report of the
Committee of the Whole on the Legislative
Appropriation bill The first amendment
upon which a division was demanded, that
increasing the clerical force of the Civil Ser
vice Commission, was adopted by vote OF
81 to As. A yea and nay vote was demanded
on the amendment to re establish the st.
Louis Assay office The amendment was
adopted =. On motion of Mr. Mills, and
without atiVe voice, the House went
into Committee of the Whole for the consider
alton OF the Tariff bill. The chairman Mr..
Springer, announced that the bill would be
considered for amendments under the five
minute rule a deSultorY discussion engaged
in by large number of members occupied
the attention of the House for the remainder
of the DAVIS session.
127TH DAY-The Senate bill to authorize
the Fort Smith and Choctaw Bridge Com
IoanY to construct a bridge over the POteau
River near Fort Smith, Ark, was passed. -.
Mr. White, of New York, rising to a per-
sonal explanation, declared that it was not
true that he was directly or indirectly inter-
ested in any claim against the Venezuelan
Government, and none of his constituents
had any such claim. -. The parliamentary
difficulties in the way of the Legislative APP
passed with the blank salaries filed in as 1T
was reported from the Appropriations Com
mittee =. Mr. Sayers reported from the APP
preparations Committee the Customs De.
ficiency bill, with the recommendation that
the Senate amendments be concurred in, and
with further amendments reported by the
House Committee. These amen tments were
agreed to, and the bill was again sent to the
Senate . The bill to elevate General Sher1-
dan to the rank of General of the United
States Army was then p ssed by viva-voce
vote. Mr.. Oates, of Alabama. going on rec
ord as opposing it. The bill b ben signed
by the S, eaker of the House and the presi-
ding officer of the Senate, and sent to the
President, who also signed it and returned 1t
to the Senate for confirmation ... The House
then went into Committee O. the !" no on
the Tariff The time for debate over the hrst
paragraph was limited to forty minutes by
agreement. ;Ir Holman spoke briefly IN
favor of che p lumber The first paragraph
of tie Mills Tariff bill was passed Inc
evening session was devoted to private pen
sion bills
I2SrH DAY-Most of the day was con-
sumed in considering the appropriation bills.
The Agricultural Appropri ttlon bill was
nassad without amendments. but all other
bills went over without definite action MI