Richland beacon., 1888-05-12
MEETING OF THE PRESS .aSYOCL.4-
TON.

C!i SatGfdav, Apri 2Sth we lett
home, accompanied bv Mrs. M. and
little Horace, ell route for Opelousas
We exchanged Mrs. NJ. and Horace
1t Gihs!and for Mrs. Thurmopd and
Trina.
: We met our neiglhor, l.. C. Drew
OH the train on his return from
Baton Rouge. Sorry to learn Of The
illness If Mrs. Drew. I, &. Drew j.
prominent candidate for Imn,igra-
ton comnissiOut T.. G. Drew
came on at Calhoun station. This !,
+ The place where the oxrsri,ne MIA
farm is to lie tried and we icatne d
! irom Mr.. Drew that he will engage
in a newspaper vr,:'urc there. Hope
he will succeed hut &c IRE dispose
to lsiisve HAT tine newspaper busi
ness is bei.fs, 0verdune Ia han,
localities.
Cor younr fgicr'l, GRAY. q Floyd
got Oh ut Monroe. EritLtr of GH'
ufi.lIbors Of the Buitt;n or Tcie-
graph went 50 the meeting of TIC
association.
At Gibsland orr Yours friend
Davis Larcford came on as proxy
for T. J. Man.ham and was with us
during the whole t,ir.
: Arriving at Shreveport we went
straight way to The City" hotel
After some pseliminaries, we, in
company with W, j. Gray and Mr.
Langford walked down to the Demo.
crat Office to look after our railroad
tickets. We found both Puckette and
Porter hard at work and sorry tc
learn Of sAeA that they were too much
engaged to so to the meeting Of the
Press Association.
! Mrs. Jalia Rule Fancy came on
the train Sunday morning. She
represented the Times and we be-
lieve the only representative from
Shreveport. We had the pleasure OF
her company to New Orleans, then
Ia Opelousas and back as fer as New
Orleans where she stopped off to
visit some friends.
/ At Donaldsonville we were Joined
by Capt. Bentley and his excellent
lady. Arriving at the city late on
Sunday evening we procured rooms
at No. As Barronne st.
On Monday morning, in company
with Mrs. Rule and Mrs. Thurmond,
our little Irma and Mr.. Langford we
walked out Oh Canal street for break
fast and it was with difficulty that
we succeeded in getting breakfast in
time TO get on the train.
Several members Of the associa-
ton joined us at the depot, among
whom were Capt. McGrath and his
two daughters of the Truth; Mrs.
Field and Mrs. Nicholson, of the
Pieayune; O'Donald, of the Times
democrat; Gen. Jastremski and
many others. A special car was
provided br the use of the members
Of the press by the Morgan road.
Left on time, dined at Lafayette.
Arriving at Opelousas just before
sun set we met quite a crowd of
people, among whom was quite an
array of beauty. The brass band
struck up lively tame just as We
were approaching the depot. Quite
a number Of buggies, hacks, car
riages, sulkies, &c, were there for
the purpose Of conveying the mem
bers to their respective homes, to
which they had been assigned by
the committee and the good people
had their doors thrown wide open to
receive their guests. We were
fortunately assigned to the pleasant
home of brother j. w. jackson, of
the st. Landry Democrat, whittier
we were driven with Mrs. Thurmond
and our little Irma. A more de-
lightful and lovely place could not
have been found than where the
committee saw proper to assign us,
as we found our hosts, Mr.. Jackson,
an excellent gentleman and his wife,
Mrr. Jackson, a most :miable lady.
After tea we walked down to the
hotel with Mr.. jackson where We
met quite number of the craft and
had pleasant chat till IL p. M, at
which time We returned with broth
er jackson to his cozy home where
we had refreshing nights
sleep, having been broken of our rest
for IXO or three niNhfa before ,ro