The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-06-30
To Lock port.
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hove into sight last Sunday and land
ed at Il wharf, many of our citizens,
including Il good delegation of fair la
dies, boarded her for the excursion to
the Lockport fair. She carried already
many persons from the upper part Of
the parish, and at the time the boat
was ready to pull out, there must have
been over one hundred joyous pleasure
seekers aboard, nursing bright antici-
pations of the fun ahead.
At a few minutes past eleven o'clock
the last parting whistle was blown and
as the boat slowly moved away from
her moorings, the Protector Brass
Band began ''Chmbing up the Golden
Stairs at q lively rate amid the
cheers Of the stay-at-homes.
Here and there along the bayou
passengers boarded the boat, notwith-
standing the rain which poured down
from Troxer's saw mill almost to
Lockport.
On reaching our thriving little burg,
the prospect was anything but cheer
ing. Rain had played sad havoc with
the fair. Mud and water, water and
mud, on the ievee, in the streets, upon
the fair grounds, everywhere. Rev.
Father Letilly, and Messrs. Joseph Mo-
laison, Joseph O. Toups, G. d. Bar
rios and many other prominent citizens
of Lockport and vicinity were on hand
to welcome the Louisiana's cargo of
humanity. But few people appeared
on the fair grounds as we got therey
the rain, water and mud having dri-
ven them to shelter. But soon the
inspiriting strains of the Protector
Band began to cheer up the scene and
add new life to the general desolatio IL.
The Louisiana's passengers circulated
about, regardless of the slush and de-
termined to make the most of the situa-
ton and not to be cheated out of the
pleasure they had gone in quest Of
Their good spirits proved contagious
and had become quite general, when
towards 1870 o'clock p. III. the Str. Par
nell steamed in with Il fresh cOntin-
gent of some twenty OF more citizens OIL
Thibodaux, who gave new impetus to
: the fair. Every body admired and al
most envied the bravery and dash OF
the Parnell contingent as they storm
: ed the supper tables of the restaurant
5 Whew! what appetites they all, young
and old, displayed and how they
: seemed to relish that nice chicken
f gombo q In Creote. One Il yet al
| most hear sonorous voices calling out
"Gombo -
| At $50 the steam whistles of the
= boats began warning i'll shrin notes
e their passengers that the time of de
e parture was neal at hand and II stOl
must come to the flow of g0mbO ant
champagne.
Paintings took place, with many ex
pressions of gratitude on the part o
the good people of Lockport to th'
people of Tiaibodaux for the generou
assistance rendered them.
At 10 o'clock, amid cheers loud ant
:, long continued, and music and occa
sional s,lrill whistles, the two steamer
= pulled away side by side, but the Par
nell soon took the lead. The return
trip on the Louisiana was Il pleasan
one. All the passengers carried thei
GOOD humor aboard and all strove t
N pass oft the time a%greeably. Ofcours
n there wero some sleepy bodies ABOARD
e but these betook themselves to til
l. back parlor of the boat where the
l. monopolized the sofas and life presel
yers 10 stretch out their weary bone
J. Here they were, however, soon Iii.
4 turhed from their more or less peac,
II, fnl slumbers by some good fellows t,
- full of ulischief to leave them uim,
Tested.
L. After making many landings Oh Il
+ way To drop here and there some men
bers of the gang OF cXcuIsionists. ii
Ell Louisiana steamed into port here iu
40 as the town clock struck two.
he Slowly our denizens wended the