The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-02-03

EigntF above 20 twenty hei9W
special correspondent Il the cesas nspias qaa
Republican
Out Of the sunshine into the snow
from eighty above 70 twenty below II
thereabcuts, i something u bo remem'
bered and 70 SILVER over That y
what I found between Lake Charles
La, and Waterloo, Ia. in the apsce Of
four days, from Saturday, Jan te
Wednesday, Jan. ll The lempsres
ture was 81 course a little ogt "a nos
NAL at both points a little eSlreme'
Starting on my homeward trip sbeus
midnight Of the Eth found Az lilll.
entity through the night n Keeping
warm in car with open Windows and
without Gre. AT the other end Of the
line, three days later, thc patient sail
much abused brakoslnsn mover ihFass
BIS head inside tho door wilhoat moei
ing some remark about afraeziug U
DEATH estiagy corporation elazy
fireman, awhal does i cost 70 Fun a
refrigerator car " or some eSpreHsiaa
81 satisfaction about tho climate she
brakeman weuld be likely 10 end when
ho came to die, ETC., etc.i bui still
He punched aud punched punched wlsb
care,
And still II irogo ana froze-~ chat pAqssnjalFe'
a stay Of three weeks ip Louisiana
satisfied me that winter Is a voakling
IN that latitude hardly able & stand
alone without leaning against samor
thing, He doesn't seem p have lost
muscle, however in this latitude, and
he's as breezy as eveE During the
three weeks--two in December and
ono ID January -there waa white froat
several mornings, freezing enough Two
or three mopninga to stiffea the mud
and mako ics tho thickness of pane
Of glass, little sleet once, tlarry of
snow once, ana yot The roses continued
10 bud and bloom, lhe violet, hobluet
and tho tubesoso preaisted ii sending
forth their fragrance, and tho natives
made daily acquisitions ~ thoiF yege.
table gardens to supply their wants
Farming has already begun og soon
viii begin-in fact il never ceases long
enough for breathing spoil.
While running through Mississippi
to jackson, several members of tho
legislature got aboard on their way to
the capital Two of them, compare
tively young men, took q scat iuat in
front Of ne and we're soen deeply ea-
gagged in discussing State matters,
touching upon several subjects Ono
Of them took occasion 70 denouncs ii
tho most emphatic mannaF some al ME-
penal laws of tho State as ''barbaroua'
shnhamanp and q edisgraca to the State
aud the age He was especially se-
we're 10 denonncing d law of Che State
whiah provides for The working out q
4 fine imposed upon persons convicted
Of crimes or misdomeanors. Tho las
allowsthe convicted person but uttweuty
five cents 4 day, must board hlmsall
and i docked for rainy days llt
went Gu to demonstrate that under
ordinary circumstances, fine Of 500
imposed upon q poor man unable e
Faise tho mnney coRaued him W two
years Of servitade, Aad much p ply
surprise tie samo gentleman went on
to say, and enforce il with emphatic
gesture, that If he we're Che Judge on
tho bench and two men, enc eolored
apd ono white, were convicted before
him Of the same otfonsa, punishable
! BY imprisonment, # he thought tho
white man worthy Of dYe years, he
would impose d tiYe year torn upaa
him and give the cologed man ane
year Aud be would Justify the dis'
cFiminasiop On tic ground Of running
against greater light, % tho paFt pt
the white man. Tho speaker made uo
bones q speaking bis mind loud
enough 70 be heard several aeaIa away.
The moment struck me moro fogsiblF
because II Was not far from tha sqwn
of HnzeIhprst where PFaat. MaItAcWs
was rathIesaly murdered If The polls
only few years age, for The reason
and Iba only reason that ha dared n
yotc-and the murderer Naa negel
punished Evidently not many y
that rsgion hold, Or i they hold dar
: aYew, such opinions as those expFesee
by lhs gentleman referred As
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L port of Mississippi -ennagh to lbs
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