The Opelousas courier., 1888-05-05
OpelOWsas and the Press Com.
vemtiOm.
N. o. Pieayune, May 3.

N. y. Pleayune, May ).
The assembling of the members of the Lou
isiana Press in convention at Opelousas has
proved an auspicious event for that hospita-
BILE city, as we'll as a most agreeable one to
the guests themselves. There is no more in
teresting region ON the continent than is the
country around Opelousas. Beautiful in itself,
its yerdant prairies, clear streams and prime
val forests have been embalmed in immortal
poetry. Its shaded glades and breezy plains,
the placid Ieche mirroring the enormous oaks
with their iestooning gariands of Towering
vines and long shaggy boards of hoary moss,
teem with romantic associations; while the
fertile fields, the plantations waving with the
verdure Of growing crops, the pilared and
verandahed mansions cleaning white among
the masses of green foliage are there to delight
the eyes of those of more prosaic and prac-
tical turn.
To bring some twoscore and more of news
paper writer's into the midst of these charm
ing scenes is to set them sounding the praises
OF this lovely region and its most hospitable
people, aud its attractions will be brought
prominently, not merely before the readers of
poetry, but what is of more Importance to the
attention OF people who are seeking in the
South refuge from the Arctic blasts of the
Northwest. The good people and parish of
st. Landry will be fam0usly advertised BY
hundred pens and a score of printing presses,
which will do the work for no fee nor reward,
but freely for love and friendship.
We are glad to he.lr from such disinterested
observers that the parish and its people are
i'll n fair and growing state of prosperity,
with all the prospects of magnificent and
not distant development which will demon-
strate this region to be the garden of Louisi-
ana.
We acknowledge pleasant calls on Tuesday
and Wednesday from number of our con
freres of the press. among whom were Messrs.
F,,l oT u;
of Lafayette, Johu Mccormick Of Lake
Charles, j. B. Lawton and V. L. Gilmore of
New Iberia, j. Gentil of St James, w. P. Man
CHAM of Rayville. j. r. Jolley of Morgan City.
o. A. Alpha Of Franklin, Carlos Greig and AL
bert Bienvenu of ST. Martinsville A. J. Lafar-
que and WIN. Hall of Marksville, l.. B. Clai-
borne of Poiute Coupee. e. A. Burkdoll and
HI. Bodemuller of Crowley, L. P. Caillouet of
Thibedaux, j. w. jackson of Opelousas; E 2.
Goodwin of Washington; Frank j. Hardey
and Lyman Bryan of Lake Charles, aud r. n.
Snow of Minden.
We havesnot been able to proenre a com
plete list 7 tue representatives Of the press
who atte9led the sessions of the Press Asso-
ciati4p sid here this week. but besides those
.aentIoned above the following were present:
Mrs, M. R. Field of New Orleans;
Mrs. Julia Rule of Shreveport
Misses Addie and Matte McG of Baton
Rouge;
Mr.. and Mis-. Geo. Nicholson of New Or
leans;
Mrs. Thnrmond of Rayrille;
Mr. aud Mrs. l.. E. Bentley of Donaldson
vile
Mrs. Burkdoll, Mrs Bodemuller and Mr. All +
Mrs. w. w. Duson of Crowley; '
Mrs. A. j. Lafargue. Mrs. VIM. Hall and
Miss Irion of Marksvllle; /
Gen. l.. Jastremski of Baton Rouge;
Col. Geo. Moorman of New Orleans
j. E. Hewitt of Mansfield;
J. B. Wilkinson, Jr , of New Orleans
Maj. S. T. Grisamore and f. Samoan, of Thi-
bodaux;
w. J. Gay of West Carroll
C. X. Jones of Winfield
j B. Smart of Vernon;
!, j. w. Bryan of Lake Charles;
B, b. LaBgford of Gibsland :; ii
j. Y. Gilmore and M. L, O'D0nel Of New
Orleans
G. E. Head OF Boyce;
l.. FL. Pugh of Napoteonv1lle
Judge j. Fl. Riils of Iberville
Chas. Lasseigue of St. John the Baptist
w. C. Chevis of Rayne;
S. ID. Pearee of Rusten;
L. A. O'Sulivan of Thibodaux;
II. Nj. Huie of Alexandria;
A. NJ. Escudier of New iberia
DIR. c. "A. MCGOWAN of Jeannerette
J. FL. Cosgrove of Natchitoehes:
w 2. Rountree of Vidalia;
l.. j. Bell and =. II. Flanner of --.