The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-01

Chief, entitled 1.-THE Genii of To-day"
Mrs. Bsntley's we'll earned reputa-
lion ~ graceful and elegant writer
10 amply sustained by this effort in
which beauty of conception and senti-
msnt and cnasm of dtctton are so hap
PLY united. She discovers Guttenburg,
the inventor OF new aud strange things,
10 the solitude Of his cloister, aud de-
velopes him and those who come after
him in the employment Of his magic,
Into the gepii of to day. Certainly !
most fitting characterized alton Ut the
power and influence of the great, ever
and overwhelming modern |
uswpsper press. All hail Gutenberg |
0ollspeed ye iatter-dsy editors! Genli,
both! 81 90
Bot before We leave this subject of
CENT, let us refer In terms just 40
pleasant % are ct our command, 10
still another genius, the presiding ge-
Mus Of tue s0eiety columns Of the
Shreveport Times, Mrs. julia Rule,
who, Ia lending the charm of her pres
snce 10 the convention Of editors, did
honor to an assembly OF able and hon.
orsble men and women, and credit 10
q noble calling.
The town Of Thibodaux Is 4 delight
ful little city, not app,eoiably larger
than Monroe, situated on = level site
Immediately on tho banks OF the
Lafouvche.
It already possesses many Of the APP
poiutments and conveniences to which
tend. ....,..,
The sldewslks or banQueUes. at once
arrest the attention Of the stranger.
These are Of brick and are founded
deeply into the coil, aud present the
appearance, along the outer edges, OF
the heavy masonry, usually laid for
the foundations Of tall aud massive
structures. The frst OF these walks,
was put down, 1t Is claimed, In 1869,
thirty years ago, and no evidences of
decay are as yet noticeable.
The town Is well drained by large
sewers constructed under the streets,
and walled In with bricks, and smaller
culverts placed at the bridges and
crossings. As subsidiary to this drain
age syatem, a large steam pump was
placed on the streets 1887 at a suitable
locality, aud is used for the double
purpose of flushing the cutters and for
supplying water in cases of large fires.
The fire department consists of four
we'll equipped companies, which are
organized into q department with Q
chief engineer and two delegates from
each company, TO whom is entrusted
the management. In addition 10 the
pump just referred 10, fire wells are
located In different parts of the city.
Among the manufacturing indus
tries are boundaries, boiler works, ice
factories, saw mill'. cooper shops and
planning mills.
branch or tap road to the Southern
Pacific at Schriever, a station about
four miles from the city.
Thibodaux has two public or free
schools, one each for the white and
colored children, numerous weli-pat.
ronized private schools, a college and q
convent.
There are Methodist, Episcopal, Pres.
byterian and Catholic churches, and
four churches, two Baptist and two
Methodist, for the colored people, and
also numerous lodges and charitable
aud benevolent associations.
| But the Growing glory of this splen-
did little city and Its adjacent country
Is not to be found in the natural ad.
vantages Of soil, climate or salnbeita
nor yet Ia the material advancement,
and progress made there, but In the
character Of the people, whose unob.
trusive and delIUately extended, bu,
manlfestly genuine hospitality canno,
be surpassed on the globe.
The members OF the press, who were
present at the convention, are espec.
tally indebted to tho following gentle
men for courtesies: Hon. II. N. Cou.
Ion; Gen. N. Whitehead; A. Roger
Esqr., Hon. Nedase Troxier, Hon. I
d. Moore, Maj. S'las II. Grismore
Frank Nichols, Esqr., Gov. H. Clay
Knobloch, Hon. f. A. O'Sullivan, DIR
John Gazzo, aud Others of the com.
mittees Of arrangement and reception
The thanks OF the Telegraph are du,
to Mr.. W. r. Gray, Of the Houm,
Courier, for a most enjoyable ride into
the ueighboring parish Of Terrebonue
10 the homestead Of Mrs. Woods, thu
hospitality OF whose household viii 10
be forgotten. Through the same In.
strumentality IVES afforded MS tn.
pleasure Of meeting other interesting
DeraOns from rarrshOnpe whooo an