The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-02-23
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wssrs ws:Ts SUCH :aes s eor
Whore such beauty y the duty fss
OF our days OF toll
As fair Louisiana pro0efeS lt
From her overAowing co3fsrs
ofdeIiset Of day a,t and nigh%t,, g.%,
What man 10 he that feitsrs ID
ss Msse t.. t. ,sss s's ssS - a.1 s,ssr
While With aWest content for 'nsighbor,
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Nature doss the rsst I | lsw
JUDGE J. Q. NoNCURE, Qf
who enjoys the esteem aud eonfsdsnes;
OF the psople OF North LouisIans TO
degcse possessed BY few Of lts cltlxens,
found In the applause which greeted
bis name aud his entrance upon the
rostrum, that time has only lncrea1od
the ardor Of their attaehment for him.
His address Of welcome on the part
Of the Judiciary Of our Sta Wae mark
ed BY iptolouod thought and study,
aud showed that Loalsisna II her civil
law possesses q system Of legal proce-
dure not excelled by any State In the
Union. t4''7 ''' '@# st4@-
,t", COL. Jos. A. DREAUx s 4
10 slmost . stranger to tho ciiixsns Of
North Louisiana, but those who heard
him to-day % State Superintendent Of
Education, representing the education.
al interest Of Louiaiaus, wilt hencsforth
know him 90 an earnest, able aud
faithful advocate Of public Nducatiou.
AT the close oi his addrese, which
was listened to with Close attention
and evident appreciation, tho conven.
tion adjourned TIL 2 O'Clock tbis eveu>
ing. tii4 ia'H -#,
d At this hour the town is alive With
delegates and visitors aud ablaze with
and good feeling prevails, and the sen-
timent 10 rife that tho Rustou IaanAi.
grafton Convoutlon marks the dawn Of
q brighter and more prosperous dsy
for North Louisiana, .,At,-rs.t. - -,
Judge Barksdsle called the convsn.
tfon to order at O'Clock and aunoduc-
cd the following ~ committee 90
resolutions: sFaHf gra ss IL.
J. G. Egau, chairmsn, In the absence
OF Prof. g.. w. Bolton A. B. Cooper,
U. T. Blackshear and N. NJ. Smith.
The following were announced %
having been selected % vice pSssidsots
Of the convection by the delegates from
the districts named: ...,.-0, ....,. ..5
Fourth Congressional District, J. @.
Egan; Fifth Congressional District, u.
A. Bryan; Sixth Congressional Dls-
trict, ID. W. Foster. u-a .., ..a. &
A poem OF welcome by Mrs. Il. J.
Nicholson, ...... 90
PEARL RIvERs,i
was then read by John 3. Holetead,
Esq, Of Ruston. It was as follows:
LOUISIANA. ]"
I may not name her well in words.
Nor tell her favors fairly;
msy not bind her down with deeds.
Nor mark her limits clearly; 0".s
Except with rose iesves mover, r'
Because she II a rose to me, .5...
And III love hor ever.
She floats, within her sunlit seas-
A tanHuorous lily dreaming,
Her green train trstisd about her knees,
1n.S sos s.y IsS"na sS~ ssir ~ .bs s
] cannot say 1t nearly; .,
She's like radiant girl to mo,
And IL love her dearly!
The music Of her breezy bills
10 knit on pine tree noodles,
'Tia finer far than chant Of choir
Attended by church beedles!
She threads her Joyous melodies
Through rico fields and green willows |;
Her reeda and canes catch the reirains
And pipe thom to her blllows.
Adewn her steep green velvet hills
Her April streams are creeping,
As II In sorrow all hor rtils .r
Had set her woods to weeping.
But girdled bout her milk white heart
The May buds class her fairly;
She H. 30 fair, she Is so sweet,
And III love her dearly! .rr
oquesn Of all tho sweet Southland,
y rose 40 rare and royall
We pledge our faith and plight our hand,
We LouiAianiaus toya1I ..-
! So rest within your sunlit seas
Nor fesr tho winds unruly:
! You are so fair, our faith wo swear,
Because we love you truly!
| The poem was listened 10 with
pleasure anu interest.
GAIT. n. +. KERKAM,
sigusl corps director for Louisiana. be.
ing absent, an interesting psper by
him, giving data and statistics regard.
Ing the climate OF Louisiana, was read
by Fred. w. Price, Esq.
The absence OF Prof. William G.
Stubbs, director of the State AgricuI
tural Bureau, was much regretted, but
in
PROF. $. A. KNAPP,
who, on the programme, was 10 follow
him, the people made the acquafu
tsnce Of one ia listening to whose adj
dress they, for a time, forgot the dis
appointment at not hearing Professor