The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-08-24
RANDOM SKETCHES.
CONTINUED FROM LAST IssUE.)
flor the SENTINEL,l

FLOR the sExrINEL.l
We had left LOchnagar and were
along tie sfamilias road to
Faye tie, the county seat Of Jefferson
where we were to take the
morning train for Natchez. Over the
road l used to think l conld travel
with my eyes shut, l knew its hills
and dales and windings So well. So
full Of youthful memories it is, it de-
q seperate sketch to itself, SO l
will not dwell upon it here, save to
give M incident which occurred some
years ago at a particular spot along
the way. A young physician, hand
some and popular and talented, after
spending the evening with his be-
trothed, passed by . clumpof trees on
this road, little dreaming of danger,
when a shot from some cOwnrdly an
known hand gave him q mortal wound.
He lived for some weeks, and the girl
he loved went to his side, married
him aud nursed him until she was
left . widow while still q bride. just
beyond this spot we can catch
glimpses Of the quiet country town
but little altered in course Of twenty
years save for the railroad which now
skirts it, and the changes and i'm
prOvements necessitated by that.
Nearly opposite the station ut Fay
cite is my Alma Mater fayette Fe-
male institute, nov fiOurishing under
| the management of Miss Wharton and
her assistants. The imposing edifice
with its ample surrounding grounds,
where l studied 80 hard and spent 50
many happy hours in girlhood. is still
an object Of interest IA me. Some
n sent me recently II catalogue CT
the present school with II picture Of
the place. How tenderly l looked on
it, and thought "f the past! We
waited some time at the station,
which was soon crowded with people,
as it was IN Excursion day.
At last we were of, through the
fields and the woods, over the hills,
across the sandy creeks so frightful
looking when swollen with heavy
rains. Past insignificant stations,
stores, and ancient landmarks. Past
Landowne Park, where the Missis-
| sippi Militia went into training for II
week this summer-a beautiful; place
where natural scenery needed not the
touch of art to make it more attrac-
| tive. .E..-s
Nearing the Bluff City, I began tc
feel anxious lest my sbrutter -in-iaN
| should fail tn meet u ~ per agree
ment. The sister-his wife-whO had
been with rue at LOcl,nagar, had re.
turned home several days previously
to prepare for, our coming. If A
should fail to appear, I should fee
very helpless as my acquaintance ii
Natchez was limited, aud it might, II
somewhat difficult to procure, y con
veyance to- tile country 1ANfTi'
But my fears vanish ed as we slowei
up at the station, and l recognized
through q window, y sruihngs gMkl
natnfeds facs, ssOInSwlxsti 4ller1 1iIl
matuter than when L last say it .tel
years before. 'Hm pretty 'danghte
was with my brother-in-lnw, and sool
I'VE we're in . carriage. st.rtiug fer
seven mile drive into the, country.
Cannot write particularly Of the beau
tiful city of hatcher on the Hill. YoI
have read, perhaps, Wild stories a
Natchez under the Hill, hut wonH
this steep activity, and you will iii,
quite "a. different town ut, the III
Stand on the bluff and look across I'll
river-far, far, over Louisiana planta
} tions to Lake ConcOrdia, twenty mile
away then turn, and see the stated
private DIV ellings, the handson'
stores. the public buildings and til
many attractions of this noted place
Once it was famous for it's wealth; il
aristociscy, its schools, its elega'
homes, its brilliant men and fssciNa
ing women; its busy traffic with ca
ton planters, and commercial tra(
with the surrounding country. No,
it's industrial enterprises make it ~
! Of the leading towns Of the State,
3 addition to other advantages. The
still remain some traces Of the old r
9 gime which nude Natclez, socially,
ike a European City before the wa
, bnC class distinctions ae not Sd ri
t idly marked now rs then. A Prenti.
/ Il Quitman, and q C~lailOrne, wi
1 other illnstriOus names insure b.
$ literary and OratOrical fame in t
r past. while Mrs. Walworth, the nov
list, and Louis s. Davis the blil
puetF and musician, are bright urn
ments to her literature, to-day.
ESslE.
frtet ITO be continued.