The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-10-11
LoCKPoRT NEWS.

Last Sunday afternoon the sugar
planters of lower Bayou Lafourche met
at our place to consider, as we are told,
the question of wages during next roll
ing season. 1t was quite a surprise to
US, as we had not been advised of the
fact, and when the first delegation
headed by our friend Lovingly L. came
IN, we began to fear that our little viii
lage was doomed to be taken by storm.
1t afforded us quite an agreeable
time to meet so many of our distant
friends who really do not come often
enough to see us and enjoy our hosp;-
tality.
1t also gave us an occasion, of which
| we were not slow to avail ourselves, of
meeting MIR. r. Badeaux, our late rep
r~esentative, and, as in duty bound, we
began to work on him our patent new
pumping process, which was the more
successful that he never for one mo-
ment imagined that "Lafourche" was
interviewing him.
We could of course give you a synOp-
sis of queries and answers as printed
by our big dailies; but we prefer CIV
ing out the result of ours Tor some-
body's else's) conversation. and this
was, stated in as short terms as we
a make them, that he thinks this was
the best law presented in the LegisIa-
ture on the subject, and the only one
that could help us whenever circum-
stances would require it. He added
that he is himself a heavy taxpayer in
two districts, and had to pay the pro-
duce tax as well as every one else.
1t must be admitted that Mr.. Bad
eaux has manly convictions, aud that
he has character enough to accept the
responsibility of his actions.
We are, in this new generation, for
getting too fast what our predecessors
did for US, or rather tried to do at the
very cost of their lives, and this made
us very grateful to your correspondent
who sent you al article headed "Oct.
5, 1861" and gave such an accurate ac-
count of the famous "Lafourche Creole
Guards" Perhaps many a poor widow,
sister or sweetheart felt tears moisten-
ing their eyes in reading the above,
but they were almost tears of pride in
seeing how green their memories are
kept in the minds of those who shared
their hardships and dangers.
And while on this subject we cannot
help saying that we personally know
n of these braves, perhaps the Oldest
in the company at that time and who
is still now hale and hearty at "a years
of age. Please excuse his modesty,
which prevents one from naming Gust.
Abribat, Sr.
Some work. but SO far only prepare
tory work is going on in our ~neighbor-
ing plantations. The grinding will
hardly begin in earnest before 1st Nov
We wrote to You about a surprise
party last week, and another has taken
place since then, and If all are going to
prove such successes, then we say let
them increase and multiply.
The Il we wisi, to speak of to-day.
took place some eight miles below here
at Raphael Augeron's place. Unlucki-
ly business prevented us from being
there, only a friend told US that they
had a most enjoyable time. We can
not refrain from saying that Mr.. F. V.
Falgout specially distinguished him
self; for although it was fully twenty
years since he had danced, he started
a waltz with q lady, then the next with
her eldest daughter, and a third one
with the younger, a feat that not many
, young men could do. LAFoURcHE.
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