The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-15

ner, and waste youths flower IN
mdolent lonnging. Start the ball
on the fly" be lively catch ii and
after a good game make a straight
run for home" you will feel oil the
bettertforit and thus will not get of.
your base and be put out" when it
come to life struggles. Selah!
Our worthy curate, Reverend
Father Mehauit, is considerably
enIarging and improving the pres.
hytary pertaining to the church,
He has had a fine and roomy kitch.
en- built and is now causing to be
erected a nice dining room with
pantry attached. the whole connect
ed with the residence. It is his
intention to have annexed to IL a
very large cistern in order to have,
at ali times, a plentiful supply Of
water to meet all e~xigencies. The
carpenter work is done by our
friend Leonce Perrct, who will
undoubtedly make a splendid job
of it. As to the other parts c@istern,
painting etc; we believe no definite
conclusion has been arrived OF by
tie worthy father. When done,
the whole combined, will be quite
an ornament for our town ard it
would be the proper thing for all
aho are able, 10 initiate the sound
example he freely gives.
No other town, that we know Of
in the Attakappas parishes has
like Abbeville, q whole square
donated for the purpose Of public
use as oar place Madeleine. X
seems to us that would pay in every
way If it was improved, fenced in
we'll drained and if in the center
of it. instead Of the present well. a
very large cistern was build at a.
proper height on a solid foundation,
whether frame or brick and q wind
mill connected with it so as TO keep
il full at ali times. Such arrange.
ment would be invaluable in case
of fire, as then there would be no
strain on The fire engine, the over
flow would supply a watering trough
for all animals, If added to this, a
row of parasoi China trees were
planted all around, asubstantial and
elegant fence incIosing the whole.
our town would then have some.
thing it conld justly boast Of. The
whole, we feel sure, would not cost
over seven hundred dollars, proba,
bly, less.
Vermilion, can boast Of having
on it's sea coast oysters as fine as
any in the Gulf. The reefs arc
large and clean, free from mnssels
and mud. Unfortunately there
being no law TO project the industry
tand no security therefore being
felt, the systematic planting, enltiv-
ating and otherwise improving Of
the same, IL perforce neglected, As a
result the reels are fast being denuded
OF the delicious bivalves, and
later when entirely so it will take
dong time ard a great labor and
cost 10 renovate them to anything
like their previous abundance. The
state of Maryland, less favored than
Louisiana in this respect. derives
thirty millions yearly from its
oysters fisheries, and with proper
laws protection etc, there is no
earthly reason why We could not
get as much it not more. This is a
question which 1t would he well
for our Legislators to act upon,
theoretically practically ami at
once. In fact, and to quote q true
saying: There is millions in it"
To have pure and clean water
to drink and for other purposes, il
certainly one of the first conditions
of health. Yet. such a desifatum
is very often difficult to get, when
the supply is obtained BY cisterps
into which hpw the rain wafer
drainingfr from the roof, for II regu.
Iarly happen, ID every dry spell
the said roof il deeply covered
with a layer Of road dust; in some
places leaves and tree seeds being
added to it. When rain falls, the
whole of the said detritus, contain
ing larye, animal droppiags and
other repulsige and unhealthy