The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-08-01
General Notes.

plaquemine is to have waterworks OF
the artesian system modelled after
those of Biloxi.
Admiral Faragut's old flagship, the
Brooklyn, which figured so promi
nently at the fall of New Orleans and
Mobile, was sold for old iron on June
80.
The leading editorial in yesterdays
New Delta is headed, "The Lion Is
Ronsed." Yes, but he is afraid to
tackle Adams in his lair. Adams is
tail ltwister.-Baton Rouge Advocate.
A Burlington woman refused to con
tribute to the fund for the support of
her pastor because he sometimes prac.
tces law while engaged in the ministry.
She holds that no man can be a good
Christian and practice law.
A company has been formed in Kan
sas City to furnish cool air into any
business house or residence by the am
monia process. The inventor of the
new process claims that he can make
ice at one third the costs of its present
production.
Ruston Caligraph The antis feel
their cause is in the soup and are hob
nobbing with the negroes in lower
Louisiana to secure their alliance
against the amendment. Anything no
matter how unsavory goes with the
antis but ye "pro' must not utter
word
B. R. Advocate: A Yale College
professor has dived deep down into
scriptural prophecy and says there will
be general smash up of all earthly
things in the near future. He warns
mankind that they have only this year
in which to repent their sins. This is
short notice for big job, but if Adams
keeps the inside track for the guber
Material nomination we know several
men who will ask Gabriel to blow his
trumpet in November.
The Democratic Review says: Ii
may be true, but it is sad if it is, that
Nicholls and his ardent followers may
succeed in binding the people to all
their miserable short comings for four
years and sneak into Office in lottery
fght-but We don't believe it. We
think quite the contrary, that they are
all terrible example in the line of
dead ducks, and will be asphyxied by
this side issue.
B. R. Advocate The East Feliciana
Union endorsed Adams. The st. Ian
dry Union ditto. The East Baton Rouge
ditto. All the parish unions in the
State will follow suit soon, and these
will represent all the anti-lottery par
ishes in the State, and many which are
not anti-lottery. No other favoite son
on that side seems to have got his pop
ularity in shape for recognition. The
Adams boom is early, but is not likely
to collapse. 1t has come to stay. 1t Is
built that way.
The Atlanta Constitution which can
not be called lottery paper makes the
following center shot ::
F'It is certainly queer feature of the
anti lottery crusade in Louisiana to see
the stockholders of the Mexican lottery
taking prominent part in it. Per
haps it would be we'll for DR.. Palmer
to first give his own party thorough
shaking up before he suggests revolu-
tionary uprising against his opponents.
AitUSS6tIiCi, lhS AUui5idhSA ShuaP"iS
beats anything that has been seen in
this country in many a year"
C1his suggestion is something that the
Antis might we'll ponder over, before
they SET themselves up as saints and
the embodiment of everything that is
pure and good. Daily States.
Change of locality, from Shrevepo,t
to Ruston, has operated no improve
ment whatever upon the intellect of the
Rev. r. NJ. Boone, editor of the Baptist
Chronicle. When he honored the first
named city with his presence and his
paper he SO far outraged decency as to
call for disclaimer which was signed
by every respectable Baptist in the
place to whom it was presented. He
has written an article denouncing the
Press Association that lately convened
in Ruston the terms of which gives
eloquent evidence that he is yet an
imbecile and will continue to be to the
end of the chapter. He, however,
holds out the encouraging assurance TO
'1the better element of the Association
that if they will repudiate the others
he may be prevailed upon to sJine. -
Alexandria Times.
The above seems to cover the case
of the Rev. Boone so we'll that further
comment npon his latest sortie would
be waste of words. Then, too, there
is no class that can stand the ebulli-
tions of cranks better than the press.
Give him rope! Louisiana Review.
A number of our Anti-lottery con
temporaries this week attempts to assail
Democracy of those of us who advocate
the ratification of the lottery amend
ment and they tell US that one of the
most conspicuous principles of the
Democratic party is opposition to lot
teries.
There is no question of Democracy
involved in the adoption or rejection of
the lottery amendment. Neither lot
terry nor anti-lottery has any place, di-
rectIy or indirectly, in the Democratic
creed, and no mans fealty to the prin-
ciples of that party can be honestly
challenged. whether he votes for the
ratification or the rejection of the
amendment. A mans position on this
question is no more a test of his Demo-
cracy than is his opinion of the best
method Of improving the Mississippi
river; or of the best method of decorti-
eating ramie; or his opinion as to
whether red shoes for men are vulgar
or black ones respectable. The at
tempt to bring this question into the
Democratic party is simply dishonest,
whether it be made by the pro-l ottery-
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