St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-06-27
c.. DIETLE1IN'ss3 !.
AROJrND THE EMPIRE PARISH.
Chataignier.
Corner North and Union Streets, oEeI"''H"N'

June %, 1871.
have DELAYED writing up 10 this date, on ac-
I, ,unt of dctrth Jt news amongst our li!J' t.
l,w abiding people. ! Will not take "l tlt
read OF my narrative where lelt on III
cough ! have plenty OF warp ana lieh'! ~: ~
oof as it is mostly of personal nature: / w. ~.
a, like the school boy when lie came 10 lhc
| nd word il, bis reading lesson, SKIP II ana 20
on Will not describe my visit to JH"-c a u.
ION on Bayou BTuf, whom | LOOK upon ~
ne OF Lousiana'S wiacst statesmen ana lNilSl :
49,. he il one of her most honest nOlItcIanH. ne
) now doing the Cincinnatns on his farm WIN
, much cheerful philosophy and cplaltliiI,i'A
/ ut the old Roman would IKE 70 come ",''i'
ID run it over with him.
will not descrihc MY visit to JidEc = -;
; .ad in Ca!cascu, where We lived on fSA ana
.,lison for a week. Eut ! Will take UP me
! ken thread thus: Now We have cheering
lrWS to communicate : we nave hd'i l'-r ~
I,,slling showers, WHEN the c@fiH NIHilt ny
with greedy pleasure al nature ii'tS [cSi't",
corn has put on coat OF green; a.! hhtiiT" mas
revived, and our farmers rcj"lcc; an nature Has
revived, aud Co1nucorla po'irS ""t i''f po"ii-
lies into the lap OF mother eaflA. n.'C WI" WIZ
We We NympEs, Ceres, POInnca, GoSSypig. our
iur all these long, dry, dusty months were IH
h6vering over lis poor n0rla'S, SHahlI,S your
dry wings, and invoking Neptune 1e were
rather, As suppose, reclining Ill tue co0l ana
y .cred vale of tempt, ana listening 70 Tie las
rivious lutings of the Satyrs. Have We Tor,
gotten our mythology, CT have these ancient
Gcities abandoned lis =,
Dur farmers have finisilcN planting ali OF
their crops and if we have thNoraplr IAN VIII
make on average crop OF COTTON Nhei We
world was new, and God had destroyed JAS
creatures with Il food on account OF THEN
wickedncss, there came shower, and a ram
how made its appearance Ill the Sky al luls
fearful phenomenon they We're terribly scared
until God told them that He had sent it as a
sim that He never would again destroy the
human race by a flood; Whercup0n, the jews
made an imitation OF 1t and placed IL over 1o':
altar in the temple, and to this Gay reverence
If as the ark of the covenant. Although sccn'
tiic men can now make rainbow, and can
even make water out or Its primitive clemehts
thcv cannot make those elements, nor can they
create the laws of reflection, and retracuon
and consequently must still look upon the ram
bow Notwithstanding its simplicity, as one OF
Gods most beautiful miracles. We poor Tar
mers thank God when We see one, for we know
that it is thebessed h&rhingcr OF refreshing
showers. , -. .
EXERCISES of Reads Bridge public school Satnr
dny last; every thing went of IN fine style,
much to the satisfaction OF The patrons ana
trustees. There was concoHfs9 OF 4oo OF Nv
persons; her boy pupils marched Ill procession
70 the grounds with the United States flag M
furled, and held aloft; the girls also III process
sion but carrying beautiful GU temperance
banner. Elegant and appropriate speeches
were delivered by boys WHO, two years ago,
could not speak word of English. After the
scholastic exercises were over, we were invited
10 n table whose menu could not be surpassed,
and where wine flowed in such abundance as
to gladden. the hearts OF all, notwithstanding
the temperance banner waved over the table.
Three years ago, when III itc'u ttti" MS lt'uy
came to this locality, there was not pubic
school for many miles ar0nnd; the children
knew as much about the A b c, as | do about
the hieroglyphics of the zodiac of Dcndera;
Mrs. Read tosk hold of this informed mass, and
with interchangeable asslduity and perseverance,
has worked it up to its present status, aud she
has sown the seed in the brains of Our children
which will bear fruits for future generations.
Now there are three public schools besides Mrs.
Reads in this neighborhOod Thanks to the
efforts of Dr. Read, Messls. Leonce Llttell and
V. X. Iron of Opelousas, we have erected 6
large and comfortable school house, out of the
1GfR section fund.- which is quite an ornament;
besides, through the effort of Dr. Il. and few
others, our people made handsome cOntribu-
,ions, for the remodeling and embellishment OF
orr Catholic church, which is now a beautiful
building, and will compare favorably with any
church outside of New Orleans.
AGRICOLA.