St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-01-24
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following is an extract:
The tenth annual session of the Louisi
ana Press Convention has called from
! every portion of tho S,Rta Knights of the
I Qultl and noted womSnly women 10 Assem-
nIe 10 her flower crowned capital for the
| Advancement of journaiSm Since the
| last reunion t "a pens of the press Dave
! found little leisure, bat the great result
! which promises 50 much for LouSana's
! progress Is fast developing itself The
| grandeur of this country, us pictured by
! the editors and cOntri butprs has been
| borne by the white wings Of commerce
across the great ocean, has laughed tC
| Sc1rn the crushing pinIou5 Of time" and
| with lightning speed, found way into
every office and holne where unweIcome
| billiards had by their sudden apI eara1c-
left heart broken people and cherries
| homes. What w0nir-us power. The
! Strength, the purify, the honesty Of pur-
pose p ctured by them has sent new blood
! coursing IN the veins Of THESE people, and
honest, linda ,tTi0uS immigrants and cap
ItAlist, from foreign shores and from the
Northern cline have come to Louisiana
and been exter dpd hearty W. come, with
assured rights of freed III of opinion anG
privileges. Within glorious climate,
with soll of unsurpassed fertility and the
cordial greetings of warm hearted and
whole soulrd peypl~, they seem strangely
10 have fallen in the sunny arms Of end
less summer, and the chilly look Las VAN
ished 10 give way to rosy TINS kissed into
rene wed life by the genial influence of q
southern climate. Railroads, m4nufac-
or S~uH lp1nS ~ a1
ing up everywhere, aId the sound of ma
chIbery, saw mills and carpenters tools
arc Initiated by the mockirs bird as he
*arbie5 his morning sung Bliding a.
SOriatlons, land improvement companies
ou' lie sch' ol. ard public bu lings are on
1t increase, and II member vi this aosoci-
ALTON who has done so much for the adj
vance'nent of the 5 ate has circulated and
formed companies who promise for q nom
INA! sum % aCd u the b. ,ty Of Southern
homes by dispensing with artificial fences
and eDclTciIng them WIKI hedges tia.
wreathe tuem in green The year r. und
The power Of 'ha pres is incaIculable |.
Through It's influence paper has been
utiilz~d in Il thJ1>and different ways Ii
js sad that paper is King. +" live in
paper houses, wear PAGER c.O.hing and SIT
on paper cushions N paper c.rs. rolling on
paper wheels. W d. a paper business
over a paper counter, buying uaper goods,
pay ns win paper money II Charging
them up in paper books, aud G-a] in paper
sticks On paper margins We row races
en- Fap-r boats Tor paper pr Z,.s go 10
paper theatres, whera paper actors pay to
paper audieLCr~. A, The age DEVELOPS the
coming man will be more deeply +nnleSEed
in the paper net. He will wake IN the
morning and creep from under his paper
o hing on his paper bed, and put on his
paper Dressing gown AID paper slippers
tie Will walk over paper carpets, down
paper stairs, seating himself 10 paper
chair, read the paper news in the morning
paper. \ paper bell will call him TO LII,
dinner, cooked in psper oven, served on
paper olshes, laid on paper cover on
paper table, He will wipe his ps with a
paper napkin. and having put on his
paper shoes. paper hat and paper c. al snd
taken his paper cane, he will walk on
paper pavement or ride in paper carriage
TO his paper office He will organize pa
per enterprises and make paper profits.
lie will sail to Europe on paper steam
SHIPS, and navigate the air in per bal
looms. De Will smoke psper tobacco in
paper pipe, lighted wi h Il paper match.
He will write with paper pencil, whittle
paper sticks with a paper knife; 20 fish
ing with paper fishing rod, paper line
and paper hook, and put his catch in
paper basket. He will go shooting with
paper gun, loaded with paper cartridges,
and defend bis country in paper forts with
paper cannon and paper bombs
Having lived his psper life and achieved
q paper tame and paper wealth, he will
retire to paper leisure and die in paper
peace. There will be paper funeral, at
which the mourEers, dressed in paper
Grape, will wipe their tears in raoer, ana
the preacher will preach paper sermon
IN paper pulpit from paper text. He
will lie in a paper cotfin, wrapped in
paper shroud; his name will be engraved
on paper plate, and payer hesrse
adorned with paper pumes will carry him
to a paper lined grave decorated with
paper flowers, over which will be raised a
paper monument.
He who seeks the newspaper profession
need no. expect an easy feather bed with |
elder DOM accommodations nor straw |
berry and cream diet. There is no pro- |
feSsion in which the sham or the shirk is |
L.
The lot OF newsp paper man is NOT cor
ner lot IL booming town l. is rather of |
the cemetery variety. Indeed, outside the
office towel, this latter is the form Of real
estate investment most generally patron
ze0 by the fraternity. 1t is life which
40 man advises his friends to adopt but
" hich few of the chosen, from the m4m-
ers of the staff down to the faithful
oressman, who looks with such pride on
he Tough and ready rollers as they slip
rom the molds, ever abandon after enter
ng therein. It's triumphs are few; it's
are many. Its joys are tieeting
md its rewards are not of this world. Ga
lie other hand, the iGys of journalism are
peculiarly its own. The pure delight of
veil turned paragraph, the happy con-
ciousness OF a timely lea6er, the restful
satisfaction of work we'll and thoroughly
one-these are pleasures which nous but
lie new paper man know, and hitch re-
,av every hour Of toll and sacrifice to a
profession which grinds the life ana wears
he energy as does no other.
The successful new spaper work, honesty :
5 most to be desired. Without it the man :
f brains is like ship lacking both anchor
nd rudder 1t is not the brilliant man,
or the Learn man. nor the great man,
Who is the noblest work of Gods hand. ,
md this honesty must Include the public
nd not exclude himself. In all things n
ave marriage no:ices-at all tlmes-ex- +
ept in swearing to his clrculati ion -irt x =
bic honesty should be his rule. He may !
ct count his friends, ''the dear four ,
und red" bat he will win the respect and }
ventually the esteem of those who differ
,ith him. but cannot use him. Another J.
reat requisite is Independence, al ind =
Evidence that is always manly and digni- !;
ed sell. lance born of consciou, right, b
gentle spirit of courtesy that bends to q
- l,nd bur r.o0rnizos lova1 -