The Progress., 1893-05-20
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chaeefe-the great Father of Waters
to the shores of the Sabine; faith
ful scribes who Chronicle in their
weekly and Daily Journals, the hap
peniugs of Progressive Age; Men
tors Of honest and Plain Dealing;
Pioneers whose Headlights illumiue
the path Of advancing civilization in
the South and shine with the lustre
of the Morning Star or a Comet IN the
sky; a Sugar-Bowl filled with the
sweets of The Louisiana Planter, and
intrepid exponents Of Truth partic-
ularly OF the Baton Rouge variety
Modesty forbids reference on my part
to the DonaldsOnville Chief among
ten thousand and one altogether
lovely"
Such, in brief. is the character of the
organization whose members here
present have come to your quaint and
pretty town TO enjoy an interim of
rest and recreation, and have good
Shreveport Times-In fact such
Tlmes-Democrats and Catholic mind
ed Protestants against vice aud ia
naticism ought to have. We have
consigned the cares of the editorial
desk, the job room and the den of the
galley slave to the devil, and don't
care Picayune whether tins weeks
paper comes out with little or moth
ing in it or doesn't get ont at all. So,
my friends, do with US as YOU will.
Lead us along your ripping brooks
aud Pearl Rivers If Jupiter Pluvius
and the Weather Bureau permit-take
us through the shady wood and flow
er betangled Field. Of which Pleas
ant Riderhood, Vivian and Essie love
to sing, and where the Busy Bee and
Ella B sip the sweets of the lovely
Pansy.
In conclusion. ladies' aud gentle
men of Natchitoches, / commend my
brothers and sisters of the press to
your solicitous care and affectionate
consideration, feeling that they could
not be in better hands. / thank you
again and again for the princely re-
ception and warm hearted welcome
you have given us by word of mouth
ana grasp of hand, and throwing
wide open the doors of your lovely
homes, and l know that when the
time comes for bringing our holiday
to a close, speaking the words OF
partings and returning to our res
pective fields of labor and duty, We
shall leave you with sincerest regret,
but bearing bright memories of our
sojourn with you that will endure az
long as life shall last.
This provoked long and vontinu-
ous applause,
OF course we viii not attempt to
give every detail of our three days
session. We will, however, mention
that on the first day that Catherine
Cole, the talented, gifted Catherine
Cole, whose versatile pen causes
murky brooks to sing sweet songs,
dying grasses to distill rich odorsS
barren hills to yield rich harvests and
dusty roads to tell pleasing stories
regaled the audience by reading her
paper on Old Europe and New Amen
ica.
Space demands that we close this,
but before doing so, we must express
our thanks to Judge David Pierson,
for pleasurable buggy ride, to Mr..
II. p Breazeale and his estimable
and accomplished wife for the enjoy
able dining and to Mr.. John A. Bar
low, the only John Barlow Of Match
itoches parish, the genial gentleman
whom women, men and children all
like and admire, whose assiduous ct
tention to the writer had much to do
with the pleasurable time be enjoyed
on this occasian.
We would like to say something of
the many attractive ladies' we saw,
and met on this memorable trip. We
would like to tell to the world that
Natchitoches is blessed with pretty,
charming and refined girls whose so
ciety is ever enjoyable to the person
OF appreciation, but we are married;
the madam reads our copy and we
dare not. 1t is hard for us to say so
and at the same time make her be-
lieve that the charms Of them all in
our eyes, pales before hers. There
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