St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-11
Carencro.


pany with a score or more of our citizens
and few ladies, we boarded the south
bound train with "the boys" who were
going to Carencro, about Is miles from
Opelousas, TO play game of base ball
with the Lafayette club. 1t was a Jolly,
good -natured crowd. 1.-The boys" were
flushed with tileil recent victories on
the diamond aud were confident of sue
cess. Their confidence was shared by
| their friends, and some of them took
along little more change than was ne
cessary to get dinner at the fair, in Or
der to stake it on the result of the game.
For there was fair at Carencro that
! day. 1t was given for the benefit of the
Catholic church there, and it was adm
| rally managed. Inside il neatly white
washed enclosure were bumbei OF
booths for refreshments, tombolas, &C.,
all gaily decorated with flags, &C., OF
nameptcd with beautifully lctiered
fronts, and presided over 10y lovely Gre
ole maidens bcWitchiugly attired in
faucy costumes and jaunty, bespang'cd
caps. \ little further on ladies of ma
tnrer ycals were busily engaged in scrv-
ing an excellent dinner at remarkably
low price. Outside and around the en-
closure other booths were arranged for
the coIorcd people and were literally
pationIzed.
The base ball game was something of
disappointment. Only four innings
were played by Opelousas and points
made, while Lafayette made points in
five innings, when Il wransle arose and
the game came to AL eud. 1t was decid-
ed in favor of Opelousas. Very little
money changed hands On the result, as
Lafayette's hackers were not so sanguine
as those of Opelousas and but few bets
were made. The game, while it lasted,
was of intense interest and was the most
hotly contested of the season. It was
evident from the start that our boys had
met "foemen worthy Of their steel y
Greek had met Greek. But they have
been improving all along and never
played so well, and were gradually forg-
ing ahead when the game came to an
untimely end. The Lafayette boys play
"dandy game,' and had secured for
the occasion the assistance of a profess
sional, stranger, aptcher who was" no
slouch.' Had the game been played to
finish our boys might have had a very
al z nrronl tr hnr1 q
trial of skill between the two clubs at
Opelousas tomorrow, provided the
wounded hand OF the Lafayette catcher
was sufficiently healed by that time
This game young fellow, who piuckily
attempted to hold the terrific balls
thrown by the stalwart professional,
was knocked out in the third inning.
The planters in the neighborhood Of
Carencro have been gradually enlarging
their area planted in cane, and have
made fine crops which are already dis
posed of to the retineries at highly re-
munerative prices. An air of prosperity
and contentmeDt seems to pervade the
community, and unless legislation hos
tile to sugar is enacted by Congress the
culture of cane will receive a great i'm
petus in that vicinity next year. A mar
row-guage railroad from Prof. Knapp's
Huron plantation and refinery at La
place, on the Teche, has just been fin
ished to Carencro, and this important
artery of commerce, which will soon be
extended to Breaux's Bridge, will prove
a boon of untold value to all the fertile
section which it traverses.