The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-07
Personal.

Miss LlllIe Harris Is on a visit to Icla.
tlves at Long Beach. Miss.
Miss Rosa Firnbe,g and Mr.. Aaron
Loeb spent Sunday in Grand Coteau.
j.. d. Carrie, of Vile Plate, was Il
pleasant caller at our Office on Thurs
day.
Miss Lou Lott. of Mobile, Ala, is here
on IL visit to her sister. Mrs. &. j.
Thompson.
Mrs. E. S. Afndrus and Mrs. John
Fahey returned IN Tuesday from Liv-
ingston, Ala.
Messrs. Sam Butler and A. Levy at
tended a Chapter meeting in Alexan-
dria on Monday.
Miss Florence Truman left on Tues
day for a visit to friends in Lafayette
and Crowley.
Miss Birdie White, Of Abbeville, re-
turned home Wednesday after a short
visit to relatives and friends here.
Mrs. o. A. Pipes, of AbbeviIle. made
a flying visit to Opelousas on Saturday,
returning Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Skipper and Lau-
rent Lacombe left on Sunday for San
Antonio and other points in Texas.
Miss Aimee Mouton, of Lafayette,
spent several days here during the
week, the guest of Miss Bernadette
Dupre.
Mrs. J. S. Butler and son, Howard, re-
turned home on Monday from New
York, where they had been for several
weeks.
Mrs. S. Carter, mother Of Mrs. A.
Hackl, who has been or a visit here for
weeks, left for Trenton, Tenn,
Tuesday.
Goldman, the promising young son
OF Mr.. j. Lassalle, returned last week
from Spring Hill College, wearing
laurels worthily won.
Mrs. Jos. Bloch and daughter. Miss
Julie, left early during the week for a
three months stay at Wankesha. Wis,
and other summer resorts.
Prof. j. T. Barrett, of Crowley, was
College, of which he is the
call.
Among those who have recently re-
turned from the Convent at Grand Co.
teau, we note the following: Misses
Del and Jennie Thompson, Lydia Du-
rio and Fannie Thompson.
A. Moresi returned from Jeanerette
on Wednesday, where he was called to
the death bed of bis partner, the Ia
c. A. Hoy, of the Opelousas Ice
e. BATTLING Works.
Bee the bright little son of DR..
returned from Spring Hill
College several days ago with a num-
Der of trophies testifying to his appli-
to his studies and general
progress.
At the time when Blackstone lived it
was considered absolutely necessary
that any person ambitious to represent
bis constituency in Parliament should
have a general knowledge of the laws
under which he lived !; in default of
he was supposed to be wholly un-
for such occupation. Commenting
the learned author says:
Most gentlemen of considerable property at
some period or other in their lives are ambi-
tious of representing their country in Parlia-
ment; and these who are ambitious of receiv-
IuR So ulSH d lIu6G NOulO dlSO uO well " Tt.
member its nature and Importance. They are
not thus honorably distinguished from the rest
Of their fellow subjects, merely that they may
privilege their persons, their estates or their
1omestics; that they may list under party ban
ners may grant or withhold supplies; may vote
With OF vote against a popular or unpopular
administration but upon considerations far
more interesting and important. They are the
guardians Of the English constitution the
repealers and interpreters Of the
English laws; delegated to watch, to check,
and to avert every dangerous innovation, to
to adopt and to cherish any solid and
we'll weighed improvement; bound by every
lie of nature, OF homer and OF religion, to
that constitution and those laws to
amended if possible without dero-
cation, And how unbecoming must it appear
n a member Of the legislature to vote for a
new law, who Is utterly Ignorant OF the old!
What kind of Interpretation can he be enabled
he comments. indeed it is perfectly
amazing that there should be no other state of
life, no other occupation, art, or science in
which some method of instruction is not looked
upon as requisite, except only the science OF
legislation, the noblest and most difficult OF
Apprenticeships are held necessary to
almost every art commercial or mech anical:
he divine, the physician, and the practical
of the laws but every man of
superior fortune thinks himself born a legisla-
or. Yet Tully was Of a different opinion; it is
thoroughly acquainted with the Constitution
ind this he declares, is a knowledge of the
most extensive nature; a matter of science, of
diligence, of reflection without which no sena-
or can possibly be fit for his Office"
In your next iseue we will give the
qualifications noW required of our legis-
.ators, and the great improvement result
.ng from the latter method. The bene-
icial effects of this new departure from
The old order of things are so widespread
and manifold that justice cannot be
lone the subject in the space allotted
ne hence / desist until next week.
Yours, READER.
Monroe Rulletin We again call at