The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-07

sion to Houma on the 1st inst. 1t start
| ed as you know from Washington, and
| when the train reached this place Cope
| lousase about 7 o'clock We found a very
few persons aboard but a dozen or
more of most excellent Adventures got
on here, u few got on at Sunset and at
Carencro, and many at Lafayette. The
| Breaux's Bridge band had been engaged
| for the occasion and en- dllant furnished
first-rate music. We were keat for
| quite n length of time at Lafayette, and
recruited at every station. At New
Iberia there was a good turn out, and
so it was at franklin. BY the time we
reached Shricyer, the cars were all oc-
cupied, but not crowded. We halted
for an half hour at this station then set
out for lEonma, which lies about 16
miles away. We met with no accidents,
| and arrived at IIouma at 1910 p. III.
The depot was literally alive with hui
manity, and | found the ladies hand
some and beautiful everywhere. In
| fact we had some fascinating specimens
on the train, and although am not a
marrying man, | realize an Irresistible
| gravitatiuu 10 poetic admiration, and
| could but feel thankful to God for the
| charms tiiti II, tlt estimation Of even
an old man, So trvishiv a,lorn the te-
m%d; SIX.
The people of Iinumn Welcomed the
excursiun,St- with demonstrations Of
pltl.ulr, nilG duIiaH the six hours Of
their stay ;tsrl,t tht latter were shown
every desirable at}rltiun. The wealth
or WAS extremely hot, aud tie pleasure
of buggy rides was IN " great measure
curtailed.
At Clio p. IA, and after listening to
the mvllifiuuus strains of delightful mu-
sic by tI!n Ereaux'H Bridge Band, the
whist. blew, the train moved out, and
in a little while was under full Roadway,
r~ecOnveying us To oar respective homes.
AS we arrived at Shliever, IA lady on
the train fell into fits and was a very
great sufferer. Strange to say, there
was not a physician among all the cx-
cursionists, and the unfortunate lady
was doomed to suffer without relief.
When tn" train arrived at Gibson
station, formerly known as Tigerville,
she was carried to i house whether her
own ~ TO, | kuoW n.t) and there left
for nec>sraiy treatment. The Incident
served to mar my pleasures, and take
it for granted. many II not all Others
We're effected by it juat rs | vas.
The train arrived here at 11:5O D. I'll,
then tictI on t. Washington with its
remnant nnmhcr Of thr days excursion,
lists.
Taking the excessive &,At of the
weather and the dust which The flight
OF the train necessarily TILED tie air
with into considerations, Tue affair was
very pleasant aud worth repeating.
| Glanced while on my return to make
the acquaintance of MI. Moss, Of Lafa-
yette, Who, To me, appeared to be one
high III authority III getting up and con-
ducting ;ae excursion. | had been OBJ
servant OF his activity in looking after
the comto1t OF his guests aud had rea-
son for admirlng the Suauiter IN modO
which distinguished his vigilance.
All III authority ui, the occasion SEEM
ed to yic with each either in their efforts
to meet every requirement of the party,
and | know every guest must be appre-
ciatIy" 81 th,IT uniform poiitulcos and
prompin-sS. MI Moss informed me,
in answer 10 inquiry, that he had about
we'll cleared all expenses of the tXcur-
sion and said he felt satisfied with the
result that the heat Of the weather
and other adverse circumstances had
made it impracticabir for people to turn
out in greater numbers. He spoke also
OF the proposed excursion from Lafa-
yette to New Orleans oil the 18th OF this
month, and said that la and other
members of the committee having ii 10
charge intend to make it the most in
terestiug and satisfactory excursion
ever yet given on the road. ! hope the
lovers of such enterprises will prepare
in time to avail themselves Of the op-
poftunity and that the committee may
be handsomely compensated.
MOLLUC.