The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-19
ROyvilIe Items.

Royville Items.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
saturdays rain was welcome
one, crops in general were suffering.
Our young friend, Clifton
Young, has secured the agency for
the s'Saturday Globe" of Utica, N.
". Cliff is a hustler and we cannot
but predict him success in this new
enterprise.
-Royville tenders congratulation
to her sister town, Carrencro, in
having in its midst such enterprising
and public spirited citizens. In the
last few years Carencro has risen as.
one of the progressive towns OF
South West louisiana. With that
spirit of energy, SO characteristic,
of them, the citizens of Carencro
allows no obstacle in the way of
their towns advancement. To
Carencro and "Totidem Verbs,
we again say good luck.
Tuesday last bouncing little
baby girl was presented to Mr.. and
Mrs. J. 0. Blanchet. The little
stranger was at once made cat
home" Since the happy occasion.
friend Odilon wears smile much
broader than usual; he is now
papa. Mother and child are doing
we'll.
Mr.. Aurelien Primeaux would
like to call the public's attention to
the races on his track, on Sunday
the zoth inst. Several fast horses
will try conclusions on that day.
-Middling at 6Z6? Oh cotton
once king of all products, how
fallen and dethroned thou now art!
Where is the remedy, is there any :?
To prosper is nearly and impossible
lity, as our only produce must be
given away. Must Royvi1le and its
fertile and rich lands ever remain
exiles of both rail and water? Could
the capitalist invest his *'coin" in a
better section, ON better lands,
amongst better people7 That hos
pitality natural to all Creoles, can
not be surpassed by any other peo-
| pie. Let us have a railroad, give
us means of transportation, and the
near future would tell how prosper
Gus and wealthy this little inland
spot is.
MIR. Giles Bonnemaison was
down with pneumononia for several
DAYS. He is now better; we hope
shortly to see him up, and enjoying
his usual robust health.
Walter Torian, Esq, of Lafay-
cite was a recent visitor to Royville.
Several of our people attended
the fair at Lafayette, Sunday. The
cause was a good one, and too much
praise cannot be given the managers.
I'm commemoration of the
valuable services rendered by our
office cat, we have named that
worthy feline, Grover Cleveland.
SO healthy is the country at
present, that one of our best known
s.medecin's" has turned out to be a
first class gardener. We perceived
him, by chance, few mornings ago,
hoing and digging like a profess
sional.
Rev. Father Chabrier, accom-
panied by Mr.. Jack Bon nemaison,
will shortly leave for a five months
trip through Europe. Your core
spondent was informed that they will
reach New York by rail from New
Orleans, and thence embark on the
"Gasc ogne" of the transatlantic
line Via Havre. We wish our
friends "Bon Voyage" with a safe
and speedy return.
MIR: and Mrs. Edward Pellerin
were in Lafayette Saturday; visiting
friends and relatives.
Mrs. A. ]. GODDARD and children
of Abbeville, have been spending a
few days with their grand-mother,
Mrs. d. Roy.
Accompanied by that courteous
gentleman, DR.: Scranton, your cor
RESPONDENT was shown his pecan
grove of 900 trees. His trees are
now nearly ten years old; and but a
few years mere the profits derived