St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1894-01-13
A New Years MedIeY,

was on a sugar plantation during the
season just past, and when the last cane
passed through the mill the proprietor
turned to me and said: "Ths is the
first season ! ever passed without get
ting angry [ asked him il he had
heard any harsh and angry words, and
he declared he had not Afterwards > the
negroes hccleu around me and said thew
worked with satisfaction when the
boss" did not curse and abuse them,
When last | took part in labols such As
those through which We had Just passed
L had temper which might be dcscrib-
ed as volcanic" The moral is that
there must have been some very fine
magnetic currents passing round and
through that plantation, and it might
just as we'll be stated that these curTepts
did not cmanate from me, but only cir
culated through me.
When our kind hostess perceived that
| steadily declined to eat meat of any
kind, she did not quite understand vhe-
ther had taken a tremendous oath not
to eat meat or that | was an invalid, Il
dyspeptlc. But her anxiety OH my ac-
count was really pathetic. Our trcatises
on hygiene are made to sell, aud 90 not
teach that simple vegetable and fali-
naceous diet fully meets ear physica!
needs, to say nothing about mental aud
moral needs. Considerable physIcu! and
mental energy was expended III pIvpar-
Ing deilcacieS lUr n!p, and it was Of &c
use at all to remOnStrate. knowing he
supreme motive with which il was all
done, it would have shown insensihiIity
on my part had | failed to appreciate
the endeavOy.
| have ridden over the puyish Of Liy-
lngStOn often, and although most of the
people were ignorant aud uncultured, |
they were thoroughly inIbued with the !
spirit of loving kindness. They always
gave the stranger their best. | was nut |
to sleep on feather bed in July and |
was obliged to spread blanket on the |
floor and sleep there. And when | spent |
a few days in the camps of the hunters |
in the canebrakes, they gave me the fat |
test and the oiliest bear steaks. And if |
You travel through these pGaries, stop |
ping where night oVertakes You, the |
same kind treatment will be received. |
The Acadlan will get out Of his bed and |
give 1t to IA stranger. That is the kind !
OF treatment | have received more than |
once. The eccentric GOVT boy on the |
plains of Texas will overwhelm YOU
with attentions, giving you the best his
camp affords.
was meditating upon some rlch ex-
Deriences | have had during a somewhat
checkered career, AS [ drove along the
and Vile Plate road. The
road Was OveltOwed and the bridges |
At1Oat from a. deluge which descended
the previous night. And as meditated
| came upon an aged negress ambling
along with a bundle o. her back. Some
1t those tine magnetic CURRENTS to which
have adverted were playing through
my interior, and L stopped and lifted ihc
)lu creature into my wagon. Her pedal
were somewhat spacious and
)ne OF them came down into box of
oonbons: When we arrived at her des-
,lnatlon L got down and lifted her out,
and she made the finest speech ever
Istened to. 1t was delivered in un-
grammatical French, and the Only part
understood was a reference to Ic bon
Oleu. But that was enough. As
lrove away | took off my hat in recog-
'ltlon of the fine point in her speech,
nod L pledge my word she was the most
beautiful woman ever beheld, my own
7oke-fellow excepted.
| drove but short distance when |
struck a WashOut. | came to a dead
ialt in three feet of water. A colored
nan seeing my predicament scurried
lcross the fields, brought pair of oxen
md drew me upon firm ground. But
he shadows Of approaching night were
descending and more floating bridges
we're ahead. So | deposited my bag
,age with colored man and proceeded
N my way rejoicing, because my little
and their mother we're not
ar off. A horseback ride of six miles
vas but a trit1e.
These are all ttitles that relate but
hey arc tritles that give Us glammes of
he divine spirit-the spirit of love that
ervades the universe. When | look ,
ack over the Greary waste OF mis-
pent life | marvel much that | could
yer have had nnkind thoughts toward i
ny sentient thing. Because | now ,
now that kind aud loving thoughts
,ake all things good and kind. And L
all of rapture is the consciousness that
ur interlaced karma has guided US
long dark and devious ways until at
lst we may behold the light Of tie ca- ,
,stial city where all is love.
In this new year cannot all of US think
ind thoughts and perform kind deeds I
Peace be with you all.
Vile Plate, La. .. c. DAVID.