The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-12-05
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
1s46-Ns,. 80 1896.
By s. r. GRIsAMoRE.

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canal At that city i,v which hoafs
cnnlI nass tfe falia ~ ,an;as .f the
Ohio liver hrtween on;svilie and
N4w Alhanv .rhis cana1 = fonr MIL.
n lenotl, and has = fall nfo7 fsrt A.
tIis Drrsent time Il - m,,ch larger
,lan + wa. ~ that nar;od Thare
wns nn;t4 4 nnr,,l,.r If c.rs m
hoard amnng whom snc;ah,l;tv so,,,,
snrnnr mn. sa that the nrnsnects far ;.
plrasant VOYAGE were bright. -
Nothinp az snacial int-Teat occnrred
Ia attract the a1tenf,on from the crand
and constantlv changing scana,v that
w.e sn fnll If. hranfv aud charm.
until the afternoon of'the second dav
when the cry of .sa mar ovrrhoard.,
waa heard ..choinp thronrh tn. cabins
Of tha stramer. Hnsteninr Ia the hm.
ricane roof the .strurple and disau-
peatancs beneatl, the waters Of The
unfortunate man proved tt,at The
alar., was trna. On Snndav the hnat
landed At Smithland. Ky am. debark
ed 4 lot az racehuraes. with the,r
owners and trainers. who had 4xhib-
tied during the trip a proficiency in
the art of awea, ing and diapensinu
foul language. that passed anv IDEAS
in that peculiar line. that I had ever
formed. VS. sass5s ss=..zs;sss .sz#sss#sts
One thing that attracted my atten-
,iou and became iinpressel upon nv
mind was the action of the wateis If
the Wabash. Cumberland. Tenresste
and other tributaries of the Ohio River.
The Ohio river being some " hut muddy
from late rains. the other streams
flowing into it with clear water would
not mix with the foul water but would
flow along the banks for miles and
miles before the clear would be lost
in the muddy stream. The same fact
ia observable at the junction Of the
Ohio with the Mississippi river ut
Cairo. The two streams will flow
side by side for miles, and after COM
min Cling begins to take place, great
spo!s, acres in size, either of clear or
muddy water will be seen in the ma
iestic stream. and it not until tile
great eddies. twenty miles below.
Thoroughly mix the water that these
curiosities dlsa ppear. have often in
after yea,s noticed the adherence
that cleanliness shows to filth-that
virtue shows to vice-and generally
when a mixture occurs it is tue worst
features that remain and crush out the
good ones. z.s.Is5
On Monday October 26. the steamer
Sea Bird was discovered sunk.6 The
John Hancock took off her passeno GERS
and enough chickens. ducks. geese
and turkeys to keen ia in music. the
rest of the Journey. and shortly after
wards the boat got. aground aud lost
several hours in working her self loose.
During the next day we passed the
steamer Magic sunk. and the Ameri.
can tied to the bank in distress. On
October 28 the steamer again run nm q
bar aud stuck fast, and did not get off
until noon the next day.
On the morning of October 20. at
the head of a bar. where the boat had
tied up during the night, the stean-
bOata MetamOrn and Monarch were
discovered sunk. The John Hancock
took of the passengers and some
cattle, which iilled her cabins aud
deck rooms with living humanity.
I'm Saturday 0ctnl,..r IL helnvv
Vicksburgh the steamer again tried
to run over 4 bar containing less water
than she drew, and made failure. It
was noon the following day before the
steamboat again started down the
river. # 'tfIs sfs1 8
On Sunday afternoon the boat en-
tered the State OF Louisiana and made