St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-01-05
The New Year 1901.
Diary of a Young Man Who
Saw the Century Come In.

Diary Of a Young Man Who
Saw the Century Come In.
When the New Years Day was
celebrated in 1901 the people Of
New Orleans were just as hopeful
Of the new century rs are the peo-
pie OF to-day. Some old croakers
contehGed that the city never would
increase; that it had been banded
ebout too much from government to
government, and that there was in
deed no possibility Of its even taking
in the American settlements outside
of the ramparts.
There is an interesting document
in the possession OF one Of the old
Creole families OF the city. It is
the diary Of = LONG dead son OF
France, who WAS . youth OF twenty.
five when the nineteenth century
was ushered in. Like many senti-
mental youth Of that age. he kept q
diary. In 1t, however. be was not
often sentimental, bu. has trans
cribed some very interesting pas
sayes Of his life. His, account oi
how be spent new Year's Eve Of
1901 is both entertaining and in
strnciive.
The following is his entry, cover
ing that evening an6 the midnight
marking the dividing point between
the old and the new century:
Dec. 81, 1901 have just come
in from the banquette. where, with
papa, Henri and Jacques l fired on
my pistol at the same time that the
guns from the fort began to fire.
We made big noise, and frishten
ed The girls SO that they came in The
house, All tie soldiers were lined
up on the Place d. ArD-s, and they
were firing also. felt very mag
nilicent. 1t is not often that mar
lives TO see one century 60 out and
another century come in. My hear
swelled as l thought that llao
lived for such time.
All the people in New Orlean'
| we're very much excited about TIN
new century. All day my friends
| were preparing to celebrate II
After l left the bank to-day l ven
to An,oine's billiard hall and took
glass of wine with Andre Boisblanc
We played a game Of billiards ant
I heat him fifteen points. l wa
glad. as he had beat me last time
As I walked home, feeling gOot
after that wine, saw the black eye
Of Angelo from her window o.
ROYAL street. That girl, she know
she runs me mad. l low t's her
but she looks at me SD that ! wa
red IN the face and could not wal
we'll.
At the house after dinner we hat
some good wine and sat up to SC
the new century 20 away Angel
came over TO see The girls, and tia
makes me glad, although l canno
talk well TO her.
We talked as to what would q
rive to New Orleans during the mel
century. Papa says he is muc
dissatisfied with the Americans o
the outside OF the city. They ar
not CONNIE il faut like ", aud t.
to make trouble for the government,
Papa says lie hopes the city will e
hack to France some day. He say
| it is bunnd TO arrive, and that Ne,
Orleans will grow rich and be big
asked him il he thought that til
city would ever stretch beyond Gus
Toulouse or Rampant street. H
| says that it might 60 few blocks
but that the ground was SO bad tina
| it could not go far. Judge Dubo
SAID, with a very excited face, tina
he thought the city would improve
good deal. He said he believes
that in one hundred years 1t w0ul'
have $4,000 people. You shoul'
have heard papa laugh. He Ina
teen long time here. and he doe
not believe anything like that.
Mimi aud Angelo played the larl
aud tlnte together. l sat back ahc
listened and felt very much pleased
l like to go to bed thinking of tina
music, go Z will strp now. Times
Democrat.