The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-15
THE PAN Am ERICAN.
Louisiana and Virginia Days-Great
Success of the RIce Kitchen.

Louisiana and Virginia Days-Great
Success of the RIce Kitchen.
Buffalo. Aug. 1.-THE 21st of August
is Louisiana Day and the people OF
Buffalo expect to see a crowd here from
the South as well as the North. On
that occasion ii is understood that
big excursion train will be run froci
the Pelican state, headed by the Gov
ernor, his staff, Prof. Fortier and Con-
gresham Broussard. The Governor
will make speech on Louisiana"
showing her varied and wonderful re-
sources. Prof. Fortier will speak on
Cur Creoles," Congressman Brouss;.rd
will deliver a historical lecture on oar
Acaclans." The history of this
people is most interesting, and
ar effort is being made TO
their Southern brethren in celebrating
I the day. The Acadians were French
Catholics who originally settled in
Nova Scotia This was the first purely
agricultural settlement in America.
After the Acadians had built the city
of Grand Pre-. and had established
themselves on the island, they were
forcibly deported by the British and af-
terward scattered over several South
ern states, the larger body of them
getting in the Teche river section of
Louisiana. In the deportation they
were separated as families and scatter
ed without regard to their own wishes.
Many pathetic incidents occurred when
this deportation took place, some of
which have served as a theme for poets
and romance writers.
One of the officials remarked yester-
day that the elegant New York state
building would probably be placed at
the disposal of the visiting governors
of such Southern states as have no
buildings or pavilions on the grounds.
If this is so-and l have reason to be-
lieve that 1t will certainly be done-it
will be a graceful compliment on the
part of the Pan-American Exposition
to those who stood much in their own
light by not being properly represented
at this exposition by the Great wat
ers of the North"
Virginia Day is the 23rd of August.
Advices received here from Richmond
lead one TO believe that the celebration
in the Temple of Music in honor of the
Old Dominion will be imposing and in
teresting. The programme so far as 1t
can be outlined from this point Will be
as follows: The Governor and his staff,
escorted by the Richmond Light In
fantry Blues, will enter the grounds
and proceed to the Temple of Music,
where they will be welcomed by Of
flcials Of the Pan-American Exposition.
The Governor. Hon. j. Hoge Tyler. win
respond to the address of welcome
made by President Miiburn. Mr.. JOS
eph Bryan of the Richmond Times will
make an address on the Industrial Re-
sources of Virginia.
The Louisiana and Texas rice kitch-
en- is the biggest financial success on
the Pan-American grounds. The fame
of it's cooking has extended from San
Francisco to New York. AS the at
tendance increases every day so the
crowds grow larger which throng the
rice kitchen. Yesterday it was crowd
ed from IL until o'clock, although
| Col. Eggleston advertised that he
would be compelled to close the doors
by three o'clock About in the after
noon Gov. Stickney of Vermont and
| his staff, Congressman d. J. Foster,
Lieutenant Governor NJ. F. Allen, for
mer Gov. E. j. Ormsbee, former Lieu
tenant Governor N w Flick. r. G..
Sargent. Secretary of Civil and Mill
tary affairs: Adjutant General w
H. Gilmore and Col. Forbes invaded
the Louisiana and Texas Rice Kitchen
in body. The vermont Visitors prom
Used themselves the pleasure of Gre
ole dinner before they left for the
Green Mountain state. Col. Eggleston
was appalled, when, at 3 o'clock, after
dinner had been served he saw a bril-
liant galaxy of uniformed gentlemen
walk in. He arose to the occasion.
however and treated them to chicken
gumbo soup, roast chicken, stuffed a
la Creole. rice ice cream, Louisiana
black coffee. and all the vegetables in
the market. Col. Eggeston says: Il
ws nearly frightened to death for fear
/ could not feed them. but they all
went a way happy" Nine hundred peo-
pie dined at the rice kitchen yester-
day, and If II had been ten times as
large ii would have been 10000.