The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1902-05-17
They Say

lnat IL tne W eDSterS import usU0
ex-professionals that they might
succeed in making it interesting for
the Greys.
That we are having too much rain
and
That If it continues no cane will be
made. and
That wet season 10 more disas-
irons to the cane than dry season,
and
That wet or dry, dry or wet, com
plants will always be heard.
That it is an outrage upon the
citizens Of the parish OF Lafourche IA
allow our Court House 10 become one
heap Of ruins, and
That it will in q ehOrt time IL our
members of the Police Jury do not
take steps to put it in repairs aud
give the queer and antique old struc-
ture several coats Of pailt
That common justice. irregardless
of law and its complicated technicali.
ties, ought not to allow man to bs
placed in Jeopardy for his life more
than once, and
That the Govsrnor without the
least hesitation should commute the
sentence of the negro in the parish
prison to life Imprisonment and
That the man on first trial was
granted his life, and
That on second trial he was hang.
ell, and
That there exists dOuht-a huge
one in the minds of the Jurics which
sat upon the case, and
That the accuse should in this case
he given the benefit Of the doubt, and
That petition ought to he circuIa
ted in the interest Of the negro in
prison, who is to hang under these
peculiar circumstances asking that
the sentence be cOmmutetl To life im--
p:isonmcnt as was the inding Of the
first Jury.
| That the dance at TabOr's Hall
though not largely attended WAS quite
a success, and
That every body enjoyed them
selves as much as their natural pro-
pcnsities would permit, aud
That the officers Of the base ball
association enjoyed themselves quite
, great deal, and
That they certainly are experts on
the waxed floor, and
] That it was ridiculous sight to
\ watch them in their exertious.
That they actually thought that he
was really hurt 10 sudden were h,s
out bu:sts, and
l That it was discovered that when
ever in ladies company that he acted
in that manner, and
That after you know HIM 1t doesn't
sound SO bad.
> That one of ThibOdaux's old retired
sports in other words 'has been"
;, decided to take in the Base Ball last
" Sunday and to prove bow lucky be 10
it didn't do thing but rain rain rain,
:. and
Tha. this Jake has been clated
!, over the fact that he made twenty
! i've cuts on tho game.
i That young merchant 10 town -
f the custodian OF sn umbrella which
is not his and that he is At sea TO
a know what to do with the parashute.
r and
s That it came into his pOsscssiOn 10
:. q very strange manner, and
That the whole affair seems to be
t. wrapped up in mystery, and
Il That it seems that several winsOme
young danes we're walking along the
streets when one Of them thoughless.
" dropped her parashate, and
It That they all stool there and had
N the g'ggIes but not one Of these Pre-
= c,ous little souls would pick the bum
n bersol up, aud
= That they continued their strol
:, down the streets highly excited Osel
= The affair, and
u That none Of them will sag Why
Or the article Was not picked up, aud
&c That the parasol is brand new
ri and
u Th.t it was pickesl up after tn
~ " excitement was over ty one Of ih
, clerks In the establishments on th'
=. Corner, and