The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-05-14
Spring Hill Summary.
To our kind Editor and leaders of tie
M~CridionlI.

To our kind Editor and leaders of tL(
M~CridionlI.
Not having heard from our old
friend Lurson for several years. it is
supposed he is dead, therefore | will
ehdeaVor to give you a few items OF
Spring Hill Of the 9th ward, which [
am glad 10 say that | find there is no
complaint TOR this season of the year.
he planters seem 10 be very we'll
pleased after the good rain that tell
here last Friday, which came in ,,ne
as the growing crops and especially
the gasdens were very much in need.
The crops are somewhat late but
what | have seen are very fine. Cot
ton is good in several places chopped
out ready for moulding. Corn clean
and good; some laid by. On all
sides you see black smoke from the
pumping plants flooding the rice
which in some fields is very fine. We
have all kinds Of vegetables now.
Ursin Langlenais made a two days
visit TO his brother-in-law Emile
Romero of Mermenteau leaving on
last Sundays train.
Alcibiade Faux is building a very
fine residence ON the north west corr
ner of his land facing the public road
Steven Toups, contractor.
e Perrin has had his residence and
his store and post office enlarged
which gives him more room for his
business and accommodations for his
family which is a very fine and neat
Nv done job-Stephen Toups con-
tractor.
Cleophas Vincent has had his res
idence reprinted which gives it a very
fine appearance. His vegetable ga
den is very good and Mrs .Vincent',s
flower parterre is up TO date with
choice and selected flowers, it is a
veritable bouquet.
l am sorry to say at present writ
ing that. our old friend Levy Har-
grave is on the point Of death.
Measles and whooping Cough is
raging in our ELECTROMAGNETIC
deaths they told me Of that disease
one child for Odea Lemaire and n
for Mrs. Paul Lapointe, widow of the
late Delma Hebert.
Miss Carrie Smiley, our Spring
Hill school teacher has been down
ten days, with measles but glad TO
say she Is up and expects To be able
to teacn monday. There are several
other cases in the family Of our old
friend Z. Smiley, hope. theys will all
be up in a few days. Willie says he
will be the last to have his turn. He
says, he wants to finish flooding bis
rice Before he lays off,
Despalier Breaux ofa.Mamou prairie
was here last week on a visit TO his
son Arthur. Breaux once IAN q big
cotton gin here.
We have two flourishlng farmers
butcherys now. Fresh meat every
Saturday morning. There will soon
be a calf killing every Wednesday.
Mrs. Ursin Vincent is having a very
pleasant stay of eight Or ten day.
visiting her children in our ward.
She is stopping with her SON. Cleophas
She came over last Saturday with MIR
UrsIn who returned he me the next
lay.
G Perrin has bad two of his chill
lren quite sick with the measles, but
glad to say they are much better.
His son-in-law Cleoma Lemare and
,hild is down; Cleoma himself is
quite sick, hope he will soon be out
gain.
| am sorry to hear Of Ursin Lang
enias losing a good mare by acct
lent. 1t seems That she baked aud
le hitched her TO the wagon and she
umped and pitched until she twisted
Ter head and neck in the breast yoke
md broke her neck.
Our Nunez P o can boast of having
,wo regular daily mails coming from
,ast and west, which leaves us have
Ill the news of the world over.
Our oId friend Sam Graano paeeod