New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-07-01
LIE REPAS D'EPICURES

about that feast OF Eplcure'
spread under the protecting shad,
of the oaks of the Chateau du Ba
ron du Lac? And such spreaC
of conviviality and a catalogue Of
Iinnumerable good things it was
THAT would have made Lucullus
land friends frenzied with envy
land jealousy,
| We had the Power Of the town
to give us protection and security
for it was Sunday; and Sunday
punishments are generally very
marked in their severity and rigor.
An attorney of the burg gave
us advice and opinions on the
LEGALITY Of the meal and a short
dissertation on the pure food law
and laws Of hygiene and public
health.
The Minstrel guest Of honor,
full of wit and humor, cut capers,
lplayed antics and exhibited the
most amusing tricks and attrac-
tive features of his profession.
Clever as a Tartuffe. resourceful
as Molliere, his traits of come
dy playing with the mirth
merriment of human nature made
us forget our mundane troubles
and knead us into one temporary
brotherhood Of the human family.
The Religieux Of the Solitude
took charge Of our consciences
and admonished us to carry our
load of responsibilities in a spirit
of humility and enforced silence.
His look of piety coupled with
sermon Of the wilderness had lit
tie effect on the bracers in the
atmosphere and the guests of the
The Collector of the City made
us pay prompt attention. to the
rules of discipline and the exac-
tions of an unprepared pro-
gramme imposed upon all by the
genial, forever smiling toast-mas-
ter.
The cry Of revolt, raised in the
yrennes, transplanted
with vim and vigor under khe
oaks. was well sustained by the
exalted exile from Lafayette, and
shows French patriotism famed
by interior flames of insurrec-
ton, is the longest lived music
that fingers the human harp.
A U. s. officer, occupying a Pc
,uliar position of spiritual advis-
or, not on account of any special
qualifications. but more on ac-
count of a true and anerring
knowledge Of human nature, and
searching insight into the hui.
nan heart, watched the flight of
he departing spirits and the
gradual disappearance Of their
eals and other wiry restraints.
The remains were a sad and lugu-
,ri0us monument reflecting mans
ms and sinful appetite.
Our Host. in his full regalia of
Incestral pride and glory paid
tonnage to the ghosts and spectres
f bygone days.
His performance was so full of
harm and interest as to make
he landscape on which it is i'm .
rinted a fit memorial binding the
asst to the present. l,
The writer Of this has imbibed
nd was full Of the spirit Of the :
ccasion and feels no better tri- I
ute and no nobler contribution
IN be paid to he improvised
anorama than to keep. this mod
n romance, based on ancien:
STORY, fresh in the memory of /
lie celebrating company. Ii
Among those present were o. /
we Darby. host, L. P. Bryant,
lrveyor Of Port, City of New Or !
ans; j. S. Power, Mayor of :
ew Iberia; Pierre Jubin, Coles Y
r; A. j. Maumus. Deputy Clerk \
Court; Walter J. Burke, Toast 4
aster; P. r. Burke, attorney II
!. L. Burke. L. E. Marion and
Bacque Of Lafayette; j. M. b
'urrege, Alex Bagarry. Jules
nller, l. A. Martin, Photogra-
err; A. Richter. Templar SAKE. \
bert Maumus, G. Bagarry and 4
hers. n
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